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The Washington herald., 1918-02-16

WILLIAM P. MORN, Portland,
Ore.
RILEY +. MURRAY, Eugene. Ore.
HENRY OXFORD. Turnesville. Tex.
ANGEL PEREZ, San Antonio. Tex.
DAVID c. RENTON, North Bend
Wash.
SAMUEL p. RIGGS. San Francisco,
Cal
LEWIS ROBERTS. Nachidoches
Tex.
HERMAN RUPP. New York City.
PHILIP VINCENT SHERMAN,
Northheld. VT.
CLARENCE W. SHORT, wellsboro
Pa
NATHAN B. SHORT, Stephens. Ark.
IRWIN SIMS, Alto. Tex
HENRY A. SKINNER, Rockford
Ill
JOHN sLoss. Lochwinnoch, Rem
frewshire. Scotland.
OSCAR L. SMITH, Winters. Tex.
WILLIAM V. SMITHPETER. Fort
Cobb. Okla.
JAMES F. sPARKMAN, Frisco. Tex
HENRY S. sPEIDEL, New York
City.
TULLA. B. THOMPSON. MadilI,
okla.
GEORGE W. ToML1Ns, Ell Reno,
Okla.
WILLIAM L. TRAGEsER, Cotton
more, Minn.
DANIEL WEBSTER TRoBRIDGE,
Stream, Tex.
TERRY FUTILE. Elgin, Ore.
WILLIAM e. VICKERS, Southwest
City, Mo.
JULIUS WAGNER, Stamford. Conn.
ROBERT =. WARREN, Seattle.
Wash. Z
BERT @" WEEKS, Modesto. Cal.
ETHAN WHITE. Arnett, Okla.
WALTER l. wHITTINGToN. sher-
man, Tex.
WILLIAM R. WILSON, Canton.
Tex.
JAMES C. WOOD, Yantis, Tex.
WILLIAM W. WRIGHT. Bismark,
Okla.
EDWARD F. YOUNG. Gilmer, Tex
GEORGE v. ZIMMERMAN, New
Rochelle, N. Y.
OTTO RAY, Coburn, Texas.
ALFIE LICARI. Eureka, Cal
LEO P. LeBRON, st. Joseph Acad-
emy. Guthrie. Okla.
Otto Ray was previously reported
among the list of survivors.
OF the 2.17s officers and soldiers on
board the Tuscania when she set sail
for France, the War Department has
received to date the names of only ] ,Ssi
who escaped death. including the
who were taken of the
ship sick at Halifax on the way over.
This le4ses 264 still to be accounted
for. although the War Department has
nothing official to show that the list
of dead will be larger than its original
Stimate of ia
The Washington herald., 1918-02-16
81 PER CENT OF
TROOPS LANDED
SENATOR SAYS
Weeks Claims War Depart
ment's Prediction Is
Too Optimistic.

Exactly 81 per cent of the Amer
lean troops Secretary of War Baker
predicted would reach France by Feb
ruary Is have landed here" Senator
Weeks, of Massachusetts,, asserted
yesterday in the Senate.
During the course of his speech ad-
vocating the War Cabinet and NUM-
tions Director bills, the Massachu-
sets Senator said:
THE question has arisen about the
number of troops in. Europe. 1 am
not going to say how many, although
I know. But the suggestion has been
made by those in high authority that
We have done very mucn better than
we anticipated. I do not think it IS
fair that this wrong impression should
be given to the public.
"On October had a conversation
with the Secretary of War, who told
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The Washington herald., 1918-02-16
Bigelow Wants Traitors
To Face Firing Squads

Syracuse, N. Y, Feb. ia demand
for the adoption Of a firing squad
policy for present-day copperheads
was made here today by Poultney
Bigelow, former schoolmate of the
Kaiser, in an address delivered before
the Rotary Club.
Mr.. Bigelow referred to the hanging
policy of Secretary Seward during the
civil war and urged similar treatment
for copperheads at this time. "I might
say right here" said he. "that there
are ten men in the Albany legisla-
ture that We could get along with
out
The Washington herald., 1918-02-16
WIFE
OVERCOME BY
NEWS OF DEATH
Fatal Fall of the Famous
Dancer-Aviator Pros
trates Film Star.

New York, Feb. 15.-Mrs, Vernon
Castle, known all over the world as
= dancer and film star. was COM
pietely prostrated at the news Of
the death of her husband, Capt. Cas-
tie, at Benbrook aviation field. near
Fort Worth.
Late tonight Mrs. Castle was still
unable to rake any statement. Her
secretary, speaking at the Castle
home here, said:
II shall have to speak for Mrs.
Castle, as she is unable to see any
one except Mrs. Lawrence Grossman,
Capt Castles sister, who fortunately
is with her.
Mrs. Castle is completely prostrat-
ed by the terrible news. Capt. Cas-
ties body is being brought home
unoer military escort, but We have
no knowledge as to when 1t will ar
rive
He will be buried with military
honors in Mrs. Castles family plot
at Cypress Hills. Long Island. The
Royal Flying Corps New York head
quarters will have full charge of the
services
Forth Worth, Feb. 15.-Capt. Vernon
Castle. hero of 80 flights over Ger
man lines, denied the fighters privi-
lege of death in combat, died none
the less a hero today.
He sacrificed his own life to pre-
vent collision in the air which would
have meant death to two Royal Fly
ing Corps cadets.
This was the decision after inves-
tigation i'y the board of inquiry Of
the Royal Flying Corps. which cen-
vened this morning Immediately fol-
lowing the accident. -
Attempts Difficult Feat.
Flying in the front seat of his ma
chine with a cadet under instruction
in the rear seat. the latter by far the
less dangerous in case of a crash,
Capt. Castle was returning to the
aerodome at Taliaferro Field.
He was flying about one hundred
feet from the ground when the second
machine carrying a flying cadet sud-
denly rose directly in front OF Cas-
ties plane.
To avoid a collision Capt. Castle at
tempted the Immelman turn, a dan
gerous combination of nose dives and
downward loop. originated by a Ger
man flyer.
Capt. Castle had almost completed
the loop when his machine crashed
into earth.
Capt. Castle died instantly. Cadet
Peters, who accompanied Castle, was
saved by Castles body from the full
force of the fall. He escaped with
slight injuries.
Life for life was given" said Capt.
Arid, of the Eighty-fifth squadron,
who was present while the board of
inquiry was in session. 1T was an
attempt at the difficult turn or a
crash with the other plane.
1t was a noble effort to save the
life of the cadet who was leaving the
ground. Being so close it prevented
the turn.
Skull Was fractured.
The plane fell only a distance of be-
tween forty and fifty feet, and Castle
suffered a fractured skull.
Capt. Castle was flight commander
of the Eighty-fourth Aero Squadron,
and since coming here last November
with Lord George Wellesley from To-
ronto had been stationed at the Ben
brook camp.
Capt. Castle, despite the fact that
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The Washington herald., 1918-02-16
Large Ship on Shoals.

Eastport, Maine, Feb. ia report
reached here tonight that a large ship
is in distress in the Bay of Fundy
at Diamond Shoals. a few miles of
Sand Mandan Island, New Bruins.
wick. The latter island lis fifteen
miles from Eastport.
A lifeboat was sent out tonight to
the assistance Of the vessel and had
not reported back at . p. m.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-16
HUN SEA RAIDERS
GET ENGLISH SHIPS
Eight Sent to Bottom by Unexpect-
ed Dash of Germans.

London, Feb. 15.-In' a bold dash
out of the Skagerak into the Straits
OF Dover. some 500 miles to the south.
a strong German Mosquito fotilla
swooped down upon fleet of British
U-boat hunters in that vital water
way and sent seven "Drifters" and
one trawler to the bottom.
The raiding destroyers then turned
and sped back as quickly as they
mad come, escaping before British
patrol vessels could engage them.
of the raid was made
by the admiralty today.
The raiders are believed to be the
same destroyers which advices from
the coast Of Norway two days ago
reported to have sighted steaminS
through the Skagerak.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-16
Spring Rice Memorial
Services Set for Today

Memorial services in memory of Sir
Cecil Spring Rice. late British Ambas-
sador to the United States, will be
held at 8 o'clock this afternoon in
Bethlehem Chapel Of st. Adams
Cathedral.
1t is expected that members of the
Diplomatic Corps and many officials
will attend. although no special invi-
tations have been sent out
The Washington herald., 1918-02-16
GAP WIDENING ON
PEACE QUESTION
Report Says Austria Wants Peace
in Spite of Militanstic Ally.

Special Cable to The Washington
. Heraid rand New York Tribune.
Amsterdam, Feb. 15.-Tke gap be-
tween Austria and Germany on the
peace question seems to be widening
constantly. There is apparently little
doubt that Austria sincerely wants
peace. In fact she is almost at the
point where her needs and the dis
content OF the population make peace
imperative. Germany, on the other
hand, is still under CONTROL of the
militaristic party. who demand a vic
torious peace. But they are receiv-
ing constant waInings through the
press of both Germany and Austria
Of the danger Of the policy they are
pursuing.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-16

ASho"s
ANTHONY ARBoNI, Detroit.
FRED X, ALLEN, Ada, MINI.
HOMER LLEwELLYN ANDER-
SON, Cumberland, Wis.
STANLEY r. AUGSPURGGER.
Dayton, Ohio.
ILEA BARGERsTocK, Marienville.
Pa.
BEN BARKER, Forestburg, Tex.
HENRY G. BATES. Baker, Ore.
RUSSELL F. BENNETT. Plain
field, Wis.
WILLIAM E. BENNETT. Rogers.
Ark.
JOHN B. BISHOP. Foster, Okla.
GEORGE NELSON BJORKr st.
Helena. Ore.
CLAUD BRADLEY, Swaty. Ark.
JACK J. BYRNE. Butte, Mont.
JAMES J. BUCKLEY. Minneapolis,
MINI.
ROCCO cALABREEsE. Mount Solo.
Wash.
HARRY CARPENTER. Potomas,
JOHN W. CHEsHIER, Lucas,
Wash.
FRANKLIN A. CHURCH. Provi-
ARTHUR w. COLLINS. Appleby.
Tex.
STANLEY l. COLLINS. knights
Ferry. Cal
MARCUS B. COOK. Como, Mont.
ALMER L. GOWN, Victor, Mont.
WALTER CRELL1N.< Virginia.
MINI.
JENNINGS B. CROW. Appleby.
Tex.
WILLIAM A. DINTER, cuero, Tex
FRANK DRAHOTA, Jackson, MINI
EVERETT II. DUFFY, silcam
Springs. Mo.
ALEXANDER s. GILLESPIE. Los
Angeles. Cal.
WINSTON A. HARTsooK. RapI.
dan. Va.
JAMES P. HAWLEY, Neenah, Wis
ELMER A. HOUSTON. Held. Ore.
RAYMOND T. HURST, Pocassot,
Okla.
WESLEY W. HYATT, Lebam
Wash.
DELBERT r. INGLEHART, Santa
Monica. Cal.
JOHN c. JOHNSON. Big Falls,
EIinn.
JOHN A. LAAKKo. Astoria. Ore.
GEORGE LANKENAU, San Fran
cisco, Cal.
THEODORE E. LEWTON, Forest
Grove, Ore.
PHILIP KILBURN LIGHTALL
Syracuse, n. Y.
FRED NJ. LINTOW. Lamoine, Cal.
WILLIAM MATTHEW'S, Belling-
ham, Wash.
ROY w. MAY, Lindale. Tex.
JOSEPH G. MAYSTRICK, Astoria
n Y.
GEORGE MORENO. Pearsall, Tex
The Washington herald., 1918-02-16
News Service Restored
g. By British to |. N. S.

The International News Service, one
of the telegraphic services of The
Washington Herald, was officially re-
stored to the mails. and cable priyi-
leges on all lines controlled by Great
Britain, its colonies and its allies.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-16
Lord Reading Visits Baker.

Lord Reading. the new British am
ts ssador to the United states. called
on Secretary of War Baker yesterday.
The conference lasted for ntteen rn.n-
uteE. No statement as 70 IL srtrcis
discl ssed was available.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-16

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CONTINUED on PAGE SEVEN.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-06
EBBETS IN ROLE
OF CREPE HANGER
Everybody Else Seems To Be
Busy Planning Revival.

President Ebbets OF the Brooklyn Ma
tlonal league club was quoted as say
ing that 1.-THE National league should
proceed slowly until the governments
attitude with relation to baseball be-
comes more favorable" He had refer
encc to the nonessential classification
of baseball. He said that until the
ban has been lifted by the govern
ment there should be no thought of
resuming.
Well, the ban has been. to all In
tents and purposes, removed When the
draft calls and induCtionS were can
Ccled the work or fight order went
to the scrap pile automatically. The
calls being suspended, the government
can not penali2e nonesSenttal employ
ment, the work or fight order carry
ing 4 penalty of delinQuents being
placed in class one, on the basis OF
Ebbets' reasoning baseball is free to
SO ahead, The way is paved for the
return Of such players MS entered es-
scutial occupations upon the close OF
the a on Labor day The situa-
ton IL clearing and II seems to be up
TO Mr.. EbbetS. thinks one Of his local
critics In Brooklyn, who continues:
Whether or not baseball heSitates to
undertake resumption next year there
viii be NO tagging ~%Nereahouts in prep
oratiou by other sports affected ad-
versely nv the war, Ii is accepted as
a certainty that athletics viii be as
prominent as they were before the
world was set on fire by the ambitions
of Bill Hohenzollorn and the unscrupu-
ious gang that surrounded him, An
the big meets OF those peaceful DAYS
before we entered the conflict will be
in full bloom national and district
championships and intercollegiate.
There win be none NJ the makeshift
football we have suffered these two
seasons, but AZ the universities will
be engaged IN Staging the real thing,
No longer viii there he certificate ten
mis- and meaningless golf competition.
Yachting will I've the great sport IL
was, and there is Just q chaucs that
Sir Thomas Upton will negotiate with
the New York Yacht club to hiring to
a head the Americas Gun race which
was interrupted by the outbreak OF the
war in l9lt Roxing win he prosecuted
WITH greater activity. Basketball will
hit its oldtimc stride q YEAR hence.
likewise bowling And SO all down the
ltue 1t will be fine business when
sports ana pasttmes 60 along merrily
once again. The world sure was n
dreary place while the war was unper-
most in e~verybody's mind.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-06

taken these trips each fall for several
years, but this year he called off the
hunt to get in the bigger shooting
match. When that flzzied out he lost
no time in sending to Texas for his
~favorite rifle.
Having unCeremoniously removed Au-
gust Hermann as chairman Of the Ma
tlOnal Commission some of the base
ball reformers propose-probably as a
sop-tO make him president of the Ma
tional league. But II Garry cant be
trusted as commission chairman, how
can they stand for him as president of
the league If he is as bad M the re-
formers say, he Should be sent to jail
or burned in oil.
In a recent casualty list from France
appears the name OF Corporal Steve
Manning, wounded in action. Manning
is a well known minor league ball play
er, whose home is at Buffalo, He en-
tered the army last February and went
to France in March. He has played in
several minor leagues as a pitcher and
first baseman, much OF his service haV-
ing been in the International league.
One Of the plans of the baseball re
formers who would make Taft head of
a one-man commission is to remove the
commission headquarters to New York.
This would be pleasing to all the wide
stretch of baseball territory west Of
Pittsburgh. without a doubt. Possibly
Harry Frazee also expects to move
York when he has arranged al his
plans.
According to report that has reached
this side, Sammy Strang Nicklin, who
went into the war as a CAPTAIN, has
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-06

There is a player named Bunk who
is playing football with a naval reserve
team who will make a great baseball
player, thinks George Robbins, and
Robbins further says Bunk talks Of
taking up the game, lHe may make
good, but that name will be an awful
handicap. :
Ward Miller, veteran outfielder. whose
last major league engagement was
with the st. Louis Browns, and who
played last season with Salt Lake, has
gone into the moving picture business
In his home town OF Dixon, Ill, and
baseball will see no more of him as an
active player,
=
John Castle, veteran minor league
player and manager, hasn't lost out be-
cause the shlpyards have abandoned
baseball and athletics generally. Castle
has helped organize q shlpyard basket
ball league, which the men will run
more or less Independently OF company
patronage.
Only three Of the New York Yankees
who went into military service went
overseas, so that Manager Miller Hug
gins figures on most of his team back
by spring. The three who went over
were Outfielders Wick and Camp and
pitcher McGraw, None of the three
were classed as regulars.
Boston fans who admire Dave Shean
wonder what President Harry Frazee
of the Red SoX was driving at when
he said Manager Barrow would have to
secure a new second baseman for next
year, The Shean faction thinks Dave
delivered the goods sufficiently to be
given some consideration in next years
plans.
iris Speakers wal record was a brief
one. He had been In the service only
about "A month when he asked and se-
cured his discharge waen the oppor-
tunity offered. Walter Pipp, who was
In the same branch OF serviCe-naval
avlation-also took advantage of the
notice that men in that branch would
be released IL they requested.
Harry Hampstead and Harry Frazee
have extended their alliance to the play
ing field. Frazee announces that the
Red O II tho Giants will play a
spring exhibition series In 1919. He
| also Is credited with the statement that
the Giants Will not train at Marlin,
1t is not indicated whether they will
&c to Hot Springs, where the Red Sox
train, or not,
The first thing iris Speaker did when
he got his release from the naval aVia-
ton school was to hike out Tor Canada
on n belated hunting trip, Speaker has
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-06
MITCHELL In FOR
MUCH TROUBLE
President and Manager OF
Cubs on Cinch Job.

Boston writer processes 10 see COM
plcations if Fred Mitchell becomes both
pr~esidentsand manager Of the Chicago
Cubs, pointing out that under the Ma
tional league constitution no manager
Is eligible to sit in a National league
meeting. Commenting on this angle
the scribe says:
The divorce Of the playing end and
Of the administrative n in baseball
OF the big league variety has been an
iron-clad rule. It is desirable to keep
diamond squabbles OUT OF the council
chamber Mitchell is a IeveI-headed fell
low, patient and faT-seefng, yet posses
sing just enough aggressiveness TO
make him a forceful personality. Yet
why should a man sit with other own
ers of the league franchises when II Ia
known that he simply is the spokesman
for' a group of men who really own
the club? He would have nothing in
common with the other magnateS ana
would be an object of suspicion.
The rule also would do away with
the possibility of George Stallings OF
the Braves being made president-mana-
ger, a development which has been sug-
gested several times bfore this.
There is always a chance that rules
and constitutions may ne changed. the
N. L.. may see fit to cnange the rule
on this subject. But 1 an Of the i'm
preston that the rule VIII stand.
Had Fred Mitchell gone into tho
leather business about five or six years
ago, when the opportunity was present
ed to him in Boston, he today would be
worth almost enough to BUY a big part
of the Chicago Cubs. But he stuck to
baseball. He did not begin to make
big money until 1917, when he was
the first manager of the Chicago Ma
tionals. This year he nae even more.
But it is not reasonable to suppose that
he has the money to handle the propo-
sition of being a third or even a quar-.
ter owner in a big league franchise OF
Chicago value.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-06

Every time Memphis baseball mao.
mates look over their reserve list, they
emit a ChuCkIe. For there's no u%ettinu
around the fact that the Chicks have a
NIFTY lot Of material somewhere scat
tered throughout the world.
The world war made considerable In.
roads on the Chicks, and some Of the
classy material which was taken Will
be back lust as soon as the work Of
demobilizatlon Is completed, which
should ebe some time In the immediate
future.
For n thing the Chicks have been
n need OF a shorttielder, and Smoky
Hobbs looked Ike the goods. But
Smoky was drafted, And at first base
there was Guy Ellington, a Aunpster
VIII all the promise In the world. But he
was also called hither. There was
Fowikes, a pitcher, who looked good,
He went. There was Tom Blodqett, a
dependable pitcher. He responded to
the draft boards Joe Stat
terry. Chick first saoker. was also given
a suit OF khaki.
These men and those who were with
the team whom the league blew w last
June are eligible for service abaln with
the Tribe. There's no denying the fact
that there viii be sufficient materia
to round out a real class A ball club,
one capable OF holding It's and then
some in the Southern.
Local club owners are not worried
over getting players when they look
over their reserve list and are con.
WINGED that rehabilitation is aolng to
be speeded.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-06
SPOKE IS RIGHT.

Iris Speaker, sluaaer extraordinary,
OF the Cleveland Indians, has passed up
The Job OF managing the Redskins Tor
next season, which was offered him a
couple Of days back.
iris says he has hard enough time
hitting 800 and s~haaains flies In the
outfleld without adding the managerial
burden and woes TO his lot, Spoke says
he is content TO be a private In the
ranks and has no aspirations to lead a
ball club while he Is trying 20 play, as
the load would be too much for him to
carry.
Speaker seems to be looking at the
matter in the right way, for MANAGING a
ball club Is a man-slzed Job alone, while
hitting 300 n sticking in the big show
Is no mail undertaking. Both Of then
together are too much FOR any man WHIT
desires to keep out OF the BOBBY hatch.
Speaker has several good playing
years left In him and does not care to
ruin himself as a player by attempting
to manage and play ball at he same
time, which he could hardly do with
credit to himself and the club he was
managing.
The baseball season Is not very far
away. The noble athletes are beginning
to announce their retirements from the
game,
Derrill Pratt, late Of the New York
Ganks, once a trouble maker with the
st. Louis Browns, n y he's through.
Pratt was one of those athletes who
hurdled to the steel league and says he
Is content to enjoy the easy life Of a
steel worker instead Of enduring the
hardshlps OF n big league ball player.
Pratt will bo one of the first OF the
1919 Yanks to report.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-06
GOING To'ARMY
SOMETHING new
But Then There Are a Lot of
New Things These Days.

The war has wrought many changes
in American institutions, but it is
doubtful IL baseball magnates in the
past would have thought of looking to
the army for diamond recruits, Such
is. the case at present, however, n
1t Is not unlikely that many youths
who have worn the knaHt of Uncle Sam
will change for the uniforms of the ma
tor league clubs before ;ae next season
is far along.
Reports from prominent baseball men
now serving overseas are to the effect
that there are plenty o. young men
playing the game beaind the lines In
their spare hours, who are well worthy
of a trial with the big c,uns. In fact
several have urged their FORMER mana
gers to either come over or send a
scout across to see the type of man
who Is being uncovered in these games
which many times have been played
within sound OF the heavy guns.
They are superhly framed, from a
physical standpoint, ana handle them
selves, both at bat ana in the field.
with the perfect confidence ana poise
which alone comes from excellent con-
dition and discipline While but II few
are ut present qualified to enter big
league play there are scores, according
to the reports, who are right now better
prospects than the average minor
leaguers OF recent seasons, A few
weeks drilling under me eye OF an
experienced baseball coach with some
instruction in the finer points Of indi-
vidual and play some of the SOL
diers may have the making of TX Cobhs,
Hans Wagners and o;aer heroes Of the
diamond
In addition to attaining fine physical
condition, every man has learned the
lesson of instant and explicit obedience
to commands, as well as the necessity
for team work in the complete sense
Of the word, Given this groundwork In
addition to the natural liking OF the
American youth for snort competition
and his adaptahility, It can be seen that
there will be a new anC splendid field
for the recruiting OF baseball players
after the war ends. Teams composed.
to a great extent. of young men who
did not hesitate to go half way round
the world to fight for the honor or
their country. would so ar toward re-
storing the popularity O, professional
baseball.