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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-09

DON'T
TELEPHONE
The gravity of the situation
has compelled this letter from
the Director of the Department
of Public Health and Charities.
Read it carefully! !.
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND CHARITIES ( ]
Mr. L. H. Knnard +
Vice President and General Manager.
The Bell Telephone Co. of Penna;
PhiIa, Pa +
advised that by of the increasing shortage
of operators due to epidemic Influenza you will be forced
within very short time to close certain of your telephone
central offices.
further advised that such action be avoided only
the public will refrain from making all calls required
by war work, sickness or other absolute necessity.
Therefore, in the interest of public welfare and of ndvid
uaI health hereby directed take such steps will
deny service from all telephones observed be used for the
making of unessential calls
Only by the vigorous pursuit of such may the
of service be guaranteed those and
after suffering from the epidemic.
Yours very truly,
WILMER KRUSEN,
Oct / 1918 Director
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-09

The President did not make the mis-
take Of returning categorical and
unqualified mo" to the note from the
German Government. If there was n
pit dug for him he did not fall into il.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-09

Perhaps no document proceeding
sfrom he Presidents capable intel,
lecttals has ever gone SO swiftly TO The,
heart of the question or disposed With
such candid and vet subtle dialcctic skill
of a dangerously plausible trick Of the
enemys diplomacy as his reply yester-
day through Mr.. Lansing. 60 Prince
MaNmiliau'~ peace proposals
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-09
fesc York Times

Fem York Times
The Imperial German Chancellor and
all Germans above and below him should
understand that in laying down terms
and principles President Wilson is dot |
speaking merelys his own thought, he
is proclaiming the ."comm6n purpose or
enlightened mankind; :" he is speaking
Sin terms of broad visioned justice and
mercy and peace and the satisfaction
af those deep-seated longicgs of oppress-
ed and distracted men and women and
enslayed peoples that seem to them the
only things worth lighting war for
that eneulfs the korkl aG4'he principles
which are the folndations Of our Gdhy-
ernment the foundations Of the liberal
Governments of those with whom we
have Joined forces to destroy the dan
eerous military power and the insuffer-
able pretensons Of Germany are the
very essence OF Mr.. Wilson's program
Of the worlds peace, "the only possible
program" The American people belieNc
chose principles are worth fghting for
The peoples Of the Allied Powers hold
that belief They will continue to fight
for them until Germany has had enough
Of Fighting and accepts their terms.
Before the request Of the Chancellor
can have formal consideration and reply
The President must be informed that the
German Government accepts the terms
laid down in his addresses and that the
object of the discussions proposed
"would be only to agree upon practical
details of their application II is open
to Germany to say thai this is a demand
for surrender. That is what il amounts
fo.sand the President speaks what is in
the minds of the American people when
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-09

Comment of AaeI1caSf newspa pers
as expressed in this mornings edi-
torials on the Presidents response to
the German Chancellor's proffer OF
peace In general accepts 1t as test
pftGerman sincerity.
Many say il is not at all that was
hoped for, but conclude the President
has shifted the issue back to Germany
asa "counter-offensive."
Following are excerpts:
Philadelphia Public Ledger
To deny that the American people
will be deeply disappointed at the Presi-
dents first step in response to the note
Of the new Imperial German Chancellor
would be TO deny a phen4meflbn of ma
f,ife. The county may be ill-informcd,
but 1t Is firm as adarnant against par
ley at this time with the intolCrable
Thing" II was ready for more rea-
soned reply than the President returpcd
so promptly and properly TO the mper-
tinent Austrian approaches. But it was
not ready fort will Ice abashed and
puzzled by--what it is most difficult To
distinguish from the ope1Iing Of CON
vetsations" with the l(aiscrs Chancrl-
lor
The President : ,ssmmcnt that the ,en-
trail Powers must wiiheray thtir forces
from Invaded teriS Org syers'where hefore
he can suggest an armistice 10 his Allies
cannot escape being read with real dis
quiet by the entire Allied world. II is
not TO be presumed that the President
has merely shot this as an idle arrow
into the air or incorporated in 81 inn
portant a document casual remark to
postpone answering an awkward tucs-
tion. He must mean something by il.
Does he by any chauCe ntesn that he will
suggest an armistice TO his Allies II the
Central Powers do Withdraw behind their
own frontiers? Audtif he dott mean Il.
what is to prevent Germany and her
allies from destroying at single blow
all the efforts of our glorious aud costly
victories this summer by simply taking
their huge armies and enormous arma-
ments home?
Suppose the German Chancellor meets
this remark by Offering to evacuate all
Allied territory at once. Will President
Wilson order his soldiers to- attack the
enemy while they are carrying out this
proposal of his? lAn he, in fact. avoid
entering into "A practical arnrstice while
this idea Of his own is being put into
effect? This would mean that the enemy
powers would successfully and uutN-
pectedly rescue their armies from the
fatal grip OF FoCh, Iiaig, Petaiu and
Diaz and bank them up behind their
own Boundaries on much shorter lines
than they now hold to fight that de
fensive war" which the Chancellor OPEN
~ talks about in case he aid not quite
like the peace terms We finally offer
The Washington times., 1918-06-03
MORGAN COLLIDES WITH
SHOTTON, LOSING CLASH

CLEVELAND, 3-Dermnd to a game
hngp pitcher of the American League Ray Morgan and Bert Shot
lost for Washington 10 to the Indians yesterday in the eleventh
ming when they ded in going after fly to short right field
AlVa Halt running for Steve oN camped third and
the Ovn of Morgan and ShOtOn that worked their
the Gs wdog either Of them stopped
and given the other full for the the chances would
been neither Of them figured the other had chance
both kept running There crash they
praWng opposite directions while the ball rolled
foul territory The penp enthusiasm of the
greatest ball the history park
The Washington times., 1918-06-03
BURGESS PROVES ABLE
TO CARRY GOLF MATCH

Jack Burgess, OF Chevy Chase,
proved able to carry on in yesterday
Red Cross exhibition golf match at
Chevy Chas when paired with Mrs.
Fred c. Let's, he defeated Mrs.
Quentin Feitner and Fred Mcleod.
Mrs. Let's and Burgess, who shot a
II for a competitive course record,
won by TO 2.
Mrs. Let's and Burgess were ahead
all during the match. The women
were not in the best Of form, and Nc
I,eod was a tTifis of his game. Some
thing over $50 was realized for the
Red Cross. The last holes were
played in the rain.
The Washington times., 1918-06-03
HARRY GREB TO MEET
BARTFELD IN DETROIT

DETROIT. June S.-Harry Greb
the Pittsburgh middleweisht' now
sailor in the naval reserves, has been
matched to battle Soldier Bartfield
in n tweive-round bout here, II VIII
probably be staged at Navln Field
and the proceeds will go to the navy
mess fund.
Greb and Bartfield fought at To-
leda last week and at the end OF the
fifteenth round there was little TO
choose between them, Greb, how
ever, received the decision because OF
his leading.
The Washington times., 1918-06-03
EMIL PEEL MAKES
CARDINALS HALT IN
EFFORTS FOR WIN

Quantico Marines may have difficulty
INJECTING away with the Navy All-staF
team on Saturday at American League
Park II Emil Pfeil Is In the form he
displayed against the crack Cardinal
club Of Alexandria
Pfeil served them up for the Navy All
Star team and won a TO 0 game, allow
ing one hit and tanning six. The Navy
team counted In four Of the seven in
nings played. ouayle and Sweeney were
given fairly good support by the CardI-
nails. but Pfeil was too clever for the
Aexandrians.
BY punching their hits IN the fourth
inning for eight runs, the 7. NJ H. A
defeated the Army Medical School yes
terday score. s 10 & OttebeFE pitched a
good game for the Y. N. H. A. and was
given good support; JoRre. first base.
and Nisnewitz, left field. contributing OK
cellent fielding. Parks. OF the Medical
School. struck out sixteen batters, but
was given poor support
Clarendon A. c. defeated the Fort
AyeT QuaFteTmastsrs, o to ., yester-
day afternoon. Won Herbulis, for the
winners, was In fine form, and was
given erH6rless support. Goldberg,
Bolen, and Mccoy furnished the held-
ing features, and Davidson. with
three singles and a double, and Til
lett, with two hits in three trips to
the plate, were leaders with the stick
Rex A. c. came near dropping a
game to the Fort Myer Hospital Corps
team in the ninth. With a two-run
lead in the eighth, Rex players scored.
Two. runs were netted by the frantic
Hospital men in q near-win in the
ninth, but the score ended at 6 to 5.
The Rex players drove out eleven
hits. Ferguson famed an even dozen
Hospital batters during the engage
ment.
Departmental Baseball League
The Washington times., 1918-06-03
SCHOOLBOYS TO MEET
In WATER WEDNESDAY

Technical, Central and Western
will engage in triangular swim
ming meet at the Bathing Beach on
Wednesday afternoon. The events
will be in the nature Of tryouts for
the big meet to be held on Friday.
The 50-yard dash, 10O-yard dash.
S0-yard breast stroke and back
stroke, relay Rad fancy dive will
make up the program.
The Washington times., 1918-06-03

oiEeill opened the eleventh chap
e with a single TO left Only the
fastest kind OF fielding by seulte kept
e'HeiIN from reaching second Bagby
advanced O'NsiIl with a clever sacrifice
ana the fans thought it was all over
when Granny rolled to Morgan. But,
the .Griffs stiH had to reckon with
Chapman. Ray had not hit the ball
cut Of the infield against King Wal
tar all afternoon, but this time he
managed to drive the pill to short
right and close to the line.
The race between Morgan and
Shotton and the subsequent collision
followed with disastrous results to
Johnson and his buddies.
Opposed TO Walter on the firing line
vas the Cleveland tWirler whom he best
Cd by a l to count at Washington on
Nay Il. namely Jim Bagby. And strange
" enough Jim's sacrifice played a con-
siderable part Of Johnson's Undolng. as
did Walters drive for a triple three
weeks ago.
Pitching On a Par.
The pitching Of these two stellar per
formers was about on a par. Bagby was
hit hard in the second inning. when the
GriHs cracked out three singles. a light
ming double play on a near line single on
the hit-and-run. pulling him out Of the
hole, but thereafter the Grinmen were
unable TO get more than on hit in inning
% his delivery.
Milan opened the second by bunting in
front Of the plate, and Just beating
a'Heill's throw. On the hit and run
Schultz tried to drive the ball through
the spot being vacated by Chapman, but
Ray stopped short in his tracks. grabbed
the line smash and doubled Milan OF
hTst
Morgan then pasted q line single to
left, and Lavan followed with a single
q right. Ainsmlth drove the ball over
second. but Chapman made a dazzling
pickup. forcing Lavan.
Foster Gets Another.
Judge opened the sixth by working
Bsgby. for a pass. and Foster singled. the
twenty-irst consecutive game in which
he has hit safely, but Milan popped TO
Wamby and Schultz lined to Evans. who
tossed to second for a double play.
johnson made a bid TO win his own
game in the tenth, but iris Speaker
doomed up and blocked his path TO sue
cess. Sris opened the session by bagging
MoHgan's line smash. ticketed for a dOU-
bic. LaVan daubied to left. and reached
third. when Ainsmith rolled to Chapman
johnson caught the ball on the nose and
sent il in the general direction OF the
bleachers, but Speaker. who had been
playing far back. bagged it after a long
run
Wamby opened the second for the In
dianS with a double. but never got be-
yond the keystone sack. as Walt pitched
great ball Speaker hit the wall in right
in the fourth for a double with one
down. but was out trying to stretch, on
. perfect relay, ShottOn TO Lavsn 10
Foster, and this proved unfortunate. for
Wamby followed with a single on which
Iris could have registered.
Johnson vas IN hot water the third time
On the sixth. when Graney walked. Chap
man sacrihced, but Speaker walked 70
four 'straights. but he pulled himself out
Of the hole by picking Graney on second,
while Wamby hied 70 Milan.
The Washington times., 1918-06-03
WALLY SMITH RETURNS.

MINNEAPOLIS, June 3.-Wally
Smith, the Mlllers' third bRseman.
who retired last year because OF poor
health. has reported to Manager Can
tillon and been given his old Job at
the hot corner.
The Washington times., 1918-06-03
KIVIAT WINNER
OF RACE IN FRANCE

PARIS. June 3.-Abel Eiyiat, tha
former mile amateur champion in
America, showed all his Old form IN
the athletic games held at Coiombes .
Memorial Day, running away from
his field in the mile
Kline won the century.
Georges Andre, the French pental.ae \
champion, defeated Corporal Pomfroy
in the 23OyaFd hurdles
The Washington times., 1918-06-03
scHAEFER WITH NEWARK.

NEWARK. n. J., June 3.-Herman
Sehaefer, for many years a big lea
guer and known as the games great
est comedian, has Joined the Newark
Internationals- He played right field
In yesterdays hrst game and came
In 10 hTst base in the second. He
collected four hits. including a dou-
BILE. in seven times up for the two
games
The Washington times., 1918-06-03
BIG LEAGUE BIFFERs.
WANTS BULLY WHALEN
TO BOX KAYO CHANEY

BALTIMORE. June 3.-EddIe Kane,
manager OF Tommy Gibbons and Billy
Whalen, both OF St. Paul, has issued
a challenge on behalf of Whalen for
a battle with George (KnockOut)
CLANCY.
"Whalen will make 133 pounds"
says Kane, and CLANCY can enter
the ring without weighing. We don't
care II he weighs $50. WhaIen has
been giving seven or eight pounds to
all opponents lately. and so II wont
be strange for him in this case"
The Washington times., 1918-06-03
MAGATE ARE WORRIED
OVER new DRAFT RULES

Major league masnAtss DO not hidi
the fact that they are face to fact
with bankruptcy. II the Govsrameni
insists on taking their players Of
draft age, putting them either inti
the army OF munition plants. the
magnates may lose all rights e
to the players services through tn
operation OF baseball Contracts
Unless the clubs pay the 1918 sli-
aries in full. an impossibiiity for an
but one or two clubs, the players wiz
become free agents automatically.
1t Is expected that the national
commission will take up this matter
in few days.
The Washington times., 1918-06-03
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

Yesterdays Gamea.
Cleveland. l: Washington, 0 C1iinninEl.
Detroit. 4; Boston, ,.
Chicago, 6; New York, Z
st. Louis 4; Philadelphia,
where They Play Today.
Washington at Cleveland.
Boston at Detroit
New York at Chicago.
Philadelphia at st. Louis
The Washington times., 1918-06-03

sling gFounder which seemed boqni
for center field. and Ray IN the thlFi
on q line smash headad for right. EoV
san dropping the bali but recovnTsf
In time 70 hFoW him out In ~
eighth Foster All but sneared GFansTt
tobaaca line smash with his glo4ed
hand. but It got away for q single.
Milan's single In the fourth
bounced OF BagbT's shlns. and Clydf
Just beat Evans throw 70 hrst. Joi
making a phenomenal play on ~
eaSom Of Begby.
The Washington times., 1918-06-03
ToNEY LOSES FIRST.

CINCINNATI, June 3.-When the
Phillies drove Fred Toney from the
box yesterday and won from the
Reds, TO 3. they handed the big
pitcher his FIRST defeat or the season.
He had won five in a row.
The Washington times., 1918-06-03
MORAN QUITS JOB.

NEW YORK. Juns s-Frank Mo-
ran, the Pittsburgh heavyweight. has
resigned his Job as boxing Instructor
In the army aud. aftsr-A needed rest.
will re-enter the ring. He worked
Gt Camp WadsWOEth all last WiAtaR,
The Washington times., 1918-06-03
DEPARTMENTAL START
NOW TWO WEEKS AWAY

The opening Of the Departmental
Tennis League is now two woeks OF.
While the cou'ts are ready at the
Princeton Club for play. the Depart
ment men have no dressing room.
Arrangements are expected to be
completed witaln ten days for the
opening which will swing ten teams
into an all-simmer campaign for
tennis honorE
The Washington times., 1918-06-03

gC
The Braves did the best work Of all
the Eastern clubs during the frst inva-
sion Of the West. winning ten out Of hf-
teen games played. They cleaned up the
scrappy Pirates three straight. though
Bezdek's team had been going great
guns until that series. The Braves show
ed all the aggressiveness and tsnaeity
that marks winning teams throughout
their Western tour. and now the fans
everywhere are beginning to wonder.
Stallings started the season with al
most nothing. He had lost his peerless
shortstop. rabbit" Maranville. and
Buck Herzog was sulking In his tent
The pitching STAN consisted Of Art Nehf
and nothing else That was SIX weeks
ago. Today tits admitted by all that the
Braves have a real ball club that can't
be overlooked
Randolph should Help
As soon as he rounds into condition.
Dick Rudolph should prove Of great as
sistance to the Braves. He has been rest
ing and has every reason for thinking
that he will show all his former class on
the hill, once he gets. going. And with
Rudolph in line, Stallings has most
presentabls pitching stan. something
every winner must have.
In 1914 Tyler, James, and Rudolph
did about all the pitching to win the
National League title and the worlds
championship from the Mackmen.
The 1913 corps doesn't class with that
great trio, but neither does the whole
league with its lineup four years
ago. The National League Is much
weaker than it was in 1914.
Nehf has been doing classy work
since the warm weather came along
but so has the venerable bon Carlos
Patrick Ragan. who is surprising the
fans. Dana Fillingim, a spitballer.
from Indianapolis. has hoped right
out in front since reporting to stall
ings, while Bunny Hearn, up couple
of times before, seems to be good
enough for the big show at last.
HerIoE u the WOrhA-
OF course, Buck Herzog is the
works with the Boston club. II he
were not in the lineup, It is doubtful
II the Braves would be much. Herzie
adds fght and pep that was sadly
needed until he appeared. He is NIL
ing Johnny Evers' place in providing
this life and snap to the team.
Red" Smith, always a good hitter
is living up to his best record OF
past years, clouting the pill hard and
often. Then there is Al Wickland,
another slugger. Both these lads are
delivering the good with the bat.
And, again. Stallings is working
wonders with a bunch OF misfits and
castofis Wlckland, Rehg, Powell,
Hearn, and Fillingim have all been
up before only TO tumble back into
the tall and UNCUT hebage. Henry
spent his best years in this city.
Honey is a veteran, Rawlings came
to the front only last season. Wilson
has failed with two major league
clubs before signing with the Braves.
So has Ragan. Right now. Buck Her
zog is the only really classy player
on the club. though Smith Is not a
very far behind him.
Nevertheless, with this collection
threatens to tear the old
league wide open.
The Washington times., 1918-06-03

Ed EmmOnS, FORMER COluuolh
University pitcher, Of New York, has
kept the Aggies right In the running.
Saturdays defeat Of the Engineers
knocked the Bridge Builders out OF
the lead in favor OF Manager Jack
OLeary's Aggies.
The Washington times., 1918-06-03
L 0oKLNG EN- OHER
: By LOUIS A. BOUCHER

fans Of whom have come to swell Washing
tons population last few months beginning wonder
George Sangs Boston Braves viii repeat their asound
ing Will the Braves Just they did four rush
wildly from the bottom and the line with the cham
pOnsp? internal evidences that such action viii not
The Washington times., 1918-06-03
TINKER LOSES Jos.

COLUMBUS, Ohio. June s.-Joe
Tinker has been oustsd as manager
Of The columbuBt club, Mordecai
BreEn succeeding him. y
The Washington times., 1918-06-03
RAPID A. C. AHEAD.

Rapid A. C. defeated the AgricuI-
ture Messengers by s to 4. Dwyer
pitched a good game and received
hne support from the Rapid players.
The Washington times., 1918-06-03
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

Yesterdays GameH,
Philadelphia, 6; Cincinnati, ,.
Where They Play Today.
Cincinnati at Philadelphia
Pittsburgh at New York
St. Louis at Brooklyn.
Chicago at Boston
The Washington times., 1918-06-03
GOVELESKIEF FACES
AYERS IN SECOND
GAME OF SERIES

CLEVELAND, guns A-stauIsy
coveIsslkie and Doc Ayers Will be the
opposing pitchers in the third gams
OF the series today.
Bobby Roth, the IndlanS Tighl
helder, has been iHdeanitely suspend
ed by Manager Foil for a run in with
the boss" over his failure to keep in
playing condition and his general in
different playing.
0FaRsy pulled a nice bit Of fielding
on Johnson's smash in the hfth- The
drive looked like a triple when Il left
the bat, but Jack scooped the ball up
with his gloved hand close to the
line and far out, and with \ quick re-
lay to Evans held walter on hrst
It looked as II sehulte's line smash
on the hit-and-Tun in the first would
90 through for a base hit. as Chap
man ran 70 cover second. but Ray
took in the situation AZ a glance,
stopped quickly, and pulled q great
play.
When Chapman threw out johnson
in the third, he got his boundsr IN
very deep short, so deep, in fact, that
he had to bounce the ball into Mil
lsr's hands for the out
johnson and Morgan robbed Gransy
OF base hits, walter in the frst by 4
great one-handsd stop Of Jacks sig
The Washington times., 1918-06-03
WILL CLOSE SERIES.

Tech and Western win close the
high school tennis campaign on We'd
nesday OF this week. The teams are
playing off for second place.
The Washington times., 1918-06-03

The Griffmen have five games TO
play in Detroit on their present swing
through the West. IL luck breaks
well for them, they ought TO win a
majority from the tail-enderh
The Washington times., 1918-06-03

johnson and Morgan robbed Graney
OF base hits, walter in the arst BY a
great one-handsd stop Of Jacks sig
The Washington times., 1918-06-03

Morgan and Shotton Break Up
Game-They Bang Together
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-04-18
FAITH IN BRITISH WALL
Washington Declares No Cause to Be
UnduIy Alarmed.

Washington Declares No Cause to Be
UnduIy Alarmed.
Washington, April 15.-Field Mar
shall Sir Douglas Haig's ominous APP
peal to the British forces to stand
their ground, no matter what the cost,
has brought home to Washington Off
Gals the desperate situation of the
Allies in what may prove to be the
decisive battle Of the war.
The grave character of the British
commanders statement, however, has
not impaired the confidence here that
the Allies will succeed in holding the
line against the German assaults,
however terrific.
According to the Interpretation gen.
orally placed on the special order of
the day, General Haig does not pro-
nounce the situation hopeless, but dis
closes his conviction that the supreme
moment of the struggle is at hand and
that victory or defeat depends on the
fight put up by the Allies to hold their
positions.