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SIX MUTT IS NOW CONVINCED HE'D NEVER MAKE A SOLDIER -If I Wfegt AS, N tTioln " 1 (■ \ OH, \ cmn’t' ' , cuesT') / VS6LU y K t.t-S=OW \ Ttte Atuas, WH Who C*tfT >fOU \ CANi.-r T? HS.UT I 1 Goess IT . X / POOR goof yoo ' V l * IGMT f J I ? J V% I 1 C **' T J I—. —— l l' *>. ... T ■ lie is LOST HI “FLOS" St. Louis Club Lost Forty Five Thousand Dollars---Largest Lost in League---Gilmore Says Will Force Organized Ball to Terms. | fit. Louis.—“ The Federal club* of Brooklyn, I’lttsburg, Kansas City and iPt. Louts lost money In the season now ending." This Is the statement attrtbuted by newspaper men here last night to .James A. Gilmore, pres ident of the Federal League. | Gilmore came here yesterday to at tend a meeting of the stockholders of the local club and departed early fast night, lie Is (looted further: “The Kt. Isolds club lost $45,000. This was the biggest loss In the league. Chicago, Buffalo, Baltimore and Indianapolis will show a balance tm the right side of the ledger." | Mr. Gilmore denied rumors that the chief stockholders of the local club contemplated selling their stock or that the St. I.ouls franchise would be transferred. v Aa to organized baseball," Mr. Gil more said, "we are not begging Its recognition. We will force that." FEDERAL LEAGUE ■ CLUB STANDING. ■ Won. I ,ost. Pet. City 87 84 .444 Hst. Louis 82 89 .411 ■ Divide Double-Header. H.\ t Pittsburg ■ (FIRST GAME! HF Score: R. H E ■ 000 000 000 000 000 I—l 15 4 ■ 000 000 000 000 000 0- 0 5 2 HE Ford nnd Rlatr: Kneizer nnd Kerry H (SECOND QAM El. HI Score: R H. E. Hftattalo 000 000- 0 1 HI (Called end sixth Inning, darkness) HI Anderson nnd Allen; Lerlalr nml H Tip-Tope 4; Terraplne 5. HA I Baltimore— Hr Score: R. 11. E oio on 001—4 15 0 ■Baltimore .. .. 010 000 I**—s 11 4 Hi Bluejacket and Wat non; Smith and Today on Gridiron Western Gamaa. Chicago, -flaraci bringing four “big Ulna" eleven* Into play and tbo dash between the University of Michigan and Vanderbilt at Ann Harbor bold the Interest In weatarn football today. In the western conference struggled Chicago «u scheduled to meet North* gaatrrn at Chicago and the I’nlverstty of Indiana «u to face llllnoia at I’rbana Kxpcrt* predicted that Mtnneaota would get a bard game from A me* and that Wlacvnaln would overwhelm Ingly whip Marquette. On Eaatarn Collage Gridiron. New York. —Game* between team* of more equal strength marked tod*' Ute advance of the football eeaaon on oaatern college gridiron* and the re aulte arc expected to allow a marked change In the playing form of the team* laht uaually enter Into cham pionship reckoning Tale and Harvard will face worthy foe*, Yale playing Lehigh, the eleven that laet Saturday defeated Carlisle, »nd Harvard meeting the strong Washington and Jefferson team It seems assured that Harvard will be called upon to play advanced foot ball if she gains victory. Princeton will play Syracuse and I* expected to register another triumph •The Tigers are continuing the open game. Cornel! has a difficult task before It today when It meet* Carlisle Pennsylvania meets LaFayette and reports from both training camps In dicate a close result. The Artny-Rutger*. the fturknell -swnthmore and Amherst-Brow n games are nlao expected u» result In close scores. THE NEW TRAINER CITY SERIES GAMES Cubs 2; White Sox 1. Chicago. The Chicago Nationals went Into the lead for the city cham pionship yesterday when they defeat ed their American League opponents, 2 to 1. The series now stands 2 to 1 in favor of the Nationals. Score: R. H. K. Nationals 000 200 000—8 4 1 Americans 001 000 000—1 5 8 Humphries nnd Brcsnahan; Benz, Wolfgang nnd Schalk. Giants 1; Yanks 2. New York. -Jeff Tesreau and Jack Warhop engaged In a pitchers' duel here yesterday tn the second game of the series for the Manhattan chan)- plonthlp. The local American League club defeating the National League team, 2 to L Each club now stands 1 end 1. Scire: R. H. R. Nationals 010 000 000 -1 6 1 Americans 000 000 002—2 8 1 Tesreau and Meyers; Warhop and Sweeney MOUSES, COTTON CORD Washington.—Relieving that cotton cord manufacturers failed to take full advantage of the recent advertlse 'nient by the post office department for bids on some 8200,000 worth of l cord for use in postoffioes, the post - master-general has had the proposal I re-advertised The department now usea hemp 'twine of which about two million !)>ounda are consumed annually. It Is 'estimated that cotton makes up Into ! twice the amount of cord per pound | that la obtained from Jute and it was thought the Southern staple could he substituted without material Increase In the cost, at the same time offering a new market for cotton manufac turer#. First bid* were not satisfactory, however, and manufacturer* have been given another opportunity to auote prlcea. COBB.BAUBEHT CHAMPION 818 LEAGUE HITTERS Georgia Peach Led American League For Eighth Successive Year, Average .368-.-Jake’s Percentage, .320 Chicago. For the eighth year In succession Ty Cobb haa won the hat ting championship of the American League. Figure* published here to day final though unofficial—give Cobb a percentage for the aeaaon of 888 In the National League Jake Daubert. of Brooklyn, retalna title aa champion with .829, though aevaral Latter* tn a dozen games or so have higher percentngea. Complete record* for Cobb and Dau t<ert for the aeason follow: O Ah R H 2b 3b Hr Sh Sb Cobb .. 97 845 89 127 *3 11 2 634 Daubert 126 474 58 166 16 7 6 83 24 American First Five .300 Hitters. The first five of the fifteen "three hundred-hatter*’’ of the American League are Cobb, Detroit, .368; Pick. M'ashington, .343: Onlllna, Philadel phia. 339: Jackson. Cleveland, :!89; Speaker, lloston. .338. In team hitting Philadelphia with 270 load* and lVtrolt with .256 Is j second. In the field the Athletics again are In front with .965 ami New | York I* next with 968. Leading pitcher* of the American League are Render, Philadelphia. wiQj 17 nnd 8. Leonard. Boston. 19 and 5; Plank. Philadelphia. 15 and 7; Malar!. New York bend* the hnse stealers, with 78 and Raker. Philadelphia, leads In home rune with nine National's First Five. The first five of the 16 players la THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA. the National League hatting .300 or better, are Roche, .667 ((11 gamesi; Wlltse. New York, .867 (10 games); I‘iea, New York, .500 (16 games); Erwin, Brooklyn, .348 t2O games); Steele, Rrooklyn, .333 (22 games). Brooklyn with .269 and New York with .263 lead In club batting, while Boston, Pittsburg and St. Louis are tied for the lead In the field!)*;, with .964 each. 19 Home Runs. By a margin of one, Cravath's 19 home runs give him the lead over Saler, Chicago. In stolen bases Burns of New York is ahead with 58. The three leading pitchers are James, Boston, with 27 and 6; Ru dolph, Boston, 32 and 8; and Doak, St. Louia, 18 and 7. The first five of the fifteen Federal League men hatting .800 are Kattff. Indianapolis, 861; Yerkee Pittsburg, 858; Evan*. Brooklyn, 858; Chase, Buffalo, .357; Easterly, Kansas City, .330. leading pitchers are Hendrix, Chi cago, 29 and 10; Ford, Buffalo. 20 and 7; Quinn. Baltimore, 26 and 14. TOR INCREASING COTTON EXPORTS Washington—Anting Secretary I .an alog and Sir Cecil Sprlng-Rtce. the British ambassador, discussed today the |>ossihlhty of Increasing ship ments of American cotton to Europe. The ambassador pointed out that the war had greatly reduced the de mand for ootton goods, so that the Great Lancanshire factories were dosing up and running on a reduced scale. The principal obstacle In the I way of normal importations of Amer i lean cotton, however, he said, lay In I Greet Britain'* obligation to cortnuti:'. as far as possible the Egyptian cot ton crop in order to prevent Just such a depression In Egypt as now exists la tly* Southern Amerlcsn states. All of the great German and Aua trtan and even French mills are prac tically closed to the Egyptian product U* the war, the ambassador added. AIKEN PEOPLE WILL OPPOSE INCREASING INTERURBAN RATES Proposal of Augusta-Aiken Railway & Electric Corpora tion That Passenger Fare Be Doubled Will Be Fought. Aiken City Council Will Meet to Take Action Before Hear ing is Held in Columbia. WALTER E. DUNCAN, Staff Correspondent, The Augusta Herald. Aiken, S. C.—The people of Aiken are up in arms against the proposal of the Augusta-Aiken Hallway & Klectrio Corporation to double the passenger fares on the interurban line. The news that attorneys repre senting the corporation appeared on Wednesday before the railroad com mission In Columbia and asked for permission to make the fare 60 cents instead of 25 cents, reaching here to day, set the people talking. From one end of the business streets to another' 1 heard the matter discussed, and all that It Is possible for one to hear is a protest. Mayor Herbert B. Gyles stated this afternoon that the city council will meet to take some action In view of the hearing to he held In Columbia on October 22nd. and gave tile defi nite assurance that the city govern ment will strongly oppose the propo sition. Mayor Gyles stated that he I wit' himself attend the hearing at the stave capital, a* will dozens of citi zens. "We will give the railroad corpora tion the fight of their lives," said Mayor Gyles this afternoon. Thinks Augusta Should Help. "The people of Augusta." he added. "the merchants, the tradto body, the By HOB AN city itself, should fight with us against any increase in the p;issenger lates on the Augusta-Aiken line. Not only from Aiken, but from all the towns along the line throughout Horse Creek Valley, the business houses of Augusta get a big trade. They have more to lose than we have to gain. If the rates are permitted to be increased. It will mean that fewer people will continue to trade in Au gusta, at least the vorume of the trade that goes over there will be consid erably cut.” Only one man with whom I talked hero today would he willing that the fare be Increased at all. Mr. John C. Hutson is of the opinion that, consid ering the service, the 25-cent rate is enough; hut in view of the depressed conditions which the company pleads, Mr. Hutson said that he would not protest against a rate of 30 cents, In stead of 25 cents, hut that 50 cents, In his opinion, would work too great a hardship upon the people. Women Are Opposed. Many Aiken women shop In Augus ta, patronizing the Augusta stores lib erally. They are all opposed to any Increase In the rates. They do not feel that they can afford to pay a dollar for a round trip to Augusta, that 50 cents Is sufficient. How They Argue. While the contention of the corpo ration that the Augusta-Aiken inter urban line is one of the longest In the South and that Its passenger rate is the lowest, about one cent a mile, Is recognized, and there is no disposi tion on the part of the Aiken people to be unreasonable, they contend that other Interurban lines, which charge 2 cents a mile—for instance, the line from Washington to Baltimore, which Is forty mites In length and charges 75 cents or 11.25 for a round trip— affords conveniences which have never been provided on the Augusta- Aiken line. Among these conveniences Is a through car. making several trips a day. For several years past there has been an effort on the part of the Atken people to Induce the Augusta- Aiken Corporation to put on a through car, which would make the run In one hour Instead of an hour and a half. They have never succeeded In getting a limited car. No toilet* are provid ed on the car*, no smoking compart ments, a* on other line*, and until very recently there were no separate SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10. ~ BY “BUD” FISHER compartments for white and colored passengers. With a maximum of comfort in traveling, as on the inter urban line in the Piedmont section of South Carolina, the people of Aiken would be more responsive to a pro posal looking toward a reasonable in crease in the rate. It is also argued here that the Au gusta-Aiken line traverses a section, which with the exception of stretches of a few miles—particularly between Aiken and Granlteville and between Clearwater and Belvedere is thickly populated. There are five cotton mill towns enroute and sev eral other settlements, and the people of these towns patronize the cars lib erally. Talking this afternoon with Mr. Stevenson, superintendent of the Langley Manufacturing Company, at Langley, I learn that the people down there are equally opposed to any In crease in the passenger rate. Would Be Regarded as Tax. Since the building of the line the people of Aiken have come more and more, for ten years, to using the cars, depending upon the convenience they afford, and it is argued that the rea son set forth in the petition filed with the railroad commission—business de pression—is felt by the people who patronize the cars as well as by the corporation, and that to grant the pe tition and raise the passenger rate would be to impose a tax upon the people for the henefit of the corpora tion. Aiken may he depended upon to put up a strenuous fight agtinst the prop osition, and when the hearing is held in Columbia dozens of citizens will go to the state capital to lend their individual efforts to give strength to the action to be taken by the city council. Theatricaj Notes of Inter esl Ij ANNETTE KELLERMAN IN “NEPTUNE’S DAUGHTER." Announcement is made that the opening performance' of the moving picture feature, Annette Kellerman in “Neptune’s Daughter” will take place at the Grand next Tuesday. This photo-play met with enthusiatic re ception in New York, and was en dorsed by every critic, as an excep tional picture. The story deals with the Land of Make Believe. For two hours and one-half we wander from one beautiful scene to another, while the creatures of this mystic land un fold a tale that might well have come from the pages of Hans Christian An dersen. Annette Kellerman as "Neptune’s Daughter," dives, swims, dances and fences, and does some remarkable acting. As the principal figure In this romantic drama of land and sea, of the realms of the Immortal King Nep tune and the mortal King William, Miss Kellerman is ever on the screen. "Neptune’s Daughter” will have an engagement of three days with dally matinees. “MUTT AND JEFF IN MEXICO;” Grand opera was succeeded by comic opera and comic opera by musi cal comedy. Legitimate drama gave way to farce comedy. Dramatic, melo dramatic, travel and educational mo tion pictures are falling prey to the ravages of comedy pictures. The answer; The people want to laugh, first, last and all the time. This has been the nucleus of Gus Hill's suc cess. He has always aimed to make people laugh, therefore It la not to be wondered at that “Mutt and Jeff hqlds the undisputed record of finan cial and popular success of recent theatrical history. Laughter Is the most popular sensation 'on earth. “Mutt and Jeff was conceived for philanthropic purposes; to cheer man ; kind and to make them forget their ’ real or Imaginary troubles, in which (quest these two eccentric "near hu | man” characters have been eminently j success. “Mutt and Jeff In Mexico" comes to the Grand next Friday, matinee and | evening. ! “PEG O’ MY HEART,” MONDAY AND TUESDAY, OCT. I»th AND 2toh. Lovers of the unusual In the drama are awaiting Impatiently the coming of | “Peg o' My Heart.” which Oliver Mo ro»eo le sending to th# Grand on Mon day, October l»th. for an engagement of three performances Thl* work of J. Hartley Manners. 1* one of the eenea | tlona of the theatrical world, end proves beyond *ll civil that the public wIU go to see a decent dean play, even though ; It deals with a phase of life, of which the general run of humanity know* lit tle It !■ the heart quality In the un ■ usual etnry of ■'Peg'' which has crested It* tremendous vogue Th# east which will present the play her* Is mad# up of Tbanche Hail. Pelham. Linton. Joseph Allenton Alma f*he#t#r Ruth Oaetlsrd, R-vlng White. Fred L. Rraucs-Tldei?, and A. T. Hendon. MUST HAVE LOfT HIS HEAD FIRST. Johnny—Did old Coinstax lose In terest In that chorus girl? Cholly—inter'ail 1 ahould say, and