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The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-12-19
Cloudy, Says Billy 'Possum.

Now Riley
warbled sweetly
of t h a t o d
sweetheart 0 +
his'n, for it's easy
to be dreaming
with a pipe to
aid the vision,
but reality is Diff
f-runt from the
smoke : begotten
'sprites that dance
around the CHM
ney w h en- the
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-12-19
eUloARS ATTACK
!. GREEK OUTPOST

Athens, Dec. 19.-Bulgarians
Attacked Greek outposts at
!. .Kroussova and in the fighting
that followed a number of Bull
gars were killed, it was Off
cially announced here today.
The Greeks rushed the Bull
garians and in addition to kill
ing a number Of them, three
d were captured.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-12-19

fire is warm at nights, and ! know
that this is truthful, for I've just en-
countered her that / used to think I'd
All her lissome lines had melted In n
had builded went crashing when we
met.
Friday, probably rain; warm tonight
ann FRIDAY.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-12-19
UNEXPECTED CALL

Paris, Dec. 19.-Prenier
Clemenceau unexpectedly Wis
tied President Wilson this
morning and discussed peace
developments. No announce
ment followed the conference,
but II was evident that the
most cordial relationship ex-
istcd.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-12-19
CROWDER FOR RED CROSS
Peace Increases Rather Than Oln1ln-
- ishes Need,

Washington. Dec. 19.-The coming of
reace has served to increase rather
than diminish the work of the Ameri-
can Red Cross, said Provost Marshall
General Crowder in a statement issued
today in connection with the Red Cross
Christmas membership campaign.
"The Red Cross must turn its hand
to rehabilitation of devastated Europe.
not only in the late theatres OF opera
tion but in all those fields just deliv-
cred from hostile occupation and among
all those people who for more than
four years have felt the heel of Ger
man oppression. To en1barrass its ac-
tivities at this time is to add misery
to suffering"
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-12-19

Washington. Dec. 19.--Capt. Teh Yuen
Lu, the first naval attache ever sent 70
the Chinese legation In the Unlteu
states. and his assistant. Lieut. Chu
Fonr LIN. were presented to Secretary
Daniels and Acting Secretary OF State
Polk today by Charge Yung Kwai.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-12-19
MANN WOULD BE SPEAKER

Washington. Dec. 19.--Representative
Mann OF Illinois. republican leader OF
the house. Wednesday formally an.
nounced his candidacy for speaker OF
the house in the next congress, which
will be controlled by the republicans.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-12-19
NEAR nEArA,s DOOR

Boston. Mass. Dec. 10. Francis
CSilk"y, O'Loughlin. OF Rochester, N.
". umpire In the American league, Is
near death from pneumonia. here today.
His condition was such that the last
rites OF the church were administered.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-12-19
KING VICTOR EMMANUEL
OF ITALY REACHES PARIS

Paris, Dec. liking En-
manuel, of Italy, will arrive
here today. The city is hung
with flags and general holi-
day has been declared. The
newspapers hail the king as "a
man of honor who has been a
real leader of his country both
on and off the battlefield"
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-12-19
DINE q. S. AMBASSADOR

London. Dec. 1S,-After presen(iKR
his credentials to King George today.
John w Davis. the new American ann
bassador to Great Britain. and Mn
Davis. had luncheon with King Geor66
and Queen Mary and other n1emh82
OF the royal household at BuckIneha1<
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-12-19
To Elect German President.

Copenhagen, Dec s-The German government has decided
convoke conference of representatives of all the states Of the
empire Dec elect president of the German
public according Berlin report This step is said to have
been taken in order to avoid fresh outbreaks.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-12-19
POWER OF SOCIALISTS IN Y
GERMANY SEEMS DOOMED.
Government Headed BY Ebert and Haase Re.
signs Result Sudden Leaping Into Control
BY Spartacus Group Extremists and
Soldiers Storm Hall.

Paris, Dec. l9The German government headed by Fred
Ebert has Resigned result of Tuesday, accord
dispatch Zurich from Stuttgart the jour
nails correspondent there.
The sun., 1918-10-20

udrd. He then resumes his silent uigil
Shadows other than those cast by the fire
begin to descend the rocks. They are the
dduenturerS returning. One by one
they steal nearer to the pot until they are
sqWatted round 1t, nth their hands out
TO the blaze. LADY MARY only is absent
Presently she comes Dithin sight Of the
others, then stands against a tree Nth her
teeth clenched. One ioonders perhaps
mhat Nature IS to make Of ker.)"
On the Desert Island.
The third act is two years later; no ship
has called to rescue them: Nature has as
serted her sovereign power and Crichton
is the acknowledged leader. Lady Mary
has thrived under the new regime, and
Nature has shown her that Crichton is
worthy not only of her admiration but Of
her love. However, at the critical mo-
ment, a ship is sighted. Lady Mary is
with "The Cow" as they call Criehton.
She begs him not to light the signal fires
she wants to remain on the island, but
Crichton realizes what rescue means to
the others, and he lights the beacons. The
ship sees them and sailors come ashore.
1t is all over now. In an instant Lord
Loan is himself again, and the romance
has vanished. The ships officer comes in.
'IORD LOAN. And here, sir, is our little
home. Let me thank you in the name Of
us all, again and again and again.
OFFICER. Very proud, my Lord. 1t is
indeed an honor to have been able to as
sist so distinguished gentleman as Lord
Loan.
LORD LOAN. A glorious, glorious day
I shall show you our other room. Come.
my pets. Come, Crichton. (He has not
meant to be cruel. He does not know he
has said it. 1t is the old life that has
come back to him. Al leave CRICHToN
except LADY NARY
LADY MARY (stretching out her arms to
him.. Dear Gov, 1 will never give you
up. There IS a salt smile on his face as
he shakes hiss head to her. He let's the
cloak slip 10 the ground. She wM not
take this for an anstccr; again her arms
90 oat to hun. Then comes the great re-
ANNEXATION. By an effort Of wiH he
ceases to be an erect figure; he has the
The sun., 1918-10-20

of ordinary speech that it never seems
Literary" be has achieved what Henry
Arthur Jones is continually asking for
and which he himself has sometimes
achieved: true literary drama.
Barrie as q dramatist somehow gives
the lie to those critics and playwrights
who declare that a novelist cannot turn to
playwriting and succeed. have never
ceased wondering how the author of Senti-
mental Tommy could write The Admirable
Crickton. presume he never spent much
time over "technique;" he simply had the
gift. Cnchton is as deftly handled as
The Second Mrs. Tanqueray; What Every
Woman Knotus is surely as good a play
as Caadid0 and far better than Arms and
the Man. Take the opening scene Of erich
ton. Where will you find richer high COM
edy than in that Mayfair parlor, with
Crichton and the other servants lined up
to receive Lord Loans "affability"? The
lines are as brilliant as Wilde's-only they
are character lines and not set as jewels
an a very obvious position for purposes of
demonstration. For instance, toward the
opening Of the first act
ERNEST. Do you know, Crichton, l
think that with an effort you might look
even happier. CREIGHTON smiles wanly.)
You don't approve of his lordship's com
polling his servants to be his equals
once month";
CREIGHTON. 1t is not for me, sir, to dis
approve his lordship's radical views.
ERNEST. Certainly not. And, after all,
it is only once a month that he is affable
to you.
CREIGHTON. On all other days of the
month, sir, his Lordship's treatment to us
is everything that could be desired"
Crichton-More Than Portraiture.
The situation in this play is indeed
perfect one in which to work out the de-
lightfully comic theme. The unnatural
convention placing one man in the posi-
ton of servant to another is turned inside
out when the masters are cast upon their
own meagre resources. Crichton, the per-
feet servant, is in reality the master; the
shipwrecked lord and his family and
friends are at the mercy of the one prac-
teal, level headed man in the party:
Crichton. 1t is not he who assumes leader
ship; it is, as he said before in London,
Nature. The second act, on the desert
island, is the triumph of Nature: she is the
protagonist
Crichton, the ever ready, the intrepid,
the philosophical, has taken charge of
the evening meal. The others, disgruntled
because he has told them that they must
work for their supper, have gone west
ward and the wind is blowing in their di-
reetion.
("Bracely true TO his faith that Nature
piH decide notU as erer before, he pro-
ceeds ma"fully NTH has preparations for
the night. Once or tuice, as
Nature dictates, CREIGHTON leans forward
to STIR The pot and the smell IS borne Uest-
The sun., 1918-10-20
Best Dramatist of Our Time.

Stage directions, though, no matter how
apt they are, are not everything. Barrie
is a dramatist of the first order: am in
clined to believe the best British dramatist
of modern times He has written plays
the best of which are sure to outlast Shaw
and Pinero; for he possesses to greater
degree than either the God given power to
project genuine if not very deeply studied
characters within dramatic framework
of the finest fabric He has what neither
Shaw nor Pinero can ever have: a dis
tiEct literary style so close to the idiom
The sun., 1918-10-20

THE ADMIRABLE CREIGHTON. BY J. N.
BARRIE. Charles Scribner's Sons 81.
WHAT EVERY WOMAN KNOWS. By
J. N. BARRIE. Charles Seribner s Sons 81.
QUALITY STREET. By j. NJ BAKKIE.
Charles Seribner s Sons. 81.
The sun., 1918-10-20
The Superb PLAYS of Barrie in Print at Last

humble bearing Of servant. His hands
come together as u he were WASHING
them.) tt
CREIGHTON (it is the speech Of his hfe).
My lady. (She goes dtOdy. There is none
to salute him now, unless zoe do ~"
The Washington times., 1918-11-08
Use Athletics to
Aid in Prison

Athletics as part Of the cor
rective course for delinquency has
been instituted at the Portsmouth
naval prison, following an ex-
pertinent by the navy commits
sion on training camp activities.
Edward ]. Hines, Of Boston, has
been appointed athletic director
at the station, and has intro
duced a daily program of recre-
ational sport as a feature of
prison life. Within a short time
a marked improvement was no.
ticed in the conduct of the in
mates of the prison.
Three baseball leagues have
been formed among the inmates,
each league containing eight
teams. The regular games in
clude tug Of war, pushball, vol
ley ball and track and field
sports. A shorthand system of
setting up exercise has been in
stalled, and weekly track meets
are held.
The Washington times., 1918-11-08

The much-talk ed-of Army and Navy
Service League gets under way tomor-
row afternoon at American League
Park when the Chemical Warfare
team. known as the Camp Leach or
ganizstion, meets the Army Medical
School eleven.
Over at Georgetown the S. A. T. c.
unit eleven engages the Troop B
team, OF Fort Myer. At Brookland
the S. A. T. c. unit eleven represent
ing Catholic University plays the
Gallsudet College team.
Those who are following the for
tunes Of the Maryland State College
eleven. will have their chance at Bal
timoTe when Coach Byrd's team plays
the strong Western Maryland eleven.
Makes Initial start.
g Georgetown is making its debut
The Fort Ayer soldiers have been
bsatep In all their starts this season.
bVt can se expected to put up an inn
proved ArJIcle of football.
E John O'Reilly, coach of the Hilltop
p@rs, has announced the lineup which
The Washington times., 1918-11-08
LAFAYETTE'S TEAM
IS KEEPING BUSY

EASToN. Pa, Nov. Sin spite of
war conditions and other adversities.
Coach Harold Bruce is running his
fall track and cross country team to
the limit. A. number Of meets have
already been participated IN. but the
larger events are still in the future.
Saturday Lafayette meets Ursinus
in a six-miIe race. and q week later
the Middle Atlantic States champion
ships will be run at Lafayette. Thir-
teen colleges are members OF this or
ganiEation, and their cross country
run Is the largest event of this ma
ture during the season.
Lafayette is also entered in. the an
nual Meadowbrook Handicap run, to
be held in Fairmont Park on Thanks
giving Day, and is going to take a
full team to the s. A. T. C. champion
ships, which are scheduled to be held
in Philadelphia by the A. A. U.
Coach Bruce has lost many men to
officers training camps Seven of his
varsity squad were members of a
cent on Thursday to Camp
Zachary Taylor. Schmon, one OF the
seven, was a point winner in the
Middle Atlantic championships and
in the A A U. national senior champs
recently held in Chicago.
Bruce is. aside from his track work.
athletic and physical director OF Camp
Lafayette s. A. T. c.. and has Just
received notification OF his appoint
ment for the $4,000 war work fund
The appointment wss made by Sarl-
uel ]. Dallas. OF Philadelphia chair
man OF the committee.
The Washington times., 1918-11-08

will start the battle with the Fort
Myer men. Lynch and Etzel will play
ends. Ahearn and Moran will play
tackles; Goggan and Flaherty will be
in at guards; Heaphy will play center.
Quarterback will be held down by
Eldberry with CarIin, Flavin, and
Buckley in the backfield.
Georgetown will rally behind the
eleven with a will. A mass meeting
has been set for tonight, and it is un-
derstood that a big following will
march to the Hilltop TO cheer the
eleven.
GalIaUdet L. Ready.
Gallaudet College, with three vic
tories to its credit, is taking on the
Catholic University team. The Brook
landers recently played a tie engage
ment with the strong Seaman Gunner
outfit OF the Army and Navy Service
League, and may fool the Kendall
Green lads.
Capt. Tom Tracey. former C. L. star
athlete. is in charge OF activities az
Brookland. AS athletic officer Tracey
has started things going with a will,
and has earned the approval of all OF
The Washington times., 1918-11-08
Charlotte Russo Style
OF Football Has Gone
And Will Remain Away

How time changes things.
Thirteen years ago there was
a group OF reformers who called
for the abolition OF football on
The ground OF it's brutality ami
they managed to denatuTe the
good old-fashioned rough. red
bIooded sport. until 1t was a more
or less anaemic pastime, and
some colleges, notably Columbia,
abolished IL entirely. Recent
events In the world have proved
that the lad who knows how to
handle himself in a rough tussle
makes a first-class soldier. Won
der what the advocates OF char
lOtte russo football think now
that Nebraska University has
made football compulsory for all
students who are members OF
either the student army or navy
training corps?
The Washington times., 1918-11-08
GOT TO SHERDELL

The New York Giants last season
had their best games against Sher-
dell. OF St Louis. with flve victories
and no defeats: CoombS, Of RrooElyn,
four victories and one defeat: Nehf.
OF Boston. four victories and no do
feats: Hearne. Of Boston. three vic
tories and no defeats; Prendergast. or
Philadelphia, three victories and one
defeat
Tyler heat them four times and
lost only one game; while HendryN.
Vaughn, Cooper. E'Ier and Schneider ?
each took three games.
The Washington times., 1918-11-08
LOSES HIS SPEED

sam Kiyiat. younger brother Of
Abel Hivist. who is al the University
Of Pennsylvania, appears to have lost
his speed. In recent cross country
run the younEEte- finished twelfth in
a duel with the Meadowbrook Club,
of Philadelphia
The younger kivist when al Curtis
High School was looked upon as a
second edition OF his brother, and
when he enlisted with the Lawson
Robertson forces il was expected he
would prove an important factor in
all long-distance races.
The Washington times., 1918-11-08
RrnInn Do Cnnnt.

Terry Turner. CIeveIand's veteran
infieIder. who starred at third base
shortstop and second base with equa'
ease, says he was never told how Ia
field. lie learned by watching Bobby
Wallace. lie gays so himself. No
wonder Turner became a graceful in
fielder. for in all the years Il Is un.
likely that ever was seen a moro
graceful or accurate inficIdcr than
EhodcriCk DhU. as he used to be term
ed
But there Is another side IN this
Turner bad brains enough 10 gain
from WATCHING a better man perform
The Washington times., 1918-11-08
Wonder If This Happens
To Fit Any Golf Pros
You Happen to Know Of

Coming from a Long Island
golf course a visitor said to a
club member:
Seems to me your pro. isn't
playing as we'll as he used to.
Am I right?"
You're right, but don't know
the reason" was the reply.
Thereupon another member re-
marked: "Tll tell you what's the
matter. The pro. has spoofed so
much about his scores that every
time he goes out to play he has
to try to equal those igures.
Hence he is continually pressing.
and naturally he gets worse and
worse"
He is a living, breathing exam
pie Of the value OF honesty in the
game. Now, understand me,
don't mean to say he exaggerates
TO injure anybody. He just wants
TO appear big and important, and
can't keep from boasting."
The Washington times., 1918-11-08

ball House IN AUanta IN March, lSl
Swain was drafted by Jimmy Nc
Aleer in 1910 because he was a
hitter" Washington. then as now.
needed hitters. He arrived on time
and proved to be a big fellow. He
stood some six feet in height and
weighed 200 pounds. His shoulders
were enormous He seemed big
enough to hit EN- a mile. But he
had to. if be hoped to reach hrst
base.
No, Charlie didn't make the team.
He caught cold in his neck standing
out in that wind-swept center field
at Ponce de Leon park and suffered
agonies before departing for his
home in California He might have
begged of. but he insisted on prac-
ticinS every day. toting that stin
neck around with him. It must
have brought tears to his eyes TO
run and try for fly balls, but he
never quit until the end.
Here's the Story.
I'm not kicking about going back
to California" Swain told me one
day just before he got his tickets to
the Coast, for that's Gods country,
you know. I'd rather play in Cali
fornia than in the big league, any
way. As matter o. fat. I only
reported becuse the Washington club
was training in Georgia.
"Y'see, it's like this. Ny father
belongs in Georgia by rights. / was
born in California myself, but III
often beard of Georgia from my
father. So when the Washington
club drafted me end planned to
train here. | said to myself. Here's
chance TO see the old homestead
and I came on.
"But l guess I made a mistake. II
thought | could take an electric car
ride some day after working out and
go right to the place. The hotel
clerk over there says itll take me
six hours on the train TO get to the
town where my father lived. So
there's nothing doing for Charles.
I'm going right back to San Fran
CISCO
He Lost n Leg.
On being let out by the Washington
club. Swain returned to the coast
couple Of seasons until he Iost his
leg. Swain was a telegraph I'neman
when off the diamond. and, during
one winter he was run down by
motor car while going TO work. 1t wGs
found necessary to amputate one OF
mis- legs. HIS baseball days stopped
at once.
Several times within the last couple
OF years the Coast League teams held
benefit days for swain. and big
league players were also asked to
thsir mite to funds to keep
Rim. Though ou'y the told-timers
like Johnson Mcbride. Ainsmith and
Milan knew Swain. all the GrinS /
ferEieh o. er their money to the good .
cause. He had been a ball player
that was enough.
The Washington times., 1918-11-08
SIGNS UP JACKSON
By TAD

George Engsl. the new matchmaksr
OF the Olympic a. A. of Philadelphia.
> hustlins hard to sign up the stars
for the main event At the boxing show
to be brought off at the club on Mon
day evening. November IL. Engel has
already signed up Willie Jackson, the
local lightweight. He is anxious to
have Joe yelling so against jackson.
but as Welling cannot make ia
pounds. weigh in at the ringside. the
chances are that Engel will have to
look around for another man to box
Jackson
The Washington times., 1918-11-08
GOING ON TOP

Johnny WClGast, a brother Of the
former champion, Ad WoICast. is
fighting his way toward the weller
weight championship. To date. in
siXty-five battles, records show that
Johnny lots only two decisions. VOL
gaSt sent n telegram to a Western
promoter asking to have Johnny No
Carthy as his opponent in his next
battle
The Washington times., 1918-11-08
WILL KEEP PARK

BOSTON. Nov. s.-ThouEh James
r. Gaffney rendered the use OF
Braves Field to the Red SoN when
baseball is resumed. the offer Eas
been respectfully declined and the
worlds champions viii remain in
Fcnway Park. Frazee plans TO keep
Fepway Park for al Least two year
before selling II. by that time 1;
will be worth 4 small fortune.
The Washington times., 1918-11-08
FOOTBALL SEASON GETS UNDER WAY
WITH THREE GAMES HERE TOMORROW

Washington celebrate
failure of the college squads early start to the epi
military training
football campaigning general slump the
gid game
lifting ban, organization independent
general
sanction of the student training eevns the game
peced get and hustIng.
The Washington times., 1918-11-08

How can you kick goals when they
won't let you have the ball?" said
Charlie BrIckley at the Rutgers game
on election day, explaining his fail
ure 10 feature the contest. And
Charlie said a large. juicy mouthful.
epitomiZing football in a sentence.
The Washington times., 1918-11-08
what They Might Hav.>SaId.

mo, my friends, there must be no
war. for war is a frightful thing"
said Kaiser Wilhelm II.
You are right, your majesty" re-
piled General Won Hindenburg. Il am
an old soldier, and l speak from cx-
pcriencc."
Let me not climb 10 throne
through oceans Of blood" Joined in
the crown prince.
But they didn't, and the world
wept.
The Washington times., 1918-11-08
LOOKING 'EM OYER
: By LOUIS A. BOUCHER

goodnatured, happygoucky Charlie Swain
He a
story probably written before Charlie, the
writer knows the only ball player who
club Gin order to fnd possible the old
father emgrated California Swain told story
in Atnntn in Mar
The Washington times., 1918-11-08
IT'S ON AGAIN

The eight-round bout between
frankie Burns, OF Jersey City, and
Johnny Ertle. the crack bantam o:
Sc Paul. Is on again and will be
fought at The Kew Jersey Sportsmen's
CLUB at Weehawkcn. n. J.
The Washington times., 1918-11-08
JUST GRABBED OFF

Charley Doom took no chances
while the "fiu" was bad, and wore.
his old catcher's mask every day.
Philadelphia North American.
The Washington times., 1918-11-08
state Do Conndcnf.

the lads in training. c. L. is sure to
turn out big following.
State Is CONFIDENT
By a peculiar coincidence Maryland
State and Western Maryland fell vic
Tins to the Camp Leach team, of the
Service League, by the same score.
Predictions are rife that the BaItI-
more engagement between the con-
tenders for the Maryland title will be
hot one.
State is known to have improved
materially. Camp Leach players re-
port the Western Maryland team as
having a fast team and one capable
OF throwing a jolt into the College
Park machine.
The Washington times., 1918-11-08

There is nothing more thrilling on
a chilly afternoon than to sit in a
concrete stand and watch q 123 70 b
football debacle.-New York Amer
lean.
The Washington times., 1918-11-08

Big league baseball could pick up
4 big farmer vote with Wheat and
Cobb and HoyE and lot of MuE-
phy5.-Sew York Evening Telegram
The Washington times., 1918-11-08

while he himself was green. That's
why Terry has held on, being now th-.
oldest major Lacquer in continuous
active service
The Washington times., 1918-11-08
PIN LEO

Maryland Jorkcy Ciah
Pail -MprtinE. NoEenlbeT TO Il .
Admission, St-s6, IhelsdisE War Ta4. Kirsl
Race t:3a r. M.
SpeciaI Exeursion-W-. n & A.. g 81 fyEaS
tax lZc)- Ticket inciudes adtnlasiSn 70
IracH. t5c, addiIional var tax nIuat -
paid ~h-l exchange is made for Edmis-
GioE tTcIet At Piuilicp race track =