Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 January 1919 — Page 3

I—Disabled British soldiers getting fit again through physical training. 2—Americans of the Three Hundred and Fifth sanitary wain washing in a French villager alongside the French women. 3—American and French sailors In Brest harbor signalling an arrival as they did that of President Wilson’s ship.

GETS COLLECTION OF WAR RELICS

Rational Museum to Have Exhibits Covering the Great Conflict L MUCH ALREADY IN PLACE Plan to Preserve Objects Graphically Illustrating Military and Naval Activities of All Countries in War. Washington, D. C.—The United States National museum is now assembling and has recently begun the installation of a collection of material relating to the present war which will form one of the most important ever *hown in the mtiseum. The object of the collection is to preserve and exhibit for Jhe beheflt of the public a series of objects graphically illustrating the military and naval activities of all of the countries engaged in the war—the United States, the allies and the enemy—and will, in addition to the military and naval features includefoods and other -economic specimens. The collection will consist principalof the Tollowing classes of material, but will be expanded to cover others also: Military and naval decorations and medals, including types of military decorations, mtedals and badges awarded to officers and enlisted men of the army and navy for service prior to and during the progress of the conflict. •' Commemorative medals, including all medals commemorating notable events during the progress of the war, and other numismatic material during, the war, including medalllc souvenirs of all kinds. Mllitjary and naval service insignia, including all types of devices and designs showing the different ranks and branches of the service. To Show Equipment. Individual military and naval equipment, including the equipment of the individual enlisted men of the various branches of the service. General military equipment, including tank, field and machine guns and other objects employed or used by the military squads and organizations rather than by individual soldiers. Air service equipment, including airplanes and other accessories of this most important branch of the military war activities. " General naval equipment. Including models of ships, naval guns, and types of other war paraphernalia employed by the navy in the prosecution of hostilities. - Mementos of persons, including relics of noted individuals serving with the army or the navy dr otherwise Identified with the war activities. . Mementos of relics of events of special note occurring during the war. Pictures, maps, books, pamphlets, manuscripts and other objects of the same character relating to the progress of the war. The museum has secured- the cordial co-operation of the war and navy

Gets Wish of Kaiser’s Defeat, Then He Dies

Bellingham, Wash. — “Thank God, my wish has been gratified. The kaiser has been beaten. Now I can die in peace,” This was the exclamation of William Follies. * eighty-nine years old. as he was” told of the signing of the armistice with Germany. After that lost interest* in life and died a few days later.

departments, which are furnishing most Interesting exhibits of equipment and paraphernalia at present used in the army and navy. The materials already on exhibition, indicating the lines along which the collection will be developed, include the following: A complete set of the medals and badges awarded for distinguished acts of bravery and for faithful and efficient service in the army , and the navy, containing the new Distinguished Service Cross and the Distinguished Service Medal established in 1918 for award to members of the American expeditionary forces. Types of individual and general military equipment, showing the various the occasion of the funerals of AmerioWjects assigned to each enlisted man on his Induction, from the identification tag to the blanket which protects him from the cold in winter, and paraphernalia for use in camp. The activities of the medical corps are illustrated by types of the belts and contents worn by officers and men of that corps. Of very great Interest In connection with the general military ■equipment now exhibited are the latest types of the Browning machjne gun and machine rifle, which have been given a prominent place in the exhibition. IJerhaps the. most important single bbjects already installed in the

HUNGRY SAILORS FIND REAL HAVEN

Red Cross Canteen With Fine “Eats” and at Small Cost. WERE ON THE WAY HOME Tell Interesting Stories About Their Trip and the Work They Had Finn*—/">"• Mod R'v Rrn*h. ers In the Service. London. —They were sailors and they were dirty —hungry, too. They were going from one port that begins with “fe,’ to another port that begins with “B,” and they had to stop over on their way, not because they wanted to, but because the trains ran that way. in a big city in Brittany. It was ten o’clock when they got there, tired and dirty and hungry. Not very happy.elther; they were being shipped home because of sickness or injury or incipient lung trouble. Their train left at four the next morning. ■ Fed by Red Cross. Suddenly they saw a big red-letter sign, “American Red Cross.” They followed the pointing arrow. The station was too .full to harbor a canteen, so the Americans had put up barracks alongside. The only available ground was full of. big trees, so they had built the barracks around the trees and whitewashed their trunks to match the walls. There was a dormitory with double tiers -of hunks and a big wash room and a canteen, long tables and benches and a cpuhter with blue-aproned American girts behind it. They served the sailors with hot chocolate or coffee or a strange pink French “soft drink” that whs cojd'ahd pleasant, and salad and sandwiches or more substantial food, all for a sum that would have been, reasonable in the United States before the war. • While they fed them and struggled with complicated problems in International mathematics, like , taking 1 franc 75-out of $5 and returning the change' in American money, the. blue-aproned girls listened to the sailors’ stories about their trip and the. ,WQrk tUetJlfld done before and

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Made Five Trips to France —Didn’t See It

San’ Francisco.—Five round trips to France with never a sight of the country. That’s George H. DeKay’s experience, but he has hopes. DeKay is a Y. M. C. A. war work secretary in the transport service. Ten times his steamer has plowed through the war zone. Five times he has viewed the coast waters of France, but has yet to make an excursion intb the country.

collection are a number of airplanes, showing the types of the machines of this character used during the present war. The collection also eontalns the following relics: The American flag made at Islay house, Islay, Scotland, by Jessie McLellan, Mary Cunningham, Catherine McGregor, Mary Armour and John McDougall, for use oh can soldiers lost with the transport Tuscania, and a distinguishing flag of the Zeppelin L-19, captured at Bourbonne les Bains, France, October 17, 1917, and a fragment of the gas bag and outer envelope of the Zeppelin. The naval features of the collection are as yet undeveloped, but there will soon be represented in the exhibition a series which will undoubtedly grow very rapidly through the co-operation of the other government departments and contributions from individuals.

how they felt about going home and all about their families. Six Brothers in •’Service. “I’ve got six brothers,” said one broad-shouldered lad, “and every one lain the navy or the army, and my mother and sister are doing Red Cross work at home.” He had strained his back trying to lift part of an engine that was much too heavy for him and was going back with the cheerful prospect before him of three months in a plaster cast, but he didn’t care; he had done as much as he could and perhaps he would be able to get back into it beforb It was (over. He had just one regret. “I had to sell the farm she left me, the lady I used to drive for in New York. She made me promise not to sell It, but when the war came along I knew she’d rather have me sell it and buy Liberty bonds before I enlisted.”

DRESS SUIT FOR PRISONER

Incident of War Shows That Occasionally Even the Unspeakable Turk 7 Has a Heart. London. —Occasionally even a Turk has a heart. A British airman fell behind the Turkish lines with his clothes torn to ribbons. ; ~ < Shortly thereafter a flag of truce went across No Man’s Land carrying a message.from the Turkish commander to the British lines, saying: •‘Please send a bag with a dress suit . for Lieutenant ——, who has been captured, tfnd he Is dining with me tonight.” . —>

GETS 15 DUCKS EVERY TIME

Although Past the Allotted Three Score and Ten Illinois Nimrod Always Kills Limit. - Although past the allotted three-score-and-ten limit, Hop. U. J. Albertson of this city is still, active as a nimrod, and never goes duck hunting without getting the limit —15 ducks. Mr. Albertson, who was a former member of the IWer house in congress, Belongs to the*Duck If?lapd' Gun club, which hai the distinction of having had for members Benjamin Harrison and Grover Cleveland. ~ ■ Miasitttr.ars.-.aewt r **'4i" •■■♦V- - .. ... • . . ._ „ .. .. ———

NO NEW BOXING PUNCH.

■ A boxing authority, commenting on the statement that wellknown pugilists Introduced new punches in ‘Bouts, says: “Tilery . are no new blows in boxing, ahd not likely ever to bg any, for the oTloday ?o"hdt give any time to studying the scientific end of pugilism, and few of them use half the blows which were known to the clever men of r 50 or more years ago.”

JIMMIE M’LAUGHLIN WAS GREAT JOCKEY

Was Popular Idol Over Period of Nearly Fifteen Years. “Snapper" Garrison and Isaac Murphy Had Many Followers—Luke Blackburn Was Called Best Horse Turf Has Known. , Racing fans of the days when Jimmy McLaughlin, “Snapper” Garrison and Isaac! Murphy were names as well known in sporting circles as those of Ty Cobb, Christy Mathewson and Grover Cleveland Alexander are today, will dispute even now as to which of the trio was the better jockey. Many handed the palm to McLaughlin for the reason -that be continued a popular idol over a period of nearly 15 years and even now is a trusted official at the tracks, being a patrol judge for the Jockey club. McLaughlin, like a great number of famous riders, was a pupil of “Father Bill” Daly and like all the rest thanks the old martinet for his teachings. McLaughlin had the mount on the best horses that raced between 1878 and 1892. In tfie former year he went to the Dwyers, and the foundation of the fortune gained by the Brooklyn turfmen was laid with the Hartford rider piloting such horses as Luke Blackburn, Hindoo, George Kinney, Bramble and Miss Woodford, all bf which were trained by James Rowe. The late Philip Dwyer always maintained that Luke Blackburn was the best horse he had ever owned or seen, and his brothet, Michael, equally positive in his claims for Hindoo. “Blackburn was the best race horse I ever saw,” says McLaughlin. “Tremont was the best two-year-old. I won 13 races on him and never touched him with the whip. Hourless was as good a three-year-old as we have had. I liked him because of his great speed and the ease with which he could be placed. He could stay, too. As a campaigner season after season Roamer would get my vote as the best of all time. Flrenzl would be my choice of all the mares, and I <rode many good ones.”

HOW HOLLOCHER MISSED WAR

Star Shortstop Was All Dressed Up and Ready to Fight When Armistice Was Signed. Charley Hollocher, bright star of the Chicago Cubs last season, was in the September draft. Then came the tnfluenza epidemic and the call for that month and also for the next was suspended. But about the first of November Hollocher, with a lot of others of the “class of 1918,” got his orders and he showed up, all dressed for the part, on November 11. prepared to do

Charley Hollocher.

his bit for Uncle Sam —and that dtfy .came news of peace and cancellation of the draft call. So Hollocherdoes hot go to war, but stands ready for the baseball cathpaign next spring. "Seems harder to break into the army than It did to break into the big league,” he said, as he stood around all dressed and nowhere to go. ‘The shortstopping star Is a willing “Victim” of peace, however, though he has one regret. He had organized a ball team of St. Louis ’draftees In the same call with him that .he says could have beaten any•thing In the army, with himself as iplaylng manager. , He’s really a bit iM'cved that the team wiy never haw Its chance, now.

GIBBONS WILL RESUME RING ACTIVITIES AND DESIRES A MATCH WITH MIKE O’DOWD

Two Middleweight Pugilists Who Are Popular With Boxing Fans.

Reports from an authoritative source in the West indicate that Mik« Gibbons will resume activity in the ring soon after the first of the year. Gib-i bons will seek a match with Mike O’Dowd, the middleweight champion, with the express purpose of winning -the title; Gibbons has' been serving as a boxing instructor in the army and is said to be in splendid physical condition. He is just as skillful with the padded mitts as of old. His punch has lost none of its force and he has all hi» ancient speed. ‘ When O’Dowd returns from France, where he has been serving in the trenches with the other doughboys, lie will be one of the most popular of American boxers. Therefore a match between Gibbons and O’Dowd for the title should be a mighty big attraction. -

BIG OFFER TO GLENN WARNER

University of Georgia Willing to Pay Former Pittsburgh Coach SIO,OOO Yearly. It is reported that the University of Georgia athletic authorities have offered Glenn Warner, coach of the University of Pittsburgh football team, a salary of SIO,OOO a year to

Coach Glenn Warner.

handle their athletic teams, effective with the spring of 1919. Warner coached Georgia prior to go : Ing to Carlisle and Cornell. Georgia Is a great rival of Georgia Tech and plans an athletic revivalon^_a_ big scale.

SHORT SCHEDULE IS FAVORED

80 Learns Bill Phelon as a Result of His Interviews—Clubs to Drop Southern Trips. A late start and an early closing for next year’s major league schedules. Five months 'of the game, beginning May 1, ending October 1, and leaving ample time for the world's series and for the special series which will surely be demanded by the fans, with the championship military team meeting the winner of the regular classic. A schedule consisting of 140 games, each club playing 20 games with every teatn instead of the former set of 22—such are the ideas now prevailing among the magnates, according to Bill Phelon, who has done some interviewing. Long ago the clubs played games, then raised the limit to 140, but soon hoisted this to 154. During the time between April 10 and May 1, the players can be conditioned under ‘the climatic zones in which they have to do their regular playing, and considerable jnoney can be made by exhibition games. The southern trips are not so much in favor as in former days, and at least half the clubs are likely to drop thefn entirety.

SEND DETROIT TIGERS SOUTH

Owner Navin Making Tentative Arrangements to Send Squad of Thirty Players for "training. Major league basehall next year Is a certainty, according to Frank U. Navin, president of the’ Detroit club of the American league. - So confident is Mr, Navin that he is making tentative arrangements to take a squad of 30 players South for training next March. -“The Tigers now in the* army and navy,” Navin bald, “are included among those troops" soon to be demobilized, and there is no reason to expect that any of thlsm will not be on hand when the call for early spring practice is sent out.” . v _

BOY MAKES

Fred Schwedt of the Northern high school, Detroit, national scholastic plunging champion, demonstrated his superiority over the best of the New York school plungers in the pool of the Central Y. M. C. A., Brooklyn, where the Eastern Interscholastic Swimming association conducted a meet for the benefit of the united war work campaign. . Schwedt won the plunge for distance with an effort of 74 feet. This is the best plunge record for a schoolboy tn the lallt two years.

GOLF PROFESSIONAL HONEST

Ha Just Want* to Appear Big and Important and Can’t Keep From Boasting About Himself. Coming from a golf course, a visitor said to a club member: "Seems to me your pro isn’t playing as well as he used to. Am I right?” “You’re right, but I don’t know the reason,” was the reply. | Thereupon another member remarked : “I’ll tell you what’s the matter. The pro has spoofed so much about his scores that every time he goes out to play he has to try to equak those figures, Hence he is continually pressing, and naturally be gets worse and worsel . •/ “He is a living, breathing example of the value of honesty in the game. Now, understand me, I don’t mean to say he exaggerates . to. injure anybody. He just wants to appear big and important and can’t keep from boasting.”.

M’NICHOLS IS WITH INDIANS

Well-Known Chicagoan, Has Been Appointed Traveling Secretary of Cleveland Team. Walter McNichols, a well-known Chicagoan, has been appointed traveling secretary of the Cleveland American League Baseball club, the. announcement having been made by President James Dunn of the Indians. McNichols succeeds W. R. Blackwood, who has been with the Cleveland club for a number of seasons, Walter McNichols Is a brother of Frank McNichbls, formerly well-known as a player and semipro magnate and-now in business on the West side.

GETTING WISE TO BASEBALL

Scottish Sporting Writers Beginning to See That There Is Something Ln she Game. Some of those Scotch sporting writers are beginning |o see something to baseball. A Glasgow critic, after watching a game between an American naval team and some Canadian soldiers, wrote: “After all. It Is rather difficult to strike a strenk of white light with a policeman’s baton, "and when the fielders have all the prehensile certainty of our Simian ancestors. It was little wonder that there was no scoring.”

MURPHY TO KEEP DICTUM J.

Poughkeepsie Trainer Was Anxious to - Give Stallion Another Trip Down ’ Circuit, . ... . Directum J., 2:01%, will not he in Will Crozier’s hands season after-; all, but will remain in Tom Murphy's stable. The Poughkeepsie trainer was so anxious to give the stalllon another trip down the grand circuit that it ’ was decided not to change “jocks" at