TECH TO MEET FAST LEBANON TEAM; ANNIE OAKLEY SHOWING SOLDIERS HOW TO SHOOT
Tech Ready For Lebanon
Mercersburj* Game Is Off
Tech is going right along at her
football practice, preparing for bat
tle with Lebanon High here next Sat
urday, but she had a hard blow In
having the Mercersburg game can
celed. The management of that
cracker-Jack organization notified
Percy L. Qrubb, athletic director,
that there was no chance of meet
ing on October 19, and now Tech has
two open dates, this one and No
vember 2. The Mercersburg fray,
canceled on account of the Spanish
Stuff, was to be played down there.
The Lebanon contest should prove
to be stirring, for these chaps have
a fast, stalwart team. Yesterday af
ternoon, practically all of the varsity
and scrub players were on deck for
the rehearsal and the coach spent the
afternoon playing the varsity back
fleld with the scrub line and the'scrub
baekfteld with the varsity line. The
first string backfield plowed through
Airplane Carries Piano
From London to Paris
Paris, Oct. 9.—One of the new
large Allied bombing planes, in
order to demonstrate its carrying
capacity, has brought from Lon
don to Paris a full-sized upright
piano.
The airplane Is capable of
carrying six persons and much
bombing explosives.
80 VETERANS OF
FOREIGN LEGION
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Legion of France," said Dr. Thomas
Lynch Montgomery, state librarian,
this morning.
Of All Nationality*
"France, in addition to her con
script army, has a force of foreign
troops of which the Foreign Legion
is a Unit. It is a permanent part of
the 19th French Army corps and is
a descendent of the famous Irish Bri
gade of Louis XIV. Its members come
from all parts of the world. Prior
to the war about 25 per cent, were
Germans, mostly deserters from the
frontier garrisons; 25 per cent, were
French: and the balance was made
up of Spaniards, Italians, Turks, Bel
gians, Knglish and Americans.
"The legion asks no questions. Men
in its ranks have been known to for
get to answer to their names—which
they had very recently adopted.
"The legion consists of two regi
ments of abqut 4,000 men each. If
he is physically sound almost any
man can join the legion, anywhere.
The discipline is just, but very strict.
The legionaires wear the best boots
in the world, but no socks, their feet
being encased in squares of greased
linen, folded. When there is no fight
ing or marching to be done the legion
makes roads. An ordinary daiy's
march is 30 miles; and each man car
- ries a 60-pound pack.
V They are bound by an unwritten
law that if ever forced to retreat they
must adopt the slowest walk possible.
On 11 occasions, up until last year,
the legion had refused to obey an
order to retreat, and in each instance
died where .they stood, to the last
man.
Suffer Heavy Casualties
"As at present constituted the le- I
gion was started in 1831 and since j
that year has taken a spendid part
in every war of France. In the en- i
gagement at Neuville St. Vaast it i
was found that only 700 men remain
ed of 4,000 who went into the battle."
Harrisburg and the entire Harris
burg Liberty Loan district this morn
ing began buying Liberty Bonds as
a rebuke to the Kaiser of Germany
and his made-in-Germany peace prop
osition. ,
Mayor Keister's proclamation of'
last night, in which he declared to
morrow to be "Unconditional Sur
render Day," and in which he aslked
citizens to buy bonds and stun the
Kaiser, was advanced in effect by the
population, which began to buy its
"Unconditional Surrender" bonds to
day.
Bonds Going Well
Bond sales were moving along
rather well this morning, but there
can be no letup if the city is to buy
its J6,'000,000 quota, or if the district |
is to buy the 510,000,000 worth of
bonds alloted to it.
The grand total for yesterday,
counting outside towns and the city,
homes and industrial campaign, was
13,814,350, which is only a third of
the district quota of $10,198,430.
Sergeant Sets Example
A Liberty Bond purchaser yesterday
was Sergeant Bobert S. Cowan, 108 th
Field Artillery, who. from France,
sent money to his mother, Mrs. J
Frank Cowan, of 2148 Green street,
with which to purchase him Liberty-
Bonds.
Bonds to the amount of $12,550 have
been bought by district employes of
the Bell Telephone and A. T. and P.
Companies.
Connecticut Mutual Life Insu-anco
Company will buy $lO,OOO worth of
bonds through the Harrisburg dis
trict.
WANTS BOND RELEASED
The Dauphin county court late
yesterday granted the application of
Fred C. Miller and issued a rule on
the District Attorney and the County
Solicitor to show cause why John
W. Starre, bondsman for J. Robbing
Bennett, fugitive lawyer who is
charged with embezzlement, should
not be exonerated and relieved from
paying the amount of the $5OO bond
which was forfeited because Bennett
absconded and failed to appear be
fore Alderman C. J. Householder on
June 14, last, for a preliminary hear
ing in the embezzlement case.
MARRIED 37 YEARS
Marietta, Pa., Oct. 9.—Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Gorner, Sr., residing in
East Front street, were married
4hirty-seven years on Sunday. Both
are enjoying good health, and are
active members of the Zion Reform
ed Church. They have lost a son in
the present war, and he has been
burled in France, according to word
received by them from abroad
They have several children and
grandchildren.
BUYING W. S. S.
HELPS SAVING
FOR U. S. BONDS
itSfPut down your name
at 6 p. m.
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
the varsity line almost at will there
by uncovering the weak points of the
line and showing up the strength of
the four backfield men. Ebner and
Wilsbach spent much time at place
ment kicking and performed at a
hundred per cent. Coach Smith con
sidered the practice a very success
ful one as it brought out some weak
points which he can smooth out be
fore the Lebanon game.
Connors, the stellar guard who
suffered a slight attack of the "flu"
is again back on the Job and will be
ready to enter the fray Saturday af
ternoon providing the ban is lifted
by that time. "Bus" Snyder, the as
sistant manager lof the Maroon and
Gray outfit who is convalescing from
an attack of the "flu" was on the
Island field yesteiday but did not
participate in the practice. With the
exception of these two cases, the
Tech team has fortunately evaded
the dreaded disease.
JAMES H. TROUT
KILLED IN WRECK
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the rear coach of No. 53, and was
killed at his post. His was the only
fatality of the collision and no one
was injured.
Full reports of the collision are
c xpected by local Pennsy officials
from Middle Division headquarters
in Altoona later in the day.
The body of Engineer Trout was
brought to this city from the scene
of the collision on a Pennsylvania
express train reaching Harrisburg
at 10.40 o'clock this morning and
was met by the unfortunate man's
stepson, Frederick W. Johnson, also
of this city, who took the body to
the engineer's late home in North
Sixth street.
As a result of the impact when the
engine of train No. 37 ran head-on
into the rear cabin-car of train No.
53, several express cars of the la
ter were derailed, as were the engine
and one passenger coach of the for
mer. None of these, however, top
pled over when the collision oc
curred.
Officials here connected with the
Philadelphia Division said to-day
said that both the express and pas
senger trains were making detours
at the moment of the accident to
avoid the wreckage made an hour
before by two westbound freight
trains which obstructed the west
bound passenger track. A heavy
fog, it was said, was responsible for
both accidents. No one, they said,
was injured when the two freight
cars came together.
STUBBORN FIRE OVERCOME
The fire in the dump at Thirteenth
and Paxton streets that has been
sending dense clouds of smoke and
stench into the residential section at
intervals during jjie last six weeks
or two months, burns no more. One
complaint after another reached the
police headquarters and after several
Were registered yesterday Mayor
Keister ordered the Are chief to
dispatch a fire company to the Are.
It required a line of 2,200 feet of
hose to get a stream of water on
the dump, but the chief and his men
persevered. They used the Friend
ship steamer and with powerful
streams tore away the bank of rub
bish and eventually reached the seat
of the trouble. The Are chief and
members <of Council said they think
the Are was due to spontaneous com •
bustion in refuse thrown on the
dump b,y the Harrisburg Gas Com
pany.
FUNERAL. OF SOLDIER
Marietta. Pa., Oct. 9.—The body
of Oscar Groff was buried on Mon
day with military honors in the
Marietta Cemetery. A squad of
eight men from the second platoon,
Company L, First Regiment, Penn
sylvania Reserve Militia, in com
mand of First Lieutenant Albert
Kraft, of Columbia, was In attend
ance. Young Groff died at Camp
Lee, Petersburg, Va., from an attack
of pneumonia.
WILLIAM H. DULL
William H. Dull. 130 Linden street,
steward of the Pennsylvania Station
Restaurant, and widely known res
tauranteur, died this morning after a
long illness. Funeral services will be
held at Fayetteville, where the body
will be taken Friday. He was a vet
eran of the Civil War and had many
friends here.
FONCK WINS NEW HONORS
By Auociatti I'ress
Paris, Oct. 9. Lieutenant Rene
Fonck, according to an announce
ment made here to-day has brought
down four German airplanes with
in twenty minutes on the same day.
Fonck now is credited with seventy
official victories and actually has
brought down 109 German ma
chines.
GEORGE H. SHAUB DIES
George H. Shaub died at 9.30 this
morning at his home at No. 913 Sus
quehanna street. He was 62 years
old and a member of Messiah Luth
eran Church.. Mr. Shaub had been an
an active member of Dauphin Lodge
No. 160, I. O. O. \F., Dauphin Encamp
ment of I. O. O. F„ Knights of the
Golden Eagle,, and the Sons and
Daughters of Liberty, Mt. Vernon
Council No. 150.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Louisa W., three children: Clara E.,
Mrs. William J. Lutz, at home, and
Paul E., now serving in the United
States Navq, a sister, Elizabeth, of
Duncannon, and two brothers, Harry,
of Riverside, and William, of Dun
cannon. Funeral arrangements will
be announced later.
FIRE ON DUMP
The public dump at Eighteenth and
Holly streets wa sthe scene of a
slight blaze at 1.30 o'clock this after
noon, but caused no property loss.
Children from the Children's Indus
trial Home at Eighteenth and Swa
tara streets sent in the alarm from
Box 72, at Swatara and Twentieth
streets. The fire was extinguished in
a few minutes.
SCHUYLKILL RATES I P
Notices of increases in rates have
been filed by the Lansdale Water
Company, Mountain City Water Com
pany, Frackville; Eastern Pennsyl
vania Light, Heat and Power Com
pany. Schuylkill county generally;
Schuylkill Electric Company, Colum
bia and Schuylkill counties.
RECOMMEND. NEW BRIDGE
A board of Ave bridge viewers filed
its report in court late yesterday azid
recommended rebuilding the bridge
over Conewago river in York county.
The old bripge was destroyed by the
flood last spring. The court ap
proved the report.
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PENNSY ENGINEER
DIESATSUNBURY
Robert H. Barrow, Former
Resident of City, Pneu
monia Victim
t
Robert H. Barrow, a Pennsylvania
railroad engineer who resided at
| 2602 North Sixth street until last
spring, is dead at his home in Sun
bury. His widow is in a serious con
dition from blood poisoning and two
children, Clarence and Florence, are
fin the Mary M. Packer Hospital suf
! fering with pneumonia. The father
j died on Monday evening of pneumo-
I nia. The dead man was 38 years old.
|He was one of the most faithful
I men In the service of the company,
I fellow railroaders said to-day, and
! had been held in high stepm by
i both officials and employes. His
j home had been at Jersey Shore,
where his parents resided for many
I years.
The body of Harry W. Kline, u
< former employe of the Pennsylva
! nia, who dieU on Tuesday at Sun
; bury, will be brought to Halifax on
j Friday where services will be held
j at the home of Mis sister, Mrs. John
j Bottomstone. Mr. Kline was 55 years
old. 11l health compelled him to re
tire from the service some time ago.
He had been yardmaster of the Sun
bury division. The funeral services
\yill be held In charge of the Masons ]
and Elks on Friday morning.
Chance For Harrisburg to
Stage Some Skilled Boxers
Addressing his offer to the Key- I
stone Athletic Club, Leo P. Flynn, of \
328 East Fourteenth street, New!
York city, wants to know if he can- i
not accommodate the Capital City |
with a boxing bout de luxe. "If you j
are going In for the boxing game
this winter," he offers, "I have the
good men and would like to have J
them appear in Harrisburg." His i
batteries include: Bill Brennan,
heavyweight, vs. Kid Norfolk, light
weight; Pete Hartley, lightweight, vs.
Barney Adair, lightweight; Battling
Lahn, bantamweight, vs. Benny Mc-
Coy, bantamweight.
Brennan has had 67 fights and
the only defeat ever registered
against him was when Dempsey beat
him in seven rounds. He has beaten
Levinsky, Coffee, Bartley Madden,
Gunboat Smith and scored 54
knockouts put of 67 fights.
Norfolk has beaten all the light
heavyweights and most of the heavy- |
weights, including a 12-round ref- i
eree's decision over Billy Miske of i
St. Paul.
Hartley has boxed such fellows -as
Johnny Dundee, Joe Welling, Lew
Tendler, Frankie Callahan, Phil i
Bloom, Young Gradwell, Young
Brown, Rocky Kansas, Indian Kid |
Schiffer and many others. He is a j
slashing good two-handed fighter
who always gives the people a good
run.
Adair, is the new 19-year-old New
York sensation who since January
1. 1918, has boxed Benny Leonard,
Charlie White, Frankie Callahan,
Jack Britton, Lew Tendler, Irish
Patsy Cline and Willie Jackson and
the only one to win the newspaper
decision from* him was the cham
pion whom he gave the fight of his
life.
Lahn and McCoy have boxed every
bantamweight in the country out
side of Pete Herman and will box
anyone you select.
PRESIDENT MEETS
HUN_ STRATEGY
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termination is considered as having
been removed.
At the same time the President has
notified the German government that
its proposed "suspension of hostil
ities" cannot be granted while a Ger
man soldier remains on Allied soil.
The German government must state
to the world whether it will accept
the fourteen terms previously laid
down by President Wilson whole
heartedly or as "a basis for negotia
tions," which position cannot be con
sidered by the United States and the
Entente Allies.
The step taken by President Wil
son has met with the approval of the
American people. Newspaper edi
torial comment almost universally
commended the move. Congressional
leaders after carefully studying the
communication sent by the President,
praised it as a brilliant diplomatic
stroke.
Distinct approval was expected
from the Allied nations.
[The text of the President's reply
to Prince Mnxiiiiilliaii is to be found
on page 121
BLASTING TO BERLIN
Washington. D. C., Oct. 9.—Huge
increase in the artillery program
have been decided on by the Ord
nance Department, which yesterday
asked the House Appropriations
Committee to add (1,100,000,000 to
its estimates of (2,667,000,000 to
carry out its part of the enlarged
army program. The War Depart
ment has decided to provide more
big guns foreach of the 80 divisions
that America expects to have In
France next year. • v ,
HENRY F. HOLDER ILL
Henry F. Hiller, deputy prothono
tary, is confined to his home in
Hummelstown suffering with Span
ish influenza. Reports this after
noon were that his condition is "not
so good."
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HARRISBURG S6BBL TEXEGK3LPU
AROUND THE BASES
l'at Ryan, the champion Hammer
thrower and world's record holder,
is now at the front.—Overseas News.
i Fop love of Mtkei who's this guy,
Max!
| hen I'm here now with my pole-ax.
A"** uy to W ilsoni "Huns nil hiutf,
' Just keep on tightin'i trent 'cm
rough."
According to the lat'est reports
from Venezuela baseball beats bull
fighting. From the American point
of view there is nothing remarkable
in such a statement. We always knew
it did. But Pitcher Mutis, t>f the
Borinquen Stars, the Porto Rlcan
baseball club that recently visited
Venezuela for a series of games, says
that the sentiment has got hold In
the South American Republic where
for a fenturle's "la corrida ije toros"
has been the national sport. People
there still go afternoons to see the
"toreador" give the deadly thrust
to his victim but a greater number
attend the morning baseball game
and their enthusiusm at the "Juego
de pelota" Is more intense and con
tinuous. They bawl at the players
and at each other, convincing proof
that the fan has appeared in the
South American republic. As play--
ers, the natives have not reached
Porto Rican standards, they are
rather weak fielders and batters.
But throw! Ave Maria! how they can
throw. According to Mutis, Walter
Johnson and Trls Speaker would sit
up and take notice if they saw the
"Venezolanos" "tirando la pelota." So
great is the desire of the people of
Caracas to learn the American game
that Mutis and one OF two of his
companions were persuaded to re
main after the series to teach en
thusiasts how to play it. It looks as
if the pitchers of the future may come
from Caracas or Maracaibj instead
of the Texas League.
Tough campaigning times for Judge
Bonniwell with all the gin mills in
fluenzaed. If this is a wet campaign
what's a dry one?
For a real treat 'em rough game,
football does not have many fatal
ities, but this season already has re
corded one. Last Saturday, Wendel
S. Watkins, twenty, Chauncy, 0.. died
following injuries received in Athens
in a game between the Freshman
teams of Ohio State and Ohio Uni
versities. Watkins played on the
Ohio University team and suffered a
broken back. •
Coach Bob Folwell showed up yes
terday at U. of P. ball field foa the
first time since the "lnflu" got him.
The boys were mighty glad to see
him because Bob keeps things mov
ing. But they were also fortunate In
having Bill Hollenbaek step In the
breach. Mr. Hollenbaek is a regular
COAL MINE DEAL
BASIS OF SUIT
SaxniaQ Claims an Agreement
With Vance C. Mc-
Cormick
While no statement has been filed
by Deputy Attorney General William
H. Keller, counsel for Edwin F. Sax
man, of Philadelphia, and Latrobe, in
the action in assumpsit against Vance
C. McCormick, Democratic national
chairman and wealthy coal land
owner, it is understood that the claim
of $25,000 is based upon Saxman's con
tention that Jie is entitled to that
much by reason of a verdict rendered
in favor of a coal company against the
Pennsylvania Railroad after a trial of
charges of discrimination some time
ago.
McCormick. Saxman and others were
interested in the Sonman Shaft Coal
Company, operating in the central
soft coal district, and Saxman sold 100
shares he had in the company to Mc-
Cormick for $2,600. He is understood
to hold that in making the sale there
was an agreement that he should par
ticipate in an amount proportionate to
his shares in any verdict secured in
the discrimnation suit. This McCor
mick is said to deny.
Saxman's claim is said to be that
he is entitled to the proportionate
share,only to the time of the transfer,
or between $25,000 and $30,000.
The case will hardly come to trial
for some time.
Martin L. Houser Falls
in Battle; Had Been *
Reported Missing in War
Martin L. Houser, one of three
sons of Mr. and Mrs. William F.
Houser, of Mlddletown, in the serv
ice was killed in action on August
6, last, and is not a prisoner of the
enemy, according to a telegram re
ceived this morning by the father,
who formrly was courthohuse custo
dian and is now employed on Capitol
Hill.
The father was deeply affected by
the sad news. Up until to-day he
had entertained hopes that his son
had met no greater fate than fail
ing a prisoner. Martin .Houser en
listed here early last year in Com
pany C, of the old Eighth Regiment
and went to France with the re
organized 112 th as a member of U
Company.
Only recently Mr. Houser got word
that his granddaughter's husband,
Allen DifTenderfer, of Highspire, died
of wounds received in action.
CLARENCE I'HICK
Clarence Price died this morning at
the County Almhsouse. Funeral ser
vices have not yet been arranged.
Use McNeil's Cold Tablets. Adv.
patriot, according to Roy Reeves. He
relates that when Hollenbaek arrived
at the athletic association office the
first man he saw was Folwell. "Hello,
Bob," cried Bill., "What do you
think? I Just left League Island,
where I saw By Dickson, and I of
fered hint my services as football
coach under a government contract."
"What sort of a contract is that?"
queried Folwell. "A millionaire's
contract, an agreement to work a
year for $l," replied Bill, assuming a
Charley Schwab attitude. "Well, I
tell you what I will do," replied Fol
well; "1 will raise the government
ante by half a dollar." "You're on,
I'm reporting this afternoon," snap
ped Bill so quickly that It almost
took away Folwell's breath. Where
upon the Penn coach handed over the
sum of a dollar and a half, which
was pocketed by Hollenbaek In high
glee, Graduate Manager Bushnell wit
nessing the transaction. Not inany
top-notch coaches would give then
services for 31-50.
It is said that Hughey Jennings,
manager of the Detroit Tigers, in
one of those who may decide not to
return to the diamond spoft when
Hunism has been smashed. Jennings
is now making preparations to L ea ''' e
soon for France, where he is to do
baseball war work for the Knights
of Columbus, and his friends say it
Is doubtful if he will ever take up
baseball again as a means of,, 1 "® 11 *
hood. Hughey Is "well fixed and
could have quit the game at any
time during the last few years with
out worrying about the future from
a financial angle, but he has remain
ed at this post largely through love
of the sport. It is figured that a
year's absence will leave him less
eager for baseball and that he will
not come back to the game In which
he has been among the topliners as
a player, coach .or a manager for
28 consecutive seasons.
Probably Dan Costello, the former
Pirate, will not be in a hurry to un
load any more stories of his imagin
ary travels on his soldier mates at
Camp Upton. They're wise to him
now. according to the camp paper.
Recently, it will be remembered, Dan
spun a yarn with himself as the hero.
In which he told of having made the
trip around the world with the 11c-
Graw-Comiskey baseball teams and
having played a game In Berlin with
the Kaiser as spectator. The story
was published In the Camp Upton
"Trench and Camp," and also in a
New York daily under a "special"
line. When sporting editors Inform
ed "Trench and Camp" that the
teams never played, in Germany and
that Dan Costello never even carried
fats for McGraw and Comiskey. the
answer was: "We're only pikers
yet; give us a chance to study his
tory and human character."
ALUES STORM FOE
FOR TWENTY MILES
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ALLIED ARMIES GET
10,000 PRISONERS
By Associated Press
Paris, 6<A. 9.—Nearly ten thou
sand Germans were taken pris
oner yesterday by the Allied
forces in the fighting along the
various fronts of the battlefield,
says Marcel Ilutin. in the Echo
de Paris to-day. The Germans,
he odds, nrc hurriedly evacuating
the Argonnc forest. The battle is
continuing.
V
of escape for the Germans still
in Cambrai. It now appears
that the enemy must retreat hur
riedly from the Cambrai region,
and that their retirement will in
volve the front far to the north
ward.
Farther south the French ad
vanced so that their front is vir
tually in line with that of the
British and Americans.
Puts Laon in Pocket
This advance, taken in connection
with the progress of General Bertho
let'fc army along the Aisne north
of Rheims apparently places the
Laon salient within the jaws of a
pair of pincers, which slowly are
closing. General Bertholet has not
only'put Laon In a pocket, but his
advance along the Aisne is most
menacing to the Germans farther
east.
General Gouraud's armies are
forcing the enemy to retire slowly
north of the Arnes river. The enemy
machine gun fire has retarded the
Allies advance there.
London, Oct. 9.—1 P. M. —Ger-
man troops to-day are counterat
tacking very heavily on the Suippe
river front, in the Champagne and
the French have not been able to
make very much progress.
Paris, Oct. 9.—French troops at
tacking last night south and east of
St. Quentin captured the German de
fenses between Hariy and Neuville-
St. Amand and drove past the latter j
town on the north, says to-day's war
office statement-
Attempts by the Germans to re- \
capture the positions gained yester
day by the French north of the Arnes
were repulsed with heavy losses to
the enemy.
Arthur R. Wright Dies
in Camp of Pneumonia
oflfil
ARTHUR R. WRIGHT
Word has been received here of the
death of Arthur R. Wright, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Ellott Wright, Speece
vUle, at Camp Eberts Field, Arkansas.
He enlisted in the United States
Regular Army, June 24, 1917, being as
signed to Columbus Barracks, Ohio.
Later he was transferred to Fort Ben
jamin Harrison, Indiana, then to Camp
Sevier, South Carolina, and last to
Camp Eberts Field. He was aged 23
years. He had many friends in Har
risburg.
Railways Hearing
Set For October 29
The Public Service Commission to
day fixed October 29 as the date for
the hearing of the complaint of C.'
F. Quinn against the fare increase
and service of the Harrisburg Rail
ways Company.
A date for the hearing of the com
plaints against the Valley Railways
Compaiiy, will likely be fixed in "a
few days. *
Accountants In chargd "of the ex
amination of the books of the steam
heat department of the Harrisburg
Light and Power Company, held an
extended conference with attorneys
and Chief C. J. Joyce, of the Public
Service Bureau of accounts in regard
to the statement of business done.
Money Collected to Place
Tarvia and Oil on Streets
Marietta, Pa., Oct. 9.—Collections
for tarvia and oil placed on the
streets of the borough of Marietta
have been successful and a majority
of the people who were asked for
contributions have responded. Many
have paid their frontage at the rate,
of ten cents a foot, which was the
cost of putting it down. The collec
tor, Edgar R. Villee, made his re
port of the canvass at the regular
meeting of borough council last
evening.
The Marietta Gravity Water Com
pany at a recent meeting donated
$6O towards the fund. Other sums
range from fifty cents to $1.50.
It's A Message
that concerns every (nan and
woman who is finding it
somewhat difficult in getting
theif
New Winter Clothes
Why worry and skimp and
save until you have enough $
cash to get your new outfit
when you can come here
right now and get whatever
you desire and arrange to
pay for it in small convenient
weekly amounts or fot that
matter you can pay every
two weeks or monthly.
We Clothe The Family
t This is the modern conven
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everybody.
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ae IV. 2d Sr.. Cor. Walnut
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OCTOBER % 1918.
Baseball Chiefs to Decide on
Status of Players During War
New York, Oct. 9.—Major league
baseball magnates face a knotty
problem at the coming annual meet
ings when they will be called upon
to decide the status of the player
at present under contract or re
serve. Very few of the club owners
hold the opinion, apparently, that it
will be possible to resume league
operations next spring. If such
proves to be the case and there are
few indications to the contrary, it
would appear that, the majority of
players who figured in the 1918 pen
nant races will not receive contracts
during the early months of next
year.
According to tlio present system
It is mandatory upon the clubs to
renew their options or reserve clause
upon players not later than January
1 each year and to follow this action
by mailing contracts to the play
ers not later than February 1. It is
extremely doubtful if this procedure
will be followed in 1919. Under the
ordinary ruling a player who did
not receive his contract by March
1 would become a free agent and
upon the resumption of big league
baseball would be in a position to
sell his services to the highest bid
der.
It is understood, however, that!
the magnates will hold the business
of baseball suspended under instruc
tions from the government and that
since the right to operate was beyond
their control all contracts and other
legal phases are suspended automa
tically. Under this construction the
contract of the player carries over
until stueh time as the government
gives consent for a renewal of the
business of baseball. Thus if the
professional leagues do not resume
until 1920 the year of 1919 would
be considered as nonexistent in so
far as it might affect a player's con
tract.
There is still another angle to the
proposition which Involves the mag
nates and the two major leagues as
individuals and co-operating busi
ness organizations. It might be held
Jo be within their rights to refuse to
negotiate with or for the services
of a player who, previously to the
suspension of the game, was the
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property of another club. If such
action weee generally adopted the
player would be obliged to repot t
back to his original club for a re
newul of his contract or a release,
if he desired to re-enter play in
either of the big leagues.
Costello Given
Detrich's Place
Insurance Commissioner Charles A.
Ambler to-day announced the ap
pointment of A. G. Costello, of Phila
delphia, for years examiner in the
department to be examiner In chief
at a salary of 34,000 a year. He takes
the place of A. Nevin Detrich, ex
aminer In chief for the last two years,
who was recently given leave of ab
sence to enter the army and who Is
on the half pay list during his ser
vice under the act of 1917. G. W.
Pearson, of Mifflin, one of the exam
iners was advanced to succeed Mr.
Costello. *
MRS. McEADDEN BURIED
Marietta, Pa.. Oct. 9.—Funeral
services of Mrs. Oliver McFaddeu
were held at the home In East Front
street on Monday afternoon, in
charge of the Rev. Herbert B. Pul
sifer, rector of St. John's Episcopal
Church. There were a number of
very pretty floral tributes. Burial
was made in the family plot in the
Marietta Cemetery.
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