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went into overseas work, one Of its
first acts was to purchase and ship
tons Of athletic equipment, Up to the
present the "Y" has provided hum
dreds of athletic directors recruited
from the foremost athletes Of earlier
generations and tons Of sporting para.
phernalia. The X. Of c., starting a
little later. 10 developing q similar
program. Directors use every art to
get the backward, the shy, the. nom
athletic soldier Into the games for the
good Of his body and his morale, a
tremendous aid to the winning of the
war. The "Y" and K. of G. men seek
to enlist the greatest number of men
In sports rather than to develop
small team Of crack athletes.
The figures, based on the activities
Of one unit, show the result. They
were taken In q comparatively small
region and were selected at random.
Baseball engaged the attention Of
1923 men Of this region in q week.
The games were witnessed by 1900
men. which would be considered a very
good weekly attendance for a minor
league club, and as many spectators
as a big league team In the second d.
vision often draws In seven days. Here
the proportion Of players to spectators
II one to ten, while in league baseball
1t would be to 400. figuring 50 plsy-
ers as the average number appearing
weekly on the diamond.
volley Dali First
volley ball, probably the most popu-
lar game for soldiers. engaged 1,806
players with q large gallery. Boxing
ranked third In popularity. with 1.027
men participating, while 1000 soldiers
looked on. Compare that one to nine
average with q big llst fight crowd
viewing the efforts Of two men. Ten
mis- exercised 227 men. while SO6 par
ticipated In track and field sports Bas-
ket ball engaged 798 soldiers, while in
door baseball, soccor and rugby foot
ball worked the muscles and minds Of
hundreds. just A. Waterloo was won
on England's cricket and football fields,
no this war may be decided by the
athletic contests Of the clean-living,
hard-hitting American boys.
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LARGE SCORES MADE
IN EARLY BASEBALL
Annals Of Game Are Full Of No.
table Achievements.
Greatest Number 81 TallLss In One In.
ming Wsrs Made by Chicago In
Game Against Dstroit-Deae-
hanty Was siusser.

In the early days of baseball no club
was considered to have q safe lead
over the opposing team with anything
good.
With the beginning Of professional
baseball in the early seventies, and
the launching Of the National league,
these conditions changed, and big
scores became the exception and not
the rule. Thirty-six years ago was
played, at Chicago, the league game in
which the record number. of runs was
made. Chicago and Cleveland were
the opposing teams ON that historic
July "A. in 1882. and the former tri.
umphed by score of IS tol4.
Many other league-swatting records
have stood almost as long. The great
est number Of home runs In a major
league game was scored in a contest
when seven circuit hits were made.
This record has been several times ex-
ceeded in minor circuits. and at Corsi-
cnna. Tex, in 1902 no less than 10
home runs were smashed out. The
worlds record for the greatest num-
Der Of runs in one inning of a league
game has stood since 1883. when Chi
caso scored 1S runs-two for each man
lin the '1ucky seventh" of game
against Detroit, Burns and Weidman
being the twirlers whose delivery Jared
so badly. As late az 1908. ut Cleve.
lnnd. ten runs were scored In one In
ming. nine hits were made, and each
batter who made hit got a run.
The individual batting records for q
single game are headed by the won
derful performance ~t Beaumont Of
the Pirates. who in 1899 got six hits
In as many times at the bat. Even
more sensational was the feat of Dele
hnnty of Philadelphia. in 1895. when
In q game against Chicago he went to
bat Eve times and got four home runs
and q single.
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ple. Kept Under sanitary Conditions.

Pigs Kept Under Sanitary Conditions,
tween the two diseases can only be
made by the most careful bacteriOlOg-
ical tests, and by employing the assist
ance offered by q fully equipped lab
oratory. However. sanitary preventive
methods which are found beneficial
with one Of these diseases will prove
equally efiicaciOus with the other.
There are a few fundamental facts
which the breeder must remember II
he Is to avoid losses through hog chol-
era or swine plague. The nrst is that
they are specific diseases caused BY
germs, and the contagion cannot b
spread from one animal to another or
from one herd to another except
through the agency of these minute or.
ganlsms. They may be carried in 4
multitude of ways-by the hogs them
selves, on the clothing of persons. on
vehicles, in feed. by birds, dogs, and
other animals, or by streams. The
breeding or feed of hog cannot cause
either disease. although bad methods
may SO weaken the constitution and VI
tality that the animal becomes more
susceptible to them thar ~ould other
wise be the case. Since these diseases
can only arise from the presence OF
their specific causatlve agents. II can
readily be seen that dentititon and the
presence of supernumcrnry teeth or
black tusks cannot, as has been sug-
gested by many, play any part in their
development. A second fact to be borne
in mind is that diseases caused by
germs may be best prevented or con-
trolled by thorough dlsinfection and
scrupulous cleanliness.
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WALTER MAYER JOINS ARMY
Red sox Player Lesss No Time In Re-
turning Home, Arranging Affairs,
and Departing.

Walter Mayer Of the champion Red
sox lost little time returning to his
home in Cincinnati. arranging his af.
fairs and answering the call Of hia
draft board for army service. He ar
rived home On one train and within
an hour was - the way to. Beriin,s
meaning that he had been lundleA az
~ camp. In that A0ur he iAvested Als
share Of the world's seriss Feceip<A
sfter making several 1uaAtisas - ~
welfare work.
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BAN ON RACING IN ENGLAND
Bonar Law VIII Not Hear Of Rssump.
tIen Of eport-Ne usssuI Purpose
Would De esrvsd.

Bonar Jaw recently declined to re-
ceive deputation from the League of
the Man in the Street to hear objec-
tions to the renewed restrictions on
racing In England.
He stated that az the question Of
racing had been settled. no useful pur-
pose would be served, adding that the
league was in error In thinking that
cranks had access to the members Of
the war cabinet. the only outside body
consulted by the cabinet being the
Jockey club.
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q, q. A. BArcHELoR.)

(By q. A. BATCHELOR-)
What Is putting the '.pep" into the
push toward Berlin which the Yanks
are giving Kaiser Bilrs bad Boches?
Athletics certainly are helping. Howl
By raising the morale and the muscle
of the American fighters. In one unit
and in one week. 6,S35 soldiers artici-
pated in athletic sports. They had 49,
27b spectators, meaning that for every
six soldier spectators there was one
soldier participant. Better record than
baseball or football has In the U. 8. A,
ne c'est pas?
Rank Of Popular Sports.
How did the sports rank In popu-
iarity among the soldiers7 volley ball
came first. Baseball was second. Box
Ing was on the limb. Track and field
sports were just out Of the money.
Basket ball was NTH. Indoor base
ball. soccer. rugby. tennis, etc.. were
In the ruck.
Athletics surely are putting muscle
and pep" into the young men who
must handle the rifles. artillery. gren-
ndes. spades and other implements Of
warfare. Besides this. there Is the
high morale generated by tingiing high
spirits and good health which biesses
tho well-exercised body.
Contrast the figures above with \
worlds series baseball game. where
5000 spectators watch 1S men con-
test, or Yale-Harvard football game,
where the Yale ''bowi" held 10000 fans
while % men struggled to uphold the
supremacy Of Old Ell and John Har-
ward. Contrast It with boxing cham
pionship match where gate" Of up
ward Of 100000 witnessed a bout
between two men. Consider the great
er advantage. the widespread bene-
fit Of sports involving one contestant
to every six spectators.
Everyone In Game.
The figures are furnished by the Y.
n. c. A.. one of the organizations
which assumed the responsibility of
spreading mass athletics among as
many of our soldiers as would respond
to the opportunity. The Y. NJ. c. A.
was the pioneer to make everyone
get into the game. When the X. Of G.
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FREE AGENTS IN 1e207

II there II no baseball in 1919
a majority Of the players will
become free agents. This will
mean that in 1920. or whenever
the game Is resumed, they can
sign with anyone they please.
OF course the magnates may
agree among themselves not to
tamper with each Others play
ers. But this will not neces-
sariiy mean protection for them.
The players rlay band together,
too.
These are grave times In the
history Of the national game. as
well as the history Of the nation.
Only time can tell what destiny
has decreed for Its future.
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lyn navy yard. He says he likes the
work, all except the getting up at six
o'clock In the morning to open ''the
store" In addition to running the can
teen, Casey Is captain Of a ball team
Of navy men, among his players being
Jimmy Hickman, formerly Of the Dod-
gers, and Harry Heitman. q pitcher
who belongs" to Brooklyn.
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ARMY JOB FOR KANSAS COACH
l,emsr woodson HaroIss Selected 70
Head Athletic Department Of
Oregon College.

Another kansas conference football
coach has gone to the big league.
Homer Woodson' Hargiss. athletic d.
rector and coach at tbe Kansas State
Normal school. has been selected from
a dozen or more candidates to head
The athletic department and coach all
ma3oe sports at the Oregon Agr:cua
tuRal es1eD@ CsTvallis, Orr
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4BuLL" M'cLEARY A SOLDIER
eaeIsfsId Coach Of Football Eleven a.
Pennsylvania Stats Has Joined
the Army.

Pennsylvania State has lost sBun"
McCleary, the backfield coach OF its
football eleven. He was to have AZ
sisted Hugo Bexdek this season. Bull
tas Joined the army. McCieary
captained States team in 1909 ana
played fullback for three years. Dur
ing 1910 and 1911 - was an asslstaat
coach.
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Time and Tide.

During the War Savings stamps
drive In Brown county. Indiana. Will
liam L. Coffey. county chairman, ap-
pointed William Vawter. the artist, as
chief solicitor for the county. At the
time of his appointment Mr.. Vawter
each morning was walking two miles
to paint the picture Of an old elm
tree. which was surrounded by wild
flowers and beautiful foliage. He
readily accepted and for two weeks
he pat forth nll energy in the stamp
drive. When the soliciting was COM
pleteA Mr.. vawter took his painting
OUTFIT and walked to the old tree. but
the scenery had changed so much that
the picture will not be completed un-
til he&t summer, when the wild roses
and ether wild flowers will be In
bloom.
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Many -sided.
IT didn't know the Hun was 30
many -Sitisd."
HE Isn't. He's a blockhead and
brute." -
4 agree with you. but the dispatches
say TINT he is being attacked on four
froats."
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FLUFFY PERSIAN KITTENA. Svese..insisl
Roller CanATles. SatsfAc&ion guaranteed. Write as
fINDURO6T PLACn. Opportanity. Washingsoa
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-11-07
For Eighteen Years
SAs Has Fsssd de Same Meaiei.s
Coed. The Story h Her
Own Words.

The experience Of Mrs. David Horn
Of Route No. 1. Irwinton. Wilkinson
Co.. Ga. is not exceptional. Peruna
has been IN accepted standard house
hold. ready to take remedy. for forty
i've years.
Mrs. Horn writes under date of July
20. 191S:-.I have been using your
medicine for eighteen years. think II
one Of the best tonics / ever used. ]
owe my life to the use Of 1t recon-
mend 1t to all sick people. Peruna
cured ne Of stomach trouble"
Fer coughs, colds. effects Of the grip
and influenza. catarrh ard catarrhal
conditions OF every description. Peruna
Is recommended. Thousands have
been helped or are able to attribute a
full and complete recovery from some
terrible afi1iction to Peruna. Try Pc
runa Arst.
In tablet or liquid fesn. Sold every
where.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-11-07
CASEY STENCIL IN cANTEEN
Former National League outfislder
Likes New Job With Exception
Of Early Rising.

Casey stengel. former National
league outfielder. now in tho navy. u
In charge Of the canteen at the Brook
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-11-07

Always aim a little higher than the
mark-if the mark is a dimple in her
chin.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-11-07
pecrt Worry Abovt pimple

Dent Worry About PimpseA
On rising md retiring gently smear
the face with Cutieura Ointment Wash
sff the Ointment In flve minutes with
Cutcsrs Soap and hot water. For
free samples address. ''Cuticura. Dept
Z. Bsstsa." At druggists and By mail
Boap Is, Ointment 25 and 60.-Adv.
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The Reason

The Reason.
"What croakcr that old fellow In"
me wsnder. He just told me he had
q freq N his throat"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-11-07

Important to NsotheSo
Examine carefully every bottle Of
CASTORIA, that famous old remedy
for infants and children, and see that II
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Official City Notices
NOTICE.

In the matter Of the application to
have discontinued and vacated, the
east eighteen Q8) feet Of First street,
abutting on and west of the south
ninety-six (96) feet Of Lot No. Four
ca, in Block No. FOrty-One (41) Of
Cole, Bailey e Co.'S Addition to the
original plat of the town, now city, Of
WATERFOWL, on the east side Of Rock
river, in the First ward, in the city of
WatertOwn, county Of Jefferson and
state of Wisconsin.
Notice is hereby given, that at a
regular meeting of the common coun-
Gil of the city of WATERFOWL, to be
held on the 18th day of June, A. D..
1918, at the opening of said meeting,
or as soon thereafter as the same can
be heard, in the common council
chamber in the city hall of said city,
the said common council will act up
on the application of all the owners
of lots and land abutting on the part
of First street described above and at
least two-thirds Of the owners Of lots
said First street, to have said part of
First street first above described to
be declared of no public utility, dis
continued and vacated.
Dated May %, 1913
By Order of the Common Council
Frank S. Weber,
24-31-7-14 City Clerk
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NOTICE.

In the matter of the application to
have discontinued and vacated, the
south fifteen 05) feet of that part of
Clyman street abutting on and north
of Block No. One % Of Cole, Bailey &
Co.'S Addition, in the First ward, in
the city of Watertown, County of JEFF
ferson and state of Wisconsin.
Notice is hereby given, that at a
regular meeting of the common cOun-
Gil of the city of WatertOWn, to be
held on the 18th day of June, A. D.
1913, at the opening of said meeting,
or as soon thereafter as the same can
be heard, in the common council
chamber in the city hall of said city,
the said common council will act up
on the application of all the owners
of lots and land abutting on the part
of Clyman street described above and
at least two thirds of the owners of
lots and land abutting on the re-
mainder of said Clyman street, to
have said part of Clyman street first
above described declared to be of no
public utility discontinued and va
Gated
Dated May 20, 1918
By Order of the Common Council
Frank S. Weber,
24-31-7-14 City Clerk
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Legal Notice

First pub. Friday, May 24-4t
STATE OF WISCONSIN, COUNTY
Court, Jefferson County-In Probate
In the matter of the estate of VIII
liam Scherer, late of the town of Wa
tertown, in said county, DECEASED
Notice is hereby given that at a
term of the county court, to be held in
and for said county; at the city hall
in the city of Watertown, in said
county, on the 18th day of June, A. D.
1918, at the opening of court on
the day or as soon thereafter as the
same can be heard, the following mat
ters will be heard and considered:
The application of Marie Scherer
for the appointment of an administra-
tor of the estate of William Scherer,
late of the town of Watertown, in said
Jefferson county, deceased.
Dated this 22nd day of May, A. D.
1918. By the Court:
R. B. kirkland,
County Judge
John G. Conway, Attorney
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Be SURE
TO REGISTER
Official Notice of Registration.

UlHc1al NOLlce Oh Registration.
In accordance with the regulation
prescribed by the President under the
authority vested in him by the act of
congress, the following notice is is
sued:
All male persons residing in the
United States, who have, since the
fifth day of uJne, 1917, and on or be-
fore the 5th day of June 1918, attained
the age OF Il years, must register The
only exceptions are persons in the
military or naval service of the United
States.
All persons as indicated above re-
siding in Jefferson county must pre-
sent themselves TO the Local Board of
Jefferson county, for registration, be-
tween the hours of a. m. and p. m.
on June 5, 1918, at the court house, in
the city of Jefferson.
Failure of any person required to
be registered to perform any duty
prescribed by these regulations is a
misdemeanor, punishable by impris-
Onment for one year, and may result
in the loss of valuable rights and,
privileges and immediate induction
into the military service.
Any person, included in the above
regulation, who is in this county tenn
porarily, but who maintains a perma-
nent residence in another county,
should apply Immediately upon publ
cation of this notice, to the clerk of
the Local Board of Jefferson county
for registration card. This must be
filled out, and mailed to the Local
Board of the county wherein you
maintain permanent residence, in
time to reach said Local Board on or
before June 5, 1918.
Signed May %, 1918.
Will G. Ballentine,
Chief Registrar for Jefferson County
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M'AD00 WARNS
AGAINST STRIKE
OF RAIL WORKERS
Director General Says Govern
ment Cannot Be Coerced by
WaIkout in Shops.
CITESACTION At ALEXANDRIA
Declares, ~ Cannot Believe These
Men Know What They Are Do
ing, Mep Are Now Employees
of U. S."-Says Wage Board
viii Hear All Complaints.

Washington, May 31.-Director Gen
eral McAdoo addressed communica-
ton to the six heads of labor organ
1Zat1ons having Jurisdiction over the
machinists, boilermakers and other
branches Of organized labor employed
In railroad shops, pointing out the
meaning and possible consequences of
strikes or Walkouts Of railroad en-
ployees during the war.
Strike Against U. S.
The communication reads:
"The strike of certain shopmen, ma
chinists, etc, In the railroad shops at
Alexandria, Va, has created very
painful impression on the public mind.
cannot believe that these men knew
what they were doing. They are all
employees now Of the United States
government. They are not employees
of any railroad corporation; therefore,
this was strike against the govern
ment Of the United States.
1T is the first time in the history of
our government that any Of its en-
ployees have attempted strike
against their government. Such &C.
ton is incredible. For the good Of
our beloved country, and for the hon
or Of railroad men in the service
everywhere, hope that there will be
no repetition Of what every one must
condemn as unpatriotic in the highest
degree.
Cannot Coerce U. s.
"The government cannot, Of course,
be coerced or inundated by any Of
It's employees. 1t is anxious to do
justice to all and will do justice to
all as far as 1t is possible to measure
justice.
Recognizing that there are prob
able inequalities In the recommend
atiOns Of the wage commission which
should be impartially considered and
dealt with I appointed in my general
order No. q, dated May 25, a board
of railroad wages and working condi-
tons composed Of three representa-
tive labor men and three representa-
tive railroad men, whose duty it Is to
hear and pass upon all petitions and
complaints.
Justice Is Assured.
"Every class of employees or parts
of classes of employees who feel that
they have just ground for complaint
under the wage decision should SUBJ
NIT their cases promptly to this board
and they will be given just and impair
tial consideration.
"The American people have just
been called upon to pay largely in
creased freight and passenger rates
for the purpose Of paying in part the
increased wages, amounting to more
than $3OO,OO0OOO, awarded to railroad
employees"
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SHELL PARIS ON FEAST DAY
Hun Guns Busy, While British Spare
German Towns.

Paris, May 31.-Although the Brit
ish government has promised not to
carry out air raids on Thursday-the
feast of Corpus Christi-On German
cities which are not in the vinicinty
Of the front, the German long-range
gun resumed the bombardment Of Par
Is Thursday morning. The firing be-
gan at an earlier hour than usual.
The British promise was given up
on the receipt through the Vatican Of
request recently made by Cardinal
Won Hartmann, the archbishop of Co
logne, that there should be no bomb
ing in Cologne during the time Of the
Corpus Christi procession in that city,
which recently had been seriously
damaged by British air raids.J
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was greater than their strength, and
when fresh German troops launched
new assault the line of combat receded
into the town and there was fighting in
the streets from house to house. The
small body of French troops holding
the place finally gave way, but only
after dozens of individual duels with
bayOnets, revolvers and rifle butts.
A hail of heavy German incendiary
shells had fallen on the town through
out the night, firing numbers of houses
and filling the air with smoke. Poison
gas shells had impregnated the atmos-
phere with dangerous fumes.
The French, under the fierce on
slaught, gradually retired to the west
ern outskirts Of the city, where there
is cover.
Fresh enemy divisions were brought
forward hastily to take the places Of
those exhausted by the advance of the
last three days and continue the pres
sure on the allies. The territory south
Of the Vesle river is more difficult for
the attack.
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CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN
Chicago passenger-----1 1880 p. m.
South.
Chicago passenger--------- $50 a. m.
Chicago enger---------11:O7 q. m.
GAINESVILLE passenger------ 7:16 p. m.
500 a. m. train makes close con-
nections for the west at Jefferson
Junction.
Both 11:O7 q. m. and 7:16 p. m.
trains make close connections at JEFF
ferson Junction for Madison and all
points west.
North.
Green Bay enger-------7:b5 q. m
Green Bay, Sundays only----S:1O q. m.
Green Bay enger-------2:42 p. M
Northern Michigan p. m.
Rockford passenger arrives at Wa
tertowa at $40 q. m. and goes no
farther.
The 1855 q. m. train makes connec-
ton at Clyman Junction for trains
east.
The 1870 train south makes comet
tons at Jefferson Junction for points
east.
A train goes west from Clyman
Junction at 4:45 p. m.
+Daily.
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NO FUEL TO PRIVATE YACHTS
Ships in the Government Service Ex-
empted From Order.

Washington, May 31.-After Friday,
by order of the fuel administration
no coal or fuel oil may be buried on
or furnished to any private yacht for
any purpose whatever excepting cook
ing. The only exceptions are ships
In the government service Any Dri-
vate yacht, however, which on June
1 is away from its home port NAV
obtain sufficient fuel to go home by
the shortest route.
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MORE TOWNS BEING SHELLED
Bombardment of Villages In France
Is More Intense.

London, May 31.-The Daily Mail
correspondent at British headquarters
In France says that the Smelling Of
towns behind the lines Of them
very far behind-is becoming more
intense. Amiens, adds the cOrrespOn-
dent, has been bombarded vigorously
in the last "A hours, coinciding with
the increased activity of German air
raiders.