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Evening star., 1918-07-25

Their dereliction resulted in a stag
gering blow which all but accomplish
ed the death of the game and. but
for the fact that Clark Griffith stepped
Into the breach and made the repre-
sentations showing the true condi-
tions Of the industry. major league
base ball would have become only a
memory several days ago.
With the fate of the game hanging
by slender thread, the leaders OF
the sport rushed to the capital in a
tardy effort to explain the true status
Of the sport, and owing to the re-
sourcefulness and initiative Of Griffith
were permitted to present q compre-
hensive statement Of base balls case
In the form Of q brief filed yesterday
with Maj. Gen. Crowder. the provost
marshal general. This brief. with the
recomm mendations of Gen. Crowder, the
nature of which were not to be made
public until Secretary Bakers decision
was given out. was transmitted to
the Secretary last night, at which time
Mr.. Baker announced his decision
would be made known today.
1t was confidently expected that.
having been apprised that an i'm
mediate going into effect of the
work-or-f1ght order would disrupt
the industry of base ball as repre-
sented by the American and National
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FULTON A DELINQUENT.

HARRISON. N. J.. July 75.-Fred
Fulton, the Minnesota boxer. has been
classed al delinquent in the draft and
may be taken into custody here on ad-
vice of Chairman Henry s. Wise Of
local draft board No. 1ss Of New York
city, 1t was learned last night. Full
ton is scheduledtto meet Jack Demp-
sey in an elght-round bout here Sat-
urday night
According to q letter received from
Chairman Wise. Fulton failed to ap-
pear before his local board for physi-
cal examination. and by virtue of this
failure he In cIassed q delinQuent. Tho
Harrison board met to consider the
case and decided to refer It to the
Attorney General.
Wise said Fulton. had been placed In
division A. class J., on the ground that
he IL engaged In non-ssseutial cccupa-
tom
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BROWNS PITCHERS va.
WASHINGTON TEAM.
GRIFFs PLAY IN ST. LOUIS.
Open Road Trip Today With serie,
Against Browns.

In st. Louis this afternoon the Ma
tionals are billed to play the first of
q series Of four games with the
Browns in opening a road trip that
calls for subsequent visits to Chi
cago. Detroit. Cleveland ana Phila-
delphia, In the order named. II the
remainder Of the schedule Is gone
through with, as expected. the next
home appearance OF the Grinmen
will be on Sunday. August ii, when
In the course Of series at Phila-
de1phia they will accompany ths
Athisttcs to this city for one game.
Not until the following Wednesday.
August II. are they scheduled to re-
turn for long home stand with the
western and eastern clubs, however,
The Washington club now ID prac-
tically tied with New. York for third
place and II only ono game In the rear
OF the second-position Indiana Seven
and q half ganes separate the Ma
ttonal1 from the 1eAdfng Red eox, hut
IL GrfMs team nearly approxfmates
its last road record 1t should be with
In striking distance Of the top posi-
tion when Il returns from the road.
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KING GEORGE DEc0RATEs
U. s. NAVAL COMMANDER

LONDON. July 2s.-Lieut. Com
mander A. C. Carpenter of the Ameri-
can destroyer Tanning received the
distinguished service order from King
George at a private investiture at
buckingham Palace today. The Fan
ming, in the lieutenant commanders
charge, has been prominent in the
anti-submarine operations.
The Tanning, with the Nicholson,
captured a German submarine after
a battle in the war zone last Novem-
Der. when the submersible attempted
to attack a convoy. The U-boat was
damaged both by depth bombs and
shells before the crew surrendered.
and it sank when the Tanning was at
tempting to tow 1t to port.
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leagues. the Secretary would rule
that the approximately $50 players
who are in the deferred draft classes
may remain with their ball clubs
until their contracts expire, in Octo-
Der. thus saving the game from cer-
tain death, as far as the national
championship Is concerned With q
favorable ruling from Mr.. Baker the
leagues and players will be able to
meet the obligations they assumed
In good faith before there was any
intimation that the life of the sport
was to be placed An Jeopardy. and
be given ample time during the of
season to reorganize base ball along
new lines for the start of another
campaign next spring.
The future of the game, depending
entirely on the status Of the play
ers. devolves wholly upon a respite
being granted, for the players gladly
will finish the season. the expected
concessions being made; but with an
other adverse ruling by Mr.. Baker
the players naturally would look for
immediate action by the local boards,
which would be guided in their
actions by official Washington. In
this event, with players deserting
their employers. the game would be
ruined, even II the leagues tried to
struggle along through the remain
der of the campaign with makeshift
teams.
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EXTRA DAYLIGHT
HELPS AMATEURS
More Interest in Sandlot
Base Ball Because Players
Have Time to End Games.
BY n. c. BYRD.

Extra daylight, given last spring
when the clocks were turned forward.
Is working much to the advantage Of
amateur base ball. Not only is It al
lowing the teams to play full games.
but 1t seems to be furnishing the fans
with more time to see the contests.
The result is that players and spec
tators are taking greater interest in
the games.
For some reason. possibly because
there are more people in Washington
than usual, just as large. and some-
times larger. crowds are attending
amateur ball games as ever went to
see the sandlotters play in the palmy
days of the amateur commission.
Hundreds of spectators watch the
games on the White Lot and at 18th
and H streets, in the Navy Yard
League. And for the most important
contests it is not unusual for more
than two thousand to turn out.
Yesterday the Torpedo nine won
from Tool and Miscellaneous in the
Navy Yard League and went back into
second place, Just game and half
behind Tom Crooke's leading C1offeps-
Bryant. who was on the mound for
the winners. let the losers down with
one hit and captured the contest by
to 0. Bryant gave one of the best
pitching exhibitions seen in the league
this season. Strothers of the winners
led the players at the plate. connect
ing for three bingles. Cox and Sterzer
of the same club made two each. MUIR
ply got the one hit credited to the
losing club.
Marines and Operations are sched-
uled to play today in the Navy Inter-
bureau League. The game is to take
White Lot and big crowd probably
will watch the play. The two teams
are among the strongest in the city.
II they are not actually the strongest.
Supply and Control team proved
rather easy for the Engineers in the
Departmental League yesterday. los
ing by to IL. The defeated club
started of like world-beater. scor-
ing three times in the opening in
ming. but could not hold the pace.
Engineers soon took away the lead
and went to the front without much
trouble Goodman played good ball
at short for the losers. and the gen.
eral performance of the whole En-
gineer aggregation was above tho
Rex Athletic Club and Operations
are scheduled for a game at 18th
and H streets Sunday. The former is
anxious to atone for the poor show
ing it made last Sunday, when the
Army Medical School gave 1t an awful
1acing.
Tom Fortune, former Georgetown
University basket ball manager. has
completed the ground school work
at Princeton and has gone to Texas
to take up the flying end of his
training for commission in the
aviation service.
Ike Macdonald. halfback on the
Maryland State College foot ball team
last fall, has enlisted in the artil-
1ery branch of the Army. Macdonald
not only played good foot ball at
State, but he held down second base
on the base ball team.
Evening star., 1918-07-25
MoGRIDGE QUITS YANKs.
Pitcher Joins the Standard Ship.
ward Company Team.

NEW YORK. July 25.-George Mog-
ridge, a veteran pitcher of the New
York American team. has severed his
connection with the club and signed
with the Standard Shipyard Com
pany club of Staten Island. Mogridge
Joined the Yankees in 1915. coming
from the Chicago Americans.
The Standard, it was stated, has
made offers to others of the New
York Americans. which were under
consideration when the club left here
for Cleveland to carry out its reg
ular program. while awaiting the
final decision Of the War Department
on the work-or-fight order, as it ap-
plies to base ball.
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RULING FAVORABLE TO GAME
LSLOOKED FOR BY THE FANS
Millions of Base Ball Followers Confident
Secretary Bakers Decision, Due
Today, Will Save Sport.
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.

Millions
closely a
to
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Cornet players soon get wind of a
new tune.
Don't expect a soft answer when
yeu call man hard names.
If a man is a liar he's likely to
get mad when he is called one.
Any man who is dead In love with
himself should be buried in oblivion.
The man who marries for money
seldom gets round-shouldered from
carrying what he gets.
A cynic is a person who says hate
full things because he is unable to
attract attention any other way.
The average man thinks he would
have fine chance of occupying the
presidential chair II the once sought
the man.
Evening star., 1918-07-25
FOOD SHIPMENTS INCREASED.
Large Foreign Trade Growth Seen
in Fiscal Year Figures,

Tremendous increases in the ship
ments of food abroad were the OUT
standing feature Of the country's for
eign trade In the fiscal year ended
June 50.
Detailed figures announced today by
the bureau of foreign and domestic
.commerce showed that shipments Of
bread stuffs in the fiscal year 1918 were
worth $633, 500, ,485, as compared with
$5ss. .9s3,454 in the preceding year. and
valued at $679.s4s,942, as compared
with sf03,1s2.27s.
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Escaped Italians on Way Home.

DENNIsoN. Ohio. July 25.-Escaping
from tfe Austrians and making their
way through Siberia to Japan. 800
italian soldiers passed through here
last night en- route to an Atlantic
port, where they will sail for Italy.
They declared that 1000 Italians have
bean forced to fight in the Austrian
armies In Russia-
Evening star., 1918-07-25
AIR POSTAL SERVICE
COSTS SOC. PER MILE

Postal airplanes are being operated
at a cost Of approximately fifty cents
per mile between Washington. New
York and Philadelphia, statement
Issued by the Post ofiice Department
says. Nine machines travelled 1894
miles, according to the summary. the
frst Of it's kind to be issued, with In
vestment. overhead. labor. pilots pay,
gasoline. supplies and all other
charges estimated at s3.sss.
Evening star., 1918-07-25
Records of Rival Pitchers
in Griffs Browns Series

FAe appended figures give nm
intimate line ON how the pitch
ers Of the Nationals and Browns,
VINO begin . series at st. Louis
Today have Jared in interclub
games from April. 1915, to date,
NATIONALS PITCHERS vs..
ST. LOUIS TEAM.
Evening star., 1918-07-25
BAR SILVER QUOTATIONS.

BN6 N1A &OOAAAIONcs
! NEW YORK, July 25.-Bar silver
was quoted ut ssH per ounce here to-
| LONDON, July 2s.-Bar silver.
4S 13-16d per ounce; money. .2% per
cent. Discount rates-Short bills.
q 17-32 per cent; three-month bills.
1882 per cent.
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Another Moderate Setback.
Grain, Produce,
Cotton Markets.
GRAIN AND PRoy1s1oNs.

showed weakness today as a result
of the failure of frost predictions and
owing to a favorable weather fore
cast. Continued liberal receipts. to-
gether with sales to go to store here
ing was of only a scattered sort
Opening prices, which ranged from
z to III cents lower. with August
I.54 to 1.641, and September 1.54A to
1.55h. were followed by decided fur
ther setbacks and then by something
Of a rally.
Oats were easier with corn. Trade
was light. After opening unchanged
to l point down, with August 69& to
10, the market underwent q moderate
additional sag.
Low quotations on hogs had a de-
pressing effect on provisions. Weak
ness OF grain was also q bearish fac
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STRONG AT CLOSING,
TRADING IS Limited

NEW YORK, July 25.-Specialties
contributed to the irregular trend at
the opening of today's stock mar
ket. Tobaecos. for example. moving
In opposite directions.
Fractional gains in United states
Steel. Pacific Mall. Industrial Alcohol
and Colorado Fuel were balanced by
recessions extending from fractions
to a point in Distillers', Inspiration
Copper and National Biscuit.
st. Paul preferred, on which divi-
dend action was expected later In the
day, was the only rail to show even
a nominal advance.
Steel Shows Better Support.
Pressure against leaders relaxed
with the progress of the session,
United States Steel showing better
support on its extreme rise of Y.
with substantial gains for Cructble
steel, Baldwin Locomotive. Marine
preferred. Pacific Mail and oils.
ened at the outset. despite the pro-
posed stock dividend. rallied 8 points,
and tobacco products gained III.
st. Paul preferred lost its early
firmness. reacting point, while
Reading hardened, but other railway
Liberty 3hs sold at 09.s6 to 99.9o;
As, at $3.50 to 94.56 and Ans at 9o.4o
to 95.J2.
Another Moderate Setback.
Active stocks experienced another
moderate setback during the listless
trading Of the early afternoon: Su-
matra Tobacco forfeited all It's re-
covery.
United States Steel. Baldwin Loco
motive and Reading Cancelled most OF
their advance and st. Paul preferred
was under further pressure with
American Telephone.
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MONEY TO LOAN
On D. c. Real Estate. Lowest Ratea-
Jesse L. HEISKELL,
14d3 II ST. NV.
Washinuton Stock Exchange.

Norfolk and Washington Steamboat %. 81. .000
NJ 100 81 600 at 100, 81. 900 At 100. Loo At
100.
washington Gas, 10 at S.
Commercial National Bank. at 100.
p;d and Asked Prices
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POWDER MARKET.
Quotations furnished b. W. B. Hibbs q Co.
New York Brokers Assign.

NEW YORK. July 25s--Morgan &
Finlay. stock and bond brokers, today
made an assigumsnt for the benefit
of creditors. Ralph c. MerGAn Of
Brewrter, n. r, and ALFRED b. FInlay
'ef Montelstr. n. y. comprtss the Arm
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walter Johnson's eleven.year
pitching record axninst the
browns follows. Games. Al,
won, S6y Lost, 10, per cent. .e56,
shut-outs, 8; innings pitched.
4753 at bat, 1,72S; runs. 1S3, hit..
S64J bases ON balls, 96, lift bafs-
men, 203 struck out. 3SS, wild
pitches, 70, earned nuns from
1912, only ~, average earned
runs per 9-innins game, 1.7O.
Evening star., 1918-07-25
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Results Of Yesterdays Games.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
No games played.
NATIoNAL LEAGUE.

chicaso, s; Philadslphia. Z.
st. Louis, 10; New York 3.
Boston, 4; Cincinnati, o.
rittsburgh, s; 8rookyn, /
Evening star., 1918-07-25
PRICES HOLD FIRM
ON LOCAL EXCHANGE

Prices were firm at tho opening on
the local stock exchange today and
held comparatively strong during the
remainder of the day. Attendance of
brokers was even lighter than usual
and the trading was dull
There was some little activity in
Norfolk and Washington Steamboat
Company's per cent bonds, which
sold at 100. There was some trading
in Capital Traction at SsA. and ten
shares of Washington Gas changed
hands at IS. Three shares OF Com
mercial National Bank stock sold at
1870.
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Money to Loan

Secured by First Deed Of Trust Real Estate.
PreTaiing interest and commission.
Joseph |. Weller, ga F St. NV.
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Bond Market stifens.

Judging from expressions made by
local financial men. the most stgnth-
cant event of the week thus far. AZ it
bears on Investment values concerned,
has been the stiffening of bond mar
ket prices. This was evident from
the moment news came from the Eu-
ropean battlefront that the allies had
taken the offensive and were making
gains.
Evening star., 1918-07-25
JOHN |. EDWARDS & co.

New York Stock Exchange
MEMBERS Washington Stock Exchange
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-05-27

millionaire and cracks down two
bucks. And the member of the James
gang which was behind the counter,
rings 'em both up on the cash register.
The two victims of this here James
person was somewhat habbergasted
but they kept on their Rockefeller
front and walked out without lettin'
out squawk. But next day Sharpie's
curiosity got the best of him and he
called up the beanery to ask the usual
charge for two small meals when the
meat is furnished. Don't make no
difference whether the meat is furnish
ed or not" says the restaurant geek,
"the charges is all the same. This
here custom prevails in Highview and
all other towns around here"
Looks as though little Art Pose owes
Sharpe treat for he never contribut-
cd nuthing to the feast, even If he did
take the steaks right out of his own
shop.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-05-27
GARDENS TO Be
JUDGED TUESDAY
Committees Will Make Rounds Of the
City Between Hours Of 4
and z O'clock in the
Afternoon.
TIIE POINTS FOR JUDGING
The List Of the First Twenty-Five VIII
be Published, Followed
Judges Report.
TIIE POINTS FOR JUDGIN

The first Judging of gardens in the
school garden contest, under the
supervision of Murray McMurray,
garden leader, will be made between
the hours of 4 and 7 o'clock tomorrow
afternoon, by committee of ten or
twelve judges. Points of judging are:
Neatness in appearance, which takes
in freedom from weeds, and quantity
of vegetables raised.
Children should arrange to be in the
close vicinity of their gardens during
the hours of judging. If any ones
garden is missed, the child is urged to
notify Mr.. McMurray at once. In case
some child enrolled in the garden con-
test, but has since given up his work
as contestant, he should notify Mr..
McMurray before the hours of garden
Judging.
The judging committee will be COM
posed of men and women capable OF
Judging the work of the juvenile gar
deners. The list of the first twenty
five contestants, ranking highest, will
be published following the judges re-
port.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-05-27
Red Cross Ships 1O5 Boxes.

One hundred and five boxes have
been shipped from local headquarters
since the opening of the workrooms,
Since headquarters were changed
seventy-fcur boxes have been sent to
Des Moines. Up to that time thirty
one boxes had been shipped to Chi
cago headquarters.
The seventy-fourth box went out
Saturday. 1t contained:
5 bed jackets.
IS pajama suits.
bathrobes.
20 hospital shirts, made from can
ton flannel.
30 pairs of underdrawers.
There are ninety additional hospi-
tai shirts, which will be packed with
a box of linens to go out this week,
making total of 100 hospital shirts
made in the local workrooms or in
auxiliary workrooms of the county
during the past week.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-05-27
Annual Club Picnic.

Members of the Hedonist club en-
joyed their annual picnic Saturday
afternoon in Kendall Young park A
delicious picnic dinner was served at
6 o'clock, with half hour business
session following. Officers for the
coming year were elected-Miss
Nellie Baker, president; Miss Nellie
Chapman, vice president; Miss Ethel
Swanson, secretary and treasurer. A
feature of the social hour was the
presentation of souvenir spoons to
Miss Emma Warth and Miss Hazel
Bemis, members of the club, who are
leaving Webster City. Both young
women are instructors in the local
high school who have resigned their
positions.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-05-27
School Visits Red Cross,

Miss Ruth LIE Quesne, who teaches
the Ashpole school in harrisburg
township, and her fifteen pupils visit
ed the Red Cross rooms in this city
Friday afternoon. They brought with
them Belgian baby quilt, which
they had made, as we'll as a contribu-
ton from the boys OF the school, who
have wound two balls of carpet rags.
Each ball contained enough rags for
either yard Of carpet or one rug,
which will be sold at the Red Cross
rooms, the money going to the Red
Cross. This school has also turned
in $4.75 membership dues to the
Blairsburg chapter, and Saturday
brought contribution of $2.45 to
local headquarters.
Mrs. Zitterell, chairman of the
Webster City chapter, entertained the
youngsters by telling them the story
Of the Belgian children. whose faith
ers and mothers, in many cases, have
been killed, leaving the little ones
wholly without protection or care.
They were shown the various articles
of clothing which are being sent
these little folks by the Red Cross
and it was explained just how their
pennies are going into a fund, which
is used to buy food, clothing and
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-05-27
Aged Lady Makes Record.

Mrs. o. r. Moore, mother of Mrs. j.
w. Lctte 525 Division street, has
surpassed any record made by the
Red Cross workers In this city, as
far as is known. She is lightweight
years Of age and as very small por-
ton of her Red Cross stint knit two
sweaters in eight days.
This most remarkable record has
never been eclipsed in local Red
Cross circles and is wonderful ac-
c;omplishment of very wonderful
old lady.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-05-27

home comforts for them. The homes
the Red Cross have established in
France, in which many hundreds OF
children are cared for, were describ-
ed. and they were told something
about the service given the soldiers
when wounded or when they are
given a brief respite from duty and
permitted to go to one of the under
ground rest stations.
The children's interest was an in
spiration to the workers in the rooms.
They crowded about the story teller
and drank in with eager eyes and
ears the novelty of their visit, receiv-
ing in the meantime very clear con-
ception of the need for Red Cross
workers and for the work they do.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-05-27
Pork.

We noticed on the editorial page of
this family paper the other evening
the news that the Dubuque Brewing
company has been converted into a
pork packing establishment and the
editor expressed the hope that it would
be able to compete with the Chicago
packers. Here too, and We'll 60 lit
tie further and hope it will not have
to compete with the congressional
pork packers.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-05-27
From Bill to John.

Dear John: You ought to OF bin out
to the Outing Club the other evening.
Theys some new stunt pulled there
every once in a while and the very
latest thing is barefoot golf.
And its all in perfectly good form
too, John, for the president of the club
and the cashier Of the First National
bank started it. You want to tell Phil
Armour and the rest Of your society
bunch down at Chicago about it. OF
course Harold Mason and Warren Pyle
started it as dare, but they say our
very best people will soon be doing it.
1t all started after the last big rain
when Mason pulled off his shoes and
socks and dared the banker to follow
suit. Well, they both done it and it
wont be long now until Bill Pearce,
Jim Jenkinson, Earl Mason, Ole
Henderson and the rest Of our elite
will be showing the bare pedal ex
tremities oyer the green.
You want to be sure and tell your
Chicago friends about this here start
ing in Webster City because our town
is looking for all the free advertising
it can get and l suggest that you tell
'em its called Webster golf instead of
barefoot golf and then we can get
some free publicity out of it like we
did when we printed bull on button
with this here slogan on it: ITO our
Webster Business" Or maybe you
might call it Web-foot golf, but any
thing win do, John, so long as Chicago
society gets the idea this here came
from Webster City.
And please don't forget what l said
about tellin' Phil Armour all about it
because all the bunch of which Mrs.
Potter Palmer was the leader will be
dead crazy over it.
Yours,
Bill.