Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 174, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 July 1919 — Page 2

Front three-ouarters view of the U. S. Martin twin-motored 800 horse power transcontinental plane with which CapL Roy N. Francis will attempt flight from New York city to San Francisco with but one stop, at North I latte. Neb.

MOST GERMANS ARE NOW UNBALANCED

Swiss Back From Leipzig Fair Report 90 Per Cent Mentally Twisted. ARE BEWILDERED BY CHANGES Declare Everything Is in Disorder and Streets Are Lined With Begging Soldiers and Civilians—Behave Like Children. Berne. —A number of Swiss merchants, who Tor years past liave reguiarly attended the famous Leipzig fair, have now just returned, hardly able to express their amazement at what they Saw there. It was not that there was nothing to interest them at the fair, but that while they were in Germany they could hardly believe that they were -not in some other country, they did not quite know which. The merchants, manufacturers and others at the fair, with whom they had to deal, seemed to be mentally unbalanced. "Ninety per cent of the people with whom I had to deal,” said one merchant, "really did not know what they were about. In. visiting the various exhibits in Leipzig I would give an order for something. I would tell the man in charge that I would take say 500 gross of a certain article. No. 106. I would write the number down myself, and then of course I expected him to write It down too. Then I would order something else, and by the time I had finished giving my orders I would ask to compare my notes with his. Then, to my great astonishment. I, would find he had either not written down the orders at all, or had written them down all wrong. Mental Confusion. “At first I thought I had merely to do with a careless individual, but afterwards I found that nine out of ten persons were in just the same state of mental confusion. I then talked to some of the other Swiss who. were visiting the fair, and found that they had had similar experiences. Once I lost patience and spoke very sharply to one man, whereupon he simply broke down and said he was sorry but he had been four years in the trenches and that he was no longer capable of doing his work as he did it before the war.” Judging by all that these Swiss merchants observed in Germany, this mental weakness and incapacity is affecting not only men who have been a long time in the trenches, but also civilians —women who were at home and men who, for one reason or another, were never at the front. Some Germans known to these merchant’ before the war as shrewd, energetic, capable business men. now, they say. talk like children, as if they knew nothing whatever of the outside world or what has been taking place during the last four or five years. In short, the German merchants seem completely dazed, bewildered and confused at present and do not know what they are doing. »

AMERICAN IS HONORED

Carries Sword of Honor in Shakespeare Parade. Time'ln History Foreigner Has Taken Part in Stratford Ceremony. London. —A very graceful compliment was paid to the United States ; n general and the American army in particular when the mayor of Strat-ford-on-Avon Invited Col. F. F. Longley to carry the sword of honor tn the annual parade to the Stratford church. This Is the first time in the history of the town that a citizen of a foreign nation has been asked to take such a leading part in this annual ceremony. Over thirty American officers, who are residing at Stratford-on-Avon while taking Instruction in various tranche# of learning, were also in-

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What particularly struck all these Swiss merchants who have known Germany for many years past, was the lack of orderliness everywhere, not merely at the Leipzig fair but in the streets —a change for the worse which is commented upon now by all visitors to Germany. In the >halls of the great Fair, which before the war used to be neat as the proverbial new pin, disorder and even dirt are everywhere. The streets leading to the Leipzig fair were this year lined with wounded. crippled and blinded soldiers, selling postcards, bootlaces and all manner of other trifles, or playing barrel organs with their military caps on the ground before them for people to throw in anything they could afford. And this In a country where mendicants never used to be tolerated. Act Like Children. Every Swiss merchant who went to the Leipzig fair this year was allowed by the government to take with him twenty-two pounds of provisions. One with whom I talked took with him five pounds of chocolate, knowing what a precious gift it would be to some of his old acquaintances. In visiting one of the leading manufacturers he presented three—of nls daughters with half a pound each. The girls grasped him by the hand, with tears in their eyes. “We haven’t seen anything like It for years,” they said. "It will make us well." One evening this Swiss merchant, with two others, was sitting in one of the best restaurants in Leipzig when a lad walked around the tables offering postcards and matches for sale, lie was very sickly looking, and the Swiss merchant put his mind in his coat pocket, took out a block of chocolate (about half a pound) and handed It to him. Immediately all the guests in the restaurant got up and

HITS FOOD PROFITEERS

Send Prices Up When Control Is Released. A British Parliament Asks Controller for Explanation of Existing Conditions. London.—Food profiteering is causing some anxious moments among the housewives of England, and thus far prevents the abandonment of the food control office. Relaxation of control has been followed by great advances In many classes of foodstuffs, and by practical withdrawal of others from the market. The American bacon, for Instance, recently despised by the average Britisher because it wasn't of so good a, grade as they could get at home in pre-war times —has been wiped off the counters. It is no exaggeration to say that “bacon hunts” have been general in England these last two weeks or more. When the wife tries in vain among her tradesmen, the hqsband

vited to take part in the parade, and they formed a guard of honor for the mayor and town councillors. Sir Sidney Lee, chairman of the trustees of Shakespeare’s birthplace, had invl.ted several noted Americans to Stratford for a week-end visit, among the guests being John-A. Stewart and Maj. and Mrs. L. L. Seaman, representing the Sulgrave institution (American branch) ; Col. Longley and represents fives of the -.United States navy, A. D. Flower, mayor of Stratford, and Sir Frank Benson assisted in receiving the guests, and It was suggested that they should be Invited to take part in the ceremonial parade to the church. The dean of Exeter preached the sermon, and he referred to the presence of the Americans. All the municipal officers of the town were present in full regalia, and the quaint and unique sight was thoroughly enjoyed bv the visitors and guests.

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surrounded the lad, gazing with amazement at the chocolate. Some of them asked the Swiss how he managed to get it. Even in the restaurant, he fthld, the people who collected around the boy with, the chocolate behaved like children. All this points to what Is now being more and more clearly recognized—that the war and its conditions have caused a more or less abnormal mental state In the case of many persons.

SCENE IN BULGARIA

French soldiers having their shoes shined by Bulgarian kiddies at Kustondal. a typical Bulgarian city. Most of the kids have no shoes, while others have them so badly worn that they are practically useless. Although they smile at the cameraman, their clothes are literally hanging from their bodies In rags. Even the man on the corner (left) has no shoes at all, and his "clothes” are held together by pieces of string.

takes up the search in the downtown districts, where, perhaps, he has In earlier days found a shop or two which would accommodate him in emergencies. , Recently G. H. Roberts, the food controller, announced resumption of control of bacon and two or three other food. products and the situation has become of such that he has had to face questioning in parliament. He spoke in a reassuring note, saying he saw no reason why there should be shortage of food during the coming winter, as there was prospect for adequate shipping facilities. Doubtless, he added, certain things might be scarce. It is this scarcity at present of certain staple items in the day’s purchase of the average household which has permitted gradual creeping upward in the price lists.

Real Heroines.

(Oklahoma City, Okla. —Eleven heroines were listed for jobs by the federal employment bureau here. They want to cook for harvest “hands.”

ACTS TO HALT BAD CHECKS

Pennsylvania Legislature Makes the Issuance of Worthless Draft Misdemeanor. Philadelphia.—lssuers of worthless checks will find new perils from now on In practicing that method of fraud. A law has been placed upon the statute books of Pennsylvania defining the Issuance of a worthless check as a misdemeanor. Hereafter, under Its provisions, not only will be issuing of a “no account" check, or one of the kind which returns with the inscription “not suff,” be punishable, but the new law says, “the mere fact of making, drawing or delivering such a check will be prima facie evidence of intent to defraud,”-unless the drawer makes good the amount of the check with interest within ten days. For the person who draws and utters a worthless check for an amount less than S2O the penalty on conviction Is SIOO fine or 30 days’ imprisonment while for the drawer of a check for more than S2O the imprisonment is two years.

BRILLIANT DOUBLE PLAY

Ross Young, playing right field for the Giants, pulled off a brilliant double play in a recent game against the Phillies. Hogg was on first and Cady on third, whenWhltted hit a fly to Young. Hogg thought Cady would try to score and that Young would throw home, so he lit out for second. Cady held his base. Young threw to second ahead of Hogg, and the latter was caught between first and second. He turned back to first. Doyle threw over Chase’s head at first. Young raced in, got the ball and tagged Hogg as he came into the base.

HEINIE ZIMMERMAN IS GOING STRONG

Veteran Has Stood Strain of Eleven Seasons With Majors. Prediction of Various Scribes That He Would Be Displaced at Third Base Not Yet Fulfilled—Slow in Rounding Into Form. After a player has stood the gaff In the major leagues for eleven years he is labeled “all in” the first time he shows a sign of slipping. This was the sort of a “rawsberry” handed to Heinie Zim in 1917, even before he got himself Iqto the limelight in the world’s series by chasing Eddie Collins home in that now famous Marathon of 60 feet, which was promptly pointed out as a one-reel thriller and given the title “I’m a Faster Man Than You Are, Heinie Zim.” Last fall, after the Giants had closed their curtailed season, various scribes

Heinie Zimmerman.

predicted that 1919 would find somebody else filling the shoes of the great Zim at third base for the Giants. New York scribes led the gang who expertly pointed out that the great one was on the skids; that his legs were growing stiff and his throwing arm turning to glass. Then they started picking out a soft spot for Heinie to light. Some chose first base for him, and the ones who were less hopeful relegated him to right field, just as though John McGraw would think for half a second of displacing a crack young player like Ross Young. Heinie kept his pace through all the long winter of 1918-19, hibernating in the Bronx and saying nothing. But when the time rolled around for contracts to be signed Zim visited the offices of the Giants, accepted terms without a whimper, and calmly told McGraw that if he had ordered a new third baseman he’d better cancel the order. When the Giants entrained far Gainesville to start spring training the veteran Zim was very much in evidence. He got into a uniform and started sawing wood in his own way, taking hfe time and working hard to get into shape. Eight hours’ work a day in a Jersey shipyard during part of the winter had not done Zimmerman any noticeable harm, but like most of the veterans, Zim rounds into shape slowly, and, like most athletes of an aggressive nature who have a touch or two Of temperament, Zim didn’t give a tinker’s rap what anybody thought about it. “Lettem try displacing me at third base and there’ll be a funeral for somebody,” was the way Zim looked at it.

BESPECTACLED HURLER HILL

Carmen Hill of Pittsburgh Pirates Finds Glasses Are No Handicap While Playing. Carmen Hill, bespectacled hurler of the Pittsburgh Pirates, like Lee Meadows who wears ’em when in action for the Cards, finds the glasses are no handicap whatever. Incidentally Carmen promises to be one of the'' best young right-handers in the National league and Hugo Bezdek the Pirate chief is nursing him with infinite care in the hope he will be able to take his regular turn on the mound later in the race. Hill and Meadows are the only two players In the majors today who wear glasses while pastiming. Both have worn them since boyhood, having weak eyes, but neither has ever been handicapped by the specs when field Ing hard-hit balls.

MANAGER GRIFFITH DECLARES WALTER JOHNSON AS GOOD AS HE EVER WAS

Washington Twirler Who Is Good for Several Years.

“Walter Johnson has four or five more years before him,” declares Manager Clark Griffith of the Nationals. “Johnson is as good as ever he was," Griff continued. “He is just past his thirty-second birthday and when seen at work he really looks like a youngster.” Asked whether Johnson was suffering with a sore arm this season, the manager replied: “I have never known Walter to have a sore arm. There was talk about his arm being sore at the opening of the season, but it was not so. He was suffering from a bad cold, which caused general indisposition.”

GRIFFITH SWEET ON FOSTER

Manager of Nationals Thinks His Third Sacker Is One of Greatest Place Hitters. Clark Griffith —always an extravagant talker,- and at the same time a renowned baseball sage—is ready to boost Foster. Here is a sample: “I have had on my teams-the three greatest place hitters in the history of baseball, and I want to tell you that of the three, Eddie Foster is the best.

Eddie Foster.

The others are Willie Keeler and Hal Chase’ Willie taught Hal, and Hal taught Eddie. “Foster is the smartest batter I ever saw. A pitcher usually can tell by the position of the batter’s feet just where he hopes to hit, just as a boxer gets a line on the schemes of his opponent by watching his opponent’s feet. If you see a right-hand batter’s feet set for an attempt to hit to right field, you can pitch fast inside, and nine times out of ten he will pop up.”

Introduce American Methods.

American methods, introduced op the Seine at Paris, of coaching a rowing crew by use of moving pictures, have been the subject of lively discussion among French athletes. '

New Pitcher for Senators.

Manager Griffith of the Washington club secured Pitcher Whitehouse of the Minneapolis American association team in exchange for Infielder Davis.

UNIQUE TRIPLE PLAY

That triple play in a recent Cleveland-St. Louis game was rather odd and deserves detailing. In the fourth inning, with the bases full, Gerber hit a fly to Wood, on which Sisler scored from third. Wood’s throw was intercepted by Chapman, who found Jacobson and Sloan wandering around off bases, and both runners were retired, what should have been one out thus resulting in three.

DIAMOND NOTES

American soldiers abroad participate in 5,000 baseball games dally. ♦ * * Right Fielder" Miller of Worcester is out of the game with a cracked ankle. * • ♦ Ping Bodie is a natural hitter. Never took a lesson in his life. He hits by ear. . ? : \ ~7’’V''7?"Fewster doesn’t feel well unless he is chased from the bench once or twice a week. • • « Terre Haute has signed- Guy Geiger to play first bas# He is just out of the army. • • • Kitty Bransfield is being complimented for good work as an umpire in the Eastern, league. * ♦ ♦ Jim Scott lost his first out as a pitcher with the San Francisco team, Oakland beating him 7 to 6. *• ♦ | Pitcher Pete Shields, who has been with Bridgeport, has been released to Evansville of the Three I league. Joe Birmingham has found it anything but a picnic handling the Pittsfield team, with shortage of players, etc. • • • The Cincinnati club is reported to have offered Little Rock $5,000 for Charley Grimm for immediate delivery. * • • The Salt Lake City club announces that it has purchased Infielder Eddie Fitzpatrick from the Boston Nationals. Red Sox signed Lamar from the Yankees after he had been two years with New York. He was secured from Baltimore. • * • With the purchase of Bunny Fabrique from Seattle to play short the Los Angeles club gave Freddy,Driscoll his release. • • • First Baseman'Kelliher of Peoria hit safely in 24 consecutive games. He made 45 hits and scored 25 runs in that stretch. > • ♦ I* Ray Rates has been getting a slow start with the Angels. He hasn’t done any ball playing to speak of since 1917, and needs considerable limber* ing up.