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THURSDAY, DECEMBER S, 1918. THE NEWS SCIMITAR PAGE ELEVEN. U. S. GIVES ITS ' SANCTION TO BASEBALL Gen. March Says There's No Reason Why Game Should Not Be Resumed in Spring. CHICAGO, Ver. 5 -I'ncle Sam must have his baseball. The fcreat national ram1 is Ruins: to conic back with a boom next spring The snort which was declared nonessential ilurine; the world war has now been placed in the list of essentials, and next inline every league that ran muster enough players will open the season. (Jen. March, chief of staff of the army, who was anions: those who declared basehall a nonessential last summer, is the man behind the pun in hrinning the pame hack den. March was eon suited by Han Johnson, president of the American league, relative to operating next season. "The war department closed us down last Septeniber by declaring baseball Bonesser tial. and it was only proper 4uit the department should be consult v ed in regard to our plans tor reopening.' President Johnson said. "Consequently I put the entire situation before Gen. March for his approval." Gen. March's Reply. Gen. March's reply to the American league executive follows: . "I have your letter of Nov. 30 con cerning the resumption of baseball next year, and would advise you that the war department, under present condi tions, pees no reason why the game should not be resumed in accordance with the usual regular schedule. "It is our policy to muster out of ser vice as rapidh as possible ail the men now in the United states, who number some 1,700,000 .and we are returning from abroad for the purpose of dis charge a number of men which is only limited by the shipping at our uis nosal "Unless there are some changes in the situation, which now seem impos sible, there Is no reason known to us why the great national game should not be continued as usual next year. The wholesome effect of a clean and honest game like baseball is very marked, anil its discontinuance would be a great misfortune." Stars Coming Back. President Johnson understands that the stars of baseball who joined the service, among them Ty Cobb. Benny Kauff, "Hank" dowdy and others, will be among the first to receive their dis charges, so they will he able to join their oluhs on the spring training trips, forth Is a captain in a chemical divi sion now in Prance. Definite plans for the resumption of the game will he launched at the an nual meeting of the major leagues this month. The National league will hold Its sessions In New York on lec. 10, and the American league, In all prob ability, will convene in Chicago two (lavs later. : 1 Johnson said he did not believe there I would be a joint sessi in of. the two I 'leagues, although the r ational league I has requested It. Committees from the two organisations, together with a com mittee from the National Association If Minor Leagues, probably will meet .soon after the sessions of the majors i io settle a number of questions of pol- .!, nfrontimr Ihfrtn. Th minor leajrues. at their annual ronvcnflon In Peoria. III., two weeks urn. demanded that the major leagues relinquish the right to draft their star ulavers and also urged a number of other reforms, AVIATORS TAKE UP BASKETBALL Park Field Officers Organize Team and Start Play. Vow that the. football season Is over the Park field aviators are taking to basketball, and already a cracK team has been organised by several of the officers at the Millington riying siauuo Among the officers on the team are i in,, tB pvnp row. Ynemas. I.owry Brown', Young', Hall, Potts, Moody and Knrahee. Thn team is heing coached by Lieut Alperin. an .old naskotball player, who is thnrnugh.lv familiar with the game, and who is expecting to arrange a fast laum The first cramo on the schedule of the aviators is slated for Friday night when they will go over to joncs eoro, Ark., to play the Y. M. ('. A. team there. From Joflesbnrci they will move over to Little Kock and meet the Camp Pike basketball team Satur day night. They will return to Mem rvhls Sunday. In addition to this officers' team there will be several other good teams, as the enlisted men are taking to the .(tame with a rush, and" several good 1 games are promised. A number of contests will be staged between the men at the field, and some warm com petition is certain to result. SOLDIERS TO STAGE BIG ATHLETIC MEET Finals of Contest To Be Held in Paris, France. AMERICAN MLYIY HEADQUAR TERS in PRANCE. Dec. r. (By the Associated Press.) Plans are under why In the army for the most exten sive series of athletic contests ever heH The series is to terminate In a great interallied military Olympic meet. While vet tentative, the plans have been approved hv ueh. Pershing. American commander-in-chief, and the finals of the contests will he held In Paris, if possible. The plans provide for competitive games, such as track and field sporls. shooting matches and the like. The competition will begin by platoons and progress through companies .to regi ments, brigades, divisions and army corps, and to the allied armies. When completed, the program will embrace events for every branch of the service, such as competition be tween machine gun organizations, the artillery, trench mortar and other branches and between platoons and companies of infantry. The army will be assisted by the athletic trainers of the Y. M. C. A., the Knights of Columbus and other organizations In rounding out the men for the track and field events. Purely American events will he confined to the American sordiers, but British, French Belgian and Italian soldiers will he ssked to meet the Americans In the finals of other events. An after-the-war suggestion: An exhibition at the Art institute of the various works of big league ball play ers who have beeonie. painters. AMbw FORJA-TIT COLLAR 25 CENTS EACH CLUFTT . PIABOTJ t Co. ZicjHaAers . HERMAN CROHN SP Licensed Pawnbroker, Sv lends money on everything of value. Oldest and best known place In (he city. Have been for over 25 years at same stand 108 Beale Avenue. JlCCb iMvr tCZDd know yniyRr-Eb rH-Nxf VJirr j THEN vjhvt J lUrL 1M,NK J'fE rvViNT unhappy mn El MMr?U,ERra Oi havf ror:lHM U wn tow rop six 1 U VfVt 1 1 i . t Lll5 rOxEEDTO ZlouD m MOMTHb-i- r.,.r'. L'A . PARK FIELD FOOTBALL ELEVEN DISBANDS AS PLAYERS SCATTER Won One Game and Lost Two to Show for 1918 Season's Record. BY BOB PIGUE. Football activities at Park field avia tion school are bottled up for the dura tion of the winter and approaching summer. The eleven representing the aviators has disbanded, the players are' scattering and all that is left of the team Is memories. After a season which proved disas trous it was decided by those handling the team to disband, as many men were being discharged, some of the stars were Injured and unable to play, and other circumstances combined to make it advisable to bring the season to a close as far as Park field is concerned. I he first two stars to go were Kich- slberger and Twiford, two of the strong ogs in the Park field machine, they having received their discharges from the service and returning to their re spective homes. Others had been dis charged prior to this pair going, and with the declaration of peace and ev erything considered, the aviatcurs de cided to pass up football. Won One and Lost Two. The fivers' team won one game and lost two. The only decision the Park field boys managed to get this season was over the Mississippi Aggies, who were routed by the flyers by the score of 6-0, a blocked punt in the last period resulting in a touchdown- tor tne Mil lington aviators. In their next two starts the birdnien were wanopea. The Pavne field aviators came to Memphis and waded through the local boys by the score of 12 to 0, the Park field men being unable to stem the tide. This game proved disastrous in that a number of the best men on tne team were injured, which seriously crippled the eleven for its Thanksgiving day affair with Camp Shelby. The Camp Shelby layout drifted into The happiest baseball tidings that have filtered over the Associated Press wires in many days came today, when Gen. March, chief of staff, notified Ban Johnson, American league presi dent, that baseball, the king of sports, was changed from the nonessential ranks to the essential. Which means Baseball will be back with bells on next season. Such an announcement from the war department has been expected for some time, for the quick response on the part of the baseball magnates In closing up their parks when the work or fight order was made Is said to have made a big hit with officials at Wash ington. Now that the worst Is over, the first thing Gen. March does Is to relieve baseball of any restrictions whatever. Gen. March goes further and says that "baseball's discontinu ance would be a great misfortune. Baseballdom all over the country win now begin preparations with renewed vigor looking toward the operation of all leagues next season. BAN HARD TO DOWN. The baseball Bnlsheviki. France and Hempstead, are now convinced that its easier to start something than to fin ish it They meant to clip off Han Johnson's head, but Ban is about to turn the tables on them, and Indica tions are that both Frazee and Hrmp stead will be basehallically ostracized. Now that Pal Moore Is In London and the president of the United States is soon to be In London, it may be that Pal will have the distinction of boxing before the president and the king. Woodrow Wilson Is so thoroughly American that he wouldn't hesitate to L. . Am.lfan kftv po flown ana wawu no , fight, and the king Is already known as a lover of the Marquis of Queens i -rt what wouldn't Pal do be. fore a distinguished audience 'Ike that? The Pittsburgh Panthers, as was to h evneded arc saving that they were defeated bv the referee In their game against I he Cleveland naval reserves. Clciiti Warner is a good football coach but a poor losei-. When Georgia Tech lost to Pittsburgh John Helsman admitted the supremacy of the Panthers and said the best team won. Helsman is a snonsmin, SPOKE AS MANAGER. TriH Hpeakr. one of the premlpr 0iiKcerfl of the American leapue. W nnn to receive the joh f munacer of the Cleveland Indians, succeeding Lee Font. So salt h rep-irtp from Gotham. Spoke Is an old Southern league hall player who pot his start in Hit section of "the baseball sticks, and if he Is chosen to lead Hie Indians next season he'll have the whole of Dixie pulllM fnr htm to hr.inp; the Trihe over ahead nf Hie field. Speaker h;iH been playing hall for many seasons. He was in Memphis last 'sprint: and the silver Is hecinnlne to make it appearance around his temples Jle Is not the yonnnster he once was. but the hattinir orb still re 'ains Its accustomed luster and Tris may be counted on to hat his team to a hictl runR in the basehall bidder dur inrr the approaching campattrn. Trls has been In the service of nil country belnp connected with the naval aviation branch His enlistment, which meant the sacrificinc of a huire salary. made a hit with fandom thr-'Uirhout the lencth and hreadth of baseball land. Spoke will hecin next season in harfnOntOUfl surroondlncs and with every Indication pointing toward a successful basehall vear. It was n dull day to day. No new man was nominated as president of the Southern IcaRue. SUCH A HEADACHE. Wonder how Bob Baugh feels as he watches the scribes over the league tak ing his job away from him day after day? ... In the meantime paste it In your kelly that .lohn D. "Martin is Koinpr to be elected at the fall meeting" of the IsafftM the Ifith. Martin is highly es teemed throughout the league, the club owners realize he'll he a big asset to the association and that he will be especially valuable in the reconstruction davs which are here. Ex-President Taft's nomination to succeed Ban Johnson had about the same effect on the club owners as wav JIKeSportiicilt H" ByBobPifrVe " Bringing Memphis with a peculiar looking lineup, coached by Kid Elberfeld, l.tttle Kock baseball manager. The Kid admitted that his team was a weak sister and said he hardly hoped to win But the Camp Sholby squad played like cham pions, and with such men as Bender and Peckinpaugh starring, the Park field bunch was unable to stem the tide of defeat, going down by the score of 13 to 0 Several Park field officers, who had heretofore been barred from playing on the camp eleven, were given an opportunity to have a place In the lineup, but the punch wasn't there, and the team found Itself unable to make anv headway against the Camp Shelby soldiers. The Camp Shelby team was composed of commissioned and noncommissioned oflfcers, with Capt. Bender serving as quarterback and handling the team on the field. Had Bright Prospects. The Park field team started out with the brightest prospects in the world, with an aggregation of men who had formerly played on big Kastern elev ens and others who had starred on Southern teams. The material was Uv and there was no question about It But getting results was something else again. The secret of the whole affair Is that the boys were never able to develop anv tiling like team work, which is ab solutely necessarv for a successful foot ball eleven, or anything else for that matter. Thev worked their heads off, they fought like wildcats In every game, but somehow they were absolutely un able to develop a punch. And there's no denying the fact that the punch is the thing. It had been planned to play games on until Christmas, hut owing to the cir cumstances it has been decided to dis continue further football activities. The suits have been turned In. the ball put away and the goal posts have been re moved Football Is only a memory at Park field. ing a bandanna handkerchief In front of a dyspeptic bull. The National league is going to meet next week to elect a president and to arrange for next season. .Tohn Heydler looks like the one best bet for president of the old organization, because, John says lie doesn't want it. The modest violet is not the favorite flower of some baseball magnates. EARLY DISCHARGES. Now that Uncle Sam has notified th baseball heads that he favors baseball next season, it is reasonable to believe that the discharges of the ball players who hastened into the service when their country called will he coming shortly. Without those players now In the ser vice h&Rebalt will be bard put to operato next season. Many are already on these shores and others are on the way over, Some are in camp. They are anx ious for their discharges. They want to take up where they left off in basehall. They feel they've done their hit and are ready to doff khaki for baseball span gles. As long as the war was going on the bail players were sticking to the, ser vice and anxious to remain until they Itad run the entire Potsdam gang of cut thniia off the map. But now that It's over over there, they're ready to resume their former status. They want to re turn to civil life and basehall. It is felt that with the earnest co operation that basehall gave the coun try during the war. the war department will reciprocate and will hasten the dis charges of the men now in the service. SHORT SCHEDULE MAJOR PROGRAM So Learns Bill Phelon as a Re sult of His Interviews. A late start and an early closing' for next year'. major league schedules. Five montha of the Kaine, beginning May 1, ending Oct. 1, and leaving ample titne for the world's .scrien and for the Hiieclal series w hlrh will Hurely be de manded by the fans, with the cham pionship military team meeting the winner of the regu'iir clttwlc. A prhedute consisting of 140 gamen, each club playing " games with every tenm, Instead of the former et of 22 Ueh are the ideas now prevailing nmong the magnates, according to Scribbler Bill Phelon, who haw done some interviewing, Long ago Ihe clubs played 126 games, then raised the limit to 140, but soon hoisted this to 154. Puring the time between April I" and Ma v 1 , the players can be conditioned under the climatic zones in which they have to do their regular playing, and considerable money can be made by ex hibition games The Southern trips are not so much in favor as in former da vs. and at least half the clubs are likely to drop them entirely BIKES FAIL TO CHANGE. MAPISnN SQPARK GARDEN, N. Y . Pec. 6. -While many attempts were made yesterday to steal h lap in the sin-day bicycle race at Madison Square Ian Ifii. none or tne teams uccesdi in changing its position during the last 2 hours. At midnight 13 of the teams were tied, having covered 1.273 miles and ! laps. The Howker brothers were one lap behind. The 72-hour record made in PU4 by ;uuilet and (iniala is 1,408 miles, 5 laps BABE RUTH ON CRUTCHES It's one thing after another with Rabe Kuth this off season. The latest is some sort of an accident at the factory he wan engaged in that put one of the Babe s legs on the blink and he is hobbling around on crutches. Two weeks a'o it was the flu that had him Before ttiat something else, and ri:ht after the season closed he was singed and blistered when a kitchen stove blew up. BIG SMOKE BARRED. TRENTON, N. J.. Pec. I Bun l,anu ford, pugilist, has bfn disbarred for six months bv the .Now Jersey athiiti. commission from taking part In boxing bouts in this state under the commis sion's direction. He was charged with violating the state s boxing regulatlens. Up Father . . . .. . TWO CATCHERS SHARE LIMELIGHT IN A. U O'NEILL AND SCHALK REAL WAR HORSES Ray Schalk. at left, and Stevd O'Neill. The question as to whether Ray Schalk or Steve O'Neill of the Ind ans Is premier backstop of the American league Is still open to debate and prob ablv will be for some time. Hut here .., . r.,..t that the is no question aouoi tne "J two big-mitt wlelders stand head and shoulders above the rest of the hack stops in the circuit when it comes to filling in behind the plate. They were the only catchers In the league last season who caught 100 or more games In that short season. O'Neill was the real leader of the league in clean fielding. He caught 113 games and made just to errors Perkins of the Athletics stood first in the fielding averages with a percent age of ,990. Hut Stevf, placed seend with a 98H average really led the hunch Schalk caught 101 games and Is charged The complete financial returns of the boxing shows held throughout the coun try under the supervision of ,Ilm COf froth in the united war work drive for funds have not yet been compiled, but Judging by the shows that have been heard from to date It can be said that boxing did Its bit for the soldiers. I he five shows given In New ork San Francisco, Boston. Bridgeport and Wil mington netting about 156,000 The New York show resulted In $34,0 being turned over to the fund while sail ; vrnncisco produced the second largest amount, $18,000, ,,ii, The boxing snow m nims " ..... .. was attended by the munition work-. ers. amounted to nearly $4,000, wi lt Boston accounted for $l,nini tic P"" meters of that city are planning ' " ond show for the war workers ami ox- t to do better man inej ""' '" first. In Wilmington, where $:t.""0 ws a ed the eommll I o, up-.o ieu fied that the money came Inrmign tne medium of boxing, refused I" sccept i. w...t ,ia inn niyni n "i ...... .... ..'....,i i',l m the show with the Ides thai their money wa noied lii the united KolllK Io he do- war work cam- It would be unr.itr t the Klnv nms'to omit the amount from the sum realized from boxing. Philadelphia jbck ii r tl,e Wlllll HEtOII Shew MHO " n. ii .... committee spumed the monej he ssia that he would donate 11 i" " rganliatlon, pronamy no- lied Cross. Connie Mack will be one of Ihe out Ain figures in tile recolll-t rllcl Io! I Of baseball, lie can reconstruct a hall club out of an orpnan asyiuui. Had 1 bad a working agreement itl. I'leveland a venr or so before I did." says waller mci.renie, lormci manager of the foriinno oas. i.-.....-; team "Waller Johnson would luuo come to I It' vc III no uiKieaii i i "never have seen Johnson pitch, hut I heard a lot about nun witen tie was pitching tor a soniiprn team in Welser, duo. Evsry time he would work, striking out 80 or 26 men. I would get a message to come and look hfni over 1 sent several agents down to sir.o him up and try to sign him. "My scouts were enthusiastic over him. but every time tticy would try lo get him to sign with Portland the owners of the Welser club would meet the ante by putting a couple of more pool tables or another barber chair in Johnson's place. "There was only one way to get Johnson out of Welser and lhai was to make him a big league offer I had no such affiliations and could not do so. hut when Cliff Blsnkenshlp came through with an offer for Walter lo go to Washington it was a cinch." Saturday i Ight wrestling mft.tc.heft are not allowed to go to a finish. The spec tators have to go home and tale their baths. Jimmy l.lghthody, who won many a long-distance race for the University nf Chicago, and who later tiled to make an athlete of the German crown prince, was on the job In PYance when the Hermans capitulated, serving as a lieutenant with the American forces Mrs. Katherlne Ltfhtbody, of Chicago, mother of the noted athlete, who has been visiting with friends at Gilbert Lake near Brainerd, Minn., received a letter from her son written laic m October He related nls experiences at the front and assured her that "Ihe war would soon end." l.lghtbodv Is married and has two children When war was declared be arranged his business affairs as quickly as possible and entered the officers' training camp at Port Sheridan, After he won his commission he was sent to Camp Grant, where he Instructed all diets In Herman. After l.lglitnody was graduated from tho t'nlveisity nf Chicago he tooh up Don -graduate wnrk at the University "f Berlin His athletic prowess attrai ! the attention of the Imperial family, and Llghtbody hail the crown prlnca and other eons of tho kaiser in his ath letic classes. By George McManus Willi 12 errors and an average of Hale of the Browns, Slanage of the Tigers, and Nunamuker of tin- Browns ranked between Steve and Ray, but none of them caught over mi games Steve's record of only lu errors is remarkable, when It Is pointed mil that he accepted (71 chances behind the bat. BWOlalli apimnlNl fitK I'llSllces These boys certainly hung up great marks for the season. WANTS 2 MILLIONS FOR THE SUPERBAS Ebbets States Terms on Which He'd Like to Retire. President Charles II HbbetS. who has not. beon found saving much that S encouraging with reference to re sumption of baseball next year, now Is quoted as saying be Is growing llred of the game. "I've Been worrying over the Brook lyn dub for so many years thai soma day I may decide to sell out," said Bbbcts, "What would yotl take for Ihe club. fsanohlss, players and park he was ,lB(rc .. u joOu.oiio." . replied, 4MW!Stly. Hgut that Is twice as much as Hie j owners of Ihe (Hants ask for their j,,,,,,,,, ,. W&H remarked. I "Maybe! Hut noii must remetnbei thai the New York chili wouldn't he worth a dollar If H didn't have seven other clubs, including Brooklyn, to play with," was (lie quick id. .it "Why. our real estate alone is woiili 1400,11001 i ' ; yes, two millions would be ahoni Rvldentlv t lie Urooklvn magnate in tends to remain in basebH II as long as be lives, "tired" "f t hmig;)i he may be. BIO FIELD MEET. DAMP POtlRHST, OhlcksmsusH I irk, (in., Dec. 6 Ten thousand sn Lltieefg yssterday witnessed mi sth Iptlc field nicci In Vlnltinl field, Hi first of weekly rontestK srraniei among the soldiers The program In cinclcil races nf varloux MuiIn iu Ii-, ins 0 ' Two nun unr Mini ;i ciminc! It ive ill ill ilrocl nint fifty men pur! Ii Ipated In III rrldv race. SPEAKER MAY PILOT INDIANS TRIS SPEAKER. Trlfl Speaker, star batsman fnr Iho i'leveland American league baseball club, la to Hiiereerl I.e.- l-'nhl us man urer nf the team Announcement of Speaker's promotion will he made at the annual meeting of the league in Chicago liexl week. It m said l-'uhl will lie given the option "f remaining with the Indiana as cnacii nt nilcnsrs the pneitlon he held hefure. becoming manager i ' P&f TTffi iCopvnght. Baker Says Military Needs of Nation Cannot Be Prudently Assessed Until World Status Is Known Definitely. WASHINGTON, l'et- 5, The question of permanent orpan tuition of the army liar- been deferred for consideration after the close of the peace conference. Sec retary Raker, In his annual report mane public last uiKbt says tilts course is de termined upon id nee "the military need:. ol the I ntted States enn not be pru dently assessed until ttiat conference shall have determined ihe future Inter national relations of the world" For temporary purposes, nowever, Mr HsUer announces that he wilt lay be fore oongreMs a plan of reorganisation for (lie regular army, "which shall con tinue ns the nucleuM nf any future military establishment.' Tin secretary also Indicates bis In tention to press for perpetuation by law of the strong general staff organisation built up durtiiK the war i have refrained In this report." Mr. HaUer says, "from making specific rec ommendations for future legislation for two reasons In the first place, Hie signing of the armistice has not for mally closed the war We have at present a great military establishment which can not bo immediately dis solved, and the activities of Hie de part men 1 for some t line at least must be concerned with wnat we have in t bo seen inl place, i be peace conference a Pon i t f asaemnie a mi i be military needs of the United States can not be prudently assessed until that confer ence shall have determined the future International relations of the world The department will present to the eon gresa a plan for the maintenance nf a regular army which shall continue as the nucleus of any future military es tablishment, pending Hie time when the experience through which we have gone i a n be digested ami the fuiui e needs of the nation maturely considered. Supplement West Point. "In any case It Is clear that the edu cation of officers and a constant study nf the science of warfare will he neces sary, and il Is my hope that the great military academy at West 1'oinl can be supplemented by an enlargement and broadening of the special schools which are at present organised bat should bo made to take on mure the character of postgraduate courses ami to develop and train research specialists in the several arms This subject, however, is one upon which casual comment Is not helpful ami I refer (o it only be cause It seems the one clear Indication from our experience as to our future policy " The story of the American army's part In the war overseas. Secretary linker leaves very largely to Jeneral Pershing, whoso report, covering opera tions up to Nov. 20, following Ihe ces sation of hostilities, hi attached to thai of the secretary as is (Tie report of Chairman Posdlck, or the commission on training camp activities. "An adequate account of Ihe activi ties nf the department for the year flow ending can be written." Mr. linker says, "only in the long reaches of his torical Inquiry when there will be lime ami opportunity to examine in detail do I merely slatfsllcal cxhlbllH. which tell In numbers of men and guns what America did, but also appraise ire con tributions of patriotic zeal and service which came from field and factory, froin civilian ami soldier alike. and which represent in their Aggregate the life f the nation concentrated upon a single purpose." In Ills brief lecttsl of events of the war, Mr. Baker selects the battle or the UeUSS as "from I he viewpoint of military strategy, A merlca's greatesi contribution to the successful outcome of Ihe war," since b) that attack of the American a miles the Sedan -Mez teres FOR MEN AND WOMEN "THE $3 50 $aco PERMANENT ARMY PLANS POSTPONED FOR PEACE MEET V. 4W l OOUOLAS AND f VCIMSLOVCtl .uiye. isrs. TMt gov who eter.i JsJt'V v r rrl JK- uNkiiturro his whoii wossino snots st-ii i. mmn ri,in M jjaig1 ' ' 1 'sTMja)jtt. ros. i, esoeuciN Mta a!r- tow lar Tsn TTT;an W A ,- 11 You'll never neerl lo ask "What is the price?" when the shoe salesman is show. ing you W.L.Drtj,;!n5 shoes because the actual value is determined and the retail price fixed at the factory before W. L. Douglas name and the retail price is stamped on the bottom. The stamped price is W. L Douglas personal guarantee that t!i slioes arc alwnys worth the price paid for them. Ctamtiin the true mi every pair of shoes as a 'Thenualitvol W.L. Doughs product is (rniranteed ' protection ajaiait huh nrtil,.rt inn .i.',n:r:t hiffh able proofs is Only one example nf the constant endeavor of W. 1,. Douglas t" protect his cus tomers. W. L. Doujlas nans on shoes is his pledge that they are the h-st in material., workmanship asd, style possible to product- at the price. Into every all go the risclls of sitv aix years oapgrlence in nakin; shoes, datini; baclt to the tfms when W. h. rou:U' v, is a lad ot seven, plt,inz ib ies CAUTION For Kale hy 105 W.l..l'onrl" av.i.. pottffisjaagaisrs,oreau W. 1,, lnuiria ril limn, send how to order shosslhroagh W. L. DOUGLAS STORE: 45 S. Main 'OULL NEVER OT ANOTHER WirE LIKE ) i HM wis. International News SerN'ce.) railway, the main artery of the German Mipplv svstem, was cut The enure available strength of (he American army in France, i-'H dl Isions, were in line in the second week of October, he sas. making yard by yard progress .igamsi desperate enemy resistance which finally was worn out, "ami on o 1 the American troops broke throughuf' The object of the drive, the strategic conception of which Included Hie British drive at i he northern end of the railway system and the French advance in the center, was accomplished on Nov when the Americans entered Hie outskirts of Sedan to be joined there the next das by the French. Signalised Defeat. The meeting of the French and American troops on this historic spot." Mr Haker nays, "signaJlsed Hie defeat of the Herman arms, a defeat as deci sive and humiliating as Huit forced upon France 47 years ago before at the same spot. If there bad been questions before as lo Hie acceptance of t lie armistice terms, the ailied advance cul minating In this meeting at Sedan left no choice in the matter In sketching the bunding up of the war army. Kir, (laker selects a few striking figures as Illustrations of what each step meant and what has been ac complished On the day the armistice w as signed, be declares more tha u Jf per cent of Ihe entire male population of the country between ihe ages of is ami Si was In the military service, the army having reached a total of 3. AM, OOfl men, more than 3,000,00(1 of whom Were in Europe, as compared with .1 st i ength of 1sim;74 In March, I'M 7. a week before ihe wai was declared To lllristiale the speed of this ex pansion, ihe report ciles (he fact that the Hrilish army In Fram e had reached its high mark In Hie summer of 1917, three years after the beginning nf the war. ami that figure was "slightly more than 2,000,000 men ' ll look l:' months for the I'nitcd Slates to reach Ins same si l ength there, hut Mr Baker points out that flaring those years of battle, British man power had been heavily called upon to replace casualties, while for many months the flow of American I roups all went to augment the force being assembled To some extent this was offset, he adds, by the far greater transportation difficulties of ihe Amer ican project Keen nil u la ting the total American casualties, 238,101 men. as already an nounced, Mr Haker said the deaths due to bat tie ahme were 89,000 and that half of Hie wounded reported "probably suffered slight Injurs He adds thai federal battle fatalities in Ihe Clvl. war lot a led 1 ti, mart Japan lost 59,000 men In Hie Kusso Japanese war. and (ier many lost I'K.HOO In the Franco-Prussian w r. Speaking of iho selective service, Mr Baker makes this observation, without discussing Hie question of universal military training, soon to arise: "At that t line t w hen his preceding annual report was Issued) there vvat ample evidence that Ihe m led ive draft was a swift. ef feclive and just means of securing Ho military strength necessary for the conduct of a great wai The ex perience ot the past year has strongly reinforced that conviction." I Mscusslng the extensive engineering undertakings in France, the need for Which has ended with Ihe signing of the armistice, Mr Maker gives this hint at the policy the government is pur suing . "Steps have been laken to reduce or ders and cancel contracts for such Items as will not he needed in Prance 1 n this connection, however, care Is being taken to assure ourselves that we are not depriving France of material which she so urgent I v needs to replace thai worn out during her terrific self-denials of Hit past four years We can not re fuse to lender all Hie assistance possi ble in ihe reconstruction of thai heroic tiat Ion " Under the heading of "fighting equip ment for Hie army" Mr. Baker gives; n summary of what was accomplished in providing ordnance for the army When the armistice was signed iin.NKI com plete units bad been contracted for. (n Nov 1 10,034 had been deliver ml, di vided as ft. Mows. Trench MOO, light (field guns) ;i.Nfis, medium 1,070, heavy fur., rail win in The contracts were di vided as follows' Trench 1 1,700, light 10,118. medium heavy ;t.47l!. rall- wa v lei I As to riries, Mr, Haker shows that 2,i:t7,o'T. of the modified Rnftelds bad been accented prior io Nov I. Brown ing machine ami production Is given as follows l.igbl 17.01!). heavy 30,546, V- r jw wi'.yr wi im rm ; boys- vonfiHT HOU)& ITS SHAPE" 32222 $72 & $822 mi e. ,ipl unreason- 1 prices xrl unreason hv moie than 40 shoes. The smatt stylesare theleadets inthefash ion centres of America. They are made in a well equipped factory at Btockton, Mass., by the highest paid, f killed shoemakers, under the direction and mi per vision of experienced men, all working with an honest ortfrminationtomakethf best shoes for tha price th.tmonev can buy. The retail prices ate the name ftverywhete. Thev cost no more in San Francisco than they Before you buy lie wire W, L. Douglai retnil price it stamped on t ie l.ottom and the inide top lacing. If the .lamped price he. tern mutilated. BEWARE OF FRAUD. 'lure, anil ver 1,000 henrneren ireddlrsettrom t jff fl f Vrrt booklel telling; L &trKQtS Shl" I ll!'-lf if fnr the ma The following cablegram is quoted to show the p.rnrmance of the Browning guns in action: "Experience of seventy-ninth di vision in offensive operations Sept. 25 '" "t .1, iicwning machine guns. Thirteen machine-gun companies en gaged, weather conditions continuous rain and mud. . . There was not one instance where the guns failed to operate due to muddy and wet belts. . On the whole It may be said that the performance of the Browning machine gun and automatic rifle in ac tive operation has been so satisfactory as to create an Insistent demand for these weapons from machine-gun units and from division commanders." Airplane Record. Mr (taker gives much space to air craft problem, including the production figures published from time to time In ihe past He shows that S.t8 I 'ehavl land and bU Handlev -Page mm tunes were produced in this count rv and 1,900 planes had been shipped to France before the armi-t ice was signed. On the other side, 2,07fi planes of service types had been provided for the Ameri can squadrons by the French govern ment On Sept. 30 Hen IVrshing had .il' air squadrons at the front. th first or them to be equipped with American planes having reached the battle areas in July Air service casualties. the report says, have been higher than in the ar tillery am! Infantrv, and reports to t et I'l showed 128 battle fatalities and 224 by accident overseas A total of 213 men had lost 1 heir lives (n this ser v ice w hile in training iu the I'nited States The general health of the army has been surprisingly good, the report shows, the death rate for all forces, at home and abroad, up to Aug. 30 having been at the rate of R ; per 1,000 per year, or little more than the civilian rate for men of the same age groups. It compares with a rate of fir, per l.aflO per year during Hie Ovil war and 2 during the Spanish war Pneumont caused F6 per cent of the deaths. There were 316,000 cases of influenza among the troops in Hie I'nited States during the late summer ami fall, and of Hie 20,500 deaths between Sept 14 and Nov. S. 19,800 aie ascribed to the epidemic. 2,075,834 Men Shipped. I Useusslng t he embs rkatlon service, Mr Baker sa v s that in f.' months a total of 2,07:.. men and !.! 63.000 tons of cargo were shipped overseas, the great bulk of these movements having been handled after Jan I of this year. When host ill! les ceased, the service was engaging 3,000.000 deadweight tons of American shipping and Ret). turn more ions had been allocated Its use. with a half million tons additional per month being delivered In closing bis report Mr. Baker speaks this word tot ihe men who fought the war Ht home "I desire again to express regret for its (the report'') Insufficiencies I am conscious of how far it falls short in the matter of Just recognition of the accomplishments of niv associates, of exhibiting In adequate measure the heroic achievements of our soldiers abroad, or of our soldiers and civilians at home, who have worked together to make this demons! ra ton of America's purpose and efficiency successful, I erhaps a special word ought to ne said in recognition of those who from ivil life have come nt the country s all lo places of exuetins toil and have been denied the opportunity to partiel- te abroad hi the heroic adventure, bill have nevertheless worked nil, some times In uniform and sometimes vvlth- nt even that badge .if distinction. Theirs has been In unusual degree the all to seir sacrifice, hut iney nave been none the less SO Idlers and have ontrlbuten in no small way to wliat ver success has attended our arms." FAMILY'S HEAD DEAD. LONDON, Oeo 5.- The duke "f Uraf ton, ht'iiil nf tltrt PltS-Roy family and a ii'IIiim! Ksueral In tin- IttltlMh iiimy, Ih nend Hi' was In yearn old. AupiiHtiiH Charles lnnos Kitz-Uoy, seventh duke nf Orafton. was born In Isll inn! entered Hi.' British army In IM7, becoming colonsl "f tin' Cold stream Ruarda and retlrlns with the rank nf iteneral In I "J l He served In the Crimean campaign, "is heir Is the earl nf IQllston, WANT AERO LANDING. M BK11 HAN, M iss . I lee. f I Spl ) Mayor .1. M Dabney has suggested that the bond of trade take immediate steps toward the securing of an aviation landing si a Hon in Meridian This, the ma vor believes. Is a necessary require ment of Meridian If (tie city Is to keep abreast of the times, as ne believes Hint mall service by airplane Is one of i he en ily Innovations CHILEAN ENVOY LEAVES. LIMA, rem, Oec a The Chilean Consul-general has left for Santiago, fdaling that his government has ad vised hi m lo take the archives with him. The boycott against Chlean ves sels continues, forcing ihose which have brought cargoes to Peruvian ports to return home In ballast. REILY TO SPEAK, MERIDIAN, Miss. I.'. S (8uI.)- Marion W Kelly will deliver tho ad- ilresH next Sunday In Meridian's eele bratlon of Itriialn day A musical pro gram la heliiK arranged by the matinee musical ' liih a ml smig.s nf Knsland, Prance, Italy ami America win he sunn. The celebration will be held al the courthouse Sunday afternoon at t o'clock. GREECE GETS LOAN. WASHINGTON, Dec !. ilreeee was Klven a credit "t 123,764,016 Wednesday hv the treasury. This made the tntai of the Greek government's loans fmm tin. i mi,. I Sillies 189,554,098 and the l.ilul nf all allies' Ioiuih $(,310,340,701. BOYS SHOES SCST IB woe io $3.00 vears experience in makini fine do in New York. name and the President W. I,, nongtas Co., IO Spark Sl Rrm-ktott. Mbm. St, MEMPHIS