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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-15

horses were used on two consecu-
tive afternoons, it meant that the
use of the road had been indefin-
lily discontinued for troops and
supplies.
Under a strong guard, which
concealed itself in the hedge, the
farmer was made to use two greys
Tor two afternoons. The scheme
worked. For weeks afterwards
that road was only occasionally
shelled, and our troops and supply
trains used it at will. The spy at
the other end was rounded up and
both were taken to the Base and
shot.
I'VE reported back to Old Pep
per, expecting to be highly COM
mended for our work, and we were
II don't think. All the blooming
blighter said was:
We'll, you certainly took long
enough to do it. l have a damn
good mind to send you back to your
units for incompetency and inetti-
ciency."
I'VE saluted and left"
You see, we didn't deserve any
great credit, because it was only
through a lucky chance that we
stumpled over the clue, so l guess
Old Pepper was right after ALL"
After finishing his story, Curly
turned to us and asked:
Don't you think it was pretty
nifty work."
We agreed that it was.
After a few minutes more the
party broke up and turned in.
CThe title of the next story in this
series is: THE Lone Tree Senti-
nel.D
Ito be Continued)
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-15
Masked Men Tar and
Feather Pro-German

Elhins, w. Val. II. Keenan,, for
many years an attorney of Elkins,
was tarred and feathered by party
of about twenty-five masked men as
a protest against strong pro-German
sympathies which keenan, is alleged
to have often given expression.
The lawyer was seized, bound and
gagged in the center of the city
while walking along the street, with
]. Floyd Strader, another attorney,
and taken to an old house two miles
south of Elkins.
The party, driving in closed cars,
stripped keenan, and covered him
with tar, after which he was direct
ed to replace his clothes. They were
covered with tar and feathers.
The half empty tar bucket was
turned over the victims head and
he was wrapped in a tarpaulin and
brought to his clearinghouse.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-15
ECZEMA KNOWS
NO ENEMY
like POSLAM

Do not imagine that your Eczema
is the one case that will fail to re-
spond to Poslam's healing influence.
The more stubborn the affection, the
more remarkable the immediate eff
fects of Poslam seem.
After you know Poslam's splendid
work yoU will look upon it as just
so much concentrated healing
snergy to protect your skin from all
disordered conditions. Itching
stops; angry skin is soothed at once.
Sold everywhere. For free sample
write to Emergency Laboratories,
243 West 47th St, New York City.
Poslam Soap is a daily treat to
tender skin or skin subject to erup-
tional troubles.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-15
Bomb Enters House;
Does Not Explode

London. With the permission of
Lord French, an unexploded bomb
dropped from a Zeppelin was pre-
sented to the mayor of northeast
ern town by Major General Won
Donop on behalf of the headquart-
ers' staff.
1t bore an inscription setting forth
that the bomb passed through the
roof of a house, through three floors
and two chests of drawers and en-
bedded itself four feet below the
ground level without exploding. No
one was hurt.
The bomb, which weights Ill
pounds, is to be placed in the muni-
cipal museum,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-15
Airedale Dog Kills
Wildcat in Combat

Monrovia, Cal. Chum, the Aire-
dale belonging to Ben Overturff fire
warden for this district, has demon
strated that dog can lick his
weight in wildcats. Chum attacked
and in five minutes killed wildcat
that stood as tall as the dog, though
not as heavy.
The Airedale, following his master
on trapping expedition, near Deer
Park, flushed" a bobcat, and chased
it into a pile of brush. He went in
at a disa dvantage and killed the ami
NAL. Chum's owner believes he
would attack a mountain lion.
TO SPEAK AT BREsSLER
DR.. J. NJ. Lloyd, a noted lecturer,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-15
East Lost Leg, But
Exchanged Hearts

Cincinnati. A railroad wreck at
Royal City, Pa, eight months ago
has resulted in an exchange of
hearts" The traders are w. p.
Murphy, of New York city, and a
woman whose name Mr.. Murphy will
not tell other than it is May" She
lives in Pittsburgh. East lost a leg
in the accident.
Mr.. Murphy sent May the follow
ing telegram:
turn at once"
The answer was YES"
The couple met while convalescing
in Pittsburgh hospital. Mr.. Muir
ply left for Pittsburgh, where the
wedding will take place at Mays
home.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-15
To Free Your Skin
of Hair or FuzZ
(Roudoir Secrets)

No toilet table is complete with
out a small package of delatone.
for with it hair or fuzz can be quick
ly banished from the skin. To re-
move hairs you merely mix into a
paste enough of the powder and
water to cover the Objectionable
hairs. This should be left on the
skin about 2 minutes, then rubbed
off and the skin washed. when it
will be found free from hair or
blemish. Be sure you get genuine
delatone
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-15

draws cash like magnet. When he
needs money he sells furs or pic
ture post cards of himself. Just now
he's getting a fat salary from a st.
Cloud automobile manufacturer and
the government pays him a pension
Wrinkled Meat started to drink
whisky when 60 years old, and until
six years ago he assimilated a quart
of fire water a day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-15
Buried Under Hay,
Cow Eats WAY Out

York, Neb.-Four weeks ago Miles
Duffy's COW disappeared. To-day she
reappeared, followed by a calf. The
four weeks during which she was
thought to be lost she had spent
under a haystack, which had fallen
over her and buried her She ate her
way out.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-15

will speak on "Courtship, Marriage
and Divorce" in the Bressler Metho-
dist Church tomorrow evening. DR..
lloyd will speak on Truthful Music"
on Sunday.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-31
May TRADE BARRY
FOR CLYDE MILAN
Red Sox and Senators Cook
ing Up Deal.

NEW YORK, Dec, 3I-Exchange Of
Jack Barry, former manager Of the
Boston American League Baseball club,
or Infielder Harold Janvrin for an out
fielder from the Washington club, vas
discussed at a conference here between
President Harry Fra2ee. Of the Boston
club, and Manager Clark Griffith, Of
Washington. The deal was left in abey.
ance when Manager Griffith returned
to Washington.
Griffith proposed to trade Outfielder
Bert Shotten for either Barry or Jan
win, it was reported, but Fra4ee was
unwilling to accept Shotten; He did
express his willingness to exchange m
Of the infielders for Clyde Milan,
Manager Griffith also called on Lieut..
John Lavan, former Washington short
stop and now surgeon Of the battleship
Mississippi, and said Lavan promised
to give a definite reply by Jan. Is as
to whether he would play baseball again
or remain in the navy.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-31
NEED TROOPS Of =
ALLIES TO STOP
CHAOS RUSSIA
CzeChO- SIOvak Authority En-
phaSizeS Need of Military
Forces to Call Halt on Hypo+
critical BoISheviSm.

TOXIC. Dec - Correspondence OF
the Associated Fressl The end OF tho
war does not mean peace for Russia,
says Or. Naclav Girsa. Of the Czecho-
Slovak national council, who is now
in Toxic. Peace conferences will not
he able to prevent the internal strug-
giles In that ~disorganized state; that
can only be accomplished by military
decision and can only be the task OF
the allies. added Dr. Gjrsa.
MANY divisions OF allied troops now
are needed to help Russia emerge from
lts chaos because, said Or, GirSa, more
than half OF the Cz~ccho-Slovak troops
who were in Russia when the Brest-
ldtovsk peace treaty was signed now
are in hospitals or in their graves,
Or ',irsa said the situation OF his
troops i'm siberia has ueeu weli-nigh
~insupportahle One division had been
forced to hold for a long time an inn
menso front II had been obliged to
guard the railroad, the important places
in Siberia, b. organize the munition
factories and maintalh order In all the
towns lie quoted a Russian officer
from the front as describing the situa-
ton thus: Il am an old soldier inc
have seen many military troubles, but
the efforts shown by the Czecho- Slo
wax soldiers in siberia surpass all hu-
man forces and | can only say that
the men seem 10 have been carried
above their normal condition"
nr G,rsa said that his people feel
that they must perish. but they wish
to fulfjll their duty to the last, They
have given up hope of effective mill
tary aid, but they are determined to
fight 10 the last breath. He expressed
the opinion that the Russian nation
would surprise the world by its power
fun development In the future. He
added.
I'VE C2ccho- Slovaks understand the
Russian people. We have lived among
them during all the great changes OF
the war aud We feel sympathy for
them. We can never forget the Inn
sense sea Of Russian blood which was
shed during the first three years OF
the war. We must not forget that a
great majority OF the Russian people
have not said their last word.
I'm giving to the Russian army pro-
lection We had absolutely no aspita-
ton for political power in Russia, but
such II misunderstanding seems to have
been our tate from the very beginning
Of the war. Even now we are called
by the Russians the mysterious
Cgecho- Slovaks
Or. Girsa said It was a fatal mis-
take to suppose Bolshevism to be Il
democratic movement Democracy en-
deRVors To organize and to rule the
people according to human conscience:
hut the BolShcviki stamp out the prin-
ciplcs of morality and culture. Rolshe-
vism was a collective title used for
different political and social phenom-
ena. from the tdealisttC Ctopians to tho
criminal and German propaganda
forces.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-31
LIST OF CHAMPIONS
OF The new YEAR

BASEBALL.
Worlds Champions-Boston Rec SoX,
American league.
American L.eague-Bostcn Red SoX.
National LeaEue-ChicRgo Cubs.
SoutheTn-New Orleans,
American League Batting champion
-Ty Cobb.
National League Batting Champion
lack Wheat, Brooklyn.
TENNIS.
National-R. LindleV Murray.
National Doubles-W. T Tilden, Jr"
and Vincent Richards.
National Clay Court-W, T. Til
den, Jr.
Nationa-Miss Molla Bjurstedt.
BILLIARDS.
Balk-lne-Willie Hoppe.
Observation-Disclosures kieckhefer'
Pocket Billiards-Frank Taberskt.
FOOTBALL.
National Collegiate-PittsburEh uni
versity. ,
Michigan (nelther lost Eame).
Valley s. A. r. C.-Washington Z.
Eastern-Pittsburgh university,
Southern-Gcorgia Tech.
service-Great Lakes.
GOLF.
National Amateur and 0pen-Charles
Evans, Chicago holdover from previous
season, no title tournaments held,
PUGILISTIC.
Heavyweight-Jess Willard.
Light heavyweight-lack Dempsey,
MISUNDERSTANDING O'Dowd.
WeIterweight-Ted Lewis,
Lightweight-Benny Leonard.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Kilbane.
Observation-Disclosures Herman,
Flyweight-Jimmy Wilde,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-31
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Patsy Donovan. who managed the
SNraCuSe-lIanliltou team in the Inter
national last season, is quoted as say
ing that Shocks powu, sold to the Ne
troit Tigers and expected to report to
the best Youngsters he ever looked at
powd can play second, third or short,
but short is his best bet lie hit .29O
in 81 games in the International last
year, He quit the game early to go
INTO war work.
s.
S~outhrau Earl Hamilton hay ur,ltcr
presldrnl RaInev nrrl(ns Of th, p,tt.'
hurph Pirates ibat h, h,s Noon nr .
about 10 h. r,,Isnsod Cl,,r gcrntnn a.,
the navy hosuit,i In S.n ~, m.is., snTT
that he viii h. readv t'r IhogoLon N,
league tean,s nr ttb b,U ",J,u .I' nnr
ana he infnrs IN W. a. p'a"N
nerts In hc ho,,nr ~ r,'ov 't"' we
Of corahii trairt ,""m wv, ,VSN'.
sinre ba "l",'N II" h'VN "''''' wv
~ ~ wv" '" '"' NAVY
rreu Merkie Is one ot the latest to
Ne suspected OF retirement intentions
ana Manager Mitchell Of the cubs admits
mat he would not be surprised II Mrr
kIe stuck to the farm next year, since
ne expressed such intentions several
tines during the past season II means
the Cuhs viii have to get another first
hASemRn, Maybe we VIII have the old
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-31
HAD MUSIC HALL OFFER.

Pal made a big hit with the real
sportsmen Of London, and as soon as
he had defeated Wilde and had not
eVen had time to remove his trunks,
there appeared In his dressing room a
theatrical magnate who offered Pal ST..
500 per week to 90 in a London music
hall.
THAT sure was a tempting offer to
a man making $50 per month"; says
Pal, "but had to turn It down, Made
me feel good to get II, anyway. II |
get my discharge from the navy before
going back over to meet Wilde and the
offer is made to me again, think m
take a shot at 1t, for a few weeks, any
way. That's entirely too much lack to
be allowed to escape when It can be
picked up with but little effort.
"Ati the theatrical SCENT wanted me
to do was to box a round or two with
a sparring partner. It was a good Of.
fer, and may yet make my debut as a
Thespian,n
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-31
Navy Showed Superiority.

In only n comparatively few games
were service cleVcnS defeated by col
lege teams In general, the navy
showed supremacy oNer the army clcv-
ems, The superiority Of the sailors may
he attributed IN Il large measure to the
greater time permitted TO practice. The
Influenza epidemic also handicapped the
army elcvCns which were not allowed
to practice while the camps were quar-
RntinNd,
In the four big intcrscctlonal clashes
tho superiority Of Western 1915 foot.
ball was demonstrated The powerful
team of Great Lakes naval training
station defeated Rutgers and Aunapo-
lis, and In both games the Western
eleven showed great fighting spirit by
coming from behind and turning seem
ing defeats into victories.
Syracuse, which at the beginning Of
the season gave evidence Of being one
Of the strongest elcvCns In the East,
played good football until Michigan was
met In the next interseCtional battle Of
note. StrkCtec, the great Michigan
hack, turned the tide for the Wolver-
ines by bootIng three goals from the
field and interccpting u Syracuse for
ward pass which he converted into a
Michigan touchdown
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-31
TOOK WILDE BY SURPRISE.

Pal says he took Wilde by surprise In
the first round. "Wilde has been &C
customed to having fighters shake
hands with him as a flaht starts and
then back away" said Pal "ln this
way he always had the advantage. In
stead Of backing away after shaking
hands, | advanced and let fly with both
hands or Wilde's Jaw. He was so sur
prIsed that II took him several seconds
to realize that he had found somebody
who wouldn't back away from him. |
believe | beat him In that first minute
Of fighting, for he never was able to
overcome the shock brought him when
waded In at the first bell and carried
the fight to him"
Pal says Wilde Is shorter than he Is.
"l'd been told that he was a tall fel-
low, nearly s feet 9 inches. Instead he's
shorter than am and is about 5 feet
4H2 inches, | would Judge. He carries
his guard low and has a good left lab,
but a particularly wicked right hand.
He throws his body with the movement
Of his arms did not think he was
hard to hit and he also hit me several
times. I'm giving him full credit. but
think | could do 1t again."
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-31
Wilde Never Got Over Pal
Wdding In at First Gong
U2R(NlDTbT3

Hunting out scattered groups Of
"Heinies' in No Mans Land furnished
real entertainment to true American
sportsmen before the armistiCe ended
the fun. The following tale of a New
York sportsman is typical;
Capt. Joe Brooks, fisherman and star
OF the gridiron and rink, was in No
party, He found a group of Germans
huddled in a shell crater half filled
with water. He fished them out as
though they had been trout. When the
party reached headquarters and ex-
hibited their prisoners, Capt. Brooks,
a giant in size and strength, was car
rying a small German under his arm,
He set the fellow down and surveyed
him critically. Then turning to the
colonel he said dryly:
Colonel, in America we usually toss
these little fellows back in the stream"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-31

Jess used his newly acquired circus
and later mis- oil interests as reasons
for his not re-entering the ring. Then
the war came along and Jess used that
to duck his obligation to the sporting
public. He played true to form by
acting like a cheese champion when
the Red Cross and other worthy gar
organizations attempted to enlist his
services to help raise funds.
Jack Dempsey looms up as the main
contender for Jess crown. He does
deserve a crack at Willard. His decisive
victories over Fulton. Morris and 9TH
ers this year earned him a chance at
Jess,
Mike O'Dowd earned the middle
weight title during the year, but has
become too heavy TO remain In that
class, and 1t looks az though Mike Glib
bons deserves the crown, He will be
considered as a champ, at least.
Ted Lewis, the welterweight cham
pion. defended his title several times
during the year, although it must be
said that many of the boys he met
were repeaters. including Jack Britton
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-31
VI HNVIV WVEHEVF NEEEVNINf
Good Tennis Season.

The tennis season of 1918 in the city
eircles proved a great success, consid-
tering the effects of the war and con-
nitions attendant, The Tennessee state
tournament, the city championship and
ahe club tournaments were staged and
lsran off with success.
The first honors this year go to Fred
-. Smithwick, who won the Tennessee
state tournament n the city cham
3pionship. Smithwick played brilliant
tennis during the past season and great
NcrRdit SHOULD be given him. as he had
some tough opponents to down In the
Tennessee state tournament Smithwick
defeated Lieut.. A. NJ. Kidder, a player
of considerable note from the East, who
was at the time stationed at Park field
in the air service. He defeated kidder
in the last round of the Tennessee state
after Kidder had him two sets to one;
in the city championship he defeated
Geo. S. Yerger in the last round after
Yerger had him two sets to one.
In the doubles tennis Hardy and EN-
erson defeated Yerger and ~Smithwick
in the Tennessee state tournament af-
ter a hard nine-set match; in the city
championship Yerger and Smithwick
defeated Hardy and Emerson In a like
match, Smithwick and Yerger won the
city cups in 1917 and 1914 and winning
them in 1918 gives them permanent
possession of them. The doubles hon
ors, it seems. will have to be divided
\ between the two above teams.
4 In the consolation tournaments DR..
willis c. Campbell carried off all the
honors, playing good ennis throughout
the entire season.
There was little or nothing doing in
/ the local boxing world. as practically
all of the Memphis fight colony were
\ in the service. The Phoenix Athletic
club was closed practically the entire
\ year. with only one or two profession
ais showing in the local arena.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-31
WAR HANDICAPS
OVERCOME BY
FOOTBALL
Glass Shown by Service Teams
Pitt and Tech Battle Classic
Event.

CHICAGO, Dec 81 Despite the han
dlcaps placed m football nv war de
partmcnt regulations mud the difficult
ties experienced by the coaches In de
NcloptnE cams because NJ lnck OF ma
tcrtal, the 1918 Eridlron season pro
duced as good n brand OF football aa
was generally expected.
The callhCr Of football PLAYED by the
college elcvcns WAS far below that of
former years This was due, of course,
to the number of star players who
dounrd the uniforms Of Uncle Sam In
stead OF those OF their respective uni
NersitiCs or colleges.
College players who entered the ser
vice and were not fortunate enough
to got into the big game over there or
Rani2cd cams at the army aud navy
cantonmeuts These teams were fnr
superior to university eIevous. and the
best brand VI football was PLAYED by the
soldier and gn ilpT NlpNnpg
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-31

and Johnny Griffiths. Benny Leonard
risked his title but a few times and
may be forced TO enter the welter-
weight class soon When lie fought
kilbane IS months ago Leonard
weighed 1877 pounds. 1t may be that
1919 will see a new lightweight champ.
Richie Mitchell, Joe Yelling, Frankie
Britt and Lew Tender are likely look
ing boys to seek his title,
Johnny Kilhane, featherweight cham
pion, has announced that he intends to
resign from his army duties and re-
enter the ring Kilbane's policy al
ways has been to meet All conlers
He has never ducked q contender. Pete
Herman Ia still the bantam champ,
kewpie Ertle claims an interest in It,
but the last years battles do not give
him any great claim. Pal Moore and
Joe Burman, in addition to Ertle, are
still seeking a chance at the title.
II Jimmie Wilde, English flyweight,
visits the United States next season
the proposed return bout between him
and Pal Moore VIII cause a boom In
the baby class.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-31
DECISION WAS O ED

Pal says the Britons did not relish
the referees decision proclaiming the
Memphian the victor over the popular
Wilde.
1.-THE decision was booed by the
crowd, all right said Pal. THE Brit
ons were naturally for Wilde, All the
Americans there cheered when | re-
ceived the decision. Guess the house
vided. for every Yank in London tried
to get to those bouts,
There's one thing I'D like to make
clear" continued Pal. That's the diff
ference in weight between Wilde and
me. l weighed in at II o'clock in the
morning at III pounds with my shoes
and heavy underclothes on. Wilde
weighed ia with his clothes on"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-31
new YEAR
SPORT CARD
AT ~"
Wrestling, Handball, Basket
ball and Swimming to Fea-
ture All Day Open House.

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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-31
CATION AT HOME.

Howard Cation. the Pittsburg Pirates
midget shortstop, has been given his
discharge from Camp sherman and is
back home among the folks, whore he
viii spend the winter, He has notified
Manager Hugo Be2dek. OF the Pirates,
of his discharge, which is taken as a
hint that he wants that shortstop job
neN1 EnASnn-
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-31
NO r TO JOPLIN.

KANSAS CITY, Dec. 3I.-No formal
offers for the purchase Of the Joplin
franchise Of the Western league have
been made to John Savage, the owner,
he said today when shown "A dispatch
telling of "A meeting of Joplin business
negotiations for the purchase Of the
franchise. He had informed the Joplin
last fall, he added, that he was
willing 10 sell.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-31
NOT AN THE BEST OF IT.

Pal was inclined to feel the same
way about the tourney as other Ameri-
can fighters who participated.
II don't think the Americans got
any the best OF it, and l thought
Richie Mitchell was entitled to the de-
cision in his finals, but or the whole
we ought to be pretty well satisfied,
and it's better craftsmanship to say
so, anyway.
1.-THE scoring system of the Britons
had us in a fog, however. Every time
one OF the British fighters would be
defeated he would be given a point
or two for British grit We Americans
never received any points for 'Ameri-
can grit All of these extra points
given the Britons counted up, and
in the end they figured so high that
we were unable to equal them"