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use which it is difficult to overcome.
One of the foundations of this preju-
dice Is that SO many of the wooden
plugs Or "minnows'' are SO outrage
a sporting chance. With hooks in
gangs Of three-somc OF the plugs
with five or more gangs-it is a case
of certain death to any bass who
comes into contact with one He never
has chance to disIeay those superb
him honored and respected wherever
there prevails that gpirit of fair play
which insists on giving any quarry
a square deal.
The pork rind. properly mounted. is
open to less objection. Most pork
use single hook. Mounts may be
bought of any tackle dealer with
pork rind already cut and packed in
glass Jars. Casting and reellng In
with one OF these. the bait has the
wriggling movement Of a wounded min
now. and is temptation any bass will
have a hard time to resist
The chief objection the live-bait
fisherman has to the pork rind is that
it is az case Of hitting your bass as
ing that period Of delicions and thrill
ing suspense which must intervene
between the moment the bass takes
the bait and the proper time to hit"
him. 1t may be the fraction Of a
minute or 1t may be several minutes.
knowledge OF when II is time to make
the hit is gift that comes only Of
long experience and a natural in
sight into the whims and idiosyn-
cracies of the bass Once mastered,
1t gives a final touch of Joy to fishing
which the caster of fly or plug or
pork rind never knows.
Time was when the river between
Little Falls and Great Falls was
alive with small-mouth bass, but they
are not plentiful there now. though
in the course Of a season Q good many
are taken. The real bass water of
the Potomac begins at Great Falls. or.
rather. at the dam q mile above the
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Associated Shades were
gathered in familiar inter-
cotrse on the t1pper deck Of

gathered in familiar inter-
course on the upper deck of
q the houseboat on the Styx.
Sir Isaac Newton had been explaining
eiaborately to the others exactly why
it is that when a lemon drops from a
tree it falls straight to earth in-
stead of describing a parabolic curve
in the air and hitting an innocent
bystander in the eye. when DR.. john
son sneezed loud enough to awake
all hades. Napoleon, who had been
doing off under the lee of ven-
tilating shaft. started up hngrily.
Really, Doc said he. you ought to
provide yourself with mufier. Have
you wake me up out of one of the most
important dreams I ever had in my life,
and at the critical moment
What you? Dreaming again?" de-
manded the Duke of Wellington. Real
" now, Boney, should think after that
alarm clock / rang on you at Waterloo
you'd have given up dreaming altoseth-
er. What was this supremely important
vision of yours? Been elected president
of Russia.''
mo, Stree" retorted Napoleon. II
should not have called that a dream.
l should have called it a nightmare.
No. / dreamed that an angel came to me
and said. .Boney. dear, the gods have
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been made by Washington fishermen
to organize boycotts against rivermen
who flshed out of season, but nothing
ever came OF 1t.
Since this condition exists and ap-
parently cannot be cured. fishermen
may be permitted to derive from 1t
whatever harmless benefit is possible
This consists Of advance information
from up the river during the last
week are such as to give promise of
an unusually good season. Bass. it
is reported. are plentiful and run
ming large. The fact that during the
last three years the water has been
out of condition during the greater
part of the fishing seasons has given
the bass a chance to multiply and
grow. and veteran anglers predict that
during the coming months. whenever
the water Is clear. the sport will be
better than for years.
The bait problem this year is going
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and May are CLOSED" months. made
SO by law on the theory that those
are the months in which the bass
spawns and matches its young and
that unless they are protected during
the period the gamesters will go
discriminate slaughter.
There is a very strong doubt, both
In scientific and lay minds. as to
whether more bass are spawned In
April and May than in other months.
Bass containing roe are caught in
every month of the year when they
can be caught at all, and schools
OF thousands Of bass just Matched are
a familiar sight TO all fishermen dur
ing the clearwater periods of late
autumn.
It is universally admitted, however,
that preservation OF bass demands
O closed season, and since April and
May have been established as closed
months. they are observed in spirit
and to the letter by fishermen who
have any claim to the title of sports
men.
A thing difficult to understand is
that dwellers along the upper river
who cater to the wants of fishermen
and TO whom the bass is a principal
source of revenue have little or no re-
gard for the game laws. Some Of them
begin fishing as soon as the ice goes oui
Of the river and during the closed season
take many thousands of bass. thus
depicting the stock and lessening the
sport for those who come later and
pay them money for boats and bal,
and accommodations.
Many game wardens appear te
think the game laws are made only
for city fishermen who pay money fol
the privilege of casting bait in the
river. They are alert for an oppor.
tunity to arrest a stranger and have
him soaked" before a local maRis.
trste. while those who live along the
river take bass by the score and
>, make NO secret of it. Attempts have
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-AvE you ever visualized =
I'LL Zeppelin raid? An English
IH woman now visiting this
q q country as a representative
Of the British government recently
told how it feels to have this instru-
ment of domestic destruction blot out
in. an instant every material thing
that has gone to make a happy home.
The woman Is Mrs. Burnett Smith
of Hertfords England. wife and moth
er of British soldiers, with daughters
in Red Cross nursing service. and
herself one Of the most active woman
war workers In. her country. Incl
dentally, she is an author and editor
the annie s.. Swan" of the literary
world. although she never mentions
this fact of her own accord.
'"One Of my daughters was home for
a rest from France. where she had
been serving in hospital since near
ly the beginning of the war. Like all
young people. she liked excitement
and she almost hoped for raid be-
fore her weeks leave was UP. One
beautiful. still evening we heard that
sinister din which means SO much to
US who have heard 1t several times
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Faith.

ssVNY ED have more prayers answer
wv ed" said Bfshep Hcss -oe
Muskogee. 'ff We had more faith.
TOO many OF US are like Willie.
Willie, on a visit to his anele's In the
country. admired a fae colt
"Uncle. give me that colt. viii your"
he asked.
"'why. no. WILLIE said his uncle.
That's a very valuable colt. and 7
couldn't afford to give him to you.
Do you want a colt SO very badiyE
"'rd rather. have a colt than any
thing else in the world said Willie.
".Then,' said his uncle. III tell you
what you ought to do. Since you want
q colt that much. you ought to pray
for one. Whenever want q thing.
always pray for 1t, and then IL Is sure
to come to me-
"Is that so. uncler said Willie.
eagerly. Won't you please give me
this colt, then. and pray. for one for
yourselfr"
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To the Mothers of America
BY HALL GAME.

NJ OU will not take II amiss that
II am responding to a request that
q. I should address these words to
you.
This is the first anniversary Of your
Memorial day since America entered
actively into the war. And while you
are gathering in reverent and anec-
tionate remembrance about the graves
of your fathers and brothers who gave
their lives that your nation might
live. the mother hearts of many of
you. who have lately lost your sons.
are lowering above the battlef1elds OF
France, each with its silent but
searching cry. where is he? over there.
he lost among the tnnumerable multi
tudes who have fallen in the war;?
Mothers Of America. 1 am charged
with the duty of bringing that last
dear comfort to the mother heart OF
telling you that we know where your
sons are laid, that their graves shall
never 60 unregarded. and that when
the war is over and the battlefields
are being healed with the sweet, oh.
livion Of flowers. we shall lay some OF
these In your names. year by year, on
the places Of their rest.
When you sent your sons across the
ocean to fight side by side with ours
against. the kingdom of the devil and
hell, having no quarrel OF your own or
theirs, no object but to right the
wronEed, to defend the weak. and to
see to 1t that justice and mercy should
not be wiped out Of the world. you en-
tered into a great sisterhood with the
mothers Of Britain and the mothers Of
France. whereby yours became ours.
and ours became yours. And now that
you are there, and we are here. shall
we not charge ourselves with the care
Of the graves of your dear ones. since
they are our graves also. the graves
Of the brothers Of our sons?
II sons are what their mothers make
them we know what the mothers Of
America must be by the flower of
American manhood who have already
fallen in France. May every American
mother who has lost a son in tho war
md comfort in the thought that her
loss IL the worlds gain: that 1t Is the
first fruit OF the seed her country has
sown toward the great harvest of the
worlds peace: and. through the dark
est hour OF her bereavement, may she
feel that her sorrow has its recon-
pense as night has its stars.
Mothers OF America, your sons may
\hnye fallen, but they are not, there
fore. dead. Their heroism has passed
into the soul Of the comrades who re-
main TO finish the work to which they
dedicated their lives. And now it is
for: you to keep your hearts alive, in
this time OF sorrow and loss. to con-
secrate yourselves with increasing de.
votion to the: sacred cause for which
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worm. while killer for rockfish. is
Of little or no account for bass. The
helgramite Is a good bass bait. but
calls for system Of hshing wholly
different from that employed with
live bait (minnows). and many fish,
ermen think 1t is lacking in zest.
For some season or another. never
satisfactorily explained, fly fishing for
small-mouth bass has never met with
much success on the Potomac. Many
expert and incurable fly-nshermen
have tried it, and while an occasional
bass is taken, the man alongside with
live bait is the one who had the
sport.
The difiiculty in obtaining live bait.
which Is Increasing yearly, Is driving
more and more fishermen to use Of
the plug and pork rind. There isn't
any doubt that these artificial bats
will kill the bass. water conditions
being right, but veteran iive-bait fish-
ermen have a prejudice against their
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quarters in the communal villages.
This working together has broken
down British social barriers in 4 man.
ner that would have taken centuries
Of theory and practice in normal
times.
Often the workers in the munitions
factories are weary, homesick and
sad, Mrs. Smith declares. She was one
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a 0EXT Wednesday is red-let-
lMu ter day in the fsherman's
uN calendar. May 20 marks the
q " opening of the bass season
in the District of Columbia.
Though the game laws of the states
bordering on the Potomac river pro-
vide for later opening of the season
June / to 15-there is general ac-
ceptance of the District of Columbia
date. Nowhere on the Potomac is it
regarded as unsportsmanlike to take
bass beginning the day before Me-
mortal day.
The clear water and ideal condi-
tions of the last two weeks have
offered a strong temptation to fisher
men. but all true disciples of the
Waltonian art have resisted it. April
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ass I'd have been reckeond among
the wizards
Perfectly true said Shakespeare.
1T has been thinking wrong at the
US all in trouble ever since the
world began. Take me. II I'd only
thought to send the original manu.
script Of Hamlet to the British Mu-
scum instead Of letting Anne Hatha-
way use it for curl-papers Bacon's
settled once and for all and all this
horrid world controversy about Who's
Who in Shakespeare would have been
avoided"
Il doubt it. win. I doubt it," said
your autographs were fair samples
Of your handwriting that original
manuscript wouldn't have proved
anything. because nobody could ever
have read the darn thing"
peare. "tt would have proved that
Bacon never wrote 1t anyhow. be-
cause there has been only one other per-
son in the whole history Of the world
whose handwriting was as bad as mine.
and that was Horace Greeley. and
since Horace Greeley Greeley was not born born
Hamlet was written. the Q. E. D.
reveals itself P. D. @. Nobody but
me would have written it."
~
Nobody but I. William. nobody
but l." suggested Lindley Murray.
Great Scottw cried Shakespeare,
missing the point. Nobody but your
What in hades did you have to do
with it?"
why. nothing" said Shakespeare.
well. that's all Bacon ever did, SO
I guess that's settled at last"
Yes" said Samson. We're all. in
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liverance comes. and your victorious
armies return home. and you see them
passing down your streets with the
torn but triumphant flag Of your
country, you may know of a certainty
that with the living have come back
the dead, and your dear ones are there
as surely as II they were (where you
have often dreamed they would bel
within the circle of their mothers
arms.
Meantime. how peaceful and how
powerful are their graves out there
on the fringes Of the battlehelds of
France! Silent sentinels Of the army
Of humanity before the eyes of God
and man! ..t..
Copyright. 1918, BY the Edward Marshall Syn.
. - 63c1te. Incl
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of the women designated by the gov
erpment to go among the plants and
spread the gospel of cheer and up
lift. All the women take their share
of night work, and she stated that
she had many times spoken to them
during the recess taken between and
3 o'clock in the morning. During ane
Of those talks the signal for lights
out flashed through the building. A
Zeppelin raid was on and munitions
factories are choice targets. The
strain of the darkness and the silence
except for the buzz overhead was ter
rible. Mrs. Smith declared. All real
lied that II a single shell dropped.
see another dawn.
When the tension was at its height.
and an outbreak Of Mysteries seemed
imminent from the ,stifled sobs and
signs to be heard, a voice in a far
corner suddenly broke into the
hymn. Jesus, Lover of My Soul" 1t
proved the saving of the hour. The
women, one after another, took up
the words and the soft singing calm
ed the multitude until the danger
was past.
II have always thought of that
woman as one of Gods angels" said
Mrs. Smith. She also referred to the
beautiful custom practiced in all mu
nittons factories throughout Britain
OF stopping work for one minute at
noon each day for silent Player for
the men in the trenches. On the
stroke Of IL a signal is given. all stop
work, and a million hearts make si-
lent appeal for strength for the fight
ing men and success of the allied
cause.
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Many of the woman workers in the
British munitions factories are well
up in their fifties, some are in their
sixties. They work all day without
complaint. All realize that. despite
weary. limbs. they must stand by
their work and send ammunition over
to their sons in the trenches. "One
of the brightest women I know in
England today is a mother of over
sixty. who has lost her six sons in
the war;" said Mrs. Smith. To-day
that woman is serving hour after
hour and day after day in a railway
station canteen. dispensing what COM
fort she can to the living sons of
other mothers"
That the women of England are
working successfully in every de-
partment of work was the statement
made by Mrs. Smith. In banks. in
shops, in commercial houses their
work has called forth high praise. In
summarizing their service in the
fields they have entered. Mrs. Smith
said that their work has been SO ef-
icient that the shortage of men in
the Industrial field has hardly been
felt In England.
The branch Of work into which 1t
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Aside from smelt and other scale
bait. which will not stand long trans
portation, the fishermen who insists
worms ana helgramites. Tho blood
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NJ OU will not take 1t amiss that
II am responding to a request that
q / should address these words to
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-19
.RAUERS-YANKFES
DEFEAT M!DGETS
Great Struggle at Tunnel Green, With
Home Boys Gaining Back
Lost Laurels.

Yesterday afternoon one OF tho most
spirited little amateur games OF the en-
tire season was witnessed at Tunnel
Green, before u large crowd, In which
the Buuer-Tankces demonstrated their
ability rs a club by trounclug the pow
erful Martins Ferry Midget nine. which
club. several weeks ago. played tho
Ferry Athletics to n close game. IN
this game the l3auerS were VictorS oy
the count Of 14-9 and 1t was much more
interesting than tho score indicates.
Never during tho game were tho
locals headed. and they continued their
dash and speed from start To finish.
rutting three hurlcrS under cover. whl!c
Peter Conner held down tho box In frst
class share. allowing the ovcr-the-rlfer
hovs zen scattered binslcs. Both clubs
had their regular line-ups. while tho
plaving was clean and fast. much 10
rho measure of the fans. who were sur
pristd over the ability OF the young
s,crs Aside from Corners pitching ana
tha all around hitting of tho club. young
Rounds. shone resplendant In center
tcld knocking down several vicious
drives and using his head to advantage
Theirs ecems to be som" Squabble over
rho amateur title. and since the bauers
,.o, tha ramo yesterday they arc hot
ava boovv after Il return tilt on neutral
arn.,rds II was the first time In many
ya,rs that q Ferry club put in an hp-
no,ronca az the green" and twice this
sc,son the BOYS failed TO show up. II
&c 10 he houed that the teams make ar
r,nremen,s. and at least TWO more
Games arranged In order 10 settle the
argument.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-19
CO[ORED GIANTS
LOSE BIG GAME
Fifth aa,ne Of Series Goes to Pipe CEe'H
Before Fair Crowd at AeNs'fe
Yesterday.

There were quite few OF the colored
fms at the Sixteenth street GROUNDS
BellaIre, yesterday afternoon. much 10
their sorrow. for tho Smiths Colorca
Giants Of Bellaire went down to dcfenf
n, rho hands OF the Pipe Creek stars.
,rhe battle was listless throughout us
+bc score Indicates. the white boys WIN
ming ny 12-4 count , .o. .,o
However. 1t was new cluo 'ia' ."e
colorcd lads bucked up against. TOT out
tbree of the regular players OF the Flpe
Crcok club played. IT was the deter
,n,rut,on az tho management 70 win. as
,ho colored lads had already beaten tho
rIuh three straight times. II ID not
1,trlr that another game VIII be played
.s r. now stands three to wv" IN iafor
~ rho durkics. Moon worked Tor tne
i,ssrs whilc Ross Mooney. former pei
Intre Athletic star. WAS the winning
hnaver. ,s ,,,. Md
A large crowd was on hnnn' nut h",i
,,o, ,b,. winners strengthened II inucn
h.,,cr haiti. would HAY" resulted.
Heavy hitting and i""s" ielaihs %oi'
,ha outstanding features OF TINS long
drawn out affair. which WAS the only
vame in this vicinity In the scm-pro
class.
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NEW BALL CLUB
HAS ORGANIZED!
South Side Boys Put i'll an Appe' iance
and Are Now Ready to Meet
AL Corners.

Down over III" creek tho hoyS that
have been l':rn!nS w the Twcnty-siNth
street Fairgrounds. in. ia" Fairgrounds
Twilight league. have formed haS"Mll
niuc from the stars OF each club. with
several others. under III" nnmr of tn"
Eagles. While ii seems rather ate Tor
n club to com" into the lmclight. the
more the mrrricr. and they surely ar"
welcome to our city. In this team 8
lineup may be found som" veterans o.
tic national rastim". Will" thcr" are
also quite Il few Of the youngsters VINO
have distinguished themselves with
high schools and other anlatcur Clubs
While thu management has not as H"i
been selected III" personnel n; the cum
will include such stars ~ DIR" Wees ana
ltubl". former stars -: til" iam"ns 'ifF
hallway MIN; Carl Hall. lfill lrnnnHn
and johnson. Of II" Nir;tniaS fr""S:'
Of Wheeling high: lIrh"rstirk. 81 IN"
McConicyS. and SChildhnmp. al AS'
years Tyler Tube company nine. IN"
boys are rarti. ularly ANXIOUS /" arrhnE"
= .arr for next sunday with IN" Mo
rnnk"y<; preferred on the Tunnel Green
Yrr1llDlS
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-19
1855 for the week.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 1S.-Casualties
in the United States overseas forces an
nounccd by the war and navy depart
mcnts during the week ending TODAY
numbered 1885. compared with 4,s1e
for the previous week. Total casualties
announced to date number 2l.46'. In
Guiding 1856 in to-day's army list. Totai
army casualties number l8.701; the ma
rine corps list total 2.i6o. Total Deaths
including the killed in action. deaths
from wounds, disease. accident and other
causes since tho United States forces
landed in France number S,l3S. including
ogl soldiers lost at sea or that mum.
her 1926 6wcrc of the army and SS7 OF
tho marine corps.
The wounded to date number ISIS.
or which 9.7S5 are OF tho army and 1880
Of the marine corps.
Nc., missing in action and prisoners
in the hands of the enemy number LIS.
OF which 1926 are Of the army ana. 20
Of tho marine corps.
Tho summary OF the army casualty
l:sst to date. including to-day's. follows:
Killed in action. $3.50; died OF
wounds. l.lSe; died Of disease. 1'sSS;
died of accident and other causes. o.:
wounded in action. s.IS5; missing In ac-
ton tincluding prisoners). 1.S26.
Total TO date. 1s.7oS. The summary
of tho marine corps list follows:
Deaths, S37; wounded. 1880: missing
IN notion. SIS; In hands OF enemy. 3.
Total 10 date. 1850.
CANADIAN LIFT.
OTTAWA. Aug. 1S.-Ths Canadian
casualty list issued tonight includes the
Following names of Americans:
Woundei-O. W. Hayes Everett
Wash; ]. r Plank. Lancaster. Pa: {.
Garter, Louisa, KY; 4. Il. Walker. Phil
, d,luhia: c, Jones, Washburn. III.
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DULL SUNDAY
FOR BASEBALL
Yesterday Was tile Qutetest Day fol-
Ssrni-Pro Mines in History of
Local Sport.

~ tn'ui r1ry
OF Tue '''9t '''''o
of baseball IN TINS l"Sal''E MIS- inc
sport been So dull in this vicinity. Yes
,..r,,o, w,,s tho nrst sunday that no
srmi-rro games were scheduled around.
with several of the clubs going away
cru,, homo on account of the lack OF in
frog, Rut ou. game this season ncttcd
INV r,ir results and with such nice
,-,nos for Tho offerings nf the fans. is it
nv, wonder that tho clubs nre going
elsewhere to get back on their feet.
Games AT Tunnel Green have drawn
nicely this season, but never before were
tho collections SO poor. and. despite the
war conditions, this stage should not
,yIst. According to all statistics IL is
casA proven that the boys Ito n lot
b.ttrr when they play III hostile ter
,;inry.
Martins Ferry. hcIiitirc ana '"c i'u "
and even the Clarks were out Of the
running yesterday. OF course the lat
for three clubs have dishanded' put IL
Is he first time for many years 'h"'
r. < hus happened so carly in the season.
g Septcmhcr Is one Of the best OF DhSe-
hslI months. Ferry is deserving OIL
rest, and for this fact nlone LOOK Il uay
oY hut the other clubs were hit too nara
nv Uncle Samuel and were forced 10
Weld IN greater odds. The McConKeys
wont IN fulrmONt, W llSOHS W i''iS''