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Evening star., 1918-09-22
lon1en Conduct Gas Hospital in France

the new venture. This makes the third
hospital unit sent to France by the Ma
ttonnl American Woman Suffrage Asso-
ciation.. Mrs. Brown. fourth, vice presi-
dent of the organization. who came
, back to the United States, with the re-
quest from France, selected the staff
for the: gas hospital and upon receipt
of the, cable urging haste returned with
some of the more Important members
The chief physiciars chosen by Mrs.
Brown Is DIR. Mary Louise Lefort Of
New York city, a specialist in skin dis
eases. sUnti1 now DR.. Iaefort has been
with that Joint organization of the War
and Navy departments known as the
commission on training camp activities.
She has reluctantly been. released for
the more unique and more stringent
work; and will have with her in close
association four general practitioners,
an opthalmologist and a laryngologist.
In particularly close relation will be DR.
Adah McMahon of Lafayette, Ind, sur
geon of no mean status. and nr. Irene
Morse, who gives her home. address as
Clinton, Mass. These three Monleia are
to-: be' greatly depended upon by the
French Service de sante,, under which
the Women's overseas hospitals are OBJ
Grating. DIR. LefOrt Is said to be re-
markable llnguist, and the facility with
which necessary communication can, be
carried on on foreign soil devolves upon
her both additional duties and leader
The National. Suffrage Association
Is equipping the hospital, with 800
beds, and 1t is expected that there
will be for a long time to come
waiting list from among the victims
of German barbarity. The French
government Is reported as so de-
sirous of this special help from
American women that the upieep. OF
the enterprise is volunteered for by
the war department there.
There Ia opportunity for American
women skilled in variety of occu--
pations. Already women from all
over the country are represented
among those selected or volunteer
ing their services for the first gas
hospital In existence. The nurses
aids seem to have. the widest range
of habi,atiun, California and New
York and many states between send
ing volunteers. More nurses, more
aids and women merely WillinG--and
capable-to help in IL general way
are wanted.
The volunteers must be wholly self
supporting, however. for the first six
months. The association asks that
each one offering her services have
no less than $500 assured her for
this period. After the end of the
six months the trained workers Will
be given maintenance. nurses
aid must have had at least three
months hospital training in order to
ft her even for the service Nithout
maintenance.
All doctors and nurses reauircdSwiil
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together "in terms of, the business
World; Miss Mary Buchanan, wise
Scotch girl, works with her. and of
late q volunteer Mrs. Ibbotson Leon
ard. who was q Miss Brinton Of Phil
adelphia, has, Joined them. w. =
imagine large corner house in the
small retail .busfless center OF. Tours.
Crowded shops are, all around; and
nve stories -Qf crowded fats above.
They have the whole building, with
recreation hall and rest rooms. The
highSr floors are.,enttrely. given to
english classes. EARLY In the, morn
inBs, through. the noon spell and the
long evenings after work hours: tho
Foyer ~ scrowded-with French girls In
Tours, all excited. Eight hundred be-
long to the French club: =
7. 1T y a club" says Miss .Woolley,'
and tho only opposition to the,
streets. cafes and cinerlas. They .c6me
TO freshen up visit. make ,acQuairlt-
rancAs. rest, have theatricalss and hear
music. Our fees arc 10 cents per
month. including the island Club!
TO- give an, idea they are paying. " A
mother Of Tours, q hard -worislnE
woman, came ana said: r will Give
you, 81. per month for each. Of my
two dshghters, II you will keep them
Of eventngs.'. There are no clubs or
associations. for girls in France, ana
there, Was, no: need Of them. because
the girls lived. in sheltered homes.
Now they are forced by the war to
60 out, and take the places. Of men.
Theya earn money and see examples.
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have sailed before this article is
printed, but there are other women
to follow. These are now being re-
cruited. The nurses and aids win have
a uniform-blooncrs and blouses,
with short skirts, in which they can
have every freedom of movement
their wide range of duties may de-
mand. Chauffeurs are needed too.
Women OF income are necessary for
this work
!: x
DR. McMahon was the first woman to
he selected for place in the personnel of
tho gas hospital. She has two degrees
from Indiana University and II third
from Northwestern University. She
has for some time been consulting ply
sician on the staff of the Home Hos
pital at Lafayette, Ind; also giving
lectures to the young women OF Indiana
University. She is given credit for the
system of registration OF births now in
use in her state. Her work in France
will he valued partly because OF her
skill in surgery
For its Immediate needs the ras
hospital must have two ambulanr"s
and two trucks. ono threc-ton and
one two-ton. These trucks are de-
signed by American doctors and viii
carry equipment used III the treat
ntent of gas cases.
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Army. nurses Of the Boston medical
unit arrived ON the noon express in
two parties on their way. to the new
nearby. Under Guidance Of g Trench
first day sought their dinner afoot
i've repeated. s.: saw them, going
about. IN good order. Interested and
. Too sudden, and numerous for the
restaurants. barred by their sex from
the. Omcers' Club four pushed reso-
lutely. into q beautiful hotel, but the
remainder, were intimidated and the
interpreted didn't know The large
Z. NJ. G. A. restaurant explained. re-.
gretfuily.,. that rules forbade them to
serve even "a. glass Of water to
women: Distances are. long; hire. con-
Neyance for such numbers are impos-
sible. and the legal. lunch i1our. passed
in walking. Finally they got q meat
tea at the hostess house. -,
This > girls independent work for
girls. Il give two instances) permitted
the Boston unit. nurses to freshen up.
restore themselves, rest, regain their
serenity and foot 1t for the Joue troll
ley. with good cheer OIL. each occasion.
1T. is perfectly right" says Miss
Edith Granger. In charge OF the
hostess house. In Its own grounds on
an avenue OF cathedral eln1s. 1--WE
constantly, feed Y. W. c, A.. gk'ls as
part. of. our, work. Naturally. they
pay. The hostess house is q transient
hotel; "a home, artcahouse. and club
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CldAIS requested 10 Ouer tnelF
services by the French government. Yet
Mrs Raymond Brown, an ardent advo-
cate of woinen's wider range of useful
ness. has recently returned from France
with just such request. 1t was issued
from the French war department, and is
an honor not to be. despscd. 1t is al
most an cntreaty. and concerns the
stafilng OF n gas hospital to be run en-
tirely by women.
This is the only hospital of the kind
In the world. Gas patients heretofore
were quartered with other sick and
wounded soldiers. But the French be-
lieve the time has come when this
should be changed. and American
women have proudly agreed to take UP
the task. Not as q task, either. but
from Y. glad sense of patriotism.
The hyst contingent of the personnel
has already sailed. as reccht cable
~ y 90. f.ss.pssl.+,l.. al Ia
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-19
ECHOS FROM THE PAST

Just nine years ago today, Feb. 10,
1909, Abe Attell and Jem Driscoll
boxed 10 rounds to a draw at New
York. This bout deserves to be re-
membered as one of the fastest,
cIeanest and most sensational glove
affairs in ring history. The little
Hebrew and the clever Welshman
were we'll matched in height, speed,
experience and ringcraft. and the fans
who gathered at the old National
Sporting club to see the rookus got a
run for their money such as the spec
tators seldom get at a New York
boxing show. Both boys had every
thing and they used it, which is too
infrequently the case in no-decision
bouts between top-notchers. Driscol1
has had few equals in cleverness, and
in his career fought the best feather
weights and lightweights of Great
Britain France and America. Jem is
said to have enlisted in a Welsh regi-
ment early in the war. No news has
been received of him for over two
wears, Which may mean that he has
given his life for his country, or ia
so busy fighting that he hasn't time
to say anything about himself.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-19
F RENCH BANTAM
WINNER over
JOE LYNCH

Philadelphia, Feb. ia good left
jab proved to be a better asset than
a right hand swing in the seething
clash between Benny Vulgar, claimant
to the bantam title of France, and
Joe Lynch, the latest K. o. sensa-
ton, in the main battle at the Olym-
pia last night. A capacity gathering
witnessed the downfall of the con-
queror of Kid Williams, Vulgar jab-
bling his way to a win in every one of
the six rounds.
The result was another one of those
surprises to which the Quaker City
fans have grown accustomed. Lynch
eliminated Williams with his knock
out punch and along came Valgar,
jabbed, jabbed and jabbed some more.
He stuck so many south paw hooks
into the unprotected face of the rangy
Lynch that Joe's nasal was weeping
continually for the last four rounds.
Vulgar will meet Tommy Shea of
New Haven in the main bout at the
Commercial A. c.. Boston, on the
afternoon of Washington'S Birthday.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-19
CUBS NEED HIM,
WEAVER'S CLAIM
TO DRAFT BOARD

Harry Weaver, the recruit
pitcher of the Chicago Cubs, who
played an important part in New
Ravens winning of the Eastern
League pennant last year, feels
that he is needed to pitch the Cubs
to a National League pennant and
therefore he should not be asked
to go to war.
A few days ago, so the story
goes, Weaver was hailed before the
draft board in his home town,
Warren, Pa. He Immediately
asked to be exempted because the
Cubs had a splendid chance to
win the pennant and needed every
man available. Weaver's plea fell
on deafening ears. however, and
the former Beau Brunmel of Savin
Rock submitted to a physical eX-
animation and passed. He is now
neryously awaiting the call to
active service.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-19
STARS
FOR LEAGUE
ACROSS SEA
Anglo American Circuit Is
Launched In England
and France

IN overseas professional baseball
organization to be composed of six
clubs and to known as the Anglo
: American League has been launched,
according to W. A. Parsons. who was
in this city yesterday on. hunt for
players. Howard E. Booker of San
Francisco. who has been active in
English sporting circles and on the
turf for the last eight years, has re-
ceived permission from the British
War Office to start the league in Eng
land. .l
London, Paris and Brighton are
sure of places in the league. Three
clubs will be located at camps-with
representation likely for Aix-les-
Bains and Vichy, recreation centres
for American troops.
The league will play a five-month
/ season, opening on April 1 and clos
ing on Sept. 1. Owing to the rainy
season in London in the early fall it
was deemed advisable to close. at this
date. Twenty-Five per cent. of the
/ receipts will go to the Red Cross.
Booker, who is promoting the
| league, says both the British and
French officials strongly indorse the
project as they all have been won
over to democratizing features of
American baseball Booker has the
moving picture privileges at the larg-
est training camps in England, in
Guiding the great camp at Salisbury
Plain, and is well acquainted with
high officials in the London War Of
fee.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-19
C CHARGES PACT
TO HOLD OUT
IN MAJORS

New York, Feb. 19.-When the ma
Jor league club owners were here last
week they put their heads together
and compared notes on the holdouts
among their players. They were so
surprised at the stubborn attitude of
the players over the general cuts
which were made in all salaries that
one club owner believes that there is
some understanding among the play
ers to refrain from signing until they
are paid the salaries they received
last season.
Last year the players had an agree
ment not to sign because of the i'm
pending baseball strike, and thew
found that this threat to the club
owners resulted in greater demand for
their services than usual. At the
close of last season when it was in
eVitable that war conditions would
force the club owners to reduce sal
aries, it is stated that the players of
more than one club banded together
and decided to fight the reduction by
taking their own sweet time about
signing this spring.
| That is why there are so many I'M
signed players in the major leagues
Usually at this stage of the season
most of the veteran players are in
line, but it is significant that the only
players signed in the two major
leagues now are those on a few clubs
whose unusually good work last year
protected them from the general cut
| in pay.
The club owners at their meetings
here discussed the salary question at
some length, and they pointed out
that the ball players do not seem to
realize that this country is at war
and that conditions are not what they
would be in normal times. The pub
lie attitude toward baseball players
who are holding out for more money,
will be much the same, a prominent
baseball man pointed out yesterday,
as their attitude toward striking en-
p3oyes in other occupations. The sym
pathy which is usually with them will
Iibe missing this year.
There is an understanding among
the club owners that no effort will be
made to compromise with the players
who are holding out by prearrange-
ment. The salary reduction decided
upon by the various clubs was not
carried out until after due delibera-
ton, and, it was one of the most i'm
iportant of several features.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-19
PRINCETON PLANS
SPRING BASEBALL,

Princeton, N. J., Feb. 19-As a
result of the conference of Dean
Briggs of Harvard, Prof. Corwin Of
Yale and Dean McClenahan of Prince
ton last Friday at New Haven, the
sense of which confidence was favor
able to intercollegiate athletics this
spring provided they are conducted on
simple and inexpensive scale, a
meeting of all baseball men was held
today to discover the interest mani
tested by the students in varsity base
ball this spring and to draw up plans
for the season.
w. A. Buell., manager of the nine
who has just returned to college from
a Y NJ. C. A. unit abroad, laid the
plans of the athletic association be-
fore the men. In spite of the short
notice given, over fifty men reported
-thirty-one varsity and nineteen
freshman candidates.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-19
HOPPE CHALLENGED,
MAKES Big DEMAND
Billiard Champion Will Not
Play Cochran for Less
Than $4,000 Wager

New York, Feb. 19-Willie Hoppe,
worlds balkline billiard monarch, has
been challenged by Welker Cochran.
it was learned yesterday, for the
championship at 1872. However, I'M
less Hoppe moderates his conditions
for a match there is little chance of
an arrangement in the immediate fu-
ture.
Having vanquished all opponents at
1872, ISL and al, Hoppe shows a
disposition to give his crown undue
protection. Although Hoppe got the
match in which he won the title by
putting up $500 side bet, and never
was compelled to post a larger amount
he now insists that Cochran shall
wager five times the original $500,
which would mean a sidebet of $4,000
for a boy who is just beginning to
show form indicating he has cham
pionship class.
This proclamation by the Gar of
the billiard world reached this city
yesterday from the West, and it was
accompanied by the additional con-
dition that the champion would re-
fuse to play in New York, for the rea-
son that a match in San Francisco
would draw more money.
Hoppe is in a position to dictate,
for the balkline emblems are his per-
sonal property and he need not play a
match with any one unless he chooses.
The only way in which he could be
forced to play for the championship
would be for the Brunswick-Balke-
CoJJ 1f -
to establish a tournament and put a
new emblem into competition. AS
there are not enough players of note
to warrant a tournament there is no
prospect of such a move being made.
! 1t is not on record that cham
pion has demanded a, side bet of more
| than $500 for a match for the title,
and the action of Hoppe is an innova-
! ton that will not be popular with the
other players.
Since Hoppe made the trophies his
| personal property he has been en-
gagged in touring the country almost
constantly, and is reported to have
cleared from $4,000 to $500 a veal
in exhibition work.
This fact has made him quite in
different to match play or the defence
OF his title. The prospects of Coch-
ran or any other balk liner getting :
match with Hoppe are by no mean:
| rosy Robert Benjamin, Hoppe.
manager, sent this word from the
West:
Hoppe does not have to play any
body for nothing; but it is possible
| that h6 NAV arrange a. match to star
off his fifth tour next season. Be
sides the proceeds from his~annua
trips Hoppe has been offered $4,000
by a moving picture concern for GER
tain appearances, which he is consid
ering.
1.-The only title matches which h
feels he should be expected to pla'
are those with legitimate rivals. H
thinks that all contenders should an
nua1ly be determined by tournamen
of all the hopes the winner to have
chance at the world honors"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-19
AnSO1ia
ZBYSZKO TRAINING
FOR BIG MATCH

New York, Feb. 19.-When Joe
Stecher and Wladek zbyszko meet on
the mat at Madison Square Garden on
Friday, March 1, two wonderful sys-
TENS of wrestling will clash. The
world knows the hold developed by
the Western farmer lad, a crushing
grasp that is famed as the body scis-
sors hold. zbyszko is widely known
for his deadly toe hold.
The body scissors furnishes more
fascination to the spectators. for to
obtain this boa constructor coil ,Stech-
er is forced to work from behind his
opponent. For this reason when he
engages in a bout it is always replete
with action. On the other hanI
Zbyszko always bears in on his OPP
ponent to wear him down, AMI when
the right moment arrives to put on
the hold that forces acknowledgment
of defeat Or serious injury.
Zbyszko yesterday began active
training for the match.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-19
FRATERNITY WINS
IN SUING FRAZEF;

New York, Feb. 19-Supreme Court
Justice Finch issued an order yester-
day directing Harry H. Frazee, theat-
rical producer and president of the
Boston American League Baseball
club, to appear this morning to show
cause why he should not be declared
in contempt of court for failure to
appear Feb. 2 at supplementary pro-
ceedings called in connection with a
judgment of $2,947, obtained against
him by the Baseball Players Fra
ternity, Inc.
The judgment was obtained by the
fraternity in behalf of Kurt w. Hage-
man, a pitcher of the Boston Red Sox
team, who was released in 1912.
Breach of contract was alleged.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-19
JOHN D. SAVES
FUELLESS ONES

Tarrytown, N. Y. Feb. ia hun
dred or more families living in the
vicinity of the Pocantico Hills estate
of John D. Rockefeller were furnish
ed with a plentiful supply of coal
during the recent cold weather At
thes uggestion of the local fuel ad-
ministrator Mr.. Rockefeller prevent
ed the coal famine from causing suf-
fering in and around Ossining, where
his own trucks delivered coal to
another 100 families.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-19
COLUMBIA CREW
MAY MEET YALE

New York, Feb. 19-In addition to
rowing Princeton and Pennsylvania in
the race for the Childs Cup, which
will probably be held on Carnegie
Lake, Princeton, early in May, the Co
lumbia varsity crew may meet Yale
and Harvard in dual regattas, accord
ing to reports at Morningside Heights
yesterday.
The race for the Childs Cup is virtu-
ally certain, and it is understood that
if the Poughkeepsie and New London
regattas are not continued, which
seems probable, arrangements will be
made for races between Columbia and
both Yale and Harvard.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-19
SYNAGOGUE CEREMONY

Members of Ahawath Achim Con-
gregation held an interesting cere-
mony at their synagogue in Cherry
street last evening when the Torah,
burned in a recent fire in the build
ing was recopied, and the Scrolls of
Law were replaced by Rabbi William
Wittenstein. Many of the prominent
Jews of the city were present.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-19
HARVARD STANDS
PAT ON "INFORMAL"

New Haven, Conn, Feb. 19.-An ex-
PLANTATION of the new stand on sports
taken by Harvard, Yale and Prince
ton as the result of the conference
among Dean LIE Baron Briggs. Prof.
Corwin and Dean McClennanahan
here last Saturday. is made by Dean
Briggs in a statement in the Yale
News today. He declares that sport
at the three colleges will be continued
on an informal basis, with the excep-
ton of schedules. He adds that the
term informal" has been misinter-
preted.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-19
TABERSKI TAKES
Three MATCHES
IN ONE DAY

Frank Taberski, the pocket billiard
expert, took three games here yes
terday. He beat Bert Marshall at the
Athens Pool parlors 100 to 8, Henry
Osborne at James Kelly's, 100 to 20
and Al Brothweu at the Seaside club,
125 to IS.
In the afternoon, against Marshall
he ran off 54, against Osborne in the
evening AZ and later against Broth
well, 46.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-19
Talk OF Sports

Columbia will meet the College of
the City of New York in swimming
and water polo in the pool in the
Morningside Heights gymnasium to-
night John D. Kennedy, captain of
the varsity football eleven for next
season, has been named acting leader.
Cincinnati fans are urging Matty to
try to pitch this season. Now that
Tony and Eller are probably lost to
the Reds, the Queen City's pitching
staff is, in a bad way.
Phil Douglas of the Cubs was op-
Grated on for appendicitis the other
- 1ay+'1t his home in Tennessee, and
the report is that he will not be
ready for work till July. Still, the
Mitchell outfit has a formidable array
with Alexander, Tyler and Vaughn as
a neucleus.
Maybe it's because baseballs so
much like oranges that so many re-
tired players devote the rest of their
lives to growing oranges, or maybe
they enjoy having a catch with the
orange pickers when the crop is
ripe.
But then, there are a lot Of eX-
players who go to chicken farming
Here's where our theory falls down
Eggs amt like baseballs, are they?
Yes, they are! When they're foul
Couch! Throw him outD
Barney Dreyfuss of Pittsburgh
rather than jeopardize the deal which
sent Manaux to Brooklyn, agreed tc
remit the fine and give Mamaux &
5 check for the amount deducted from
his salary.
Eddie Ainsmith and Ed Charity
will do the catching for the Senators
now that John Henry has been allow.
ed to go to the Boston Braves.
The latest holdouts of the Cardinal.
are Cruise and Long, the two out
f1elders. who have refused to accep
the cut in salary made by Presiden
Branch Hickey. AS Jack Smith re
fused to sign his contract few week
ago the entire Cardinal outfield i
now in state of rebellion.
The Yankees unloaded two NOR
pitchers onto the minor leagues yes
terday. They are Dan Triple an
Cliff Markle, two youngsters, who cam
to the club heralded as world heater
a. few seasons ago. Triple cost tn
Yanks a cold $4,000. Markle shove
great promise for a while and shove
unusual ability in beating the Bosto
Red Sox several times. Triple las
season was with Baltimore and Mark
was sent to Toronto, but refused t
play. Manager Higgins has shippe
them both to the St. Paul club of tn
American Association.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-19
LONDON BANKS MERGE

London, Feb. 1S-A fusion has
been arranged between the London
City and Midland bank and the Lon
don Joint Stock bank under the title
of the London Joint City and Mid
land bank. The combined banks have
deposits and liabilities of 280,000,000
pounds, exceeding by 100000
pounds those of any other English
bank,