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The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1919-12-13

league player in his prime to play foot.
ball. Thorpe is an exception. He Is q
second Achilles, in the matter Of in
jury. and has never known what it is
to get hurt in the game.
There are several major league ball
players who have starred on the grid
iron. Thorpe's prowess as football
player Is well known and he needs lit
tie Introduction. While playing with
the Carlisle Indian school he starred
in every game.
Leslie Mann Is football player Of
no little ability. While he was star
ring at the Springfield Training school
he established big reputation and
was chosen by many critics for the
All-American team in his time.
Mann played halfback and was an
exceptional punter. He could average
nearly so yards and often his kicks
carried for a distance Of 60 yards and
more before hitting the soil. As
broken-fleld runner he was one Of the
greatest. He was especially brilliant
in running back kick-offs or punts and
once started was a hard man to down.
Eddie Collins has also been ranked
by experts as among the best football
players. Collins starred in the quar-.
terback position at Columbia several
years back.
One Of the best football players
among big leaguers who never attend
ed college, but who would surely have
been a star In the university world had
he done so, is rabbit" Meanwhile. the
peppery little shortstop of the Braves.
The gobs Of the q. S. s. Pennsylvan-
ia will bear witness to the Rabbits
ability on the gridiron. The Boston
star virtually won them the champion
ship while a member Of that crew last
season. Maranville Is best at running
with the ball. He Is so nimble, 80
shifty and quick that he slides through
the opposing team like an eel.
Manager McGraw recently procured
one Of the best football players OF re-
cent years In Frank Frisch. Frisch.
who starred on the football team AZ
well as on the baseball nine at Ford
ham. is equally at home on the dia-
mond or football field. *
Dave Robertson, the Cub outfieldeft
Heathcote Of the st. Louis NatiOnel4i
and George Halas. the young outhelder
who was with the Yankees early In the
season, are all football players Of ex.
ceptional ability.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1919-12-13
important Amendments in Bill
Are Asked Of National
Lawmakers,
REVISE SCHEDULE UPWARD
increased Compensation for Disabled
Ex-service Men Is Uraed-Bureau
seeks to Give Fullest Possible
Service to Those Affected.

Neutrality-suspicious. work in conduct
ng the affairs OF the bureau must he
guided by the counsel of the soldiers,
sailors and marines themselves. Our
aim Is to be of the fullest possible serv.
Ice to those1egected b, the act"
director OF the pK,~.a Of war risk in.
surance. IN the 3coHs pc Of a talk to
wounded ,oidiyrs al Wslter Reed hos
the motives behind the action of the
bureau In requesting congress, through
the treasury department, to enact sew
eral important amendments to the war
risk insurance act. These may be d.
Vded into two general classes-those
Affecting the compensation features of
the act. and those concerning war
risk insurance.
A very important proposed amend
ment. and one which meets with wide
spread approval, is the upward Eevi-
sion OF the schedule Of compensation
payable to disabled ex-service men.
Under the present schedule q mansto-
tally disabled Is entitled to $50 q
month. IL single. The amendment
raises this by $50, making $50 pay
able under these circumstances. If he
has wife but no child living he gets
$45; the amendment provides $50. II
he has a wife and one child, he draws
at present, $55; the amendment gives
him sos.
Extend the Provisions.
The law now provides that IL man
loses both hands, both feet, or the
sight Of both eyes, or becomes helpless
and permanently bedridden, he shall
receive 500 q month compensation.
Experience has shown that many men
who have lost an arm and leg, or one
limb and the sight Of one eye, are just
as badly crippled as men who have
lost both feet or both hands, and 80
the bureau has recommended that In
addition to the injuries at present en-
titling q man to compensation at the
rate Of 500 a month, the following
shall be included The loss Of one foot
and one hand; the loss of one foot and
the sight Of one eye. These are deem
ed total and permanent disability" by
the express wording Of the amend
ment. There Is also q provision that
for double total permanent disabil-
ity." meaning cases lii which men are
manned 50 seriously that their injuries
include two Of these classifications, the
compensation shall be 5000 month.
The bureau has found very wide
spread sentiment among ex-service
men In favor Of having their policies
made payable In a lump sum, or in in
stallmei covering short period Of
time, at0their option. To meet this
demand Director Cholmeley-Jones has
urgently recommended modification
OF the var risk insurance act to permit
makin& provision In the contract for
ATerttf insurance for optional set
kents' on the part Of the insured.
making such insurance payable either
In one sum or In instailments for thir-
ty-six months or more.
II the insured has not exercised his
rixht OF election. under the proposed
amendment the beneficiary may elect
20 receive the Insurance in monthly
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1919-12-13

Col. Edwin Jadwin. now in command
Of one of the engineer regiments IN
France. disregarded war department
red tape, formalities and regulations
to get his troops over to France fully
equipped for work. The record made
by Colonel Jadwin In getting his men
speedily ready for service and the eff
cheney of his work has already been
the subject of widespread comment In
army circles. 1t develops now that the
reason for his success was primarily
due to the fact that he ignored red
tape membranes which are required
legally by the present system. 1t Will
be for Secretary Baker to decide
whether Col. Jadwin is to escape the
remonstrance that attaches to his
course or whether he will be COM
mended for his initiative and his sue
cess.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1919-12-13
MANY SPORTS IN AUSTRALIA
Returned Soldiers Given Opportunity
Of Reunion and Recreation by
General Brand.

In order to give returned soldiers
who are on leave or unemployed, an
opportunity Of reunion and recrea-
ton, the Victorian commandant, Cen
eral Brand. has organized series Of
sports meetings between the various
sections of the Australian imperial
force. Football. rowing, running ana
other sports will bring the old bat
talions and divisions together again
on the turf under peace conditions
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1919-12-13
SETS RIFLE MARK

Lieut.. r. e. Smith, q. 8. A..
established q new worlds rec
ord for a 16-inch bull's-eye at
500 yards when he made q con-
secutive string Of So bulls-eyes
in the Swiss miss-and-out at
Seagirt, N. ]. He actually
scored So bull's-eyes, as both his
sighting shots were center ones.
Lieutenant Smith won the ma
tiOnal individual tournament
trophy match at the navy rifle
range at Caldwell. N. J.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1919-12-13
D0WD WANTS ANOTHER TRIAL
Newark Player D0esn't Believe He
Got Fair Shake Last Spring
When Sent to Minors.

Raymond (Snooks) Dowd, who
thinks he didn't get exactly fair
shake in the spring when he was sent
back to the minors, had big year
in the International league with New.
ark and thinks it should earn him an.
other chance In the big show. He is
now at his home in Springfield Mass.
where he will spend the winter.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1919-12-13
TOPPING IS BIG FAULT

Practically every professional
will agree that the most COM
mon fault of the beginner in
golf Is topping, and before this
can be corrected the cause
must be discovered. Treatment
In golf is similar to that in
medicine, In that the diagnosis
must precede the prescription.
In general there are three dis
tinct and separate causes for a
topped ball, any one of which
is sufficient to spoil the shot.
They are raising up the body,
pulling in the arms and shift
ing the center Of balance.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1919-12-13
Strange Fish.

Venice. GAIA strange fish. approx
imately nine feet in length and consist
ing mostly of mouth. head and tail. is
arousing much interest here. The
freak monster was found on the beach
by Frank Benedict, city official. In
the mouth of the fish were four rows
of teeth. The eyes are as large az
saucers. The creature resembles .
gigantic tadp0lA
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1919-12-13

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The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1919-12-13
BALL PLAYERS GOOD
AS FOOTBALL STARS
Several Besides Thorpe Could
Make Good on Gridiron.
Leslie Mann, Eddie Collins and "Rab.
bit" Meanwhile Rank as BEING
Particularly Clever-Others
Equally as Good.

Jim Thorpe Of the Braves who Is
playing professional football this fall
is not the only big league star who
could devote his time quite profltably
to the gridiron game.
OF course few desire to do so. The
risk Of getting injured Is so great that
1t would be foolhardy for any major
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1919-12-13

Reinstatement Of Insurance..
"A recent treasury decision has auth
orized the reinstatement Of govern
ment insurance within Is months after
discharge by the payment Of only two
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-12-12

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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-08-15
FIRST GERMAN LEVY ON $1,000
Beginning at That Point Graduate
Taxes Affect All Property
In Country.

Copenhagen, - Matthias Erzbergcr.
sued n statement. according to II Ber-
lin dispatch Ia the Tidrnic that The
proposed levy on property III Ger
many Will begin at 5000 marks (nor-
mally about Sl,20O) and will be grad.
uated up 10 10 per cent for property
valued AT 10000 marks tSl2,5oW,
The rate viii become higher with
property the valuation of which l.
above this figure until il reaches Gs
per cent on property above 3,UUOUH
marks $500 WO.
The levy will be payable by install
ments extending over thirty years, lie
ginning with January, 1920.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-08-15
IS MUSICAL PRODIGY
Boy Leads Orchestra at the
Age Of 13
Child Who Astonishes Europe Born
In Maine Of Italian
Parents.

Rome.-Willy Ferrero, aged thirteen.
who leads lOO-plece orchestrns In
selections from Wagner, Beethoven,
Rossini. Greig and others. IL an Amer
lean and was born in Portland, Maine,
The child has attracted the attention
OF Europe since he was four years old,
but IT was only recently that his Amer
lean birth was revealed by his parents,
who are Italian.
The father told the Associated Press
correspondent that Willy carried an
American passport, but that his name
thereon was William Frrrero, a name
ne had chosen for him While he had
worked In Maine when the child was
born.
The father said thar at the age OF
two the lad was brought to Italy. With
Ell his parents We're returning TO take
up their residence in their old home in
the Folies Bergere, in Paris. A year
later he appeared in the CostunZa the
alter. Rome. where for the first time he
led an orchestra of 100 pieces. The pro-
Beethoven and other heavy selections.
The child took his orchestra before
Emperor Nicholas In 1913 and conduct
ed two concerts for the monarch. In
the same year his orchestra was filling
an engagement In London, and he was
commanded 10 appear before Queen
Alexandria of England Ut Marlborough
house. He appeared before Pope Ben
edict XIV. in 1915.
In April, 1915, just before Italy's dec
laration of war, Willy was presented
with the gold medal by the Italian min
lister of education after he had made
Il successful appearance in the Angus
tenn. where he had conducted an or
chestra and chorus aggre2ating 800
All the players in the orchestra are
men of long experience.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-08-15
WOMEN EMPLOYEES ARE GOING
Returning Service Men Receiving Old
Positions Back - Females in
Clerical Work May Stay.

ashington.-Steady reduction IN
the number Of women employed by
railroads is taking place as the result
OF rehabilitation and the return Of
soldiers to their old jobs. From the
high mark Of 1Ol ,1S5 women en-.
ployes. on Oct. l. 1918, the number
was decreased 14.3 per cent by April
l. when 1898 were still on the pay
rolls.
The first women to be let 90 were
those engaged in heavy work in
roundhouses and shops. In the cleri.
cal occupations, such as ticket selling,
where ~ per cent OF the women
were used, reduction has been small.
IS, ll9 still being employed. many Of
whom will likely remain permanently.
Statistics compiled by the Railroad
administration show that 5000 WON
en- We're employed in shops and 1000
In rOundhouses In 1918.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-08-15
IS WAR TO BLAME FOR THIS
French Dandies Now Addicted to
Powder Puff and Affect
Wasp Waists.

Paris. Wasp waists for men are the
thing In Paris this spring. Corsets
may or may not be worm but the cont
must make an elegant curve at the
waislllne. A few handles are sport
Ing skirtlike flow below the waist,
but Andre lie Fouquleres, the Beau
Brummel of the town for ten years
declares that the smartest men must
discard the skirts and have the bot.
tom of the coat clinglng tightly around
the hips.
More startling than the masculine
waistlne Is a postwar addiction by
handles to face powder. Many men
are now using the powder pun, dab
bling themselves quite openly with tan
powder, which gives the appearance
Of trench burn to drawing room
habitues.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-08-15
SHOOTS PIGEON. PAYS S47.5C
st. Louis Man Loses in Court After
Argument With Birds
Owner.

st. Louis. Shooting single pigeon
has cost Philip Hommel of 'BelleVille
a total of S4750.
The pigeon ate some of Honmel'S
garden seed and vegetables. HomGuel
killed IT, Then Hommel got into az
argument with Anton Sehlinger, owner
of the bird.
He brought a charge of threatening
TO kill against Sehlinger. Justice
of the four cases and the plaintiff
was compelled to pay the costs, $50 20
Then Sehlinger sued Hommel for DIS
turbing the peace and Judge l.autz hn
sessed a fine of s. anti costs,
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-08-15
FIGHT ALASKA FISH PIRATES
Submarine chasers Patrol Ports to
Protect Property Of Fish.
ing Companies.

juneau. Alaska.-Submarine chasers
under the direction Of Gov. Thomas
Riggs, Jr.. are patrolllng the fishing
ports to protect the fishing companies
property from fish pirates.
Pirates opened fire upon one Of the
tenders of the Thllnket Packing com.
pany, according to a wireless mes
sage received by Governor Riggs.
The tender gave chase, but the nj
rates escaped. Another message said
that In Il clash between the Gamers
and fish pirates one pirate was
wounded.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-08-15
PhYsioQnomY.

There is not man 10 be found on
earth who is not daily Influenced by
phySiognomy not n man who cannot
figure TO himself n countenance which
shall To him appear exceedingly lovely
or exceedingly hateful. not IA man who
does not more or less, the first time he
IS IN the company of n stranger, oh
serve. estimate and compare ana judge
him according 10 appearances, al
though he might never have heard of
the word or thing called physiognumy :;
not II man who does not judge of all
things that pass through his hands hN
their phySiognomy that is, of their
Internal worth by their external an
Cnspar Lavater.
Try a Want Ad in the Free Trader
Journal for Quick Resnll<
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-08-15
Dean DEGRADATION.

~ haven't seen pilktngton for a
week NO. he hasn't been out of
the house since his accident" WAS
he seriously injured?' NO. but he
feels the disgrace deeply dis
grace Eyes. After living in the
heart of the city all his life he went
TO the country one day last week and
was run over hy milk cart"
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-08-15
DIED A GENTLEMAN UNAFRAIO
-Humor Of Billy Manning, Famous Old.
Time Comedian, Undimmed Even
on His Deathbed.

When the incompatible wag and
humorist, Billy Manning, lny dying
Billy Emerson. Dan O'Hara and
other friends Of long standing made
up calling party.
Good morning. Bill. How are you
todayt was Emerson's sautation for
the party.
Nv ell. the dying minstrel
drawled, his sense of humor pene-
trating even the mists of oncoming
death, Il feel good deal like an
old circus horse after the tenting sea.
son. | want to 60 round, but can't"
Thls was spoken IN the tone Of hope.
less but comic pathos with which poor
BIZ was wont to catch the public.
You're looking first-rate," O'Hara
put In, trying hard to give his voice
note of cheering encouragement, but
gazing sorrowfully at the prone, enact
ated figure on the bed.
Are You lOokin' at me, or at the big
pillows under me?" Manning 0ueried.
winking feebly at his old partner En-.
erson, who had difficulty In restrain
Ing his tears.
What does the doctor say about
you, Bill?' another of the party asked,
feeling II incumbent upon himself to
say something, anything-a position
OF extreme difficulty, as any visitor to
the dying can testify.
"Oh, he says l need rest Now
there's n doctor-there's doctor.
boys, that knows his business! That's
why bought Il lot In the cemetery
yesterday. necd--rest."
Come. now. Bill" said the choking
Emerson, isn't there something you'd
IKE to take outside of what the doe.
tors giving you?'
Yes" was the reply. "rd like to
take benefit"
And that was how the big fare.
well Manning benefit came about. The
minstrel's last days were mnde easy by
It and the sore hearts OF his friends
ana comrades Of merrier DAYS and
more or less hectic nights correspond.
ngly glad by reflection. The last
words OF Billy Manning were:
Boys, I'm billed ahead"
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-08-15
ILLINOIS MINERS
CLAIM $4,000 MEN
HAVE QUIT SHAT IS
CONFLICTING REPORTS REGARD.
ING SPREAD OF WALkOUT IN
RECEIVED.

Springfield III, Aug l5.-4Coniic'
ing reports continued 10 be received
yesterday as to the number Of minera
on strike in Illinois.
Frank harrington, president Of the
state miners union, sail there was
nothing to indicate the movement had
spread beyond the Belleyile. Peoria
and Springfield subdiStricts, where, he
stated, approximately $1,000 workers
are out.
5000 Out. Is Claim
John Watt, secretary treasurer Of
the Springfield subdstrict, who acted
as chairman OF the mass meeting
which voted for a state convention to
meet here next Tuesday, said 5000
were idle.
Counsel of the state officers at We'd.
nesday nights meeting against the
strike was disregarded fatty, and the
men voted amid cheers for the state
convention to revise the present wa"e
scale. H.
Amy sucn convention would be ir
regular, self-constituted and without
a Nhonty: President Harrington said
Only the. rebellious element in the
H1leville and Springfield subdistricts
hos asked. for it, There are eleven
Sabdistricts in Illinois,
Sees Failure in Plan.
Harrington, in circular to miners,
states that a new wage scale for Hi.
nois before basic scale has been
negotiated at the coming international
for the central competitive
field would result in endless confusion.
he states. with higher wage
scale, competing against Indiana. Ohio
and western Pennsylvania, would be
left without work
Chairman Watt said the state con
vention was being called partially to
revise the constitution for the pur.
pose OF curtailing the appointive power
Of executive officers.
Operators said all of the mines In
he vicinity of Springfield were closed
because OF the strike
Miners who tried to 60 to work az
the workings OF the Springfield Co.
Operative Coal Company were driven
away by strikers.
BelIeviile Mines Closed,
Belleville. H., Aug. l5.-All coal
mines in the Belleville field were re-
ported idle today as the result OF the
strike
About 1000 miners were prevented
from reporting for work at mines a,
Stanton, Ill, when several hundred
strikers, armed with sticks and clubs,
drove them away from the shafts. ac.
cording TO reports
Iowa Faces Strike.
Wallace, Iowa, Aug l5.-Representa
tives Of the International Union or
Nine. Mill and Smelter Workers voted
"Wednesday night to call a strike this
morning unless an eight hour portal
to portal" working day is granted. The
strike would affect approximately ! 900
miners
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-08-15
Venerable American City.

Absecon. N. j., was the site Of an old
Indian mint Of pre-C Constitution days.
Wnmpum was extensively manufac.
tured there. Its name, meaning Place
Of Swans. was given on account Of the
hocks Of these birds which IN the early
days freQuented the town.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-08-15

l9O5-Ths could be made from "al
over embroidery, or dimity, lawn.
batiste, nainsook. Swiss, silk, crepe
and washable satin. Straps OF rib
bon or material hold the cover over
shoulders and arms.
The Pattern is cut in Sizes:
Small, 1884; Medium, 36-3s; Large,
1912; Extra Large, 4i-46 inches bust
measure. Size Medium requires rs
yard 0. 36-nch material.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-08-15
Patterns for
Home Sewing

A pattern OF this illustration
will be sent your address. Fill
out the attached blank and mail
to the Free Trader-Journal. en-.
closing i0c In money or stamps.
Please allow ten days time In
which to have pattern delivered
you.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-08-15

Try q Want Al In the Free Trade,
sa Journal for Quick Results N,
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-08-15
Iowa Faces Strike.

Wallace, Iowa, Aug Representa-
tives OF the international Union or
Mine. Mill and Smelter Workers voted
"Wednesday night TO call strike this
morning unless an eight hour portal
to portal working day is granted The
strike would affect approximately 1000
miners
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-08-15
0uldlno The Linz.

so that painters can do stripping &C.
curately a tool has been invented that
resembles dividers one leg consisting
OF fountain pen to hold paint and
'fhe sther serving % q guide.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-26
HUNS IN [T|CS FORM
CORPS TO FIGHT REDS
Won Keller Heads Movement, Ac-
cording to Details Received by
q. S. Military Officials.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
COBLENZ, Saturday, August "a
Details of the organization of a large
provinces to support the Russian re-
dictionary movement against the boil
sheviki are in the hands of the Amer
lean military authorities.
1t appears that Gen. Won Keller.
who is believed to be a Russian hoble-
man of German descent, is at the head
of the movement, and it is charged
that the German occupation troops
under Gen. Won der Goltz, who recent
ly was recalled from the Baltic on the
demand of the allies, are working
with Won Keller.
In the natinoal assembly recently
Gustave Noske, secretary for military
affairs, denied that 10000 German
troops in the Baltic region had gone
over to the Russian flag. The charge
that they have done SO, however, con-
tinues.
The German radical and conserva-
tive newspapers are Quarreling over
the facts concerning the movement,
and in the course of the controversy
much information is coming to light
The Freimeit asserts that virtually
all of Won der Goltz's German 9Th Re-
serve Corps and staff have been trans
ferred to the "Freikorps Of Graf Won
Keller" and that the Iron Division
in Courland, which has been ordered
ening to go over to Won Keller's corps
in a body. These charges are declared
by other newspapers to be exag-
gerated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-26
WreCkinQ|
the Remaining Stock

- There many things in this spring and
summer stock that you can make use Of
but that can't afford to carry over. In fact
everything remaining will be at premium
but in spite of that am keeping faith with
my policy and wrecking for complete clearance.
Make the most of most extraordinary oppor.>
tunity