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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-17
LADIES' COMMITTEE WILL HELP
BLUES AS GRIFFITH DID SOLDIERS

Clarke Griffith, the old fox OF the
Washington Americans. raised a large
fund for baseball equipment for the
soldiers of the national army. Spec
tators al the worlds series last fall
witnessed Griffith. assisted by Hank
Gowdy, collecting the coin from the
fans for this worthy fund.
The committee of good Richmond
ladies is performing for the Richmond
Blues what Griffith did for the national
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-17

Total points scored by Virginia


In compiling these statistics, II Will
"a noticed that Bill Wharton. Of Rich
.rond. leads in held goals and In the
greatest number OF points scored, but
IL must be remembered that Captain
Cooke and Parrish were out OF the
game FOR nearly half OF the season
wrenn is second In scoring field goals
but Parrish Is second In points scored.
and Captain Cooke third with nifty
eight goals to his credit. Thornton.
Miller. Brooks. Walker, Peyton and
Crisp followed In the scoring These
men were all new at the game and
Coach Bernier lie expecting big things
from them next season,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-17
Blues TO Organize Teams.

The mem bers of the Blues battsl-
ton. now in this city. are going to
oraanixe two cracker Jack teams.
They will be under the direction OF
Preston Shelton and Joe Wharton.
Tho Blues teams are expected to
play important roles in the leagues,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-17
VIII Hold Third Meeting.

The schedule Of the league and
AL minor matters OF the assocta ton
and leagues will be attended to al
the third meeting OF the year on the
first Tuesday In April. The officials
and players will gather In the auto
mobile rooms OF Murphy's hotel AND
O large attendance OF the members
Interested Is urged.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-17

soldiers. GriTith's fund only covered
baseball paraPhernalia for the army at
large. but the local fund VIII be for
the Blues specifically.
The gala ball at the Sixth-Street ar
mory next Saturday night will be the
nrst step towards this great fund, and
every one with a proper regard for
the Richmond soldiers will help this
fund by their attendance
Help the soIdiers:!!
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-17
AMATEUR BASEBALL SEASON TO
GET UNDER WAY ON APRIL 3
Rules Committee Meets.

The rules committee OF the aSso
citation met at the McGilrs Catholic
union last night. No great changes
were made in the rules that prevail
ed lost season, but few minor
changes were made.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-17

The big triple bill at the Academy
of Music is two days away Ample
sport viii be afforded the most dis
eliminating and discerning. The at
tendance and enthusiasm shown at
the match Will determine whether
Richmond wants wrestling again IT
Is wished that all the knockers will
put in their appearance Small
chance, though. as they don't spend
their money.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-17

Anton Stecher, Joe's brother. and
AL Seejax have been chosen to wres-
tie in the place of the Roller -Leavttt
match. Anton Is not only fast wres-
tier but a great acrobat and gymnast
At his match in Norfolk he stood and
walked on his shoulders and made
surprising gyrations through the air
Watch him.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-17

Annapolis. Md. March 1.-THE midi
shipmen finished the fencing seasou
today with flying coicrs. winning eaa~a
lily from Yale. The navy men won
seven of the nine bouts with fotJ4
tha only weapons used.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-17
Phone.

A silvery Voice. Sporting editor p
We-"That's US"
A. s. V,-"Can ladies come to the
wrestling match"
We-"Got a ticket?"
A. s. Wy es"
We-"Sure"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-17

The Washington team is planning
to help Hoover save food by doing
away with lunch. Several other ball
players might have helped Garfield by
saving all the gas that was wasted
talking about bigger salaries.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-17

A Detroit rumor reports that Ty
Cobb has Joined the naval reserves.
Pity the poor submarine Cobb tackles
feet foremost
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-17

| The preliminary bout. which will
be between local athleres. viii find
| Soldier Tillman and Battling Dolo-
way on the mat. These men are at
ltached to the aviation squadron near
/ Fulton.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-17

Bethlehem. Pa. March 1s,-@-The Le-
high university grapplers won Ave of
the seven bouts today over Columbia
wrestiers. winning the meet by a score
of % to . points. 80
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-17

Doesn't it do the minor magnatea
good to see Uncle Sam yank the stars
from the big show. That Is giving
them a dose OF their own medicine.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-17

Maxims of bum: What's the use
OF having day off? One has to wor-
ry about working again the next.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-17

Jacksonville is a real rah rah town
these days. Connie Mack and his
Athletics are training there.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-17
PALACE DUUKPIN LEAGUE.
Y..Hlaa

Totals .......43s 34a $50 1.16sI
The final standings of the clubs and
tho averages OF the players will be
published in tomorrow's edition of this
paper.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-17

Goats have one advantage as mas
cots for a regiment. They prepare the
men for German gas attacks,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-17

Some fighters are born champs:
some become champs. while others
have the honor thrust upon them.
Jess Willard is the shining light 10
the latter class.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-17
LohnL.asXneuHm
%Jamog J.Corbett


Editors Note: THIS ta the twenty
eighth chapter of series Of articles
which Mr.. Corbett is writing on John
l.. As j Knew Him" II relates many
heretofore unpublished incidents in
the life of the great warrior The
next instalment viii appear tomor-
row.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-17

Jess never licked anybody befors
he tried Jack Johnson, and ne has
been careful not to try since.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-17

Axvolo, the threc-year- brother
OF worthy Volo, 2:os S-4. and half
brother OF Peter vclo, 2:o2. and Vol
ga. goa 1-2, Is now in Thomas w,
Murphy's stable being prepared for
his futurity ENGAGEMENTS.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-17

He accepts every challenge he hears
but the efficiency of his deafness ia
remarkable
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-17

Time for Germany" Schaeter TO &c
a new souhriquet.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-17

Once more the Yankees have
marched through Georgia
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-17

Ban Johnson has announced hia
STAFF Of jumps With John Evers in
the league, that's certainly giving aid
TO the enemy.
Newark post., 1918-09-04

| know of no bank in Delaware
whose prime object has been to
profteer, but | fear there are some
which have been too much tempted
to invest their surplus money in
securities netting 7 per cent. and
8 per cent. rather than in Liberty
Bonds and certificates of indebted
ness. Public opinion and the
aroused consciences of the men
who direct these banks will, how
ever, cure this tendency. Bank men
everywhere are coming to realize
that not only the lives of the boys
at the front are at stake, but our
own lives back here at home, as
we'll as all our property and in
vestments.
We must win the war. We must
furnish the money. The banks of
Delaware can and will do their full
duty.
Newark post., 1918-09-04
War Taxes Differentiated

"By a war-profits tax we mean
tax upon profits in excess of those
realized before the war.
"By an excess-profits tax we
mean a tax upon profits in excess
of a given return upon capital.
"The theory of a war-profits tax
is to tax profits due to the war.
"The theory of an excess-profits
tax is to tax profits over and above
given return on capital. The ex-
cess-profts tax falls less heavily
on big business than on small busi-
ness, because big business is gen.
orally overcapitalized and small
businesses are often undercapital-
lied.
''The war-profits tax would tax
all war profits at one high rate !;
the excess-profits tax does and for
safety must tax all excess profits
at lower and graduated rates."
The above extract from Secre-
tary of the Treasury McAdoo's
testimony before the House Ways
and Means Committee gives his
differentiation between war-profts
and excess-profts taxes and ex-
plains his position in urging upon
Newark post., 1918-09-04
ATTITUDE OF BANKS
TOWARD LIBERTY LOAN
Not Prohteering but Seeking
High Interest Rate

In THE Liberty Line" an Off
cial publication of the Central
Committee of the Third Federal
District, Liberty Loan, contains the
following contribution by ]. Hall
Anderson, Secretary for Kent
County, under the caption GA Mes
sage from Delaware"
Delaware, the only State in the
Union to buy three times its quota
of bonds in the Third Liberty
Loan, is the last State which can
afford to lag behind in the pur-
chase of certificates of indebted
ness. Some Of our country banks
have been slow to buy these certl-
fcates, fearing they would be un-
able to- meet their local demands;
but wherever they are made to un-
derstand that they can buy their
full quota by borrowing at 4 per
cent. from the Federal Reserve
Bank if they are members, or from
their correspondent banks at AZ
per cent. if they are non-members,
they almost invariably do their full
duty.
Some banks are like some indi-
viduals. They will never make a
purchase unless they can pay spot
cash. They object to borrowing.
But they are slowly<learning that,
under present conditions, it is the
part of wisdom and good business
to borrow and buy"
Our banks, too, are beginning to
see the wisdom of becoming Gov
ernment repositories and thereby
earning 212 per cent. on the Gov
ernment moneys left with them
The procedure is so simple and
speedy and the trouble so slight
that one by our banks, both State
and national, are falling into line
It is a mistake to accuse rura.
banks of being unpatriotic. They
NAV be overconservative and slow
to adopt new ideas, but 80 per cent
of their directors and officers want
to do the right thing. They want
to help the Government and at the
same time, to the fullest extent pos
sible, supply all proper and legiti
mate local demands.
Newark post., 1918-09-04

Congress an excess-profits tax with
an alternative war-profits tax in
the forthcoming revenue legisla-
tion.
To the average citizen Secretary
McAdoo's position seems well
taken. Most small and local cor
porations are capitalized at an
actual valuation. Many of the very
large corporations are greatly
overcapitalized; the stock Of some
of them has been repeatedly water
ed. With only an excess-profits tax
corporation earning 10 per cent
on grossly watered capital will pay
the same tax as another corpora
tion not overcapitalized earning 10
per cent on the real, actual valua-
tion of the money and property in
vested in it's business. The profits
of the first corporation might be 80
per cent on it's actual valuation,
and it is, to cover such cases that
war-profts tax is urged.
AS many of these large corpora
tions are engaged in Government
work and drawing huge sums from
the United States, it seems par
ticularly just that they should pay
taxes on the same actual basis as
corporations not overcapitalized. A
tax that taxes equally a 10 per cent
profit on watered capital and a 10
per cent profit on unwatered capi.
tai is not equal and uniform and
scarcely just.
Newark post., 1918-09-04
Farmers Raise own
Food Supply

Farmers are becoming more in
dependent in regard to food supply
than they have ever been since be-
fore the Civil War, in the opinion
of field man of the United States
Department of Agriculture, who
recently returned from an inspec-
tion trip in New York and the New
England States. Farmers in that
territory who have never before
raised wheat, barley, and buck
wheat are growing small patches
of such crops for their own use.
Newark post., 1918-09-04
FACES TO THE FRONT
Resolute Americanism in
Rural Sections

Upon his return from a recent
visit to Texas, Assistant Secretary
Clarence Ousley sent this account
Of an incident to Secretary Hous-
ton. 1t offers additional evidence
of a staunch-hearted adm resolute
Americanism in the rural sections.
Con a recent visit to Texas |
stopped at Marshall on my way to
College Station to rest on Sunday,
July 21, with a friend who is the
pastor of the First Baptist Church
there. | was not altogether sur
prised when he insisted that |
should say something to his con-
gregation at the morning service;
but | was surprised to have an
urgent call from a camp meeting
IS miles away, to speak there in the
afternoon, and | was very reluct-
ant to go, because / was tired, but
| could not refuse a call from a
group of farmers in my own State.
asked the messenger who brought
the invitation whether it would be
proper for me to say anything re-
garding the agricultural problem,
and he assured me that the people
regarded the agricultural program
as a part of the war program, and
that | would be at full liberty to
speak about it as l might see fit.
II reached the meeting just as
the congregation had arisen for
prayer. The minister prayed with
great fevor in the usual way Of
evangelical petition and the con-
gregation responded with fervent
amens coming from every quarter
of the tabernacle. There had been
several conversions at the morning
service and the air was electric
with spiritual rapture. After the
usual plea for the continuing pres
ence of the Holy Spirit, the minis
ter prayed for our Army and the
congregation continued with earn
est amens. He asked for victory to
our arms and for our righteous
cause. and he asked that our boys
might return whole in body and
mind and soul. The amens came in
a great volume of heart-swelling
emotion as the mothers and fathers
thought of their sons. Then the
minister dropped his voice and said
with humility but with adamant
resolution: But, o Lord! if they
must fall, let them fall with their
faces to the front There was a
moment of silence in the congrega-
ton, and then there came in deep
chorus, with a sob, Amen"
when mothers and fathers in
remote districts, away from the
sound of the fife and drum and the
sight of warships, airplanes, and
marching parade, can say amen to
the courageous death of their sons,
we need have no fear that the plain
people of the United States will
fail in the resolution to sustain our
cause to the utmost.
Newark post., 1918-09-04
$25OO Small Farm

F 13S % acres level land Best adapt
ed to pasture, hay, corn, poultry, etc. Will
grow good potatoes, tomatoes or fruit.
Frame house about 6 rooms, barn, etc.
Building would cost more than We ask
for farm. Lies about ~ miles west of
Cooch S on Newark, Del. City Ry. and .
miles east of Elkton.
Illustrated list describing this and
many more Del, Nd, and Pa. farms sent
free by
Albert L. Teele's Farm Agency
Newark, Delaware
Newark post., 1918-09-04
BUILDING LOTS FOR SALE

Buy a lot on the installment
plan. Five dollars per front foot.
Lots 50x150 feet deep, and pay
ments $500 monthly. Only a few
more left at this price. Why pay
rent all your life when thru the
Building & Loan Association you
can own a home in IL years? Call
to see me if interested.
T. F. ARMSTRONG,
Owner.
Newark post., 1918-09-04
ESSENTIALS OF Sue
CESS IN COOKING
Three Considerations Neces-
S6rV

Ruskin says in The Ethics of the
Dust: Cooking means the know
ledge of Medea, and of Circe, and
of Calypso, and of Helen, and of
Rebekah, and of the Queen of
Sheba. 1t means the knowledge of
all herbs, and of fruits, and balms,
and spices, and of all that is heal
ing and sweet in fields and groves,
and savory in meats; it means
carefulness and inventiveness and
watchfulness and willingness and
readiness of appliance; it means
the economy of your great grand
mothers and the science Of modern
chemists; it means much tasting
and no wasting; it means English
thoroughness, and French art, and
Arabian hospitality; and it means,
in fine, that you are to be perfectly
and always Ladies'-loaf fgivers."
Ruskin kenw what few realize,
that cooking is not haphazard,
homely task but an art that calls
for skilled, intelligent effort. The
Testimony of one who gave his
whole life to a study of the rela-
| ton of the useful to the beautiful
is surely sufficient to convince the
most skeptical that thought and in
genuity are necessary in the pre-
paration of food.
There is no such thing as good
luck" in cooking. Scientific know
ledge carefully applied and obser-
vations attentively made will
eliminate every possibility of fail
ure. There are certain simple basic
principles that underly all prepara-
ltion of food and ONE principle is
associated with or related to an
other. When any such principle is
kept in mind, variations can easily
be made. For example the method
of preparing creamed potatoes may
he applied toWa great number of
vegetables; the making of cocoa or
chocolate shows the method of
blending these ingredients in the
making of cake and Of any choco-
late dessert.
In the preparation of food as in
any kind of work, ability to OBJ
serve and reason are valuable as'
sets and skill in cooking frequent
ly means the acquisition of concen-
tration and information that are
valuable in other fields of activity
Necessarily in these troublous
times the subject of food is vital
one and one that has assumed suf-
ficient Importance to become a life
study for many present day scient-
lists.
The quotation. "Tell me what
you eat and | will tell you what you
are" is assuming it's proper signi,
fcance, for recent scientific dis
coveries have shown that the kino
of food an individual eats deter
mines his health and to very
great extent the quality of his
work.
There are three considerations
; necessary to success in cooking
: The first is to know the food class
: es from the standpoint of nutri
/ ton, economy and digestion; thu
isecond is to know the "why' OF
, cooking,-to observe and think
leaving nothing to chance or luck
and last, to correlate processes
: and know the relation of one kint
of food with another.
Putting real thought and interes
into cooking, striving after success
in the considerations just mention
ed minimizes the element O
drudgery and makes cooking
source of continued interest ant
pleasure.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-08-25
WOMAN'S STORE
STOCK is SOLD
GOODS ON SHELVES SOLD FRI
DAY TO VAN PRAAG g. CO.,
OF NEW YORK.

Mr.. R. L. Leigh, proprietor OF the
Woman's Store, who is preparing
TO retire from business and whose
stock has been materially diminished
by clearance sale which has been
IN progress several weeks, has sold
the goods still remaining on mis-
shelves to Van Praag G. Co., of New
York.
The deal was concluded Friday,
having been consummated through
Mr.. S. NJ Grouse, a representative
Of Van Praag & Co., who came here
for that purpose The furniture and
fixtures were not sold, only the mer-
chandse in stock having been in
cluded in the deal, and this mer-
chandise will, it is understood be
shipped to New York
Nj. Leigh is one Of the best known
merchants in Columbus, navng been
engaged in the dry goods business
here for practically a quarter OF a
century, and his retirement Is uni
versally regretted He has announc
ed no plans for the future.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-08-25
SYNAGOGUE AND
LODGES ENRICHED
kARPELES BEQUEATHS MONEY
TO RELIGIOUS AND FRATER-
NAL ORGANIZATIONS.

Elecmosynary, religious and fra
Iternal organizations in columbus,
Meridian and New Orleans receive
boquests under the terms of the viii
Of the late Mr. Joseph Karpeles, a
former Columbian who dice few
weeks ago at Vossburg, Miss. The
will, which was recently flied for
probate in Atlanta, where Mr.. karp-
eles had resided for several years
prior to his death, bequeaths $500
TO Columbus Lodge No. 5, r. ana
A. NJ, of this city; stOo to the local
Jewish synagogue, $1,000 TO the
Masonic Widows and Orphans Home
in Meridian and 1900 to the Masonic
Widows and Orphans Home in New
Orleans
Mr. Karpeles, who was a native of
Germany, came to this country in
early youth and for many years re-
sided in Columbus, which city he
always claimed as his home. He
was thoroughly loyal to America
and had consistently upheld the ad-
ministration in its war policy
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-08-25
WORK AT COLLEGE
NOW IN PROGRESS
SUM OF $24, 4,sooTo BE EXPENDED
IN REPAIRS AND I'M
PROvEMENTS.

Extensive repairs and improve
ments are being made at the Missis-
sippi Industrial Institute and College
preparatory to the opening of the
next regular session, which takes
place Tuesday, September "a.
The legislature at its last session
did not pursue a very liberal policy
towards the college, having appro-
priated only $24,500 for all repairs
and Improvements. Of this sum
$4,000 is to be expended in install
ing new boilers in the power house
and overhauling the heating system,
while two elevators are to be in
stalled at cost of $4,000 and $5,-
900 is to be expended in general re-
pairs. One of the elevators is to be
installed in the main dormitory and
the other in Shattuck Hall, and both
will be used by studens occupying
apartments on upper floors in going
to and from their rooms.
While the war is cutting down the
attendance at male colleges institu-
tions devoted to the education of
Young ladies are not being deleter-
iously affected, and applications
already on file indicate that the dor
mitores of the local college will be
filled to capacity when the session
opens.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-08-25
WALLACE HIGGINS
SHOT
PREMATURE DISCHARGE OF
CALDER RIFLE RESULTS IN
PAINFUL WOUND.

Wallace Higgins, the l4-year-old
son OF Mr.. and Mrs. V, NJ. Higgins,
was painfully hurt Thursday morn
ing, when he accidentally shot him.
self with a small caliber rifle.
Young Higgins, in company with
Dave Feinstein, a companion about
the same age, went out on railway
trestle near the city to engage In
rifle practice, and in some unc2'
planned way accidentally shot him
self in the leg.
The young man was brought to q
local hospital in an automobile
which chanced to pass the scene OF
the accident soon after he had been
wounded, and attending physicians
state that he will be all right within
a few days.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-08-25
USE AIRPLANES TO
LOOK FOR STILLS
PAYNE FIELD FLYERS SAID TO
BE MAKING MAPS OF SUS-
PECTED LOCALITIES.

Airplanes, according to report, are
to be used to locate numerous moon
shine stills, which are said to be ope-
rating in the territory contiguous to
Columbus. Complaint has been made
that aviators from Payne field,
which is located near West Point, are
securing liquor from these stills, and
government officials have announced
determination to put them out OF
business.
Officers have for some time been
endeavoring to break up the stills,
but as they are la&tsd N remote
places, it is exceedingly difficult to
find them. 1t is said, however, that
nothing escapes the sweep of the
airplane, and flyers are reported to
have already begun to make photo
graphs of mysterious looking places,
which might be expected to be the
workshops of moonshiners.