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Middletown transcript., 1918-06-22
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STATE

Aiding Farmer To Raise Crops.

Aiding Farmer To Raise Crops.
Annapolis
The executive committee of the
Maryland Council of Defense made i'm
portant extensions in its educational,
agricultural and labor programs. An
appropriation of $500 was given to
the agricultural committee for it's
work for the four summer months and
the Boys Working Reserve was given
IN appropriation of $4,000. An apprQ-
priation of $1,000 was made for indus
trial training in the public schools dur
ing the summer months, and an ap-
preparation of $500 was made for the
teaching of public speaking in the
summer schools.
The educational committee was in
structed to begin at once preparations
for a great celebration of the Fourth
of July in Baltimore and Maryland.
The committee is seeking plan to
increase the number of nurses in
Maryland and to meet the needs of the
hospitals. The committee is also con-
sidering the establishment of a cen
ter for war activities in every county
in Maryland with a paid secretary in
charge. A conference to consider this
will be called on Monday, June "a, in
Baltimore and will be attended by all
the so members of the council.
Present at the meeting were Gen.
Francis E. Waters, chairman, who pre-
sided, Governor Emerson C. Harring-
ton, State Tea=urer William P. Jack
son, Judge Hammond Urner, Steven
son A. Williams a,d Frank A. Furst
To Round Up All sIackers In State.
George A. Malone. director of the
Compulsory Work Bureau, announced
that he will Immediately begin cru
SADIE in Baltimore city and throughout
the State generally to round up all
slackeHs and especially those who are
now working only a few days during
the week.
Mr.. Malone will call on the Police
Commissioners and obtain their assist
ance in having every policeman in
Baltimore city instructed to make a
thorough canvass of every house in |
the city to ascertain if any slackers |
are harbOred there and also to ascer- |
tain how the occupants are employed !
and how many days they are actually |
at work.
Every plant employing men will be
requested to keep close tab on all
their workmen and to furnish the
names of all employees who fail to put
in full time "As soon as this bureau
is furnished list of all such slackers
shall at once proceed to have them
arrested, which will either mean fight
or work. says Mr.. Malone. I'm addi-
ton to rounding up those men who
are failing to give their time to their
employers l shall have an interview
with Governor Harrington with view
to enforcing the recent order for all
persons to work between Is and so in
some essential employment So soon
as this can be woked out a crusade will
be made to weed out all persons now
engaged in non-essential work be-
tween these ages. What we want is
cooperation of the police and the en-
ployers and the law will do the rest"
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1t is vain to be always looking to-
ward the future and never acting to-
ward it,. f. BOyes.
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RAZoRs FOR PERsHlNc's MEr
American Soldiers Also Get Tooth
Brushes And Combs.

~'ashington.-Furniseing of safety
razors. soap, pair of brushes, combs,
owel and tooth brushes to enlisted men
in the American Expeditionary Forces
in France has been put into effect, a
War Department announcement said.
General Pershing asked the supplying
of toilet articles on the ground tina!
personal cleanliness increased The
Clorale of his men.
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England now has more than 4,775,-
coo women wage earners.
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The demand for specialists IN TIN
army is increasing daily. Mechaniey
and technicians of all kinds. including
radio and buzzer operators, are need
ed by the signal corps.
In nearly every large city the fed
eral board of vocational training,
through local school authorities, has
established schools of radio co'amuni-:
cation where men of draft age who
have not been called may receive a
preliminary course in the operation Of
radio and buzzer instruments. There
are about 600 of these schools where
instruction is given, usually in the aft
ernOOns and evenings. 1t takes about
200 hours for student Of average
ability to obtain a speed of 20 words
minute, sending and receiving.
Electrical engineers and men with
good fundamental training in engineer
ing or physics are particularly in de-
mand for signal corps work. Men of
satisfactory qualifications are given
three months training In special
schools. ard have every opportunity to
take examinations leading to promo
ton.
Men who have nad experience as
electrical repair men, wiremen and me-
chanics are also desired for assign
ment to special schools and later to
field organizations.
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Soldiers Cost Hioh,

GUST
1t costs the Canadian government
81. 900 year for each soldier put in
the field.
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Il don't believe I would be alive to
give this testimony if it wereRt for
Doan's Kidney Pills" says Mrs. Julia
A. Thomas, ll25-A Missouri Ave., East
St. Louis. III. Il was in a serious
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Scores Of firms throughout the
United States have been penaliZed for
violations of rules of the food admins
tratiOn. In some cases licenses to Cp-
crate have been suspended; in others.
contributions to the Y. NJ. G.. A., Red
Cross, and other organizations have
been accepted in lieu of suspension Of
license.
Among the more numerous violations
are sales of flour without substitutes;
refusal to accept delivery of foodstuffs
previously ordered; operating without
licenses; excess sales of sugar; carry
ing more than a normal 30 days sup
ply of sugar; failure to use the proper
amount Of flour substitute I'm bread
making; and prOfiteering
Next to the aggregate number of sub
Scribers, perhaps the most striking fea-
ture of the third Liberty loan was the
support given it by the farming and
rural populations of the country, ac-
cording to a statement by the treasury
department. Not only did the farmers
purchase literally Of the bonds, but
the rural communities as rule were
more prompt in completing their
quotas of the loan than the larger
cities. More than 10000 communities
in the United States subscribed or
Oversubscribed their quotas, many of
them on the first day of the campaign.
The standardized type r" truck has
been officially adopted as the standard
hcavy-duty cargo truck for use by the
army in all it's departments requiring
this capacity truck. A large number
have been ordered and it is expected
the first 10000 will be completed soon.
The 12-cylinder Liberty motor. ac-
eortling to Il statement by the war de-
partment, weighs S25 pounds and de-
vclops $50 horsepower. or a weight Of
IS pounds per horsepower. The gasO-
line consumption is approximately 0.46
pound per horsepower hour.
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When the five new regiments and
10 battalions of railway engineers now
being organized are put on duty there
will be $4,000 Americans engaged in
railroad construction and operation in
France.
After the United States entered the
war one of the first requests transmit
ted to this government by the French
mission was for assistance in strength
ening the French railways. Nine regi-
ments of railway engineers, whose or
ganization was started before General
Pershing sailed, were in France by Au-
gust, 1917. Six of them have been en-
gagged in construction work, building
and rebuilding railways, building docks
and rearranging terminal facilities.
The other three regiments have been
engaged in operation, and some of the
railway troops have been on the fight
ing line. The additional troops will
he used partly for construction ana
maintenance and partly for operation.
A total of $16O, OOO.O 900 has been spent
on railway materials alone. Included
in the purchases are 1,727 locomotives.
$500 freight cars and $4,000 tons OF
steel rails.
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Reports are reaching the children's
bureau Of the department Of labor from
the Hundreds and thousands of women
who during the last 60 days have been
weighing 100000 children Of Amer
lea, and the way in which permanent
poverty menaces the healthy growth of
the children of the nation is being re-
vealed as a result of the weighing and
measuring campaign.
Workers have been so much aroused
by the conditions revealed that they re-
quest information regarding fOllOw-up
work. Many of the families are de:
scribed as being pitifully poor. One
mother had a new baby wasting away
for want of milk. The mother was
told to drink one quart of milk a day
herself and to give one quart day to
each of her six children. Milk is 16
cents quart, and the family income
S15 q week. The women writing to
the children's bureau said they did
not know how to solve the problem.
The children's bureau has been COM
PEELED to reply to such reports that
federal appropriations are available
only for the families of men actually;
in the military or naval service.
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Nearly $4,000 negro soldiers arr
now in the National army. OF these
1000 are line officers holding commits
sOns Of captain and first and second
lieutenants. There are about 25O col
ored officers in the medical and dental
reserve corps.
The army now includes two divisions
Of colOred troops, which when fully
constituted will include practically all
branches Of the service; infantry, en-
gineer, artillery, signal corps, medical
corps and service battaliOns with men
technically trained in all branches OF
scientific work.
There are now openings in the vet
Urinary corps for negroes skilled in
veterinary and agricultural work. Ar
engagements have been completed to
send negroes registered but not yet
called to schools and colleges this
summer for training in radio engineer
ing. electrical engineering auto me-.
chanics. blacksmithing and the opera
ton Of motor vehicles.
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won II after the players had returned to
the clubhouse and had found there was
nothing in the rules providing such a
penalty.
July 4th for Red Cross
With the time set for its second Lib
erty, tournament only month away, the
United States Golf Association is send
ing to hundreds of clubs throughout the
land a reminder concerning the event
which will be brought off on July 4.
AS the secretary says, it Is the hope
that all clubs will take part, whether
they belong to the association or not.
The letter. signed by Howard F. Whit
ney. reads as follows
THE United States Golf Association.
with the cooperation of the American
Red Cross, will hold its second Liberty
tournament on Independence Day, July
4. The Red Cross will donate a medal
similar to that presented last year, and
the association will provide engraved
certificates. 1t Is hoped that all golf
clubs throughout the country, wether
affiliated with the United States Coll
Association or not, will participate.
THE proceeds of the tournament may
be forwfrded to the secretary. who will
Immediately transmit them to the Amer
lean Red Cross, or IL it Is desired. 10
per cent may be donated to your Local
chapter. A receipt for this amount from
the proper authorized official of the local
chapter should accompany the check for
the balance addressed to the secretary
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PERCY LAWRENCE FACES
A REAL TEST IN BIG RACE
AT MOTORDROME TONIGHT
Flying Australian Has Been Returned Victor in
the Two Forty-Mile Races Staged
at the Park
Ry PAUL PREP

dition. as was demonstrated by his
splendid victory in the special fifty-mile
motor-paced race last Saturday evening
at Boston.
great deal Of the outcome of to-
nights feature race hinges on the draw
ing of the pacemakers. Peerless Jimmy
Hunter has shown that he is about the
best in this section and. IL Lawrence Is
fortunate enough to draw him then 1t
will take some tall hustling to beat them
out for hohors and the 5000. HunteA
and Lawrence have ridden together a
great deal and understand each other
like a book.
But IL Linart. Madonna or Wiley
should have Hunter then the race will
be fought to the last. This isn't done
to belittle the prowess of Leon Provost.
Norman Anderson or Speedy Vander-
berry. Any one who has seen Hunter
in action this year will admit that he
looks like a million dollars in comparison
with the other pacemakers, with the
exception of Anderson
To Aid Amateur Riders
In addition to the forty-mile motor.
paced race there will be two motorcycle
races for professionals and tandem
bicycle race. Last night 1t was an
nounced that teams representing New
York. Newark, Trenton and this city
would compete in the latter event. .
The Point Breeze management Is en-.
deavoring to bring back the days Of
yesteryear when the bicycle was In
vogue. An amateur event will be staged
each Thursday and Saturday evenings,
and at the close of the season a cham.
pionship race will be held In addition
to furthering the interests of bicycle
riders. Manager Roden Is endeavoring
to discover some home talent who
possess the ability to develop into
first-class motor-paced rider. All the
men who compete in the motor-paced
events at the local track are outsiders.
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rrOW Ioor ,,Iii r.,.,, o,,,,no,o ~
n
Australia. the present forty-mile
rotor-paced champion of America. con-
tinue to ride in his virtually unbeatable
form? In the two forty-mile races staged
by the Point Breeze Motordrome this
season he has been returned the victor.
likely will stand for some time to come.
In his two races at the local bowl
Lawrence hasn't once lost his pace.
maker This alone usually means from
one TO TWO niles In each contest. while
ms opponents nave been experiencing
d'mcuitS IN keeping up with their motor
pacemakers ana losing lap mere and
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MAKE RULE FOR
SERVICE PLAYERS
National League Will Re.
quire Permits for Men to
Return and Play
R A TES QUESTION UP

New York, June 6.
A ruling was adopted at the special
meeting Of the National League yes
terday to cover the case of a player
who. after joining the army or
navy, secures a furlough and re-
turns to his club for the purpose of
playing one or more games. 1t was
decided that no such player should be
eligible to play unless he carried the
written permission of his commanding
officer and unless his club was under
the twenty-three player limit. After
September l, such players will not be
permitted to take part in a league game
under any circumstances.
There was no unfavorable comment
upon the present baseball conditions, the
concensus of opinion being that the game
and its support were all that could he
asked under the circumstances. There
was no disposition to discuss a curtail-
ing of the regularly scheduled season
and the magnates present were unani-
mously in favor of the completion Of the
full pennant race.
Every club was represented by its
president except Chicago and Cncin-
natl Garry Hermann was unable to
be present, and the Chicago club sec
retary came in place of Charles Weegh-
man.
A decision to cooperate with all other
organized baseball interests in a request
for a hearing before the railroad COM
mission in regard to the proposed in
crease in mileage rates was the out
standing feature of the meeting. 1t was
decided to take the matter up with the
commission, in view of the travelling
commitments made months ago when
the seasons schedule was adopted.
The advance in mileage and Pullman
rates will add considerably to the al
ready heavy expense under which the
clubs are operating. and that the mag
mates are hopeful that special ruling
can be made in view of the fact that all
arrangements for the various circuit
| trips were made at the very beginning
Of the season.
The question of the effect of General
Crowder's order relative to all men OF
draft age doing essential war work OF
serving with the army or navy also came
up for discussion. 1t was decided tc
await formal Interpretation of the or.
der and a concrete case Involving a
National League player.
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AND ENDED ON DIAMOND
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With Golf Because He Was Handicapped
by Left-Handed Swing
BY ROBERT W. MAXWELL
Sports Editor Evening Public Ledger

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PILLS SIGN CY WILLIAMSON
Giant Left.Hander Added
Moran's Pitching Staff

The Phililes yesterday signed a new
pitcher. left-hander, six feet two inches
and tipping the scales at 1877 pounds fiat.
He is Cy Williamson. who held the Phil
adelphia Giants to four hits two weeks
ago while pitching for the L. G. l. team.
Cy is a native Of Indiana and pitched
in the Cuban League for two seasons.
He is twenty-five years old and in the
prime of his baseball life. He looks
like find. Monday is the day he dons
Phillie livery. He was recommended to
Manager Moran by Eddie Mclaughlin.
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Walker and Burns Among
the Fipe Best Sluggers

Fred Merkle increased his lead over
Red" Smitis to thirteen points In the
National League batting race yesterday.
Tho former Giant gathered three hits In
four times at bat. Merkle has made at
least one hit In his last ten games.
Hero is how the Ave leading hitters
In the big leagues are batting TO date:
NATunNAI.
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Mixed Bouts in Jersey

Trenton. n. D.. June 6.--The New Jersey
Athletic Commission Yesterday elimina ed
the rule prohibiting white and colored boxers
from engaging in mixed bouts. The action
followed agitation by colored boxers and
promoters.
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matchmakers should not overlook as they
are excellent drawing cards. would be be-
tween Gussie Lewis and Eddie O'keefe.
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SCRAPS ABOUT SCRAPPERS

COMMANDER PAYNE, of the United
~ Service Club, 207 South Twenty
second street. has arranged an all-star
boxing carnival for this evening to be
held on the club roof garden. Some Of
the best local and out-of-town boxers
have volunteered their services and some
clever performances are expected.
Among the many well-known pugilists
who will be seen in action are Eddie
O'keefe. Joe Tuber, Buck Fleming, Little
Bear, Young Robideau. Battling Murray,
Joe Phillips, Battling Leonard, Joe Men,
dell, Johnny Mealy, Marty Cross, Frank
Loughery. Danny Ferguson. Young Jack
O'Brien, Patsy Wallace. Young Buck
Fleming, Harry (Kid) Brown and Young
Abe Attell. All uniformed men and their
friends are cordially invited to witness
these bouts.
EyerythlnE is In tip-top shape for. the
STREET enf
es eh5s ~ r. ns
stnE'
imnnsy Martin pSny and Jimmy "f'n ponaRpe hue
perform. Two other good bouts are on the
Bobby Doyle. the New York fyweght.
under the MANAGEMENT Of Joe Christiana
is in excellent shape for his eight-round tilt
with Joe Tuber. Of this city. in the final
bout to an all-star show at the Pennsgrove
A. c.. Of New Jersey. tomorrow evening.
The semfinal shows Jack Russo, also under
the care of Joe Christiana. ard Red Allen.
Of New York. IL a scheduled six-round bout.
Joe Christana's performers Young Joe Bel.
rounds with Tootse Doyle. of this city.
Two other good preliminary bouts are also
on the program.
Bob Moha. the Milwaukee mlddleweight.
and Gus Christie a western middleweieht:
may be matched to appear In a ten-round
contest at Milwaukee in two weeks
Tommy Burns. former heavyweight cham.
pion is willing to be matched to box Fred
Fulton. who at the present time claims the
heavyweight title. .
Johnny Rosner, claimant of the nywelgh
cha mpionshp of America. has been matched
TO box Eddie Tavern. of Ohio, in a ten-rount
bout at Akron. o., on the night OF June 10.
Memphis Pal Moore. the good southern
bantam has enlisted In the navy and is a
present stationed at the Great Lakes training
station.
Benny Kaufman Is now anxious to cop.
with the leading bantams In the country
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tween Fred Fulton. OF Minnesota and Jack
Dempsey. the coast heavyweisht. when they
meet In Danbury. Conn. July 4. Billy
Miskie the St. Paul heavyweicht. stated
that the best decision would be q draw.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-06

Johnny Rosner, claimant of the hywelght
| cha mpionship of America, has been matched
! to box Eddie Tavern. Of Ohio. In ten-round
| bout at Akron. O., on the night of June 10.
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Ted (Fiid) Lewis, the welterweight cham-
pion. and Johnny Grifiths. Of Akron, o..
have been matched to appear in twenty
round decisionless contest to take place on
July at Akron.
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Evening Ledger Mailpouch

There Is a postal card in the EVENING
PUBLIC LEDGER sports department for Mr..
Harry Smith from Corporal l.. s. wsronker.
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Memphis Pal Moore. the good southern
bantam has enlisted in the navy and is at
present stationed at the Great Lakes training
n ation.
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Tommy Burns. former heavyweight cham
| pion is willing to be matched to box Fred
| Fulton. who at the present time claims the
\ heavyweight title,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-06

Benny Kaufman Is now anxious to cope
with the leading bantams In the country.
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and nothing would suit him better than a
cha mpionship battle with Pete Herman. the
present titleholder.
frankie Callahan, of Brooklyn. and George
Chaney. of Baltimore, have been matched
to appear in eight-round contest at the
opening show at Wildwood, n. j., on July 4.
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| Bob MOha. the Milwaukee middleweight
and Gus Christie a western mtddleweiRht
NAV be matched to appear In ten-round
contest at Milwaukee in two weeks.