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The Twin City star., 1918-05-11
STARS ARE OVER DRAFT AGE
List Of Players Over Limit includes
Bill kiIlifer, Frank Baker
and Zimmerman.

While daily reports announce the
fact that some major league star has
been chosen In the selective draft,
there are a great many classy players
in the majors who are far above the
age for selective service.
The following players in the major
leagues are above the draft age limit {:
Jimmy Austin, Frank Baker, Jack
Collins, Gravy Cravath, Jake Dau-
bert, Larry Doyle, Arthur Fletcher,
Charley Herzog, Heinie Zimmerman,
Larry Gardner, George Gibson. Ivan
Howard, Bill Killifer, John Lobert,
Sherwood Magee, Fred Luderus,
George Mcbride, Eddie Plank. Jack
Murray, Dode Paskert, Frank Schultz,
Bert Shotten, Oscar Stanage, Terry
Turner, Jimmy Walsh, Leon Ames.
Larry Cheney, Eddie Cicotte. Jack
Coombs, James Levander and Harry
Sallee.
Eddie Plank is the Nestor Of the
veteran squad Of exempts, the family
Good Book accrediting him with forty
two summers. George Gibson probably
is the only one with son in the army.
Gibson evidently got an early start In
the matrimonial game, as he now Is
only "going on" thirty-elght, the same
age as Dode Paskert. Gravy Cra-
vath and Frank Schultz are in their
thirty-sixth years. IL the records are
true. .
The Twin City star., 1918-05-11
WITH THE SAGES

All the greatest men live in their
purpose and effort more than It is DOS
sible for them to live in reality.-Rus-
kin.
Be courteous, be obliging, but don't
give yourself over to be melted down
for the benefit of the tallow trade
George Eliot.
If mistakes were copyrighted, It
would be impossible to make one with
out infringing on some other fellows
patent.-Selected.
Happiness comes from striving. do
Ing. loving, achieving. conservirg-al-
ways something positive and forceful.
David Starr Jordan.
The Twin City star., 1918-05-11
SEVEN WONDERS OF WORLD

1. How the German people can be.
lieve all the kaiser tells them.
2. Whether there are any heights of
fiendishness which the disciples Of kul-
tur have not yet achieved. .
3. What excuse the pant German mil
itarists are going to offer the few re.
naming people after It is all over.
4. What the kaiser expects to ac-
complish by the wholesale devastation
Of whatever country his troops may
occupy.
5. To what extremes the German
people have been put to continue their
existence for three years without trade
communication with the outside world.
6. Whether the latest premier may
not also be the last.
z. How there can still be such things
as pro-Germans.-Life.
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managing the
White Sox again
this year. Clar-
ence is thirty
nine years old.
He led the White
Sox to victory in
t h e American
que cham
pionship la s t
season and won
t h e w Orld' 8
championship of
1917 from New
York with the
SOx. Rowland
succeeded Jimmy
Callahan as man
appr Of tho Gov
The Twin City star., 1918-05-11
MARRIED into ROYALTY

With the announcement not long
ago that Mrs. William Bateman Leeds,
of New York and Newport, had been
married in Switzerland to Prince
Christopher of Greece, the most ad-
vanced step was taken in the Amerf-
canizatiOn Of European royalty. Her
marriage into royal family places
her in a position never before occupied
by an American woman. Her hus-
band, who is thirty years old and
eleven years her junior, is grandson
of the late King Christian TX of Den
mark, son of the assassinated King
George Of Greece, brother Of the de-
posed King Constantine of that coun-
try, and uncle Of the present King
Z Alexander.
Born Miss Nancy Stewart, of Cleve-
land, Ohio, this American woman thus
enters the circle of the royal families
Of Prussia, Great Britain and Norway,
and Of the ROmanoffs, who once ruled
Russia. She becomes a cousin by mar
The Twin City star., 1918-05-11
SAYS GERMAN LACKS HUMOR

John Galsworthy, the famous Eng
lish novelist, who has written a great
deal Of the great war, thinks the great
est German fault is lack of humor. He
has this to say on the subject:
"The German Of today has no phil
osophic humor, no power of self criti-
cism. This Is a terrible national
defect, whether emanating from the
individual deficiency or from living un-
der despotic bureaucracy organized
as state despotism."
Galsworthy believes the allies will
triumph through their sentiment and
sense Of humor. 'There is in the blood
of the American, Frenchman and Eng
lishman a salt which inclines our peo-
pie to individual liberty and to those
democratic forms Of government
which alone permit Of enough philOso-
phic humor and self-criticism to keep
patriotism sober. The inspiration Of
an ideal that far transcends the idea
Of glory to our individual countries
The Twin City star., 1918-05-11
HINTS ON SUCCESS

The unluckiest man In the world -
the man who thinks he 10 lucky.
The trouble with most good people
Is that they make q business Of It.
The law Is reason dulled by com.
promise between many conflicting view.
points.
The least important benefit to be de-
rived from the study Of the law Is the
actual legal knowledge which one OBJ
tains.
The way to get what you want is to
show that you deserve It before you
ashland then perhaps you won't have
to ask.
Blue sky or q promise of what may
happen can be sold by man who
knows how, but 1t takes q lot Of train
ing to learn how.
When a young man comes out Of
college he must have confidence In
himself, but he should not advertise
his self-confidence. ..
Learning how to sell the public some
thing that the public doesn't want 10
q service to society as well as an in
valuable training Of oneself.
Almost always before a specialist
can get in action, it is necessary for a
lot Of nonspecialists to 60 out and get
the money for the specialist to special
lie with.
One Of the greatest dangers to the
successful career Of a public man,
whether he be politician or merchan-
dizer, is that he may overestimate the
composite intelligence which makes up
public opinion.-From 'If Were
Twenty-one." by William Maxwell.
The Twin City star., 1918-05-11
POOR RECOMMENDATION

Recommendations Of ball
players amount to a whole/lot,
not" muses. the Veteran Frank
Bancroft of the Cincinnati Reds.
"Yea, no! Long, long ago, I had
to get a first baseman for the
club I was managing. The one
/ chose, on the recommended
ton Of all the wise ones, lasted
half a season and, to get him,
turned down a fellow whom the
critics said would never do. The
one I turned down was Dan
Brouthers, that was all !"
The Twin City star., 1918-05-11
GOES BACK FOR MORE

Corporal Peter Robinson Of Utica,
N. u, reported recently at the British
and Canadian recruiting mission In
New York while on his way back to
France. The corporal has served near
ly three years In the trenches with the
East Lancashire regiment and the
Royal Welsh Fusiliers, and fought at
the Marne, Neuve Chapelle, Loos and
the Somme. He has been mixed up in
four hand-to-hand bayonet encounters
with the enemy and got his man each
time. In his first fight of this kind,
however, at Mametz, his antagonist
gave him a severe bayonet wound In
the thigh before succumbing to Irish
valOr.
The corporal was gassed at Loos,
and was buried by the explosion of a
big shell which killed five men and
wounded three others near him. In
addition to his bayonet thrust, he was
struck by shrapnel and his chin still
plainly shows the mark of the wound.
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Sticks 20 Army Job.

Earl Thompson, who had been de-
pended on to play first base for Ia
coma this season, Is lost to the club.
He has decided to stick to his job with
q shipbuilding company, which makes
him safe from army service.
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Mstty Prepares to pitch.

Christopher Mathewson has aroused
Cincinnati fans by warming up in prac-
tice at the Reds training camp down
South. Big Six says that he doesn't
intend to pitch regularly this year, but
that in cases Of emergency he wants
to be In shape to enter the box.
The Twin City star., 1918-05-11

in 1915. He came up with a bril-
liant bush-league record, having man
aged minor-league clubs with sue
cess in Aberdeen, Winnipeg, jack
sonville, Dubuque and Peoria. Row.
land has the strongest team in the
American league and will be hard to
beat for the pennant this year.
The Twin City star., 1918-05-11
DIRECTOR OF MILITARY TRAINING

When q town boasts of ninety-sev'
en- odd inhabitants-numerically
speaking-it always welcomes a new
arrival. Sixty years ago, Dec. 20, the
little town of Charlottesville, N. Y, vel.
coined John E. Morrison to its fold.
Last December Secretary Of Wal
Baker observed the Morrison birthday
celebration by appointing the party In
question to be director Of military
training for the United States army
with headquarters at the war college
In Washington.
Major General John F. Morrison
was born in 1857. He grew up in the
manner Of any small town lad until he
became twenty years Of age; then he
obtained an appointment to the United
States military academy, where he
was given a commission as second
lieutenant in the Twentieth infantry
which he continued to hold for nine
years, when he was rewarded with Q
first Heutenancy with the First infan
,Sfer tn the Twentieth infantry. where
The Twin City star., 1918-05-11
$4,000 Bats for France.

Shipment of $4,000 baseball batA
the largest in baseball history, has
been started from Louisville, KY, fc1
the Lorraine sector Of the western
fighting front In Europe, according to
officials Of the Young Mems Christian
association.
The Twin City star., 1918-05-11
POPULAR SCIENCE

A newly-designed pair Of scis-
sors has a space in the handles
for the storage Of cotton and
needles.
An Italian electric plant is
partly operated from the heat of
underground springs from a vol.
canO.
Open air schools Of New York
are said to have accomplished
wonders In bringing the color
Of health to the cheeks Of a.
naemic children.
Rhotanium, the name Of a new
substitute for platinum, is an al
10y Of metals Of the platinum
groups, and is being used for
crucibles, ignition tubes and
thermo couples.
The Twin City star., 1918-05-11
PERSONAL FIRE PLEDGE

AS to self-protection against fires in
ones property the National Board Of
Fire Underwriters suggests that each
individual should pledge himself as fol-
lows:
I will keep our match supply in met
al boxes.
So far as can will use only safety
matches.
No lamps will be filled by artificial
light or after dark.
Twill see that every match is out be-
fore it leaves my hand.
Coal oil and gasoline will be kept in
absolutely alright, metal receptacles.
II I smoke, will smoke where neith-
er match, pipe nor stub will endanger
life or property.
The Twin City star., 1918-05-11
ROWLAND HAS STRONG TEAM
First Busher to Win Worlds Cham
pionship viii Be Hard to Beat
for Pennant This Year.

Clarence Rowland, the first busher
to win a worlds championship, is
The Twin City star., 1918-05-11

of King George
Russia aunts the
She becomes
who have been married into regning
The Twin City star., 1918-05-11

Twill see that every match is out be-
fore it leaves my hand.
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captain 1S98
the depart
his sland
for three
obtained during Spanish
the 1904
The Twin City star., 1918-05-11

Coal oil and gasoline will be kept In
absolutely air-tight, metal receptac acles,
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the United Sabee
August 1914
paid his to England Furthermore
gone to do bit more
The Twin City star., 1918-05-11

No lamps will be filed by artificial
light or after dark.
The Twin City star., 1918-05-11

So far as I can will use only safety
matches.
The review., 1918-09-19
LIVES OF LITTLE CHILDREN
SNUFFED OUT BY SUBMARINE

London.-Th.e British steamer Cal
way Castle of 1888 tons gross was tor
peroed and sunk She had $50 per-
sons on board, of whom more than
$50 were reported saved.
The missing from the Galway Cas-
tie numbers 189. They include 12O
passengers, sc naval and military oftl~
GERS and men, and 33 of the crew.
Ninety third-class passengers lost
were without exception women and
children.
The liner floated for two days IN
charge o fthe captain and volunteers.
The passenger list included 300 wo
men and children. The boPes
three OF the children who had dleo
were brought ashore The captain ana
several Of the officers are reported 10
have been still on board the ship wheH
she was last seen and sinking.
The review., 1918-09-19
PEACE DISCUSSION TO BE
NO INTERRUPTION OF WAR

Amsterdam-In extending an invita-
ton to all the belligertn governments
ton to all the be1ligerent governments
some neutral meeting place. the Aus,
tro-Hungarian government states that
the object of the conference would h.
to secure an exchange of views which
would show whether these prereuui-
sites exist which would make the
speedy Inauguration of peace negotia-
tions appear promising"
The Austrian proposal, which is an
nounoed in an official communication
telegra phed here from Vienna sug-
gests that there be no interruption Of
the war, and that the discussions
would. go, only so far as considered
by the participants to offer prospects
of success"
The proposal calls for all the bel
ligerents to send delegates for a con-
fidential and unbinding discussion on
the basic principles for the conclusion
Of peace, in place in neutral coun"
try and at a near date that would yet
have to be agreed upon"
The review., 1918-09-19
STEADY ADV NCE OF
PtRSH|NG''S FORCES
ENEMT'S WITHDRAWAL NAV
TO PROTECT HIS RAILwAv
COMMUNICATION.
AMERICAN PATROLS ADVANCING
Two New Divisions Broken lin
British German Strength is
Greatly Reduced.

London-General Pershing's Armv :.
making fine progress. 1t has advanoas
from two to three miles on 33.n,iIo
front and the fortress guns Of Mots
have come into action against it.
The enemy appears to be Withdraw
ing to some further line which win
protect the railway communications ~
the vicinity of Metz, which at proqent
are under the long range fire of tba
Americans.
American patrols are advancing a.
various points couple of miles he.
yond the general advances.
The American line at noon ran
through Norroy, on the MoselIe, Han.
mont, Doncourt and to Abaucourt or
the old line.
The advance by the French seems
to have been in the nature of several
local pushes and not a big general
forward move. The situation is much
the same as it was. The enemy has
been reacting very violently on tba
Fernch front. He made several coun.
ter-atacks, although he has not re-.
covered any of his lost ground, he is
holding up the French somewhat
The Prititsh are reported to have
captured the village Of MaIssenv.
northwest Of ST. Quentin It has been
discovered that there we're six Ger
man divisions operating in the st. MI
hiel salient. That would give total
strength Of $4,000 men or rife
strength Of $4,000. The Germans had
broken up for them. two more divis.
ions in this action, thus reducing their
strength in the west to 191 divisions,
dismounted cavlary
The review., 1918-09-19
IMPORTANT NEWS
THE WORLD OVER
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THIS
AND OTHER NATIONS FOR
SEVEN DAYS GIVEN
THE NEWS OF the SOUTH
What Is Taking Place In The South
land Will Be Found IN
Brief Paragraphs
Domestic

DO4AROOGAC
The impression prevalent in many
quarters that members of congress
are subject to draft was removed by
a ruling of General CrOwder. Upon
resignation, however, members of con
gress would automatically become sub
iect to draft.
MedilI Mccormick, Republican, will
contest the Illinois senatOrship this
fall with James Hamilton Lewis, Dem
ocratic incumbent. He was nominated
by a plurality of $4,000 over Mayor
Thompson Of Chicago and Congress-
man George Edmond Foss.
Eugene V. Debs, charged with vio-
lating the espionage act, was found
guilty by a federal jury at Cleveland,
Ohio. Debs said: Il repudiate moth
ing; 1 retract nothing; l deny moth
ing. Everything will come out all
right in Gods good time
Joseph C. s: Blackburn. former SEN
ator from Kentucky, and in recent
years resident commissioner of the
Lincoln Memorial commission, died at
his residence in Washington from at
tacks of the heart. He was about 80
crate army.
The Louisiana orange crop this fall
will be only slightly over $4,000 boxes,
or about 35 per cent of the annual
average yield in this state for the six
years prior to 1915.
HaBitual use of morphine, cocaine,
heroin and preparations containing
ether narcotic drugs has increased
rapidly in the United States within the
last two years, and drastic anti-nar-
cotic law must be enacted to check
the wholesale spread of the habit.
In South Carolina's second Demo
cratic primary, William p Pollock of
Cheraw defeated Thomas H. Peoples
of Barnwen for the nomination for
the short senate term.
Youths of 10 and 20 years and men
between the ages of 80 and 36 inclu-
sive who have registered, will be first
called to the cOlors, to whom question
naires will first go out, and local
boards have been ordered to proceed
with their speed classification so that
some of them may be called in Octo-
ber.
Pointing out that in classifying men
above the ages of 81 the army draft
would be "attacking the country's eco
nomic life and entering an unexplored
field" General Crowder, in public
statement to all employers and indus
trial representatives, besought their
aid in applying the plans of indus
trial deferments so that "the mainte-
nance of the military establishment of
the national interest during the emer-
gency'' may not be interfered with.
It is stated that only $4,000 men
above the age of 81 can be modified
for participation in the war-that is
to say, that out Of the number who
register, not many more than half
million can be expected to qualify un-
less the standard is lowered, which
is not likely.
The review., 1918-09-19
Washington

General Pershing has issued the fol-
lowing order: "It is the duty of every
officer and soldier to Kill on the spot
any person who in a fight urges any
one to surrender or stop fighting. 1t
makes no difference whether the per-
son is a stranger or friend, an Off
Ger or a private. Whoever he is he
should be shot on the spot. In battle
there is no time to inquire into the
identity or motives of persons who
create panic or disOrganization, or
who advise surrender"
President Wilson announces that a
fair price for raw cotton will be fixed
if that should be deemed necessary af-
ter the committee to be appointed by
the war industries board has cOmplet-
ed it's inquiry into the general cotton
situation.
Most of tie cotton raised in the
United States this year will be used
for war purposes.
The German people ought to know
that if they had dreamed of getting
better peace terms from the entente
than those formulated last, January,
they were mistaken, SalQ G0u. jan
Christian Smuts, member of the privy
council, in an address, on being given
the freedom of Newcastle, England.
The administration measure design
EN. to stimulate the sale of Liberty
Bonds by making larger amount of
them held by individuals and corpora
tions free from federal taxation was
passed by the house without dissent
ing vote.
Destruction of an enemy submarine
on September 8, off the Atlantic coast
by gunfire from the American steam
er Frank Y. Buck, is reported to the
navy department by the master of the
steamer. He said two shots were OBJ
served to hit the submersible, which
sank after terrific explosion. =
Information has reached Washington
from a source usually reIiable that
Turkey has sent large force to the
Bulgarian border where trouble. is
brewing over division of territorial
spoils of war between these two al,
lies OF Germany
The review., 1918-09-19
FORCE, FORCE TO THE UTMOST;
FORCE WITHOUT STINT OR LIMIT

Washington. = Germany's latest
peace feeler best finds its answer III
President Wilson's Baltimore speech
Force, force to the utmost. force
without stint or limit, the righteous
and triumphant force which shan
make right the law of the world, ana
cast every selfish dominion down III
the dust"
That was the Presidents answer
then, and it was reiterated today; 1t
is his answer now.
The review., 1918-09-19

It is declared that the American
ARMY next year will be bigger than the
British and French armies combined.
Regional directors of the railroad
administration were instructed to claim
deferred classification for railroad gen.
eral officers, shopmen, trainmen, skill
ed yard men, road and maintenance OF
way foremen and skilled workers, tel
ephone and telegraph operators and
other essential employees.
Metz, which is Historically rlcn In
its past, where Charles w proclaimed
the golden bull in 1856; which in 1907
was given to Henry Ii of France, to-
gethrr with Toul and Verdun, and in
1870 became the pivotal point around
which the French armies under Mar
shal Bazaine operated, around which
centers interest in the present Amerl-
can drive, is the most strongly fortified
city in Germany. The tOrtlticatlOns
extend along the Moselle and Sellle
and were begun by the French in 1870
and finished later by the Germans.
The review., 1918-09-19
CONGRESS DISCUSSING MEANS
FOR FURTHER FINANCING WAN

Washington. - Measures for tn0
financing of the war will occupy the
attention of Congress this week !"
the house the war revenue bill wa
taken up for discussion Of anienu
ments under the fve-minute dep~,o
rule with a view to final vote "NilJ ~
the senate, when it reconvenes wiz
begin consideration of the admlnls'l"
ton Liberty bond measure, desghed
to stimulate. sale of bonds OF NV
fourth issue.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1918-10-25
MANY GILLIAN FOLKS
BUY LIBERTY BONDS

Ten hundred and twenty
people in Gillian County sub
scribed to the Fourth Liberty
Loan. This means that practi-
cally every family in the county
has a bond. It is a record to be
proud Of. Also Gillian was one
Of the first counties in the state
to subscribe its full quota.
Nearly everyone who was rated
and notified of their assessment
responded by purchasing a bond
or by appearing before the COM
mittee and giving a reason for
not making the investment. A
few failed to do either and the
names of these will be published
and they will be reported to the
state executive committee for
further action.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1918-10-25
CLEAN UP PREMISES
TO PREVENT FIRES

Fire prevention day was set
for November 2 in a proclama-
ton issued by Governor Witty
combe last week and a general
cleaning up is urged as a patriotic
duty on that day.
State Fire Marshal Wells lays
great stress on the observance
of that day. He says in part:
The cleaning up of the premises
by the obliteration of rubbish,
debris. waste materials ETC., not
only affords better safeguards
against fire, but constitutes i'm
provement from a sanitary stand.
point which is of vital Importance
at all times and especially during
periods Of epidemics."
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1918-10-25
BEST INSTITUTE EVER
Held IN this COUNTY

All the teachers of Gillian
county, except three, were pres
ent at the institute held in Con-
don last week, and these three
attended elsewhere during the
year. All present showed the
right spirit by enrolling as men,
bers of the State Teachers Asso-
citation, thus making this insti-
tute 100 per cent loyal. A joint
assembly endorsed the movement
for additional normal schools for
Oregon. They also recommended
joint Institutes where possible.
On Saturday morning all de-
parted for their several schools,
feeling and expressing their ap
preciation for the manner in
which they had been treated and
cared for by the good people o:
Condor. All expressed a desire
to return to Condor and voted
the institute, the people and the
town the "best ever"
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1918-10-25
BY Bruce Barton

Twill tell you what will happen
some night this winter in France.
Some night when it's cold and
dark.
There will be rustling through
the front line trench, where our
boys stand guard. And a heav.
ily.laden Secretary will make
his way along. In his hands will
be great steaming pots. in his
pockets chocolate.and cigarettes.
From one man to another he
will 90. passing a cup full Of hot
coffee to hands that tremble with
the cold; bringing the comfort OF