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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-22
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-22
NERKLE STILL HEADS NATIONAL;
BURNS IS LEADER IN AMERICAN

But Little Change Among Leading National Stick Ar
lists; Kauff NOsed Out; GiIhOOey and Collins Drop
Below 300 Mark; Hooper Dethroned by Gilhooley
as Run Getter; Ruth Has Eight Home Runs.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-22
TEAMS BATTLE FOR REMNANTS
Understandable MANAGERS

Miller Higgins Has Fitted 1Gisfits''; Mitchell Plotting
Cubs to Victory Notwithstanding the Loss Of Grover
Alexander; Two Managers Insist on Team Work;
Mitchell Quiet Fighter, Higgins Noisy
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-22

The Old American association, III
which Louisville set up hard luck
record that has endured for nearly
80 years. was ClGssed as @ major
league. in the following year, how
ever, Il was another story ana the
team that had tasted so much defeat
in such big punches captured the pen
lant in 1880. Cincinnati was the first
champion OF the old association in
1852. The following year the Phila-
deIphia Athletics were victorious, and
the New York NetrOpoitans annexed
the flag in 1854. and played ProVl-
deuce the National league winners,
In the first series for the PROBES
sional worlds championship, but were
defeated by the Rhode Island club
then took four straight pennants in
the American association, Brooklyn
led in that circuit in 1883, losing TO
New York in the contest for the
worlds nag. Brooklyn went into the
National league in 1880 and play ed
Louisville, the American association
champions. in the worlds series, each
club winning three games, when the
series was stopped by cold weather.
Boston captured the Lass penuant Of
the old A. a. in 1891. but no world
series was played that year.
ART sT8TMs's ANNIVERSARY.
lightweight division, was born in
Akron. o., 40 years ago today, June
% 1873. He started his ring career
more than 20 years ago. at about the
same time that Gus Rubin, the Ak
ron giant. was trying 20 put Akron
on the pugilistic map. Simms first
came into prominence IN 1883. when
he fought a 20 round draw in Cleve-
land with Tommy White, the famous
Chicago featherweight The follow
ing year he whipped Gus Gardner.
Jim Popp, Joe Leonard and other
good men, and in the next two years
fought two draws with Otto Sieloff
and was defeated by Martin Duffy.
Late IN 1903 Simms tackled Battling
Nelson and was knocked out in the
fourth round at Milwaukee. That de-
feat seemed to cook Arts puglilistic
goose, for he seldom won a battle
after that, although he continued
fighting Tor several years. He lost
to Kid Goodman at Boston IN 1908,
TO Clarence English at Omaha, In
1907. 10 Maurice Savers at PhiladeI-
phia IN 1908, and TO Clarence Forbes
at Canton IN 1910.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-22

The champion passed his nearest
competitor I'm the first stretch. and
from then on 20 the last 100 yards
his stride was constantly impaired
from having 90 dodge in and out Of
the wabbling field Shea and young
Barthold Schwartz. OF the Dickinson
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-22
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
AMERICAN LEAGUE

ST. Louis az Chicago
Pittsburgh a. Cincinnati
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-22

Jimmy Burke. Of the Browns, g.
the noIsiest and most active coach
in the American league. He Is on
the lines im every inning putting
pep into the players and urging
them along.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-08
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS

Five children ranging in age from
2 to II years were burned to death,
one other received fatal injuries, and
seven were less seriously hurt in a
fire which destroyed the Kent county
juvenile home just outside Grand Rap
ids. Mich, recently.
According to careful estimates war
ranting acceptance, says Reuters cor
respondent on the French front, the
Germans have employed between sixty
and seventy divisions since July Is
and have lost 10000 men killed,
wounded and prisoners.
The War Finance Corporation VIII
advance funds through banks In the
Dallas, Kansas City and Minneapolis
federal reserve districts to farmers
and cettIemen whose production has
been hindered by drought, it was an
nounced by Governor Harding of the
federal reserve board.
Lieut.. Donald H. Charlton of Sui
phur Springs, o., and Lieut. Ivar En-
gene Tinnerho1m OF Schenectady, n.
Y, were instantly killed at TsIiaferro
Field, Fort Worth, Tex, when their
airplane fell in spin
Two officers belonging to Car
ruthers Field were killed in q 1,0Oe-
foot fall IN a tail spin recently near
Benbrook, Tex The dead are Lieut.
Robert YarnaH Snyder OF 719 College
avenue, Elmira, N Y, and Lieut. Olaf
John Tanner Of Moorhead, Mimi
Both men were instructors.
News OF the shooting to death of
the former Russian emperor, Nicholas
Romanoff, is accepted as more than
probable by the French authorities,
especially as it appears 10 be believed
IN Germany.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-08
CHARGE CRAFT IN CONTRACTS
Department OF Justice Report Dis
closes Extensive Conspiracy in
Orders for Army Raincoats.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

New York, July 23.-Extensive con-
spiracies involving bribery and graft
in connection with army contracts Tor
rubber raincoats sent to soldiers in
France were disclosed tonight by De
partment of Justice officials, stimuli
taneously with the arrest of seven
teen officers and employees of fifteen
manufacturing companies in New
York and Brooklyn on charges of bri-
berry, fraud or conspiracy.
Army officers of the quartermasteTs
corps involved in the graft now are
under surveillance and probably viii
be arrested soon in Washington OF
other cities where their duties as pur-
chasing agents OF inspectors take
them.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars of
raincOat contracts are tainted with
fraud, already uncovered by Depart
ment of Justice agents, and other dis
closures affecting army orders for
clothing, soldiers equipment, machfn-
cry and supplies and involving arrests
on criminal charges may be made
soon.
Most army officers at whom the fin
ger Of suspicion points are of the
lower raRIs, but a few Of the rank Of
major and colonel are said to be IN
der investigation Department Of JUS
tice officials tonight declined TO indi-
cate whether they believed any great
proportion Of army contracts were OBJ
tanned by bribery or other fraud, but
they declared many millions of dol
lars worth OF goods have been de-
HEered on suspicious contracts.
Direct bribery OF unnamed army Of
ficers who had charge of letting con-
tracts or inspecting goods is charged
against a number Of those just ar
rested.
1t was announced that in some cases
manufacturers intimidated military or
civilian inspectors Of raincoats by
threatening to use influence in Wash
ington to obtain their dismissal If
they did not approve the coats manu-
featured. Others practiced fraud by
secretly shifting rejected goods to
other plants to which inexperienced
inspectors or inspectors who would
play the game" were assigned.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-08
TURNS DOWN A NOMINATION
Col. Roosevelt Refuses to Be candi-
date of New York Republicans
for GoVernorship.

Oyster Bay, July 23.-Colonel Theo-
dore Roosevelt issued a statement to-
night in which he declared that under
no circumstances would he accept the
Republican nomination for governor
of New York.
The former President made his an
nouncement when he sent a telegram
to Attorney General Merton E. Lewis,
at Albany, in reply to message which
Mr.. Lewis sent several days ago Of
fering to withdraw from the race if
the colonel would become a candidate
In his telegram, Colonel Roosevelt
did not mention any of the subjects
which were taken up by the Repub-
1icans at their convention last week
He did not refer to prohibition or
woman suffrage, nor did he propose a
candidate for governor.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-08
WILSON TAKES OVER WIRES
President Issues Proclamation Giving
Control of Telegraph and Tele-
phone Lines to BurIeson.

Washington, July "a President
Wilson's proclamation taking over for
the duration of the war telegraph and
telephone lines was issued late today.
It did not include radio systems and
ocean cable lines. Government opera
ton and control begins midnight, July
81.
Supervision, control and operation
of the wire systems is placed under
the direction of Postmaster General
Burleson.
No explanation was forthcoming,
but it was assumed that control of
cables was not taken over because of
difficulties presented by contracts
cable companies hold with foreign
governments. Radio systems already
are controlled by the Navy Depart
ment.
May Keep Old Managers.
The Presidents proclamation pro-
vides that the Postmaster General, If
he so elects, may administer the lines
through the owners, managers, boards
OF directors or receivers. 1t provides.
further, that until the Postmaster
General directs otherwise, the present
arrangements shall continue.
The Postmaster General, in his dis
erection. may hereafter relinquish in
whole or in part, to the owners any
telegraph or telephone system over
which he has assumed control
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-08
NEW DIVISION AT FUNSTON
Gen. March Announces That Six More
Organizations for Regular Army
Will Be Formed.

Washington, July 25.-Gen- March.
chief Of staff, announced today that
he had ordered six new Regular Army
infantry divisions organized in this
country during JuIy-the 9Th at Camp
Devens, Mass; the 10th at Meade,
Nd; 18th at Sheridan, Ala: 18th at
Custer. Mich; 18th at Funston, Kas-,
and 14th at Lewis, Wash
Two regular infantry regiments VIII
form the nucleus Of each new diTisio1-
Home guards have replaced regulars
at interior guard posts for this pur-
pese and the regulars are now NOV
ing to the camps designated, General
March said Aside from the two In
fantry regiments Of regulars. the d.
visions viii be composed Of National
Army troops
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-08
SUBMARINE SINKS
AFISHING VESSEL
Gloucester Schooner Destroyed
With Bomb Off the Eastern
Coast of Maine.
CREW REACHES SHORE SAFELY
Members, However, Were in Exhaust
ed Condition After Drifting for
Thirty Hours in Open Boats.

Kennebunkport, Ne, July 24-Ger-
man submarines have struck againof f
the New England coast. This time
an undersea raider sank with a bomb
the crack knockabout Gloucester fish
ing schooner, Robert and Richard,
near Cashe Bank, sixty-five miles east
by southeast of Cape Porpoise, on the
southeastern coast of Maine, al 1880
o'clock yesterday morning.
This was approximately one hun
dred miles north Of the spot where a
U-bOat sank fouor coal barges off Or
leans, Cape Cod, Sunday morning,
and the time was almost twenty-four
hours later TO the minute than the
opening OF the Cape Cod foray. The
crew of twenty-five escaped in dories.
There were no other ships in sight
The last the fishermen saw of the
submarine she appeared to be rest
ing on the surface, with her nose
pointed south.
Crew Adrift Thirty Hours.
The weather was calm and fOrtu-
nately remained so for the more than
thirty hours the men were adrift
Inc uOIISS were equipped Win sinai
sails, as well as oars, and, taking ad-
vantage of the light puffs OF the
sOutherly winds, the little fleet head
ed for the Maine coast, keeping to
gether until 9 o'clock last night.
Small supplies of biscuit and water
had been placed in the dories.
In addition to the dory that reached
here tonight two arrived at Portland.
The three brough to land fourteen of
the crew. The others were unac-
counted for at a late hour.
Hun Officer Lived in Maine?
Portland, Me, July 24.-The coal
steamer Snug Harbor arrived here to-
night with eleven men of the schooner
Robert and Richard, including Capt
Robert Wharton of the schooner.
Wharton said the second officer of
the submarine, who boarded the
schooner, told him he had lived in
America for a number Of years, and
had had a summer home in Maine
since 1896.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-08
GERMANS UNABLE
TO HOLD ALLIES
Franco-Amerieans Gust Huns
From ChateIet Wood and
Epied Village.
HEAVY FlGRTlRG CONTINUES
Won soehm Making Desperate Efforts
70 ExtFicate His Forces From
Jaws CT PincerS-

Washington, July 25.-Violent Ger
man counter attacks and rear guard
actions in great strength still fail TO
serve the German high command as
barriers 10 the advance of the Allied
troops on the SoissoEs-Rheims salient
True, they have sided somewhat IN
slowing down the fast pace set by the
Allies at the commencement of the
offensive. but nevertheless on the
three sides OF the nov U-shaped battle
front further important gains have
been made
Slow, But Sure.
Driving slowly, but surely, south OF
scissors the American and French
troops have pushed their fronts fur
Their eastward toward that part OF the
SoiSsons-Chateau Ihierry railway line
that is still in the hands of the enemy,
and further south, along both sides
Of the OurcQ river and the road lead
ing to Fere-en-TaI GenOis, Germany's
great storehOuse for the supply of her
troops 10 the south, important pene-
trations into eremy-held territory
have been made until the maximum
point where the Allies are fighting
near COincy IS about ten and one-hah
Riles from their point of departure
last Thursday.
Hun Army Withdrawing
In the Marne region north of Cha
teau Thierry the Americans and
French have met with the fiercest
kind Of resistance, for here the Ger
man machine gunners and infantry
men are striving hard to stay their
progress in an endeaYOr to extTicate
large numbers Of the German forces
who are in danger Of capture, and also
TO save part of the great number OF
guns and quantities of war materials
which it is impossible TO get out ex-
cept by the high roads over the IN
duSating and wooded country.
The advantage in the fighting. how
ever, has rested with the amelgs-
mated Allied troops, who have push
ed on northward past the village OF
EpiedS and Ousted the Germans from
the greater part Of the Chatelet for
est. In this region the Allies now
hold the villages of Epieds and TTug-
ny-Epieds, which were captured by
the Germans and were Tecaptured
Wednesday in a counter attack BY
the Americans Pressing on north
ward the Allies have driven their
front beyond Courpoil, which lies
about six and one-haIf miles north
east OF Chateau Thierry.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-08

In order to meet war conditions the
public utilities commission has fixed
new rates and laid down new rules
regarding the distribution of electric
power to the irrigation farmers by the
Garden. City Power Company. Many
farmers in the Arkansas valley near
Garden City irrigate their farms by
means of electric power. The water
is lifted from wells by such power,
furnished by the Garden City power
plant, an adjunct of the beet sugar
factory.
The old rate to the farmers was 8
cents per kilowatt hour. The commits
sion had its experts investigate the
matter for months and found that it
was costing the company close to
cents per kilowatt hour to deliver the
juice at the pumps of the farmers.
To be exact, the cost was 3.8 cents.
So new schedule was fixed permit
ting the company to charge cents
per kilowatt for the first thirty hours
use of connected load; 3.9 cents per
ki1owatt for the next fifty hours use
of connected load and 3.8 per kilowatt
for all above eighty hours use Of con-
nected load.
The rate to Deerfield and Lakin for
lighting purposes was fixed at 4
cents per kilowatt hour and the rate
to Garden City for lighting purposes
was rs cents, an increase of II cent
over the old rates. Garden City
takes the current at the switchboard.
The current is delivered to the other
towns the same as it is to farmers.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-08
CASUALTIES TOTAL 1886

Washington, July 22.-Casualties in
the army and marine corps overseas
increased 9S3 during the week, COM
pared with SAT the previous week, and
aggregate 1915 with the inclusion
of today's army list Of 199 and the
marine corps list of twenty-six-
While the weeks total casualties
were the largest announced for any
week since American troops have
been on the battle fronts, it is un-
likely that any of the casualties which
have resulted from the heavy fight
ing in which the Americans have been
participating since last Monday are
included in the totals.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-08
REPORTS SHIP IN DISTRESS

Nantucket, Mass, July 23.-An air
plane, which landed at the village Of
Wauwinet tonight, brought word that
a steamer was in distress near Great
Round Shoals about five miles off the
eastern end Of the island. The vessel
was described as in need Of immediate
assistance, but the nature of her in
turies was not disclosed.
After requesting that the Navy De
partment be notified and that word
be sent also to the nearest coast
guard station, the aviator assembled
and was lost to view.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-08
A BRITISH LINER TORPEOOED
The Justicia, 32,2s4 Tons, Goes Down
Off Irish Coast-EIeVen Mem
Of Crew Dead.

An Irish Port, July 25.-The giant
White Star liner JUsticia has been
torpedoed and sunk
The Justicia was formerly the
Dutch steamer Statendam, which was
taken over by the British government
on the stocks at Belfast when she
was nearing completion She was =
vessel Of 1924 tons gross
The Justicia carried a crew Of BE-
tween six and seven hundred Eleven
members Of the crew are dead
The story of the fight between the
German submarine and the Justicis.
If it could be told, would make one Of
the finest stories in the annals Of anti
submarine warfare.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-08

A recent army casualty list shows
Lieut.. Scott L. Lennen of Soldier,
Kas., died Of wounds and Privates
James A. Durham of Whiting, Kas.,
Roy L. Finney of Cambridge, Kas.,
Joseph P. Meagher Of Lillis, Kas., and
Charles E. Patterson of Paola, Kas.,
killed in action. The following Kan
sas men were wounded severely: Pri-
Yates Jesse S. Gustin of Hanover,
Howard H. MCGEE of Olathe, Albert
T. Mayer of Westmore1and, Anthony
c. Rupp of Catherine and L. Trout
man of Lewis. Private E. E. Brunkow
of Wamego, Kas., is reported missing
in action.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-08
NEWS ITEMS FROM
ALL OVER KANSAS
Happenings of More or Less
interest Gathered From
Many Sources.
MANY ON THE DELINQUENT LIST
Kansas Adiutant General Forwarding
Names to Washington For Action
May Be BlackIisted.

There are 4,249 delinquents in Kan
sas according to the cards now on
file in the office of Charles S. Huff
man, adjutant general. With the last
draft call taking the current quota
of Glass 1 men from the state, the
delinquent list assumes a new import
ance and the reports are being for
warded to Washington under General
Crowder's orders as soon as they are
complete from each county.
eff your boy is in service or train
ing and has never reported to his
local board and you have not inform
ed. your local board of his where
abouts, now is the time to prevent his
name being blacklisted with the war
department" advises Major R. Neil
Rain, in charge of the selective ser
vice work.
81 am convinced that over half Of the
men numbered in this delinquent list
are now in some branch OF the serv-
ice, but we have received no notice.
AS result they will be named delin-
Quent at Washington, for we have
been ordered to send in these lists. If
no report has been made on the man
we have no report to give. If the
man is later located in service, then
am explanation will be written after
the word delinquent on the govern
ment records, but the word delinquent
will not be wiped out. If any mem
Der of your family is in service or
training he should be saved this hui
initiation by sending US notice Of his
whereabouts so we can report to his
local board
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-08

Kansas is to lose another newspa-
per editor in the war service. Robert
Good, editor of the Cawker City Ledg-
er, expects to leave about August 1
to take up Y. n. C. A work with the
American army in France. The per
sonnet board of the state Y. NJ. C. A.
held a special session, after its week
~ list of accepted candidates had
been announced, and favorabIy con-
sidered Mr.. Goods application. Aside
from being father of seven children
and editor of a newspaper, Mr.. Good
is superintendent of Sunday school,
lieutenant in the state guards COM
pany he organized, secretary of the
Cawker Commercial Club, chairman
of the four-minute men and director
of the community chorus which he
also organized.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-08
FIX MAXIMUM FLOUR PRICES
Federal Food Administration An
nounees Quotations for Mills at
Various Centers to Govern Sales

Washington, July 24.-Fair. maxi
mum prices to govern the sale Of flour
and other wheat milling products at
every milling point in the United
States have been fixed by the Food
Administration Prices are based on
a fixed quotation at seaboard points,
with freight deductions for interior
points. Jobbers' prices are to be not
more than % to so cents over deliver
ed cost, and retail prices not more
than S1.2O a barrel over cost