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tournaments, but they will play Il num-
Der Of exhibition matches, the majority
Of which will be of a patriotic nature.
They expect to be back North about
the first of April.
While II is a bit early for the ball
players to begin their spring training,
many OF the best-known professional
golfers are either In the South or will
shortly leave for their annual winter
visits. Most of the big courses south of
the Mason and Dixon Line. have open
tournaments during February and
March and hang up attractive prizes.
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vxyHEN
w he
Cardinals the Dennon
1916 had nothing
271
the 1915
his being .2i6
following
eversy missing
with
his mistake
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BUNNIN CONTINUES
TOLEAD SCORERS
Former South Philly For
ward Closely Pressed by
Northeast Captain
pEEN ES Is EtNDRIVE
REV Els Is FANORlTE
BusketbuU Games Today

Rutgers ~ Penn.
Central ~. =. ". Girard College, at
'iirard.
Wilmington Friends school ". SNarth-
mare pr,p, at SwarthmOrc, Pa.
George SChuOl ". Havrrfnrd school
at UnNcriOrd. ia. uwo gamesl,
school Of Pedagogy ". nnstNhnh
institute for the Deaf, at Mount AirS
two Eamrsl.
NOrri~tOwn ~. -. ~. Wilmington ".
=. at Wilmington. Del. tnirhtl.
Lower Merton ut Che tpr High.
\nVHi Training Camp at It. JOseph's
College.
NHl'rnlr rr"p at It. JOseph'~ Frey.
Fourth NaNal Reserves at Penn Fresh.
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oepar, Ihs peg t1TpieTS rgsumSd play after tho
boiidans nr,b,,ouu,'sru,s "a, jug !" iuIi-"dNlnB
Anal sams by fonr pins @ 'o'''er 'oS''S the
''''d' s'"' ~ ''u' P''S'
,.hiyh ,,.ht,h h,., hos, ..,i.... t.. A.
Enerecti" in il Iast ramo r,,r u'N.s,Gi. N1rid
and Eoat ont iArrhw nod ma Iii,, in, s,,,iJ ND
Ean,r il hsS ,y"u tTis sc,s "," Mus '"' ''''H'
- ,t ~ m, ~" T t'rry.,u" T. HiGr,
~ 1his icsg,, 'Tni;,,, ~ r. Au An' o. @ @IrHn'
grost 80 1,,n, .,ri,,t nMit ~ H. ia,"nc -
Syhirb GaincI his sn,aT ~ 'i" :" ~ XII, M
~ ''' '"r '' H"'''''
Sonrster. Of tho Gulf foam. yr,s ont nj
condition H.. parmitt,S Suydsr tn rnIi' thc
next two but be also failed to make g0ol
I-uderdoyyn. Of tho Artisans S.,tinr
adaed ronsIdarahlv 10 ~ rnru, ',,.i,nn A. tont.
three straight from RdsIuhi, III" iGtuuioG
S767 paEE for three gaines' ,,.inulri, tIp M
game with but Cyc nins ~
Ad.l,bi, Ii. iosipy th-,, >, I-r,1.r,1.,,.,.
,lsn Ioai second mac In its It,,s' vDH VII, -,
RaTtram toni, lie pdd ga mo from T1r,b,',
ern 80.
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The Hardest Line Hitter

Inc Hardest Line Hitter
IN football confab the other A.
some one brought up the subject os'v ouy
who should stand as the greatest ~ !"
hitter o: all time. '
All time covers quite a bit of pro,u,
far more than We can see in our IIr,,.,
observation.
But some interesting data was a..
uishcd. In the East Ted Coy was g,r..
prominent mention. McCormicL w. !.
Princeton. was another. In the w..
there were Ilcston. Salmon and Msv,
betsch, among others.
But It is extremely doubtful I, 49,.
man could hit II line harder than ~, ny
coy, Tackles. guards and defens,s.
halfbacks who have got In his way ~
give him the leading vote. Coy ran wss
terrific power. He was harder than ~
auroChs hull to overthrow. He lana.s
with crashing effect and only the s,ou,
est sort of resistance could hold hin, l.
check. He may have had his superIor !,
this peculiarly gentle and delicate ~
but no man who ever tried to ston N.
old Yale star will believe it.
There may have been greater lin.
hitters in the old days, when line ht,lns
was big part of the game. The oS
guards-back and tackles-back form,.
tions may have produced more power,ul
plungcrs than COY, but they must hay.
been exceptionally supcrmen. Hestas
and Salmon were among tho great lima.
smashing stars of the West. He,ton
was n fine broken field runner. but win
his ability to start at top speed and bIs
unusual leg power he could also tear
into a set of forwards with demoisbin,
effect, Salmon, of NOtrc Dame. was an.
other who could fight his Way along
with amy sort of help. The list Is Ion
long 20 be given IN fun. but it is very
doubtful that any four men had Il On
COY, Mccormick, licston aud Salmon
for all-arOund line plunginE worth.
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EARL CADDOCk NEW
WRESTLING CHAMPION

DIES MONIES. la, F,h. g. Earl Cad
dock the new worlds heavyweight
wrestling champion. was back in Camp
Dodge at his duties today as an army
private after winning a referees de-
cision from Wladek Xbyszko last night.
Each man had won a fall when ia.
agreed time limit expired.
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What's in a Name?

what IS tho namr Of this cham
piOn"' "" asked
Name asked Muggsy, a. he paused
to get his second wind name? or
course he has q name. Now. that's
FUNNY. forgot to ASK him Wait til
get him on the phone" AUIggsy will
nav" a namc for his new tighter if Inc
has 70 wish one on him himself
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Basketball Notes

~. Anne q. q. would like TO arranpc
games with first and second class teams
having halls. James II, McFodden, 953I
East Somerset street,
Pannonia u. u. \. class u would lilyo 10
arrange games with thirteen aud fourteen
year old teams at home or away, Samuel
street,
south Branch Y. VI. &. \. would like Ia
arrange games with frst-class travelling
teams. Ted Crawford 1894 Emily street.
Elliott-Lewis Reserves would like to ar.
range games with second-class quintets
having halls. Edward Krem, 1917 Race
street. or call Walnut 4601 or Race 1890
The A. NJ. II. u. G.. Junior champions OF
the city are deslrous OF defending theiI
Championship against the winners Of tht
National Basketball League. William Segal
care OF the Starr Garden Recreation Center
seventh and Lombard streets.
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Texas ard FiOrida viii
IieU Big League Training

More big league teams viii train this
Suring in IcNas and Florida than any
other southern ~tdtps, No fewer than
ten clubs will get into condition for the
u"nnahi races ia towns IN these two
states. The Chicago Cubs viii do more
travelling thIu any other team. Their
training camp j. situated ~ Pasadena.
Cat,
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KIECKHEFER WINS
WORLDS BILLIARD TITLE

CHICAGO. Feb. 9.-Augic Kieckhefcr,
Of Chicago. won the worlds champion
shin at threc-cushiOn billiards from Al
fredo De orc, Of cuba, by scoring 30
points to the former champions 81 in
last nights play, giving him a total Of
$50 to DE Oro's l26 for the entire match
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For 1918

1t is pretty we'll established for 1918
that both McGraw and Rowland can
afford TO lose n man or two, or even
more, and still have good ball clubs.
Their losscs ar" hardly likely TO grow
sufficiently In volume to haul them back
any great distance.
But no one can tell just what the
losses that cleveland has suffered will
mean. This club was on its way up last
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Callahan Meets McGOycrn

Frantic Callahan, of Brooklyn VIII
appear in tn" final act at the National
tonight against Terry McGoyrru, tn,
North Side maulcr, Terry is anxious
To get q crack at Callahan, as hc wants
to stage u comeback or something "Cal-
lahan isn't Inucn Of - fighter" says
Terry and know | can give him lots
OF trouble, The only man | have
trouble with these days is Tommy carey.
I'd rather meet callahan six uights in
Il week than box carey once month
guess Tommy has my number"
Battling Murray will hr given Il
severe test when he meets Jack WUpcrt.
tho Lancaster iiyWcight. in the SEMI
wiud-up. Tile other bouts Will present
johnny Byron and Mike Howell. Danny
Buck and Joe Wright and Johnny
D'Mara. a citizen Of Lcipervillc, Pa.
meets Johnny Sharkcy
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Golf as a CartOOnist Sees 1t

MO OTHER cartoonist catches
~ was the
6rst IS
with
them talk
be
oncient
a
his gohng friends discussing a
nothing
a he
10 and
a
houses n
of
opportunity game will
~ = te appeal rsibnitieA
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Olympia A. A. Broad s.r, and n%,,n s.,.b,,dss AZ.
MONDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY II
Hughie Hutchingson VS.. Johnny Earle
Jack Thompson vs.. Jack Taylor
Eddie O'Keefe VS.. Chas. Toughey Murray
Young doe Borrell VS.. Young brown
Lew Tender VS.. Tommy Tuohey
2sc: Res: :50c: :75e Arena. 81 81 SO. .inc. war tax
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artr v'tcranS in the annual seniors tegrna- tour
mont at tn" Bel"atr country tiuh' VII" +"
gru,, score of - and Il net OF w.
The University of California has decided
To give up rowing for the year
The soccer games scheduled for today and
Monday in the Allied aud Industrial Leagues
hHy" been called on.
The Northeast High School d"featoi
Friends t'ontral I'm the dual indoor meet
by score Of 80 l-i to 2s 20
Miller Higgins has r"cotvea the nnsign"d
cont ract from b-rril Pratt. Tie latter says
h. wants the suit against Fhii ball s"uI"d
Howard Baker. a third bascman Of prom
isc, has sent his contract III 10 inc HE'lIts'
lie played with Sew orleans last years
Jimmy Johnston. the Robins young out
fielder. has signed his contract
class ''' & Is. baik.line billiard title with a
clean string OF victories in brooklyn
Jack Eler. the famous tim6er topP%r' has has
k"eG aGpointed r nhysiTSn 6,,rn c%ommiitcc. %i '"e
Ray Caldwell will remain ~ on" OF tn"
lanko" m,chtng starr sTSs S ,iricr MItcr luRs'nS
Girard College High school swimmers de-
fcatcd tn" alumni swimmers by "a score "l
II 10 : at tho y VI. Z. ~.
Athletic authorities at Northwestern Uni
NCrsity called Oft the annual llt'rscholdstlc
track aud Held meet set Tor MafGh 81, NE
biggest event of the kind scheduled in the
West this year. Tho war was given as u
reason.
James IIarIe johnston. tn" outlcld"r, sent
in his Signed contract to President Charles
H. Ebbets OF the brooklyn Baseball club
Speedy Jimmy batted 10 IN lo3 games IN
1915,
Michael 4. DeyaneS Me star distance ni,i
has been caught in the draft,
Eddie Ioos. the Philadelphia Cricket club
professional, played the championship course
al piuphurst in 34-3b-IO thus establish
ing new low figure for the season.
The i0O-target handicap at the Plnehurst
Gun club was won by JAY '. Hall, of New
York, IN the shoot-on Of n tie with J. IL,
Andrews. uf Akron, Ohio, In which Hall
stood at 9.--S--lo0, and Andrews at 81
lS--lO0.
I'D. kOnetchy. tho big first baseman Of tho
Braves threatened to retire from baseball
unless he gets an Increase In salary. Ii h
not known whether the contract sent the
first baseman called for less than he drew
/ last season,
Donir Hush aud Pitcher James have signol
their 1915 contracts with Detroit Roth
are subject to draft. hut w"rP exempted
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Glassman Crates

Phil Glassman. boss Of Lew Tender,
expects Il hard battle with Tommy
Toughey At tn" olympia. next Monday
night. II can't see why you say il will
he 'sct-up'," hUwlod Phil over the
phone. "Tough"y amt no bum or Il
pork and boancr. He's II swell hattler
and will Civ" Tender just as hard Il
fight as Jackson or the others. L"w
doesn't expect Il ciuoh and take it from
me, II will b" regular scrap
Joe Lynch and Benny Nalgcr viii
meet in the wind-up at the olympia Il
week from Monday night. Mike k.rtle
and Young Mclioyern will hoN in the
semi.
Tommy Reilly Is willing t. help the
boxing gl"v" fund if given Il chance.
He says that his battler. Preston Brown
will give onc-naf Of the money hc
makes in the ring to the cause. All ho
wants il a chance to fight.
Johnny Tillman received word yest"r-
day that he has been placed Al in the
draft. lie is the sole support Of his
mother and an invalid sister. but says
he WI not make any protest and that
h" viii be ready to 60 when called
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NATIONAL A. e. Ilth 4 Cstharine
r. SATURDAY EVENING. FEB. 9TH
frankie Callahan vs.. Terry McCovern
OTHER STAR CONTESTS
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- BASKETBALL
RI TIGERS ys. PENNSNLN.tNIA
Gymnasium, 33d a Spruce Sts., s;l5 L y
iIh Hssr,s Ma,ai tessr's v. lreshmsn' .ils a,
Tickets At Gimbcls and \. A. Otice. y
DANCING AFTER GAME II
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James because he failed to pass the eyl
test ana Bush has IA dependent mother anl
sister.
Outiielders Iris speaker and Roth. Of tn
tracts.
The finals Of .he ST. Valentine tours.
ln"nt for women were played at Pinehurtt
Ms Dorothy Campbell Hurd, formerly ns
ilonhI champion mcdalst, took the hryl
division trophy hy defeating Mrs J. D
.NrmStroug, of Buffalo. up aud u TO play.
-, Nathaniel W. Niles, Of Boston. won tb,
lilppndrome Challenge Cup, cmblematlo o.
tm' American amateur figure skating cham.
piouShip. at tn" Crystal Carnival Ice Rln.
New York, IN an unusually close compet-
lnn with Miss Theresa Weld, OF Boston
who won the cup last year.
Announcement has been made by ~
country Club Of Atlantic city to the ede4
VIII be held May -, and :. Last a.
Davidson Heron, Of Princeton, won N
event held Oh that course.
The title OF worlds professional skatil
champion passed from Edmund Lamy.
Saranac Lake. to Bobby McLeayl OF CnS
Cago. Mclean won the three events hea
at Saranac Lake and had a safe had 2
each finish to give him thc'title.
Dean Briggs, head or the Harvard all-
lctir committee. will recommend that Yak,
Harvard and Princeton hold their delays
conference February 80 to endeavor "
formulate an athletic policy for ms,s
sports
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LOSSES TO WHITE SOX AND GIANTS
SMALL, BUT OTHERS UNCERTAIN
OF MAKEUP THE COMING SEASON
Baseball Pennant Picking During Months Of
February and March More PerpleXing Than
Ever This Yeal-Coy Greatest Line Smasher
Nv GRANTLAND RICE

year. II was just beginning 10 ro.,
its stride. But it wasn't strong enoaa
to stand any such jolts as tho d,s.
brought on.
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I'D. konetchy, tho big first baseman Of tho
Braves, threaten to retire from baseball
unless nc gets an Increase in salary. 1t IL
not known whether the contract sent the
first bascman called for less than he drew
last season.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-09

The i0O-target handicap at the Pinehurst
,iun club was won by jay '. Hall, of New
York On the shoot-off of n tie with J. II.
Andrews, of Akron, Ohio, in which Hall
stood at 92--S--lOO, and Andrews at 81
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-09

nOpING out pcnnant races IN FJ''
~ ruary or March has never been one
of Tie most certain undertakings in the
realm Of things Even in steady years,
when every one knew just what man
each club had TO offer, the assignment
has been frauEht with considerable up-
set.
But 1918 is going to be the toughest
of the lot. Few managers are going to
know in advance every man they can
keep And others who have lost men
will not know just what the deficit viii
be until the actual test arrives.
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SPORTS SERVED SHORT

James because he failed to pass tho ,
test ana Bush has dependent mother a
sister,
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Notes of the BOiUIers

The peg topplcrs resumed play after tho
general miX.up of nights due to fucl-savlng
holidays. Northwestern No. . Of the Arti-
san League was handed a double defeat by
the Lehigh quintet the former losing the
final game by four pins.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-09

Outiielders Iris speaker and Roth, Of u
cleveland Americans. signed thcr 1918 Co
tracts
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-09

Michael 4. DeNaney, The star distance
runner of the Mlros" Athletic Association,
has been caught in the draft.
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Ray Caldwell will remain ns one or IN"
Yankee pitching stars, says Mli"r llusSlhs
after q conference with the twirIcr,
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Doves. Of the Mucko League. continue their
winning stride. taking all three from Crows.
Parrots divided with the Woodpeckers: owls
took two from Robins. while the Eagles did
likewise to Sparrows, losing the last game
by a mere three pegs
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-09

Girard College High school swimmers Do
fcatcd tn" alumni swimmers by II score "I
II 10 at tho Y. VI. 4. ~.
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Mooney Thompson. Morgan, Costigan and
Fredericks, OF the X. Of G.. League, ali went
over the top for 200 and over.
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lanes IIurIe Johns stOn. tho Uutlicldrr, sent
in his signed contract To President Charles
H. Ebbets of the Brooklyn Baseball club
Speedy Jimmy batted go IN 1903 games in
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-09

Jack Filler. the famous timber topper mas
v NJ. e. \. army camp committee
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Athletic authorities at Nornwostorn tut
yCrsity called Oft the annual li''rscnoldStli u
track aud Held meet set FOR MarCh 80, M
biggest event of the kind scheduled IN th'
West this year. Tho war was given AS {
reason,
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1918-03-08
Mrs. David LongsdOrf

Mrs. Susan S. Longsdorf, wife
Of David Longsdorf died Friday
night of acute indigestion from
which she had suffered a num-
ber of attacks. Her husband
and son were travelling in the
south and it was difficult to over
take them with a message in
forming them of the sad event.
Mrs. Susan Longsdorf was
born Jany. 20, 1849 and for a
number of years the family lived
on a farm near Brunswick, NOV
ing to that city a few years age
where they have made their
home.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Wednesday morning at the
Christian Church IN Brunswick
by Rev. F. R. Gillihan and in
terment in the Newcomer ceme-
terry.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1918-03-08
Triplett

j. A. Hooper of Salisbury was
a Triplett visitor Monday.
Miss Francis Dempsey was a
Brunswick visitor Saturday.
E. H. Mcdonald was a Kan
sas City visitor the first of the
week.
Mrs. C. w. McAlister is visit
ing Miss Eula Harding of near
KeytesvilIe.
Mrs. B. F. Fleetwood is visit
ing her daughter, Mrs. T. V.
Phelps of Salisbury.
James Guillod, a student at
the Chillicothe Business College
spent the week end with home
folks.
Quite a number from this vi.
cinity took the Teachers Exam
inarions at Brunswick the latter
part of the week.
Mesdames Joe and Cliff Peter
son of Browning, Mo. visited at
the home of N. E. Peterson the
first of the week.
Mrs. Ed Mahaney spent the
latter part of the week at Mo-
berly with her sister, Mrs. L. W.
Dearing, who is quite i'll.
w. o. Crotts has sold his gro
cery and meat market to Larson
Bros. of near Whitman. Pos
session will be given in about 10
days.
G. G. Gallatin came home the
latter part of the week from
Tucson, Ariz. where he has been
attending the winter with his
family.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1918-03-08
SERIOUSLY HURT
Run Over BY Motorcycle Car
Jaw Bone Fractured
Face Mashed

Bernard Smith of the Wabash
bridge gang at Brunswick was
run over by the trailer of a
motorcycle bridge gang car We'd
nesday morning and his escape
from death was an agreeable
surprise t. the others on the car.
The gang was going to work,
a number being on the power
car and the trailer loaded with
tools and supplies. Smith was
sitting on a tool box on the for
ward car, the box slid off in
some unaccountable manner and
Smith with 1t and when he was
picked up by the others of the
gang it appeared that he was
fatally hurt. He was brot at
once to Brunswick where first
aid was given him and then to
the hospital at Moberly.
The trailer passed over Smiths
head breaking both jaw bones
and lacerating his face and 9TH
erwise bruising and scratching
him about the neck and head
but after given treatment he
was able to navigate with his
steam. He is a son of the Sal
isbury drayman of that name.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1918-03-08
Mrs. Meta Delany

Mrs. Meta Hughes Delany of
Norman. Okla, died at the
home of her brother, C. w.
Hughes Wednesday night of pull
monary disease. She has been
on the decline for several years
but not until two years ago did
tie tubercular infection make
rapid inroads on her constitution.
She will be in. erred at Norman
today.
Mrs. Delany was we'll known
and popular here and was first
married to DR.. Henry Moorman
and lived at Dalton where he
practieed until his death when
she spent some time at the home
of her brother. DR.. B. Hughes
of this city.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1918-03-08

Frank White will soon have
all his dry goods closed out at
auction and vacate the building
for C. L. White who will move
his grocery stock into this more
commodious room.
A ruling of the Internal Re-
venue Bureau makes winnings
at poker subject to tax but loss
es cannot be deducted from gross
earnings. A player who wins
is taxable but when he loses he
has no relief. Bridge and AZ
are not yet included.
Tho he had a bad day for it,
Holland Bayne was well pleased
with his sale last week. His
auctioneer was not encouraged
by the size of the crowd attend
ing until it developed that they
were PRACTICAL , all bidders and
there to buy and pay fair prices.
Mr.. A. j. Byerly left Saturday
for Texas where he has accepted
a position as machine operator
of linotypes in an, office near to
his oil lands. MIR. Byerly is an
expert with a linotype and brim-
ming over with energy and his
salary makes a country editors
rake off look smaller than 10
cents at a Red Cross sale and
the breathing spell q chance for
a long breath.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1918-03-08
THE EUROPEAN WAR
Russia Has Joined Germany
Japan May Enter War
Our Boys Fight

AS every one but experts knew
months ago, Russia has laid
down on the allies and Trotsky
is now seeking ways to help the
central powers. All Germany's
terms were agreed to and the
articles signed last week. Japan
flourishes war talk which may
be camofauge but the u. S. may
not agree to her taking a hand
under any circumstances.
American troops are now hold
ing eight miles of front, and re-
pelling all attacks with compara-
lively small losses.
u boat sunk a new British
steamer of heavy tonnage this
week among others. but the losses
from this source appear to be
growing less.
Germans massing for attack at
some point along allied lines un-
known, and preparations to meet
them considered good.
Food in France and England
growing scarcer, and much suf-
fering reported in Austria, Ger
many and Russia.
American casualties appear to
be confined largely to soldiers
from New England States, the
first troops to be assigned to the
trenches.
President Wilson is rearrang-
ing war heads.