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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-06-20
Mr.. Rust Airs His Views.
Princeton, MINI. June 10.

Princeton, Mimi, June 10, 1918.
To the Editor Of the Union:
Richard Hammer, writing in your
paper, draws some wonderful conclu-
slons from store company that has
been organized in North Dakota by
members Of the Nonpartisan league,
The writer knows very little about
these store companies, except what
has been written by enemies of the
league. From these writeups we judge
that each farmer who becomes store
company member has to sign a con
tract that is plain and easily under
stood and to pay 500 for a ten-year
membership.
The men who took these member
ships must have considered it good
bet, as every store that has been
opened has increased it's membership
materially, and requests for store or
CARNATIONS from other parts of the
country are turned down every day.
A number Of groups in Minnesota have
requested stores. Think of that, in the
face of propaganda that has assured
them that it is only scheme of Mr..
Townley's to get more money!
Mr.. Hammer says that Mr.. Townley
exercises a supervisory control, which
lis probably the reason why the far
mers have SO much confidence in them.
Now if Mr.. Rockefeller had super
visory control, as he is said to have
of another chain stores proposition, Of
course it would be different.
In trying to find out what a party
stands for look at its platform and
resolutions. The league is not stand
ing for the stores in Minnesota or
North Dakota. They are an indepen-
dent enterprise Of league members
who went into them with their eyes
open and their wits about them. Not
a single member has withdrawn al
though the one member who is making
a campaign against the stores has re-
fused to take his money back. It is
an interesting fact to note that sew
eral meetings called to expose the
store companies has resulted in in
creased memberships.
In number of the communities
where stores have been established
the business men Of the cities have
been so hostile as to create an i'm
preston that they did not want the
farmers trade, and the farmers had
to have some place in which to do their
marketing.
The leagues big program is to have
the state perform functions Of food
trusts that now have cinch on the
marketing, both at the buying and
selling end.
Recent government Investigations
show that the packers follow their
product to the ultimate market in
many parts of the country and they
have recently taken over the buying
end in butter, eggs and poultry, as
well as meats, leather, soap and a
number Of sidelines. By their control
Of the markets they have set aside the
law Of supply and demand, and have
instituted instead Of it what the
President calls the law Of '1unre-
strained selfshness." This has en-
abled them to pile up their dividends
in the hundreds and millions from the
productive industries Of the country.
Therefore, the taking over Of the
functions Of the food trust by the
state will mean so much more to the
producers than any stores company
would mean, and the league members
are not interested in the North Dako-
ia experiment. The league program
L L L. I, Z. L I,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-06-20
OPSTEAD

Jonas Grant and wife and Mrs. Al
fred Johnson visited at the Fred Eg.
gan camps on Sunday afternoon.
Roy Mccullough, Fred Eggan
Adolph Arneson and Gustaf Haggberg
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-14
STARRY BANNER IS
 BASED UP TOO SOON

New York, Sept. 14-Several thou
 sand angry racegoers gathered around
 the judges stand at Belmont Park
 yesterday afternoon, and hurled all sorts of threats at the officials. They had seen Starry Banner pass the reg
 ular judges stand a length in front
 of Deckmate, and when Deckmate was awarded the decision they de- clared the officials had erred and in-
 sisted that the mistake" be rectifled.
 But the judges had made no mis-
 take. The race wag at one mile and a
 quarter and the finish of 1t was 50 yards further down the track. Few of the spectators were aware of this and when the regular stand was pass
 ed they believed the race was over. ,
 Even Jockey Schuttinger, who rode Starry Banner, forgot about the new finish line and eased up his mount as soon as he crossed the old line. It
 was this move that cost Starry Ban ner the race, for when Schuttinger | stopped riding Callahan brought Deckmate up with rush and landed | his mount home the victor by a head. When the official numbers were | posted the crowd ran to the stand and demanded that Starry Banner re- ceive the verdict. but when 1t was ex- pIained that the finish line was further | down the track the mob turned and
 condemned the jockey for careless
 ness. But the criticism heaped on Schuttinger was aH nothing compar-
 ed to what was said about the track.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-14
Cubs Divide With
 the Men in Service

Chicago, Sept. 14.--The Chicago Ma tionals returned from Boston and dis banded until the war is over. The players decided to divide $1,000 of their worlds series share between Gro yer Cleveland Alexander and four other members of the club who en- listed in the navy or joined the army before the close of the season. Kill duff Aldridge, Elliott and Daily are the others in the service. Trainer Brady was given $500.
 The remainder of the money was divided among g players, each re- ceiving s574.
 The players pool derived from the worlds series will be increased in the near future by action of the National and American leagues members of the Chicago team said, for the pur- pose of giving the men who competed a larger remuneration than they re- ceived under the arrangement framed last winter before 1t was known how serious an effect the war would have on baseball
 Both the Red Sox and the Cubs said they are subject to an injustice be- cause the New York Nationals and the Cleveland Americans, runners up in their respective leagues, will re- lceive under the new system of di- vision almost as much as the Chicago | Nationals.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-14
AHEARN-DIXoN BOUT.

Young Ahearn outpointed Young Dixon in ten rounds at New York on this date in 1910. This was the first bout in America of Ahearn, who was later hailed by English sportins writers as the coming champion of the heavyweight division. "The Brooklyn Dancing Master" as he was known in New York because of his ring tactics made lot of money in England in 1913, and, when the war broke out he was matched with Gun boat Smith and Georges Carpenter
 Ahearn was born in England, and did a little fighting there before coming U America in 1910. He was a light weight, but tall and lank, when he began scrapping in the ring, but grad ually developed into a welter and middleweight, later tackling the heay- ies. He was knocked out by Packey Mcfarland at Albany in 1911, and by Mike Gibbons at New York in 1913.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-14
MCARTYs FIRST BIG BOUT.

Six years ago today Sept. IA, 1912, Luther McCarty defeated Jim Barry in six rounds at Pittsburgh. This was McCarty's first bout with a fairly good man, and his victory put him in the white hope" running. The pre- vious month Luther had been defeat ed by Jim Stewart and held to draw by the green Jess Willard. Barry was a veteran, and in his prime whip ped Gunboat Smith, Sandy Ferguson and other good men, but when he met Luther he was on the down grade, and only a short time before had been defeated by Porky Flynn. A month after defeating Barry. McCarty went to San Francisco and knocked out Al Kaufman, another has-been, and then, by capturing the white hope" belt, began to enjoy the brief space in the limelight that ended with such tragic suddenness in the ring at Cal gary.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-14
EQUAL SUFFRAGE
 HELP TO TRADES

The thousands of unorganized and voteless women in industry today is a menace that the trades unionist is well aware of, and he stands ready not only to protect his own interest but to help the working woman to protect hers also. The exercise of her political rights through the medium of the ballot is unquestionably her great est safeguard.
 Miss Ninah ParSAall, headquarters secretary of the Connecticut Woman Suffrage association, reports that suf- frage sentiment has been greatly stimulated by the fact that war has thrown so many women into indus try. Organized labor is keen to see the need of the adoption of woman suffrage as a war measure.
 Richard Kitchelt, a trades unionist, who has spoken before many of the labor unions, says he is appealing to the unions in behalf of equal fran chise because he believes giving the vote to women will be of practical ad- vantage to workingmen.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-14
RUSSIAN CORPORAL DELIVERS ADDRESS

Paul Iogolevitch, Is years old, who claims to have been a corporal in the Russian army and escaped to America after Alexander Kerensky, premier of the provisional government, had been overthrown, told officials in the pro- duction department of the Bridgeport Ordnance branch, who gathered at the Seaside Club last night, that Ger man and other sinister influences are active in hindering full production in certain Bridgeport plants.
 Speaking of his treatment as a German prisoner, Corporal Iogo1e- witch said l4e was made to suffer many hardships. The Russian corporal de- clared that his detachment was fore ed to retreat and later captured be- cause it lacked munitions. He has been decorated by the Czar for bravery.
 Corporal Oscar Mouvet of the French Foreign Legion also spoke.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-14
NICK ALTROCK's BIRTHDAY.

Nick Altrock, who in his time pitch ed for nearly all the leagues there are between the Atlantic and the Pacific coasts, was born in Cincinnati A years ago tomorrow, Sept Is, 1876 The veteran southpaw got his base ball start in 1898, with Grand Rap ids, in the old Interstate League. Be- fore the season was over he was given his first chance in the National League with the Louisville Colonels, but fail ed to stick. The next season found him back in Grand Rapids, and he was later with Columbus in the samo circuit. In 1900 he played with Syracuse, then in the Eastern League, the daddy of the present International circuit. In 1901 he wore a Toronto uniform for while, and then skipped out to the Pacific coast, playing with Los Angeles in the California State League. In 1902 Nick broke into the American Association with the Mil
 waukee Brewers. His second chance
 in the big league came in 1903 when he pitched for the Boston and Chica- go Americans. He was i'll most of ] the year, but in 1904 he developed into a good pitcher, and remained
 with the White Sox until the close of l the 1908 season. In 1909 he went | back to the American Association with | the Minneapolis Millers, but returned l to the Chicago Americans later in the season, and was turned over to the | Washington club. In 1910 he was
 again with Minneapolis, but the Mill 1 CTS soon turned him over to the Kan | sas City club. Altrock's final appear
 ance in the majors was with Washing i ton, where, with Schaefer, he played
 the role of comedian and amused the ! populace with their funny stunts or | the sidelines.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-14
REGISTRATION TOTALS 197,401 IN THE STATE

The final figures on Thursdays draft registration given out last night by Major John Buckley, show that 197, ,401 men in this state registered with their local boards. The final re- suit is about O,O0O short of the esti- mate made a week before the regis tration day by draft officials, but that is not remarkable as the estimate was made with a liberal allowance for er- TOT, so that boards could be provided with all the registration cards they could possibly have use for. With the 16O,000 who registered last year and the possible 15,000 who registered on June 5 and August A of this year the total number of men who are at pres ent subject to the jurisdiction of draft boards is probably more than 60,000.
 The registration by boards was as follows:
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-14
CHINESE FOOTBALL TEAM TO PLAY AT MEADOWS TOMORROW
 AGAINST BRIDGEPORT STARS
ARMY AND NAVY
 BATTLE TODAY

With much of the glitter and side lights of an Army-Navy football game the baseball teams of the receiving ship of the Brooklyn Navy Yard and the Quartermaster's Department of Camp Merritt will clash for the ser vice championship at the Polo Grounds today. The stands will be filled with soldiers and sailors, bands will play and there will be a drill by the Officers Training School from Pelham Bay. Popular prices will pre- vail and the receipts donated to the Red Cross.
 Many high officers of the Army and Navy will attend. Among others there will be Rear Admiral N. R. Usher, commandant of the Third Ma val District; Rear Admiral J. J. Mac Donald, commandant of the Brooklyn Navy Yard; Rear Admiral c. E. Burd, Industrial manager of the Brooklyn Navy Yard; Rear Admiral Albert Gleaves, Capt. G. L. P. Stone, Pay Director c. W. Littlefield, Lieut.. w. P Frost, Commander w. Butler Dun can and Commander w. B. Franklin, commanding Pelham Bay Training Station.
 Officers an1 sailors from the foreign vessels in New York harbor also will witness the game. Among others there will be present Commodore Li- onel Wells, Royal Navy; Admiral Gr'out and Aid Antonio de Mondat- grancey of the French Navy; Capt. Carlos Daireaux of the Argentine Navy Capt. c. A. de Mello of the Brazilian Navy, Lieut. Commander Guido Sansoni of the Italian Navy, and Capt. M. Yol1ura of the Japanese Navy.
 The army side of the field will be filled by the commanding officers and men from Camp Merritt and other neighboring army posts. The mayor, the various borough presidents, the park commissioners, the police com missioners and other city officials have been invited. So also has Gov | Whitman.
 Big league players will be seen in the line up of both teams. On the Navy nine there will be "Rube" Mar quard, Jeff Pfeffer, Sheridan, Shan non, Hickman, Stengel, Irving, Helt- man, Muller, Kearney, Sandberg Kenney Mulkey, Murphy and Vel sing. The army line up will include McGaffigan, 'Rube" Bressler, George Whttted, "Pickles'' Dilhoefer, Tincup Andrews, Caudette, Martin, RIoseff Ahrens, Dougherty, Miller, Blazey and Rosenfelter.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-14
DRAFTEES TO BE SENT
 TO THREE CAMPS

The governors office has receVeo a call from the war department TOT 1,710 Class 1, general service men to be sent to Camp Greenleaf during the five-day period beginning October ', and 513 men to be entrained for Camp Dix, Wrightstown, N. J., during the same period. This call comes Tn addition to a call for IT negroes to be sent to Camp Devens after Sept. 27. These calls will exhaust the sup- ply of Class 1 registrants of the 1917 registrations and of the 1918 regis trations of June 5 and August "A. Boards will be instructed to take men in the order of their registration, tax ing the 1917 men first and then the two registrations of this year.
 With this call all men who nave been temporarily deferred from mill tary service because of their agr1cul- tural activities will be summoned 10 service. This. of course, does not ap- ply to men who have been put Tn de- ferred classes for agricultural reasons but to Class 1 men whose calls nave been deferred until the end or the harvest season.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-14
DOINGS in SCOTLAND
FOOTBALL O.K.'D BY
 WAR DEPARTMENT
Students in All Parts of Country Will Be Advised
 to Continue Sport.

Washington, Sept. IA - Football programs for this fall at colleges and universities with army student train ing corps units will not be interrupted by the War Department, except where they actually would interfere with mill itary training.
 Protests which began to reach members of Congress yesterday against the action of an officer of the training corps service in advising that football schedules be abandoned drew an official statement from the War Department yesterday that no step had been authorized.
 On the contrary, it was stated that the educational students would be advised formally to continue their athletic schedules without permitting them to curtail the military course.
 Satisfaction was expressed by foot ball coaches throughout the country with the continuation of intercolle- giate athletics and its statement yes erday that it will encourage the play ing of the 1918 football schedules in- stead of demanding their abandon ment.
 A. A.. Stagg of the University of Chicago announced he would start the practice season next Monday and that other coaches in the 'big ten' were planning on launching the practice season next week.
 T think I voice the sentiments of every coach in the country when I say wo will teach football this fall for Uncle Sam without having the big de- sire to win foremost in our minds" said Coach Stagg. "Our first thoughts will be to get the men in physical condition, teach them to think and act quickly and show them the best way of charging and blocking.
 ''Team play in football corresponds to the unity of attack in the army. l think playing the game will make our men better officers. After a football player mixes in few scrimmages, fear leaves him and he learns how to fight not only against an individual but against masses
 The University of Chicago schedule will be carried out as originally planned, but Coach Stagg said it was probable that Minnesota and one or two other universities in the confer ence would be obliged to cancel sev- eral games which would require long trips.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-14

Eddie Sicl1ing, the Giants young in fielder, who was recently called to the colors by his local board at St. Ber- nard, Ohio, is now deep in the study of the soldiers trade. Sicking, who was purchased from the San Antonio 0 club in June, saw considerable service with the Giants following the deser- tion of Walter Holke, playing third base when the team faced left handed pitching, while Heinie Zimmerman covered first base. Camp Sherman is enriched by Sicking's presence by another crack ball player and will undoubtedly become a member of Benny Kauff's team at that canton ment.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-14
FISH AND GAME
 ASSOCIATION

All sportsmen in this section are invited to attend the meeting at the Fairfield County Fish and Game Pro- tective association which will, be held Monday evening at the Park Club, PSI Noble avenue at s:16 o'clock. This is the annual meeting for the election of officers and dues are also collectible. A large attendance is desired. Charles R. Disbrow is president and A. J. Will Hanson secretary of the association. Many matters of interest will be talk ed over
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-14
SPORTING NOTES

Capt, Tyrus Raymond Cobb of the Chemical Warfare Service is now head over heels in work under the direction of Major William L. Sibert, director of the gas service of the army. For a brief period Capt. Cobb will re- main in the office of Major Sibert, at Washington, and after his period of instruction is over the former Tiger star will probably be sent to France for duty in the field.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-14
City League Games.

Two games are scheduled at Seaside Parl in the City Baseball League for tomorrow, the Rosebuds and Savoys on No. diamond, and the Athletics and Company K on No. diamond. The City League season will end Sept. 20. A game between the St. Josephs' and Locomobiles scheduled will be forfeited to the St. Josephs', the Locos having withdrawn from the league.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-14
Au-Chinese Students

The reteree TOT the game IS BObby Rae, the popular secretary of the Connecticut Referees Association. An other honor to be bestowed upon local football is the fact that Thomas w Cahill the secretary of the United States Football association, will be in attendance at the game and will kick off in the game promptly at S:SO D. m.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-14
IN GERMAN PRISON CAMP.

Walter Chimel of this city is re- ported by the government as being in Camp Giessen, German prison camD-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-14
RAIN MARS RACING
 ON GRAND CIRCUIT
Times Are Slow, But Fin. ishes Close in Final Days
 Meet at Syracuse.

Syracuse, N. Y, Sept. 1.-The Grand Circuit meeting in connection with the New York State Fair closed here with three races yesterday after noon. A rain soaked and heavy track made fast performance out of the question. Rain caused a, late start. The last of the amateur events was raced in a downpour.
 Murphy, Dickerson and Lyman were the days winners. Murphy drove Billy Jackson to a straight heat victory in the 2:10 class pace after letting Walker lead to the three-quar- ters pole in each heat with Harper. Hubbard was the third started with Bellinardine.
 The opening event went the full five heats. Zoller drove Jennie Dean to the wire first in the opening two heats, but Lyman, in a whipping fin ish, sent Mazda home by nose in the third and came back again in the fourth. Mazda led all the way in the fifth for heat winners and took first money.
 Baron Frisco won in straight heats in the 2:15 trot Monte Volo was second in the last two after trailing the field in the first.
 W. J. Mcdonald of Boston won tha first of two amateur races with Ecce Volo. A. J. Furbush, also of Boston, won the second with Byron.
 Most of the horses last night were shipped to Columbia, where racing opens on Monday but Murphy kept Miss Harris M. here and will drive her in an exhibition mile against time today if the track dries out. The y1o T,,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-14

U. S. ENGINEER OFFICE, NEW LONDON, CT.-A public hearing will be held in the Council Chamber. City Hall, at 2 p. m., Sept 19, 1918, to consider a proposed modification in the regulations governing the opera ton of Bridgeport drawbridges, with a view to increasing the periods which the draws shall be closed to navigation. Interested parties are invited to attend. I12 r*
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-14


 2:2O Class Trot; in 5; S1,OOO. Mazda (Lyman) ...... 8 ? 1 1 Jenne Dean (Seller( ... 2 4 2 Alice Virginia (Rodney).. 2 8 2 Bob Everett (Camp) .... 6 8 4 3 Hay Boy (Dickerson) .... dis Native King II. (Jones).. dr Time-2:1S%, 2:14h, 2:13A, 2:15A.
 2:18h.
 2:1O Glass Pace; in 5; $1.O0O. Billy Jackson (Murphy) ..... 1 1 Harper (Walker) ...... 2 2 BeIlinardine (Hubbard) ..... 3
 Time-2:13N, 2:12%, 2:09%.
 2:14 Class Trot; in 5; $1,OOO. Baron Frisco (Dickerson) .... 1 1 1 Monte Volo (Brusie) ......... 2 2 Worthy Bingen (Murray). .... 2 Moho (Fick) ............ 4 3 z Indiana (Sheldon) ...... 5 5 Hilda Audubon (Jones) w 6 4 Natice Judge (Walker) .... 6
 Time-2:12A, 2:12h, 2:10A.