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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-09
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GET go PER CENT PAY
RAISE SINCE JAN, 1916

LAWRENCE. Mass. June s-About
10000 operatives in Lawrence will
benefit by a voluntary increase OF 10
per cent in wages, announcement OF
an increase being posted in other To-
cal mills following the lead OF the
American Wooden Company.
This is the seventh increase grant
ed since January, 1916. and the ag-
gregate total increase since that time
is 80 per cent
Help to change SSOmewhere In
France 70 SSOmewhere In Germany
By paying your Income Tax To-day.
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DEATHS

FAIRALL-Suddenly on THURSDAY. June &
at 1:3O p. m, ALFRED ]. FAIRALL, BE-
loved husband OF Minnie Fairal and son Of
the late Alfred and Helen Fairall, In the
forty-ninth year Of his age
Funeral services will take place on Mon
day evening at p m. at his late resi-
dence. z3f5 Nichols avenue Congress
Heights Relatives and fr1crIs are invited
to attend. lnterment at Congressional
Cemetery. 10
GPANT-On June g. ISIS al lO.I5 a m. At
the residence ot his parents. G5 A Ftreet
northeast. SCOTT A. GRANT, beloved son
OF Scott r. and Sallis A. Grant
Notice Of funeral hereafter.
LIANAHAN-Sud on saturday, June 8,
1918, al SO a. m. at her residence 1901
North Capitol street. MARY E LANA
HAN. beloved wife OF Edward l. LanAhan
Funeral from her late residence, Tuesday,
June II, 1913, At a. m. thence to ST
Martins Church. Interment at Mt OIiyet
Cemetery. Relatives and friends invited TO
attend. Boston papers please copyJ. 10
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GERMANY REFUSES TO
ASK FOR END OF RAIDS

COPENHAGEN, June s-osnsril
WIesberg. speaking IN tie German
Reichstag. declared that Germany win
not initiate negotiations to cease air
raids on towns outside the war zone, but
is ready conscientiously 70 dise1sa ths
proposals Of others.7 according %
dispatches received here.
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SPECIAL NOTICES
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DISEASE is A LUXURY
AND NOT A NECESSITY
WHICH A FEW ONLY CAN
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700 CASUALTIES IN
AUSTRIAN EXPLOSION

AMSTERDAM. June s-A hundred per-
sons were killed and six hundred In
jured In Thursdays explosion OF a NUM-
ton depot near Kieff, according to ad-
vices received here.
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WANTED

LINT OR Buy BUNGALOW 20 suburbs with
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ice. u
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FOR SALE.
SUBURBAN PROPERTY
FOR SALE

CABIN JOHN LITTLE FARM. - one acre.
900 cash; 7-room house; time on one 70
four acres adjoining, at pre-wRrr prices: SUI
perb river view: high, shady; fruit, elect
richly: few minutes walk TO postofnce and
station: Washington 80 min, trolley or
motor; must sell. DR.. FOLkMIAR, 1913 y
St y. ".
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-14
CANNEFAX Guns
FOR CUE BROWN
ST. Louis Player Meets KieCk-
hefer for Worlds Title,

ST LOUIS. March li-Bob CannetaE,
the local thrcc-Cushion player, dcpartra
for Chicago. following his match hero
with c. Ellis Saturday night. where he
meets huGle Klockhcfer in n worlds
championship duel this week. The match
win I've played In three blocks Of so
points cnCh at the lnterocean building,
where an nrrna erected for the Rmbul-
uncc fund tournament win be used
The match Is scheduled for tomorrow,
Thursday and Friday CauncfaN Will
block Rob left St Louis confident that
he would regain the championship, which
ne won last year from Charley McCOurt,
ana later lost TO Alfredo De bro
The recent maullngs handed CnnncraN
by Charley Ellis In their Interstate
games nrc considered as good omens by
tuuurfN's friends here. They reason
that four defeats I'm n row IL n long
string for player Of BOhs caliher, and
that he is now due to run out in moth
ing
CnnncfaN and KIeckhefcr Aro both
young PLAYERS, and shoot much alike.
They are primarily shotmnkers, brilliant
when they Rrc right" hut inclined 20 be
orrntiC KicCkhcfer played great bill
liHrds In winning the ambulance event
and the worlds title, but In the former
event CannefnN walloped his rival
CnnncfnN plans 10 break track rec
ord us he puts IT, lie claims he viii
shoot at anything. intending to go after
course hut n the breaks favor him
,uuucmK snuuid mnnr away win the
championship by employing this style OF
play
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-14
KiuiferLucky
In Long Stay
Behind Plate
Catcher Recently Bought by
Cubs Has Caught for
Eleven Years,

Catcher Bill Kllllfcr. sold by rhllllcs
10 Chicago cubs has caught fast ones
and curves behind the plato for eleven
years without sustaining a single broken
finger or even seriously split finger.
Part NJ these eleven years he caught
Grover Cleveland Alexander, the greatest
pitcher I'm the game today.
Catcher Jack Adams, Phllly backstop
and teammate OF Killlfers until Kill
fer went to the Cubs this winter, is
spopsor for this statement
IT'S because Bin never torgcts Ia
hold hs bare hand right In catching
the ball." says Jack.
Most every big league catcher knows
that his fingers arc safe In catching II
hc keeps his fingers turned into tho
palms OF his hand lightly and the thumb
tucked In hnck Of the first finger until
the bah hits the glove.
"AE soon NJ the ball hits tho glove he
opens the bare hand and slaps II opto
the bnl In the mitt
"Rut the busted digits come when you
get over anxious You want to catch the
bah before II hits the glove TO make q
quick throw or tag man You stretch
your fingers out Etranght, the ball hltf
the end Of one Of them and the damage
Is done"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-14
CHANCE MADE IN
SHOOTING HOURS
Permissible to Shoot Ducks
Before Sunrise,

A single change IN the federal shoot
Ing regulations Ia announced for this
year 1t pertains 10 shooting before
sunrise
Under the present regulations. shoot
ing before sunrise is forbidden. but there
has been a great demand. especially
from western states, for a change in this
regulation
The representation Is made that In
many Of these states ducks leave the
lakes early In the morning 10 feed In
the fields, and do not return until night
fan. This is particularly tho case In
the intermountnin statcs. where there
Is not great deal of water. and the
opportunities TO shoot waterfowl are
few
The secretary of agriculture therefore
announces n change mi mis- regulation
TO permit shooting from one-half hour
before sunrise until sunset THIS mp
plies to tho entire country II does not
however. ronlnce tho atnte law whore the
| state law, as In the case of Missouri,
! Imposes a striCter prohibition.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-14
BOUT BANNED BY
TOLEDO MAYOR
VIII Appoint a Municipal
Matchmaker,

TOLEDO, Ha.ch -! t2ee.soa 81
what he terms bad matchmaking, May
or {. Schrclber has declared that he
Intends to take tho boxing game into
his own hands
He also proposed to appoint a mu-
nlrlpal matchmaker The mayors an
ger is the result Of the poor showing
ot Jack Dillon of Indianapolis against
Harry Grch Cf Pittsburgh last Monday
night Dillon for II rounds was a target
for Grch's punches
The mayor says that In all rroha %
hnlty no win do away with the present
boxing commission Of seven members
whom he appointed two months ago. Ho
declared the promoters We're too com
mcrcla In their desires and apparent
w had little respect for the sport
Mayor Schrcihcr SAYS n he takes over
the game all proceeds will 70 10 charity,
except that 10 pay "A matchmaker Il
reasonable SALARY
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-14

WASHINGTON. March ii-naseball
will he played on hn extensive scale IN
the army and navy trimming camps THIS
year.
There are moro than 800 900 men un-
der military training In the country to-
day and the commissions on training
camp activities of the war and navy d.
partmenth which have tho supervision
of sports In the army cnnlonmeniH ana
naval stations. want every single on" ul
these men 20 play baseball And ~ n
likely every one will, for Whist average
American can resist tho call ~ the dla-
mond' This means that more baseball
viii he played this summer than ever
before.
Season Under Way.
The season Ia already under way w
most Of the camps The soldiers ana
sailors waited for no official inaugufn-
tlon and tho snow had barely LETT the
ground before games were In progress
on camp athletic fields and parade
grounds In fact, In places favored Win
mild climate the men have played
throughout the winter.
Plans for the Organization of camp
teams and camp leaEuos are being FOR
muiAted by Dr.. Joseph II Raycroft
general director Of athletics In the camps
under the supervision Of the training
camp commission Before another month
passes, the soldiers viii have theF com
panN, reFlmenWl ana nlNlHlonhl NfHWH
and these teams. In turn, Will form
company and Teglmentnl leagues No
divisional lcagues are contemplated be-
cause Of the scattered locations NJ most
of the eAntonments hut where travelling
conditions permit lnter-cnmp games WIN
be arranged.
are being made BY Walter Camp who IL
general director Of naval athletics Each
station will have representative team
which win he selected by elimination and
play out schedules that are being drawn
up with amateur, professional and col
iege mines from adjacent cities II II
also possible that the sailors may play
teams from nearby army camps and
engage In inter-sthtion contests. NJ the
stations are much nearer one another
than the army cantonments
stars al Boston Navy Yard.
A. the Boston navy yard picked aE-
gregaton, which includes several big
league stars In training there. IL being
organized for a three months tour Of
the country to play major League teams
and fast semi professional and collegiate
nines John J. lane, former secretary
Of the Boston Red Sor and now a navy
warrant officer, has been made business
manager Of the team and In making ar
rsngements for the trip tho proceeds
from which viii he turned over TO the
navy welfare fund
II Ia estimated that approHima tely
1000 balls will he used up Officially
in the camp games In the course Of the
season. This figure IN arrived at by
estimating that there are over I 00O
companies In training In the various
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-14
OILS. to Play
Final Game of
Season Tonight
viii Meet e. Reno Girls Game
viii Be Big Season
Feature,

Oklahoma city High school basketball
team will conclude the seasons central
conference schedule at the high school
gymnasium tonight by playing El Reno
high. This promises TO be one Of the
best games OF the season, as Oklahoma
High has made a perfect record for the
season and III Reno has also played some
good basketball The last evenings sport
viii not only include one very good game
but also a one extra good feature As
a curtain raiser the Oklahoma High
girls team will play the NJ Reno girls
team As we have no dope on the past
playing OF these teams, II IL hard TO
make "A prediction This will hc the first
time during the season that the girls
have played the same night that the
regular high school team had visitors,
The high school girls have been putting
In much practice recently and there Ia
no reason why they cannot beat or give
III Reno a good race.
The games will start promptly NJ I
o'clock In order 10 give way 20 the
senior play which is also scheduled for
that evening In the auditorium Prep
arations hte being made for n big turn
out for these last two games, ms II will
be the last chance 10 see Oklahoma High
beat any outsider until next season.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-14
GIANTS LEAVE FOR
TRAINING CAMP
MCGraW and Kauff viii Go
Later

NEW YORK. March ~ The first
batch Of New York National league
clubs players. accompanied by Eddie
BranuiCk the traffic manager, left here
today for the training quarters nt Mar
lin. Texas Manager MrGraw. who WIS
detained on personal business. and
Benny Enuff who hns 10 appear before
n local draft board for physical cNnmi-
nation Will lcpve here later this week
The party, which included several
newspaper reporters, viii hc Joined nj
ST Louis tomorrow hv Walter llolkc,
George Gibson. Arthur Fletcher and five
recruits Johnson SChepncr OMEN,
plpp and Hemingway.
The players who went from here TO-
day were George Burns, jack Onslow,
George smith waite ioNi Mike Hogan
and Herman Germany Schaefyr, as
slsLant COaCh.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-14
HERzOC in DUTCH
WITH P. HAUCHT0N
Refused 10 Report With the
Braves,

BOSTON, March li-Percy d, Haugh-
ton, president OF the Boston National
league baseball club, said tonight that
he would make no further overtures to
Charley Herzog, obtained from the New
York Nationals In exchange for Larry
Doyle and Jess Barnes Herzog has been
ordered TO report at the Braves train
ing camp at Miami, but has refused to
go
Mr.. Haughton said that the Boston
club had agreed to assume HerZog &
contract. which had another year to run.
and 10 pay him substantial bonus II
HerZog persisted In his further 'unrea-
sonablc demands and refused to report
for training. under the exchange agree
mcnt, Doyle and Barnes would revert
to Boston Mr.. HnuEhton said.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-14
moran UNDECIDED
ON DEMpS SEy B0UT|'
n
viii Decide Today Camp
Duties May Conflict

Frank Moran, the Pittsburgh heavyI
weight, now boxing instructor Mt Camp
Wadsworth. is holding up the final are
rangements for tcn-round bout with
Jack Dempsey at the Atlanta Audito-
rum -ArmOry
Moran In wire to the local promo-
ters states that he is debating quitting
the ring game and fears also that his
duties as boxing instructor at Camu
Wadsworth will conflict with his ring
engagements.
However. Frank viii make n decision
one wny or the other today
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-14

IL coming along anyway. He thinks no
cuu talk Wecghman and Mitchell into "a
little boost II he doesn't get what no
wants he probably will 90 along just the
same. M he does not boast an AleNan-
der bank roll
There will hc m added starter tonight
I'm KID HunRlinR. a catcher who
worked with the Springfield, Ohio, club
last ecnHon Tho others who viii be ON
the special are Manager Mitchell Train
or King Brady. Tyler, Vaughn, Wcnv-
er Deal. Workman, Zelder. Pechous
Lear. FluCk, paskcrt. Barber McCRbc,
Dnly nnd OFarrell Nothing has been
heard from Pitcher Aldrldgc, SO he may
be another holdout who has so far Cs-
capped detection
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-14

These Figures Would Take In
All Men Who Are Now Serving
Training Camp Division Will SuperiOcOd the Work Many
Biz League Stars viii Be Among Themi Boston
Navy Yard Will Have Crack Team

camps and multiplying thH number by
twelve. which " the number ui hnHehalls
the training camp commission u plan
Ming 10 furnish each unit In addition TO
gloves and bats Many more, N course
Vlll he supplied hb the mon themselves,
nud those Will bring tho number nearer
tU 900. n iH believed
Just sport Thought o.
When the soldiers heEan arriving IN
the comps last summer they turned at
once 20 baseball M the first means OF
amusement iACk ~ equipment was no
deterrent. In fact. the men seemed 10
inka kreuer enjoyment In playing under
mo conditions of years back when ne
only player who wore n glove was the
catcher. In due time, however. the
game was nut on nm organized basis A.
une western camp sixteen diamonds were
laid out and contests I'm simultaneous
progress on each have not been infre-
gurnt ny multiplying tho enthusiasm
Of single game by sixteen. II can he
effect alone the national pastme II hay'
Ing In the camps
hut baseball ls not only helping 20
keep our soldiers and sailors morally ~
by providing them with wholesome re-
rcatiOn. II IL also helping them pre-
pare Tor the struggle 'Over there Few
games develop tho coordination ~ mind
and muscle and Judgment ~ distance
like baseball. The truth of this state.
mcnt IN borne nut by the fact that army
leaders have found that In grenade
throwing. where accuracy IN the estl-
nation ~ distance In essential men who
have played the national sport are more
proficient Combining NJ II does this
maximum ~ recreation and military
training n IL no small wonder then that
the commission on training camp actlv-
ltios should want every soldier and sail
or TO play hall
Celebrities join.
Any number Of baseball celebrities
have iolnsd the colors since war was
declared, and n nine Of which any major
league city might well he proud could he
picked from either tho army or navy.
Among the diamond stars now In the
service nre rabbit Marnnyllle. Ernie
shore. bal Gnlncr. chick shorten. Herb
| pcnnock and John Rarry Of tho Red SOI
Jack Lehry NJ the 81 Louis Americans
and Jim Scott Of the Chicago White
| SON
Major league officials and amateur
baseball associations have volunteered
| their assistance In promoting baseball IN
| the camps They have offered TO send
teams into the camps 10 play the serv-
! Ice mines or bring In other outside teams
| for exhibition games Camp Lewis at
| American Lake. Washington. was asked
10 Join the Northwestern league, but the
| invitation was refused because of the
| eNlgcnCies ~ service, which will prevent
| travelling II II believed however that
twilight ball may make II possible 20
| bring league teams 10 tho camp exhibit
l ton contests
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-14
ROGERS SIGNS
WITH BROWNS
HOIdOut Pitcher Has Gone TO
Join Club,
BY Briggs

ST LOUIS. March li-Tom Rogers,
holdout pitcher OF the st Louis Ameri.
cans. signed his 1918 contract today and
loft here tonight for the training camp
at EhTyVCnOTt. IA