Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 45, 3 January 1918 — Page 7

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM. THURSDAY, JAN. 3, 1918.

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OLD HAN GLOOM IS SETTLED ON BASICETBALLERS Stegman and Lobrman Unable to Play First Practice of Year Held. Richmond high school basketballers held the first practice of the new year at the Coliseum Wednesday-evening. Coach Mullin's charges show ability to iass and play a good scrimmage game, but when playing with another basketball team the ability or the quintet to make shots is not there. Practice in shooting and passing was the important work done by the five Wednesday night. With Stegman out of the game with pneumonia and Labrman ineligible, old man gloom seems to have settled down with the Richmond basket shooters. Hollands or Graffis are possible men t take Stegman's place in the game Friday night. Both men have already proved their ability to play good basketball.

OLD TRACK MEN GALLED TO WORK Old high school track men will start practice either Thursday night or next" Tuesday night. Manager Nohr announced Wednesday. Members of last year's track team mho will be out for practice are Howard Graffis, captain: Simmons, Dollins, Robinson, Campbell, Harding and a few others who have not reported back for the track. Very little practicing will be done, however, until the weather opens up. -Set 'Em Up On, The Other Alley LEAGUE STANDING W. L. Pet. Coca Colas 25 11 .694 K. of C 23 13 .639 Vogue 21 13 .639 All Stars K 21 .417 Models 13 23 .361 Feltman Tramps 11 25 .305 The Coca Colas started the new year right by giving the K. of C. a set back and taking the lead from it winning all three of the games played on the Twigg alley Wednesday night. The Vogues won one game from the All-Stars taking that game by one pin. If it had not been for Erk. the All-Star team would have dropped lower on the list. The Feltman Tramps took two games from the Models. " Erk leads the scoring making a high score of 229 and a high average of 189. Coca Cola. 1st. 2d. 3d. Total Av. King ....... 178 137 166 4S1 160 Votmgflesh . 181 203 176 560 187 Fosler 221 187 148 356 185 Blomeyer ... 105 143 208 433 153, Bennett 147 1S1 161 489 16 Totals S32 853 K. of C. 1st. 2d. 859 2544 484 3d. 153 187 173 138 Total A v. 4S3 161 526 175 465 152 450 150 Brodtrick Qulnlivan Mercurio 157 15S 150 143 173 161 132 1C9 Ft. Duffy. Lichtenfels . 201 179 168 54S 183 Totals . 809 814 819 2462 821 All-Stars. 1st. 2d. 3d. Total Av. . 94 149 144 387 126 Todd Erk 229 172 165. 566 189 JSeyen 162 154 178 494 165 Anderson ... 133 131 136 400 133 Tomllnscn .. 184 160 154 COS 169 Totals .... 802 766 777 2345 169 Vogues. 1st. 2d. 3d. Total Av, P. Lichtenfels 143 150 129 422 141 Allen 162 159 136 437 152 Fahrman ... 155 141 193 489 163 Morrel 150 129 131 430 143 Crawford ... 145 192 169 50 169 ' totals 755 771 778 2304 768 Feltman Tramps. 1st. 2d. 3d. Total Av. Hill 142 189 135 466 135 Green 156 140 124 420 140 Meyer3 176 1C5 190 531 177 Grottendick.. 120 137 141 398 133 Schneider ..159 131 167 437 132 Totals 753 762 Modtla. 1st. 2d. 757 2272 757 3d. Total Av. Ellis 133 Sherer ..... 170 Haner 144 Wood 190 Slade HS 135 14S 127 161 179 146 133 136 159 113 414 471 407 510 440 13S 157 138 170 147 Totals 7S5 707 22-12 741 COMMERCIAL CLUB MEMBERS CALLED No member of the Commercial club who U genuinely interested in the welfare of Richmond and in the safety of the nation can afford to miss hearing James O. Fagan, retired railroad signalman, who will speak at the foumercial club rooms Friday even!ns at. 8 o'clock, says Secretary Albus. Fagan began practical life as a telegraph operator at the age of 16 years, leaving his home In Scotland to take Jiis first job in Brazil. High School Orchesta Invited to Go to Piqua ' The High School orchestra has been Invited to play at Piqua. O. Philip Gates, supervisor of music at Piqua, was a former member of the High School orchestra. The orchestra will , play at the centralized school in New Paris, Friday evening. January 11.

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e32E 8?6UaS5 Jess Willard says that he will soon be fit for a return to the fight game, and hints that be has been in secret training for some while. He says also that these jokes one hears about how monstrously fat he is are all in very poor taste and that he will fool a few when he next stepB into the ring. Those who have seen Willard recently will be Interested in seeing him again when he weighs approximately 100 pounds less than he has and is ready to take on all comers. It's an odd thing that while old Hans Wagner gets lots of mention as one of the graybeard marvels of baseball there is neter a great deal said about Bobby Wallace. Wallace is just about able to qualify as the daddy of all big league players, as he is now 43 years old and has been at it for twenty-four years. After playing with the St. Louis Browns for some seasons Wallace will return to the Cardinals next summer. Wallace was a veteran and thought to be ready to retire when he played with the Cardinals before, some fifteen years ago. Hank Severoid of the St. Louis Browns bad planned to enter one of the officers' training camps, but he found the requirements too exacting and has decided to stick to baseball. Hank says it looks like more work to be an officer than to be a big leaguer. Two of John McGraw'a rookies FRANCE HONORS NEW YORK FLYER 1 -at 3fc f. Edwin M. Post, Jr. TUXEDO PARK, N. J.. Jan. 3. To find one of the happiest women in the country in this town one goes right to the home of Mrs. Price Post. She is the mother of Edwin M. Post, Jr., re"ntly cited in French army orders fo' gallantry and commended in a personal letter from General Pershing's chief of staff. Post is a lieutenant in the American aviation service at the aviation school at Pau. His feat of daring as the safe landing of his plane after it burst into flames in the air and the rescue of his instruments after alighting. The letter to Lieutenant Post says: "The commander in chief has received the following order of the day for September 26,' 1917, from the French school at Pau: . " 'The commander of the school congratulates Lieutenant Post for the remarkable coolness which he manifested during a flight on September 25. The example of this officer, conserving all his calmness In the face of fire on board, effeeting a normal landing, and rescuing from the flames his instruments on board of his airplane, should serve as a model for all the aviators. He has shown the qualities which every military pilot should possess.' . . "The commander in chief is particularly gratified in having an American, officer so soon get honorable mention from our French allies, and I am very glad to congratulate him in his name." CONDITION SERIOUS EATON, O., JanT 3. The condition of Henry C. Diliman, retired farmer, is regarded aa very serious in Reid hospital, Richmond, Ind., where a few days ago he was operated upon.

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Jess In order to take on any comer at all he will have to take off considerable fat, and just how he is doing this is strictly secret and sub rosa. The only way to arrive at any idea of his methods is through surmise and speculation. It is probable that Willard exercises vigorously each morning before his very light breakfast and lets not a day pass without doing a bit of roadwork. When last seen Willard could have done little roadwork without the aid were marked up as enlisting in the eervice of Uncle Sam recently. They were Al Baird,' inflelder, and John Paul Jones, pitcher. Both selected the navy. Baird is the young collegian from Louisiana picked up last spring, while Jones is a young twirler who had been secured from Shreveport. He also claims Louisiana as his home state. Eddie Roush of the Reds was out in front of the National league batters as early in the season as July 25, and no one was able to catch up with him once he had the lead. One thing the International league did do at its undecisive meeting and that was to award the 1917 pennant to Toronto and genial Jim MeCaffery made the magnates forget their woes temporarily by furnishing a spread. Whatever the future of the International, the 1917 season always will be remembered for one of the greatest rennant races ever staged in baseball. Zack Wheat, second string catcher of the Brooklyn Dodgers, has gone into "business" in St. Joseph, Mo., where he has opened an automatic baseball game for the winter. Announcement was made by President Baker of the Phillies at the National league meeting that Billy Doyle, last season business manager of the Milwaukee American association club, had been signed as a scout to dig up another Alexander-Killifer battery for the Phillies. .Ptf.cher Frank Allen of ,the Boston Braves has let it be known that he will not play ball next year. Allen's brother recently joined the army aviation corps. This left their father, who is growing old, with no one at home, so Allen has decided to pass up the game and look after the Allen family affairs in Alabama. First Baseman Ray Miller, who was sent by the Pittsburgh Pirates to Kansas City in the Mollwitz deal, has joined the army. However, both Pittsburgh and Kansas City seem to have made arrangements to dispense with him. The Pirates have Mollwitz and hope for Saier, while the Kansas City club has Bunny Brief. The fight game in Baltimore ap pears to be in dutch as a result of recent queer decisions, especially in the Willlaros-Ertle fight. The local son is frequently favored unduly in Baltimore, but giving Williams the decision over Ertle was just a bit too raw for them. This sort of squabble Js the usual result, however, in towns where decisions are permitted in bouts no longer than ten rounds. A 20-round fight will usually give both men a chance to win a decided shade and judgment on them is less frequently in doubt. But decisions in short bouts seldom fail to stir up dissatisfaction. WASHINGTON. George Hill developed night motion picture photography to a highly satisfactory state in Goldwyn's great production of "Polly of the Circus," but it appears that the limit of achievement along that line has hot yet been reached. The scenario of Edgar Selwyn's successful comedy, "Nearly Married," in which Madge Kennedy makes her second appearance as a screen comedy star at the Washington theatre Friday and Saturday, calls for a succession of scenes on a muddy automobile highway in the country on a stormy night. Chester Withey, the director, and Arthur Edeson, the cameraman, made the most of them. The chiefest problem, of course, was to find several stormy nights, the next to find a muddy road at all passable for automobiles. New Jersey, which is giving so much these days to the development of the movies, furnished both. MURRETTE They called her the "Firefly" on Broadway, where she made life merry for many revellers. She was a cabaret entertainer at one of the big restaurants, and until the great war closed the cafes early and made all-night life a thing of the past, the Firefly knew no other world than "ner Breadway.' . And then she found herself out of work, the town flooded with idle cabaret performers, and her daily tour of the booking offices only a journey of discouragement. This was not the Firefly's jrreatest sorrow. Her worthless husband spent his time carousing with other women and spending the meagre salary which his' pretty little wife earned. v

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of a truck. He is doing little boxing at present, but expects to brush up on footwork and feinting as soon as be can reduce enough to have any'reach. If you weigh between 300 and 400 pounds and would like to take off an odd 100 pounds or so you would do wel to study Willard'a methods. If Jess can do it anyone can do it, and when he is back in the game once more perhaps he will tell more about how he did it. And put a piece in the paper about it. ' .

PICK CHIEFS OF GARFIELD TEAMS The captains for the regular basketball teams, to be selected soon, were elected Wednesday night by the Garfield basketball enthuiasts. The selection of the teams will be made soon, as the majority of the basketball boys wish to get the games started as soon as possible. The following are the captains: Large Purples, Emerald Martin and Elmer Clapp; Large Whites, Mahlon Walls and Odis Byrkett; Small Purples, Randle Kohler, Keith King and John Fitzpatrick; Small Whites, Russell Taylor, Tietz and Elmer Bacher. tertainer in a desert mining camp, and bidding a tearful goodbye to her New York, she left for Baxter Junction, with only a one-way ticket and enough money to buy food. Her husband kept the res. But had she known what awaited her in the land of sage brush, sard hills and cactus, the tears would have changed to smiles and her sorrow to merry making, for it is the surprise in store for her which makes "The Firefly of Tough Luck," at the Murrette today, a great drama of desert life, and one which promises to win new laurels for Triangle "Westerns." Alma Ruebens is at her best in the title rolo of the Fireily, and scores a tremendous hit in this drama of real men and real women. On ThefBoarcte "HIS BRIDAL NIGHT." "His Bridal Night," by Margaret Mayo and Lawrence Rising, seen last season as a breezy farce comedy, but this year aranged along musical lines, will be the attraction at the Washington theatre tonight. Frederick V. Bowers, as well known as a composer of popular songs as he is for his acting and singing, will be seen in the stellar role. The nusic of the piece is all his own, and it is claimed that among the sixteen musical numbers thera are some tunes that are surefire hits. The story, which can boast much more of plot than is usually allotted to musical shows, concerns the love affairs of twin sisters, whose physical resemblance is so close that no one can tell them apart. One of the twins marries, and immediately finds that she prefers her sister's sweetheart. The other girl, discerning this, determines to teach her a lesson, and, ignoring the embarrassing possibil ties of such a step, impersonates the brids and embarks on the honeymoon with the bridegroom. . The bride, first repentant, then enraged, follows them with the other young man. When they arrive at the end of the honeymoon trail the husband is still at a loss to determine which is his bride, and the other young man cannot tell which is his sweetheart. The girls, angry with each other and with them, refuse to set matters right, and the embarrassing and humorous complications are many. The clever hand of Margaret Mayo, who has displayed an aptitude for anughty farce, may be seen in the lines and situations, and she keeps well within the bounds. MURRAY. The vaudeville bill which opened at tie Murray this afternoon will no doubt provti popular, as it is replete with comedy, and something to mak tlifm U?ugh is what the public is looking for. Cliftoi and Kramer, in their singing and talking number, "The Swede and the GJil," use a lot of dialect stuff that is exceedingly funny. "The Thief and the Cop," offered oj Neville and Brock, gives these two men an opportunity to "put over" a lot of niw jokes and some claver parodies. Trinn?le's. latest pictur, "Framing the Framers," featuring ChPiles Guun, is shewn For tomorrow the everpopular star, Douglas Fairbanks, will be see.-, in "The Good Bad Man." Stop Itching Eczema Never min4 how often you have tried and failed, you can stop burning, itching eczema quickly by applying a little xemo furnished by any druggist for 35c. Extra large bottle, $1.00. Healing begins the moment zemo is applied. In a short time usually every trace of eczema, tetter; pimples, rash, blackheads and cimilar 6kin diseases will be removed. For clearing the skin and making it penetrating, antiseptic liquid. It is not a rtT. 1 C . e.lir. .S 1 itt jinn. . T 7. . g.sjr cai va cuiu lb uvc 11U( BEBJII YV nCIl others fail it is the one dependable treat meat for skin troubles of all kinds. The E. W. Rota Co.. Cleveiaad. O.

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Continued From Page One. to imports are not to be of a too burdensome extent and high taxes or duties, upon import shall not be levied. For the interchange of goods an organization shall be affected by mixed commissions to be formed as soon as possible. . Article VI. Instead of the commercial treaty of navigation of 1894-1904, which is abrogated, a new treaty will accord new conditions. Article VII. The parties will grant one another during at least 20 years the right of the most favored nation in questions Of commerce and navigation. (This clause apparently is that carried in a German wireless message received in London and sent by cable on December 31.) Article VIII. Russia agrees that the administration of the mouth of the Danube be entrusted to a European Danube commission with a membership from the countries bordering upon the Danube and the Black Sea. Above B&ila the administration is to be in the hands of the countries bordering the river. Article JX. Military laws dominating the private rights of Germans in Russia and of the Russians in Germany are abolished. Article X. The contracting parties are not to demand payment of war expenditures nor for damages suffered during the war, this provision including requisitions. Article XI. Each party is to pay for damage cone wtihin its own limits during the war by acts against international law with regard to the subject of the other parties, in particular their diplomatic and Consular representatives as affecting their life, health or property. The amount is to be fixed by mixed commissions with neutral chairmen. Article XII. Prisoners of war who are invalids are to be immediately repartiated. The exchange of other prisoners is to be made as soon aa possible, the times to be fixed by a Germano-Russian commission. Article XIII. Civilian subjects interned or exiled are to be released immediately and sent home without cost to them. Article XIV. Russian subjects of German descent, particularly German colonists, may within 10 years emigrate to Germany, with the right to liquidate or transfer their property. Article' XV. Merchantment of anv of the contracting parties which were ! in porta of any other party at the beginning of the war, and also vessels taken as prizes which have not yet been adjudged, are to be returned, or if that be impossible, to be paid for. Article XVI. Diplomatic and Consular relations are to be resumed as soon as possible. BREAK OF PEACE P'-ANS SENDS HUNS TO PLOTTING NEW MOVES LONDON. Jan. 3. Tfie situation cre ated by the hitch in the Brest-Litovsk! negouauons, cuspatcnes rrom Amsterdam reflecting news from Berlin show, 1

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has aroused the activities of the rulers and politicians of Germany and Austria-Hungary. Emperor William yesterday received in joint audience. Chancellor von Hertling, Field Marshal Von Hindenburg, General Von Ludendorff, Finance Minister von Roedern and Foreign Secretary von Kuehlmann. The foreign affairs committee of the German Bundesrat, under the presidency of Count Von Dandl, discussed the Russian situation at the chancellor's palace. Chancellor Von Hertling had a long conversation with Admiral Von TIrpitz, the former minister, of marine, and Emperor Charles received in , audience Prof. Kucharzevskl, the Polish premier. Foreign Secretary Von Kuehlrnann's return to Brest-Litovsk, after a hurried visit to Berlin, is said to have created surprise as did his conference with Reichstag leaders who were summoned suddenly. Leaders of all parties were present at the conference, according to information in Amsterday and they informed Dr. Von Kuehlmann that they adhered strongly to the demand that the Reichstag be summoned as speedily as possible. It is expected that the demand will be discussed at Thurday's session of the Reichstag main committee, which Chancellor Von Hertling will attend.The feature of the conference is said to have been the outspoken speeches of Phillipp Scheidemann and Friedrich Ebert, for the official socialists and Hugo Haase, for the independent socialists. They are credited with having told Von Kuehlmann that his attitude in the Russian negotiations was prejudicial to peace. They told him to say one day that Germany wanted no Russian territory and to say the next day that it wanted virtually all territory occupied by German troops justified entente statesmen in declining to place confidence in the word of German's leaders. The foreign secretary

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is said, however, to have made "complete explanations." It is reported that both Von Kuehlmann and County Czernin, the Austrian foreign secretary, returned to Brest-Litovsk, where" they were expected to arrive yesterday with new Instructions. Socialist Paper Hits 'Em. The Leipzig Volks Zeitung, the leading independent socialist newspaper, commenting on the Brest-Litovsk situation and the activities of Von Kuehlman and the government says: "Germany now reveals her eastern peace aims. Everybody in Germany, Russia and entente countries now knows that she is not aiming at a just peace without annexations and indemnities, such as Von Kuehlmann depicted, but at a peace providing for an enormous increase in Germany's military, political and economic strength. "These intentions must strengthen the war will of the entente. Germany

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