r?Fv M - i.l v 1 nv in', J, EVENING I'UBUIC 1EDaEH-PHlLABELPfiU, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1917 J ; ASTERN BASKETBALL LEAGUE HSBANDS; DE NERI TO PLAY INDEPENDENT BALL AT PRESENT .Will Also Try for Berth in Pennsylvania State League American League' Opens Its Season Before Good Crowd THU Eastern Basketball Leaguo has disbanded. This mas the action taken by the magnates at a special moot ing held last evening In which the sub jects were discussed at length. N'evcr In the history of the orgatilzu tlon has It worked under such adverse conditions. Tho season should never have been started, as many of the mag nates had little or no Interest In the fame, nnd a bad move mado when llroy Rtock was allowed to play nt Musical Fund Hall contributed to tho doom of the organisation. At Inst night's RatherlnK thn JaFper club presented Its reslirnallon and dropped out Oreystock was In favor of disbanding, but was willing to remain with flvo teams, but considered thW a poor move. Trenton, Do Ncrl and Camden were very much In favor of continuing, with IUadlnc not voting. It was suggested to withhold tho decision until another meeting on Sunday, when Mr. liulT, of Reading, would glvo his final decision. This was considered n poor move, nnd then Do N'orl and Heading voted to dis band, and the motion was canicd. Man ager Myers, of De Ncrl, stated that as far as his club was concerned, It would be kept Intact and there would bo games everr Saturday night at Musical Fund Hall. He anticipated playing Camden this week, nnd will try for a berth In tho Pennsylvania State league. American Opens Season The game of basketball has been bumped pretty hard since last spring nnd many of tho best players connected with the sport are now In the 'ervlce of Uncle Sam. And a still larger per centage of the followers of tho Indoor pastime are at the various cantonments. Under these circumstances ono does not anticipate as largo turnouts at the games, but all expectations were eclipsed Inst evening at Traymore Hall, Frank lin street and Columbia avenue, where the American I.enguo opened Its season. In previous campaigns eight clubs hae composed the circuit, but nt present six teams ore enrolled. At the games last evening tho hall was packed. The contests are cageleM ones. It would be an Impossibility to erect one, as the floor Is used for dancing. Play was Just as fast as If tho players were In a cage and, furthermore, they were minus many hard humpi nnd bruises which they may otherwise have received. Prior to tho start of hostilities AVI1 Ilam J. Scheffer, president of the Eastern Lenrue, nnd Ira Thomas, of the Ath letics, made speeches. Scheffer praised, the. oniclals for keeping tho organization Intact under ndvers conditions. Thcmns referred to our hoys tit tho front and pointed out that the American soldier has done his work so well In a measure becau?o his Interest In athletics has been a factor In his perfect physical condi tion. He urged the joung men at home o cnntlnuo In sports, to that when they are called upon they, too, will faco the foe In perfect shipe. An orchestra livened matters with pa triotic airs nnd dancing was a feature after the gamcB. Hancock and Girnrd Win Hancock, champion of last year, de feated T. M. H A. 2 to 17, and (llrnrd Alumni won from St. Columba 29 to 17. Tho players were handicapped a trlflo by the slippery floor, but they will he better prepared to meet conditions next week. The lighting facilities are by far the best of any over seen In this ctty HC Columba had such seasoned players aa "Ally" Fisher, "Midge" Moore and McNomeo In action, while the Glrard ag gregation was an entirely new combina tion with the exception of Jamison and White. Gallagher and Schaal, tho for wards, gave as pretty an exhibition as has been seen this season. (, Irani scored nine field goals to four for tho Saints, and they went to Schaal, I : Uallagher, I; Fowler, 31 White, 1: Dietrich, 1; Moore. 1 : Fisher, 1 : McXamee, 1. The Hancock-Y. 31, II. A. game turned out to be a rout In favor of tho cham pions In tho final ten minutes of the closing half. They registered eight field baskets to five lor their opponents. They , r' j f - i VBH ORIGIN OF THE TEXAS LEAGUER Joyce, Rogers and Arthur Sunday Brought It North in 1888 SLANG IN BASEBALL WILSON DEMANDS WAR ON AUSTRIA; PLEDGES NATION TO FULL VICTORY "Somewhere in France" this young (icrmantown athlete, n member of the Fifth IlcKlment, U. S. Murine Corps, is sirviiiR ii"d" (icnpril Pershing's com mand. Wills pltied on tho basketball teams of the Cennan town Hoys' Club, Market Square and West Side churches. He is n son of Lieutenant John R. Wills, of Kngine Company, No. GO, and lives at 001 Locust avenue. went to Tmutwvln, 3; Herlolet, 2; Hop- kins, l; luvla. 2; llunnlng, dennin, -; SInltranslty, 1 Tho triteness of the baseball vernacu lar has been the source of considerable comment among sporting writers, uni versity professors and others, whose foremost aim In life Is tho uplift of nanklnd. spiritually nnd mentally, hays in eastern critic Columns hae hem penned by learned iien condemning the common ue of what is generally termed slang; addi tional columns have been written con lonltig It. More than SS per cent of the ewspapcrs of the country continue to ervo out to readers repot ts of the Amerl 'an pasllinj and other stories pertaining hereto which fairly bristle with the mpular codo of baseball w rlters. A moement was started dutlng 1908 'iy one of tho foremost of tho northern mheriltles to uscertulu the Justification 'or re'ottlng to slang phrases or a vholrsule slaughtering of llngllsh In re torting baseball After nn exhaustive Investigation, the 'MveiHlty announced that there was lothlng discovered In tho baseball vcr--ocular which peinux freyuentlng the tnnds and bleacher" during tho teason "d not unili-rstAnd fully and that the "wjmlar demnnd for the me of hnseball lang In published reports was so great i to preclude Its tllinlnatlon. And so, from that day to this, tho pub e bus not been called upon to read any 'urthtr condemnation of baseball reports is written by the overwhelming majority f t-portlng writers To ask a sporting writer of tho malor "ague circuits If he Understood the play would constitute nothing short of a downright Insult, yet it Is more than irob.iblp tint not rn,e of every ten of theee exprls on the gam could give nn sci-matf explumtlen of th, origin of the nhriiKH "Teas le-icncr" or even satisfy himself as to Its real fitness After the Cone of the Texas League season of 18SH Hill .lnycc. Kminctt lion er ard Arthur Sunday, a trio of Hous ton club swinges who had wrought havoc .mil devastation to the hopes of even- pitcher In the circuit, wero sold to the Toledo cluli, of the American not IVininlt, ns ho has been known to tho basketball fans. Dehnert Is the pivot man on tho tin .Verl the "Dutch" Is ono of lh oungrst Il.isteru league b.iskttball )il.iers. being only nineteen years of age He has been In tho game for less than a year. Ho began in New Continued from Pare On apply any standard of Justice so long an such forces aro unchecked and un defented ns the present masters of Germany command. Not until that has been done can right bo set up us arbiter and peacemaker among Iho nations. Hut when that has been done as. Clod willing, It assuredly will be wo shall at Inst bo frco to do on unprecedented thing, and this Is tho time to avow our purpose to do It. Wn shall be freo to baao pence on generosity and Justice, to tho exclusion of all selfish claims to advantage even on the part of tho victors. Let there bo no misunderstanding. Our present and Immediate task Is to win the war and nothing shall turn u usldo front It until It Is accomplished. Every power nnd tesouico wo possess, whether of men, of money or of mate rials is being devoted nnd will contlnuo to bo devoted to that purpose until It Is achieved. Tboso who desire to bring peace about beforo that purposo Is achieved I counsel to carry their advices elsewhere. Wo will not entertain It. We shall regard thn war as won only when tho German people say to us, through properly accredited representatives, Unit they are ready to agree to a settlement based upon Justice and the reparation of the wrongs their rulers hao done. They have dono a wrong to llelglum which must bo lepalred. They havo established u power over other lands and peoples than their own over the great empire of Austria-Hungary, over hitherto free Balkan States, over Turkey and within Asia which must be relinquished. !erm.uiy'.s success by skill, by Industry, by knowledge, by enterprlto we did not grudgo or oppose, but admired, rather. .She had built up for herself a real empire of tiado and Influence, securtd by tho peace of the world. We wero content to nbldo the rivalries of manufacture, bdence and commerco thut wero Involved for us In her success nnd stand or fall as we bad or did not . huvo the brains nnd Initiative to surpass her. Hut at tho moment when she had conspicuously won her triumphs of peace tho threw them away, to estab lish lit their stend what tho world will no longer ponnlt to be established mllltnrv nn,l TinllMrjit Hnnilnnltnn hv rn-rns. liv wMrdi In ntfnt vibern who nmilri not excel the rivals sho most feared and hated. Tho peace we make must remedy that wrong. It must deliver tho onco fair lands and happy peoples of llelglum nnd northern Franco from thn Prussian conquest and the l'russlan meuaco, but It must 'itso deliver the peoples of Austria-Hungary, tho peoples of the Ittilkans and the peoples of Turkey, alllio In Kuropo and Asia, from the Impudent and alien dominion of the Prussian military and commercial autoc racy. Wo owo It, however, to ourselves to say that wo do not wish In any way to Impair or to rearrange tho Austro-Hungurlan empire. It In no affair of ours what they do with their own life, either Industrially or politically. We do not put pose or deslro to dlctnto to them In any way. Vfn only desire to see that their affair are left In their own bands, In nil matters, great or small. Wo shall hope to Becuro for tho peoplo of the Balkan peninsula nnd for the peoplo of tho Turkish empire the right nnd opportunity to make their own lives safe, their own fortunes tecure ugnlnst oppression or Injustice and from the dictation of foreign courts or parties, And our attitude and purposo with regard to Uermany herself aro of a like kind. Wo Intend no wrong against thn German Kmplro, no interference with her Internal nffalrs. Wo should deem either tho one or tho other abso lutely unjustifiable, absolutely contrary to the principles we havo professed to live by nnd to hold most sacred thioughout our life ns a nation. Tim people of Germany are being told , trinpornr.i , foundation for the pmr of by thn nieu whom they now permit loth world und mint seek them rmndldly decele them and to act ns their mas- and fearlesily. Ab always, the right will ters that they are lighting for the xerylprove to bo the expedient, life and existence of their empire, u. What shall we do. then, to push this war of desperate Mdf-defenFO against great war of freedom and Justice to its deliberate nggreislon. Nothing could rlghttous conclusion? We must clear bo more grondy or wantonly false, andlawuy with a thorough hand all itnpedl wo must seel: by the utmost openness ments to success and wo must mskc nnu canaor Hi our rc.i. wmtn w ..., ony tiujununc-m vi mw mm win nicill- ve Hre, In i tnte the full and free use of our wholo i com neoemry bafor the presint Conrrtst aialn adjourn In order to effect the most efficient eo-ordlnntlon and operation of the railway and other transportation systems of the country; but to that I shall, If circumstances should demand, call the attention of the Congress upon another occasion. tVlN'-THK-WAU HESSION "If I have overlooked anything that ought to be done for the more effective conduct of the war your own counsels will supply rho omission. What I nm perfectly clesr'about ! that In the pres ent session of the Congress our whole attention and energy should bo con cerned on the vigorous, rapid nnd suc cessful prosecution of the great task of winning tho war. "We can do this with nil the greater eai and enthusiasm because we know that for us this Is n war of high prin ciple, debased by no selfish ambition or conquest or spoliation; beciuso we know, and all the world knows, that we havo been forced Into It to save tho very Institutions we e under from corruption and destruction. The pur poses of the Central Powers strike straight at tho very heart of everything we believe In; their methods of warfare outrage every principle of humanity md "f knightly honor; their Intrigue has corrupted the very thought nnd spirit of many of our people ; their sinister nnd secret dlp'omacy has sought to take our very territory away from us and disrupt the union of the States, Our safety would be ftt in end, our honor forever sullied and brought Into contempt were we to permit their triumph. They arc striking at tho very existence of democ racy and liberty. IN JUST AND HOLY CAUSH ion he entered the cnamner una, mounted th rostrum was prolonged. The members, standing-, burst Into repeated cheers. As the President reached the words "our object Is to Vrtn the war, and we 'shall not slacken or weaken until It Is done," tremendous applause broke out. Again when he referred to bntl-wnr agitators, the applause became deafen Ing. As he urged an Immediate war declaration against Austria the mem bers again rose In n wave of applnuso. Allied diplomats Joined In the clapping The President ceased speaking ut 1 :0E. As he left the chamber ho was given a tumultuous send-off. CONGRESSMEN PRAISE PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS 0 -'dt' i i j. .'F,f janKi (""v-. M'-i ". ,.UHTW . "1 '- im close touch' wrm lhaf- thti trMltnMf isj Philadelphia polios wouM,. n a. ntflka. "The men rtt'tlSS a In eight-hour shifts." he eaM. "If by any chance tho men Director Wilson will call on defense resertes." i This ortlclal denied that tl fiOO vacancies In tho force, there were onlvfortv.ttro. these bad been caused by deatM Illness. tU.rl- 1 $iO,nVU JI1 I fAXtiULlU'J INCREASE PROPOSED, CIVIL SERVICE Asso Hchncl- ,, ti.v w'er.t imrtli wltli their teputatlon as tenlllc sluggers preceding Dehnert flnlv lMavinc n Year I them and their urrlal In Toledo was ac uennert uni 1 lajmfc ",lar claimed by the newspapers of that city 'V.'ahnr.a.hke '""."T, '1 .'! .'J under generous'- large and black head- earthed within the hiht week He 1h , none other than Henry "jmttn uenm-u, , . , ...., i,nl,lod tin a ttln of terrible tanning gladiators, iuil.inP lh(.m a( ua fulconess. .1 ...... . .!... ..,..,.. (I.A A ,nn, I. .. ... ,,... !. ,l.t.l I nn. ....I,., n.i.1 tnwn .... r. ,.,. ,...- . 1& Wie piirnerN in umei ciult m ," .i..w- aP. nclltlllff r l"' .,,-.. .,. .-..., ,.,.i ,.j ..,,u ,u,.u ua a. iiKiniiuf unil j lean Association were more or lean "1" from fesr, elong witn our own imm unn very emnnrraFsing ooitacie thai mehensiVB as ta Just what tho oung- ,,,. ,.,.- - ,i ,t from the fact o I stands In our way Is that wo are at war sters would do ugnlnst blg-tlmo hurlcrs. npj,,,! attack by neighbors ur rivals or with Germany but not with her ullles. Ilhey felt them out rather cautiously, and, r,,fr after world empire. No one Is I, therefore, very earnestly recommend It Is because It ts for us a war of high, disinterested purpose, In which the free peoples of the world are banded to gether for the vindication of right; a war for tho preservation of our nation and of all that It has held dear of prln elpto and of purpose, that we felt our selves doubly constrained to propose for Its outcome only that which Is righteous nnd of Irreproachable Intention, for our foes as well ns for our friends. The canse being Jnt and holy, the rttte ment mmt be of like motive and quality. 1'or tt.la we can fight, but for nothing lens noble or less worthy uf our tradi tions. For this raue we entered the war and for tlds ennse will we battle un til the last son Is Hretl. I have spoken plainly because this seems to mo the time when It Is most necessary to speak plainly In order that nil the world may know tint even In the heat and ardor of the struggle and when our whole thought Is of carrying the war through to Its end, we have not for gotten any Ideal or principle for which the name cf America has been held In honor among the nitlons and for which It has been our glorv to contend In the great generations that went before us. A supreme moment of hlstorv has come. The eves of th9 people have been opened nnd thev see. The hand of God Is 'aid upon the nations. He will show them nvor, I devoutly bellee. only If they I rtwe tn Iho rlenr heltrhts of TTIh own Justlco and mercy. WASHINGTON, Pec. 4 Members of the House and Kenale were unanimous In agreeing with President's Wilson's statement of the war alms of tho United States. They unstintedly praised his whole message. "It was magnificent," said .Senator Ashurst, Arizona. "A lino message," said Senator Lodge Massachusetts. "The voice of true statesmanship and patriotism rang In that message," said Senator Shafrotb, Col rado. Senator Pomerene Ohio, said tho mes sage "carries word to the rulers and the people of Germany that ought to un deceive them If they think America Is not In tho war for victory." "The message cclnes tho feeling of tho American people," said Senator Chamberlain, Ore., chairman of tho Senate Military Affairs Committee. "No comment can Improve It; and no man can answer It," said Hepresentatlve Adnmon, Georgia. Tilting his cigar heavenward Uncle Joe Cannon averred It wag a "great message, which I fully Indorse und ap prove " "Ily far tho best messago the Presi dent ever made on the wnr," Majority rf-ader Kltchln said of the nddrcs "It mora correctly Interprets the thought of tho American people than any other " psjfjv Cops Stand by City, but Rap Mayor Smith York with Parsons amateur IHe Th t his playing drew- the attention of famt. Among tho teams that noticed his work was Do Ncrl Manager Meers, having a weakness at the ce.nttr position, began to look around for a now pivot man He did not have to hunt long, for he grabbed Deli ncrt and algned him as one of amateurs on Ids team Dehnert reported Monda, November :C. at Trenton fur his first tryout In fast lompanv, Ho was pitted against tho host center In tho Kastern League, Tome, nnd gave un exhibition that was worth while Hn held tho powerful Tome to one field goal, and while he didn't scoro In his Initial appearance at a "big league game, his closo guarding and teamwork enabled De Nerl to bent Tren-' ton. Saturday "Dutch ' played hU tlr-r homo game at Musical Kund Hall, j Highlit and Locust streets, being pitted , ngalnbt Jack "Jocco" Lawrence, of I G re stocks "Dutch had the spectators on their toes by his great floorwork and his accurate shooting, both from the Meld and the foul line. Tho playing of Dehnert assures him the regular center position, and Morn lngrrd Is now forced to the sidelines "Dutch" Is a native of New York city, and Immediately after hl.s team finishes a game he loses no time In packing his , grip and returning to his homo city. courso was the advisability of such Mien nppaiept. None of tho three hit the ball like the great Honus Wagner or thn classy Larry l.a'ole or the ranowned Frank Haker, of later years. They were not hitters of that sort. Hut they did get on the bases nnd they did It by hitting safely. Their lilmfd hntiniir wero not of the "fence- lno I busting." scrt.imlng Iner vailetv The hits were the sort of tidy little blngles labeled "one bnso only," such as are now known as Texas leaguers. It wns In a game at SrncuH s'ortly after tho Texas romblnitlon joined To ledo that Pltiher (Vllrlcu, after Sunday, Joyce and lingers dropped :.afo hits over thn Infield roared- "All them darn chumps can do Is to hit out them little old dinky Texas leaguers." A general laugh went up from tho bench and tho remark roon reached the press box. The reportecs hopped on It with a vengeance and tho phrase has lived and thrived from that day to this Joce, Hogers and Sunday continued In bervlce for many years nnd were known among their baseball acquaint ances as tho originators of Texas leaguers. CHICAGO CUBS WILLING TO PURCHASE IVY WINGO PRINCETON FIVE OPENS CAGE YEAR Tigers Start Collegiate Basketball Season With Manhattan Tonight HAVE STRONG TEAMS The collegiate football f;n died less than a week ago and tonight the basket ball season will get under way when the Princeton Tigers pry open the cage year with tho Manhattan College five In tho Tiger gymnasium The Tigers have been practicing on the floor for tho last week or more and they aro going In for the sport with all of the enthusiasm that has been storing up during the fall months when there was no football m which to expend It. Th Intercollegiate League will remain Intact and evon Yale will have a quintet In the cage. Harvard will bo able to support Its policy of no sports during the war, for tho Crimson has not had a basKetcaii team oi iaio mm w i start the floor game this season. Penn starts the basketball year Sat urday night when the lied and lllue lines un ncalnst the Urslnus quintet In W'eightman Hall. Captain Lou Martin is the only veteran remaining from last year's squad and around him will be Dullt tho 1917-18 combination. noach Lon Jourdct held a hard scrim mage last night and picked his varsity lineup as follows: owecney aim aian nard. forwards; Davis, center; Captain Martin and Ivory, guards. These men .r sent through a brisk practice game with the second team and showed such good form tnat tney pruuauiy wm nun against Urslnus. TWELVE TEAMS ARE LEFT IN THE SIX-DAY GRIND NBW YOltK, Dec, 4. Twelve teams were struggling tor me ieau m mo j.v hiva race at the end of the thirty second hour this morning. Plercey, of the Plercey-Orenda team, was setting the pace, Madonna and Uello wero one lap behind. - The Bptncer brothers, Canadian riders. quit the race at midnight. They were , notified Hunday night of the death of their father, but agreed to ride for twenty-four hours. Stop Fights In Cleveland CLEVELAND. E nounced today Iha J JOHNSON AND HERRMANN HOLD A BASEBALL TALK 1 Loaders of Sport Confer About Problems tho Big League Have to Kuce j C'lIIiWrjO, Doc. I August Hen maun nnd Han Johnson conferred today over tho baseball situation Among other things that they discussed were the length of tho schedules for next fctason, the limit of players to bo carried by esch team, methods of dealing with players' contracts made during the base ball war, the handling of tho war tax (ti admission tickets, and tho addition of military features to the ball games. Hoth believe It will not be necesaary for the American and National Leagues to hold a Joint session niter the baseball meetings next week nnd that both lenguoH can bottle tho various problems. hat intil thn desth of Ul knocked out by Otto .! at PUUlmrsh. at th Mooae club ii Wednesday' night 1 thoroughly Invettl. 1 IrVi.d thr will be no mora boxing- permits aiiia irvuy - iuiw ininii out ror me noia U.U' "--... ruo Jii"r.".T""; Wei r.rYJi "" WWW' t"r Notes of the Holders Tho II ticket I.racrufl utrlrm last nuhl. on Caul no Alley, renulted In thf Owls wlnntnir imrn Kdiiifu i rum MGoim, ritrrcHtt D-un WuoJpeckrs In all three match' Dovet wlnninc thret contest from frown nnd Sparrows capturlnir two carries from Karleu IVnn Mutual, leariem r( Trut anl In ituruncH Kfiicuo, afUr loainc the tirnt ROtne to rideltty TruMt by two plnnwoti th next two 'game, Philadelphia HaUnw Kuml team v.an three from tontlnntnl, Heal Kitttte won two from Commonwealth, Provident won two from Olrnrtl Trust und Iienncla ISuvinc J'und won two from l)uikcr city. TatmUl, of Frovldnt, got LMik jlnn In hU second name. Keown, anchor on Quaker City, rolled -04 In hln peeond cum Don dt ro, of Philadelphia Savin, concluded with !tl Uruel got wcores of L'on, ju: mid 139 for Philadelphia Saline, Th Middle Western tournoy tin tlrat of the Factional flxturea recently completed at Vt Moines, reiultrd In the following cham pions: Th A l arena tlve. of Chicago, with h scure of -UJO, won tht ehuinplonslilp: Mackln and Wlu, of Uubuque, with a total of )'.'3 pins, are the doubles chamnlonsi Al Toemmel, of Chicago. . le the slnrles Under, with CAt, and G. Wllkle of MInne ajMillu, Is the champlon-all-events man. with 1b52, The Windy City delegations' earn Ingi In the entire tournament amounted to I2M6.A3 out of IAO0O In prlae money. They won IMOU In the team event, 1410 Ut In the doubles, i50U 60 In the singles upd 00 In thu all nveiits, Western Electric remains at the top of the indue trial ieawue. l,i nient it won three iramrs from Tryon TJudd outrolled iteii Teiennono company in iuo games, htaudard Holler Hearing won threw from Supplee-lltddle team, and KeenKutter won tho odi vumt in inree irom uaie - un burn. Zulker. of lludd. Knocked down IRt, HO and ltt'j to help keep up with the Western Electric S'tusd. rindley cot 'S3 In his second game with Standard. Parnwell. of Western Klcctrlc, rolled 1UT. -Ul und '-'IV. The last effort of Clarke, of Halo I ICllburn, was S2U In his second gams. Nell! Wins at 'wilkes-Barre wii.Kr.s-iiAwtE, r., n.c. s in rt t.u.ruund bout hro la.t night Youns Ntltl, tt Allentoivn, d.f.ated Halph Bchrappct, tha CIirCAflO III, Deo. A Garry Heir mann, picsldent of the Cincinnati Club, in In town ostensibly to confer with President Wucghmnu reeardlni? a deal that has been pending between them for weelis Herrmann declared he came for the purposo of seeing President Johnson, i f the American League, retarding the induction of the player limit to eighteen men In botli major leagues, That Is only u minor purt of his mission here. The most Important is his conference with the Cub magnate. It Is known that the Cubs would like to acquire the services of Catcher Ivy Wlngo und ure willing to pay a large sum for him. Manager Mltchtll would like Wlngo and has urged Weeghman to purchase him If he can, Iast season Mitchell took a liking to the Cincinnati backstop and asserted he was one of the smartest In the league and one of the boat to bieak up hit nnd; run plays and to throw out runnern trying to steal. There will be a Joint baseball meeting between the American and National Leagues tomorrow In Chicago. Two will bo In attendance and nt the most three. The two will bo Han Johnson and Garry Herrmann. Should nn umpiro bo needed President ComiBky, of tho White Hox may Join tho others In the conference, LEONARD-CLINE TICKETS PLACED ON SALE TODAY s. "J I'll li-AStf.!": tr Ji.hT anie ISSw'V' .'' 14 Won .wll opt ba Utarfarad with, arnrru for the Boldlara1 today ,to iflnliU Tickets for the Benny Leonard-raHy Cllne bout to be held nt the Olympia A. A. Wednesday, December 12. were placed on sale today. The match Is one qf the biggest that could be arranged, and Is attracting country-wide attention The great demand for seats caused the early Bale. WALTER ECKERSALL DYING IN CHICAGO -if Allentonn. d.f.ated Halph Kchrappat, tha tbe army in Datrolt y.ft.rday leesl welterweight champion. .Neill hit J and Wlnnla . Noyea Jaln.d th Hchrappat when and whera b sleaaad and tha kaaeba!) aaton was avtr. had him all in at fh. flnlnb. Ntlil has ba.n l JaeM 1 (JHICAOO. Dec 4. Walter Kckaraall. sport writer of the Chicago Tribune and former football btar vt the University of Chicago, was said j.o be near death here today from cancer of the stomach, Thompson Called in Draft 'Pitehar Harry Thompaon, who was with tha Toronto club or tha International I.ainis laat aaason and who haa been ob tained by tha Waahlntton club of tha American Iiaasue, haa bean accepted for tha National Army. Thompson was one of tha nlayera whom Manager nrlfnth, of the N tlnnal.. nlit.ln.d bv tha draft mule tt m'i draft beat him to this secur ing claim. Walker Dartmouth Coach WILMAMSTOWK. Dee. Kr.d Walkar. who turned out an uiulffeaud football l-en at Williams thla laat nn. will maka hla ISaat.rn debut aa a baikatball coach at Dartmouth. 11a returned yaiter day from New York, whera arrant. manta vera rompl.ted witn atniatio authorities th tlanov.r cnllaie, for takln charj. the Green flo thla winter. Anderson Now in Service The Ath.tlca hava ot anothar pitcher to Uncle Sam's treat blf t.am, VValtar Anderaen, the promlalna left handtr. Joined tpe army in t'.irvn f..aur, .. ., tha kaaebalj aeon waa v (Ullxld aad Narlor. ita Kantian, war quick to m rday. Ray Bat.e I h th calor baler I var. then Plteker j U t.rnnieninv thn existence or tne inue- pendenco of the peaceful enterprise of the German Kmplrc. 1'AUTNnilSIUl' OP NATIONS The worst that can happen to tho detriment of the German people Is this, I that If they should still, utter tne war i Is over, continue to be ohllged to live I under ambltlout and Intriguing matters I interested to disturb tbe peace of the world, men or classes of men whom the I other peoples of the world could not I trust, It might bo Impossible to admit them to tho partnership of nations which I must henceforth guarantee tho world's neace. That n.irtnershlp must be a partnership of peoples, not a mere part nership of Governments. It might bo impossible, albo, In such untoward cir cumstar.ces, to admit Germany to the free, economic Intercourse which must lneltubly spring out of the other part nership of a real pence. nut inero would bo no aggrrlon In that, and such a situation. Inevitable because or distrust, would In the very nature of tlilrnrj Hnor.er or later cure liseu ny processes which would assuredly 6et In The wroiita, the try aeep wronica. committed In thla war will hays to be righted. That of ci,ure. lint they can not anil inuat not be righted by the eoninilaklttu nf almllar wrong, against flrrmnny and her allies. The world will not permit tho com-mlsbk-n of similar wrongi as a means of reparation and settlement. States neu must by this time hae learned that thu opinion of the world Is everywhere wide uwalto and fully comprehend the 'ssues Imolied. No npreentatle of any self-governed nation win uare uib regard it by atttmptlng any such cove nants of selilihncss and compromise as were entered Into at the Congress of Vienna. D10CISION WITH TIJUN PIIOPLK The thought of the plain people here and cry where throughout the world, tho people who enjoy no privilege and have very simple and unsophisticated standards of right and wrong. Is the air all goerninents must henceforth breathe If they would live. It H In the full dis closing light of that thought that all policies must be conceived and executed In this midday hour of the world's life. German rulers have been able to up set the peace of the world only because the German peoplo were not suffered under their tutelage to share the com radeship of the other peoples of the world either In thought or In purpose. They were allowed to have no opinion of their own which might be set up as n rule of conduct for those who exer cised nuthority over them. But the Con. gresa that ronelndat this war wilt feel tbe nil strength of th tide that run now In the hearts and consciences of fre man everywhere. Its conclusions will run with those tides. All these things have been true from the very beginning of this stupendous war, and I cannot help thinking that If hey had been made plain at the very outset tho sympathy nnd enthusiasm of the Ilusslan peoplo might have been once for all enlisted on the side of the Allies, suspicion and distrust swept away, and a real and lastng union of purposo effected. Had they believed these thing at the very moment of their revolution, and had they been con firmed In that belief since, the sad re verses which have recently marked the progress of their affairs toward an or dered and stable government of free men might have been avoided. Th ltussle.il people have been polsen.il by th aery earn falsehoods that hnv kept the German people In the dark, and the poison haa bn administered by the very tame hands. The only pos sible antidote Is the truth. It cannot be uttered too plainly or too often. From every point of view, thertfore, It has seemed to be my duty to speak these declarations of purpose, to add there specific Interpretations to what I took the liberty of saying to the Senate In January. Our entrance Into the war ha not altered our attitude toward the settlement that must coma when It Is over, wnen i saiu in January mat tne nations of the world were entitled not only to free pathway upon tho sea, but also to assured and unmolested access to those pathwayi, I was thinking, and I am thinking now, not of the smaller and weaker nations alone, which need our countenance and support, but alio of the great and powerful nations, and of our prtaent enemies as well as our pres ent associate In the war. I was think Inc. and am thinking now. of Austria herself, among me nsei, u wu u or Sarbla and Poland, Juitlca and equality rtgnta ,on. D M Ml at great ansae, aoi Capitfl Stirred by Wilson's Message tol and occupied n seat In the executive gallery with other members of the Presl. dent's Immediate family. Beforo the members of the Senate left that body for the Joint session in tho House, Senator Owen, of Oklahoma, In-! troduced a resolution creating nn Amer- , lean legion of honor as a direct out growth of the war. This new- body was to be mado uu of 200 persons to be designated by the President for extraor ThVwararbo'sucesYf'ul1''''""1"611 to "' -".d" r 8Uch del 7n no o her way.BThe sa me i "r,' .T',,S """"''""'i W,hat that the Congress Immediately declaro I the t'nlted States In a state of war with , Continued from Pat One Austria-Hungary Does It eem strango to you that this should be the conclusion of tho argument I have Just addressed to you? It Is not. It Is. in fact, tho In evitable logic of what I have said. Austria-Hungary Is for the time being not her own mistress, but simply the vassal of the German Government. We mut face the facts as they are and act upon them without sentiment In this stein business. The Government of Austria-Hungary Is not nctlng upon Its ov,n Initiative or In response to the wishes and feelings of Its own peoples, but as the Instrument of another nation We must meet Its forco with our own and regard the Central Towers as i hut one. conducted logic would lend also to a declaration of war against Turkey nnd Bulgaria. They also are the tools or Germany. But they are mere tools and do not yet stand In tho direct path of our neces sary action. We shall go wherever tno necessities of this war carry us, but It seems to ma that wo should go only where Immediate and practical consid eration lend us and not heed any others. The financial nnd military measures which must be adopted wilt suggest tlumselves ns the war and its under takings develop, but I will take tho lib erty of proposing to you certain other acts of legislation which seem to me to bo needed for the support nf the war and for the release of our whole force and energy. It will bo necesaary to extend In fur ther particulars the legislation of the Uht session with legard to alien ene mies; and also necessary, I nencve, i , vhich create a very dellnlte and particular con- , meets Atrangcment of the working i the Illectrlcal Bureau and a revVsisJ salaries provldlnr a total Inc 536,800 was recommended by tha Service Commission to Council" Committee today. The new plan I proper title, to each division of we and puts each class on an equal 1iiiu, unuei uiu preaciii Byvicin iisBBiBr, classes of labor are labeled tinder a 'is-''- eral hcAd. and ner diem men are t iiiiiaasf In n lump sum. ,)'""', uu i i-uiiuiiciiuubiuiia uiu uio rouisaMt' I r u wccit a aiuuy oi in neon ok insr jf trlcal Bureau, based upon tha (act tl this branch of. the city service haa a iervu neavuy inrougn men quiiuac.iar'.l more lucrative positions In the uorej mah .......I... r.t.1.. T. V...T ..aU ujiik ecl , ilc, v.iiirk .lames A.iuA4usseBBM ,. , of the I'.lectrlcal Bureau, has had; Ma A ' service crippled to the danger potatjVf.v.; resignations, and the salary Increaaea l ported by the commission are dwA,,(.1 Imperative If tho police and fire WarNTA 'J nro to be kept up to their usual twaM ,wj rour-nour emciency Dost. v'k.ij, Pntehwnrk flnnnri to cflrrv t4tv mMi. rolls over the end of th year ant! .faftf provide funds most needed by dairt.i''j mental hemli was resorted ta tOffaivJsV i members of Councils' Finance CoraasTt-jj tco The usual year-end scramblato.Cca '111 ft funds will result In n lanrs I lain ' T fee till! In r-ntinella nn Thnea,S. ' J"4 Payrolls are still short, deso'lt'-.. J 1,200,000 temporary loan nriritlaflajVr esterday to make up depleted .Iteaie. 'i Theu had llrst consideration today MM v' the 1(100,000 and more shortage for offal J will have to go over to be cared for eaftVjJ of the balance said to remain aAaf.vfj budget demands are taken fromttjev:I! sources. Controller Walton Is anxious thai any vjl hrtTnne.ta ttn unlived tte-vta .Stall .a-7j1 so that, together with the? annual "wtrMi imv inero may oe enougn money to vv pay outstanding obligations that hveMJ pueu up inrougn councils tailor to provide enough money tho first of the' v year. .,1UMIIIIJ.II iiiiuuica ILL Ult C1PSO OI Bs w,1 year frequently show both a so-called tSl surplus and u largo deficit .That thla M win be the rase this year M certain. Tt fACtllta ft-nm IhA ttiit tVin. ....j -v ......, ..... ..u ., UH. WMM'WWVn renuui riMtn'iiK me cuy Treasury nan;-,,. ing l Hi 7 only become available for Use next year. This creates the surplus. The fact that many Items of expns."JJ curred thW year will remain unnaldrat the opening of 1918 accounts for ta. il deficit "fif! It Is the plan now to have the annual tyfi appropriation bill for 1918 reported'ito idt but I bhall remain In this no-, Common Council on Thursday that this Idi n If I nm tired, I will come back, ( voluminous document may bo got out-f ft ;J If I urn a nip van winkle i the way and the tracks cleared for a. (fa , ,.t.l. M.I.I. . !.. . !.... .f. -.M tui.,w iinicii ul mo jtarn jiiinccs Uf vm pa&sagc of the councllmanlc loanf f 52. COO, 000 to take care of mandajMi-'tf! Items. ii .ij 'W'Vi E?M f-ii Cont inueil from Tntre tine protect both, but give us wages on which our families can live "It Is not the purpose of the assocla. Hon to call a general strlko If we can help It. "We hae no desire to leave life and property In this city unprotected. To call a strike now would mean that the publla would Ioo confidence In our or ganization and wo do not want to art hastily "On tbe other band, many of our members have become desperate and many arc favoring u strike." Harry It. Ulckerson, financial secre tary of the association, announced that a prominent corporation In this city was prepared to gUe positions to any police men who might be dlsmlsed from the force, through the word of tome poli tician. The r.amo of the corporation wasn't mentioned by Mr. Plckersun Thli announcement was cheered "I have beta threatened," k.ild Pick- erson elation even The members were urged to elect dele gates to the police pension fund to be composed of patrolmen, Instead of elect ing captains, lieutenants and sergenntH as heretofore. It was also announced that tho United Business Men's Asso ciation had derided to support the po licemen In their movement for better salaries. Hugh Creelman, a tlpstalf In tho Municipal Court, another speaker, told tho policemen not to permit politicians to ftlnnrllv horn) Hervlp. In the tenr. The same resolution also established a cross I extort money fiom them for election pur of valor to be conferred upon persons ' poses He was cheered when ho told his who distinguish themselves In tho war. Senator Owen also would have sol diers decorated by foreign governments dec- as expected to be a "war day" had a good effect on the members of both houses. The members of tho Senate proceeded In a body to the house chamber shortly beforo. 12:30, headed by Vice Tresldent Marshall and Sergeant at Arms Hlg glns. The front row benches In the House chamber had been reserved for the Senators. The United States formally will de cl&re war on Austria-Hungary as soon at the legislative machinery can be put Into motion. Immediately following President Wll oii'h recommendation to the Joint session of Congress that a stato of war be de clared, a meeting of the foreign relations committee was called at 10 o'clock to morrow morning. It probably will at once report a general resolution to carry out the President's wish. This lesolu tlon will be passed probably with very little debate and sent to tho Senate, will concur In It. The House tomorrow, but the Senate has trol over the entrance and departure of i recess until Thursday. $ all persons Into and from the United StateH. Legislation should be enacted defining ns a criminal offense every willful viola tion of the preetdentlal proclamation re lating to alien enemies promulgated under section 4067 of tho revised statutes and providing appropriate punishments; and women as well aB men should be In cluded In the terms of the acts placing restraint upon alien enemies. It Is likely that ns time goes on many alien enemies will be willing to be fed and housed at the expanse of the Government In the detention camps, and It would be the purpose of the legislation I have sug gested to confine offenders among them In penitentiaries and other similar In stitutions where they could be made to work as other criminals do. Ilecent experience has convinced me that the Congress must go further In authorizing tho Government to set lim its to prices. The law of supply and demand, I am sorry to tay, lias been replaced by the law of unrestrained selfishness. While wo have eliminated profiteering In several branches of In dustry, It still runs Impudently rampant In others. The farmers, for example, complain with a great deal of Justice that while th regulation of food prices restrlota their Incomes, no restraints are placed upon the prices of must nf the things they must themselves purchase, and similar Inequities obtain on all side . It Is Imperatively necessary that the consideration of the full use of the water power of the country nnd alto the consideration of thn systematic and yet economical development of such of the natural resource of the country as ure still under the control of the Federal Government should be immediately re sumed and affirmatively and construc tively dealt with at the earliest possible moment. The pressing need of such legislation Is dilly becoming more obvious. AID FOrt IXJUEiaN TOADn Tho legislation prepared at the last session with regard to regulated com binations among our exporters. In order to provide for our foreign trade a more effective organization of co-operation, ought by all ineina to be completed at this session. And I beg that th members of the House of Ilepresentatlvcs will permit me to express the opinion that It will b Impossible to deal In any but a viry wasteful and extravagant fashion with the enormous appropriations of the pub Ho moneys which must continue to be mtde, If the war I to be properly sus tained, unless tha House will consent to return to Its former practice of Initiat ing and preparing all appropriation bills through a single committee, In order that responsibility may be cantered, ex- nendltures standardised and made uni form and waste and duplleitlon much M paearete avoided: . "Additional legiajatMB may aieo pe After the President left the Capital there were hurried conferences of the various leaders, and It was decided that the wish of the executive would guide all action. In consequence, the declara tion of war will be against Austria Hungary alone, and Turkey and Bul garia will be allowed to retain their present ttatus, at least, for the time being. Vice President Marshall designated Senator Martin, the majority leader, and Senator Galllnger the minority leader, to represent1 the Senate In wel coming the President and In escorting him to the Speaker's deBk. The House committee for the same purpose was made up of Majority Leader Kltchln, acting Minority leader Gillette and Ilep resentative Fitzgerald, of Brooklyn. The first of th high entente diplomats to reach the building was Ambassador Jules J, Jusserand, of France, He es corted the, members of his Immediate i party to the diplomatic gallery, and then he himself went to the floor of the , chamber where seats had been reserved for leading diplomats. i Sir Cecil Spring - nice, British Am-' baasador; Minister Bran, of Denmark, and the various I.atln-Amtrlcan am-1 bassadore) and ministers were nut long ' behind Ambassador Jusserand, and they also took seats on tho floor. The Hoube met as usual at noon and I after the formal opening recessed until 12.:0 when the Senate arrived. The Senate also' met at Its customary hour. Virtually every diplomatic nttache of I the State Department was on hand early , and, headed by Counselor Polk, were glv.en seats In the executive gallery. i As the President began speaking, his I message, previously cabled to England, I France, Japan In fact, to all countries ' with the exception of the Central I'ow- ' ers was released for publication to the people, There was a different spirit In the halls of Congress today than that which marked the gathering oi tne members for the opening session yesterday. Then there was evident only the spirit of goodfetlowshlp, warmed by the welcom ing of greeting colleagues. Today a solemnity second only to that which marked the aesslon that brought wa- to America was apparent on every hand. America, having put her hand to the sword, heard from the executive how she niuat wield It. The applause greeting President Wll- audience that he had refused to make any political contributions. The demands of the association mem bers, which have been laid before Maor Smith nnd Director Wilson, are as fol lows : First. Remove politics from police duty. Second rcrmlt policemen to elect their own delerates to the Pension Fund, as provided by law. Third Abolish open voting for Po lice Pension Fund delegates as adopted to keep sergeants snd lieu tenants friendly to the administra tion In charge of the fund books Fourth. Obtain a full accounting of the Pension Fund nnd make publla nil the accounts Fifth. HecoKnltlon of the Patrol. men's Benevolent and Protective Asso ciation bv the Mayor and the Depart ment of Public Safety. Sixth. Increase of calary and the establishment of a pay schedule giv ing patrolmen H0O a year and ser geants M600 a year. Seventh. Abolition of the "ginks," or police spies, detailed to prefer charges against patrolmen who refuse to ablda by political orders. Hlghth Abolition of all political as sesamentb. N'lnth. Abolition of statlon-houc assessments. Tenth. Reorganization of the trial system with full publicity of charges nnd open Inspection of minutes of trials. lejenth Reorganization of Police Pension Fund system to provide for a president chosen by delegates from the ranks of the department. Twelfth. Retention In tho depart ment of men nctlvely associated with the organization of the Benevolent Association. An offlclal of the police department said today that he did not fear a strike of tho police. This official, who is In . . 1 I'.' 1 Y: "11 .tIM ' 'Of ."Ai ' m --52i 31 i.. a1 'VMS Jlttr a saotee-reaA l-. Copyright or ririe UteDtntU Fighting For Peace By Henry Van Dyke J "We could wirh that thl volume might bo read by American citiion, and not rend bv but written in th 1 of every person concerned in tMl direction of tha government YNtJ potentially concerned in tne Qt? termination of the condition t)C peace at tho end of the wr,"-t, iV. Y. Tribune. flJS $(. " . ' ' ' ' '"? fxAtvl Charles Scribner's Sons TO New Ye 1 i 5i Ur. 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