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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-31
MUST HAVE LICENSE
TO MAKE EXPLOSIVES
President Wilson yssucs Proclamation
Having Object to Control
ManufaCfurc.

washington, Oct so.-Pressdent
Wilson today made public . proolama-
ton under which all persons manu-
featuring or distributing explosives or
their ingredients must secure a license
therefor from the director of the bu-
reau OF mines. The proclamation h
issued under the authority of the act
passed by congress on October s. The
proclamation of the president recites:
That from and after the 18th day
Of November, 1917. and during the
preeent war with Germany It will be
unlawful to manufacture, distribute.
store. use or possess explosives or
the ingredients thereof except as pro,
viaed In said act."
Under the law the director OF the
bureau OF mines Ii empowered to call
upon all federal. state and municipal
officers to enforce the law and to dele
gate authority to other agencies.
Explosives for the military service OF
the United States, Ingredients In small
quantities not used or intended to be
used in explosives. and small arms ana
shotgun cartridges are excepted from
the requirements. Any workman ia
empowered to accept and use explo-
sives whsn Issued to him by 4 duly IL
censed foreman.
Under the law as administered II
will be possible to keep track OF all
the explosives In the country and make
impossible their diversion for sinister
purposes.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-31
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Announced for presentation at the
Academy Friday and Saturday and
Saturday matinee will be the Messrs,
Shuhert's produ ,tion OF The Colder
Boy" the military musical play which
ran for nearly seven months at the
Aston theater In New York. and which
has recently been sent on tour. Tier
Soldier Boy ia the work OF Victor
Leon. author OF The Merry Widow
with music by Emmersch Kalman.
composer Of '.Sari-" The American
adaptation In by Rida Johnson Young
with additional numbers by sigmund
Romberg.
The play has besn described as
charming combination of romance ana
comedy. II has to do with an ad-
venture-seekinE young American.
caught in Belgium at the outbreak
Of the war. with the romance of a
dashing young officer and pretty
Belgian maid cieveviy worked In
Charles Irwin and Kitty Henry. two
comedians recruited from vaudeville
where they have scored successes, are
tbs featured principals In "Her Sol
dier Boy" supported by what 10 said
to be a startling cast and genuine
Broadway beauty chorus OF thirty five
people. The play 10 said to be elab-
orateiy staged and costumsd. with q
wealth Of comedy and tunefui num-
bsrs, and In every respect the equal
Of the New York production.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-31
ORDERS MAY NOW HAVE
HOMES IN CAMPS

Washington. Oct. So.--Secretary
Baker has yielded to the requests OF
fraternal organizations and will Issue
IN order requiring camp commanders
to set aside land and permit these
erganizations to erect buildings for
the entertainment of their members
e. activities of these societies must
he purely social, so that no limitations
or secret meetings may be held with
in the camp bounds
Agreement as to this order was final-
ly reached after a two days confer
ence with score of representatives
of the societies. The construction or
buildings within the camps had orl-
ginally been limited TO the X M =.
A. and the knights Of Columbus.
The organizations represented at the
conference here, and which Will now
be permitted to erect buildings ana
entertain their members are the Mac
cabees, KNIGHT Temp'ars. United Com :
merciai Travellers of America, ROYAL
and select Masters of U. S. A, Scottish
Rite. Mystic Order Yelled Prophets of
the Enchanted Realm, B'Nai Rith.
fndependent Order Birth Abraham,
Odd Fellows, l. o. II. A.. Modern
woodmen. A. A. O. N. NJ. Shrine,
Scottish Rite Southern Jurisdiction.
Ancient Order or Hbernians, Hebrew
sneltering and Immigrant Aid society
I.oyal Order of Moose. ROYAL Arch
Masons, r. p. o. Elks, knights OF
Pvthias and /. 0. O, r.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-31

paid SAG. 500 for a filly named Dew
Drop. Through all the rest of her rae
ing career, under Dwyer colors, she
never won more than SIS 600 or ago.
600 In purses. Perhaps her winnings
were less. That looked as II the
they weren't In purchasing Dew Drop
they had taken into their own stables
the only horse they felt could take
the measure of their stable crack,
Inspector B.
Immediately that the purchase of
Dew Drop was made. the Dwyar
brothers scratched her from all the
races in which she had been entered
against Inspector r She was figured
as the only horse that could beat the
Inspector. As .. result INSPECTOR B
won over $40, 900 In purses that year,
having no real corr petition since Dew
Drop had become her stable mate.
John Madden bred Bully Boy which
looked Ike a racing whir'wind early
In the season. Glen Riddle tboush'
20 we'll % the horse that ne offered
Madden $4,000 for hirr Madden
wasn't. kee1 TO sell He, too. thought
that Bully Boy would become won
derful stake horse But, under coaxi7 ~
| W p Salo. he sold he horse And
since then Bully Boy has proved to be
a great disappointment.
W. G. CLANCY purchased colt
named Kaghnlir at one of the spring
sales, He paid $500 for him. About
two months ago he sold kashn1ir for
the trifiiny sum OF $4,000. And KeshA
mir looks to be worth every dollar of
It.
The greatest stake horse In the
world arnon0 the older animals Is Old
Rosebud. Four or Ave years ago w.
G. Apologize offered John adden $500
for the colt. Madden accented II.
And thou~f1t he was getting q. fairly
fat price for youngster that didn't
look In any wav Ike racing whiri-
wind nYt Ola Rosebud developed In
to a wonder horse as a two-year~ old
The next season he broke down ard
Applevate retired him 10 his farm,
For neariv three seasons Oid Rose
bud idled around. Then Applegate de-
cided to let him loose on q race track
again.
Ola Rosehud's comeback on the
turf this year reads like tale torn
from thu PAGES Of fiction. He n'tted
| his game heart ard his once battered
! iers against the greatest race horses
IN the ~nrld-and beat them not once
but again and again. He res t5a1
/ or smashed half dozen records and
| has won thousands of dollars In
| purses.
It's a great sport. racing--and q
Great gamble.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-31
BASEBALL SALARIES
LIKELY TO Be Cut
Statement by President Ebbefs OF
Hrooklyn Indicates Owners
Attitude.
GATE RECEIPTS AS BASIS
Proposed 20 Pay Players According
to Income From Admissions During
War.

New York, Oct. S0.--That the
aaiaries of major league baseball play
ara will be reduced next season on ac-
count Of the var conditions was tn
timated yesterday In q statement made
by President Charles II. Ebbets Of
the Brooklyn club. Mr.. Ebbets Ia In
favor OF reducing the seasons schedule
from 1874 TO i4o games. and also re-
ducing the number Of players. He
advocates that the players be paid
salaries consistent with the gate re-
ceipts OF the clubs. This would sound
the death kneil of the long term. high
salaries. and the ball players may con-
sidey themselves lucky next season II
the clubs carry rs many as eighteen
or twenty players.
II Mr.. Ebbets voices the sentiments
OF the other club owners, II means that
there will he a curtaiiment Of expenses
by oil clubs next season. During the
past week, Mr.. Ehbets, together with
President Baker Of the phiilfes, has
been in conference with President
Tener OF the National lea que. and
when the gsrtyatior meets here next
month, II Is likely that some radical
action viii be taken In reducing the
PLAYERS salaries Most Of the long
term contracts which the PLAYERS were
able to demand because of the un-
settled conditions In the rational game
q few seasons ago, have expired, ana
II In certain that the contracts which
win he signed by the PLAYERS this win
ter will he decidedly different from the
old contracts.
President Ehbets also announced
yesterday that he had re-engaFed
wnbert Robinson TO manage the
podrers. and TITS nuts at rest nanv
rumors TO the effect that there would
be a change next season at Enoets
neld.
President Ehheta gives several rea-
sors whv baseball should be condi-
toned NEXT season regardiess OF wnaf
the war conditions might be The
BROOKLYN owners reasons are as foi-
lows.
N "a the patriotic duty of owners "a
continue operations as by 30 doing the
rover-men. viii receive from baseball
interests over a half million dollars
fpossftlv a million dnllars) In taxes
annually.
The ruhI,e will require recreation
du-tns tho continuance nf the war.
Professional hase.a,t would ne scr'-
ou~iv injured; property interests de-
strew~a and thousands OF young meT
denrtveS OF the e~o~fu-e-t- OF TINS
game ~ II were discontinued.
believe that the game should he
continued along precisely the same
iinss AZ II has hAen conducted Tor tht
last Aeteen years.
Salaries should be paid consistent
with the income,
THE eoverrr1a-t REQUIRES that tst
puhlic must raw the tax Of 10 per cen'
an admission tickets to the local IN
fsrrsf revenue representative
y~nrsh of schedule is a matter FOL
scInt action Of the National arc
Amerscan ,ea~ues favor = i4e
sar,e schca.ie. commencing about
Aprsl as and e1stns about SenfsfA
her 20 we prefer to paw ntneteen 81
twentv vlsyers fair gross ss'ar,
rather than aiv'de the gross amonl
swenty-sve players.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-31
THE PHILOSOPHIC CUB
DISCUSSES EPPA JEPPA
BY THE CUB

Away back in the days when we
were kids, va used to play ball. May
be you remember how we used to want
to be Swat Muliigan and Christy Mat
hewson, do your Many are the scraps
we have had AZ to who was the great
est piaye... What an honor it was to
know some one who had grandfather
who knew tho father or cousin OF one
of the big league players. Human ma
ture IL the same after all. Maybe
some Of you ball fans as you read this
article viii muse over the good old
days when you did the same thing.
Then when you grew up and made
the high school or prep school team.
you could see visions Of the time when
you might be mascot on one of these
teams.
We would like to wager a last years
straw against one of John DIS sug-
gested half pennies that Eppa Jeppa
Rixey, the Phiiiies' star pitcher, used
to think the same thing I'm his child
mood days. BE that as It may. the
said Eppa Jeppa, University Of Vir-
gtria graduate. has realized his most
fond wish a1s reached that pinnacle
OF national fame which looks down
upon the presidency of the United
Stutes as far below hts ambition. II
Won don't believe us ask any street
urchin, school boy who he would rath-
er be. wilson. Rockefeller. or Rixey.
Mr. Pix~v. who iust finished a high
ly successful year fifth the Phiiadel-
phia National league team. is at pres
ent residing In Richmond. He has a
room at the Y. M G.. A., whore he
takes his daily exercise In gym In or
de- to keen himself AZ for the coming
season. That is. II the war Doesn't in
terfere. The big hoy is very uncertain
ae 70 what VIII happen before the UNI
pire yeils PLAY ball" next April. He
- ELIGIBLE for the draft and II Uncle
Sammie sees At to summon him ne,
fore Il 's time to NOV down the OPP
posing hatterr he viii, take his place
q: the firing line, and woe he 10 the
Hun who strays In front of ore OF
the hand srensdes which comes from
the hand OF this pitcher.
| Rixcy. who In q Virginia boy. and
as we mentioned before. a graduate
OF our state university Ia at present
employed with the Virginia Carolina
Che mical com any. He would make
a good oppon ent for our great circus
star, Jess Willard. a. he stands about
six foot six inches In his hoieproofs
ard shows the results Of his clean iiv-
inr as baseball PLAYER.
Should he be shared TO take his
place In the baseball ranks he will be
found with the Phiiliee arain next
wear Prospects are particularly bright
fer Philadelphia NEXT year, 40 there
are only two or three msn whom the
draft effects.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-31
Committee To URGE
RIVER IMPROVEMENT


Richmond will probably be we'll rep
resented at the annual convention OF
the Atlantic Deeper waterways asso-
citation In Miami Fla. the week OF No.
vember ~.
Through the strenuous efforts OF
Chairman Lawrence Paul. of the coun-
Gil committee on dock. river and har-
Dor, common council has passed res
olution apnropriating $500 for the ex-
penses of the committee In taking the
trip. The coming meeting ts looked
forward TO as probably the most I'M
portant for years The question OF
deepening, widening and improving
the Importance Of James river las well
a. other waterways) will be discussed
and congress win be called upon TO
take quick action At the coming ses-
sion.
Chairman Paul has worked hard ana
earnestly IN urging congress to take
more interest In thu Importance OF
James river. particularly at this time.
when transportation facilities are
taxed to their utmost. He hopes to
be able TO induce tho entire COMMITTEES
to 20 to Miami. for at that convention
thu congressional committee on rivers
ana harbors will be present, and he
feel. that rubbing elbows and cxchang-
ing views may help a lot in bringing
In huence to bear.
At a meeting of the COMMITTEES last
night the trip WAS discussed. Chair
man Paul explained the Importance OF
enthusiastic action. and he could fig-
urs ON seven members of the commit
tee as OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Fuller,
sullivan, Nielsen, Cheatwood. Powers
and Batkins. The mayor has stated
he could not attend the convention on
account OF other important matters ~
that time. President Adams. OF this
board Of aldermen. and President Pc
ters. Of the common council. may 60
with the committee.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-31
OMAR k1AYYAM HAS WON =
FORTUNES FOR TWO OWNERS
BY JAMES j. CORBETT.
Copyright, 1917. by King Features Syndicate Inc.)

Purchasing race horses--like play
Ing EMS very much of q gamble
Two years ago G. X. q. Billings
bought a yearlng at sale in Hurcpe.
paying $1,000 for the colt. His name
was Omar Khayyam. Within eighteen
months the horse had won something
like 10000 for his owner. Thsn
Billings sold him for s2e.5oo. Net
profit about sa5, go.
Wilfred viau was the man who
bouVht Omar from Billings. When
500 for the horse, q lot of the wise
ones'' decided that Viau had been
stung. They didn't figure that Omar
Khayyam was worth any such sum-
But Omar fooled 'em all.
Viau has owned Omar for only three
or four months. yet In that short space
of time the great thoroughbred has
won approximately his purchase price
In purses, And Omar Is only three
year-old. has at least three more years
:. first class racing in his legs and
then can he retired tn the stud where
he should command huge fees,
IT wouldn't be at all surprising II
viau made 100000 profit on his in
vestment OF s2s 500 In the same horse
which Melted Billings such q splendid
return.
On the other hand there IL Sam NC
Meek!n, termed by many the bank
roll graveyard" TWO years or SO ago
- 1o0rei IKE world heater among
three -year-oids. August Belmont.
the shrewd Judge of horse-fesh.
thought 20 well OF Sammy that he
paid $4,000 for him. And what a.
disappointment that horse proved to
he! Belmont entered him In the high
class stake races---and Gam was con-
slant also-ran. Then ne put him in
the lower classes. but almost without
exception Sam HcMeekin finished far
back in the dust.
Belmont finally rfdded himself Of
sam McMeskin taking few Thousand
dollars in exchange for the steed that
cost him $4,000. Sans new owner
discovered what Belmont had learn
ed--that Sar, Wasn't there" SO he
d.sposed OF San, at huge loss. Lower
and lower Sammy dropped In the cell
Ing platter class, finally to fnd his
way into a race whore he. the once
$4,000 beauty. was entered TO be
cold for t40o In case he won.
1t doesn't always hanoen that horse
owners buy thcrouxhbrets for fancy
figures with the idea that thew will
make I'D for the investment hv win
ming big purses. Sometimes there is
what might be called sn Interior rur-
nose. One instance Of that occurred
many years ago and 1t is an ou,stand-
ing example.
The Dwyer brothers--Mike md PHI
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-31
YALE TO PLAY BASKETBALL
Blue Likely TO Have Team In Inter
collegiate League.


collegiate League.
New York. Oct. 30.-Some OF the
doubt which has surrounded the ques-
tion of yals's entry into the fntercol-
legiate Basketball league this year was
dispelied yesterday, when delegate
from New Haven to the meeting or
thu intercollegiate basketball assocta-
ton at the Hotel Imperial tntimated
that the Blue would compete. The
participation OF the Yale team in the
series still has to be sanctioned by
the athletic authorities at New Haven,
and particularly by Captain overton.
who is In charge Of the military train
ing. but 1t is Anticipated that the nee
essary approval will be forthcoming.
1t is certain now that the fntercoi-
iegiate leagne Will be thing of fact
in spite OF the war conditions, Ralph
organ, secretary OF the association,
said yesterday that schedule would
ne played even though there were
only four teams in the race. The
prospect. he wever. Is that there win
be six. the same as last year. Column
bia, Cornell. Dartmouth, Pennsylvania.
Princeton and Yais. A tentative
schedule was drawn up. but II was not
announced. ~ several dates have net
been definitely determined,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-31
TALES TOLD By FIGURES.
scnscuS uas~AsN Fees~sscA HcveA
rnwusp<cfci Facts.

sn..cr~ uas~AsN R..s~sscA Reveal
unwuspectcti Facts.
Thu reroraa OF the sixteen major
s.~ue clubs during the rest BASEBALL
.esse1 ur~se-t some UNUSUAL ana m
terest,ng features. While the status
tt~~ er,nicved are mot based upon the
ofac,sl league averages. they CONFORM
closely to the authentic PERCENTAGES
and for the purposes OF comparison
.rs ,n,yourhyy reliable, being COM
p!,ed In many cases from tbs oMciai
hox scores
the records show that the Chicaso
American league club. winner OF the
ycrid's championship series. led the
tunfor organization In both the mum
her Of games won and the total num-
her OF runs scored In no other de-
yartment did the White Gox hold the
nrer,,er position. aithowwh- tbs aver
sxe Of the team was very high. Bos-
ton PLAYED the greatest number Of
games during the season. due to nve
lie contests. Detroit. which finished
fourth. lad In hitting. while the Hos-
ton Red Scx held the opposing teams
a. the lowest number Of runs.
The figures also give clear In
sight into the loose pfay Of tho Phila-
Aelphia Athletics. who hnished In last
place. The Mackmen scored next to
the largest total Of runs, being but
thirty three behind the Chicago club
in this respect. and but twenty-three
hits short OF the Detroitsrecord. which
enabled the Tigers 10 win arst place
IN this department Of the Game. A.
an offset TO this excellent offense.
however. the Athletics showed the
poorest defensive play OF any club In
the American learue. The Philadel-
H. ~,
Of errors: had the great number OF
runners left on the bases, and their
opponents scored more runs against
the team than against any other club
on this circuit.
In the National iea%ue the New
York Giants. winners of the pennant
and losers OF the worlds series. play
Cd the most games, com pleting their
full schedule OF 1s4 games. with four
tie contests, bringing the total up to
l5s. As was the case with the Chi
cago white Sox the pennant winning
combination in the senior organization
also scored tho most runs. the Giants
record IN this respect being 636. Gin
cinnati. however. piled ur the largest
total of hits. white the Chicago Ma
tionals penetrated the greatest num-
Der OF errors The Boston Braves had
the most runners stranded on the
bases during the season Of 1877. and
Cincinnati proved the easiest 20 score
nS-atnst as the other seven clubs COLI
iecteti total Of Gil runs from the
Reds In the 1877 sames PLAYED
The Rrookiyn club, winner OF the
1915 renrant. aside from IT'S feat IN
PLAYING thc largest number OF tic
rames. failed to show the form Of q
year ago. The Superbas made less
runs than any team In the league
with the exception Of Pittsburg. was
third In total hits: made the third
largest number Of errors: ana was
about at the halfway mark In men
left on the bases and In runs scored
- easements.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-31
MINOR LEAGUE TO MEET.
President Hickey Calls American
Association Meeting


Chicago, Oct so--Reports that
three or four clubs of the American
association plan to withdraw and
merge with certain clubs In the Inter
national league caused President
Hickey OF the American association
to issue a call for conference of the
club owners to be held In Milwaukee,
next Sunday
.If Indianapolis, Louisville and To-
ledo club owners have decided to se-
ceds, 1t 10 only proper that we should
know about Il, Hickey said. II know
nothing officially of these reports. but
We shall expect at our Milwaukee con-
ference to have them either denied OF
admitted"
President Hickey wants an expiana-
ton OF the reported movement In adj
vance of the annual meeting OF the
association. which is to be held In
Louisville on November IL.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-31
RICH WEIGHT FOR HoURLESs.
Ptmiice HsuAicapper Puts Bsiaant Colt
At Top of Glass,

At iep OF 0iMHN,
Baltimore Md October 20,--FranR ]
Bryan. who ailots handicaps for the
Pimlico meeting, has sust issued the
weights for the Arlington handicap
which will be the feature of the OPEN
ing day next Thursday. He has had a
big task. az . der the system of no en-
trance fee tins Maryland Jockey club
has received an entry of more than $50
handicap performers for the race at a
mile AMI sixteenth.
Though 1t Is scarcely likely that
either Hourless or Omar Khayyam will
start the weights are interesting as
showing how the expert Handicapped
estimates the ability of the two great
three-year The recent victory of
Hourless. though only one out of three
starts against Omar Khayyam. has
gained him the position Of leading
threa-year old, according to Mr.. Ery-
ans figures. He has asked Hourless
to carry 12s pounds In the Arlington,
one pound more than omar Khayyam.
The Handicapped also pays high
tribute to Harry Payne Whitney's
great race mare. Regret, which shares
the place at the head of the list with
Old Rosebud. which under Mr., Sos-
burrh's handicaps has occupied the
pride of place among the handicap
horses Both are asked to carry 1874
ppuHobs anu tA+FS hSN IRE ShtS Nf&SA
horses asked to give weight to Hour
less and Omar Khayyam.
The claims of the Western three
year-old Cudgel to consideration as
enc Of the leaders OF his age are not
taken seriously. as he has been asked
to shoulder only 100. pounds. and be-
sides the liberal allowance from the
two Eastern cracks he is in recetpf ni
one pound from Werty Hogan. another
al ~ he Cfr ~ NJ J.,
frid Wan. The old champion, Roamer
is rated at 1876 pounds. while Borrow
another veteran. has to carry only III
pounds.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-31
omsy Joins Baseball Boosters Who Oppose Cutting Down Next Seasons Schedule
HLONE
'P|RPL6A|llFNG!|
eyrg

The regular games scheduled for
last night between the Giants and the
Cubs were postponed to future date
on account of a large percentage of
the teams not being able to be pres
ent. Neither Captains Lohman nor
Bob waldbauer showed up. 1t is prob
able that when the teams meet again
the postponed game will be rolled eff
In a doubie-headeF.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-31
NOTICE!

Patrons Of the Biiou, Colonial, Strand,
Isis and Odeon--
Starting Thursday matinee. Novem-
Der /, the government requires the
atcrs to collect from the ticket pur-
chaser and users of passes a war tax
as follows:
On ten-cent tickets-one cent.
On ftfteen~cent tieketa--Two cents.
Children under twelve-One cent on
each ticket. regardless of price.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-31

The Palace and weisnerger's teams
will clash tonight In the regular We'd
nesday night match. unless report IS
received to the contrary on account
of 1t being Halloween that the con-
tests have been postponed. Weis
bergers are getting back to their for
mer strength. and Captain Austins
men have hard tussle ahead to take
three straight,