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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-08-19
DOINGS in SHORTHAND
WON
BY MORSE ATHLETE
Former Norwegian Cham
pion Beats Best Local
Stars in Title Contest.

John Hellum of the Pastime A. G.
who came to this country recently
with the Norwegian all-around title to
his credit, yesterday earned his first
American championship. At the 23d
annual meet of the Eccentric Fire
men, Local Union No. Sc, held at Gel
tic Park, Hellum annexed the penta-
thlon laurels of the Metropolitan A. A.
u, and in doing SO distanced field
of ten rivals.
The Norwegian champion had the
low score of thirteen tallies. This
was five under the score of his near
est rivals, ]. R. F'ritts, unattached, and
E. E Trang of the Swedish-Amertcan
A. c., who each had eighteen points
Under the rules of the A. A. U. this
necessitated the officials employing
the decathIon scoring table, and IFritts
gained second place with 2,726,684
points while Traung was third with
2,701,017 tallies P. J. F'reerich of
the Pelham Bay Naval Training Sta
ton finished fourth with 23 points and
H. Lichtman of the Pastime A. c. was
the fifth with 25.
Hellum showed remarkable all
around ability. He gained fourth
place in the running broad jump, in
which he did 10 feet 10 inches. In
the javelin throw he outclassed his
rivals with throw of 155 feet 3 "a
inches, and in the 200-meter fiat race
he covered the distance in OPS. The
Norwegian star won the discus throw
! with a heave of 121 feet 1-2 inches,
and placed fourth in the 1,500-meter
fiat race.
A crowd of about 5000 witnessed
the sports and saw several close fin
ishes in the pentathlon, as well as in
| the open A. A. U. events. The par
ticipation Of many soldiers and sailors
! gave a realistic war touch to the
| games.
The most interesting race Of the day
was the two-mile handicap run. The
honor men were Charley Pores of the
Pelham Bay Naval Training Station
| five-miIe champion; Eddie Carney OF
the Paulist A. c., local two-mile in
door champion and Max Bohland, also
! of the Winged P. club. Jimmy Hem
gan, the Boston distance man anC
Eddie Mayo of Brooklyn, both now at
| tached to Fort Slocum, started with
the backmark men, but none of these
prominent runners placed among the
first three. Garvey finished fourth
while Pores and Mayo both retired be-
fore the two-mile mark had beer
reached. The race was won by Andy
Craw of the Brooklyn A. A, who raj
a good race from the fifty-yard mark
| winning in 9:41 1-5.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-08-19
MURRAY IN NET TOURNEY.

R. Lindley Murray, who is fourth on
the national tennis ranking list, will
play at Southampton this week and in
the national singles championship the
week of Aug. 26. Murrays decision
is tardy because he could not tell
whether events would shape them
selves to permit his entry. Murray
is an expert chemist in a war NUM-
tons plant, and bis presence there is
essential. However, over the week
end 1t has been possible for him to
arrange his vacation to cover the
tournaments at Southampton and the
West Side Tennis club, and he will be
on hand, according to a telegram
which he has sent the National As
ISOLATION.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-08-19
YANKEES TAKE
so CAME FROM
The AMERICANS
Ray Heating Allows But 4
Hits and Aided by Errors
Big Leaguers Win.

About $500 baseball fans went to
Newf1eld park yesterday afternoon to
see a game between the remnants Of
the Yankees of the American league
and the remnants of the Bridgeport
team of the Eastern association. Few
of the Yankee regulars are left in the
line up as many Of the best have
taken cognizance of the work or
fight order and have sought employ
ment in ship yards and other es-
sential industries. They gave an ex-
celIent exhibition of the national game
and while they clearly outclassed the
Americans the score was comparative
1y close.
Ray Heating, former Bridgeporter,
pitched for the Yankees, and aided by
several errors brought his team to
victory by a score of 8 to 0, three
errors by Skiff contributing to the
result. He allowed but four hits,
while Ferguson was touched up for II.
All of the Yankees runs were scored
in the first inning.
The score:
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-08-19
HOW RUSSIANS
ASSASSINATED
GEN, Won MIRBACH

Amsterdam, August 17.-Russians
who assassinated General Won Mir
bach, the German Ambassador to Rus
STA. concealed their weapons under the
table over which they were conversing
with the German diplomat, according
to details of the killing published by
the Berlin Lokal Anzeiger as coming
from an eyewitness of the murder.
Count Mirbach, Privy Councillor
Riesler, and Lieutenant Mueller, were
seated with the two Russians at Il
marble table in the middle of the
room" says the witness. ION one side
were the Germans, and on the other
the Russians. All were seated in low
leather chairs, which was an advan-
tage for the Russians as they were
thus able to get their weapons ready
under the marble table without being
observed, while their victims, leaning
back in their chairs, offered an easy
target.
During the conversation the Rus
slams began to turn over the pages of
their documents as though in search
of some missing papers, and the at
tention of the Germans was thus dis
tracted by this pause. While Count
Mirbach and his colleagues imagined
that the Russians were examining the
documents, they had drawn out their
weapons under the cover of the table.
"They then sprang up with revol-
vers, and began firing; one Russian
aiming at Count Mirbach, the other at
the two other Germans. Count Mir
bach was hit in the back Of the head.
On hearing the shots, people hurried
in from the neighboring rooms, and
the Russians thereupon took to flight,
but before springing out of the win
dow, each of them hurled a hand
grenade. Only one grenade explod-
ed the splinters of which hit Count
| Mirbach killing him Immediately"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-08-19

provement however, in prices and ac-
ttv1ty will do much to promote the
successful f1otation of the coming loan
as 1t will create optimism, and in these
times optimism is comparative
stranger in Wall Street, though a IA
miliar element in almost every other
line Of business.
Some uneasiness has been felt that
the new draft measure extending the
age limits from Is to As may cripple
some essential lines OF business, par
ticularly the coal industry. 1t is gen.
orally believed, however, that the
measure will benefit certain classes of
work, as it will give the President the
power to exempt necessary labor from
war duty, as the man who mines coal
is helping to win the war the same
as the man who is fighting at the
front. No one need fear that the
Administration will not consult public
needs in selecting men for the army
and navy.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-08-19
CYCLIsT THRICE VICTOR.

John J. Marquart of the Century
Road Club Association, gained three
first prizes yesterday, held in the sixth
annual bicycling carnival held at Pei
ham Parkway and White Plains road.
Marquart won two speed tests and a
slow race. In a race over a quarter
of a mile Marquart failed by one sec
ond to break the C. r. c. A. record
for the distance. He won from a
field of fifty riders in 80 AS seconds,
while the record is 20 As seconds.
The cup offered for the club making
the best entry for the carnival was
awarded to the New England Wheel
men.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-08-19
AMERICANS BUILD
PLANT IN FRANCE

In certain spot in central France,
where last December stood a thick
forest, there has sprung up under the
hands of American engineers and
workmen a huge meat refrigerating
plant. The encampment, which has
for its special object the provisioning
of American soldiers in France, COW
ers a space of 1000 acres. The re-
frigerating plant holds 100000 lbs
of meat, equivalent to $1,000 oxen
weighing on the average 700 pounds
apiece. 1t produces 500 tons of ice
per day in excess of that used at the
plant, which serves for the transport
of meat in the refrigerator cars, and
also for the conservation of other per-
ishable food stuffs, especially marga-
rine.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-08-19
Ty Cobb is Coming
Here Next Sunday

Manager Jimmy Kelly of the Amer
cans announced last night that he has
booked George Weiss Colonials of
New Haven, one Of the fast semt-pro-
fessional clubs in the East, for the at
traction here next Sunday afternoon.
Ty Cobb, the worlds greatest baseball
star, who is doing the honors at the
head of the American League hitters,
has been secured by Manager Weiss
and will play in the outfeld for the
visitors.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-08-19
EFFECT OF WAR
ON UNIVERSITIES

Birmingham, England, Aug. IL
The effect of the war is more marked
in the big English universities this
year than ever before. In the Uni
versity of Birmingham, all the gradu
ates receiving the degree of Bachelor
of Arts this year were women. On
the science side, the degrees of
Bachelor of Science were equally di-
vided between English girls and jap
anese students. Two thirds of the
Masters of Science were japanese, and
four-fffths of the Bachelors of Medi-
cine were girls. The University of
Birmingham is one of the newest and
most modern of English universities,
specializing in scientific training along
modern lines. Practically all its
graduates this year will become teach
erS.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-08-19
CAUSES TROUBLE IN PARTY,

Amsterdam, August 1.-THE cleo
ton of the first woman to the Dutch
parliament has already caused trouble
in the Social Democratic Labor Party
to which she belongs. Her comrades
charge her with forsaking the party
anti-militaristic principles because she
declared in favor of national defense,
and consequently designations from
the party are rumored.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-08-19
(Written by Meredith Nicholson for
tho No+IoDa1 Sacuritv Taao,,eN

(Written by Meredith Nicholson for
the National Security League.)
What does the defeat of Germany
mean to every American? 1t means
that we are to go on in the freedom
we have always lived, a liberty that
knows no kings or kaisers. It means
that we shall go on living it and loving
it and welcoming to its benefits those
who prove their right to live the life
of freedom. 1t means that the United
States will continue, with malice to-
ward none, with charity for all" light
ing the world to Liberty, a glorious
model, a patient teacher, a wise guide
to lovers of democracy throughout the
world.
The victory Of Germany in this war,
which the blood-crazed Kaiser has
forced upon civilization, would mean
the destruction of every ideal that has
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-08-19
81 8 II II II
Bridgeport

Two base hit Fourier. Three base
hit, Ward. Hit by pitcher, Fourier,
j. Baker Cby Ferguson); Sherwood (by
Keating). First on balls, off Heating
2. off Ferguson 2. First on errors,
Bridgeport 1. Left on bases, New
York, 7, Bridgeport 5. Stolen bases,
Hyatt, Ward Struck out, by Heating
6, by Ferguson 4. Double plays, j.
Baker, Pratt to Fourier; Ward to
Fourier. Passed balls, O'Connor 2.
Attendance, 2,4OO. Umpire, Liggins
Time, 1:12.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-08-19
City League Games

Scores in the games played in the
City League yesterday ran into double
figures for the winning teams, and
most of the games were of the comedy
order Following are the results:
Athletics IT, Rosebuds 5.
St. Josephs IS, Royal Blues 0.
Company K Is, Locomobile 2.
Standing of Teams
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-08-19
National League.
GAMES TODAY.
American League.

Chicago at New York.
Detroit at Philadelphia.
Cleveland at Boston.
st. Louis at Washington.
National League.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-08-19
James Staples & Company
BRIDGEPORT, CONN.

The people who think newspaper
work is non-essential may be the same
ones who complain that a good many
people still don't know what the war
6 about.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-08-19

While throwing stones out Of your
garden, be sure to leave a few for
emergency use on your neighbor's
hens
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-08-19

The names of 23 more American
prisoners in Germany were announc-
ed by the War Department.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-08-19
(Start 1900 Noon.)

While anyone may feel proud Of Z
son who is diligently hoeing corn all
summer, it is not sufficiently heroic
occupation to warrant putting up a
service flag in the parlor window.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-08-19
CoLONIALs BEAT RED sOx.

New Haven, Aug. 19-The Boston
Americans were defeated, to 3, by
the Colonials, local semi profession
al team, in an exhibition game here
yesterday. The feature of the game
was a home run by Babe Smith
which was one of the longest drives
ever seen on the Lighthouse grounds.
R.H.E.
CoIonials Observation-Disclosures.
Boston ..''o
Batteries-Woodwa and Flaher-
ty; Pertica Kinney and Mayer.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-08-19

These fellows who always say it is
10 use to cry over spilled milk. might
c reminded that it is also no use to
pill milk.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-08-19
~ STANDINGST
a nseet "a
RESULTS
YESTERDAYS RESULTS.
American League.
Washington 2, st. Louis l.

National League.
Cincinnati s, Brooklyn 1 (1st).
Cincinnati 8, Brooklyn 1(2nd).
Boston 8, Chicago 1 (1st).
Chicago 8, Boston l (2nd).
st. Louis 4, Philadelphia 0 (1st).
st. Louis 5, Philadelphia l (2nd).
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-08-19

New York at Pittsburgh.
Brooklyn at Cincinnati.
Boston at Chicago.
Philadelphia at st. Louis.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-08-19
sAIIONY OUTsAms RIVAL.

Greenwich, Aug. ia peculiar fea-
ture Of the races held over the Indian
Harbor Yacht clubs five and a half
mile course yesterday was the finish
ing of H. N. Whittlesey's Salony in
the Indian Harbor one design class
ahead of the Pep a much larger
yacht, owned by Commodore William
N. Childs, of the local club.
The summaries:
Indian Harhor One Design
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-08-19

Times Want Ads. One Cent Word
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-08-19
BATTING FIGURES

ty: Pertica Kinney and Mayer.
The Delta independent., 1918-06-21
EXTRACT FROM COMMUNICATION
RECEIVED FROM NEW YORK

"The Alien Draft Convention is ac-
tually signed and Is now before he
senate" said Colonel ]. 8. Dennis at
the British and Canadian recruiting
mission yesterday.
"The significance OF that piece Of
news is this that the Britisher or Can
adian in this country up to the age of
forty-four has now got just a little
over sixty days to decide whether he
wants to enter his own army freely
or be drafted. The convention be
comes operative after exchanges of
ratifications; but as several months
have been spent on covering every
point Of possible difference between
the two governments with the help of
the Foreign Relations committee Of
the Senate we may take 1t for grant
ed that ratification will come In a
very short time. Roughly speaking
the draft rules of each country now
apply to the citizen of eacn country
whether at home or abroad. A Brit
isher OF Canadian or American can be
drafted whether in England. Cana "a
or in the United States. and he has
Just sixty days in which to decide
whether he enlists voluntarily or waits
to be drafted. AS evasion is impos-
sible, feel sure that the majority Of
Britishers or Canadians will not hes
itate to come forward at the earliest
possible moment. Every day Is Of
value. The man who knows he has
to come up sixty days anyhow. and de-
cides to wait those sixty days is help
ing the enemy by just that
amount"
The Delta independent., 1918-06-21
First National Bank, Delta. Colorado

surprises this year. Men who have
voted the party ticket. on both sides
if you please, are not going to do II
this year. They are thinking, and
thinking hard. The war must be won
Some have given their boys to the
service of their country and, besides,
they have contributed liberally-many
have given more than they could spare
this year in the way of money This
fact alone touches them to think just
what is going to be left this year to
give when the next campaign for mon
ey is at hand. In the state and county
and national tickets the men are go
ing to be carefully studied. Ability
and integrity to master the office the
best-in the voters mind-will be
most carefully reasoned out
The Delta independent., 1918-06-21
SECRETARY McADOO ON SAVING

Il want you to think of this situA-
tion for the moment A. one big gem
sral store. with Uncle Sam A. propris-
tor. Uncle Sam has got to see that
his own people are fed and taken care
Of: he has got to see. In addition. that
the 100000 men. perhaps 100000
men. whom We are going to put into
the field are fed and clothed and
equipped with the things that are
nscessary to enable them to become
trained soldiers. These men will bS
taken out OF the fields OF productive
enterprise. They will be for the time
they are In the war idle men from an
economic standpoint. They have got
to be fed and clothed and equipped
That means an enormous drain upon
the general store that We have not
herstofore had, and unless we econo-
mize and prevent waste It iB . very
serious question whether we shall be
able to produce enough to meet all OF
our demands and the demands Of the
rest Of the world. Everything that ws
save II going to release that much In
the general store for tho support OF
our own armies and the armies Of
Europe"
The Delta independent., 1918-06-21
JAMES HOPPER NoNPLUssEp O.

A few weeks ago when the report of
the capture of Cantigny came it stated
that James Hopper, a reporter for an
American magazine, went over the top
with the men, and that several ger.
mans ran to Hopper surrendering. It
stated that Hopper was nonplussed and
shouted to the American officers,
Here, come and get EN-"
Jimmie Hopper is a writer for Col
liers, and to us who have read his
articles from week to week with grow
ing interest, his experience has a new
zest. Jimmie was in a trench with the
soldiers. He went over the top un.
armed except with his dauntless cour-
age, and we agree with Golfers editor.
ial writer in a just resentment of the
report that Jimmie was "nonplussed.' u
We also unite in the hope that Jimmy
will escape the various forms of hell
which the germans are hurting, until
his own version of the capture Of Can.
tigny passes the censors.
The Delta independent., 1918-06-21
MCCALL VS.. WEEKS MAY
BE BAY STATE BATTLE

Boston. Mass June 20.-Gov. Sam
uel Mccall will buck Sen Weeks for
the republican nomination for the unit.
ed States senate this fall II canvas
being made by McCaIl's TRUSTEES in all
parts OF Massachusetts, leads the vet.
eran to think he can win.
In case Mccall goes in, the greatest
republican party fight ever waged in
the state for nomination will take
place. as Mccall has been out after
Weeks scalp ever since the Boston
financier sidetracked his senatorial am
bition in 1913 by getting the state leg.
isiature to send him to Washington in
stead OF Mccall
At that time Mccall did not send
Weeks letter OF congratulation and
1t was the only bitter pill he has
taken in long political career. Moth.
ing would suit the Massachusettes
governor better than to beat Weeks
at n popular election.
The Delta independent., 1918-06-21
AUSTRiANS DRIVEN BACK
ALL ALONG PlAvE RIVER LINE
tBy United Press)

London. June 20-The counterat
tacks dealt out to the Austrians have
been successful and they have been
driven back all along the whole Piave
river line. IL has been authoritatively
learned. The enemy retired two
thirds of their original advance Venice
ward. The Italian troops split the
Austrians square in two in the middle
Of the Piave river region. and have
been rolling them back northwarti and
also southwark. They have-Iriven the
enemy back TO the west bank there
Italians made further gains In the
MonteIlo region The Piaye river has
changed its course in many places. ow.
ing to heavy rains. The river is at
high tide and very dangerous to cross
in great many places. We destroy
ed IL Austrian pontoons. trapping de
tachments on the west bank. II is
believed theenveioped men VIII surren-
der when their food and ammunition
stores run out. Italian artillery are
frustrating efforts to restore bridges.
Austrian losses for the first three days
of the offensive has been placed at
100000. Italians captured 5000 thous-
and by their unique methods I'm de-
fensive fighting
The Delta independent., 1918-06-21
LABOR BODIES ASKED TO HELP
Organizations Throughout the staes
Urged to Buy War 6avlnos stamps.

Organizations Throughout the stats
Urged to Buy War SavInos stamps.
The following call has been issued
to the labor organizations of the state
to help In the War Savings campaign,
Colorado War Savings Committee.
SOL International Trust Building.
Denver. Colo, June I. 1918.
To the Secretaries Of Labor Organise
tions IN Colorado.
Greetings:
The President Of our great nAtioa
will proclaim June 2sth. 1918. - Ne
tiOnal War Savings Day. On that day
we will all be asked to pledge to
save" and invest in War Savings
Stamps. We know that organized labor
will answer the Presidents cali one
hundred per cent. A permanent rec
ord Il to be made Of tho part taken
BY the members of organized labor in
this campaign. and we are enclosing
two register cards. a report blank and
two franked envelopes for this pur-
pose. Fill in the register cards at
once. File the blue card with the
union and return the white card In
one of the inolosed addressed envel-
opes.
Following National War Savings
Day June 2S. 1919 have all members
report without delay the amount OF
War Savings Stamps each has pledged
to take during the year. Then fill out
and return the report blank. using the
other addressed envelope
Colorado's quota Of War Savings
Stamps to be raised in 1918 IL twenty
million dollars. Approximately seven
teen million dollars yet remains to be
raised. One thousand dollars II the
limit to which any one person can In
vest. hence the urgent necessity to
have every man and woman pledge to
the fullest extent OF their ability.
Labor is doing Its part we'll and We
hope to have every labor union in the
state Of Colorado report that one hun.
drod per cent of their membership has
Joined the nations great throng Of in
vestors in United States War Savings
Stamps.
Yours faithfully.
JOHN EVANS,
State Director War Savings for Colo
rado.
ROADY KENEHAN.
Secretary Labor Advisory Board. Stats
Of Colorado.