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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-01

Tor nothing except miSrulc aud rev
olution. III the popular mind. IL is an
civilized and uusafc-ahuut the last
nlacc on earth tina, you would choose
for home. The Americans who have
come here know il for Al land Of wealth
! and beauty. Of ideal climate and Of
, charm which has held many who did
not come to stay.
Santo Domingo appeals to the in,np-
'na,i"n 10y its vivid contrasts Here
IS an island Stil half u Wilderness
with the rcmeins of tho first European
civilization planted in the western
world rottinE around its edges. Here
is the tree that Columbus used as "a
mu"rine for his caravcl aud the hnus"
that his SON Diego built and ten
miles back in the mountains arc for
"stS aS virgin as when Columbus Hand
c'i. iicr" Is Il city of culture. not
without beauty. where YOU MAY meet
h"u "f Intelligence aud t:nropcan cdu-
cation. and back in tho San J,Iun val.
10! th"r" IS - native chief who holds
u thousand people ia fcuial tIlcriaurc
10y the. claim that he is an cnchautcr
tnd rules the storuiS of tho srn Here
is an island with IL past Of futile tr.r
"dN and a future II boundlcss promise
Descending from dithyranbs to sta
tSti"s, Santo Domingo is about as large
u Massachusetts. and contains about
II. +
ural wealth aud productive power of
THIS bit of soil have evoked snurrl,
ti\c& from all observers. Interested and
d'slnicr"s,"d. r.rort and amateur Tho
sugar ~ Ids "f Santo domingo. for OK
''tnpi" produce great deal moro "a
IL" a,r" ,hnn those OF Porto Rico ana
some az 'hcm have been out several
tiin"s a year for thirty wears. without
ever being r"plautcd. aud without sur
icrin. the siiSht"s, dimiuution Of their
1, u -,
'ap grow III similar abundance Tho
soil Of tn" tw" principal valleys seems
10 10 almost iucNhaus;ihl" for /; must
be remembered tla, som" &c this land
mas been uud"r cultivation for over
three centuries.
iiut only q relatively small mart or
the republic Is cultivated : ere arc
"NtcuStt" forests of native / trdwooas
'"", sci! ~ III" pound. and great IN
lands wooded with u sort Of native
rin" There IS gold In many ur the
streams. iron. silver and oil in known
quantities II Is an island OF tho very
richest cndowmcut
Fer three centuries = srca, mar, ar
this endowment has lain untouched
The mincs have never boon ro,l;od
y" highway moro than u fcw miles
from thu coast. and hccanSc whatever
on" might produce In this iard would
almost certainly he appropriated hv
some revolutionary army ~ handi,
"hicftain.
People Arc Intelligent.
Now tho ro"pi" of Sauto Domingo
nave h"cn generally blamed for this
unfortunate conditions Of arrir4 which
Ut, made IL Impossible for American.
'nG Europeans successful To .oi,,r .tiiI
carry away this wealth Eui upon :,,,.
Iuniutan"c the dominican .,conlc arc
found - hc OF tho whole !. ycrv .,o.iIo
a "A -
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-01
"onr '"un,ry First. Veterans.


Y" til" Editor "f Tho Times nisrat,.h,
SiT--With war clouds oIcrSip,io,,iit .iIr
country. ana 'rcachrrS Within borders Do
h"ldinS Guards every where, this - too s"rin,s
= ''h.' 'onicdcrai" Veterans. for holding our
annual reunion with its attendant ioiii.Ht ions.
IN 1922, owing 10 tho financial panic th,
'cnfst"ratc Reunion I" have been held I'm iir-
'ninEhhm. Ma. luy -, post poncd iudcii-
hirlN lS"c orders I. g. ". Vol l., General
orders. Nos. a. lGa. luSp General / :: ':nr
don commanders in chief. issuing III. orders At
IA" request OF camps and many yctcra - there
hN establishing precedent. II . ,i,rnnciai
p:ht% Mas a good reason for poStpcucncnt how
much stronger j. the present situation. !, htch
81 pleasure. pcacc--pcrh.tp- liberty OF life
inc training Of soldiers. the drilling Of schoul-
boys. the banding together of earnest Women
preparing I" give aid and comfort. n,:i4s-,ncct-
Tor TIA" demands Of present situation
lhti makes our annual reunion III June nm
timely. " " ~
Veterans. comrades {" til. south your do
'tSl"n !" postpone our reunion would prove
rHcciuai'y that We veterans. though too in,irui
70 bra arms. can tcstiI our loyalty nur
unity, by sacrificing our pleasure and riyin..
inc many thousands Of dollars that would L."
spcht Tor the reunion to The women and ,hil-
dfch 81 the men who will light fn,. .,ur country
icaNihe their dependent families 10 ,,,,r ,.,rc
NO Confederate Veteran should hesitate 10 vn,c
lor TINS poStponcmcn', as proof Of his lny;,,ty
a,io duty 10 ms country 1T this critical pcriol
the women and lads shall not show a higher
t,"hiedcrates who passed through tho trial. Of
"" sixties. Brave and strong then thcy ..rc
loyal and self sacrificing nov.
Io1,' Generates, ask General HARRISON com
Washington, u. q. next June -
Formerly of Stoncw.li I;ric:,1o
Richmond. March 30
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-01

According 10 the men who will have to
direct its energies, the American navy Is
ready now 10 meet every call OF course
TINS does not mean il has full ranks. but it
docs mean the structures passed on IL by
some of It's foes and pretended friends we're
quite untrue.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-01

Ahd now tho Gcrman Chancellor is going
10 !ct INC reform Of the franchise wait until
the end Of the war. " is no, the Grsi time
tue liohcnlollcrns have fed their subjects
with that sort or chat
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-01
Prohibition Stntrs,

z. IT T.. Winchcstcr. Na.--fncrn ar. al ,rcs-
cni twenty three dry states in the Union four
states voting for prohibition The November
election. Here is the list: Maine Kansas North
Dakota. Georgia ok lahoma. MsSiSSipri \,rth
nar"l'na, Tennessee virsinih Nest virginia.
hama. Arkansas. Iowa. Idaho" south caroiin.
Michigan, Nebraska, Montana and South Dakota
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-01
Political Methods Diner.

Furthermore. II Is easy to soc how
the thing works. When "a politician
wants To get into Office in tho United
states, lie goes out and harancucs Tho
people on more less Intelligent
topics. lie appeals TO their .atrintisrn
and their ideals of government. au,!
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-01

News quarantine IS Prussian cuphcm-
m for unlawful detention OF American Of
cialS
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-01

Every foot of tho Germans retreat through
rance hNes the more indclibly upon them the
brand OF Atlila tho Hun.
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statue Of Liberty, Muni,ton PLANTS.

". X. K, Charlotte. y C.--'Thc Statuc Of
Liberty practically unframed I'm thc ,cr.
rifle explosion OF ammunition l:lack Tom
i'icr in New York Bay. July 30. 1916 The M, n,
door giving entrance TO the statue WAS wrcuched
off its hinges: the iron cover to n powder maya.
zine torn away. nll doors we're crushed in
and probably hundred bolts joining the plates
which compo.c tho giant figure We're broken or
*hcarcd OFF. but tho figure of The statue its.Ir
was left untouched. Prior to the European
war tho krupD gun works in Essen GERMANY
rcputcd tho largest munition rlant I'm ITO
world. Now tho Bethlehem works here IL s,i,l
10 lie tho largest Modern field guns r.nnn,
he turned out overnight. Just now for in.
stance, the ordnance department OF tho United
states Army liz work Ing gun Of o. en- Iihcr
II was stated by an army official that IL would
take sin months TO finish tho design and !,
year TO build the gun. He estimated that il
would take two years TO furnish u supply Of
the guns.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-01

fUBIJsHED ever. da. In tho year AT 10 South Tenth
Entrcct Richmond. Nm.. b. THE Times Dispatch Fnh.
kehinR Co.. Inc, Charlie, J.. liasbrook Editor ANA
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-01

DDRESS ALI. COMM NC hTIoSS to The Times
Dispatch. and not inli, i,uals.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-25
SPORT
OVER THE HURDLES
By BILLY SUNDAY Famous Evangelist

next and give it the north and south and try to dope out if they could sur mount that one. Where would they ever get?
 But they don't do It that way. They put on all the steam they've got at the beginning. They go like twin six from the bang Of the gun. At the first hurdle and the tenth they just set sail a. the stick anG top it without the loss of a single stride.
 And you can do the same thing if you try.
 You know the hurdles you've got to get over. Suppose tell you 10: Booze, gambling, uncleanliness of life, ire ligion, sneering at guys who are try ing to go right, lack of ambition, lazi- ness, knocking, lying, beating the boss's clock.
 I might give you twice 10; but that's enough to start with.
 Look yourself in the map, lad! Have you got one or more of those hurdles in front of you, or maybe all of them ? Here's the answer. Get going! Put on all your speed and you won't have to stop and look each of them in the face. You'll find yourself breezing over one after the other like a new French monoplane getting on top of one of the Kaiser's old airship-flivvers. And before you know it you'll be past all the hurdles and breasting the fin ish string a winner.
 Do you make me?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-25
'PEL|CANS CLOSELY
 PUSHED FOR LEAD BY FRANKS AND MOLEYS
Gulls Win Two Games From Leaders-VOls Continue to Play WeIl-Chicks
 Falter

The double defeat of the New Orleans
 Pelicans yesterday by the Mobile Gulls, cutting the lead of Johnny Dobbs' aggre- gation to a half a game over the Atlanta
 Crackers, the continued spurt of the
 Nashville Vols and consistent play of the
 Birmingham Barons and the Crackers
 featured the past week of play in the
 Southern association. The weeks play
 was also featured by the remarkable
 pitching feat of Ben Tincup of Little
 Rock, who did not allow a single Bir-
 mir gham player to reach first base in
 last Mondays game, the Travellers win
 ming, to O.
 The Mobile Gulls showed great inn
 provement during the week. winning four
 games and losing six for their best rec
 ord of the season. They fared well in
 a series with the Chattanooga Lookouts
 and started series successfully with
 the Pelicans yesterday by administering
 double defeat to the leaders
 The Pels experienced a hard week. los ing five games and winning only four.
 They dropped a three-game series to the Nashville Vols winning only one game, and followed yesterday by losing twice to the Gulls. Poor pitching appears to
 be the cause of the Pels' slump. The Atlanta Crackers continued to play consistent ball, winning five of the seven games played. They completed the weeks play Saturday by winning a double header from the Travellers. The Birmingham Barons also played consistently, winning four games and losing two. They won a series iron, Little Rock and Memphis each, by talk ing two of the three games played. Good pitching was a prominent factor in the Barons' success as was the heavy stick work of Molesworth's men.
 The Lookouts slumped again, winning only three of six games played. Fiber feld's men lost an uphill game to the ! Travellers yesterday. Poor hitting and in- field errors are the chief factors in the Lookouts' slump.
 The Memphis Chicks did not have a very successful week. Cy Barger's mer were defeated six times while they reg istered only two wins. Lack of win- ming pitchers is the Chicks weakness l The team was also weakened by the loss of Outfielder-Pitcher Monte Trieste | who suffered a bad sprained ankle in i Thursdays game.
 | The Nashville Vois have apparently struck their stride, and are playing ex- | cellent ball. The champions are hitting better than any time previously, and 1 Actively The Vols won five and lost | only one during the week. | The Travellers won five and lost four l Tincup's work in the box featured the
 Travellers play. They dropped a series 1 to the Barons and the Crackers. 1 The present week will bring together
 the Barons and the Crackers in a battle
 for second place. The Pels meet the 1 Gulls again Tuesday and Wednesday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-25
Crucial Series Starts Wth Crackers
MOLEY WILL TWIRL CARMEN HILL TODAY

The Barons left last night for At. lanta, where they start three game series with the Crackers thus afternoon. Moley stated before leaving that he would probably work Carmen Hill this afternoon and follow with either Karl Black or Ralph Comstock on Tuesday.
 Moley and his men were confi- dent that the series with Charley Franks hirelings would be success fuI. The Barons are playing nifty brand of ball and the Crackers should encounter considerable oppo- sition. Following the series in At lanta. the Barons return to Rick wood Thursday to start a three game series with the New Orleans Pels. The double victory of the Pels yesterday cut their lead 10 only half a game over the Crack CTS, and three games above the Barons The Crackers top the Bar ons by two and half games.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-25
Freberg and Olin Tonighfs s Wrestling Card Both Men Are About Eueny Matched

John Freberg, champion of Sweden, and great local favorite, will meet John Olin, the conqueror of Joe StecheI and one of the best men in the wrestling
 game tonight at the Jefferson theatre in finish bout. Freberg completed his
 training yesterday, and announces thai
 he will be in excellent shape for the
 bout.
 Olin arrived in Birmingham yesterday
 morning. He took light workouts
 throughout the day. The Finn has not
 ment with Strangler Lewis on May 8
 which resulted in draw. The match
 was staged in Chicago.
 The match tonight is expected to be one of the best offered by Promotes
 Brown Parks since the renewal of the
 game here Freberg is game wrestler He has showed it time and time again
 He also possesses large amount a skill and strength. His work here o1 late has won him home with the loca colony.
 F1eberg weighs 21s pounds He is on, of the prettiest built men ever seen or the mat.
 Olin is also a fine built man. He ha: the reputation of being one of the mat'' best performers He weighs one pound less than F'reberg. Owing to the fact that the weight of the men is aboui the same, one of the fastest and mos evenly balanced matches offered can b' expected. Both men are going out fo, the verdict from the start and a scrapps bout will no doubt be mixed with tht evenly matched affair.
 As usual, several preliminaries will pro ceed the main bout. The fun will star about 8:30 o'clock. E. J. Parry will ref cree again. Parry's work has been on, l of the features of the past matches ant
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-25

There's no game in the world, fel- lows, where you can get a straight ahead run to the finish without any obstacles-from craps to salvation. You've got to get over something that s in your way, no matter what task you're at.
 If, you're rolling the old bones, you've get to get past that four and that ten and I understand the gamblers will lay you two to one you can't make them. If you're trying to save your soul, the olG devil is jollying you along, trying to tell you it's no use.
 But this is what struck me. This life we're in is more or less of hur- dle race. You've got to get over lot of high sticks, and there's only one way to do it-set your mind on the finish and go at the hurdles with all the speed you've got.
 You've all heard of Bob Simpson, the Missouri collegian, who gets over 12C yards with 10 lumbers feet high in the way, in IA 2-5 seconds. And Jack Filler, the great New York cop, who tops the 10 timhers in the same time. Those birds hold the record becaups they keep going.
 Suppose Bob or Jack would make time up to the first hurdle and then say:
 well, this is pretty high! l wonder if I can jump it?"
 And after studying it awhile, they would get over and then race to the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-25
.ELEVENO GREATEST RACING HORSES ARE
 ID COMPETE TODAY
Three Kentucky Derby Win ners in List-Race Has Guaranteed Value of
 $6OO0

| New York, June M.-Eleven of the best thoroughbreds in America are named to
 start in the historic Brooklyn handicap
 at one-mile and furlong at Aqueduct, Long Island tomorrow. A more representative field has never | been carded for the event. It includes | three Kentucky derby winners, Old Rose l bud Regret and Omar Khayyam. Ormes- dale, winner of this years metropolitan; Boots, victor in the classic Suburban; Stromboli, another Suburban winner; the mighty Roamer, which lowered the Ja- maica track record for 1 1-16 in the Ex- celsior handicap last week. Borrow, which finished second on that occasion; the inl- ported 4-year-old lilly Clematis II, win
 ner of the Montague handicap and Chiclet and Old Koenig, both winners or the recent Belmont Park meeting. 1 The race has a guaranteed value or
 S6OOO Following is list of the probable
 starters, their ages, weight carried and | jockeys:
 ] Horse, Roamer; age, 6; weight, IFS; | jockey, Schuttinger. | Horse, Boots; age, 6; weight, 127; jockey,
 Loftus. Horse, Stromboli; age, 6; weight, 12S; jockey, Butwell sHorse, Regret; age 5; weight, 122; jockey, Robinson.
 Horse, Old Rosebud age, s; weight, 12o; jockey, Peak. 1 Horse, Ormesdale; age. A. weight, lls; jockey, J. McTaggart. l *Horse, Borrow; weight, 1l7; jockey Troxler Horse, Old Koenig; age, 4; weight, 1i2; l jockey, Byrne.
 Horse, omar Khayyam; age, 8; weight, 11O; jockey, Collins.
 Horse, Chiclet; age, 5; weight, 1o7; 1 jockey, Keogh. | Horse, Clematis II; age, 1; weight, 1o3; 1 jockey. Garner. *H. P. Whitney entry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-25
GULLS WIN DOUBLE
 BILL FROM PELICANS

New Orleans June 24.-Mobile took both ends of double header from New or leans here today, to 2, and to 2 Mar shall was tight in the pinches the first game, while Johnson, after pitching good ball for eight innings, let down in the ninth and gave up three hits and three runs.
 Walker had one bad inning in the sec ond game and Mobile punched hits with an error a base on balls and loose play ing by the Pelican infield. Bakers home run in the sixth accounted for the only two runs New Orleans scored in the sec ond game. The second game was seven innings by agreement. Todays games were transferred here from Mobile Transferred games will be played here Tuesday and Wednesday |
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-25
TRAVELLERS BEST
 LOOKOUTS, 5 TO 1

Chattanooga, June 24-Little Rock de-
 feated Chattanooga here today, to 4, the Travellers breaking a tie in the tenth inning by scoring two runs on McDan- iePs error and an infield out of Kennedy.
 batting for Barney. Two hits and an error gave the Lookouts one run in their half of the tenth With man on first and second they threatened to tie the score again but the side was retired on Elberfeld's out at first. The box
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-25
BRAVES ARE VICTORS
 IN EXHIBITION GAME

Jersey City, June 24.-The Boston Ma tionals defeated the New York Ameri-
 cans in an exhibition game here today,
 3 to 0. Hughes held the Yankees safe throughout. Score: R. H. E. New York GA L) ..... 900 900 0O0-O ? Boston (N. L) ... 900 200 10s-3 6 c | Batteries; Monroe, Cullop, Love and Alexander; Hughes and Tragesser, Jack l litsCh.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-25

(Seven innings by agreement).
 Summary: Two-base hits, Barpare' Jansen Home run, Baker. stolen pases' Reed 2, Bowden. Sacrifice hits. Pope, Movers. Golvin. Double plays. Luiite to Golyin; McDowell to Reed to Golvin. Struck out, Walker 6. Pope 1. Bennett l. Ba SC on balls. Walker 2. Pope 4. Hit by Litched ball, Walker (Grifftth, BOW den). Earned runs. Pope ?, Walker U. Pitching record. 6 hits with runs olr Pope in 1-3 innings (one out ana one on base when relieved). Time. l:4f. Om- pires, Morgan and Marcan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-25
SPORTS

New York. June 24.-Notwith-
 standing excellent baseball wealth
 CT during the last week, In whAc"
 A major league games were
 played to one solitary postpone
 ment, the New York Nationals
 and Chicago Americans were un-
 able to do better than marx
 tjmeY mt the head of the column
 I'm their respective leagues with
 three victories and three deieas
 each. In the National, Phiiadei-
 mi, came up to within half
 game of the league leaders anu |"
 the American Boston took adSant
 .ro os the stumbling of the White
 sox and Iessened the gap netweeh
 them to one and half games
 shore of the Boston Americans twirled a perfect game yesterdag' dl- lowing neither hit nor run ana pre- venting any of the Washington play CTS reaching first base.
 In the National league, New York took three out of five games iroili Boston. in which Perritt and Tesreau scored shutout games, the latter allow ing only three hits. Schupp, pltehlns against Boston Tuesday, scored his eishth straight victory of the sea son. but failed yesterday against Phil in the opening game ol q series which may give either team decided lead.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-25
American Association

At St Paul: St. Paul 6-10, Toledo H. At Minneapolis: Minneapolis B. Indian apolis Il.
 At Milwaukee: Milwaukee 4-3 Colum- At Kansas City: Kansas City 5-s. Louis vile 6-7
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-25
International League

At Baltimore: Baltimore ?, Toronto 1. At Newark: Newark 2-2, Buffalo 40. At Providence: Providence :. Roches ter B.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-25
Giants and White SOr Are
 Unable 10 Strengthen Lead
Shore of Red Sox Twirls Perfect Game-Phllles ealn Playing Fine Ball-Red Sox Show Decided Increase
 in Form-Indians Slump

took two games yesterday from the Atheletics, Caldwell getting credit TOT both contests. s-4
 Detroit obtained a berth in me llrsl llrs division bv winning four of six games played. while Cleveland was losing four out of five.
 Individual batting honors went to Roush. centerfielder of the Cincinnati Nationals, who made 16 hits in 3l times at bat. HendryX of the New York Americans made two home runs which aided in defeating Boston in the first half of a double header Wednes- day and yesterday he hammered oul another circuit smash. Filler Of the Cincinnati Nationals pitched a double header against Chicago Tuesday, but he failed to win both as the Cubs got the jump on him in the first game.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-25
TEXAS LEAGUE

At Houston: Houston o-0, Waco l-2.
 At San Antonio: San Antonio 1-5, Shreveport 3-2. At Dallas: Dallas 40, Forth Worth |0-3.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-25
Games Today

Birmingham at Atlanta. Little Rock at Chattanooga. Nashville at Memphis. New Orleans-Mobile, off day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-25
HOW THEY STAND
LEAGUE STANDING
Results Yesterday

Results Yesterday Nashville ', Memphis 4. Mobile 6-4, New Orleans 3-2 Little Rock 5, Chattanooga 4 QO in nipgs).
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-25
ALEXANDER BEATEN

With Alexander twirling, Ph'ladei- phia lost in a 12-inning game to Cln- cinnati Sunday, to f, in the rubber contest of a five-game series The Ouakers took three out of five from Brooklyn. Cincinnati won five out of eight games played and made a weekly record for hits this season, with S2. Brooklyn changed places with Boston in the league standing oy winning twice from the Braves yes- terday.
 In the American league. Chicago started the week badly, losing twice to Boston Monday. Rowlands men took three out of four from Cleve- land. Bagby holding the White Sox to three hits in their l to dereat Thursday. The Indians went Is in nings yesterday before admitting de- feat. o..
 After their double victory over Chl- cago Monday, Boston broke even Tn a hard-fought four-game series with New York Boston tallied its second double header victory of the week yesterday, shutting Washington out twice In the first game, Ruth was banished by the umpire in the first inning with a man on base and none out and Shore held the Senators run 1ass and hitleSS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-25
TANKS IN SLUMP

New York was unable to continue it's excellent work of the previous week The Yankees lost to St. Louis Sunday in the first Sunday ma1or league championship game ever played in Manhattan borough. The gate re- ceipts were contributed to the engi- neers' reserve corps. Groom. of the Browns, blanked the Yankees Monday. After dividing four games with the worlds champions, Donovan's men