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THE
BAOTJSK
SIXTEENTH YEAR NO. 3802. BENNINGTON, VT., WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 17, 1919. PRICE TWO CENTS.
Advice to an Engaged Girl: Don't Make Him Wait on You Too Much Unless You've Got Him Tied so that He Can't Get Away
FIIE ISOLATED
j FROMWORLD BY
$ z ITALIAN GOV'T
Strict Censorship Is Kept Over
j'- , Events There
HEVOLT
WAS
PL ' ero.v
(Allied Troops Have Sailed English
, Patrol Driven from Palace
k Slavs Driven from City
if
.' London, Sept. 17. Flume has been
Jsblated from the world by the Italian
government, which Is apparently tak
ing steps to meet the situation that
(lias arisen through the action of Gab
. j-iele D'Annunzio in forcibly taklnc
possession of the city and forcing the
allied and Jugo-Slav forces to leave.
3"he veil of censorship was drawn yes
terday, and since then little has ueen
learned of everts there.
Rome, Sept. 15. The Government
Jia's prohibited publication of any
Hews concerning the military events
pt Fiume.
: A special official has been appointed
loi supervise this censorship, ile Is
urmed with authority to sequetrate all
editions of newspapers contravening
he Government order.
; Commientlng on the situation at
, tFlume, the newspaper Massagero
pays:
' "The bitter truth is that the Allies
deny us Fiume. It Is an injustice, a
(cruelty, a monstrosity, but it in impos
sible to annex the city against the de
rision of the Allies, which no argu
ment has. changed, nor is It likely to
lle: changed through d'Annunzio's mad
Vc;. ,
"Italy needs to be ready to face the
risks of military, political, and econo
mic conflicts with the Allies, success
Jn which would be impossible, having
the whole world against her."
Paris Sept. 16. The Jugoslax peace
delegation here has issued the follow
ing statement regarding tho situation
Bt Piume:
' No armed conflict occurred at
Flume, on the night of Sept.. 1213
whon' l.'OOO Italian .soldiers arrived
Jrom tho occupied territory of Istria
(and Slavonla. The battleship Dante
lAllghlerl was unablo to sail, her
engines having been damaged pur
gwsoly. The troops landed from the
ehop and Joined D'Annunzio's volun
teers. ' "The Italian military authorities
and commanders of the allied troops
were powerless to restore order, pre
parations for the rebellion having
Icen carefully made. Tlfe rebels
drove away the English patrol station
ed in the Governor's Palace. Demon
etrctions against America Great Brit
ain. France, and Jugoslavia, occurred.
'D'Annunzio addressed the soldiers
and crowds, and then the Italians'
drove the Jugo-Slavs and soldiers
from iume and Susak.
"Tin French, Americans, and Brit
ish have left Fiume on board ships.
It Is feared that the regulars of the
Italian Army who were sent against
the rebels, will make" common cause
with them."
COVERNMENT FOOD ARRIVES
Lot Ordered Auoust 22 Is at Postoffice
for Clstributlon,
Government f nistuffs ordered
through the post offico prior tp Aug.
22nd have arrived. Di itrlbution of
the same will begin at 10 o'clock
Thursday morning. Bring your dup
licate receipt if you call for the same
.yourself or have it ready to give the
carrier when he makes delivery of
the goods.
Notice will be given when tho sec
ond order sent In arrives.
, Emory S. Harris.
Postmaster.
How Much Tobacco
A Qit'i i n Vital to E'Jiry Man Who Smoke or Ch wt
it i a v t our a I'liHt inrs i.iitk to
I'IMI Ol T BY KXI'KHniKVl'.
Tho lioart of every user of tobacco
bears a double burden. 'It (loos Ha al
lotted taHk and then fights nii-otlno
for Bunremacy. As lonn hh the heart
wins he lives; when It loses he dleH.
but before the final victory of nicotine
you pB8 through many stages of de
cny find miffer many paiips. Hearts are
like human helnss Bome are stronger
than otbera. therefore some hearts will
stand more tobacco than others, hut
there Is a limit to what any heart can
stand. The man who puts this addition
al tier" In on Mr heirt a dozen times a
day Sy Hnioklng cigarettes, a pipe or
clg or pwlnK tehano Is takinrr
a ipndniiin'B chanc with health and life
to lose and nothing to win but the
chance that he may not loe them. He
is indulging: in a costly habit at the ex
pense of precious health. Ask any doc
tor anywhere, and he will tell you that
iiRlnir tobacco Is injurious and that it
Is far better to quit the habit than to
experiment to find how much tobacco
your heart will stand without serious
results.
But the thought of quitting la un
pleasant to most men even to those
who know that tobacco Injures them
and to really quit takes more will pow
er than they have and causes more suf
' ferine than they can voluntarily en
dure. To quit the habit make it easy
CINCINNATI WINS
PENNANT IN THE
Reds Defeat New York 4 to 3 in
Deciding Game
TST PENNANT FOR REDS
''Played Important Part In
u. ;ome No Internal
Dissension
Cincinnati, Sept. 18. By beating
New York today before a crowd of
1.8,000, the Cincinnati club cinched
the pennant in tho National league,
the first it has ever won in that or
ganization. The Reds have seven
more games to play and even if they
should lose all of them while the
Giants win all of the 11 games re
maining on their schedule, the locals
would finish one game ahead. '
The Reds have won the right to
compete in the first nine-game world
series since the Boston Red Sox and
the Pittsburgh Pirates revived the au
tumnal classic in 1!I03. All of the
ability which Pat Moran has imbned
into the club which this year he has
led-over the hurdles of the patch to
victory can now be absorbed and the
few remaining strides of the raco.
The secret of the Reds can be
found in the one word, "team-work."
Moran so organized his players that
there was not the slightest internal
dissension. The defense of the club
may not have been -the greatest that
has ever flashed across the baseball
horizon, but tho offense of tho Reds
has been such as to offset any mis
cues tMat have been made afield.
The Reds lead all the other Nation
al League teams in club batting. The
latest available figures shows that but
one club in the league has scored
more runs. The Reds had talllod up
to last Wednesday 531 and the Giants
had garnered 532. The Reds had
made 1,101 hits up to the same day
and the Brooklyn Dodgers had made
1.106. The Reds had stolen 139 bas
es an,d the Giants had pilfered 137.
With bothRoush and Groh hitting
among the first five In the National
League, It is apparent that the bal
ance of the Reds' power was on the
offensive.
Moran didn't have a great deal in
a pitching way last April, but he was
able to juggle what he had to such
purpose that he proceeded to more
than discount the seemingly impreg
nable brigades gathered together un
der the standards of the other clubs.
As main string pitchers he had Sal
lee, Reuther, Fisher and Ring, with
Kller and Luque to assist. With this
array of hurling talent Moran was
able to turn the tide of opposition.
Tonight Cincinnati is celebrating
the victory.
BOY WITH $39,500. MISSING
Messenger Had Been Sent to Deliver
, Securities
New York Sept. 17. The police start
ed a search yesterday for nearly $40,
000 worth of Liberty bonds and other
securities lost by L. M. Prince & Co.
of 20 Wall street, and for Elias Tea
man, 16 years old, a messenger for the
firm, who disappeared on Monday
while on his way to deliver the se
curities to other brokerage houses and
banks in the financial district.
Shortly after 11 o'clock Teaman left
the Prince offices and since that time
nothing has been heard from him. At
his home, 25 East 105th street. It was
said that he had not come homo on
Monday night. Theodore Prince said
his firm was insured with the National
Surity company.
WEATHER FORECAST
Fair tonight. Possibly light frost in
north portion. Cooler In central and
southwest portion.' Thursday fair.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Will My Heart Stand
for yourself by Rcttlnc Nlcotol tablets
and taking them as dirWeil. The habit
really quits you and Its departure is
a pleasure equal to Its Indulgence.,
If you want to know how much easier
It is to quit the habit with Nlcotol than
without it,, go twenty-four hours with
out tobacco and note what nn effort It
costs you, then Im'kIu uhIiik It as usual
and take Nicotol tablets. At the end
of a week discontinue smoking- or
chewina- for a day and It is probable
you will have no desire to resume. At
least your desire will be jrreatly dim
inished and another week or two should
make It not only possible, but a pleas
ure to quit.
NOTE: Dr. Connor. formerly of
Johns Hopkins Hospital, under whose
advice Nlcotol has often been used, Bald
when this statement was shown to
him: "T have known Nlcofol to conquer
the tobacco habit In less than ten days'
time and I can therefore recommend it
highly." When fhe doctor's statement
wus shown to one of our leading drug
gists he said: "Nicotol is truly a
wonderful remedy for the tobacco
habit way ahead of anything we have
ever sold before. We are authorised by
the manufacturers to refund the money
to every dissatisfied customer and we
would not permit the use of our name
unless the remedy possessed unusual
merit." Nlcotol Is sold in thla city un
der an Iron-lad money-back guarantee
by all up-to-date druggists, including
W. h. Cokay and B. A. Qulnluu.
FIRST niVISIDN
IN BIG PARADE
Vanguard of Fighting Force Is
Welcomed at Capital
"VETS" ON VICTORY WAY
Young Fighters Follow Route Made
Famous by Army of Potomac
More Than 50 Years Ago
Washington. Sept. 17. Over historic
Pennsylvania avenue the American
Way of Victory marked out more than
fifty years ago by the returning mule
clad legions cf the Army of the Po
tomac, the First Division. American
Expeditionary Forces, marched today.
It was Washington's first great par
ade of the war and it was conceived
and carried out as tho Nation's tri
bute not alone to the veteran fighting
men who marched, but to the whole
great army the Nation created to
make certain the utter defeat or uer
man dreams of world conquest.
Marching in mass formation and
equipped with all the guns, gas throw
ers' and countless oth.r death-dealing
devices of front line service, the First
Division, fresh heme from trance,
moved along the broad avenue, a liv
ing tide of sunburned fighting man
hood that filled the street from curb
to curb. In their khaki and olive drab
uniforms, the men swung by as re-
sistleBsly as the spring floods of the
Mississippi. Above each BOlid DiocK
of infantry, rose the grim line of bay
onets, the blued steel glinting -dully
as it caught the light. Farther back
came the long lines of field guns,
French "75'c" to w hich French officers
have said France-owes her salvation
and, after all tho trains and wagons
had rumbled by, came a bajtalion of
tanks, streaked and yellowed with
paint to conceal them from enemy eyes
but now growling and clanking their
way behind the troops in noisy .res
ponse to the cheers that greeted them.
There was nothing lacking to make
tho parade an euitonie of tho whole
vast army American skill and indomi
table will had created to meet and
beat the . enemy at his own game.
There were guns of all the types used
in Frpnce that could be moved through
tho streets. Machine guns, big and
little, bristled among the riflemen;
squat mortars to hurl bombs from
the trenches'; high mounted rifles
which peered skyward as though still
In search of enemy flyers. Some cf the
guns were horse-drawn, some trundl
ed behind panting motor trucks or
tractors. The show was as complete
as the ingenuity of the War Depart
ment could make it. a cross Beetle n of
the American Expeditionary Forces.
Hut it was the lines of khaki-cjad
brovn faced men themselves that first
interest of the thronging crowds all
along the "fide avenue turned. The
home coining cf this first unit of
American man power to cross the" submarine-
infested seas was in marked
contrast to its silent, mysterious, un
reported, departure, and the men and
women along tho way seemed to feel
the significance of the spectacle- They
recalled the days when the nation wait
ed In wordless anxiety to hear that
these same smiling, free-striding boys
had come safely to a French harbor,
those other days when their courage
in action and the slow coming lists
that carried the names of the. men who
sleep forever in France.
To one regiment of long, trlnw 75 s
an unusual honor was accorded. The
Sixth Field Artillery was placed be
tween the two infantry brigades in
stead of marching with the rest of
the artillery brigade behind tho In
fantry, for it was S battery cf the
Sixth which fired the first shot at tho
Germans on October 23, 1917. A stan
dard told tho onlookers that at last
they saw the very guns whose thun
der had carried that first message of
defeat inlo tho enemy ranks.
Throughout tho long line markers
were frequent telling what the strange
Implements of war over which they
floated were used for. Among the
watchers were thousands upon thous
ands of government clerks who have
dealt fcr months with endless streams
of papers talking of bombs and guns
and mortars, of motor machine shops,
pontoon bridges .machine guns, gas
throwers, flame projectors and all the
other complicated war equipment of
the troops. Never before have these
workers at homo seen all these tools
of warfare in their cwn warlike set
ting, however, and tho parade was an
education for them.
t'p the avenue at the head of the
division rode Major General Edward
F. McGlachlln, commanding, and with
him rode two fcrmer commanders of
the division the first to go and the
ltst of the divisions to come home.
They were Major General William L.
Sibert, who took it to Franco, and
Lieutenant General Robert L Bu'lard,
who took it into action and surrend
ered command only to take a higher
post. Marching ahead of the form
ation, also, came a host of officers and
men who saw their first service with
the First Division in France, later to
go to other units as' instructors.
Then came the First Infantry Bri
gade, marching in the French mass
formation, twenty-four men abreast
across the avenue, led by the 3rd Ma-chin-Gun
Battalion with its tuojor.
N WASHINGTON
MEETING OF U. O. G. C.
I
Business Session Followed by Pro
gram of Entertainment,
The regular meeting of Catamount
commandry, U. O. G. C, Tuesday eve
ning proved of unusual interest.
Much to the surprise of many present
a program of entertainment had been
arranged, with refreshments, which
followed the transaction of regular
business.
The program consisted of musical
selections, and recitations by children
and was as follows;
Duet,
Elizabeth Corbett and Ina Chamberlain
Pianist, Lorraine Wattles
Recitation, - Arthur Noyes
Songs, David Crelghton
Pianist, Miss Velraa Elwell
Recitation, Edwin Speaf
Scotch dance in costume,
Julia Creighton
Recitation, ' Doris Dupuis
PROSPECTS BRIGHTER
Conference May Lead to Starting
Berkshire Cars.
North Adams, iSm't. 15. Prospects
for the resumption of business on at
least a part o fthe Berkshire street
railway, which has been tied up by a
strike of the trollymen for several
weeks, were materially brightened
this evening after a conference be
tween the city solicitor, James O'Hal
loran, and a committee of six repre
senting the trollymen's union, among
whom was James Kernahan, presi
dent of the union. Some of tho de
tails of the conference are not given
out at present, but all parties con
cerned say that the outlook is bright
ter for reopening the road than thoy
have been for some time past. As a
result of today's session other confer
ences with' the company officials are
to bo held within a short time.
GENERAL WALKOUT EXPECTED
150,000 Steel Workers Near Chicago
Likely to Quit.
Chicago. Sent. 17. A general walk
out of a hundred and fifty thousand
steel workers In the Chicago district
will occur Monday unless Chairman
Gary of the United States steel cor
poration aerees today to meet the un
ion workers, Theodore Vind, interna
tional organizer, announced today.
ized guns. The infantry marched in
column of fours, .fcur companies
abreast and with officers and file clos
ers ahead, leaving tho men to form
a solid block of bayonets for each
battalion. The 16th Infantry, veterans
cf the bitter fighting at Cantlgny
whero Franco learned in what fash
ion America could and would fight
and breathed free again after .months
of strain, led the way. After Its three
battalion blocks had passed came the
IStii Infantry in similar formation fol
lowed by the 1st Machine Gun Battal
ion of the Brigade.
Tho Sixth Field Artillery came next,
followed by the Second Infantry bri
gade composed of the 26th and 28' h
Infantry and the 2nd Machine Gun
Battalion, then the long lines of "75's''
and the motor drawn "155's" of the
1st Artillery Brigade, the 5th and the
7th Field Artillery. Tho horse-drawn
guns and limbers, of the 5th roKed by
three columns abreast and the 7th
puffed and panted along with its
heavy guns in the same formation-
Tho regular trains of the divisions
followed, the 1st Engineer regiment
leading the way with the 1st engineer
train behind it to lie succeeded by the
2nd Signal battalion. Then came the
almost ndless wagon and truck trains
of the ammunition, supply and sanitary
trains and the 1st company, military
police and finally the hospital trains,
the 2nd, 12th and 13th ambulance com
panies and Field hospita's.
At various points in the divisional
line and before the wallowing tanks
mmered and clattered in an uproar
Ing conclusion to the five hours spec
tacle, all manner of additional units,
not part of the division, itself, were
Inserted. These included searchlight
trucks ordnance machine shops, units
on motor trucks, sound ranging devices
for detecting the position of hidden
guns, sound rangers for spotting air
raiders at night and much other me
chanical equipment that has played a
constantly growing part in the war.
So far as the First Division itself
is concerned, the official record of its
activities during the war recently pub
lished by the War Department speaks
for Itself. It stood 93 days In active
sectors of the front against 123 In
quiet parts of the line; It fought Its
way forward over 52 kilometers of
sharply contested grounds; it captur
ed 163 German officers and 6.304 Ger
man men; it captured also 119 German
guns; 62 trench mortars and 413 ma
chine guns. It lists 4,411 officers and
men killed cf died of wounds and had
17,201 men wounded or gassed in the
days It spent at the front and lost
only 152 of its own personnel as pris
oners to the enemy. Its replacements
were greater than its original strength
30.206 and 356 of its members won
Distinguished Service Crosses for con
spicuous gallantry in action.
TOO LATB TO CLASSIFY
WANTED A plrl for steady work at
tht Bennington Candy Shop. . 2H
WANTED At , once team to haul
lops; also sawmill help. Apply I'lun-kett-Webster
Co. 2tf.
FOR SAM? Sow and elpht pIrs. W.
J. Davis. White Creek, N. Y., Tel. 6-12.
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housekeeping for man and wife. Tel.
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cow, spotted with white. Marked hy
hole and half moon In left ear. Finder
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DDGEANGERED
T
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PE
E
Wanted Treaty Reading to be
Postponed
SHARP WORDS OVER PLAN
Administration Forces Succeeded In
Effort to Enforce Reading of
Versailles Treaty
Washington, Sept. 16. After an
angry clah in the Senate today be
tween Senator Lodge, leading tho op
position in tho League of Nations
fight, and Senator Hitchcock, the act
ing Democratic leader, tho Admini
stration forces succeeded in an effort
to enforce the reading of the Versail
les treaty.
The Republicans, led by Senator
Uidge, had planned to hold orf the
reading of the treaty until Senator
Borah and others who are needed by
the Republicans In the League batthJ
would return to the Capitol. J Heir
support was needed for the Johnson
amendment to equalize the votes of
the United States and Great Britain
in the League assembly, which with
out them would have to be put over.
After the acrimonious debate tho
Republican leaders were obliged to
yield to tho Democrats and the read
ing of the treaty proceeded until more
than half ot the League of Nations
covenant comprising tho first part
had been completed. When the por
tion of tho covenant touching tho ap
portionment of delegates to the
Lcaguo Assembly and Counicl was
reached the Johnson amendment in
its natural order came up. Senator
Lodge at once asked unanimous con
sent to pass it for consideration, ex
plaining that Republican Senators
who wanted to bo heard were absent.
Senator Hitchcock answered that
there should be no unreasonable delay
In dealing with amendments as they
came up. He demanded to know when
Mr. Lodge would move the amend
ment, if the unanimous consent were
granted.
To this Mr. Lodge abruptly replied
that he would mako no promises. It
eould be railed up at any time, lie
said, by a, majority vote of the Senate,
but he would give no indication of
when any such effort might bo under
taken.
Senator Lodge, evidently angered
over Mr. Hitchcock's insistence on
knowing what program he intended to
follow In handling tho treaty, declar
ed that if the Administration forces
did not give unanimous consent, to
putting over the Johnson amendment,
measures would be pursued to block
any effort to enforce its immediate
consideration. Although Mr. Lodge
did not so so, this was taken as a
threat of filibustering.
Senator Hitchcock, finally satisfied
that the Johnson amendment would
go over only temporarily, did not in
terpose objection, and the Amendment
was passed for the time.
RECRUITING FOR THE NAVY
Office Opened Here to Secure Men for
Two Battleships
W. Taylor, C. Q. M. and O. J.
Shields, C. G. M. cf tho U. S. S. Utah
and T. A. Sheridan, H. M. C. of the
U. S. S. New Jersey arrived in Ben
nington today for the purpose of re
ruiting men for tho U. S. Navy, and
are located at the Cottage hotel where
hey will bo glad to furnish informat
itn to any men desiring to enlist.
Men 17 to 35 years may enlist for
'wo, three or four years, men under
eighteen years must have their parents
or guardian's consent, it is also neces
sary to have a birth certificate before
men will be accepted. Transportation
to Roston, Mass, will bo furnished to
men that are accepted.
Men may enlist and bo sent direct
to either the U. S. S. Utah or to tho
U .S. S. New Jersey, both ships are
now at the navy yard. Roston, Mass.
The Utah is tho flagship cf Rear Ad
miral K. W. Kberle of the fifth battle
ship division and the New Jersey is n
battleship of 14.800 tons displacement,
and is scheduled to sail for tho west
coast this winter.
These ships, when away from tho
navy yard do a lot of cruising, the
Utah, a ship of 22,000 tens just jecent
ly returned from the war zone is one
of the latest of the navy's dread
noughts and is accepting men in tho
following branches: machinists, Oilers
carpenters,' sblpfitters, blacksmiths,
firemen, yeomen for clerical force, ap
prentice seamen can take up electri
cal' work, radio, signalling, etc. Men
are also accepted for the aviation
schools where they are given a courso
in aviation, a courso which requires
about ten months.
Card of Thanks.
We wish to express our heartfelt ap
preclation of the many acts of kind
ness o nthe part of neighbors and
friends during our recent affliction,
the illness and death of Mrs. Charles
G. Pettibone, and to thank those who
sent beautiful flowers.
Charles G. Pettibone,
Mr. and Mrs. Byron M. Pettibone,
Mr. and Mrs.'C. II. Ramsdale,
Mr. and Mrs. Ren. Pettibone,
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Hathaway,
' Misa Mabel Pettibone, '
BY HI
CHCOCK
RSISTENG
PICKETS MAKE
T
Noisey Crowd Gathers at Black
Cat Mill
SMALL BOYS TAKE PART
Two Women Operatives Hectored but
Shake Off To rm in tors and -Escape
in Automobile , ,i
Thero was a demonstration lato yes
terday afternoon by the operatives of
the Black Cat Textiles company who
have. been out on strike during the
past five weeks for increased wages.'
Recently tho management at tho un
derwear mill on Scott street has been
hiring workers to take the places of
the strikers and during tho past two
days the mill has beeit picketed.
At the closing hour yesterday after
noon, 5 o'clock ,a number of the oper
atives gathered on the street in front
of the mill and mado a demonstration
against employes who had been engag
ed since tho strike went into effect.
Most of tho antagonism of the crowd
seemed to bo directed against two
women operatives. There was consid
erable shouting and when the pair
started toward the center of the vil
lage the members of the crowd fcrm
ed. in line, and followed. On the way
over Main street tho crowd was join
ed by a large number of small boys
who say an opportunity to create a
racket and made the best of it.
The two hectorod operatives turned
from Main street into Hie entrance
of the Bennington garage. They pass
ed through the building to the head
quarters of the Ford agency whero
they entered an automobile and drove
away.
A considerable portion of tho crowd
flocked into tho driveway at the Ben
nington garage but were informed by
II. T. Southall that they were on pri
vate property. Chief cf Police Hurley
also took a hand and informed the
members of the crowd that they were
obstructing the streets and they peace
fully dispersed.
An automobile loaded to the running
boards with operatives was driven
about the streets but there was no dis
turbance of any kind and interest In
the affair soon subsided.
At tho request of Manager E. J.
Hensan of the Dlack Cat company
there was a meeting held in the even
ing at the village rooms of the mem
bers of tho police committee of the
board of trustees. The meeting was
attended by Village President J. P.
Morrissey and Corporation Attorney
Henry Chase and by Mr. Hensan. Ar
rangements were made whereby a
village polico officer should be station
ed at tho mill entrance during the
time that tho employes were entering
and leaving, mcrning, noon and night.
A meeting of the full board of trus
tees Is to be held at the village rooms
this evening at which it is expected
representatives of the striking oper
atives and Manager Hensan will be
present. ,
CONFERENCE IN RIGA
Copenhagen, Sept. lfi. An import
ant' conference has been In aession at
Riga and has been considering not
only peace with the Soviet Govern
ment of Russia, but the formation of
a Baltic federation, according to ad
vices from Lettish sources. It is
understood there has been no actual
acceptanco of the Soviets terms; but
it appears that the Baltic federation
idea has materialized to the extent
that an agreement has been reached
for a common currency and a cus
toms union of Letvia, Ksthonia and
Lithuania.
BASE-BALL RESULTS
Scores of Yesterday's Games and
Standing of Clubs.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Chicago at New York. (Postponed,
wet grountl.)
Cleveland, 8; Philadelphia, 2. (First
game.)
Cleveland, 12; Philadelphia, S. (Sec
end game.)
Washington, 5: St. Louis. .1.
Detroit at Boston. (Postponed;
rain.)
Standing of the Clubs
Won. Lost P.c
Chicago 81 45 .fi51
Cleveland 77 52 .597
Detroit 715 5fi .506
New York 70 5fi .55i
St. Louis M ; .402
Boston 62 fit .492
Washington 51 80 .;!8!
Philadelphia .31 96 .262
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati, 4 ; New York. 3.
Pittsburgh, 4; Brooklyn, 3. (Eleven
innings.)
Chicago, 7- Philadelphia, 2.
Boston, 8;' St. Louis, 4. (First
game.)
St. Louis, 3; Boston, 2. (Second
game.)
Standing of the Clubs
Won. Lost. P.c.
Cincinnati 92 41 .692
New York 80 49.. .021
Chicago 70 60 .538
Pittsburgh 68 64 .515
Brooklyn 63 68 .481
Boston 52 76 .407
St. Louis 50 78 .391
Philadelphia iJLi. 15 fil M M$ I
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WELFARE ASS
IVIAUE PROGRESS
IN 1818-1319
Achievements Shown in Reports
- Read Last Night v
INCREASE IN MEMBERSHIP
Business Session Was Followed by
- Hour of General Fun and
Enjoyment
An unusual combination of business
and pleasure characterized the annual
meeting of the Public Welfare Associ
ation held at Library hall last night.
Tho usual reports from the different
departments were given as briefly as .
possible In order to leave time for a
program of fun and enjoyment later.
That the year 1918-1919 has a rec
ord of achievement of which those in
terested in the organization may well
be proud is, the opinion of everyone
who has watched the work either crit
ically or sympathetically, although
the epidemic of "flu" in the fall, and
other factors of the first year after
tho war were handicaps which only in
cessant and conscientious endeavor
on. the part of our very able supervis
or, Miss Delnla Jacobson, could over
come. ...... i
The reports of the president and
secretary outlined the general work
of' the year and- laid especial ' em
phasis on the need to enlarge the
scope of effort during . the coming
years.
Memberships, as reported by Mr.
Philip T. H. Pierson, were the largest
by far in the history of the Associa
tion .with the prospects as estimated
by the very able chairman of that de
partment of reaching the. five hundred
mark during the next year.
Mrs. Southall covered the depart
ments of Clubs and Athletics, and
touched upon some of the new 1 fea
tures of tho work carried out by Misa
Jacobson, notable among which were
the introduction of physical training
at the Cora B. Wliitney gehool and
the community afternoons and even
ings at the "Y" for girls and young
women, both features that were dis
tinctly successful and much appreci
ated. A review of the Social Canter de
partment by Mrs. George M. Hawks
Included the Christmas cotillion, the
many parties given at the hall for dif
ferent groups and the 6bservanoe of
special events at holidays and other
occasions.
Dramatics and the Welfare Players
were combined in the report of Miss
Perkins, tho latter given for ' Mr1.
Luther Graves who heads that, depart
ment. This included the second and
most .'successful play, given ' by ; the
Wejrare Players, "Believe Me . Zan
tippe." three-fourths of the proceeds
of which were given to the King's
Daughters.
Community Celebrations were- re
viewed by Mr. George M. Hawks,
president of the Association and chair
man of that committee. In particu
lar the 4th of July parade and picnic
stood out as the largest and finest
ever held.
No election of officers took ' place
last night, and after the business
meeting closed, two hours of solid
fun were enjoyed by a large number,
who entered into the program arrang
ed and led by Miss Perkins and Miss
Pratt with joyous abandon and de
light. Formality was a word not in
tho vocabulary for this part of the
evening, and the marching, the
games, the contests, the play and the
eats contend for first place in the
catalog of happy events. It was
easy to see how' and why these re
cent war workers had achieved their
successes in the same kind of work
and why the organization with which
they were connected were most anxi
ous to retain their services. This
was a real community evening and it
is to be hoped that tho Welfare As
sociation may be able to repeat the
success many timeB in the future. ,
MAY QUIT NEW YORK
Heads of Great Publications Threaten
to Move ' -
Now York, Sept. 17. Rather tlian
submit to, the demands of the New
York Allied Printing Trades Union,
three publishers, one of whom claims
a circulation of more than a million
for his periodical, havo announced
that they will move their plants from
New York. At tho same tlmo.152
other publishers, all members of the
New York Publishers Association, de
clared that they were prepared to sus
pend publication if the union demands '
were not modified. .. ...
On their part, the printers, who are
asking 44 hours and ?50 a week, an
nrunce their intention to call a strike
to tie up tho industry if thoir demands
are not granted. The threats of the
employing printers to suspend or move
were laughed at as a "bluff." As evi
dence of the determination of the
printers to see the thing through, it
was said last night that a 10 per cent
assessment, amounting to $40,000 a
week, was being collected from the
men for a strike fund.
The employing printers havo of
fered a wage advance of J5 a week,
less than one-half the increase demand
ed, but it has so far been rejected.
The printers flatly refuse to arbitrate
the 44-hour week, although if that is
allowed, they say they will aubrnH
other demands to arbitration.