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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-03
NO SUBSTITUTE
 FOR TAFT HAS
 BEEN NOMINATED
Former Presidents Refusal In- tensifies Strife, Especially
 in American League.

The refusal of MT. Taft of the offer of arbitrator in Organized Baseball has not stilled the factional fight which the tender intensified. The is- sue is more tightly drawn than ever in the American league, where 1t has become a personal matter between Ban Johnson and Harry Frazee.
 Harry Hampstead, who with MT. F'razee made the offer to MT. Taft, has not yet heard officially from the former President. He says he still is firmly of the opinion that baseball is in need of a new system of govern ment.
 MT. Taft has not yet notified us that he has declined to consider the offer we made him." said Hampstead yes terday "In fact we have not heard from MT. Taft since we had our talk with him in New York. Until we hear from MT. Taft personally cannot dis cuss the situation other than to say that my attitude remains uncnanged.
 Whether or not MT. Taft considers our offer I remain firmly convinced that basebalTs present system of gov ernment is in need of a revision"
 Frazee yet entertains a faint hope
  ton of acting as an arbitrator of base ball under consideration. "In com- pliance with MT. Taft's request we sent him some correspondence as to the nature of the work he would be asked to do,' said Frazee yesterday, q have | received word from MT. Taft's secre- tary that he has forwarded this cor respondence to the former President. l Otherwise we have not heard from l him."
 1 Frazee is prepared to go to the American League meeting in Chicago next week armed with clippings from most of the leading papers in the country showing how sporting and | editorial writers favored the move to make MT. Taft a supreme judge of l baseball.
 1 While Frazee has not abandoned all hope of bringing MT. Taft into base ball, he says MT. Taft's interview in Dayton last Saturday did not take him by surprise. q rather expected 1t af- ter the events of last week. said Fra zee. "We thought it would be the greatest thing for baseball and that | everybody with money in the game would see what it would mean to the sport. However, there was a certain crowd that did Its best to throw water on it and I guess they succeeded.
 q was much impressed with m! first talk with MT. Taft, and I really think he considered the matter witt favor at that time" continued Frazee "But when several baseball men say fit to use the occasion to indulge il petty personalities 1t was but natura that Mir Taft would throw up th' whole matter"
 That the question of new chair man of the National Commission vii
 be one of the leading matters at tn league meetings next week is assured
 The National League will instruc
 John Heydler to vote for a neutra . man at the annual meeting of the Ma , tional Commission next January Every club in the National Leagu with the exception of Cincinnati an Boston, the latter having no executive is aligned against Hermann.
 No one, however, seems to nave candidate for the post declined by MI Taft. Hampstead and Frazee sal , yesterday they had no other man l
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-03
STEVENs-TAPLAN BOUT.

One of the longest and most sensa- tional of battles fought during the early days of pugilism was that be- tween Bill Stevens, "The Nailer," and Jake Taplan. "The Coal Heaver," which had fought 159 years ago today, Dec. 3. 1759. Stevens defeated the Coal Heaver," and this victory brought him into prominence and into a position to make him a contender for championship honors The follow
 ing April he won the championship by whipping Jack Slack, "the Norwich Butcher" who had held the title ten years. The accession of Stevens brought about 6 condition such as ex- isted in the heavyweight division in 1913. There were all sorts of "hopes," but very few real fighters. Stevens was dishonest fighter, and lost pop- ular favor by faking a bout with George Meggs, the Bristol Collier" For a decade the title was claimed by various second-raters, including Meggs, Darts, Corcoran, Sellers and various other serappers who had am bition without ability. It was not until Tom Johnson came along that England had another real champion.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-03
SPORTING NOTES

When John McGraw assemblies his Giants for the 1919 season, he will call into the field two young pitchers who, 1t is expected, will have been released from service with the country's armed forces by the time the training season. opens. The New York fans have never seen these players, but McGraw looks upon them as coming stars. They are John Paul Jones, now most appro- priately serving in the navy and Jesse Winters, who is in the army, Jones led the Texas League pitchers in 1917, and was drafted by the Giants, but never reported, as he en- listed in the navy last winter. Win ters was at the Marlin training grounds last spring and was regarded by McGraw as the most promising pitching recruit picked up by the Giants since Christy Mathewson was a newcomer on the team.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-03
ZIONIST DRIVE
 FORCES AHEAD
 PAST 800 MARK

Gathering impetus each day, and meeting with extraordinary interest among the Jews throughout the city, the Zionist drive today passed the 500 mark and forged steadily on towards the first 1, 900 new members. The drive of the Zionist Organization of America is for the purpose of en- rolling 2,50O members among the Jewish people of the city. All Jewish men and women over IS years can en- roll.
 A big mass meeting will be held this evening at 8 o'clock at Aysher Lebawitz synagogue on High street. Rev. J. Levenberg, chief rabbi of the New Haven synagogues will be one of the chief speakers. Rabbi Levenberg is well known throughout the state for his oratorical ability, and his exposi- ton of the Zionist movement will be well worth hearing.
 State Senator Alex. L. Delaney will also address the audience. The meeting will be opened by Frank s. Cohen. executive chairman of the campaign. Attorney Charles H. Shap- fro will preside as chairman of the meeting.
 Tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock at
 the synagogue of the Congregation Agadus Achim. Grand street and Madison avenue, another mass meet ing will be held. Isaac Carmel, one of the foremost Jewish Journalists of New York city, will be one of the
 chief speakers. Cantor Rickel has prepared a program of music for the
 occasion. The meeting will also be addressed by Judge Frank L. Wilder and State Senator Alex. H. Delaney. Many Jewish organizations are en- rolling in the campaign as solid units,
 and this is helping to swell the en- rellment by hundreds each day. The Y. M. H. A. and the Y. w H. A. has organized a combined team | to assist in the work of the campaign i and have set a goal of 750 new mem bers to reach
 ] It is announced by the campaign 1 committee that all canvassers must 1 display the card of the individual so- 1 licited and a receipl. These consti- | ute the credentials of the canvassers l and no one is authorized to solicit !! without such credentials.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-03
BASEBALL STARS
 ARE ADVISED TO
 REJOIN OLD CLUBS
Players Find Old Contracts Operative Despite
 Release Notice.

Many major league baseball play CTS who now consider themselves freq agents because their contracts were terminated by the club owners on Sept. l last season, following the or der of the War Department, vii! probably find that the club owners still have claim to their services be- cause of the reserve clause. Lieut. David L. Fultz, now in the aviation service at Mineola, who was formerly head of the Players Fraternity, said yesterday that he believed the clubs would be able to hold their players. because in terminating the contracts a month early, the club owners had been forced to submit to circum- stances over which they had no con- trol.
 Some of the players consider them selves free agents and at liberty to sign with any club which might make them the best offer. It is not believed, however, that any of the players will go so far as to take their cases to court to determine the legal ity of the reserve clause in last year s contracts. A few of the. players have sought legal advice on the subject and have been advised that on ac- count of the governmental order, ending the game on Sept. 1, the ter imitation of the contracts on ten days notice did not operate as it would have done under normal condi. tions.
 Even if 1t were decided that the termination of the contracts did make the players free agents, 1t is doubtful if they could find an oppor- tunity to jump to other clubs, be- cause of an agreement which was | made between the club owners just before the last season ended. By this "gentlemens agreement" the club owners decided that if base bal were resumed next spring, the play CTS could come back to their origtna
 clubs under the same conditions gov
 erning their services at the time Jt l their release.
 It was the opinion of Lieut.. Fult; l that none of the players would try t.
 enforce the technical point that they
 were free agents, although he sait | that he had been so busily engaged il
 military work that he was out O
 touch with the immediate develop
 ments in the baseball world.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-03
J. J. HINES MAY BE
 NEXT TOWN CLERK

Current gossip in Republican cir cles has it that John Hines, clerk of the Fire Board, will be nominated for town clerk, in the next municipal election, in place of Town Clerk Schultz, who holds the office.
 The same rumor says that M. j.. Reilly, associated with the office of the assessors, will succeed MT. Hines as clerk of the Fire Board.
 MT. Reilly is a newspaper man of large experience, who has had ex- perience in the duties of the clerk ship. He has large following and many friends.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-03
NEW ENGLAND
 DRAFT TROOPS
 SAIL FOR HOME
Members of Seventy Sixth Division Left French
 Port Last Friday.

Washington, Dec. 3-The War De- partment announced yesterday that the steamer kroonland had sailed from French port on Nov. 29 with -,S49 soldiers, including the head quarters and headquarters detach- ment of the Seventy-sixth Division.
 In addition there are on board Headquarters Troop, Seventy sixth Division; Ambulance Company BOA Postal Detachment, Seventy-sixth Divisions sick and wounded, 7O4.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-03

Fourteen American destroyers were ordered to proceed from Brest to meet President Wilson's ship.
 Secretary Daniels announced that all officers in the navy under rank of rear admiral who have been on land duty for two and a half years will have to go to sea-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-03
TO-DAY IN PUGILIsTIC ANNALS.

190s-Kid Farmer won on a foul from Jack Britton In three rounds at Savannah. A week later in the same city Britton redeemed himself by knocking out Farmer in the seventh round, 7 19O9-Tommy Murphy knocked out Fred Cooney in four rounds at Utica, N. T..
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-03
MUST FILE "18"
 MISSIONARIES

All questionnaires sent to 18- years-old registrants must be filed with the local boards on or before December 4, according to orders re- ceived yesterday from the provost marshal general. Those received after that date will be classified as deserters and summarily dealt with
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-03

Parents who fear their boys in college won't get much education under present conditions of military training, may be assured that there will be big baseball season next spring.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-03

The hospital ship Northern Pacific arrived in New York with HOO wound ed soldiers from France.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-03

Eaght-cent fare on Boston Elevated line was put into effect.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-03

Times want Ads One Cent Word
The north Mississippi herald. (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.) 1888-1929, 1918-07-12
PRIVATE WEAVER
WRITES HOME
FROM ENGLAND

Mr.. and Mrs. r. H. Weaver re-
ceived the following letter from their
soldier boy, Hugh, who is now in
England. 1t will be remembered that
Hugh was one of the first members of
Battery A to embark for France and
landed there in April. Since "going
over" Hugh has been doing service
in both England and France-his last
letter was written in England. The
letter follows:
England, June ID, 1918.
Dear Mother and Father
] will take greatest of pleasure in
writing to you all this evening to
let you know how / am. am enjoy
ing the best of health and hope when
this letter reaches you all it will find
all well and hope you will continue
so. Mother, there is not much to
write only the same old thing over
and over But know you will be
glad TO receive these few lines even
if they are just the same old thing
over and over. / have not heard
from any of you all yet guess / have
not had time yet. have been over
here just about six weeks in France
and England combined. / am wait
ing patiently for letter from you or
a few lines just to hear that all is
well at home if nothing else. don't
want you all to worry about me one
bit for / am in the best of health and
will get along alright. Tell Bud to
be sure and write to me for ! want
to hear from him too. How happy
/ will be when get a letter from you
/ will feel like whipping the whole
German army. Ha! Ha! Well
mother as l said ] have not got much
to write will close for this time. Give
all my best wishes and love to home
folks. Hoping to receive a letter
from you all soon will close.
Your loving son,
Pvt. HUGH e. WEAVER.
Company .'B", American Forces,
Bovington Camp.
Warehouse. Dorset County. England
The north Mississippi herald. (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.) 1888-1929, 1918-07-12
BROWER BOYS
DENIED A PARDON
Negro Porter Recommended
for Pardon And Curtis Nc
Cullar Placed on Meritori-
GUS List by Pardoning Board

The Pardoning Board for the state
of Mississippi closed busy session at
Jackson this week. A large number
of pardons were recommended, a
still larger number were denied while
quite list were placed on the meri-
torious list which may mean pardon
in the near future.
Negro Porter convicted of man
slaughter from this county was a.
mong the number recommended for
pardon. Curtis McCullar who was
convicted of manslaughter in this
court district and sentenced to 10
years, was placed on the meritorious
list-which may mean pardon for
him in the near future.
The Board refused to recommend
pardon for the Brewer boys, Webb,
Jim and Clinton sent up from the
First district for grand larceny. The
Boards action in refusing a recon-
mendation means that the Brewer
boys cannot petition again for an
other year.
The north Mississippi herald. (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.) 1888-1929, 1918-07-12
FLOWERS SMOTHER
HEROES GRAVES

WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES
IN FRANCE,-French villages where
there are Americans presented
truly American appearance July 4th,
French soldiers and civilians joining
the Americans in celebrating the
Fourth. Civil and military buildings
and business places and private resi-
dences were decorated with American
and French flags and the colors of the
other allies. Children in the streets
waved small flags in honor of the A.
mericans and threw flowers at Ameri-
can automobiles and motor trucks.
Hundreds of French automobiles at
the front were adorned with Ameri-
can and French flags.
Many villages were enlivened by
athletic games, participated in by
American soldiers, while impressive
ceremonies were held at some of the
army posts.
Old women and children living in
the vicinity of American cemeteries
fairly smothered the graves of Ameri-
cas- heroic dead with fresh flowers.
Children paraded, hurrahing, with
American, French, British and Ital-
ian flags. French and American hos
pitals were decorated and occasional
ambulances bearing few wounded
were cheered along the roadways,
girls throwing kisses and flowers.
The Germans also knew it was A
merica's great day from the artillery,
machine gun and rifle firing, which
was increased on the American
fronts. It gave the enemy some
thing to think about and made ahim
keep his head down in the trenches
and dugouts.
The north Mississippi herald. (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.) 1888-1929, 1918-07-12
BRUSH CASUALTIES FOR
WEEK TOTAL 1886

LONDON, July 6..--British casual
ties reported during the week ended
today reached an aggregate of>17,-
$50. The losses were divided as fol-
lows:
Killed or died of wounds, officers,
40, men 1886; wounded or missing,
officers 413. men 14,187.
These figures show considerable
falling off in the rate Of Brisish cas-
ualties reported as compared with
those during May and June, when the
effects of the heavy German attacks
on the British front were revealing
themselves in the casualty lists.
The June casualties reported, for
instance, averaged approximately 49,
900 a week. and for the last eight
days in June they were more than
$1,000. The total casualties report
ed during May were l66,802, or an
average Of more than 10000 week.
The north Mississippi herald. (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.) 1888-1929, 1918-07-12
WOOL IN DEMAND
FOR ARMY Use

Coming requirements of the Army
for wool look large. Besides cloth
ing for the soldiers in France and. at
home reserve must be accumulated
sufficient to take care of any emer-
gency.
There are large stocks of manu-
factured clothing and cloth on hand
adequate for essential civilian needs,
but woolen suits will not be cheaper
or plentiful during the coming winter
season.
Wool stocks from abroad to sup
'omestic supply is re-
stricted by shipping conditions. The
Shipping Board states the movement
of Argentine wool viii be heavier
the coming year than in any preced-
ing year. But large portion of the
raw wool stock in this country and
stock to be produced or imported to
January, 1920, will be needed for
The north Mississippi herald. (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.) 1888-1929, 1918-07-12
LICHTLESS NIGHTS
AGAIN In FORCE

County Fuel Administrator o. T..
Hammer calls the attention of the
public to the New Order which put
in effect the suspended order relative
TO Lightless nights. On and after
July 10 Wednesday and Sunday
nights will be observed as "lightess
nights" and this order will continue
until further orders.
On Wednesday and Sunday nights
all street lights except at dangerous
crossings, all outdoor porch lights,
advertising and street signs, will be
dark. Mr.. Hammer also urges that
all show or display window and resi-
dence lights be cut out as far as pos
sible on (hese lightless nights.
The north Mississippi herald. (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.) 1888-1929, 1918-07-12
AUSTRIAN LOSS
ABOUT $4,000

Austrian losses in the recent un-
successful offensive against Italy and
during the Italian counter-offensive
are estimated at between 100000 and
100000, including at least $4,000
killed, in an official dispatch from
Rome based upon testimony Of nu-
merous prisoners.
The message says the Austrans per-
sist in beating the ground about posi-
tions captured by the Italians with a
strong but Intellectual artillery fire.
prisoners taken at Monte Grappa
state the Austrians had no idea they
could be beaten from their strong
positions in 90 minutes. The enemy's
losses were very heavy; his rear SER
vice was badly disorganized and the
troops feel the lack Of baggage.
''Seven Italians who escaped cap
tivity state that the Austrians forced
majority of the war prisoners to
work on the second line under, fire, .
The north Mississippi herald. (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.) 1888-1929, 1918-07-12
GERMAN COMMAND
RESPECT SAMMIES'
FIGHTING ABILITY

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
IN FRANCE.-An indication of what
the German army thinks of the fight
ing ability of the Americans is given
by a copy of an intelligence report
Of the (deleted) German army which
has just been obtained. The report.
describing the fighting on the Marne,
refers to the (deleted) American di-
vision as very good one, almost
an attacking DIVISION" and adds that
the nerves of the Americans have not
yet been shaken.
The German fire, the report says,
had been unable to affect the morale
Of the Americans, who only lacked
the necessary instructions to make
them serious adyersaries.
Prisoners taken by the Germans,
the reports state, were physically well
built and were aged from Is to 28
years. Their characteristic utter
ance is quoted as Eve xii! or are
killed"
The report adds that it is impos-
sible to obtain military information
from the Americans and that they
rarely will indicate the positions they
occupied in the line.
In general the report declares the
Americans make good impression.
For the moment they continue to
consider their part in the war as that
Of "big brothers" who had come to
Europe to assist their '1ittle broth
ers" and the latter's mothers and sis
ters, but also declare that they had
come overseas to fight for their
country.
Most of the Americans, the docu-
ment adds, are of foreign extraction,
"demi-Americans" it calls them, but
1t admits that their spirit and fight
ing qualities are remarkable,
The north Mississippi herald. (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.) 1888-1929, 1918-07-12
BELIEVE U-BOATS
WILL COME AGAIN.

Warning of a possible RESUMPTION
of enemy submarine operations ON
this side of the Atlantic was given
Friday afternoon by Secretary of the
Navy Daniels in the following ap-
peal to the press:
''To the Press of America:
"The appearance of submarines on
the Atlantic coast makes It impera-
tive that no mention should be made
in any newspaper, either in the ad-
vertising or news columns, of the
sailing or departure, or location or
supposed location of any ship in A
merican waters.
This information conveyed by ad-
vertising is as dangerous as in the
news columns, and / am making this
request to all the newspapers in the
country in the assurance that they
viii cooperate with the government
in its efforts to prevent any informa-
ton about ships reaching submarines
which may be off the American coast.
"J0SEPHUS DANIELS,
Secretary Of the Navy"
The secretary took pains 10 indi-
cate that there was no definite in
dication that the enemy U-boats were
about to resume operations along the
Atlantic coast.
I'VE are forced to proceed on the
assumption" he said, ''that they are
lurking in our waters in order to in
sure ourselves against being taken of
guard"
The north Mississippi herald. (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.) 1888-1929, 1918-07-12
WRIGHT.AvENT

Mr.. Rowland w. Wright, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Foster w. Wright of
this city, and Miss IRA Velma Avent,
daughter of Mrs. Susie P. Avent of
Pontotoc, were married Saturday,
July 6 at the home Of the brides
mother in Pontotoc.
Mr.. Wright is one of the best young
men of this community. He was
born and reared here and has world
of friends. Mrs. Wright is one of
Pontotoc's fairest and most highly
esteemed young ladies,
Mr.. and Mrs. Wright win reside
in Tupelo where he has lucrative
position with an old established un-
dertaking establishment,