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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-12
AUSTRALIA NEEDS MEN
TO FILL ARMY RESERVES
Thirty Thousand Required for Re-
serves Training in England
and Egypt.
WILL ENLIST 1000 MONTHLY
TO Determine Most Feasible Plan,
Sydney Business Man Is Appointed
to Visit All Overseas Ranks and
Make Detailed Report.


81
MELBOURNE. May 3l.-Austraiia
needs 10000 men to hli up its depo;s
OF army reserves in training in Eng
land and Egypt and. in addition.
should enlist $500 each month in order
10 meet the average losses, asserts Sir
Samuel Griffith. chic justice OF the
Australian High Court. Sir Samuel was
appointed some time ago commits
sioner TO investigate the Australian
recruiting situation, and the foregoing
are the main facts in his report.
II would be necessary. he added. for
Australia 10 enlist more than 1000 adj
ditional men each month this year in
order 10 male up her deficiency Of re-
serves in England and Egypt and to
sustain them at the desired number.
The most we can hope for" he re-
ported, lis TO continue using one of
the divisions as a depot lewiston and
endcavor TO raise in Australia at least
5.400 recruits per month"
After the receipt of Sir Samuels re-
port, Premier William NJ. Hughes ap-
pointed Representative II. &. Orchard,
as minister in charge of recruiting,
new office. Mr.. Orchard. Sydney
business man. Will devote all his time
TO increasing the Australian overseas
ranks.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-12
CHASING SUBMARINES
BECOMES KEEN STUDY
Americans Stationed at Scaplane
Training Camp Find Much to
Keep Them Busy.
CAMP NEAR VOLCANIC LAKE
Winter and Spring Have Been Mild
in the Mountains Moth Of Rome.
and Students Have -adc Many
Trips. o..
CAMP NEAR VOLCANIC LAKE
IBy Associated Press.

lSSoClSlcu fIcSS.l
AMERICAN SEApLANE TRAINING
CAMP. CENTRAL ITALY. May IL
Americans III training here 10 become
submarine hunters and coast protcc-
tors combine hard work and serious
study, varied by occasional trips TO a
nearby town or. less frequently. to
Rome.
This is tho first school in Italy for
Uncle SANS aerial sailors. They at
tend lectures. learn French and
Italian, go through all the lessons up
to solo" flying, when they are allowed
to ny alone, thence OH through care
full training 10 the time when they are
recommended as lit for officers. Next
their names travel over the Atlantic
TO the War Department. and finally
they become officers. and have their
names enrolled among the fighters for
the United states.
. Il know of~no rcater glory than
that of being an aviator" said the
American Ambassador, Thomas Nelson
in their honor.
y HtlE camp Ia CdtSu hcfl lllS OdnNo
OF one of tho volcanic lakes in the
mountains north of Rome. The winter
and spring have been mild and the
student aviators have been flying al
most every day since they came. under
the dire ction OF Italian instructor
pilots. They utilize the lake for bath
inS.
On their Saturday afternoon and
Sunday holidays they ride over 10
cathedral town set OH a big rock md
they go to church. sec the sights. spend
little money on restaurant food, pos
sibly put up over night at one of the
many little hotels that are languishing
here since the war cut off tourist
traffic, and they ride back again Mon
day morning for a new weeks train
ing.
Those fortunate enough to have
toothache or teeth in the need of re-
pair may go TO Rome for that purpose.
Uncle Sam not having yet provided IL
dentist exclusively for this camp as
he has al the bigger camp for aviators
in the south OF Italy. AS teeth con-
meet with the nerves which are sup
posed to regulate the sense of cuuili-
brum. it will h. understood just how
important commanding officers con-
slider such troubles. Without propcr
sense of equilibrium a man can't hy
without running the risk of breaking
his neck or Il valuable machine.
Sometimes money becomes draw
back to the Rome excursion. in view of
the Irregularities of pay days. One
sharp youth from Missouri overcame
this handicap by borrowinc I|rrpch
English or American money from his
comrades. In Romo he exchanged this
for Italian paper money at the rate of
eight and one-half lire TO tho dollar.
spent what was necessary to see the
nights and returned to tho camp with
more money than hc had when he
started. He repaid his debts at tic
rate OF five lirc-to the dollar.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-12
Army Surgeon Must Know His Job
and All About the Trench Warfare

together with the habits of the
'hnbits' h mennt the routine firing
OF the dny or night during pertods
of normal activity. Certain open
spaces, crossroads, Eullcys, etc,
ure regularly under fire at certain
hours OF the dny or night, and the
snnitnry personnel must learn to
avoid these exposed places during
these periods.
"ln the preparation of nm attack
the battalion head rcgimcntnl sur
Econs nre Invariably appraised OF
the probable obJectivcs to be Mt
tnined. They must study the gen
crai topography OF the country To
be trarcr.cd, its enemy trenches,
duEouts and aid atations, in order
to be able to utilize them during
the engagement.
1.-THE battalion surgeon must Of
ten, perhaps usually, cxtemporIzc
the nrst-nid station within enemy
lines. AS noon rs he has done this
nc must indicate To his personnel
the proper evacuation routes for the
wounded. When IN advance Is con-
tcmplRtcd or n severe nttncl< Is be-
ing rcpulscd and reserve strctchcr
bearers nrc being sent to the mid
stations the surgeon should immc-
diateiy Inspect the new personnel,
and especially sec to it that the
men understand the use of gus
masks. portable oxygen tanks, etc,
at no time must the surgeon lose
sight of the fact that he must try
md keep his personnel intact. In
trench warfare, especially. there nrc
innumernbIe opportunities for u.c-
less wastaEe of personnel. Lack of
familiarity with the terrain, an I'M
guarded raising of the hend. etc.
will often suffice TO reduce the per-
sonnel of the medical corps"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-12
Damage Done Causes
War on Rodents
lBy Associated prcss.l

LONDON, May 1.-The yearly
damage 10 food by rats In England
alone ia estimated Mt s:0O,OOO,OOO,
according TO cautionury notice
Just issued 10 farmers by q govern
mcnt committee. The Inter urges
q ruthless offensive against the rat.
II says, In part;
.In your buildings, ErannrIes
and barns you hnve an UNDER
ground enemy who destroys our
food supplies almost an much n
the submarine. The nation cannot
afford to keep rats at u moment
when every sack Of wheat IL urgent
~ needed.
"In tho rush of work on the farm
rnts have been neglected and have
multiplied. They breed fnster thun
my other ycrmin. The rat will breed
when four months old, and have
from three TO nve filters In a year.
The average litter is ten, but ns
many m twcnty-thrce have been
found. At that rate of increase you
cannot go on feeding them. But
unlcss you nre prepared to feed
them II In an unneiEhborIy act to
keep them mt NIL, for the moment
you stint them of food they will
swarm over your nciGhbor's farm.
AT moderate estimate, the Eng
ll"h countryside in feeding one rat
per head of the total population of
these islands, and ten rats Will ent,
npnrt from what they spoil, aa much
grain M you md your wife con-
sumo. Save the English harvest OF
1913 for yourselves. and don't waste
1t on rats.
"What arc you TO dor Keep your
grain protected and make the full
est use OF traps. snare., fcrrets and
dogs. Barn owls nre among your
beat friends. Close rat holes with
concrete and glass. Organize rat
hunts and encourage rat catching
on your farms by giving some small
reward. Hunt your hedge rows
with dogs and fcrrcts. Get your
nciEhbors to do tho same:
1--WE cannot afford to feed the
rats. We cannot raise too much
grain; In fact. we can hardly hope
to have enough TO feed our.clves."
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-12
tBy Associated prcss.l

WASHINGTON, May II.-Persons
accustomed to think of the medical
corps OF the nrmy ns n noncombat-
mt unit will be astonIshcd by sus-
gcstions prepared for the conduct of
MILITARY surgeons newly arrived In
the war zone. A bulletin from the
Office of the surgcon-gcncraI sums
up the technical military knowledge
which an nrmy surseon must have
TO do his duty compctcntly, and in
cidcntnlly shows the exposure TO
which he IL subject.
AN soon ms the battalion or reg
mental surgeon arrives In new
sector and has supervised tho in
stailmcnt of his MATERIAL the bull
tctfn snys, "hc should rapidly gain
an Intimate personal knowledge of
the frst-line trenches, duEouts, list
ching posts, evacuation trenches md
means OF transportation TO tho rcnr.
This knowledge should be gained
on the dny of arrival. IL possible,
because enemy surprise attacks arc
frequently cOincidcnt with the mr.
rival of troops in new sector. 1t
should he acquired through day and
night Inspections. In order that he
may he nblc to describe the topoE-
raphy of the TERMS TO his person.
mel. The latter should also be given
nm carly opportunity OF familinriE-
Ing Themselves with the syatem OF
trenches and evacuation routes, 40
That when called upon TO pick up
wounded mt lenst one man of each
SOUND IL familiar with the gem
crnl contour and direction Of the
trenches.
"The surgeon should also ncquaint
himself, through his commanding
ofnccr, with the location of the
enemy trenches. batteries, trench
mortnrs and mitrnilleuse redoubts,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-12
METHODIST MINISTERS
GET INTO ACTIVE SERVICE
Work Being Done Among the Italians
Has Flourlshed, and Now Dis
tricts Arc Created.
IBy Associated Press. ]

FLORENCE, ITALY, May 11.--Fifty
per cent of the ministers OF the Meth
odist Episcopal Church in Italy are in
active service in the Italian army.
The annual session OF the church,
which has just been held here. under
toe presidency OF Bishop William An
derson. of Cincinnati. showed it's con-
fdence In the final victory OF the al
lies by deciding TO create a new Italian
district, comprising Trent, Rovereto.
Udine and Gorilla. all at present occu-
pied by the enemy, and by voting that
its session in 1919 should meet in
Triest. The latter vote was loudly
cheercd by the meeting.
DIR. Bertrand NJ. Triple. chief super
intendent OF the Methodist Church in
Italy, is 10 leave for the United States
soon.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-12
PROTEST AGAINST INClvILITY
Situation Becomes So Acute in berlin
That Tradcspeople Arc Forced
to Take Action.
INV Associated Prcs.

STOCKHOLM. May i1s-Protcsts
against tho incivility OF salespeoplc in
Berlin. which began to be heard two
years age have multiplied SO that organ
izations representing various branches
OF trade have issued a statement OK
pressing regret and calling upon Of
lenders 10 treat customers witlt
courtesy.
jest in a Berlin comic paper gives
point 10 tho situation. Several persons
arc discussing what they intend to do
oS soon as peace is declared Tho last
TO tell how he intends to celebrate
says:
The minute ] hear tho war is over
IN going across to the shop where
buy my butter and wallop tho salesslrI
In the face"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-12
RECOGNIZES WORKS
swcdish State Grants Funds 10 Authors,
arulptcrs, Musicians md
Journalists,
fBy Associated Press.

STOCKHOLM. May 1.-THE Swedish
state not only grants so-cailed "sti.
pendiulns" from state funds to authors.
Sculptors. musicians and painters. but
also to journalists. These Journalists.
stipendums" have just been granted
for the present year. They include two
IF !,C0o crowns each and four OF 500
each. One OF the 1.000-crown grants
was made to Stockholm reporter for
twon1onth study in the United States
Of modern reporting organization, ar
rangemcnt of facts and headline writ :
ing"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-12
Stringent An,rstrlke Rule.

AMSTERDAM, May lin order TO
prevent the recurrence OF strikes in
tho industrial districts. tho German
authorities have established Il rigorous
system whereby towns OF over 100, 900
inhabitants are forbidden to obtain
food supplies for more than three DAVIS
in advance, Hence, il II STRIKE occurs.
the FOOD supply can he almost imme-
dia,eiy stopped. and tho strikers
starycd into submission.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-12
PLAN FOR MEMORIALS
Site Chosen I'm House of Parliament for
sixteen Who Died In
IBy Associated prcssl-

LONDON. May IA site has been
chosen In the halls of the tho houses
or Parliament for memorial to the
sixteen members of tho house who have
persisted in the war. Tho memorial will
be erected Immediately below the great
window on the street side.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-12
IIairpin supply I. Short.

LONDON. May i1.-Only th.ce
months supply of hairpins remains In
this country. and the Ministry Of Mu.
nitions announces that no moro wire
will be allotted to the manufacturers
for this Purpose. The wire halrpln
must go, and after tho three months
supply Is exhausted. a substitute will
haye to DO found
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-12
SHOE BUYING REGULATED
Residents OF Herlin Find 3os sep,ro,c
hcsuIationS Confronting
Them.
IN Aasocia tod Prsa,.I

AMSTERDAM, May ia workman
VINO was arrested in Berlin few days
ago for violating tho regulations re-
Sardins the purchase of second hand
shoes pleaded In defense that as there
arc now as5 separate regulations. gov
ern'ns boots and shoes. citizen may
be excused for violating one of them
unawares." " e
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-12
Movie. on Doard Shin.

LONDON. May 11.--Eighty ships OF
the British fleet arc now equipped
with movlns-picturo apparatus for the
entertainment Of their crews.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-07
new FIGHT BILL
BEING POLISHED

New York, Jan. IA bill to legaIize
boxing will be introduced in the Leg
islature of New York State early next
week Assemblyman Martin G. Nc
Cue today will be busily engaged in
sitting numerous suggestions submit
ted to him for incorporation in bill
and he expects to have in hand
rough draft Of a measure by next
Friday. He then will call a meeting
of those interested in the sport for
the purpose of reducing the best ideas
to concrete form.
When asked yesterday what he
thought of the chances of passing a
new boxing law, the Assemblyman
said:
ST believe that if we can take to the
Legislature measure under the
terms of which it is evident the sport
can be properly controlled and regu-
lated, and which will assure the eli
mination of the Objectionable fea-
lures of former boxing laws and COM
missions, it will have an excellent
chance of enactment. But new bill
will have to be such as at once will
convince the members Of the Assem-
bly, and Senate that it will guarantee
rigid enforcement of the law.
ct have no doubt such a bill can be
drawn, and it is with the idea of get
ting the best possible suggestions for
the measure that I have hesitated to
put my own ideas into the form of a
bill
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-07
BOSTON SOX TO
TRAIN IN SOUTH

When the Red Sox head for home
after their training work at Hot
Springs Ark they will tread on
Southern soil for the first time since
Jimmy Collins was manager, a decade
and half ago. C. H. Ebbets, presi-
dent of the Brooklyn Nationals, has
issued several statements regarding
prospective dates for the preseason
tour with the Boston Americans, but
has not mentioned any cities other
than New Orleans.
H. H. Frazee, owner of the Boston
club, arrived in Boston Wednesday
night and outlined the places that he
hopes to visit on the Red Sox-Dodgers
tour. Sunday games with BROOKLYN
will be played on March "a and 81.
the final Sundays that the clubs will
spend in Hot Springs, where both
train. Other prospective stopping
places are as follows: April 2, Little
Rock, Ark; 8, Texarkana, Tex; 4,
Dallas, Tex; 5, Shreveport, La; 81,
New Orleans; 9, Mobile, Ala; 8,
Birmingham, Ala.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-07
SPRING AND I.ANGAN
GAVE ENGLISH FANS
RUN FOR THEIR COIN

Tom Spring defeated Jack Langan
in "a rounds at Worcester England
on Jan. Z. 1924. lust "a years ago to-
day. Langan- game and dashing
Irishman, was badly battered. but re-
fused to give in. and he protested
with al the breath he had left when
his seconds tossed in the sponge. He
was confined to his bed for a week,
but was ITO sooner able to be about
than e again challenged Springs
right to the championship. Unlike
many modern fighters. Spring was
always willing to risk his title, and
he again fought the brave Hibernian
at Chichester This time Langan
stood I'D for " sounds. and at last
succumbed to a mere slap with the
open hand. Jack quit the ring after
that and settled down as the keeper
of pub" in LIVERPOOL Spring and
Langan became firm friends and both
were famous in after years for their
kindness and charity toward down
and-outers-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-07
BOUT WITH PAPKE
FINISHES RHODES
HOPES AS MITMAN

Although he never attained the
championship of his division, Billy
Rhodes was one of the best welter-
weights Of his time. He was born in
st. Paul. Mimi 43 wears ago today,
Jan. T. 1875. but during most of his
active ring career was a resident of
Kansas City. Rhodes fought two
great battles with Tommy Ryan and
Joe Walcott. "the Barbados Demon"
and in 1906 added to his reputation
by knocking out Tony Caponi In
March. 1907. he fought twice with
Billy PakGxe. who was lust then COM
ing to the front In the finst bout,
staged at Peoria. ILL.,. the Illinois
Thundenoolt had q shade the best of
it. 1t was a terrific battle. and Rhodes
took severe punishment in every one
of the ten rounds. L4a4er N the same
month the men met again. this time
at Davenport. Ia This affair went to
Is rounds. and was a repetition of the
first, only a little more 50. The de-
cision was a draw. but Rhodes was 50
badly injured that it practically put
an end to his championship aspira-
tions. The drubbing he got from
Papke. together with an injury to his
head suffered in a bout with Terry
Martin. the Philadelphia pugilist, in
Rattle at Providence. r. L, is
thought To have affected Rhodes s
mind as afterwardr he often acted
| strangely
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-07
M'LOUGHLIN, STAR
TENNIS PLAYER, is
AT 28TH MILESTONE

Maurice Evans Mclaughlin, once
monarch of the American tennis
court, will pass his 18th milestone to-
day. It was in 1915 that the Califor-
MIA Oomet was relocated to third
place in the list of American tennis
stars by the ranking committee Of the
United States National Lawn Tennis
association. and the crown he had
worn for three wears was awarded to
another Californian. William NJ.
Johnston of San Francisco. In the
1914 season McLoughlin made an al
most perfect score against the stars
Iof the tennis world. but was defeated
in the American CHAMPIONSHIPS by
Richard Norris Williams of Philadel-
phia. In spite Of this defeat, the
ranking committee gave Mclaughlin
first place. although this was the first
time the premier position had ever
been awarded to man who had
failed in the national championships.
IN 1915 Williams took second place,
ara McJoUghlin had to be content
with third. McLoushlin won a COM
mission in the army several months
agn and is now assigned to Uncle
Sans forces Somewhere in the Unit
ed States
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-07
MACK BLAAgEsS WAR FOR WRECKING
FAMOUS MACHINE OF ATHLETICS

Philadelphia, Jan Since max
ang the deal which has made him a
target for severe criticism Manager
Connie Mack of the Athletics has
steadfast4y declined TO Issue any state
nent regarding the trade or to tell
,aow much money he received from
the Boston club for the three play
>eFg but he considered
ers but he consented to explain his
position and what prompted him to
sell the men.
The only thing I regretted when
made this deal was that had made
the first mistake in my career with
the Athletics, and for the first time
since 1 have located here the Phiia-
I delpf1aa. fans have something on me.
II wont admit I made a mistake in
| letting these men go. but [ did make
a mistake when I said last season
that L was through selling players.
LOT course, did not know what the
war would bring about but was COM
speIIed to break my word, and that
ifs my one regret
Had the government not wrecked
my team by taking my players from
fTfe, no CFuO AL lh0 l0o~Suo "Odiu AdFS
had Bush, Schang and Strunk, hui
with my team broken up these mer
were worth nothing to me, and de-
.cided to get rid Of them, even though
1T placed me in a bad light with the
baseball fans. OF course, I am no
complaining about my boys going intr
4, the service The country needs then
more than do, and more than base
hall does, and I'm willing to start al
over again, but there was no US
holding onto Bush, Schang and Strunl
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-07
To Readjust
Series Split
In Cincinnati
National Commission Ready
to Adopt More Equitable
System of Dividing Spells
of Big-League Games at
Meeting Tomorrow.

New York. Jan 1.-THE heydey of
the baseball plaver who has reaped a
harvest from the worlds series spoils
will come to an end tomorrow at Gin
cincinnati, when the National Commits
sion readiusts the conditions govern
ing the distribution of the receipts of
the championship contests. Including
the last season the receipts of the
first four games have been divided
between the winning and losing clubs
on a 60 and 40 Der cent. basis.
The average receipts of the worlds
series games for the last five years
divided among the winning and losing
players amounted to SffS.555- Forty
eight players figured in this division,
and the average amount to each
player on the winning clubs was
s., 5SS. while the average individual
share TO the members Of the losing
clubs has been 1892. AGAINST these
figures, the winning players in the
future. will receive about $1,000 and
the losing s1.4OG
The prize money awarded the play
ers of the two contesting clubs in the
worlds series in the future should
annroximate ST.. 600. The difference
between this sum and that which the
tclu.s divided in the past amounts to
$61, 1855. This monev is to be divided
among the PLAYERS of the second, third
and fourth clubs in each league at
the end of the season.
Assuming that the average number
of PLAYERS on each of these clubs was
a. this would mean that the 4S play
ers of the two clubs which finished in
second place in the pennant races
would receive about S645 each on SO
per cent. basis. The players on the
third place clubs would receive 1887
on a 90 per cent basis. and players
on the fourth division club would get
about S25S each. Instead of the 4S
players of two Clubs dividing $14S,555
on a go and 40 per cent basis, the
same amount in the future will be APP
Iportioned among the PLAYERS of eight
Iclubs. with about 1872 men gaining.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-07
SNOWSTORM BARS
MOGUL MEETING

Chicago. Jan. THE meeting of
the National Baseball Commission set
for today at Cincinnati was postponed
last night until Tuesday, because of
a severe snow storm which will pre-
vent the prompt arrival of club own
ers and commission members, it was
announced by B. B. johnson.
Mr.. johnson and Charles Weigh
man, president of the National
League club, were unable last night
to get transportation to Cincinnati.
The schedule committee of both
organizations will convene just before
tAe meeting today. Secretary John A.
Ieydler and Barney Dreyfuss of
Pittsburgh will arrange the National
League dates. while President Ban
Johnson and Secretary William Har-
ridge will take care or the American
League end of the schedule.