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New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-05-13
FOR BAT AND BALL FUND.

Auburn, n. Y, May 13.--President
John II. Farrell of the International
league yesterday announced that he
had designated the following dates
FOR the ball and bat fund for the
army and navy in his league: May p,
for games in Buffalo, Toronto, SYRIA
cuse and Rochester. and june 10 Tor
games in BaItim Jersey CITY,
Binghamton and Newark.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-05-13

New Haven, May 13.-NeW Haven
soccer team iumphed over Man
chester in a hard fought contest here
yesterday. Neither team was able to
score in the first half, but in the last
period the local defense weakened
under the visitors dashing attack
with the result that three goals We're
scored.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-05-13
College Results.

College Results.
Yale 5, Harvard 0.
st. Anselm'S g.. Tufts 5
Williams 6. Springfield /.
Boston College 8, Dartmouth /.
Holy Cross 4. Amherst 0.
Stevens 5. Haverford /.
Columbia 3, Brown , Go innings).
Rutgers 4, Colgate ?.
MISUNDERSTANDING and Whit
more; Burnhardt and Thayer.
Crescent A. G.. 6, Army 3.
Newport \. s. 5, Princeton >.
Pennsylvania 3, Cornell ..
Bowdoin 6. Maine 5 O. innings).
Camp DevenS 4. Fisk Red Tops g..
Yale Freshmen Z, Springfield Fresh =
men /.
\avX Il. Georgetown o.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-05-13
Standing of the Clubs.
Games Today.

Games Today.
Detroit In New York.
st. Louis in Boston.
Chicago in Philadelphia.
Cleveland in Washington.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-05-13

Boston, Mag 13.-The new Nation
al Army proved better than the Reg
ulars at baseball when the divisional
team from Camp DeNens routed the
Coast Artillerymen from Fort Strong
by a score of - to ? before large
Sunday crowd at Braves field yester-
day. ..-e.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-05-13
ANNEX NINE BEATEN.

The Annex baseball team sustained
an s to defeat yesterday at the
hands of the Columbus Of Hartford
in that city. The hitting of Kilduf
was the feature Of the game from a
local standpoint
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-05-13
MAJORS RECORD LAST WEEK.

The weeks record in each league of
games played, Won and lost, with
runs, hits, errors, men left on bases
and runs scored by opponents, in
Guiding tho games of Saturday, May
IL, Is as follows:
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-05-13
American League.
RESULTS SATURDAY.
National League.

Pittsburgh 2, New York 0.
Boston 6, Chicago 4.
st. Louis Philadelphia wet grounds.
Brooklyn Cincinnati, rain.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-05-13
American League

Philadelphia /, Chicago 0.
Washington l., Cleveland 0.
New York 6, Detroit g.
st. Louis 4, Boston ?.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-05-13
International Leagues.

Roch ester /, Newark 0.
Syracuse 5, Jersey City 0.
Toronto 20, Baltimore lis.
Binghamton 4, Buffalo 5 Gil in
nings).
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-05-13
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Results Yesterday.

Syracuse 2, Jersey City ].
Newark 2, Rochester !.
Bing famton 7, Buffalo 6.
Toronto s, Baltimore 3.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-05-13
Standing Of tho Clubs.
Games Today.

Syracuse in Jersey City.
Rochester in Newark.
Buffalo in Binghamton.
Toronto in Baltimore.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-05-13
Standing of the Clubs.

Games Today.
New York in Pittsburgh.
Brooklyn in Cincinnati.
Boston in Chicago.
Philadelphia in st. Louis.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-05-13
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Results Yesterday.

Chicago 1. Cleveland (cal1ed end
Of fifth on account of rain).
The Detroit-New York game was
postponed on account of rain
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-05-13
BASEBALL IN A NUTSHELL
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Results Yesterday.

The Brooklyn Cincinnati, Philadel-
p1lia-St. Louis and Boston Chicago
games were postponed on account of
rain.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-05-13
DRAFTED MEN BEAT REGULARS.

Navy II. Georgetown 0
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-02-22
OLE HANSON WINS OUT
GILL A POOR FOURTH

The Seattle mayorality contest, in
which seven candidates contested for
the nomination in last Tuesdays
primaries, resulted in Ole Hanson
running out ahead of all opponents
by a round margin. Hi Gill the
present incumbent, was poor
fourth, thus eliminating him alto
gether. He says however that he
intends to seek vindication by run
ming for prosecuting attorney or
state senator.
Candidate Horr who was shot by
an unidentified stranger in his office
the evening before election seems to
be fifth in the race.
Ole Hanson made the race for
the United States Senate on the re-
publican ticket three years ago
against Wesley l.. Jones, and after
losing left the party and joined the
democrats. He has been in the
real estate business in Seattle for a
number of years and is said to have
made a snug little fortune. He
will undoubtedly be Seattle's next
mayor.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-02-22
HOHENZOLLERN'S HAVE HYP-
NOTISED GERMAN NATION

Prof. Walter P. Hall of Princeton
University in an address at Spokane
recently made the following illumi-
mating reference to the ruling fam
lily in Germany and declared they
had hypnotised the common people
with plausible argument. He said:
"This is a war against autocracy,
but against a peculiar kind of autoc-
racy namely one which has always
combined an almost uncanny intelli-
gence with an utter disregard of all
public morality. The Hohenzollern
family thruout its history, has hyp-
notised the people of Germany to
confidence in its own superiority
which up to the present actual facts
would seem to have substantiated
On that very account it is all the
more necessary that the German
army be defeated in the field and
that we avoid any suspicion at a
Bolshevik peace"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-02-22
PEOPLE OF THE U. S. MUST
WORK TOGETHER

The Treasury of the United States
has a great deal of money to raise
and it canont be raised by bankers
alone, says Secretary McAdoo. The
banks of this country can not alone
sustain Americas needs in this war
and extend to our allies the essential
aid which they must have to con-
tinue the war.
The rich of this country can not
do it alone; the men of this coun-
try can not do it alone; the women
of this country can not do it alone;
but if all work together, banks, men
women and children disregarding
partisanship, forgetting selfish inter-
ests, thinking only of the supremacy
of right and determined to vindicate
the majesty of American ideals and
secure the safety of America and
civilization, they can do the great
and splendid work mankind the
world over has called on this coun-
try to do.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-02-22
THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE
FIRE ORDINANCE MUDDLF

Following a precedent set by 9th
er councils the town council Mon
day night gave permission for the
removal of frame building in block
8 to another location in the same
block. This, of course, was a vio-
lation of the fire ordinance, but
other councils set a precedent and
did the same thing.
Tuesday VIM. Roach was arrested
and fined $50 for violating the fire
ordinance in making repairs to
frame house on Front street, also in
the fire district He appealed and
says he will show that the council
has no monopoly of law violation.
When it passes an ordinance Great
ing a fire limit, in which no frame
building may be erected it can not
itself violate that law by giving
someone permission to erect frame
building in the prohibited district,
unless that power was reserved to
tho council in the original ordinance.
OF course there never was good
reason why the north half of block
3 should be included in the fire
limit, but being once SO included the
only legal way to grant any one
permission to make Improvements OF
erect frame building in the block
was to repeal the ordinance, or so
much thereof as applied to block 8.
Granting someone permission to vi
o,ate a law is indefensible. The
council might just as well give GER
tain persons right to violate the
liouor ordinance, or any ordinance.
Laws are made to be obeyed by all
alike so long as they remain law.
IF the council wanted to give DR..
Judah permission to move a frame
building from Commercial street and
set It back of his hospital, the prop
err and legal thing to have done was
to repeal that part of the ordinance
which relates to block 8. They had
a clear right to do this. But the
Council had no right to say to DIR.
Judah. "You may violate such and
such an ordinance"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-02-22
WOMEN MEMBERS OF THE
COUNCIL OF DEFENSE BUSY
Committee of Two Women Appoint
ed For Each Business Block
Pushing War Saving Stamp
Sales

The Echo is told that the patriotic
women of Leavenworth are deter
mined that Leavenworth people shall
do their part in buying War Saw
ing stamps. The women members
of the Council of Defense, to which
Mrs. Geo. Hitchcock has recently
been added, have arranged for two
women to canvass the business
blocks. The committee women
have been told to see every person
in the blocks assigned to them and
respectfully urge every one to do
his patriotic duty in helping the gov
ernment finance the war. Of the
one hundred and ten million people
of the United States at least sew
enty-five million ought to take one
or more stamps. If each one only
took one five dollar stamp the total
would amount to almost four hund-
red million dollars. These figures
show how, when everyone does his
and her duty, the aggregate result
is tremendous.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-02-22
BOYS WANTED TO JOIN BAND

If we are to have a band in Leav-
enworth we will have to learn the
younger boys. The older one have
Joined the army. We must have a
band to meet the soldier boys when
they come back from France.
The parents of the following boys
have assured me the money to buy
instruments. Let me have twenty
additional boys and I will do my
best for all of them. The parents
of the following have agreed for
their boys to join: Lyle Goff, Nick
Kincherf, Geo. Hathaway, Jr., ].
Stillson Judah Jr., Howard Burgett,
Aubrey Pabst, Clinton Couchman,
Lovel McKeown, Clyde Stafford, JOS
eph Stafford, and Earl Tarlton.
Get your boy an instrument and l
will learn him to play band music.
Jas. McDaniels, B. M.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-02-22
TREMENDOUS GROWTH OF
BANKING POWER IN U. S.
Two and Half Times World Banking
Power OF Entire World Less
Than 80 Years Ago

Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo
will offer for subscription every two
weeks between now and the opening
of the next Liberty Loan Treasury
Certificates of Indebtedness in
amounts of five hundred million dol
lars or more. If all the banks of
the country do their share, and it is
contemplated that they will, three
be taken by them between now and
the flotation of the next Liberty
Loan.
The raising of five hundred mil
lion dollars every two weeks seems
a tremendous task, yet in relation to
the banking resources of the United
States it seems easy of accomplish
ment.
The resources of the National
banks of the United States on Nov.
20 last were more than eighteen and
a half billion dollars and the resour-
ces of state banks and trust COM
panies on June 20, 1917, were prac-
tically 81 billion.
The resources of both have in
creased since the dates named when
the latest reports were made. The
three billion expected by the Secre-
tary of the Treasury is less than 10
per cent of the banking resources
of the nation.
The banking power of the world
in 1890 was estimated at fifteen and
a half billion dollars; the banking
power of the United States is two
and a half times as great now as
the banking power of the world was
in 1890.
The United States is just begin
ming to demonstrate its uneXampled
power and might 1t is called upon
to defend the liberty of the world,
to preserve civilization and human
ity. 1t is answering in way to
demonstrate that it is equal to the
task in courage, in genius and in
money.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-02-22
TODAY THE 1S6TH BIRTHDAY
OF GEORGE WASHINGTON

Today is the one hundred and
eighty sixth birthday of him whom
we call the father of our country.
One hundred and forty years ago
George Washington battled for the
right of the people then inhabiting
this country to make their own laws
and worship according to their own
wishes. Today the descendants of
that people are battling that the
people of all this world may do the
same thing. In going into the
European war to prevent the Ger
man nation from imposing its laws,
its customs and Kultur on the peo-
pie of the world by force of arms we
are carrying out the principles for
which George Washington took up
arms. Were he alive today he
would be in the front trenches do
ing battle for human freedom-for
the right of nations to make their
own laws. The spirit that animated
him then is observable in the spirit
of the people of this country today.
In a spirit of veneration for his
memory the people of this country
bear their heads today and resolve
to keep up the fight for human free.
dom the world over.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-02-22
ELMER SHIPLEY WAS BADLY
BURNED AT ROUNDHOUSE

Mr.. Shipley who is employed as
machinists helper in the Great Nor
thern roundhouse suffered serious
and very painful injury last Sunday
morning when his clothing caught
fire. But for the prompt action of
some of his fellow workers he would
have lost his life. His occupation
is such that his clothing becomes
quite greasy, and shortly befre the
accident he spilled some inflamable
oil on his clothing, and in passing
near a fire his clothing became ig
nited Other men who were near
shouted to him to go out and roll
over in the snow which he did and
with the assistance of others the
flames were subdued, after which
his clothing was removed. Prompt
action doubtless saved his life. He
was badly burned about the arms
and legs and was taken to the Leav-
enworth Hospital where he will be
for a month or six weeks, says DR..
Hoxsey the railroad physician.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-02-22
THE ICE HARVEST BEGAN
THIS WEEKS INCHES THICK
Many Private Ice Houses Being
Filled-First Time River Frozen
Over This Winter

The question, "What shall we do
for ice next SUMMER" was settled
this week by the god of winter, who
sent his frost laden blasts from
the ice caves of the north, and froze
up the creeks and rivers making it
possible for the ice harvesters to go
to work last Wednesday and saw out
blocks of ice two feet wide by three
feet long and six inches thick. Ev-
erybody who has an ice house is
having it filled. Will Brender
seems to have monopoly of the
ice business, tho several others are
also putting up stock for next
summer.
While the eastern and Mississippi
valley states have been shivering in
zero weather the past six or eight
weeks, one cold spell following
another every few days, the people
of this state have had the mildest
winter the oldest inhabitant can re-
call. A few, tho not all, of the
town thermometers indicated zero
temperature yesterday morning for
the first time this winter. The two
previous nights were cold and came
very near indicating zero temper
ature. In the backwater, where
there is no current the ice was re-
ported yesterday to be more than
six inches thick.
The sun shone beautifully bright
yesterday and the day before.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-02-22
WAS BORN IN GERMANY
BUT is TRUE AMERICAN

Although born in Germany and
saddled, as he says, with a German
name, Henry Won Schmidt, pro-
prietor of a butcher shop in Salt
Lake, Utah, is all American, and he
wants the world to know it.
In the window of his little shop he
has placed the following sign,
printed in red, white and blue ink;
"My name is Won Schmidt but l
am an American through and
through. Ny only son has joined
Uncle Sans marines. I am proud
of it. He is proud too"
Schmidt's 10 year old son recently
passed the required physical tests of
the Marines and is now in training
at Mare Island, Calf.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-02-22
BEING PLANNED IN
SELECTIvE SERVICE LAW

Discussing enlargement of the age
limit for selective military service
Provost Marshall General Crozier
said recently:
"a pronounced majority Of the
boards favor some enlargement, but
there is a great diversity of cpin-
ion as to the proper age limit. Nine
teen to 35 are perhaps. the limits
most frequently suggested; but some
recommend 40 or as years as the
upper limit There is a distinctly
stronger demand for raising the
maximum age than for lowering the
minimum"
General Crozier estimates that
,389, 1888 acceptable men would be
made available by an increase in the
age limit to include men up to 45
years. The estimate places the num-
Der of acceptable single men between
18 and 21 years at 1,546,283. The
number of probably acceptable single
men already registered but not
called is 1,321,845. According to
these figures should the age limit
be enlarged to include men of from
18 to 45 years, inclusive, 4,257,516
and otherwise qualified
men would be open for
call to service.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-02-22
SEATTLE NEWS LETTER
How To Solve Farm Labor Problem
Women to Get Increase in SAL.
ary-No Change in Present
Train Service

State Commissioner OF Agr1cui-
ture Benson told members of the
Western Washington Horticultural
Association in annual session in Sc
attic recently that something had to
be done and done right away to
solve the problem of farm labor. He
had one suggestion to offer which
he believed in the end would help
to keep labor permanently on the
farm, and that was for the farmers
of Washington to adopt the Holland
method of farmers setting aside
plots of ground for their hired help
where they could raise crops for
themselves and for their families.
Under existing conditions the labor
er on the farm is not offered suf-
ficient inducement to remain perma-
nently. Nothing is done by the
farmer to make the farm and farm
life attractive to him. In Holland
farmers have found that to set aside
an acre or two or three where la
borers may raise crops and rear
their families had strong tendency
to create a farm spirit and a de-
sire on the part of the help to make
farming their life business. Mr..
Benson believes that if the farmers
of Washington would do the same
they would find it to their advan-
tage.
According 10 II. Younger, State
Labor Commissioner, the women en-
ployees of the state are going to get
an increase in salaries. The cost of
living has been on the jump so much
of late according to Mr. Younger
that hundreds of women who are re-
ceiving the minimum wage provided
by the state law cannot exist, but
there is no way by which the en-
ployer can at this time be compelled
to grant an increase. 1t was deemed
advisable by Mr.. Younger to take up
the matter of increasing wages, in
an informal way, with employers of
the state and as a result it has been
found that most of them are quite
willing to grant the increase, recog-
nizing the fact that the minimum
scale does not afford living wage.
If this wage increase is adopted
women employees who are now re-
ceiving $1,000 per week will be ad-
vanced to $1,000
Official information has been re-
ceived in this city to the effect that
there will be no further curtailment
of railway passenger service to and
from the State of Washington. At
the time the government took over
the railroads it was feared that the
passenger service of the west would
be seriously crippled in order that
the government could avail itself of
the use of the trains for other pur-
poses as part of the war program.
According to advices just received
the railroad situation is improving,
the car shortage is righting itself
and it will not be necessary so far
as present conditions warrant TO fur
ther curtail western passenger ser
vice.
The big drive for the purpose of
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-02-22
HEADLIGHTS MUST BE RIGHT

"The no-glare auto light law" is
going to be enforced to the letter
say state officials. Auto owners
have been given every chance to
put lens on their cars that will pass
inspection by officials and those
whose headlights do not conform to
the law will face a heavy fine.
Inc state lew also requires ali
horse drawn rigs on roads at night
to display light that is visible
from both front and rear, and ar
rests are going to be made of those
not observing the law. Generally
speaking, farmers have paid no at
tention to the law.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-02-22
MORE THAN A MILLION MEN
HOLD WAR-RISK INSURANCE
Three Times the Amount in Force
With Any Ordinary Company
In the World-Campaign Is
Reviewed

The Treasury Department author
ICES the following:
The first part of the nationwide
Soldiers and sailors campaign has
just closed and the goal of zone mil
lion men insured with the United
States government by February ~"
was undoubtedly attained, Secretary
McAdoo announces. While all the
applications which have been made
will not be received for several days
especially those from overseas for
ces and many from the navy, it is
safe to say that more than a mil
lion soldiers and sailors are now in
sured by the government for a total
of more than eight billion dollars.
The maximum insurance permitted
is $4,000 and the average amount
of insurance applied for thru appli-
cations so far received, is $S,212.
This was undoubtedly the most
successful life insurance drive ever
conducted. The total amount of
Government insurance in force is
more than three times as much as
the total ordinary life insurance
company in the world.
The drive was launched on Feb
ruary 18th. Between that date and
today the volume of insurance in
force and the numebr of men in
sured both have been considerably
more than doubled. Army and navy
officers, enlisted personel, the press,
the officers and agents of life insur-
ance companies and fraternal bene-
ficiary associations, councils of ma
tional defense, the Y. M. c. A.,
women's organizations and other
Federal State and local agencies
were arrayed in the effort
In the three months from October
6, 1917, when the military and naval
insurance act was approved, up to
January IA, 1918, applications for
$3,679, ,889, 500 of insurance, repre-
senting 433,3S6 applications, were
received. For the one month from
January ID to February IL, 47S,518'
applications representing $3,816,574,-
900 of insurance were actually re-
ceived at the bureau, and these fig
ures will certainly be largely in
creased when all applications writ
ten are are received. In the last
four days more than $1,180,000,000
of insurance was received and ap-
plications came in at an average
rate of approximately $4,000 day.
Full figures showing the standing
of the various camps are not yet
available, but preliminary reports
show that more than Is large camps
each have more than 90 per cent of
their personnel insured. More than
% camps have crossed the S20000O,-
900 mark.
A vigorous war-risk insurance
campaign will continue at all mill
tary and naval camps, inasmuch as
the time within which insurance may
be applied for has been extended
until April IL by joint resolution of
Congress-, approved by the president.
This resolution does not continue the
automatic insurance and automatic
insurance benefits for all men re-
gardless of the date of their en-
listment ceased hY law on Feb. II.