Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 March 1919 — Page 2

H. M. S. VINDICTIVE IN OSTEND HARBOR ENTRANCE

This ship with its gallant crew astounded the world by its remarkable feat of bottling up the former U-boat base at Ostend. The Vindictive was run Into the entrance to the mole and sunk.

MACHINES TO DO WORK IN CENSUS

Wonderful Devices to Tabulate and Record Figures on Population and Industry. QUIZ BEGINS IN APRIL, 1920 Government Already Has Begun the Job of Assembling Its Plans and Forces—One Machine Handles 150,000 Cards in Eight Hours. Washington.—With hostilities at an end. the government is now laying the basis for one of the greatest of its peace-time tasks —the decennial inventory of the United States, its people, lands, industry and live stock that is called the census. Secretary of Commerce Redfield the other day signed the order that transferred one of the largest of the temporary war buildings put up in Washington, that formerly housing the army's department of aeronautics, to Director of the Census Kogers and his staff. Actually, the government began the Job some time ago, assembling Us plans and forces. By law, the beginning of the census period of 1920 is July 1, 1919, though it will not be until a year from April that the enumerators will be set at work. . There will be twenty-nine questions in the 1920 census, according to the present design of Director Rogers’ dummy cards, which now are being given the exhaustive study of statist!? cans. The more complex questionnaires that go to industrial establishments. schools, farms and every other permanent Institution of the country are likewise in the development stage, undergoing critical examination In the light of experience the government has gained In conducting thirteen inventories of the kind. Will Be Machine Operation. Chiefly the bureau ig engaged in-pre-paringfor the classification ami tabulation of the vast quantity of material which will be assembled. The 1920

BRITISH RAILROAD CHIEF

Lord Claud Hamilton, M. P., who Is chairman of the Great Eastern railroad of England. "

census tabulation will be for the first time almost completely a machine operation, conducted by means of devices useful only to the census bureau of the United States which have been invented and are now being built by men In its employ. Electric—machines will first transfer the written informationcoming in on the enumerators’ sheets To cards, not by writing, but by punching holes at proper points. Then the punched cards will be handed in their millions to another battery of machines. the tabulators, an amazing product of human ingenuity. K. M. Boltenux, who devised them, has been with the census bureau.for eighteen years and is now superintending the construction of twenty-five machines, the operation of which he will direct. These tabulators, working with smooth and silent perfection, take in--400 cards a minute, count them, reject all that are Imperfect or Improperly punched In any fashion and take off the totals of punch marks, assembling the final result in printed figures on handy sheets. Due of them the other day in eight hours handled 150,000 cards. Look Like Office Furnitube. The machines resemble in outward aspect a piece of office furniture. Cards go into a metallic magazine at their top. travel a few inches on metal guides, come out neatly stacked with the mistakes of the punching machines —-which have merely human operators —pointed out. The printed records of the eighteen or twenty totals that the punch marks indicate come out from another slot, and the instrument stands ready to repeat. With these machines, there is a practical assurance that the publications of the censtis, usually coming out a long time after the enumeration, may he more quickly at hand to guide and demonstrate the progress -of national civilization. They are being produced largely by the work of youthful apprentices from Washington schools which have vocational courses.

SOAP BRIBE FREES AMERICAN

Private Released From German Prison Camp After Gift to One of the Guards. Coblenz.—Half a cake of soap, used as a bribe, opened the road to liberty for an American soldier who recently rejoined his regiment after being imprisoned in Germany. William Litch, a private in the Tweiv ty-slxtV infantry, was captured October 4 during the ’fighting in the Argonne and taken to a prison camp near Baden. From another American who had received a prisoner’s package Litch procured a piece of soap not much larger than his thumb. a A few nights before the signing of the armistice Litch gave the soap to a German prison camp guard and stepped out of the stockade a free man. He began traveling by night and hiding by day, but before he reached the front he was overtaken by other released American prisoners, who told him of-the armistice.

LONDON GREETS GRENADIERS

Only 12 Survived Great War and Take Part in Homecoming Welcome. London —The Second battalion of the Grenadier guards received an enthusiatic welcome on its return to London from Germany. Although no ceremonies had been arranged and the hour of arrival was uncertain, immense crowds assembled at St. Paneras station; The ohly indication that something unusual was happening was the presence of massed bands which played: “See. the Conquering Hepo Comes.” as the men left their train. Gen, Fielding, commandant of the London district, welcomed* the battalion in behalf of the king, and then the guards began a triumphal march across London to Chelsea barracks. Of the original unit that left England In 1914, only twelve men survived to take part in this great homecoming. ‘

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BAD WRITING TRAGEDY CAUSE

Letter of Texas Judge to Former Wife Is Delivered to Another Person. Decatur, Tex.—A letter wrongly delivered led to the tragic death of Judge H. D. Spencer of Decatur, one of the leading lawyers of This part of the state. He was shot down while passing along the street here by W. M. Bolger, a well known and highly respected retired merchant of Waco. Judge Spencer was "divorced from his wife several months hgo. She moved to Waco, where recently she was married to a man by the name of W. M. Bolinger. Spencer wrote his former wife a day or two before lie was killed in regard to certain insurance policies which she had in her possession. The letter showed that there had been a close intimacy between the two. This letter was delivered by the postman to Bolger instead of Mrs. Bolinger. He read it and then laid it before his wife. Mrs. Bolger declared she had never heard of Spencer before, and did not know what the letter was all about. Bolger became infuriated and declared he was going to kill Spencer. He met Spencer and fired four shots, causing his- death. -

DOG IS WITNESS IN COURT

Convinces Jury in Philadelphia That He Is Not Vicious and Gets Verdict. 1 Philadelphia, Pa.—Trixie, a collie dog, was a witness for her mistress in Common Pleas Court No. 5 in the trial bfthe suit of Mrs. Helen Butkus, who claimed to have been bitten by the dog, against Mrs. Mary A. Chambers, the dog’s owner. According to Mrs. Butkus, she was attacked by Trixie on July 31, 1917, when she entered the vestibule of Mrs. Chambers’ home to' purchase some household effects, &he testified the dog bit her in the left thigh, Causing tears and abrasions of the skin and flesh. ' . Trixie’s owner denied the dog had been guilty of such a violent temper and questioned the truth of the plaintiff’s story. Mrs. Chambers admitted Trixie was a lively puppy, but goodtempered and a playfellow for the children of the neighborhood. To demonstrate the truth of this, Trixie was brought into court and scampered about among the jurors, who later returned a verdict for the dog’s owner.

DRY WAVE BOOSTS COFFEE

Unusual Demand and Shortage of Crop Cause Prices in Porto Rico to Go Up. San Juan, P. R. —Porto Rico is consuming 50 per cent more coffee today than she did before the Island “went dry,” according to a San Juan coffee dealer. _ This fact, together with an island coffee crop of only half of what it was last year and a heavy demand from Spain and Cuba, has sent up prices throughout the Island. The toffee market here began jumping a week or two ago and it has been going up ever since. Retailers found the price almost doubled over night, and the restaurants last week raised their prices to ten cents

Photograph Heroes’ Graves for Relatives

Washington.—Every Ideptifled 1 grave of an American soldier tn ‘ France will be photographed by ■ the American Red Cross and the ! picture sent to the soldier’s pext ' of kin.' Several hundred*- pho- , tographs have been taken and ‘ forwarded to relatives, and it ‘was announced that at that request of the war department the Red Cross has taken over the task'-of photographing all, graves. Each photograph will be mounted on fit cardboard folding frame, on one side of which will be inscribed the rec-. ord of the soldier. ■ ...

MATHEWSON RETURNS TO UNITED STATES

Was Stationed at American General Headquarters. Expresses Belief That Few Big League Player* in France Would Return in Time to Take Part In 4 the Opening Game*. Capt. Christopher Mathewson, for* iney manager of the Cincinnati National League Baseball club, has returned from France. He was connected with the United States chemical warfare service and for a long time was stationed at American general headquarters in Chaumont, France. “We are sorry we could not get into action,” declared Mathewson, “but that was the fortune of war.” He expressed the belief that few bigleague players in the army in France would return in time to take part In the opening games. Baseball was not very popular among the French, he explained, because they considered it too brutal. “We could not get any Frenchman to be catcher,” he added, “because they were all afraid they would be hit with the ball ” He told of two Americans who blocked traffic on a street In a small French town by playing catch,

Capt. Christy Mathewson.

because the French were afraid to pass behind the man with the catcher’s glove. Shortly before the armistice was signed he was assigned to the Twentyeighth division stationed near Toul, France. His colleagues in the gas school at Chaumont included Capt. T. R. Cobb, Maj. P. D. Haughton and Maj. Branch Rickey.

TOM QUINLAN’S DAYS ENDED

Columbus Outfielder Loses Throwing Arm and Left Eye by Explosion of German Shell. Tom Quinlan’s baseball days are over. The Columbus outfielder and former White Sox will never be seen on the American association circuit again. His left arm is gone, torn off by a German high-explosive shell. And Tom was a left-hander. The shell that got Quinlan not only took off his throwing arm but it put out his left eye and inflicted minor wounds of the head and face. Tom’s break in the luck was particularly bad, for it all happened only forty hours before the armistice was signed. Tom is taking his misfortunes gamely. ‘Til be all right before long,” he said. “An artificial arm will have to take the place of the old south paw, and I’ll have a glass eye. I’ll never play baseball again, of course, but I can eat right-handed, anyway. “Our regiment, the Twenty-eighth infantry, was on the Argonne front, and we had some pretty tough work cut out for us. There isn’t much to tell about how I was wounded. A German shell just dropped near me, and you can see the result. The doctors and nurses took good care of me, and the Red Cross is keeping me supplied with everything I want. So you can tell the folks at home they needn’t worry about me.” Those who know Quinlan tn the hospital admirp his spirit. A wounded Mississippi private in the same ward summed it up this way: “That guy is game.”

DISTINGUISHED WAR RECORD

Captain of Yale Hockey Team Wai Only American Ace in Naval Aviation During War. , David Ingalls, the newly-elected captain of the Yale hockey seven, has a distinguished war record. He was the only American ace in naval aviation during the war, and 1 is credited with many victories in combat with German airmen. He was captain of the freshman hockey seven which in 1917 went through the season without a*defeat. ' ° .

Cochran Loses Caste.

, Welker Cochran doesn’t appear to bo such a formidable foe for Willie Hoppe since he was beaten by young Joko Schaefer. *

EDDIE PLANK, ONE-TIME GREAT PITCHER, HAS RETIRED FROM BASEBALL FOR GOOD

Southpaw Twirler Refuses to Sign Contract.

Eddie Plank, one of the greatest left-handed pitchers of all time, will not play with the Yankees this year. He returned his contract unsigned, with a letter saying that no amount -of money would induce him to change his mind. . He has retired for all time from professional baseball. Made Athletics Famous. The man who helped make the Philadelphia Athletics famous several years ago was traded to New York by the St. Louis Browns a year ago with Derrill Pratt for Fritz Maisell, Leslie Nunamaker, Nick Cuiiop and a few others, but he never reported. Miller Huggins had. hopes that he would change his mind this year, and sent him a generous contract, but Plank has settled down to the automobile and garage business at Gettysburg, Pa., and is doing so well that the call of baseball is unheeded be-

MIKE GIBBONS AS MANAGER

Take* Charge of Big Club in St. Paul and Will Star Himself When Opportunity Offers. Mike Gibbons, the St. Paul middleweight, is now the manager of the boxing club which is staging bouts at the big auditorium in that city. Mike was granted a permit by the boxing

Mike Gibbons.

commissioners who govern the boxing game at St. Paul •sand Minneapolis to bring off shows at St. Paul. Gibbons expects to box at his club as often as he can get opponents to meet him that will be good gate attractions. *

KEMPER SHELTON TO RETURN

Army Discharge Will Enable Him to Coach West Virginia's Baseball Squad Again. Word has been received from Kemper Shelton, last year’s mountaineer diamond mentor, that he expects to be discharged soon and that it is possible that he will be back in time to handle West Virginia’s baseball squad again. Shelton is tn the signal service of the engineers. It is thought that since hostilities have ceased there will be no need for his services. Nothing has been done here toward securing another coach. Shelton was popular and his retention is assured.

EMBLEMATIC OF MEMBERSHIP

Certificates Sent to Every Club Affiliated With National Lawn Tennis AssociationThe National Lawn Tennis association has mailed to every club a certificate showing the club’s membership in the association. The idea of the executive committee in sending these certificates was to provide each member with a token emblematic of its membership.

yond a few games which he frankly admits he will pitch for some semiprofessional team when the weather gets good and hot. Not Holding Out. Flank made it plain that he was not holding out, and that he had no fault to find with the contract offered. Heslmply has made up his mind to retire and suggested in a nice way that it would be useless for the Yankees to offer him more money _ than the contract which he returned called for. This means the -definite and final passing from big league baseball of a player who was ever a credit to the game and a pitcher whoi ranked, with the greatest and best. He is 43 years of age, and it is little wonder that he has decided against taking a chance of marring a career which will long be remembered In the history of the game.

INTERESTING SPORT PARAGRAPHS

You don’t hear so much about that boner of Merkle’s nowadays. The shipyards will lose plenty of players now that the war is over. They know how to attach the tinware to managers out in Cincinnati. Rutgers has booked a football game with Fordham in the Bronx on October 25. Tinker, Evers and Chance, are through in the big shows, but Frank Schulte goes right on his way. Jimmy Austin and Terry Turner, the old men of the diamond, both expect to earn major league salaries beginning in April. Out of 1,050 trotting meetings held In this country each year about 1,000 are, it is said, without 'any form of public betting. Clarence Mitchell, the pitcher, will be converted into a first baseman by Brooklyn and played regularly at Jake Daubert’s old station. Walter Monohan, who has been acting as Willard’s boxing companion in the circus business, will train the champion, it has been announced;. With Abraham Lincoln Bailey and Grover Cleveland Alexander on the pitching staff; the Cubs have a rather distinguished, array of hurling talent. Joe Lynch will get some good matches when he returns to this country on the strength of his victory over Tommy Noble, British bantamweight king. —— Jean Dubuc may turn in and pitch some good games for Boston if Barrow, with his great staff, can ever locate a place to put the Frenchman in the box. ♦ • ♦ If Lieut. Johnny La van comes back to play alongside Lieut. Hal Janvrin. the. immediate vicinity of the National’s second base will be cluttered up with military courtesy. “Old Jim” Ten Eyck may return to Coach the Syracuse oarsmen. He has let it be known that a slight raise in salary will turn the trick, and the rowing authorities announce that his terms will be met. In England baseball is compared to the “tame game of rounders” and in France the American pastime is shunned as “too dangerous.” And people still wonder why differences crop up regarding the league of nations.