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The sun., 1918-10-15

not feel at liberty TO suggest an armis-
tice to the nations with which We are
associated SO long as Germany held any
conquered territory. Senator Reed re-
Piled that the President in effect had
merely said: Here are certain princi-
pies in accordance with which peace
must ultimately be made" and that
Germany had answered, I'VE accept
these principles as basis OF nego-
tiation or talk. n
81 do not think tho Senate ought to
give a false note to the country IN
regard to this. Congress can make no
greater mistake, the Senate can make
no more tragic blunder than to give
the country to understand that Wood
row Wilson intepds to fritter away the
fruits OF this war. ] do not believe It."
Senator New tInd.), Republican. ex-
pressed the general sentiment OF his
party by saying: AT this stage the Ger
mans see the turning Of the war. and
in order to save themselves whole
they say TO the President, Let us cease
lighting where we are and from this
time forth carry on the war by cor
respondence' do not believe the peo-
pie Of this country or our allies will be
even momentarily content to barter with
the Hun"
Senator Brandegec similarly de-
nounced suggestion Of armistice.
~ cannot picture to myself the Ger
man army standing In battle array
facing the armies OF the Allies while a
Joint commission, part of which consists
Of Germans, in whom the President has
repeatedly stated that nobody can place
any confidence and whose agreements
are not worth the paper upon which
thoy are written, negotiates. II the AL
lies stop fighting and the war Is trans
ferred from the battlefield to the coun-
ell chamber the Allies will never re-
sumo fighting"
Doesn't Want q Ruined Germany.
Senator Williams agreed, he said, with
everything Senator Reed had said ex-
cept one thing II do not want to see
ruined Germany. God knows there Is
ruin enough on this earth now. Iwant to
see a broken German army / want, to see
n ruined Prussian and Austrian autoc-
racy / want to see the fat of the civil
ICED world 20 forth that the Hohenzol-
lerns and the Hapsburgs have ceased
to reign: I want to see the people Of
Austria Hungary and OF Germany take
The sun., 1918-10-15

AMSTERDAM, Oct. 1.-THE FIRST step
taken by tho new Turkish Cabinet
headed by Tewfk Pasha, says 4 dos
patch from Vienna under date OF Sun
day to the Weser ZeItung. was to des-
patch a note to Austria Hungary TO the
effect that owing to the military situa-
ton Turkey was obliged to conclude q
separate peace with the Entente.
The Central Powers requested Turkey
to await the result of the exchange OF
notes with President Wilson. but no re-
ply SO far has been received from Tur-
key.
The sun., 1918-10-15
ANXIOUS SENATORS
RELIEVED BY NOTE
Presidents Answer to Cor
many Dispels Fear of Pro-
longed Negotiations.
LODGE DROPS RESOLUTION
All Leaders Speak for Uncon-
ditional Surrender and De-
struction Of AutOcracy.

Special Dtspdfch to THE Sun.
WASHINGTON, Oct 1t.-There was but
one theme to the discussions Of the Sem
ate to-day and that was the form OF an
swer which the President should make
TO the German acceptance Of the peace
terms laid down by him IN his addresses
to Congress and in other places. The
Senate was plainly apprehensive.
There was evident fear that when the
Presidents answer came II would be
couched in terms that would admit Of
protraction of the peace discussion by
diplomatic notes; that II would not be
the fiat demand that later II proved to
be that 1t would leave open to the I'M
perial German Chancellor some loophole,
some excuse for keeping before the
American nation and our allies the
thought Of a peace by negotiation rather
than tho relentless prosecution OF the
war, the dethronement of military au-
tocracy and tho rule Of might.
In the earlier deliberations Of the Sem
ate a resolution was introduced by Sen
ator Lodge (Mass.), Republican leader.
which sought to express the Senate's
disapproval OF any further parleying
with Germany through note inter-
changes. The resolution read: -
Resolved, That II is the sense Of the
Senate that there should be no further
communications with the German Cow
eminent upon the subject OF an armistice
or conditions Of peace except a demand
for unconditional surrender"
Resolutions Lie on Table.
Senator Lodge announced that he
would not press for action on the reso-
luton nor seek to have II referred to
the Foreign Relations Committee, but
asked that II lie upon the Vice-Preei-
dents table. Senator Thomas (Col)
had preceded Senator Lodge with q res
olution upon which no action was sought
The resolution read:
Whereas. All treaties are made by
and with the consent of the Senate and
Whereas, The German Government
has indicated to the President It's desire
for peace In accordance with his views
as outlined on and since January last !;
and
whereas. Any negotiation or formula
for the establishment OF peace between
the United States and Germany must
receive the constitutional sanction of the
Senate. thus making its views on the
subject Of great present importance
Therefore be II resolved by the SEN
ate Of the United States, That the pro-
gramme for a lasting and permanent
peace between the nations as declared
by the President OF the United States
on the eighth day Of January and there
after and those announced by the spokes-
men for our several allies. including .he
recos milton OF Polish and Slav peoples
as communities entitled to their inde-
pendence and to self government COL
lectiv~'v represent the attitude OF the
The sun., 1918-10-15
Ahdieatien Rumor Denied.

BERNIE. Oct. 1.-THE Wolff news
agency OF Berlin to-day issued an off,
cial denial Of the report which had be-
come current in Germany that Emperor
William intended to abdlcate.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-15
as old as the Trappe farmer is now.

as old as the Trappe farmer is now.
 Pitchers all seem to be doomed when they. lay off for a season. Cases like those of Ed Walsh and Joe Wood don't count, because their arms were bad before they ever quit. It's nat ural, however, for a twirler to go wrong if he stays out for any length of time. It's also fair to assume that hard work in camp or shop will unfit them for baseball More than any mere physical deterioration.
 This will affect similarly the mus cular development of those players who depend to any extent on speed, as Cobb does. The legs are the thing hitters out Usually they quit with the batting eye still bright.
 Cobb, bar accidents, probably will have just as good an eye for the ball two hence as now.
 He won't have his speed. He would have lost some of that anyway He may not have the same nervous ener- gy the gas service, as said, being on that is rated especially trying OF mans nerves. In his case, and ir the cases of other highly strung ath- letes. there will be a reaction that will be g, reaction that will unfit then for baseball more than any mere phy- sical deterioration.
 There is no record of a star bal player who has retired when at the top of his career who has. been able to come back and take up the wort where he left off. Postpone the re- turn of the game until 1920, and there will be almost none of the men whc will have reached 30 then who will bt able to keep the big league pace.
 To what extent the lay-off will af. 1 feet younger men, like Sisler, Ruth Burns, Felsch, Wambsganss ant Schalk, to instance a few. men O different types and playing positions is question. They can fall off a lit tie without it being noticed, becaus all will be in the same boat, and tn, class of major league ball will b. | lowered bit for time, by the en forced filling-in with newcomers, need l ing a season or two of polishing Most of them will give way, in com
 paratively short time. to newcomers if the games return is delayed ras 1 1920.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-15
5EcKWlTH, OLD CUB,
 NOW PLAYING IN FRANCE

Paris. Sept. 15 (by maiD Captain Beckwith, who caught for the Chi cago Cubs under Manager Seele in 's4 and '95, is now playing third base with a team organized among officers and men stationed at Blois, France In the first game played by this organization it was defeated by a score of g to 6, the victors being team organized by a Knights of Columbus secretary in an adjoining camp
 Sherrod Smith, former Brooklyn National star, pitched for the Blois team. He did good work, but nobody of the Blois team could hold him Asa l.. Needham of Meriden, Neb., pitched for the Knights of Columbus team. Milford M. Kuhn of Tifflin, Ohio, for merly of the Southern and Eastern league, played first base for the Knights and Wellington Povey of Sault St. Marie, Mich, former star of the Seattle team of the Northwestern league. played left field for the Knights, Sergeant East, who was pitching for the St. Louis Americans when he "joinedup." is managing the Knights team near Blois.
 Theis team should not be confused with the Knights of Columbus all- star team being organized by Johhny Evers, who is to manage the tour of this team for a series of games with various { division teams throughou France Johnny has about completed his organization and the big tour is scheduled to begin the latter part of this month.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-15

New York. Oct. 14-A series of in tercollegiate football games to be played for the benefit Of the War Charities Fund will be the outstand- ing feature of the sport next month. The contests will be staged in all sec- tions of the country and will be held with the sanction of the army and navy departments.
 The decision to advocate the play ing of such games. it became known today, was reached at a recent con- ference of government and football authorities. The details and arrange- ments have been left 10 a committee of former football players compris- ing Herbert Pratt, Amherst; William Langford, Trinity. and Park Davis and William Roper. Princeton.
 A meeting of the committee will be held in thiS city soon. when com plete plans for the series will be ar ranged. In general way and sub iect to such changes as may be nee essary, it is proposed to bring to- gether such rival college student ar my training corps teams as will de- velop keen interest among both play CTS and spectators. College football stadiums will be used for the play wherever available. and one or more important inter- sectional games are not unlikely.
 Under the latest decision of the au- thorities, some of the classic football contests of the last decade may be revived. While the colleges to be brought together have not yet been named, the Army Navy,a Yale liar yard and similar gridiron features ot normal seasons may be staged ir view of the purpose to whicn tho gate receipts will be devoted.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-15
THE RocHEs KEEP RUNNING

A sample letter from a Pilgrim boy in the Marines, Private Earl w. Nor ton of Plymouth, to his parents in that town:
 T have been over the top three times since my first day in the front line, and except a few scratches, etc, 1 came back unscathed. You and pa no doubt heard about the good work of the U. s. Marines oyer here, and l have taken part in all of it. I am now back of the lines, in rest camp, where the incessant noise of big guns is not heard and where one feels like himself again.
 T shall never forget as long as Ii live the first time over the top Our company was facing a severe mae' chine-gun fire and shell-fire just be- fore we went over, and it made you 1 feel as if you were at the North i Pole with a straw hat on. Anyway
 it is sufficient to say that I justified myself as well as my brave comrades i to those boches.
 {, Many of the prisoners we capt l uTed were of all ages, from fourteen ] to fifty years old, and it looks like
 Germany's man power is fast on tl1e ebb. Don't worry about me, as I am ! in good health and get plenty to eat and wear"
 l It was at Apremont that the 104th
 won its still unduplicated regimental l decoration, but it seems that Apre-
 mont was nothing to the Marne. Cor porah Eugene Traynor, of that regE
 ment, writes to his friend Rev Wynne-Jones at Swansea: a. q think the French were sort of
 kidding us when we were told by them that our scrap at Apremont was Ia picnic compared to a real battle | but now l know it was a piiniG towards what we have just been | through. Tired out to begin with by
 our previous five months on duty. those eight days of advance sure did | tell on this bunch. It was very hard for our rations to reach us, so rapidly had we gone forward; as result eats
 were very rare and sleep was out of the question. However, excitement did whole lot to keep us going, and
 Yankee pluck did the rest.
 What a wild looking group of boys we were when finally onto the hay we
 dropped in a barn we had taken and oh! what a sleep I had! The cry of
 Eats are ready" brought us back to
 life "toute suite" and, oh boy! what
 a. feed we had of steak and mashed potatoes! After that what did we
 care if faces and clothes were caked with mud and dirt, or that a week :; | growth of boards made us look like
 tramps! We had done well, and .wasn't the boche still going? You bet
 he was is. and will keep on going for
 a long time yet, unless he gets tired and quits"
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-15
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
] MARKET MAS BROAD.

New York, Oct. 14-Discounting the outcome of momentous events over the double holiday. the stock mar ket today proceeded on the theory that Germany's latest overtures had ma terially hastened the cessation of the war
 This belief was heightened in the course of the session when it became known that Turkey had submitted an official note through neutral sources, announcing it's adherence to Wash ington's progress as a basis for peace negotiations.
 Virtually every branch of the list strengthened, though very dispropor- tlonately, in the active advance. Trad ing attained the greatest breadth and volume of many weeks, but peace shares at all times dominated the market, notably oils and shippings. b. Rails as a group were strong almost to- buoyancy, Pacif1cs as usual lead ing. Grangers kept pace with Atchi- son recording an extreme rise of three points Coalers and numerous secondary rails especially Western to two points.
 U. s. Steel rose from it's low of 105 Is to 109 3-4. closing virtually at its best with a net gain of two points. Related industrials and equipments registered gains of one to two points and specialties of the peace class. such as new Harvester shares, Gen eral Electric, Tobaccos. feathers, cop pers and motors held much of their to point gains. Sales were 975,000 shares
 Railroad bonds of the speculative division were strong and Liberty is- sues were slightly higher. but foreign Rotations were little changed. Total sales, par value, aggregated S9,2oO, 900.
 Old U. s. bonds were unchanged or l aa1 II
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-15

deemed advisable. The following are seven suggestions for three-year- old events:
 The Derby for three-year old trot- ters.
 The Eagle for three-year-o colts or geldings.
 The Oaks for three-year- -old Allies.
 The Debutante for three-yeal -olds.
 The Acorn for 2:20 three-year- -olds.
 The Spinaway for three-year- old maidens.
 Free for all for three-year- trot- ters.
 The Derby is what is now known as a futurity and would be an open event for three-y -year-olds regardless of sex or winrace, the dam being named before they were foaled. The Eagle would belimited to colts or geldings and the Oaks to Allies, all of them being named as yearlings. The De- butante and the Acorn could be closed the spring%of the year in which | they would be contested although the closing events and any class could be selected instead of the 2:20, that hgure 1 being used as an illustration. The i SpinaWay would also be a late closer 1 as the winner would be ineligible to i events of that character closing on or after the date of a winning perform ance. The free for all would also be a ! late closer. In fact there was one on the card at Poughkeepsie this year.
 In the event of two or three races 1 of this kind being given by each member of the larger circuits, trainers would be justified in carrying a num- Der of colts with them just as they do aged horses at present, while it I leo 1ra olds being trained and raced. Some of them would also be started in class races just as Murphy did David Guy when he sampled him for the Mauon Stake at Philadelphia by winning the F2:19 trot at North Randall in 2:US4 Also at the Poughkeepsie meeting a trio of three-year- olds took the word in the 2:25 trot, Mcdonald winning it with Mary Dewey Watts in 210A while Murphy also won heat in 2:O8A with Petrex and Cox was sec ond in the first heat in 2:10% with TruXton.
 The day has arrived when a good three year old is almost at his top form and not very apt to show much improvement in his fourth or fifth year. Neither is there very much reason to expect it as when a colt W1nS between Z.U0 ana z.Uo ne ndS landed in the free for all just as Miss Bertha Dillon did when she won the Matron Stake at Atlanta last year in f2:03 Also as this flow of extreme speed will continue from year to year on account of the competition in the futurities the public in the near future will have the pleasure of seeing a series of free for all trots with large fields programmed regularly by all of the progressive associations. Next year there is apt to be a 2:05 class all the way down the line and if the leaders in the colt races keep on win ming heats near that figure a few ot them are vary apt to be ineligible tC it before the flags are lawered al Atlanta in October. Miss Bertha Dillon is only the leader of flood ot free for all material to take the place of St. Frisco and Mabel Trask, the l flying pair which has entertained the public so successfully for three seo- sons, as well as Lu Princeton who has a chance to prove the noblest Roman of them all.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-15
STRANGLER LEWIS MAKES
 RAPID PROGRESS IN ARMY

Probably one of the quickest pro motions on record in the army has been that of Ed (Strangler) Lewis, now top sergeant at Camp Grand. Lewis gained the promotion thanks to display of courage the first day he entered the camp. The famous wrest- Ter was lined up with hundreds of other drafrees baggage in hand, when two husky uniformed men started making fun of the odd looking re- cruits Giving Lewis the once over, one of them remarked, Pipe the fat bartender" while the other laughingly said He sure looks like prize pork CT" Lewis dropped his grip and, walking over to the first of the camp testers. picked him up bodily and bounced his head on the ground. leav- ing him there, while he took a head lock on the other and threw him ten feet.
 While the two privates were pulling themselves together the officer in charge stepped up to the gathering and lauded Lewis for his action, say ing that the spirit f/ showed was the kind the army was looking for and hoped that the rest of the line-ur were gifted with the same brand of courage. In forty eight hours from the time Lewis entered the camp he was made corporal and in two weeks was promoted to sergeant, and later to top sergeant.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-15
VARIETY IN COLT RACING
By W. H. Gocher


 Now that the selling race idea for two and three-year- trotters has been scrapped, by owners refusing to name their horses in same, the time has arrived for few suggestions in connection with colt racing, and es- pecially three-year- olds, to show how more use can be made of them at race meetings, and at the same time arrange the conditions of the events so, that three or four top-lin can not get all of the premiums, or at | least the big end of them Each season nearly all of the futurities as well as the colt events that close the year in which they are contested roll into the hands of three or four owners This is caused by a colt being eligible to all of them except when barred by a restriction as at Hartford where the Acorn Purse is | for the 2:20 class, a condition that l bars practically all of the two year l old stake winners, and when two or 1 three which are hberallv entered, all Of the hopors go to them. As this prove raster Una4l their Compe ,1tvl'S, all of the honors go to them. AS this has become an annual condition, many owners hesitate before naming all of their mares in futurities, and when they do many of those who keep their engagements, are com pelled, after two or three meetings to either send their youngsters home or start them against aged horses.
 A change can be made by giving a series of year old events at each five or six day meeting, at Col umbus and Lexington being the only ones that run over that number, and there is no doubt but what they would prove as brilliant contests as the early closing class races. When the winners are trotting in 2:05 or 2:06 if a competitor IS shy a second CT even half a second in speed, or if he does not get away well, he is soon riding on the expense account, while on the other hand if the two or three leaders were in the barn, that same youngster would be heralded as g wonder. This has been demonstrated several times this year by Selka She has shown her ability to trot in 2:05 but has as yet failed to win a heat Still with Chestnut Peter Hollyrood Bob and David Guy out of the way, this lilly would be the talk of the country, on account of her per feet racing manners and the speed which she showed in her races at North Randall and Columbus.
 As three -yeaT-olds of this character are becoming more numerous each season, the managers of race meet ings should adjust their programmes so that they would be given an earn ing capacity commensurate with their speed and in events where they would not meet all of what might be called the free for allers of the three-year- old division. This can be accomplish ed by giving several events and plac- ing them on the program so that two starts can be made during the week
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-15
Series of Football Games For War Charities

rivaled that of his best year, 1911. Only one man, Chapman had him beaten on runs scored, and he has been in II more games. Sisler alone led him in steals, and Cobb was mak- ing no special effort for this honor, realizing, with team going nowhere, and with himself past the stage where a bad leg lends readily to treatment, the wisdom of cutting out extreme chance taking, unless a game is at stake.
 So, even though Cobb is nearly s2, it is a debateable question if he ma not be regarded as a champion ball player retiring in his prime and af- fering a good subject for the come back considerationIf in 1918 he could do most of the things that he did when he was %, in year when he | gave an all-time all-round perform ance, with extreme speed essential to most of his comeback, then he cer- tainly must be classed as one not having gone over the ridge.
 His 1918 work was really the more remarkable. In 1911 he had wound 1 up his 40-straight streak at an earlier date than he started to make his climb for the 300 mark this year. He was a sick man when he began the climb He worked on nerve. To a certain extent he has always done this. And in the army work that he is taking up the same nervous strain will con tinue. The gas service is one in which the fighting is of mental strain more than of manual
 Cobb himself is something of a l fatalist. He doubts that he will come back-but in a sense other than the one being discussed. Perhaps he fig ures that he will be unable to restrain himself from his old chance taking and that the battle field will not be SC kind to him as the ball field has been If he returns, goes into baseball and again can star he will upset prece- dents. It isn't done
 The latest notable illustration was Frank Baker. who idled through 1915 He played some ball. but not con stantly at it, and did not have to pay the same attention to condition as ht would were he in the league.
 Before he quit Mack, Baker hac been on this circuit six years. He was. only one point outside 300 hi! first season, and missed being wei above that figure only once in the nex five years. His grand average fol the six seasons was .313 But he wa no terror to pitchers when he was re stored to the circuit, hitting only .26' in 1916, and having a grand averag of .2S4 from the time of his return until now. Baker is a batsman of tn. Crawford type. Sam had two abov, 300 years, and one .299 after he wa.