Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 132, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 June 1917 — Page 2

WHAT WOMEN GAN DO IN THE WAR

Major General Wood Describes Work of the American I Red Cross. BIG BROTHER OF SERVICES Army and Navy Cannot Get Along Without It—What the Red Cross Needs—Work to Be Done at Home. Washington.—Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, U. S. A., is the author of an article just issued in bulletin form by the American Red Cross under the caption “What Women Can Do in the War.”

“War,” General Wood writes, “brings with it a call to national service for women as well as men. There are two very important ways in which women can help the nation in war. “(1) By working in industry, thereby releasing men for the front, and (2) by joining the American Red Cross. “Next to the preparation of munitions and recruiting the army and the nayy, the most important step in getting ready for war is to build up a Red Cross organization. “During the last few years much has been done to prepare the American Red Cross for the nation’s call; but preparedness on a large scale cannot be accomplished in peace time. All that can be done is to prepare a skeleton organization capable of expansion in war service, to draft plans of mobilization as any army staff would draft them, and to gather reserve materials and supplies. “When the call comes the Red Cross must act quickly. It must take care of a' vastly increased army and navy. Therefore, its growth must parallel the growth of both branches of the nation’s fighting force. Time for Quick Action. “The declaration of a state of war with Germany means that the American Red Cross must translate all these plans prepared during peace into action. It must be prepared to supplement the existing facilities of the medical department of the army and the navy and of the Medical Reserve corps. “Every man and woman owes it as a duty to the country to become a member of the American Red Cross. Membership—4t is as low as $1 —should be universal.

“After membership there is opportunity for service with the Red Cross. Every chapter has its workrooms and its auxiliaries. It has trained instructors in the preparation of hospital and surgical supplies needed here and abroad. “Many chapters have classes in first aid to the wounded, home care of the sick, home dietetics, and in the making of surgical dressings. All of these are at the service of ’women who wish to aid their country. “But what the Red Cross does need today is trained women for the work of military relief. The immediate call Is for competent nurses. A soldier’s life is too precious to risk in unskilled hands. Nurses must largely be drawn from the hospitals of the cities. “Women must be found to take the places of many nurses in civilian hospitals. To prepare for this emergency the Red Cross has been conducting great training classes for women. “The functions of the Red Cross, however, go far beyond service in mill-

TO TRAIN ARMY COOKS

A league to train «army cooks has been organized by Miss Georgina Roberta and other prominent women. The league has established headquarters in New York city. In addition to the ordinary kitchen equipment it is provided with a regulation army range and field outfits. The league is prepared to giye immediate instruction to men who wish to qualify as army cooks or to men or women desiring to become instructors of such cooks. The lessons will be given from -Army Cooking Manual” by competent graduate teachers. The photo shows Miss Georgina Roberts, who organized the league for the training of army cooks. *

tary hospitals. In addition to the department of military relief is the department of civilian relief, equally large and equally important. "Dependents of fighting men cannot be neglected. Red Cross committees, assisted by expert investigators, take care of children who need aid. The needs of convalescing soldiers from the front will be looked after. “If; the tifne comes when, women must go into industry, the burden of caring for children must he shifted from many mothers. Homes or nurseries must be found for infants. It is the Red Cross that is called upon to meet these emergencies also. Big Brother of the Services. “The Red Cross is the big brother of the medical services. The army and navy cannot get along without it. Without it a warring nation is almost helpless for the reason that a nation in time of war is unable to provide an adequate medical organization without civilian aid. “In no war have there ever been enough nurses and surgeons. As no chain is stronger than its weakest link so no army Is stronger than its Red Cross. So clearly is this understood that in time of war the government requires the Red Cross to give all its energies and facilities to the nation, caring for the fighting men and their dependents at home, “The Red Cross is the only organization authorized by the government to render war relief services. It acts under a charter from the government. Congress passed the act incorporating it. This act made the president its official head and placed representatives of the army and navy on its directing staff.

“In other words, the Red Cross is officially as much a part of the government machinery as the army itself. Despite this official standing, however, the Red Cross must depend upon voluntary service of women and men. It is the great volunteer army that is serving humanity as well as the nation. And it is an army made up largely of women.”

WEST SETS PACE IN ENLISTMENTS

Carries Off Honors in Number of Men Volunteering for the Army. CENSUS BUREAU GIVES DATA

Pennsylvania the Only State in the East to Furnish Over 50 Per Cent of Quota Detailed Figures for the States Given. Washington, D. C.—Western states have carried off all the honors up to date in volunteer enlistment in the army. They stand at the head of the list, with the Eastern, Southern, and New England states. Here is the enlistment record of the various divisions of the country as they’ are denominated by the census bureau: ' ! Regular Total to inarmy war elude May Groups. quota. 26-27. Pct. Mountain 5.260 3,652 69 Pacific 8.380 5,528 66 East north centra1....36,496 22,661 62 West north centra1....23,268 13,049 56 Middle Atlantic 38,630 18,907 47 West south ceritfaT 77717?566 11,131 35 New England states..l3,o9B 4,465 34 South Atlantic ..24,384 6,407 26 East south centra1,....16,816 4,476 24

Pennsylvania is the only Eastern state that has furnished more than 50 per cent of its required quota. The percentage of quota follows: States. Pct. States. Pct. Nevada ...........273|Oklahoma 37 Oregon ........... .131jKentucky .......... 37 Utah ...125|Arizona ............ 36 Indiana ............103jWest Virginia .... 35 Wyoming 93|Ohio 32 Michigan , of Columbia 3f> Illinois ............ 76;Louisiana ......... 28 Idaho ~ ..... 75|Tennessee .........27 Nebraska ......... 68lRhode Island 27 Kansas 661 Connecticut .’27 Pennsylvania .... 62;New Hampshire.. 26 Missouri ...; 60jSouth Dakota .... 24 California 591 Alabama 23 lowa 58!Maine 23 Colorado 54'New Mexico 22 Montana WjWiseonsin ... 22 New Jersey 461 Virginia 19 South Dakota 46; Arkansas 19 Georgia ...... 45| Mississippi ~ IS Florida 44!South Carolina.... 18 Minnesota 44.,North Carolina.... 1< Massachusetts ...aAilDelaware 12 Texas „ uc

Washington 431 Vermon- 7 New York 391 -,The-detailed figures of army enlist- . merits Tn -the states of the-various divisions of the country are: New England States. army include war May ....; New Hamchlrt »» « Vermont ....... ■■ •-HO. , Massachusetts 6,73Rhode Island L«B4 28$ Connecticut 2,228 , 643 Totals .....13,098 4,465 - • Middle Atlantic. New York ~...18,226'7,156 New Jersey TT.074 2,332 Pennsylvania .15,330 9,419 Totals 38.630 18,907 East North Central. Ohio 9,534 3,061 •Indiana 5,400 5,561 Illinois 11,276 8,615 Michigan ... 5,620 . 4.403 Wisconsin 4,666 1,021 ■Totals .36,496 22.661 West North Central. Minnesota 4.150 1,808 lowa . ....».•••••• 4,448 2,002 —— •

THE EVENING REPUBLICAN, RENSSELAER, ‘IND.

EAT WILD MUSTANG’S FLESH

Jackass, Mule, Donkey, Burro and Horse Meat May Now Be Sold in Portland. Portland, Ore. —Jackass, mule, donkey, burro nnd horse meat may now be sold in Portland meat markets. The city council has adopted an ordinance providipg for the inspection of these meats and for the regulation of their sale. ’ ‘ • The meat must be plainly labeled with letters at least one Inch high and must be inspected by the regular meat Inspectors of the city. As adopted the ordinance says Dobbin and Billy and Maud, before being sold to the housewife, must undergo thorough inspection and be labeled “horse,” “mule,” “goat” or “jackass,” as the case may be. The first horse-meat market has been opened and the first shipment of 22 wild-range mustangs, rounded up by Indians in eastern Oregon, has been deceived, with more to follow if the demand is sufficient. The butcher says he is able to cut meat prices in two and his quotations for horse flesh range from 4 cents a pound for soup cuts to 20% cents for T-bone steaks.

Girls Show Patriotism.

Cleveland, O. —Here is a real bit of patriotism. Misses Esther Dittenhaver and Virginia Clippinger, students at the College for Women, have volunteered to take down the campus flag each evening at sunset and to arise at four each morning to hoist it before sunrise.

Resembles President. So Gets Big Salary

Lafayette, Ind.—Paul Westphal's face is his fortune. He was night clerk in a hotel here for the meager salary of $lO a week or so when a “movie” company discovered his striking resemblance to president Wilson. He will take the part of the nation’s chief In a war drama for $250 a week.

Missouri 6,586 3,964* North Dakota 1,154 South Dakota 1.166 Nebraska 2.384 1,615 Kansas 3,380 2,233 Totals 23,268 13,049 South Atlantic. Delaware 404 48 Maryland 2,590 179 District of Columbia 662 201 Virginia *. 4,122 800 West Virginia 2,442 860 North Carolina 4,412 South Carolina 3,030 Georgia 5.218 2,352 Florida 1.504 663 Totals 24,384 6,407 East South Central. Kentucky 4.578 1,679 Tennessee 4,368 1,181 Alabama 4.276 9<l Mississippi 3,594 645

Totals 16,816 4,476 West South Central. Arkansas 3.148 589 Louisiana 3,312 933 Oklahoma 3,314 1,232 Texas ••••• 7,792 3,377 Totals 17,566 6,131 Mountain. Montana 752 379 Idaho 650 489 Wyoming 290 269 Colorado • • 1,598 854 New Mexico 654 142 Arizona 408. 147 •Utah “7. 746 930 •Nevada 162 442 » Totals — ■■ ■. ■ 5,260 3,653 Pacific. Washington , 2,282 974 •Oregon 1,344 1,756 California ... 4,754 2,798 Totals 8,380 5,528 •Quota secured.

PRETTY AMBULANCE DRIVERS

Nearly 100 of Washington’s best known society girls and young matrons have become qualified as ambulance drivers for the American Red Cross. Here are two of them —Miss Ethel Harriman (left), daughter of Mrs. J. Borden Harriman, and Mrs. W. D. Robbins, wife of an official in the state department. The reason their uniforms look so good is that they were made to order by real tailors and have never known a commissary shelf.

ACQUIRES HABIT OF FINDING SHORTSTOPS

SHORT FIELDERS UNEARTHED BY M’CREDIE.

Walter McCredie, m ana ger of the Portland coast league club, is ready to send another shortstop to the major leagues. Charley Hollocher, he declares, is ready and will stick just as surely as some of the others McCredie has turned up. McCredie has accumulated a habit of sending shortstops to the majors. Sprinkled around over both circuits is a smattering of former Beaver short fielders. Roger Peckinpaugh, now captain of the Yankees and gne of the smartest and cleverest- ball players in either league, was McCredie’s first donation of any importance. McCredie dispatched him to Cleveland, but he was dropped there because shortstops were too frequently scattered around the Cleveland park. But he went to New York and immediately made good. Ivan Olson was next. Ivan Isn’t a ■whale of a fielder or a demon with the

STARS LACK IN ENTHUSIASM

Baseball Players of Today Do Not Measure Up to Those of Few Years Ago, Says Evers. Johnny Evers says the stars of today do not .quite measure up to the player of fifteen yearsago.The little Trojan insists that the current day

John Evers.

play lacks the enthusiasm displayed by the great old-timers, and for that reason alone does not produce the result that the old boys showed.

RUBE SCHAUER’S REAL NAME

Dimitri Ivannovitch Dimitrihoff is the Way He Signs Cognomen on-Le-gal Documents. Rube Schauer, late of the Giants and Louisville, and now selected by the Athletics for 1917 labors, had to sign some papers with his real name the other day and sign them in about a dozen places. As Mr. Schauer’s legal name is Dimitri Ivannovitch Dimitrihoff, most of the day elapsed before all the formalities were completed. Schauer and JakeGettman, formerly a big league outfielder, are probably the only Russians in professional ball. Gettman’s Russian name is. said to have been so long they never even tried to spell it. ,

stick, but he is recognized as a smart ball player, one of the wise fellows who are Invaluable to a baseball club. Then there came Dave Bancroft, starring every day for the Phillies. It has been said of Bancroft that it was due to him that the Phillies won a pennant in 1905. Of course, everyone admits that Grover Cleveland Alexander had something to do with it, but the Phillies certainly would have looked funny without a shortstop. And Bancroft was the only one of a half-dozen recruits that year w’ho showed anything. ’’’Chuck Ward is this year’s contribution. McCredie calls him hard “ball hawk.” He never has a hard chance. He is one of the easiest-working infielders in the business. McCredie believes he will prove one of the stars of the National league in a very short time. He is making an attempt to fill Hans Wagner’s shoes at Pittsburgh.

BASEBALL STORIES

Ed Pfeiffer doesn’t seem to be able to get into his stride. • * » Pinch hitters never hit in a pinch—except when they are on the opposing side. •• • t Tom Seaton has won a stay with the Chicago Cubs because of his good work. Peckinpaugh, once a light hitter, is leading the major-league shortstops at the bat. * * * American Association umpires are wearing the « national colors around their left arms. ♦ * • Ray Bates, the Athletics’ new third baseman, is a six-footer, but is very fast on his feet. Jim Vaughn is to get a bonus of SI,OOO from the Chicago club if he wins 20 games this year. • • • The Red Sox don’t look as if they have been weakened much by the retirement of Bill Carrigan. « • Manager Tinker of Columbus is enthusiastic over the fine showing of his new tt wirier, Pitcher Earhardt. * ♦ ♦ The fans can’t help admiring Whitey Witt of the Athletics, because of his cocksure ways and breeiy style. SJi » ♦ Manager Mitchell is apparently Ohe of those of great faith in the sacrifice bunt. He seldom failsth use it. • * • '—_ ■ It would not be surprising if Manager Callahan of the Pirates developed Walter Mails into a great pitcher. Right now it appears that the Cardinals grabbed a promising recruit when they signed their new president. ♦ ♦ * * Bob Bescher, left fielder of the Cardinals, owns a block of stock in the club and will refuse to be released. Harry Lord, third sacker, will be given a chance to play third for the Portland (Mel) team. Big Jim Vaughn is the hero of the National league. He has certainly set a pace for the other hurlers to follow. • • • Connie Mack says that Walter Johnson’s effectiveness decreases when he faces a bunch of left-handed batsmen. • • • •- Walter Plpp can hit the ball harder than any other slugger In fast company, He is pounding southpaws, ton

YOUNGEST BALL TEAM

Only Two or Three Veterans Re* main on Pirates’ Roster. Dreyfuss Decides Only Way to Build! Up Winning Combination le to Be- ; gin at Ground Floor and Remake Whole Structure. The Pirates “are the youngest ball club in the major leagues, in point of average. There are only two or three veterans on the entire roster. Most! of the players have not reached their twenty-fifth year.. Som<s time ago Barney Dreyfuss decided that the only way to build up a winning club was to begin at the ground floor and remake the whole! structure. He decided to get rid of as, many old-timers as possible, many ofi whom were hanging on by their rec-, ords, rather than by their accomplishments up to the minute. ~ He notified his scouts to look about for young men with a future, and decided to cut out the practice of buying players with a past, but with small prospects ahead of them, which had bden popular here during the Clarke' regime. The result has been that for a year the Pittsburgh team has been under-' going almost complete reconstruction. Thus far not much has been accomplished in the way of a showing in games won, but Dreyfuss and Callahan feel that now .they have the nucleus around which to build a team which will in turn make a name for itself. Many of the present members of the Buccanneers are spending their first year in fast company. They have considerable to learn, but it is easier to teach a youngster than to make a veteran w’ork according to a manager s plan, unless the plan coincides with the veteran’s views.

BELIEVES SOX WILL REPEAT

President Frazee Sees No Cause for Worry About ChampionshipPraises Jack Barry. Harry Frazee, one of the owners of the Boston Americans, thinks Boston is due to repeat in jhe American league race and also in the world’s series. “I don’t see why we should worry,” Frazee said. “Jack Barry is one of the smartest men in the game. We

Jack Barry.

have the greatest pitching staff in the league and an infield and outfield that will rank with the best.” Frazee professes not to- have any fear of the Chicago Americans. The dark horse of the drive, he believes, will be New York. “The Yankees looked good on paper this spring, and I think they will give every club a tough fight.”

BOOST FOR LIBERTY

Tliere’s a place somewhere in the big league for that young fellow; MacKenney, who struck out 25 men the other day at Liberty,~Mo„ and allowed only one hit. Watch the scouts flock 1 down to Liberty.

HAWAIIANS INVITE RED SOX

Boston and Washington Teams of American League Are Expected to Train in Honolulu. Next spring will find the Boston Red Sox and Washington Americans training in Honolulu, according to Manager McCredie of the Portland PacifieCoast league club from Hawaii. He declared the Honolulu business men have offered to guarantee ex* penses of the Red Sox team from Bos ton to Honolulu and back and that President Frazee of the Red Sox is impressed with the offer. Clark Griffith, manager of the Senators, is also declared to be sweet on the Hulu Hulu islands as a training camp.