-BVfiNIKG EEDGER-PHIKADBLPHIA, pBlDAY, AfrBIE 21. 1016. WhwaWpW-mrt' i i n ilfill ' mill i ( NMJSTRIAL LEAGUE TO START TOMORROW u..mmH hii, Twelve Teams Form Circuit and Great Enthusiasm Is Being Shown The ludustrlal league ot Amateur Bsball Clubs held a banquet at the Ho tel Adelphla. last night, and deimito plans were made for tho opening of tha season tomorrow. President II E Clttell announced that 12 teams representing the firms ot the. Electrical Btorago Battery Company, Hale A Kllbltrn, American Pulley Company, Western Electric Company, Simmons Mafdware Company, Powers, 'Welghtman . Itosengarten Company. Atlantic Itefin lnif Company, Stokes & Smith Company, Standard Roller Bearing Company, A. J. Reach Company, Mldvale Steel Company nnd Henry Dlsston & Sons will take part In tho league race. Considerable enthusiasm was manl tested 6er the prospect for tho season. In a. series of entertaining addresses rep resentatlves of the various companies pledged themsolves to maintain the league's high standards of sport. E. E. Ltpplncott told of the high ben cflt to be conferred on the players In pitting them legitimately against ama teurs of their own grade. Dingles and Bungles It Just had to com. Vvttt day for the last week fans have been srannlrff the sporting pans to sen who was itolnf to bo tho first rnsnsgor chased .from tho field. Jimmy Cal lahan, Pittsburgh's new bosn. war the first to pvavo an umplro sufficiently to warrint senutns him from tho flcM. Jimmy objected S9 strenuously that Umplro Ilyron called for police officers to escort Callahan to thi club house. President Droyfuss declares that Cnl lahan should not have been sent from tho field, and last nUsht had a heated ursument with President Tener. who attended the opening game at Forbes Field. Otto Klnabo failed to break Into the hnx scorn for the Prlfttes yesterday. Kews dls. patches from Pittsburgh stated that Km.be was In excellent shape nni ready to ko Into the game on opening day. This report Is un truo. as Knabe was carrying 23 pounds of excess weight a week ago and could not havo rotten himself Into ehapo so soon. Knalio might get Into tho gamo any day, but It will be several weeks before he H In proper con dition. Manager Mack sajs that "Ml" Crowed, the Brown university youngster pitched one of tha prettiest tames he has ever een at this time of the year ngalnst Now -York In the final game of the series It la a rare occur rence for Mack to compliment a )oung player or allow him to know that ho Is well pleased, but Mark extended his sympathy to tho Ilrun onlan after the game and congratulated him on his splendid showing. Mayor Smith has a better t throwing arm than any executive who has 'tossed out tin. first ball In years. lie also appeared to take .more Interest In the game than a largo per centage of the fans Mayor Smith was a dally attendant at the two local parks be fore his election, and probably will continue to be a real fan. A llttlo girl, about 10 vesrs of nge. earned the right to the title of the city's greatest fan at tho opening gamo between the Ath letics and Ited Box. Tho youngster sat In , the upper pavilion and fairly shrieked ovcry time one of the Mackmen made a good play, and she almost broke Into tears when they were deprived of hits. An inqulsltlvo fan asked the youngster whether she was related to ona of the players, but she replied that she was the pitcher on one of the girls' teams at a local playground. The release of Dan Tipple by the New Tork Americans to naltlmore. of the International league. Is another example of the foolishness of paying enonnous prices for minor leaguers Tipple was purchased by the Yankees for 110.000. He proved so lacking In knowledge of the finer points of pitching thot Donovan decided it was impossible to take a chance on him In a regular game. One would think that a scout would Investigate thoroughly be fore spending1 such a large sum on a young player. Tho value of experience was apparent In the opening game here yesterday. Young Witt nnd Meyer each missed a sliding runner be cause they are not accustomed to the way major league baserunners switch from one side to tho other In sliding. It Is seldom that they get away from Mever, however, as he blocks tho Plate beautifully, but without . ploying rough tactics. Witt la likely to tnlss clever sliders until ho becomes more ex perienced, but ho Is learning fast. Tha class of 1600 of Harvard attended the Braves' opening In a body In honor of Percy Haughton, the new owner of the Iloston Club, who was the most popular member of that class. They sajv the Braves wallop Jack Coombs to tho tune of 8 to 0. DREYFUSS "PANS" UMPIRES Job Is Hard, Says Tcner, but "Not for Rotten Decisions," Replies Barney PITTSBURGH, Pa, April 21. Barney Dreyfuss, head of the Pittsburgh Baseball Club, was credited with a home run hit by the Stove League partisans today fol lowing his "panning" of National League umpires at a Stove League dinner at the Colonial Hotel. President Tener told tha leaguers of the umpire's hard Job. The fans, he re minded them, must be partisans, but that the umpires must render decisions. When Dreyfuss went to bat a few minutes later he said that It was true the umplro was there to render decisions, "but not rotten decisions." Umpire Qulgley, he declared, allowed five balls to pass while Barney was at bat In yesterday's Pirates-Cards game and everybody knew It. Qulgley made sev eral decisions that .won him boolngs. The game has been protested by Wagner. TORNADO KILLS WOMAN Storm Sweeps Mobile and Middle Gulf Coast NEW ORLEANS, April 21. One worn n was killed and another Injured In a tornado near Mobile, Ala., early today, and much damage was done In other sec tions adjacent to the middle Gulf coast. At New Dubuys, Miss., tha storm wrecked a dozen houses. Injured a num ber of persons and sank (wo small boats. A cloudburst at Varyan, Miss , flooded the street to a depth of 10 feet. Forty persona were marooned In a hotel all night. East Pennsboro Plans New School CARLISLE, Pa., April 21, The rest dents, of East Pennboro township, this county, will be asked to sanction a bond Issue of 125,000 to provide for the erec tion of a bow school building to take the place of the structure in Enola destroyed by tire on Tuesday, VETEY They'll Have to Think Up a New POMEToCETRlPOF ; WfWi HIM A Dwwi HEW OWE LETS Do LtW"Z J&ODXZp j?Wei P'pe "' - S FOREST FIRE SWEEPING WEST PENNSYLVANIA Thousands of Acres in Fayette County Ravaged Two Ward ens Seriously Burned UNIONTOWM, Pa, April 21. A forest fire swept North and South Union and Georges tdwnihlps Inst night And today, causing thousands of dollars' damage and tha Injury to two flro wardens. This morning tho fire Is Btlll eating Un way through a tot of young timber In the mountains. Hundreds of mtn hro fighting the flames to prevent their spread and Inhabitants are praying for rain to quench the flro. X The most seriously burned In fighting the flame3 were J. C Deatty, Are warden of North Union township ami his son, William P. Ueatty, flro warden of South Union township. Both were burned on the hands nnd feet. Tho fire started jeslerday afternoon from an unknown causo and with n brisk wind blowing Spread rapidly until It was a mile In width. It swept a dis tance of five miles through the townships, destroying about 6000 acres of young timber. WIFE OF AN INVALID MEETS TRAGIC DEATH Coroner Investigating Charge That He Struck Her With Iron Skillet LANCASTDil, Pa., April 21. Tho po lice authorities and coroner arc Investi gating the circumstances attending the death this morning of Mrs, .Tnmes Christ, of this city. Christ Is a Mctlm of loco motor ataxia, and Is confined to a rolling chair, but neighbors notified the police tho couplo had quarreled on Wednesday nnd that Mrs. Christ accused her husband of hitting her on tho head with nn Iron skillet. Christ says his wife had been drinking nnd tried to strlko him, but fell, and tho skillet hit her head. No arrests havo been made yet. NAVAL BILL READY TO GO BEFORE HOUSE Measure Believed to Carry $200,000,000 for Four-Battleship Program WASHINGTON, April 21 Tho sub committee chirgcd with preparing the naval appropriation bill has completed its labors Tho bill will be printed nnd pre sented to members of tho House Naval Affairs Committee tomorrow or Monday. Tho building program of four capital ships wan not Increased While the exact figure of the appropriation asked In the bill In Its present form Is being kept secret. It Is understood to be considerably In excess of $200,000,900. An effort will be made In the commit tee to add four more battle cruisers to tho program. DECIDES TO DEFER GOING TO JAIL TILL AFTER EASTEIt Partner Accepts Sentence, but Speci fies His Wishes Daniel O'Leary, 54 years of age, was sentenced to live days In tho Houso of Corectlon to y. Ho declined to serve. Joseph Sander, 1 Lock street, BInna yunk, his psrtner In a prosperous fish nnd wntercrcss business, offered to servo In his place. His offer was accepted Then he, too, declined Magistrate Prico was In a quandary. It developed that Sny der's principal objection to "subbing" was that ho did not want to be in Jail on Easter. He finally consented to begin the sentence on Tuesday. Daniel, of 4313 Terrace street, trjed to cross the railroad tracks at Cresson and Carson streets carrying a cargo of clams Ho fell. He was rescued just before tho train approached him. Tho train had to come to a stop and there was some little confusion. Daniel was sentenced in the, Manayunk station, where he was taken, He had a cargo other than clams at the time, It was Bald at the hearing. Snyder said that rather than see his partner go to jail he would go himself. He feared their watercress trade might fall off If the senior partner was away. British Hold Up Dutch Liner's Mail AMSTERDAM, April 21. The Dutch steamship Hollandia from South Ameri can ports has had to leave her malls at Falmouth by order of the British authori ties. Jlshby-tf'x-Lexicon"i'4,i Ihe new Arrow COLLARspring Style, in two heights iforis CUieTT.PEABODYGrCa INCMAKOtS fiT' ,' t I I t ,jhLj1 j W MAJOR JAMES A. LOGAN, R. PHILADELPHIA MAN HELPED GET PROOF IN SUSSEX CASE Major Logan, of American Embassy in Paris, Made Inquiry Among tho persons Indirectly lcspon slblo for President Wilson's recent noto of warning to tho Imperial Government of Uertnany Is Mnjor Jnmos A I,ognn Jr., United Stntcs army, formerly of Philadelphia. Mnjor Logan, who Is at tached to the American Embassy nt Paris, took part In tho Investigation fol lowing the torpedoing of the Sussex. Mtjor Logan accompanied Lieutenant Commander Kayles nnd Lieutenant Smith, both of the United States navy, who went to Boulogne to Inspect tho hull of tho torpedoed vessel, nnd It Is said that, to n great extent, tho report submitted by this trio Influenced tho President In his de cision to come to n final understanding with Germany. According to tho report of the American ofllccrs, pieces of metal found beneath tho mass of tho water oaked debrlH gave overy evidence that tho agont of destruction was a torpedo. Major Logan Is well known In Phila delphia, his native city. Ho is a brother of John W. Logan, of Bala. During tho Spanish-American War tho major served as a private In nattcry A, long a local mllttniy organization. He was later a captain of voluntoers nnd finally entered tho regular army. Police Court Chronicles Twelve Indignant citizens called tho 20th and Berks streets polico station within half as many minutes last night. Tho uni versal burden of their complaints was that all tho acts of Assembly, ordlninces of Councils, Dep-irtment of Health rules and regulations and moral obligations not to fray tho neivos of citizens were being smashed nnd violated by ono Sim John son, amateur minstrel man of color. A policeman was sent posthaste to tho neighborhood of 30th street and Ridge avenue. There ho saw a trained dog barking, barking, barking, yapping and jowilng, whining' and growling, while Sim Johnson, resplendent In a battered high hat, did an Intricate jig on the sldevvnlk, which had been liberally sprinkled with sand to make tho going more slippery. "It's the confounded constant yapping of tho dog," Robert Spratt, a citizen nnd householder, told tho cop, "that gets on the nerves and makes the selling of collars difficult." Tho cop stopped tho Jig and took tho negro dancer to tho station house. Thero a magisterial explanation vvns demanded of the antics of Johnson's dog and John son's feet. "Ah vvnnts t' git Into vaudeovlllcc." Johnson said, "an MlstUn.'Jbhnnlo Collins he done promised t" git me n 'gagement cf Ah done got ns good as oat 'cro Nazlmova MEN WHO KNOW Don't Pass 1800 $5, $6 s and Made by hading manufacturers of Men s icJ?5 Shoe THE HURLEY SHOE COMPANY ALSO WILLIAMS & KNEELA .WHITMAN, UPH, This lot consists of the newe: Mahogany Tan Calf and Patent or rubber soles. If you can buy these shoes aw twice as much, liiiiiu urvLi Not only sample sizes, BOSTON SHOE fj 1 YV J "V " X (A Corporation) S. W. Cor. Second Market Floor One to Get the Pipe From Pop GERMAN-AMERICAKS HERE READY TO FIGHT FOR STARS AND STRIPES Earnestly Hope Crisis May Be Averted, but if President Galls They Will Show Loyalty to Country of Adop tionFear Germany Cannot Yield Quiet resignation tho calm before-tho storm Is tho nttttudo of tho German American population of Philadelphia to day, as tho ultimatum of this country 13 being read In Germany. With visions of war with their father land unless tho unequivocal demands of President Wilson nro met, their hearts are sad. But they nro determined and united, and, If they do not undergo a metamor phosis. Uncle Sam will have no better sol diers than they when war comes If It comes Inquiry among German Americans, high nnd low, men of the club, cafe, shop nnd street, broucht to Unlit tho fnct that there was a remarkable unanimity ot opinion among them, a concerted thought llko thnt found among their warring kin .across the ocean. "Wo nro waiting," said Capt. Louis II. Schmidt, n veternn of tho Spanish-American War and manager of Ostcndorf's Rcstaurnnt. "It wnr Is declared on Ger many It will bo a terrlblo thing for us, so terrible that Americans who have no German blood In their veins cannot com prehend what It means It mentis shed ding tho blood of our brothers "But If tho storm breaks and God for bid that It should you shall sco us In the front ranks. Wo nro not cowards or hjpocrltew We plainly say tint wo wish It would bo otherwise, but tho call of Ynssuh I Ah looks up d' propcrltlcs a dancer man Is Jos' 'blceged t' hab nn' Mi dlscobers dnt yo' Jest natcherly got t' had moolo men down In dat hole unner dom 'cro foo-foo-footllghts what doan make yo' feet light at nil, suh "Ah'so n po' mlns'rcl man. suh, what does uhltewnshln' Jobs when Ah nin't mlns'rclln' Ah wa3 too po' t' hire niooslo men f play while Ah rehearses mall Bteps, so Ah gits mail davvg Jlmps nn' Ah changed his name to Wagner, dat old ball pliyer w hut's done wrote so much mooslc dat cullud folks nebber could understan' cl' meanln' ob " "Who?" asked tho "Judge" "Dat 'cro Hans Wagner, dat Pittsburgh stogy fellah, whut dono wrate all dat mooslc yo' walks away from Ah reckons some whlto folks calls him lak ho was namo' suthlng else. A woman hee-hee-hee Ah dono did a Job fo', Bho alius called him lak his name was Pogncr, 'r Bognor, 'r Vogner, 'r not pussaxly so, mebbe. Ah alius called him t'lngs Ah wouldn't lak f say befo' yo' Honuh, suh. Nossuh, Ah hope Ah may die. "But dls j cro davvg, Jedge, Ah trained him t' ba'k In time, nn" putty soon Ah had him kecplu' Jig time, so's Ah could do mah steps t' d' toon ob his chin mooslc Den Ah goes out t' bco how d' act would go in public, an' Ah gets pinched fo' bcln' whut dls yero Mlstuh Collins calls a irtls-tee Dat'S Jest what's happened, yo' Honuh. Ycbsuh, Ah hopes Ah may drap dald " "Docs this Mr. Collins person know about jour dog orchestra?" nsked tho "Judge " "Nossuh' An' Ah doan' want him t' know- Ah was so po'ly. "Deed Ah doan', boss, jo Honuh, Ah hopes Ah may bo petrified " "I'm sure," cogitated tho "Judgo," "that this Mr. Collins will book jou for 40 weeks solid on tho big time If jou can make that dog supply tho music while you dance. Go see htm and keep on the stage and oft tho highway. Discharged " "Yessuh, thanky suh, whlto folks. Jedge, Ah'so coin' n-runnln' t' seo dat 'ero Mlstuh Johnnie Collins quick, cf not soonuh." And Sam Johnson, dog under arm, vanished. This Up. Pairs of 6? $7 Oxfords s High-Grade Footuean includirg ESMITIVVAlIftER & OTHERS er styles in jnrTetal and unu luce wmi muuiur oth es in town you will pay but, a fit for every foot SAMPLE SHOP 10th Sts. J1L .rfcw r jfj I 'A 4iw ND, N AH AND Easf VJUll., uutt .i. i,. and Va- - I Sa .J r i-S Saturday duty shall not find us wanting. We know that our duty Is Under the Stars nnd Stripes. When we came to this country and became Its citizens we burned our bridges behind us. Our duty Is here. The German Government has no claim Upon us, however much love wo may bear for our mother country. "We take the position that we have been unjustly attacked, and In a very un American way For that reason we nro silent now But when the tlmo comes you shall sco us repay slander with patriot Ism " Tho large number of soldiers tho German-American element has furnished the United States army was pointed out by a member of the Philadelphia TUrnvereln .The German-American, he said, was moro patriotic than any other American of foreign birth or extraction. "Wo peoplo of Gorman blood have a high legard for law and authority," said an ofllccr of the National German-American Alliance "Wd realize that under the Constitution, President Wilson Is empow ered to break oft diplomatic relations with Gcimtny As American rltlrcns, we may not ngree with him, but wo must nbldo by his decision and the decision of Con gress for war or for peace "I tiuly hope that Germany will do tho almost Impossible and yield, and I think this Is the hope of most of our citizens of German blood " Fitter Heirs Sell Store Building The three-story storo C17 Arch Btrcct, With a three-story building In tho rear, on Cherry street, lot 24 feet 9 Inches by 288 feet D Inches, has been conveyed by tho ritlcr heirs to the Edwin II Fltler Com pany for a prico of (60,000. It Is assessed at $00,000. Added to Pnpnl Household TOLEDO, O, April 21 A Papal brief creating Dr. .1 T O'Conncll and tho Rev. August J. Schvvcrtner members of tho Papal household with the title of Mon slgnor, has been received from Homo by I) shop Joseph -Schrembs, of tho Toledo Catholic dloceso. sMJ!i!"r-Jj.iM That's another point where Atlantic Gasoline shows strong. Besides the zip am thenap thajnaake motors reel off landscapeikd&ajJeTrtji gQ&thetretch that looms up big on eedometeVrhoney fuels lose out on the mileage jst thi&'caii't stand the gaff. There is one gasolineraiat, despite market conditions, maintains the uniform boiling-point that made it famous Atlantic! Play safe. Get that one gasoline. THE ATLANTIC REFINING COMPANY Philadelphia, arid Pittsburgh Makers of Atlantic Motor Oils . Light Heavy &X Medium A 8 UNFINISHED BUILDING S6LD Company That Foreclosed on Big Apartments Finds Purchaser Tho uncompleted 10-story apartment houso at tho northeast corner of Wnlnut and 22d streets, lot 3d by 90 feet, has been purchased by Kahn & Qrcenberg from the Real Estate Title Insurance and Trust Company, which recently obtained title to It by foreclosure. The purchaser will complete the building at a cost of about $50,000. A sum of about $200,000 has already been spent on tho building. Tho apart ment houso was begun nbout a year ago by the West Walnut Street Apartment Houso Company on the site of tho old Gross residence. The company became Involved In difficulties last fall and since that time no work has been dono then-. Thi Ileal Hstato Title Insurance and Trust Company foreclosed the mortgage and ob tained tltlo to the property at the Feb ruary Sheriff's sale. Austrian Count to Wed in New York, NEW YOltK, April 21 A marriage license was Issued j-cUerdaj afternoon to Count Otto Salm-Hoogstraeten, 10 West 48th street, a native of ltclchcnnu, Austria, and Miss Maud Coster 37 Hast 37th street. Tho dato of tho Wedding was given ns May 20 Count Otto camo to this country from Austria nbout two and a half years ago Ho and his brother, Count Alexnnder Salm-Hoogstraeten, were nt ono tlmo tennis chnmplons of Austria t OPEN r.VKNlNOS You MUfeLi j, i& IJllly fflfflfosjer Mornn" iSyV mm:wwLWLK.wm ? 53? $L LIN rmwmmvm&ir!- TltUSTi' ESCAPES IN QUEEN HAT "DISGUISE" Sing Sing Prisoner Uses to Advantage St. Patrick's Day Decoration OSSININO, N. T., April 21. Wearing a green hat that formed part of his cos tume In a St. Patrick's day parade nt tha prison, Peter Cullen, sergeant-at-afma of the Mutual Welfare League, and a trusty, walked out of the front door of Sing; Sing last night and was still nt largs today. Cullen had served 18 months ot a 10 year sentenco for burglarj. .for ccics--m sold rom tbe $e4rit&nr Humidor by all dealers Dmuh Bros.. MM. vima I foguacfurcrj.i tip; t-Hi GERMAN DYE BLUE SERGES There nro no German Dyes In this country to. day, but becaus9I)iirclia8ed 8000 yards of German iJia uiuo Sfipes il plain and fancy weaves; and stripes lasti'AugusH I havo over twenty styles ot gcnulno German lo Serges In stock 1 I am the onlyJlallor or clothier In Philadelphia Who has them, afld I wlU"felv'o you perfect flttln-t clothes In tho lafj&t i IfthSvfnuo (Now York) styles made of thoso rfTatcrlalsf J 300 Other iBtylc Suits d f -n Q( to Order as low as p 1 1,51 BILLY MORAN THE TAILOR, 1103 ARCH STREET v-V Puts Pep in Your Motor By C. A. VOIGHT J 4 I m Ai egjg
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