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New Britain herald., 1917-11-08
SPENCER IN SIX DAY RAGE.
National Cycle Champion to Make
 Debut in Long Grind.

New York, Nov. 8-Arthur Spencer. the national cycling champion, who relieved Frank Kramer of the laurels he held for seventeen years, will be a starter in the six day race at Madi- son Souare Garden the week of De- cember 2 to 8. William H. Wellman made a. special trip to Boston in order to sign the title holder, and he re- turned last night with Spencer's sig nature attached to a contract.
 This will be the champions first six day effort. He Is at present caring for his brother, Willie, who Is paired with Bob Spears in the six day race, ten hours g. day. in the Boston Arena.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-08
CHANGE IN CORNELL LINEUP.
Carry Takes Pcndleton's Position h
 Back6eld.

Ithaca. N. r.. Nov. s.-Cornell'0 varsity showed encouraging form in yesterdays short scrimmage with the scrubs. The varsity took the ball over once from the forty yard line. An important change was made in the lineup, which may hold for the Mich-s igan game on Saturday. Carry was placed at fullback for Pendleton. tho latter remaining on the side lines Pendleton IS not in the best of con- dition. Although Carry had been in- jured early in tho season while play- ing quarterback he showed plenty Of speed yesterday. If Garry starts in. the backf1eld Cornelrs offensive wifi be the fastest of the year because he is fleet, hard running back.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-08
O'DOWD GErs CHANGE.

New York Nov. 8.-AlthOugh Al Mccoy, the middleweight champion, declared a few weeks ago he never would give New Workers the pleasure of seeing him in a ring contest for his championship, he changed his mind yesterday and will exhibit his prowess once before tho poor old Frawley law draws it's last breath. He has con- sented to box ten rounds with the "Fighting Harp" Mike O'Dowd at the Clermont Sporting Club next Thurs day night, November IA.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-08
LONG RUNS AT WILLIAMS.
Boynton Stars in Scrimmage With
 Scrub Team.

Williamstown, Mass, Nov. S.-Hard work and lots of 1t was in order for the Williams squad here yesterday. It was long after dark before Coach Walker gave the sign for his charges to quit. The first hour was devoted to a secret signal drill in the base ball cage, after which the squad went to Weston Field for three-quarters of an hour more.
 The var4ty and scrubs engaged in a strenuous scrimmage: Four times the regulars crossed the opposing goal line. Boynton made two sensa- tional runs through the entire second term for scores, his last performance covering sixty yards. Brown raced half the length of the field for a touchdown after taking c forward pass and Strong tailed on . line play.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-08
"CUPID" BLACK CANCELS CAME
Will Not Play Leary's Team in Stadi-
 um on November 17.

Cambridge. Mass, Nov. 8.-There will be no football game in the Stadi- um on November 17 between Cupid" Blacks team of Newport Naval Re- serves and Leo Learys Charlestown Navy Yard eleven. Capt. Black noti- fled the Harvard athletic manage ment yesterday that he preferred to have the Crimson informal varsity go to Newport rather than bring his team here, and Harvard will keep the date as arranged.
 Yesterday afternoon the varsity showed great improvement in a scrim- mage with the navy yard team, Har- ward scoring four touchdowns. Hoff- man and Horween each ran half the length of the field. Harvard will meet Percy Haughton's team from Camp Devens in the Stadium on Sat urday.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-08
s1GNAD DRI1n AT BROWN.
Minor Injuries Keep Several Regulars
 Out of Practice.

Providence, R. T., Nov. 8-Although the regular weekly military drills in terfered somewhat with football prac- tice at Brown yesterday, Coach Rob- inson and his assistants were able to put their charges through a strenu- ous signal practice. The varsity line up again showed several changes due for the most part to minor injuries received by the first string men. The game with Syracuse on Saturday demonstrated that the Brown team is far from proficient in the forward pass and other open plays, and consider able time is being taken to remedy this weakness.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-08
REST FOR PENN ELEVEN.
FoIwell Gives Men Day on Pre- paratory to Drive op Dartmouth.

Philadelphia, Nov. 8.-After Penn's hard battle with the Pennsylvania Military College eleven Tuesday Coach Folwell of the Red and Blue team decided to rest his players yes- terday. Only six men were out on Franklin Field yesterday afternoon and they merely did some limbering up stunts.
 The Penn eleven will leave Broad street station at o'clock Friday morning fer Boston. where on Satur- day they will battle with the Dart mouth eleven. The following players will make the trip:
 Miller, Berry, Light, Quigley. Bell, Thomas. straus. Maynard, Cleary, wray. Wolfe. Kammerer, Krause, Ogorman, Rosenau. Jerauld. Well. Moche, Dixon, Van Ginkle, Heavener, Dieter, Walsh, Cook and Cresset. <
New Britain herald., 1917-11-08
NURSES SWIMMING FEAT.
Miss Cunningham Goes Across Golden
 Gate and Return

San Francisco, Nov S.-For the first time in the swimming history of the Pacific coast a woman swam a round trip course across the Golden Gate yesterday. She was Miss Hazel Cunningham, an eishteen-year-o old nurse. Her time was hour, 35 minutes and 25 seconds. The course each way was seven -eighths of a mile.
 The swim was unofficial, but had the sanction of the Pacific Coast Ath- letic Association.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-08
POST SEASON FOOTBALL.
Pitt Eleven to Play S20th Regiment
 of Camp Lee on Dec. 1.

versity 'fSr; of PittsburES % Ho'i football % team cam will play a post season game with the eleven of the S2oth Regiment from Camp Lee, Va. according to a deci- sion of the university athletic com- nittee last night. The game will be played at Forbes Field, the National League baseball park here, on De- cember l.
 The regimental team Is composed of former college players from western Pennsylvania. The receipts from the game will be turned into the regi- mental fund.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-08
LIGHT WORK AT WESLEYAN.

Middletown, Nov. 8.-The Wesleyan football team was put through two hours drill on Andrus Field yesterday afternoon. 1Oote and Keeler were used in the bunting. Thore was Q long period of running down under punts. Tho scrimmaginE was light owing to tho withdrawal of some of the scrub and freshmen to compete in the annual interclass field day. The varsity scored several times, Mark thaler. K. V. Dixon, Keller Berlew and Boote carrying. the ball over.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-08
BROTHERS COACH RIVALS

Dr. Fauvcr's Wesleyan Gridiron War;
 riOrs to Clash With Dr. Fauver's
 Rochester Eleven Next Saturday. 1
 Middletown, Nov. 8.-For the first time in the history of, the sport, Wes- leyan and the University of Rochester will meet at football Saturday in Rochester. where a new athletic field is to be christened with this event.
 The fact that twin brothers both physicians and football experts, ara. coaching the elevens at these two in~ St1tutions adds to the interest Dr. Edwin Fauver is professor of physi- cal education at Rochester and Dr. Edgar Fauver is acting in like ca pacity at Wesleyan. They are both old Oberlin football stars and both stud jed at Columbia before they took their present positions. VI
New Britain herald., 1917-11-08

YOUNG RAINBOWs CHALLENGE
 The Young Rainbows would like to arrange three football games with any team in the city averaging e5 to 100 pounds. Address Manager Adolph Cooke, 232 Hartford avenue
New Britain herald., 1917-11-08
BLADES AND ADA1R DRAW.

Providence, R. T.. Nov. S.-De6ore a house packed to capabity Young Blades. champion lightweight of Now England, and Barney Adair of New York, fought 12 furious rounds to a draw. The decision of Martin CAnole, referee was hooted by the fans as they thought Blades was entitled to a verdict as he did all the leading.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-08

R. Norris Williams, noted tennis champion, Is one of the famous ath- letes in training in the Officers Re- serve corps at Plattsburgh.
 Many of the champion athletes or the country are training for officer ships in this branch of the service. The ranks of the Officers Reserve are
New Britain herald., 1917-11-08
MAILS MUST JOIN ARMY.
Former Brooklyn Pitcher Drafted In-
 to National Service.

San Francisco, Nov. S.-John w. (Lefty) Malls, former pitcher for the Brooklyn National League club, has been certified for service in the new National Army at Camp Lewis. Mails, who at the present time is in Seattle, will leave Friday to join the Marin contingent at American Lake.
 His home is in San Quentin, village.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-08

filled with the best possible material, the best young blood in America.
 The 5000 men have arrived in camp and the training is under good headway. It is the largest officers training camp in the world. In three months time these men are expected to be ready to drill the men pro- duced by the selective draft.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-08
WOLGAST DYING

tient in Milwaukee Sanitarium-
 Weights Only 80 Pounds.
 Milwaukee, Wis.,, Nov. S.-Ad Vol gast, once champion of all the lt1ht- weights, and one of the sturdiest fighters to ever step inside the roped arena, is nearing the end in a local sanitarium. .-. r-e@ a. .tr
 According to Ads brother. Louis the former title-holder is, in truth, but a shadow of his former self.
 ''Ad only weights 86 pounds and his hair is rapidly turning gray" stated Louis Wolgast, in a letter to a friend. "The chances are he will never leave the sanitarium.
 "Ad wants to become an instructor in boxing in the United States Army but, of course, he could not do that. His physical condition would not per- init it."
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-13
FOOD CONTROL
PLAN IS READY
Wheat and Flour First to
Come Under Government
Supervision
HOOVER TAKES
THE HELM NOW
Announcement AS to Policy
Will Be Made This
Week

Washington, Aug Measures tc
control the sale and price of wheat and
-four under the food control law, will be
announced this week by the food admin
stration. Breadstuffs will be the first
food over which the government will ex-
ercise supervision. Meat and dairy prod
ucts will come next.
Regulations of food products will be
taken up by commodities As fast as
plans are made the food administration
will make known its program concerning
the handling of each. The present in
tention is to improve economic conditions
through cooperation Of industries con
cerned, and no attempt will be made to
enforce drastic provisions of the law I'M
less the cooperation plan fails
The administration is preparing Sc
ries of statements on the food situation
in the United States and abroad and
hopes to impress on the American people
the necessity for assistance in carrying
out ito aims.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-13
Tho Cork Convent

A striking curiosity near Cintra, Por'
tugal, is an ancient convent built par
tally In the interior Of an immense
rock. The convent is situated in a
very isolated spot and was formerly
surrounded by a dense wood of cork
trees The convent is known as the
Convento da Cortica, or Cork con-
vent" for the reason that the monks
cells, chapel, kitchen and refectory are
all lined with cork to keep out the
damp. From 1860 to 1884 the convent
was inhabited by an order OF monks
known as the Capuchins, remark
able feature of their discipline being
that, except on certain occasions, 81
lence was obligatory. Since 1884, wher
the monasteries and converts Of Por-
tugal were dissolved, the convent has
not been occupied. though il is open
to the public, caretaker residing there
for this purpose.-Wide World.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-13
SPORTING NOTES.

johnson is Chicagos only abb fol
losing Fridays encounter between Chi
cago and Washington, when the Senator
pitcher held the league leaders to one
hit, besides securing three hits out OF
three times at bat, himself, and scoring
two runs.
The jinx is certainly after two of the
American league teams for Friday,
Weaver the Chicago third baseman suf
fered broken finger, which will keep
him from the game for three or four
weeks, while Marsans, the Cuban out
field, recently purchased from New York,
suffered broken right leg.
Cleveland won the second straight
game from New York Friday in the
l4th inning by the score of to T. Ell
mer Smith, who twice last season de-
feated Shawkey in the ninth inning by
home runs, won the game by making a
circuit drive off the same pitcher in the
l4th inning
Flynn, an outfelder, has been pur-
chased by the Pittsburg National league
team from the Shreveport club of the
Texas league.
Baseball fans and critics have been
trying to arrange a new method of av
erages which would easily show how
player stands in regards to his value to
the team. For instance, last year
Pipp batted for 1852 and ranked fifth in
the list of players. But no account was
taken of the fact that he had to his
credit 20 doubles, IA triples and IL home
runs for total of 227 bases. The same
is true with Graney, who batted for .242,
but who had to his credit, Ia triples and
five home runs for total of 226 bases. |
Since more scoring is done by longer hits, |
it is evident that the player that pro
duces them is of more value than the one |
that builds up his own batting aver
age.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-13
AN ANTIQUE PHRASE.
The "Are and Of Right Ought TO Be"
Used In the Declaration.

Has 1t ever occurred to you that
! one OF the lingering sentences OF
phrases which Thomas Jefferson wrote
into the Declaration really is verita-
bic antique2
Professor William A. Dunning OF Co
lumbia university about fifteen years
ago pointed out that the phrase Are,
and OF right ought to be-" has been
used so often that he would not be
surprised to find some Psychologist dis
cover its equivalent on an Egyptian
temple.
He began tracing the phrase and first
found Swift had used something like
it In referring TO the Church of Ire
land.
or course Richard Henry Lee had
used 1t before jefferson in his resolu-
ton in congress June Z, 1776.
But before Dean Swift had applied I.
the bill OF rights which placed VII
liam and Mary on the British throne
said of them that they did become,
were. are and of right ought to be by
laws of this realm our sovereign lord
and lady"
That did not satisfy Professor Dun
ming, and he started back through the
middle ages and found in 1900 Pope
Boniface VIII. used similar sentence
with King Philip the Fair of France
1t appears that Philip had some no
ton of independence, and the pope
gave him to understand that 1.-THE
French of right are and ought to be
subject to the Roman king and the en-
peror."
or course this went. and Philip con-
tinued to be fair haired, but not indie
pendent Philadelphia Ledger.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-13
QUIET AT PLATTSBURG.
Only About 700 Will be Discharged With
out Commissions OF recommendations

out commissions or accommodations.
Plattsburg, Aug. l3.--Al training of
the student officers at the Plsttsburg
camp here has virtually ceased The
men are marking time for the formal
closing tomorrow. Long lines OF men
stood at the quartermaster buildings
throughout Saturday waiting their turn
to deliver their equipment and obtain
receipts.
Some 5000 members of the camp have
received telegraphic notification of their
selection as officers of the regular or ma
tional army Two hundred and sixty
have been recommended for service in the
second training camp which opens the
27th. One hundred and fifty have al
ready been sent to the ground school
for aviation and $50 others are to be Sc
lected for the same branch before he
camp closes, leaving about 100 to be dis
charged without commission or recon-
mendation for future service.
Maj Hermann ] Koebler, physical in
structor at West Point, has asked for the
detail of selected number of the stu
dents as physical instructors al the west
ern environments. The list of men to be
selected for such work ia now being pre-
pared by the regimental commanders.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-13

Dublin is one OF the finest cities in
the British empire, and its public
buildings are second to none. Two
very different men have united in its
praise Goodwin Smith said that Phoe-
nix park was the most beautiful of all
the parks he had seen, and Greville.
even more enthusiastic, wrote: Il am
greatly struck by the fineness of the
town of Dublin and of its public build
ings especially. Dublin is, for its size,
a finer city than London, and | think
they beat us hollow in their public
buildings. We have no such square
as Merrion square nor such street
as Sackville street" Sala In Bells
Of Shandon' vein reviewed all the
great streets he had promenaded from
the Nevski Prospect TO Piccadilly. OF
them all be says by far the finest is
Sackyille street, Dublin, as 1t stretches
from the river Liffey to the rotunda
and its gardens.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-13
SOCIALIST PAPER
LOSES MAIL STATUS
Second Class Privilege Revoked Because
Issues Held Up Interrupted
Continuity.

Chicago, Aug. l3.-The American So
cialist of Chicago, official weekly publica-
ton of the National Socialist party, Sat
urday received word from Washington
that its second-class mailing privilege
had been revoked by the postoffice de-
partment. This order is said to have
grown out of the fact that the last three
issues of the publication in June were
held unavailable under the espionage
law.
Adolf Germer, national secretary of
the Socialist party, who was arrested
Friday night because of alleged seditious
utterances in addressing a meeting of
the American liberty and defense league,
was released from custody late Satur-
day after being questioned by agents of
the federal department of justice.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-13
WRITING THAT FADES.
Result OF the Action Of Light and Ar
Upon the Ink.

Result OF the Action Of Light and Ar
Upon tho Ink.
Attention was first called to the
bleaching effect OF air and light on
writing ink as used In modern timey
by the fact that signatures on certain
certifcaixs had become illegible
through the fading OF the ~, says a
writer in the Journal of the Society Of
Chemical Industry.
As 1t was impracticable to test a sam
pie OF ink by exposure of writing for
period of years, 1t was considered
that limited application OF hydrogen
peroxide would be the nearest chemical
equivalent to the bleaching effect OF
the atmosphere. Writing done by diff
ferent inks was exposed to light, the
paper being occasionally moistened
with per cent solution OF hydrogen
peroxide, the result being that the
handwriting gradually became invisi-
BILE, in some cases more quickly than In
others. The violet ink used for type
writer's was less readily acted on, but
was quickly bleached by sulphurous
acid.
II an ink could be produced posses
sing the desirable properties of perfect
fluidity and, being nondepositing and
at the same time incapable of being de-
colorized by oxidizing or reducing
agents, there would be good reason to
believe that the writing done by such
an ink would be practically permanent.
In the meantime, when writing is of
an important nature and is desired to
endure, some form OF carbon ink ap-
pears to be the only trustworthy prepa.
ration.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-13
BOARD TOORDER
148 MORE SHIPS
Contracts for SO Wooden, 60
Steel Vessels
Ready
MEANS S100,000,000
ADDITIONAL OUTLAY
Goethals Proposals Are
Changed But Very
Little

Washington, Aug. l3.-Huge ship
ping contracts -aggregating 10000 tom
and an outlay of Sl00,000 ,000--were ap
proved by the shipping board yesterday
The tonnage will include eight eight
wooden vessels and sixty steel ships
it was stated,
With Chairman Hurley's signature or
these contracts Saturday and Admiral
Caps acceptance of designations of five
members of the emergency feet corpora
tion legal staff the final difficulty left
over from the Goethals Denman regime
has been placed behind the new board.
The contracts signed are those drawn
by General Goethals, but which have
been held up until Admiral Caps could
study them carefully. His work was
completed last night.
The men who resigned are George
Rubee, Joseph P. Cotton, George p.
Rowland and Edward Burling, all of
whom were serving without pay, and
George H. Savage These men drew the
contracts sponsored by Goethals, which
Denman refused to sign during the recent
shipping row. They are stepping out
because they believe Admiral Caps
should be permitted to choose his own
legal assistants now.
Rublee and Burling probably will be-
come associated with the shipping board
under Hurley Immediately. One of the
men is expected to be named to the post
of general counsel for the board, seat
now vacant.
Only slight contracts were made in
the Goethals contracts by Admiral
Capps. A different arrangement for pay
ing the firms engaged in the work has
been made and some of the figures are
understood to have been trimmed some
what
No firm can draw money on the board,
for instance, unless it shows material
and labor on hand to do the work con
tracted for.
Hurley's action Saturday narrowly |
averted delicate situation arising again
in the board. Some contractors who had
been told by Goethals to go ahead with
their work had made tremendous prep
arations-one had spent more than 1928
600 in enlarging his plant in New Eng
land to handle the contract. He would
have lost large sums through further de-
lay or refusal of the shipping board in
the contracts Goethals had
drawn.
Utter collapse of two big plants
would have occurred had not Hurley
acted. Despite pressure from all sides
for tonnage and to save heavy losses by
contractors, Hurley refused to act on the
contracts until Admiral Caps had gone
over them carefully and approved every
step. With this finally accomplished
there was citation among the contractors /
here.
The step taken Saturday is only the
first one. Millions more in contracts are
now being worked out by Admiral ,
Capps. :
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-13
Left Only tho Stubble.

The ancient Egyptians reaped their
grain close to the ear and afterward
cut the straw close TO the ground and
laid it by. 1t was this straw that Pha-
raoh refused TO give to the Israelites
II was because of this refusal to give
the longer straw to the Israelites that
they were compelled TO gather stub
able difficulty, seeing that the straw
itself had been cut off near to the
ground.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-13

public to suspend judgment until they
know the facts
"lf any statement of his position Is
to be made at this juncture it will be
made in the proper place, namely, the
House of Commons, and even then his
course will be influenced in so far as IL
viii affect the nations interested in the
successful prosecution of the war.
"The above also applies to a com.
which Mr.. Henderson has re-
ceived from the prime minister with an
that il is being sent to the
press"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-13
Princes In England.

Only the eldest son OF the king OF
England has a legal right ts the title
of prince, although other royal chill.
dren have many privileges. They are
sons and daughters of England, they
are royal highnesses In their own right,
and they could claim TO be served on
one knee at table when the king Is not
present Moreover, in England princes
are always OF royal blood. In other
countries they are often mere mobiles,
ranking after dukes.-London Stand
ard.
Dubious Compliment.
I'D hate TO have Dubson's mean dis
position"
what has he been doing 20 your
II asked bow he liked my new mo
torcar"
"wenY
"He said It certainly had fine horn
Age Herald
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-13
5000 BRITISH ENLIST IN U. S.
Recruiting Commission Says 400 Are
Already in Camps.

New York, Aug, -. More than 5000
men for British and Canadian forces
have been recruited in this country by
the British recruiting commission, it
was announced Saturday About 400
of these have already gone forward TO
depots in Canada, il was stated, the 9TH
er 600 having been granted time to ar
range their affairs.