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The Yale expositor., 1918-08-01
new DRAFT BILL;
AGES 20 To Sc
100000 MEN TAKEN FROM CLASS
ONE DURING JUNE AND
JULY.
CALL 100000 MEN IN AUGUST
Following Conferences Among Army
Chiefs New Proposal o. KID BY
Wilson and Secretary Baker.

Washington-Inroads on class one
of the selective draft registrants in
the last two weeks by the navy, marine
corps, shipbuilding and other indus
tries were so great that army officers
predicted that men of class two will
be called to the colors in September
unless ages are raised by congress.
Following conferences among army
chiefs, II was disclosed that President
Wilson and Secretary Baker have APP
proved bill soon to be placed before
congress calling for the advance of
draft ages. The new limits will be
from 20 years to at least SO years. If
the draft is to be used 30 bolster up
the labor supply of munitions plants,
the increase will be to 40.
June and July have seen 100000
men taken from the 100000 who were
in Glass one June /.
Orders have been sent to draft
boards to prepare for a call of at least
100000 men In August. About that
number will be available from the men
who registered last June.
Local draft boards also have been
warned not to give waivers to men
who wish to enter the navy, marines
OF necessary industrial work unless
boards are convinced that they can
supply the quotas which will be sought
in August.
The recent offensive in France has
opened the way for widespread propa.
ganda among the German armies,
The German nation is to be told that
America soon will have 100000 in
her armies this year and that 100000
will be ready early in 1919.
Much comment was heard in Wash.
ington concerning organization of a
new division OF the labor department
to press recruiting of men for work
in the coal fields. II was openly stated
that many other industries soon will
apply for similar aid in bringing the
working forces of the country to war
munitions plants now hampered by
lack of labor
Members of the army general staff
who have been urging greater speed
In registration of the manpower OF
the nation were elated when it was
found that early action by congress
is TO be pressed by the administration.
The Yale expositor., 1918-08-01
ENORMOUS WHEAT SUPPLY HELD
Australia Reported to Have Stored
Away 400 Million Bushels.

Washington - Nearly 300,0O0,000
bushels OF wheat is stored in Australia.
according to the food administration.
Details Of the guarantees surround
ing 191S-1919 wheat harvest In Aus
tralia also were transmitted. The Aus
tralian government has guaranteed SO
cents per bushel and to this the com
monwealth has added IL cents, max
ing the price IS cents to the producer.
In Buenos Aires the cash price for
wheat is s1.44 per bushel. Cash corn
is selling there for 81 cents per
bushel.
The Yale expositor., 1918-08-01
NORTH OF RIVER MARINE
WORLDS WORST BATTLE IN
HISTORY is BEING FOUGHT

With the French Army-With 20
German divisions officially identi-
fed in the fighting zone, the battle
is the, biggest in all history. Pris-
oners number $4,000 and more than
500 cannon and thousands OF ma
chine guns have been captured. or
the prisoners IA per cent belong to
the 1919 class, showing that nearly
all these boys already have been In
corporated in fighting units. If all
of them have been utilized they
would form from II to Is per cent
of the German strength. Informa-
ton received proves that the 1920
class, which 1t was intended to be
incorporated in the army of Ooto-
Der, has been ordered into the units
in September. Most of those of this
class are not Is years old.
The Yale expositor., 1918-08-01
CITY OF STRAITS GAINS 100000
Detroit Fastest Growing City in the
Whole United States.

Detroit-Has the population Of De-
troit-"Dynamic" Detroit-which often
has been described as 1.-The fastest
growing city in the United States"
and which, in addition to its normal
commerce and industries is working
night and day of fill approximately
$3.50, 900, 900 of mechanical war orders,
really increased somewhere between
143,795 and 2S7,590 during the last
two and one-half years?
II seems incredible, and yet facts
furnished by the Detroit Edison COM
pany, the Detroit City Gas company
and the Detroit board OF water COM
missioners, which will be presented to
the Detroit Board of Commerce, to
State Fuel Administrators William X.
Prudden and to the national fuel ad-
ministration at Washington. in justifi-
cation OF Detroit's demand for sub
stantial increase in it's allotment of
anthracite coal, apparently prove that
that is indisputably true.
These surprising figures-143,795
and 2S7 ,590-are reached by determin-
ing the number of new meters in
stalled in Detroit from January l.,
1915, to June 80, 1918, by the city's
three principal utilities, which furnish
gas, water and electricity, and by US
ing a population multiple smaller than
the multiple employed by either when
they have occasion, on their own ac-
count. to determine their maximum
service, and then, allowing for dupli-
cation Of meters by splitting the max
imum total squarely in two.
The Yale expositor., 1918-08-01
U. S. LAUNCHES UNDERSEA SUB
Builders Say II Is the Largest Ever
Launched in This Country.

Quincy, Mass.-A submarine, said
by it's builders TO be the largest ever
launched In this country, and embody-
ing all the latest features of undersea
craft, went down the ways at the
Fore River plant of the Bethlehem
Shipbuilding corporation here Friday
afternoon. Several thousand workers
joined in a mighty cheer as the new
undersea boat struck the water. She
was christened the A. A. /.
The Yale expositor., 1918-08-01
DEMOCRATS TO MEET IN DETROIT
County Convention Held September g.,
and State Convention Sept. rs.

Detroit-Detroit has been selected
as the meeting place of the Democratic
state and county convention, the dates
being fixed by the state central com
mittee at a meeting recently held at
Hotel Pontchartrain. The county
convention will be held September 8
and the state convention September
rs. Congressman Frank Doremus was
selector chairman for the state con-
vention.
The Yale expositor., 1918-08-01
U-eoat Sinks Another Boat.

Neutrality-suspicious. submarines
have struck again off the New England
coast. This time an undersea raider
sank with bomb, the Gloucester flesh
ing schooner Robert and Richard, near
Cashe bank, 65 miles east by southeast
of Cape Porpoise. on the southeastern
coast of Maine at 1890 o'clock Mon
day morning.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-06-04
Volley Ball Team
Organized at Y. NJ. G. A.

The newly organized business mems
class at the Y. M. c. A. under the
leadership of Physical Director Rob
ert Grasson, has proven great sue
cess. Forty young men have already
Joined and many more are expected
to join soon. Mr.. Grasson has prov
ed to all members that two hours a
week spent in the gymnasium will
keep them in good health. In past
years at this season the call of out
door sports made it necessary to close
gym classes. The great interest
proves to the physical department
that this gym class will take a prom
inent place in the associations sum-
mer activities.
The class has produced one of the
fastest volley ball teams now in the
Bridgeport Y. NJ. c. A. The team
will compete in the contest for the
trophy cup which is to be given to
the winners of the volley ball tour
nament now being played in the local
association. The business mems
team was supposed to meet the secre-
taries last Friday, owing to misun-
Outstanding as to the time of the
game only part of their team show
ed up. Substitutes were chosen who
PUT up good fight but for lack of
experience finally lost out.
The members of the business mems
team are Fisher, Wiesner, Greene,
Davis, Robstock and Fried. All are
on their toes and know how to han
die that volleyban. This team will
play its first game in the volleyball
tournament this coming Friday. All
members of their class stand behind
them with every possible kind of sup
port, they realize that the teams vic
tory is their victory
A social evening is now being
planned for the young business mems
class which will take place in the
near future. Supper will be served
and all members will take part in the
program. Many other such activi-
ties will be promoted by the enthusi-
astic members through the summer
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-06-04
JOHNNY EvERS
TURNS TO ARMY
With BASEBALL

Johnny Evers, baseball player, ex-
traordinary and human dynamo, is
going to France as a sort of Director
Of Baseball for the Committee on
Training Camp Activities and the
knights of Columbus.
1t is just possible that the one-time
great second baseman also may rep
that such will be the case as this
would give him greater facilities and
lend him broader powers for a job he
is so capable of filling, and a job for
which he is so well equipped and so
remarkably qualified.
Johnny Evers has strong initiative
and bubbling enthusiasm and back
of these sound judgment. He knows
how to get men on their toes and
how to keep them there. He is a
natural fighting man and knows not
the word defeat.
He closed at o'clock last evening
and left at once for Troy to pack
up as he hopes to sail before the
week is out.
If the Y. NJ. c. A. decides to give
Evers the assignment, originally Of
fered to Christopher Mathewson, the
fiery little fellow will carry a great
responsibility. He will welcome it,
however, as he is very earnest about
the work he has set himself to do as
his contribution to the great cause.
Bill Edwards. Treasurer of the
College Mems Committee of the Y.
M. c. A. for recruiting athletic direc-
tors, is strongly in favor of Evers, and
he, W. J. Smith and two or three 9TH
ers will confer with Herbert L.
Pratt, Chairman of the committee,
today to consider the advisability of
urging his appointment with Dr.
Fisher, the director general, so to
speak of the Y. M. c. A. along these
lines.
Evers signed a contract with the
Boston Red Sox last spring as coach
but had a disagreement with Ed
Barrow, the manager, and was re-
quested to turn in his uniform on the
day of the opening game. His con-
tract is still in force, but even if it
is jeopardized he is willing to make
the sacrifice.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-06-04
Ambition
Pills
For Nervous People

The great nerve tonic-the famous
WendelPs Ambition Pills-that will
put vigor, vim and vitality into ner-
vous tired out, all in, respondent
people in a few days in many in
stances.
Anyone can buy box for only so
cents, and Hindle's Pharmacy and
Joseph D. fHartigan are authorized
by the maker to refund the purchase
price if anyone is dissatisfied with the
first box purchased.
Thousands praise them for general
debility, nervous prostration, mental
depression and unstrung nerves caus-
ed by over-indulgence in alcohol, to-
bacco, or overwork of any kind.
For any affection of the nervous
system WendelIs Ambition Pills are
unsurpassed, while for hysteria,
trembling and neuralgia they are
simply splendid. Fifty cents at Hin
dies Pharmacy and Joseph D. Harti-
gan's and dealers everywhere.-Adv.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-06-04
SENATORS BLANK
WORCESTER TEAM

Slipping along at the same speed
that has marked their course since
the opening of the season, the Hart
ford Senators took revenge upon the
Worcester Boosters at the Wethers-
field avenue grounds yesterday after
noon, when they slipped a 6 to D
shutout over on Manager Mckinley S
crew, and evened up matters very de-
cisively for the defeat they suffered
at Worcester last week. Right from
the very start it was Hartford S
game, as they took lead in the third
inning increased it in the fifth, and
the only reason why they did not add
more tallies was because the locals
took few chances too many on the
paths in their eagerness to get around
the sacks.
The score:
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-06-04
TEAMS JEALOUS
OF CELESTIALS
No Reason in the World for
Protest Against Play
ing of Lai and Vim
BY T. F. WAGNER.

Don't be alarmed, dear readers, over
the kick registered by the New Ha-
ven and Providence teams, against
the playing of Billy Lai and Andy
YIN, the two Chinese players on the
Bridgeport team. Coming right down
to cold facts we cannot really blame
the much abused Grays from COM
planning.
Supposin' your little three year old
youngster was enjoying nice stick of
ribbon candy and Henry Green, the
kid from across the street, came along
and took the candy from your babe.
Wouldn't the little tot yell, squirm
and kick up fuss? Why, certainly.
Well, it's the same way with the
Providence argument. After tho
manner in which both Lai and Vim
annihilated the offerings of Manager
Eayrs at Newfeld park last Sunday.
we cannot blame Eddie and his
Rhode Island gang for wanting to
chase the local players out of Con-
necticut.
With Lai and YIN with the Bridge
port team, the locals have gotten up
a baseball spirit that has been I'M
known in the Park City before. They
are two of the fastest performers on
the diamond that ever wore a Bridge
port uniform and are in there all the
time doing their level best to give
Bridgeport Notwithstanding she
hasn't enjoyed in many long year.
Providence and New Haven-and
the rest of the clubs-may kick
against the playing of the Celestials
but it won't do them any good There
is no law that can prevent the play
ing of Cinnamon in organized base
ball any more than there is a law
against the playing of Cubans. Ne
groes are barred, but not Cinnamon
Dan O'Nei1 as president of the
Eastern league today, has no ground
to stand on in listening to an objec-
ton to the playing of Lai or YIN
When Dan was manager of the New
Britain club he introduced Marsans
and Alameda into Connecticut base
ball. There was a kick for a while
but the argument died out very
quickly.
The whole situation in a nutshell
is that the other clubs in the Eastern
league are peeved and jealous over
Krichell's success this season with the
assistance of Lai and YIN.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-06-04
A|RDALE GAINS
POPULARITY AS
WAR MESSENGER

Chicago, June 4.-The airdale, a
shaggy, sad-eyed dog that gained pop
ularity only in recent years, has con-
WINGED officers Of the Central Depart
ment, Signal Corps, United States Ar
my, of it's superiority over all breeds
as a canine war messenger.
While official authorization for use
of the Airda1e on the battlefields of
Europe has not yet been sisued by
War Department, schools for intensive
courses in training have been estab-
lished and officers say that repdrts
from the various army camps show
that the dogs have made remarkable
progress.
1.-THE Airda1e surpasses all other
dogs in point of intelligence, and al
rageous," said one officer. TESTS have
established beyond doubt its superior
ity over other dogs as war messen-
ger, particularly those used by the
German army.
1.-The Airdale is cross from a bull
terrier, otter hound and a Berkeley
terrier. 1t is result of years of care.
full breeding and its name, it is said
is derived from Aire Valley of Eng
land where it originated"
The dogs now in training were eth
er given to the Signal Corps by pa
triotic citizens or purchased by inter-
ested army officers. Scores of them
with long pedigrees and valued high
ly have been given and other offers
are coming in daily. Females are in
greater demand because of their intel
ligence. Methods of training are a
military secret.
when the dogs are taken at the
age of from ten to eighteen months
and properly DEVELOPED as one-man
dogs (for the Airdale is distinctly a
one man dog) no beast can equal them
as war dogs" said the officer. Their
color blends perfectly with night
shades. The ability of the dogs to
slip quietly through barb wire en-
tanglements without scratch is re-
markable."
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-06-04
BANDIT REFUGE
TO BECOME PART
OF YELLOWSTONE

Livingstone, Mont, June 4~A
bandit stronghold may be added to
the Yellowstone National Park. The
Jackson Hole country-once the re-
sort of bad men of every class-is the
strip which it is proposed to attach
to the reservation.
For thirty years, Jackson's Hole has
played an import ant part in lurid
literature as we'll as in sensational
fact Thousands of wild west" stor-
les have mentioned that bullet swept
region, where criminals fled from
posses and where a comparatively few
men could hold a company of soldiers
at bay.
Representative Mondell, of Wyom-
ing, is fostering a measure to add
about $4,000 acres of wyoming public
land south of the park to the Yellow
stone reservation. There are very few
homesteaders on this land and it is
believed that their claims can be ad-
justed without difficulty.
The tract is as beautiful, it is said,
as any part of the Yellowstone region
and this is the leading reason for the
desire to add it to the park. Lofty
mountains, many of them covered
with dense forests, rise from this land.
Great prairies, which once were de-
serts, stretch for miles. Hundreds of
striking buttes whose crannies fur
nish hiding places and Qualifications
for Indians, and robbers, and fugi-
tives, dot the country.
Grand Toton Mountain and Mount
Moran are included in the proposed
addition but Jackson's Hole is per-
haps the best known spot. Again and
again, in pioneer days, Indians flashed
into this depression and disappeared.
Bad men learned the secrets of the
Hole and often they got there a few
horse jumps ahead of their pursuers.
As late as 1914, the crags echoed to
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-06-04
CLAY TURNER SOPS
GEORGE ROBINSON

Pittsield, June 4-Chief Clay Turn
er of st. Paul, proved too much for
George Robinson of Boston, in a bout
before the Twentieth Century A. c..
last night, and in the ninth round
after Robinson had been pounded to
beefsteak in the face and doubled up
with several stiff body punches ne
signaled for the towel, which was toss
ed into the ring by his seconds. Chief
Turner worked his crossfire right and
left from the start and battered Rob-
irson's face open early in the fight.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-06-04

the clatter of hoofs and the wine of
bullets. On July %, of that year, two
bandits held up Is Yellowstone park
coaches and after robbing more than
one hundred tourists escaped to the
hole. Soldiers searched and searched
and found nothing.
Now, Representative Mondeu homes
to change the order of things. His
plan provides that hotels be built
where the Red Men once pitched their
tepees; that comfortable lodges be
erected among the crannies of the
bandits and that the government shall
see to it no tourist is held up-not
even by hotel men.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-06-04
BENDER RESTORED
BY NATIONAL COMM

Cincinnati, June 4.---Chief Bender.
pitcher of the Philadelphia National
League club, was yesterday restored
to good standing by the National Base
ball Commission. Bender's applica-
ton said that he has concluded to re-
turn to baseball and inasmuch as he
had violated none of the rules of or
ganized baseball, no penalty was in
fiicted.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-06-04
Johnny Dundee Given
Decision Over DeFOe
Eastern League
Games This Week
Today.

Today.
Springfield at Hartford.
New Haven at Providence.
Bridgeport at Worcester.
Waterbury at New London.
Wednesday
Springfield at Hartford.
New Haven at Worcester.
Bridgeport at Providence.
Waterbury at New London.
Thursday.
Hartford at Springfield.
New London at Waterbury.
New Haven at Worcester.
Bridgeport at Providence.
Friday.
Worcester at Bridgeport.
New London at Springfield.
Providence at New Haven.
Waterbury at Hartford
Saturday.
Hartford at New Haven G
games).
Worcester at Bridgeport G.
games).
New London at Springfield e
games).
Providence at Waterbury e
games).
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-06-04

Two base hits, Gardella, Cook,
We're. Three base hit, Shay. Stolen
bases, Meeks, Gardella, Grimes. Sacri-
fee hit, Cook. Double play, Cook to
Grimes to We're. Bases on balls, off
Cook 1 loft Tyler 2. Struck out, by
Cook A; by Tyler 2. Left on bases,
Hartford s; Worcester Z. First base
on errors, Hartford /; Worcester ..
Time, 1;45. Umpire Kelly.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-06-04
Here and There

George Burns and lilly Walker of
the Mackmen promise to be in the
thick of the fight for home run
honors this year. Every time either
of them gets up to the bat the pitcher
has a fit.
Jack Dunns Baltimore club appears
strong enough to cause lot of trou-
hle in the International League pen
nant race, even though the club did
not start off as well as some of the
other pennant chasers.
Camp Funston will soon have one
of the best baseball clubs in the
country, if the government continues
to send drafted players there. The
last one to be sent to that canton
ment is Barnes of the Giants.
Eddie Cicotte is a pretty smart
boy, all right all right. Every time
he has gone into the box lately he
has gone through the same motions
before delivering the ball that caused
SC much fault finding last year. He
rubs the ball on his trousers or shirt,
as if to shine the surface, and then
holds it in front of his mouth to give
the impression that he is using saliva.
But the umpires can't find anything
wrong with the pill. Cicotte knows
what he's doing. He continually
puzzles the batsmen with his evident
attempt to doctor the ball, but at the
same time he employs much speed
and a quick curve ball which he con-
trolls with great skill. In other words,
Cicotte uses his head to pitch as well
as his arm. Just leave it to Ed
die!
Dana Fillingim is rapidly coming
to the front as one of the best spit
ballers in the league, and the Braves
are congratulating themselves over
picking up such a lively youngster.
New York fans can't get over the
loss of Benton and Barnes. The
Giants certainly received a body blow
when these two players were taken
away from them.
McMullen is shining at third base
for the White Sox, and he's whacking
the pill in great shape.
Now that the National Commission
ruled some time ago that players in
the army and navy cannot return to
their clubs, the fans are asking how
it is that Alexander can pitch now and
then for the Cubs. Yes, the fans
want to know!
Iris Speaker, as a drawing card, is
III the same class with Ty Cobb and
George Sisler. These players are the
best hitters in the American League
Speaker has just passed his thirtieth
birthday, and is in the draft. He
began his major league career with
the Boston Red Sox in 1908, and, ex-
cepting that year, he has never been
out of the 800 class. He was pur-
chased from Little Rock for $500
and in 1916 he was sold to the Cleve-
- =,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-06-04
Small Crowd At New Haven BoutsCrsta On Injured List
LOCAL PITCHER
INJURIES HAND
Lefty Cristall Forced to
Lay Off for Two Weeks
In Worcester Today

Lefty Cristall, the local pitcher will
be out of the game for the next two
weeks after an INJURY he received in
last Sundays game while attempt
ing to stop a hard hit ball through
the infield. After the game CristaIl
told Manager Krichell about the in
jured member and the latter sent him
to DR.. John H. Ffnnegan to have an
X-ray taken of his thumb. A small
bone in the thumb Of his right hand
is said to have been dislocated.
Manager Krichell left with the
club this morning for its first trip
up Massachusetts, way. Today the
locals are playing at Worcester, to-
morrow and Thursday at Providence
and on Friday Worcester is here for
a two days stay. A double header
will be played at the park Saturday.
The Hartford Senators will furnish
the opposition next Sunday:
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-06-04

Thousands of New Workers slept
on park benches or Coney Island
beach More torrid weather is pro-
phesied.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-06-04

Senator Borah introduced a reso-
luton providing for open session
when future treaties are discussed