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Imperial Valley press., 1918-02-18
COURT MARTIAL FOR
C0L0RED SOLDIERS
(By Associated PreSSl

San Rntonio, Feb. 1S.-Court mar
tial has begun of forty enlisted MEM
bers of the Twenty Fourth infantry,
colored. The charges are murder and
mutiny. This is the third trial grow
ing out of the Houston outbreak, Au-
gust %, when twenty persons were
killed and others injured. In the two
previous trials seventy-three were
convicted, thirteen of whom were
hanged.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-02-18
New Japanese Ambassador.
(By Associated Press)'

Washington, Feb. 1S.-Viscount
Ishii has been appointed to succeed
Ambassador Salo at Washington. The
latter has been transferred to the un-
assigned roll of diplomatic representa-
tives in Toxic.
Count Ishii headed the imperial
Japanese mission visited Washington
last August to extend the thanks of
the japanese emperor for the entry
of America into the war on the side
of the Entente. The former mission
soon expanded into one of the most
important diplomatic achievements in
the history of the relations between
America and Japan.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-02-18
HELGE THENBERG IS
NOW FIRST LIEUTENANT

Walter Hamilton, F. A. WOLF, Tom
Force and S. E. Miller visite Camp
Kearney Saturday and messed with
Battery d. Boys, who were in fine
fettle and glad to hear that they
would soon be on their way to France.
Helge Thenberg has been promoted
to a lieutenancy, attached to head
quarters of the artillery regiment.
The FL Centre men learned that the
Swedish surveyor had proved himself
an efficient officer, and he looks tho
part.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-02-18
IMPERIAL -LAGUNA co.
HOLDS ANNUAL MEETING

Stockholders of the Imperial-La-
guna Water Company met in annual
session at the office of the company
on Main street, this city, Saturday,
and elected the following directors:
Mark NJ. Rose, Ernest Poston, c. d.
Hartshorn, c. M. Berry and w. F.
Gillett. The directorate then organ
lied and elected Mark Rose president,
&C. NJ. Berry secretary and c. d. Harts-
horn vice president.
Reports on the progress of the
project for watering the East Side
mesa were received and discussed.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-02-18

Dee Kimura, who has 800 acres un-
der cultivation, and 624 of it under
vegetables, says that ne is beginning
to ship about car or so a day and
will send out between 300 and 400 cars
of lettuce, says the Holtville Tribune
81 believe l raised the first canta-
loupe ever grown in Imperial Valley,
stated Mr.. Kimura.
81 took up some ground near Draw
ley and started to raise cantaloupes
| left two years later on account of
the Colorado river flood. | started
my present ranch last wear. l have
under cultivation about 62A acres of
lettuce and other vegetables, and 126
acres in barley.
vegetables and other perishable
produce has been selling very light
particularly in the East, where the
transportation facilities have been
very bad, but everything is beginning
to resume its normal trend, and
will ship probably 400 cars of lettuce
curing the season."
Imperial Valley press., 1918-02-18
GERMAN ARMY MAN IS
UNDER ARREST IN La
A(By Associated Pressl

Los Angeles, Feb. 18.-Paul Won
Bismarck, thirteen years a member of
the imperial German army, is held in
custody pending completion of intern
ment proceedings. Federal authorities
claim to have obtained valuable infor-
nation among his effects concerning
his movements in many cities.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-02-18
New Russian Consul Sidetracked.
fBy Associated Press)

Washington, Feb. 18.-Bolsheviki
Foreign Minister Trotsky has with
drawn the appointment of John Reed
as Russian consul general at New
York, Ambassador Francis has cabled
the State Department, Reed is now at
Stockholm en- route to the United
States, where he is under indictment
for violation of the espionage law.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-02-18
jPAY NONFN SAME WAGES
As MEN IN STO|hI iRDS
(By Associated Press)

Chicas g, Feb. 18.-J. Ogd ~ Ar
nLnr, testifying at the stock
yards hearing, favored paying
women performing the same serY.
ice as men the same wages. He
stated he believed the packing
house employees should receive
extra pay for overtime, Sundays
and holidays. Complaint had
been made that the packing house
workers wer abused and under
paid.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-02-18
Ratio of Deaths Small.
(Bv Associated Press)

Fort Worth, Feb. 18.-A Statement
from American aviation headquarters
here shows that twenty of the thirty
one killed during four months on
the three flying fields were English
The ratio is considered small con-
sidering the hazards.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-02-18
President Will Appoint.
(By Associated Press)

/ Washington, Feb. 1S.-The Senate
finance committee has amended the
war finance corporation bill to give
the president instead of Commissioner
McAdoo power to appoint the direc-
tors. .....l.... .............
Imperial Valley press., 1918-02-18
Carpenters Strike Is Over.
(By Associated Press J

New York, Feb. l8.-John Rice, ma
tional organizer of the United Broth
erhood of Carpenters and Joiners said
the strike had ended at Atlantic ship
yards. Several thousand carpenters,
still idle, are expected to return to-
morrow.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-02-18
Fair Weather.
(By Associated Press)

San Francisco, Feb. 18.-Fair
weather is predicted for the next thir-
ty-six hours. Rain drenched the state
yesterday, giving the South the first
Iappreciable precipitation. -
Imperial Valley press., 1918-02-18
RESUMES WAR
AGAINST THE BOLSHEVIKS S
(By Associated Press)

S;otk I'm, Feb. IS. The So
cial Hcmokraten states that the
ic,itGpic powers resumed war
against Russia. SATURDAY, 'hc
sni,'.:e Of EsthOnia and LivOnia
hing the immediate Oh:e: i've of
4 stcOn;r movement to tn south
east Of Riga. Thousands Of
trooLs and big guns are moving
ea>t";ru in many dire,tinrG
Imperial Valley press., 1918-02-18
SENATOR ARRESTED

Follows BOlo Pasha, With Whom He
Was Connected by Pros luton -
Charged With COnnivins With the
Enemies of France-Incriminatine
Papers Are Seized.
(By Associated Press)
Paris, Feb. 18.-Charles Humbert,
senator from the Meuse and propri-
etor of the Journal, has been arrest
ed. .
Humbert was arrested at his cha
teau by secret service men, who in
.spected papers at his home and seized
Imperial Valley press., 1918-02-18
Air Raid on L.
(By Associated

by Associated
London, Feb. 18.-S
killed and forty-one ii
aerial attacks Saturda.
London. Each time
plane reached London
dropped on the south
Saturday night. On'
tackers fell into the
airplanes attached S
bombs were dropped
of London.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-30
FUND STARTED
BY AN APPEAL
Foxy Gria Answers Call 81
Boy in France Organiz-
ing His Hobby.

A little over a year ago. an earnest
appeal from a second lieutenant OF an
engineer regiment doing duty at a
prominent post back Of the lines In
france for athletic equipment to out
at five teams was mailed Clark c.
Griffith, manager of the Nationals.
This was the birth of the Bat and
BAH fund, as Clark Griffith responded
and has been responding to the call
Of the boys in colors both in this
country and "over there" ever since.
Up to the present time thte Griffith
Bat and Ball fund has given the
boys about 5000 balls, 1900 bats.
1000 catchers masks, 4,04 catcher's
mitts, 1000 chcest protectors. 1000
first baseman's mitts, 1900 base
bags, more than 10000 fielders gloves
and thousands upon thousands Of
baseball guides. score cards, sweat
ers, boxing gloves, shoes and count
less other articles. In all, It has
furnished a greater part of the base
ball goods that have been sent over
there.
Clark Griffith's appeal to President
Wilson and the secretaries OF the
War Department and the Navy, as
we'll as OlneT men OE lTiiucHCc, 10
largely responsible for the interest
that is being taken to keep the SOL
diers physically Mt by athletic sports.
"A soldier is only half a soldier
until he becomes athletically train
ed" This is the note of thanks that
Gen. Pershing sent to the Old Fox
for The work that he has done for
the American expeditionary forces.
The Bat and Ball fund was or
ganized April 20, 1s17.' and was prac-
,tically at that time the only war
fund of its kind in existence. Since
then a great many organizations have
copied from the work and the gov
ernment itself L. buying athletic
equipment for its fighting men.
The sporting goods manufacturers
deserve credit for the way they
have supported the plan. Not a
penny has been made by any of
these houses, although the advertis-
ing they have received has more
than paid them for furnishing the
goods at cost.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-30
SECOND GAME.

Walter johnson who has been going
along like q world beater the past two
weeks ran up against a snag in the
person of Sam Jones. the star Of the
Red Sox bull pen in the second game.
sam, who has been with the Sox for
two seasons, today started his second
game in that time. A few days ago
he was pitted against Norton. Of
Cleveland. and lost his game by the
score Of 1 to 0. Today Sam reversed
the tables. winning his game by the
score of to o. ~..
johnson held the Sox to seven hits,
three Of which were made by Amos
Sfrunk. The former star Of the
Athletics came through with a triple
in the eighth inning that sent two
runs across the plate and put the
game on ice.
The Sox scored their first run in the
opening inning in the following man.
ner: Hooper singled and stole second
after Shean had been retired on a
hunt ny. strunk's single to short put
Hooper on third. and whiteman walk
ed. McInnis then flied to deep left
and Hooper scored.
The Senators never did have a
chance to score on Jones. as not one
Of them succeeded In getting beyond
second base. Shotten attempted to
steal third in the third inning but was
thrown cut; Agnew TO Thomas. sam
The Washington herald., 1918-05-30
TIGER FIGURES
KAYO ROUTE
Kid Williams Confident He
Will Knock Out Young
Clancy Saturday.

Baltimore. Nd. May 2s.-Those in
innate friends OF Kid Williams who
have seen him go through his train
ing stunts in the morning while shap-
ing up for his all-important bout
with Young Clancy next Saturday
afternoon at Oriole Park before the
American Athletic Association are
confident that the Kid will win by a
knockout. They are not belittling
the Wolf Boys job in the slightest.
for they realize to the fullest that
Clancy is q vastly improved boy
today over what he has been at any
time in his career. No one can
belittle the fact that IN his bout
with Champion Pete Herman Young
Clancy went in and fought the same
as IL he were tackIing an ordinary
preliminary tighter. There was moth
ing about any title that caused him
the slightest flutter OF nervousness.
and he fought a slashing battle every
step Of the distance. II should also
be remembered that Clancy made 12c
pounds for Herman, while the lat
ter came in at catchweights and
surely had the better OF the pound
age.
Williams friends take all this into
consideration, but at the same time
they point out that Williams never
looked better and never punched
harder than he is doing at the pres
ent time. He is fast and chock full
OF confidence. He has not gone back
on his word that he will quit the
ring II he does not beat Andy, but
IL might be added that the Kid is
not entertaining any thoughts Of
quitting the game. for he is mighty
sure of handing his opponent a real
package next Saturday afternoon.
The Tiger is advising all his friends
to add 10 their war savings stamp
fund by having a good-sized bet on
him next Saturday.
Young CLANCY has changed his
training camp from Doyle's to Oriolt
Park. where he is now working out in
the open under the same conditions
that will prevail next Saturday. The
platform has been put up at tn,
grounds, as the team is away, and
CLANCY does his work right under
the blazing sun, so that, no matter
how hot II may be next Saturday, h,
will feel strictly at home. One thins
is certain. and that is no matter how
well Williams may be conditioned
next Saturday he will have nothine
on Andy in this respect. He is trained
to the minute. for Bletzer knows full
well that il Andy comes through next
Saturday his boy will be the big at.
traction here and in many other
places and that Williams downfall
will be accomplished.
Danny Frush, Young Chaney'I
stablemate. is in good shape for hi,
acid test with Benny Mcneil, the
Canadian champion, In their ten
round semi-windup. Mcneil ha,
knocked down practically every boy
he has ever met and he is a vicioui
slugger. Frush will have TO be at hi,
best in this match TO win and the
bout promises to be a speedy AFFAIR
Mcneil Is now under the manage,
ment Of Phil Glassman. who is alsc
manager for Lew Tender. The lat
ter will be over to act as McNeirs
second. Glassman Is also dickerfns
with a well-known Quaker how Il
meet Frankie Rice in an eight.
rounder. His name will be an,
nounced today.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-30
QUANTICO MARINES
In PHILLY TODAY

Philadelphia. Pa, May 2-The ma
Tlnes of Quantico. Va. owing to the
refusal Of the Southern teams to
meet them. have come North for
their games, and on Memorial Dav
will meet Strawbridge & CIothier at
Sixty-third and Walnut streets. to-
morrow. The Marine Band, from
League Island. with a COMPANY Of
jackies. will be present to meet the
virginia boys. Yates or Pierson will
be in the box for Strawbridge e.
Clothier. with Lidgate behind the bat
Among the luminaries of the team
are Jack Miller. at second base, who
played last year with the st. Louis
Cardinals. and has been known for
Years as one Of the most consistent
hitters OF the National League ana
Mig Clarke, formerly OF the Cleye-
land Maps. whose work behind the
bat was a feature Of the play Of that
ciuo. Besides Miller and Clark. the
Quantico team boasts a number OF
other former major leaguers. In the
box they have Red Ormsby. Of the
chicago Cubs. Chicago Feds and 81
Paul American Association clubs.
Mike Cantwell, formerly Of the New
York Yankees; Singleton, Of the Ohio
state League, and Smith. a Young
pitcher whose work among semi-nro
clubs around Philadelhpia brought
MIN TO the attention OF Connie Mack
The Washington herald., 1918-05-30
SPORT DEATHS
FOR THE YEAR
Many Well Known Athletes
Have Gone West" Since
Last Memorial Day.

- As one gazes back over the last L
months. by far the most fatal % men
closely connected with sport, 1t is i'm
possible to refrain from trying to
break the veil and contemplate the
ravages Of the coming year, with
thousands Of our athletes at war.
Since last Memorial Day some of the
most prominent figures in sport have
gone west"
Pugilism saw the passing Of a num-
ber Of its old time idols. The first was
Bob Fitzsimmons. conqueror of Jim
Corbett, who was knocked out in his
final battle in October.
In February John l.. Sullivan. great
est of the great, heard the bell toll J.
and few DAYS later Terry McGovcIn.
The greatest little fighter of The aSc,
took the count,
Late in March Mike Donovan, Civil
War hero, and former middIeweight
champion. heard the call and the same
month saw the passing of Dick Burge,
former lightweight champion Of Eng
land.
April marked the death of Charley
Mitchell, one Of the greatest of Eng
lish heavyweights, and in May George
La Blanche, 1.-THE Marine" inventor Of
the pivot punch. died.
Billy Madden, famous old time man.
age and Charley White, the great
referee. died during the year.
Baseball will mourn Oliver "Patsey"
Tebeau, who died recently; Sieve
Brady, second baseman Of the old
Metropolitans. and Cliff Markle, a fer
mer Yankee pitcher. the first bail play
er killed in Uncle Sans service in
France.
Robert McRoy. vice president of the
Cleveland club, and Billy Weart, secre-
tary and treasurer of the Baseball
Writers Association, both died during
the year.
Frank Gotch, undefeated wrestling
champion. died during the winter. and
athletics lost a remarkable figure in
the death of Martin Sheridan.
The list is long one-but with our
thousands of athletes in France, what
will Memorial Day Of 1919 recall to
lovers Of sport?
The Washington herald., 1918-05-30
MANY HURLERS
FLY CATCHERS
Jack Graney, Harry Hooper
and Benny Kauf Broke
in Game as Pitchers.

A pitcher would be a first base
man or an outfelder. Outfelders
would like to be pitchers and some
times changes are beneficial.
Joe Wood is about through as q
pitcher, but during the illness Of Jack
Graney he filled in at left field as
well as Graney would have done
himself. Wood. always a great hit
ting pitcher. improved his batting
when he was playing every day, hit
opportunely and fielded we'll.
It is curious coincidence that Jack
Graney, the man Wood supplanted
temporarily. was originally a pitcher.
Lee Fohl. who managed the Columbus
club a few years ago got Graney
among a bunch OF rockies. He con-
verted him into an outfielder. Fohl
says Graney was the widest pitcher
he ever saw.
Harry Hooper, the Red Sox out
fielder. started his baseball career as
a pitcher, but when he landed in the
big leagues he was quickly shifted.
Dave Robertson was a pitcher al
North Carolina State College and was
ranked as the best hurler in the
Carolinas and Virginia, although al
the same time Eppa Rixey was
pitching at Virginia University.
Benny Kauff did some pitching
when he was younger and two old
time Giant outfielders, Mike DON
lin and Cy Seymour both started as
pitchers.
Frank Baker was originally a
pitcher as was Rhody Wallace. Wal
lace was a regular for the Cleve.
land club in the late nineties and
it was only when his talents as an
infielder became so conspicuous that
he was taken from the mound.
Everyone knows how George Sisler
started his career as a pitcher and
was shifted to first when his hitting
and baserunning were found to be
of more value than his box work.
Ty Cobb always wanted to be a
pitcher and several years ago would
take his turn on the mound during
batting practice. He stopped this
when he found it was injuring his
throwing arm.
1t is quite likely Babe Ruth will
land at some other place on the
diamond beside the pitching box on
account of his hitting power.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-30
RACING BODIES:
WILL COMBINE
National and American As.
sociations Ready for
Amalgamation.

New York. May 2s.-It now seems
probable that the long talked of
amalgamation of the two principal
harness racing organizations in the
United States the National and
American Trotting Associations.
will be effected before the sum-
mer Is over.
Secretary W. H. Gocher, Of the
National Trotting Association. has
Just made public a report of the
sessions of both committees held
recently at Terre Haute, Ind, when
both of the ruling powers of the
harness racing world adopted reso-
lutions for their respective organi-
zations favoring the proposed COM
bination and worked out a feasible
plan by which it may be put into
effect.
Although official action was not
taken, and as a matter of fact, Mr..
Gocher made it plain that the COM
mittee has no power to bring the
matter to conclusion, a step in the
right direction was made. A joint
committee of three members from
each organization was appointed
which will confer again and then
make reports to the main bodies.
While the future of harness rae
ing has been imperilled and Is by
no means secure at present, the
horsemen have now begun TO recog-
nize that the old antagonism be-
tween two ruling powers is a detri-
ment to the future of both, as well
as to the sport. There are those
also who argue, and it must be ad-
mitted that they have logical
ground. that owing to the wide ex-
tent of harness racing over the
United States and Canada the ANAL
gamation would have its draw
backs.
Now that the same rules govern
both organizations there seems to
be no real reason why there could
not be worked out a single govern
ing plan for the whole country. The
present demand for the amalga-
nation has grown out ef a desire
on the part of the leading horse
men to draw closer together and to
shorten the circuits wherever pos
sible. 1t now only remains to in
vestigate the legality of the move,
according to the report.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-30
MIKE GIBBONS
OUT OF GAME
St.Paul Phantom Is Through
with Ring-Was Real
Wizard.

After ten years in the ring Mike
Gibbons famous st. Paul "Phanton,' -
has announced that he is through with
the game. Gibbons has taken on
weight. He has grown too heavy to
reduce to the middle-weight limit OF
15S pounds. and as he has piled up q
fortune he is satisfied to quit.
His brother. Tommy, will take UT
the trail where Mike left off and car
ry the name Of Gibbons along for i
number Of years. Tommy is almost
a double of Mike, and there arc a
good many critics who think lie has
even greater punching power. though
Mike is admittedly the more clever.
Eddie Kane, a Washington boy. who
has been managing the >iibbons
brothers for the past We yefiars, was a
visitor here yesterday. Eddie aims
that Tommy will easily keep the Glib
bons name on the pugilistic map.
Kane is boosting a young st. Paul
lightweight as the coming champion.
Billy Whelan is the youngster Kane
6otcS u SOiuc udy wear inc CTOWu
now sported by Benny Leonard, but
at present he Is only bringing him
along at a slow clip with hopes that
in another year he will be able 20
floor all the candidates in this division.
Mike Gibbons ranks as the great
est middle-weight boxer ever developed
who finished his career without hav-
ing won the championship. Time af-
ter time Michael laid claim to the
title. but though his claims were we'll
based he was never the acknowledged
title holder.
There has never been a more grace
full scientific boxer than Gibbons was
at the height of his career. Fitzsim-
mons was great, and terrible. punch
er. but lie had nothing on Mike in
clevernc53 and speed. The 'fhan.
TOM was a W able Will-o-the-W Wisp
in the ring. He 9 one of the hardest
men to hit who has ever drawn on a
glove, and he could hit some himself.
During his long career Gibbons net
all the good ones in his class. He
fought McGoorty, Clabby. Mcfarland
Dillon, Ahearn. Mccoy, Bartfie q, JEFF
Smith, Moha, Ferns. McAilister
Howell. Willie Lewis, McCarron
Brown and all the rest. Lewis Ahearn,
Ferns. McAllister and some of the
lesser lights were his knockout vic
tins. and though most Of his bouts
during the last, i've years Of his cam
paign were no-decision, affairs. he new
er left the rinGa beaten man.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-30
BILLY ARMSTRONG IS .
INSTRUCTOR AT CUSTER

With the appointment by DR.. Ray
croft, of the War Departments Com
mission on Training Camp Activities.
of William P. Armstrong as boxing
instructor at Camp Custer. Battle
Creek, Mich, the number of instruc-
tors in the fistic art has been in
creased to twenty. There are be-
tween two and three hundred assistant
boxing instructors in the various
camps throughout the country, not a
few Of whom are widely-known mas
tiers of the padded glove.
There Is a distinct relation between
the art of boxing and boyonet work.
and while stationed at Camp Han
cock, Mr.. Armstrong successfully pro-
NOTED boxing as a necessary adjunct
to bayonet practice.
Mr.. Armstrong is well-known in
athletic circles both in this country
and Canada For ten years or more,
he was affiliated with the Montreal
Athletic Association. The entry of
Canada into the world war opened a
wide field for the development of his
ideas along athletic lines in the army.
Prior to his assignment to Camp Han
cock. Mr.. Armstrong was boxing in
structor of the Army Gymnastic STAFF
in Volcartier Training Camp.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-30
McNally Boosts Duesn.

Scranton, May 2s.-Mike McNafiy,
former star utility infielder of the
Boston Red Sox. now of Uncle
Sans navy. paid a glowing tribute
to Joe Dugan, of the Athletics,
while home on a brief furlough,
prior to leaving for services over
seas. McNally was particularly en-
thusiastic about the young star,
ranking him as the most promis-
ing bail player that has broken into
the big leagues in three seasons.
That boy can pull plays that make
you gasp" he said. He sure is-a
wonder. i look for him to be a
sensation for the balance Of the
season" sE