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The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1922-02-18

Laioie is the only batter ever pitched
to who never broke ground.
mo matter where l pitched to
aioie he was always in the same spot
for the next pitched ball. He never
changed positions, he never broke.
Greatest Pitching Feat.
Il feel that the greatest pitching feat
Of my career was made against Lajoie
at bat.
at was in 1908 with Detroit. Chica-
20 and Cleveland practically In tie
for the pennant Cleveland could have
won by beating us the last game we
played In Cleveland.
II will never forget that game. La
ioie came to bat with the bases filed
l know that / was more excited about
the situation that Lajoie. | struck hin
out.
"That strikeout made the third ou'
and decided the ball game. 1t was
big thing to strike the great French
man out in pinch. Easily the bigges
| thing of my career
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1922-02-18
Turned CannibaIs, According to
Reports From Canada.
Mounted Police Start on Four-Month
Trail in Far North to Investigate
Miss Yearly Migration of
Caribou.

Winnipeg.-A member of the Cana
dian mounted police and guide ieit
Edmonton, Alberta, to investigate re-
ports that Indian tribes north of Lake
Athabasca, in northern Canada, had
resorted to cannibaliSm, their FOOD
having failed them.
These Indians have heretofore been
living largely on caribou, but last sum-
mer they missed the yearly migration
of caribou from the shores of the Arc
tic and their hunt was failure. Re
ports indicate that they are starving.
The trip is a long and dangerous
one. across barren lands and through
wilderness for q distance OF 4OO
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1922-02-18
SAYS THAT INDIANS ARE STARVING

miles. No food can be obtained there
and little wood for camp fires is OBJ
tainable, there being in the region only
isolated sticks of stunted timber. The
ground is almost entirely rock ridges,
interspersed with swamp land and
boys. Another party of Canadian
mounted policemen also Is leaving Fort
Fitzgerald.
Indians from all sections Of north
ern Canada converge at a central
meeting point in the heart of the howl
ing wilderness of this north country.
where they remain for months. 1t IL
at this central point that the police
hope to find them, and if cannbals are
found among them, to bring these hui
man flesh eaters to civilization.
Long trains of Indians and dogs will
accompany the police. carrying sup
plies for four months. M
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1922-02-18
HURLED FIRST No-AlT GAME
Tor, [ ovett Accomplished Feat Against
New York Giants on June ~
1891.

Tom Lovett was some hurler back IN
the DAYS when John McGraw ai'a
Huahey Jennings and. we might add'
Hugh Duffy were being initiated mo
The mysteries OF big league baseha'i.
p,trhing for the Brooklyn club against
tbe New York Giants on June = 1871
T.ovett registered the first no-hit game
ever pitched against a New York ina
t,onol Ieague) team, and 1t was to ger
into the glory circle of the heroes VINO
nitched perfect games by passing three
hatsmen. for not an error was mace
hv the Brooklyn team-a perfect game
in every respect. Those were the days
when such stars as Buck Ewing, Jim
fOrator) O'Rourke. Jack Doyle, Amos
Rusie Mike Herman, Hardie Richard
.on and George Gore graced the line
~ Of the Giants. and Lovett was their
complete master in that memorable
game.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1922-02-18
Agreement Made by Farmers to
Reduce Supply Because OF
Low Prices.
LAST YEARS CROP IS UASOLD
One Nebraska Farmer Shipped Car
load of Corn to Montana, PAID
Freight Bill Of $4,000 and
Collected $416.52.

The proposal to curtail corn acreage
in the West in 1922 is likely to AFFECT
the price of food before the end Oh
the wear. The entire country ~
heavily interested because II success
full. it means an increase in the cost
of corn and meat, with resultant ana
sympathetic increase In the price u
wheat and bread. Nebraska is not the
only state in which the movement Is
gaining ground. Iowa, Kansas. Mis-
souri,. Illinois, South Dakota and all
the states Of the great Bread Basket
are moving in the same dlrectioh'
Signs are plentiful throughout the
Middle West that far less corn IMAM
usual will be planted unless there Is
an immediate and considerable III
crease in the price Of that cereal.
Most farmers recognize that the
price Of corn Is not due to any com,
bination Of capital or conspiracy
but is governed solely because OF the
law of supply and demand and they
are preparing to cut the supply.
Farmer Is Stung.
Nebraska farmers are gettlnS aDou
II cents for their corn. Farmers II
states closer to markets are getting
n cent or two more. Two weeks ago
farmer near Broken Bow. Nep
shipped n carload of corn to Billings
Mont. The freight was $416.5S. Tn
selling price in Billings was S4l6.o-
The farmer paid the difference, 81
cents. He had provided the land an
seed. planted and worked the corr
gathered and shucked it, hauled 1t
the railroad station and then paid OF
six cents for all his trouble.
All over the corn belt the FARMER
are having similar experiences.
The executive committee OF the Ill
nois Agricultural association ne
recommended to the Illinois farmer
that they cut the acreage they WI
plant Ia corn for 1922. Illinois Is Il
second largest corn producing state
the country.
A special committee from the sta
farm bureau declarations of Iowa, Inc
ana. Kansas and Missouri has
yised similar action. Iowa Is Il
heaviest corn producing state in Anne
lea. Missouri, also, is close to the to
Indiana is not far away. The kans'
corn crop is second only to the kans;
wheat crop.
Thousands of farmers in the col
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1922-02-18
"A. E. F." FrawIey, With II
Wounds, Must Prove She
Is Still Alive.
OFFICIALLY REPORTED "DEAD''
Several lnstaIlments Of war Hisk III
surance Paid to Family-Now
Everything Possible Is Beng
Done to Correct RECORD.

San Antonio, Texas. - America )
greatest woman World war hero, MISS
Alene E. Frawley, who has Deen
wounded and shot, buried alive and
bombed, and carries seventeen Wouho
stripes on her coat sleeve, now Is FAC
ing what she calls the toughest job OF
all-that of proving to the world that
she is still alive!
And all this because, following the
bombing of an emergency hospital IN
the trenches at Chateau Thierry. she
was officially reported dead In the
government war casualty records.
"A. E. F.'-that's what the boys
cover there" called her, because of her
nitials-headed for France two
months after the United States en-
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1922-02-18

the corner nearest home he developed
his game until be could easily beat any
of the fellows who made 1t their prac-
aice to play there.
One night in the fall Of 1913 a new
slayer appeared in the cafe. Rothkruo
was his opponent, and beat him. The
stranger had time for but one game.
Almost every night the newcomer, VINO
s,afd his name was Horemans. stopped
for a game.
HE improved every day.' said Roth
kr,,b. land before the winter was over
he would play fifty points to my fifteen
and beat me. too. He played IN the
neishborhood tournaments. ana won
them ALL"
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1922-02-18

. 600 acres Of corn land If prices are
not up TO cost. 1t is better that 'ho
land should rest than that it be "orh
out growing crop that does not p"'
out.
"The surest way to prevent LILO
price of corn from being unduiy oe-
dressed is to reduce the acreage. IL
the farmers can get more by not 1arm-
ing than they can get by farming 'n0
choce is easy"
The Illinois Agricultural assoclali"i
has issued statement to the erect
that by cutting production farmers
Will be doing only what manufacturers
in all other lines do-shap1ng INC
supply to meet the demand. Ihat ~
the answer Middle Western farmers
are preparing to give to the question
as TO what is to be done to save agri-
| culture.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1922-02-18
Dou Acme of PoIiteness.

Boston.-There is French bulldog
that is the acme of politeness. His
name is C'est Toi and he is the prop
erty of Miss Alice F. Dunno OF 46
Cortes street, Boston.
C'est Toi got his reputation as an
extremely polite canine when ne
CHANGED to pick up lady's coat that
was dragging on the floor. He did this
SO gracefully and with such evident
enjoyment that he was Immediately
n.cknamed "the Page by his loving
mistress.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1922-02-18
Fiuht Fans Now Give
Referees the "Razz"

For many years now baseball
u,npires have been abused and
reriled by the fans. Those
knights of the indicator who ref
creed boxing matches during the
off season were loud in their
praise of the treatment they re-
ceiyed at the hands of boxing
audiences. But all this has
changed, especially in New York,
for these days referees are al
most as roundly abused and
"razzed' as an umpire unlucky
enough to be assigned to an old
time series between the Cubs
and Giants.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1922-02-18
Seeks Gel for Winter;
Gets One for Forty Years

Parry Sound, Ont. - Forty
wears in the penitentiary was the
sentence imposed by Police Mag
istrate George Moore on Ste
nhen Zowisluk, who pleaded
guilty to smashing q windows
.in order to earn term in q
nice warm jail for the winter.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1922-02-18
PIRATES BOSS is REAL VET
MANAGER Gibson of Pittsburgh Began
His Baseball Career in Can
ada in 1899.

Manager George Gibson of the Pitts
burgh team was born in London, Ont,
in 1880. and began playing semi
professional ball i'm 1889 and in 1913
Joined the Buffalo club and a year
later was transferred to Montreal. He
was purchased from Montreal in 1913
by Pittsburgh for a cash consideration,
and for the next eleven years dld
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1922-02-18
HOLLAND BUYS FAST HORSES
peter BeiIer, Promising Young Trotter,
and Rose Azeff Sold at
Old Glory Sale.

peter Beiler, the promising young
,rotter. will be missing from the Grand
lsrcuit races next season. He was
sold at the Old Glory sale in New YORK
for export to Holland. Another Grand
circuit racer sold for export was Rose
A~efr She will be sent to Belgium.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1922-02-18

great work for the Pirates, being one
IF the best -catchers in the game. In
1916 Pittsburgh asked waivers on him
and New York refused to waive. GID
son wanted his unconditional release
and refused to join the Giants. He cid
renort. to McGraw's team in l9l',
however. and was used as spare
catcher and coach.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1922-02-18
Bounty Better Than Trapping.

Superior, Wis.-Charles Baldwin,
town of Superior, has trapped IL
wolves this year and received $24O
in bounties. He. is laughing at fur
trappers, who have had poor year.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1922-02-18

It Is reported that the port 0fSCO-
penhagen Is filled with Ame9 ~
goods that cannot be sold on acnt
Of their extreme high pricsA
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1922-02-18
Mans Finger Will
Replace Lost Hose

Michael Feighley OF Rohers-
Vile Md. whose nose was cut
off when the windshield or MS
automobile shattered and cut MS
face. will have his little hheer
grated on in place of the MISS
ing member. After the hhSef
grows fast to Feighley's face u
will be amputated from his hahd'
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-01-05
ECONOMY OF EFFICIENCY.

Railway union labor fails TO score
in one important particular in the con-
troversy waging over the farming
out" of railway repair work. and this
point runs to the question of efficiency
as between the open and the closed
shop. 1t developed In the testimony
submitted to the Railway Labor Board
that the mechanics who did the work
under contract actually were paid a
higher hour scale than that In force
in the railway shops, yet the cost was
less to the railways.
This Is no paradox. II was merely
efficiency. On piece work the pro-
duct was so much greater in given
time that the pay, divided into hours.
yielded larger return to the work
man than was given under the time
scale in operation In the shops. The
shop crafts could have made a point
with public opinion in many quarters
it 1t could have been shown that the
carriers were simply seeking cheaper
labor, merely looking for men willing
to do peace-time work at less than
war time wages; but they Will lose In
these quarters on the showing that
the railroads actually could pay high
er prices outside and save money by
getting better work and more of It,
This is something that unionized rail-
road labor must engage seriously, II
1t would hold It's own The public is
demanding OF the carriers the econo-
my OF efficiency which will warrant
lower freight charges.-St. Pau
Pioneer-Press.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-01-05
PUNISH THE sLACKERs.

The acknowledgement OF the army
states in his report that there are over
one hundred thousand names on the
Stacker list, names OF those who evad-
ed the draft or who, having been
drafted, afterward deserted from the
army. He urges that these slackers
be apprehended and punished TIE
people, II they had their way about Il.
would have had this done long ago.
Think OF the hundreds and thou
sands Of American boys who were
called to the colors by the selective
service law, who were drafted In other
words. who made no effort TO eyade
the call, who suffered all the hardship
that enlistment in the Army brought
to them, and whose deaths are at
tributd directly to the fact that they
wero law-abiding citizens and ac-
cepted the responsibilities OF citizens
And then think or there being a hun
dred thousand young men who skunk
away and hid themselves to escape
this service, leaving the others to do
tho lighting. to face tho hardshtps and
undergo the suffering. Should not
these men be sought out and punish
ed! With one voice the people would
anSwer Aye" TO such a question.
II may be an herculean task to dc
this and do it quickly. But however
great a job it is, and however much
1t may cost. let 1t be done and let the
work of doing ii start at once. The
preservation Of the liberties OF ever,
one OF us may depend upon such action
II one hundred thousand men escaped
service when the country was forced
TO call for help in the last war. and
these one hundred thousand are nov
permitted to remain at liberty ant
unpunLshed. how many others will
seek TO evade a draft II ever It b,
necessary TO make one In anothe,
emergency?
Justice, the memory Of the thousand.
VINO did not shirk and whose voices
are eilenced forever becau use they di,
their duty. and our own safety an,
credit as a nation demands that tn
slackers and deserters be run dow
and put upon their trial. -,Adjuta MT
General Harris is right about IT. Tn
Job must be commenced at once
Portland (Ore.) Press Herald.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-01-05
JUST FOLKS
THE LECTURER
By Edgar A. Guest.

I met sad and gloomy man upon
the train one day,
His face was long and solemn and his
hair was turning gray.
His eyes were dim and sunken and a
pallor lined his cheek,
He was the sorriest spectacle I'd seen
In many week.
Good SIR" said l. what weight of
woe is preying on your mind?"
I'm merely thinking" ne replied, "of
the home l left behind
"I have - fine and happy home. a
lovely place to be,
Now look at what the tempters voice
has UP and done 10 me.
He promised me Pullman car and
rooms in fine hotels.
He said should be feted by the lead
ing city bellies,
He said the jumps We're easy ones and
pleasant trips 10 make
At five a. m. quit my bed, this
blooming train TO take,
lhcJ tOQici iiiS liVii SFVUeSAs 'UAN
TO dear old Oskaloose,
From SQuelunk Point TO Hokem Lake
l rode in the caboose
walked the station platform until 2
a. IN. 10 meet
The only train 10 get me to the next
place on the sheet,
And when at last l hit the town and
wished to go to bed,
Amt got no room" the yawning, red
haired surly room clerk said
you say you have happy home, and
yet you wander far.
I take It. then" l answered him, "a
travelling man you aref'
He sadly shook his weary head: "Of
no." he answer made,
"The glorious, happy, much-applaudet
lecture games my trade.
But hear me now, If survive the haz.
ards OF this trip
And get back home alive and sound
I'll throw away my grip"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-01-05
AN uNMrsr REPRIsAL.

epresentative heavis OF Nebraska
Introduced q Joins resolution in the
House at Washington, on Tuesday.
stating 1T Is the desire OF Congress
that tho &C -ernment OF tho United
States advise such nation or nations.
through SIS proper channels that
the payment OF obligations now due
to tho United States win be accept
abla." N In conceded that tho rails
ing Of this proposition was intended
a. an act Of repr'ml upon France for
the resistance OF her delegates to the
Limitation OF Arms Conference to the
proposal Of a substantial cutting down
OF submarines in naval armament.
Such action would be most foolish.
II would be an Insult to a nation that
always has been our warm friend
and also II indicates procedure that
would ,pe provocative OF harsh feel
inss instead of a move towards the
peace all nations should now desire.
1t is ensily understood why France
so exposed 20 fil re attacks by Ger
many. should insist upon adequate
preparations for defence. And her
situation should have weight In al
deliberations by the Conference.
But especially does this rift In the
peace promises Impress the necessit,
OF our countly taking its place il
the League OF Nations. The pending
confersr ,e at Washington can d.
little to bring about a condition o.
general world peace, but the Leagu,
OF Nations. with our country as |,
member. could 40 a great deal. Witt
our assistance the League OF Nations
already doing excellent work. coul,
do a great deal more. And It woul,
then be IN full position to enforce al
its mandates for making war betweel
or among nations in the future prac
ticaliy impossible.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-01-05
AT LAST. THE BOULEVARD.

We have boulevard or 30 in VIII
minston. but for a long time there
has been much interest In PROPOSE
tion for another, to extend from the
upper end OF Eleventh street bridge
across the Brandywlne river to Four
teenth and Thatcher streets. thus
opening the lower end OF the Ninth
ward. 1t is conceded that this pro-
posed highway will be OF large bene-
fit In the certain future development
of the northeast section of the city.
BY resolution OF tho Street and
Sewer Directors at this weeks meet
ing, this boulevard was ordered placed
on the city map, and while this is
the only step that will be taken at
present. 1t Is most important one.
For 1t prevents building operations
beyond tho line established by the
boulevard, and thus will avoid unnec-
essary expenses later. when 1t comes
TO condcmning the needed land for
boulevard purposes.
The usual complaint about public
improvements that benefit private
interests" is heard In connection with
the boulevard project, but that need
not cause any OF our good citizens
to lose sleep. No public improvement,
Is without the corrollary Of benen,
to private interests, and public inter
ests also are served when private In
terests are advanced In this matter
II is the serving OF private interests
at the sacrifice Of public interests tha,
should be guarded against at all times
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-01-05
THE HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARY.

There SHOULD be no doubt of the sue
cess Of the pending movement for se-
curing, through donations by our
people, library Of at least ten thou
sand books for the use OF the VIII
mington High School. Tho value Of
such library to the school Is beyond
doubt.
There arc many citizens who have,
in their homo libraries, books that
would be useful additions to the high
school library. Those who arc thus
supplied should offer them, and they
Will be gladly accepted. Many a home
library has admirable books, useful
and informing, which the owners
scarcely look at and which they never
would miss II given away.
Let all who arc thus provided take
a survey OF their book possessions and
set apart those they believe would
be congenial additions to the high
school collection. There Is no doubt
that If every owner Of books in the
city would DO this, the desired number
OF volumes for the high school library
would not only be attained, but lfber-
ally exceeded. So let us all take a
hand In this commendable book cam
paign and push II to success.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-01-05
THE MIRROR OF
PUBLIC OPINION

able that ofliciais themselves OCCASION
ally take advantage OF their position
to conspirs with those whom they arc
sworn to deliver TO justice. How
shall this determined opposition to the
law b. metz II It were general. II 1t
were nation Wide. It could he met In
only one wAy--by repeal OF tho flouted
law. But 1t 10 not general. All this
tremendous machinery for making or
smuggling and delivering liquor exists
for few spots on the map. New
York, San Francisco, Boston--plsces
like these arc as Wet ~ they dare to
be. But the great stretches OF coun-
try In which the mass OF people live
know OF the spectacular battle be-
tween osf,cer and bootlegger only as
they know Of any other distant event
Over most OF the country Prohibition
Ii q commonplace fact Not AL Now
Yorkers are yet aware that the United
States did not 60 dry all at once. II
had been going dry for generation
before the Eighteenth Amendment
completed the movement. The spirit
OF violation which Is no conspicuous In
few Genres like New York Is abb
sent from the rest OF the country.
How. then. shall the determined op-
position to Prohibition In these places
be metz by opposition MS determined.
Bootleggers will have 10 be convinced
that the law is as energetic and as
persistent ny they. Every fresh
tightening OF the net increases the
likelihood that such liquor as Is Offer
ed for sale liz deadly stun. This Incl
dental consequence Of enforcement will
tend TO diminish tho zeal OF drinkers
who do not value liquor above life
Tho chiof reliance. however, must
rest upon the di5couragement of H.
legal operations which inheres in fines
more and more difficult and dangerous
to make or smuggle liquor. To sup.
pose that In a fight TO finish the gov.
ernment will be defeated and the boot.
ieggers be triumphant is absurd Tn,
only possibility OF such result lie.
In Abandonment OF the fight By tn,
government The officials have nj
advantage In the very fact that tn,
Illegal traffic is localized. 1t is a mat
ter Of plugging up a few holes, one OF
two OF which are inconveniently large
When the bootleggers realize, as the,
must In time. that the government 4
as sternly In earnest az they are an,
that II proposes to fight until there 1
nothing more to fight about, thei
courage will begin to ooze away
New York Evening Post.