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t - . n , YV r 'V i WEATHER FORECAST North and South Carolina Fair and somewhat warmer Sunday and Morday. VOL. XXIII. NO. 355. So Far the Nation Has Only Subscribed For $600,000, 000 of Bonds. LATE REPORTS ARE MORE OPTIMISTIC Treasury Department Issues Rally Cry to Nation Hard Work Needed Every One of Remaining Days. .... . . .v. .y. n. . . t A. -:: l.l.riy loan situation today: .-iibsrribod in the nation, $600,- -3f ihmijihO Car.rpaign half over, only 12 -35- r.-v mnt. of $5,000,000,000 goal -:f -fit To reach soal the county ,t subscribe in the remaining -.rl0f U' ck'.ys at rate of $366,000,000 -S c-.!iv oi- $oU,oo'i,uufj hourly, count- ir.sj 1.: hours to the working day. - sent, pace of only $5),000, ilaily ir would take country ' ,i;ivs to reach jjoal. -X- X -X- -X- (Ry T'nitpd rivs.s. Washington, Oct. 13. Rallying the r.ailon 10 its financial "battle of the .via rue," the Treasury Department an nounced tonight that only 5600,000,000 iit, hppn fiiihsorihpd tn thp second 1 ih irfv loan namnau-n Vn rohpw ha thp hnnrt snip nt.ain- the momentum necessary for sue - (ess, the cotHr-.-v was warned. R.,t nfffMalo ripnTrnprl rhaf etill th prp firm srrminrl for hone, if the ceonle plunge into the last two weeks with; i do or die" spirit Rcranw nf intervention of a holi- dav and a half holiday since the last; " - ... . 1 official figures wore announced, head- quarters here recorded the same total, $:U4, 193,550, cv only seven per cent, 'f th $5,00i". iOO.O'h'i maximum goal. With alicwanc? lor incomplete re-rurn--. it was esnni:urd that roughly r.u:i OO.0G0 has brf R subscribed so far. This is ba.-t il ; : ' optimistic re-1 iions from district chairmen and is; ih,. e:ir;iate-of forecasters in close tcuf't -with the situation who hesi-j tat- to predict any iaigt-T total. i ...... . . T7.l l p.orr.cial esiiiiian'. :r'.iu nve r eu-, n ai ii. .- rv? d;s r c! announced to- j night showed a t ti?i subscription Co j date of ?r3 oi. .' -. 1-esf the IaiT.-st i : r r in the country, however. Tiiv- limirfs: NVv: York. $325.0!i0,0X). rif vrl;p.a. $-30. 000, 000. Post; n. $5!U92.G00. Chicago, $41,005,400. -Tiif spirit of' local committees ev- i.vv-Ah,re" said tonight's official i., hiiv Pnrr.n-flrine. In h ulcr of disconcerting reports, they ?av,n Rnindid new rin on the situation and will 2:0 into the fight r,wi fists wpk with set teeth and ciencnea Xnv York, shocked by the nrsi ., . a (.univ irrnrDt: 14 i;l irn W1LII ci. ' and the remain- Iiending up program j"" V ,liiyi T ' ' ' ' W 'AU average .otacriptton. I. 1 mm Tn nitv nlnr.o reoorted TZS.- '. . . ' . f, -". j 7 . i s ' ; Illinois outsuie touit cuuutj, !,4' 'i50; Ipdiana, $4,645,400; Iowa, Michigan, $5,701,600, and .MO rill I DSirrn flurnn IULLU1 LLUnSILflU m w mm w ii yar vaa Las Eaoi J fOL I ML -II I H M M B! , r "85 379 500 St. Louis re-' pie&truL. tuc oMa-rroe- y v.c d':;.rict sureiv Win at- tors of the Chinese shipping situation, t, 2W 000,000 allitment. Cleve-jln order to promote the scheme of : til for thp city is $19,000,000.! trans-shipping through Japanese ports, . , " f j!t.i thpv have virtually cut off Shanghai ry ; lan-1 ill; J! IV' Th. v.-ill i 'lurina: prams in uwi uion 'scribing 30' per cent, more j. ,1 i.y ( iid in the first campaig ,"hT nuTc" riW i ' :;bureh. .u, i ot-o vsop-in-. nir," ; whpt up," was the terse mes from Dallas. Texas, where salev iircr! Irjrging. X.: new estimates or reports were i rom any oi lu uu:i national headquarters here m said that the exact total oj.s up to tonight were un- fit Secretary Mc- Gerber, Ca!., iii fiit wires: . wonderful spirit of patriot 1 -iilhu.-;iasm throughout the i is even more pronounced ii v first ijiDeny luau my Property Seized. (i:v t'nited Trss.) - city. Oct.- 13. Properties : nf which will reach several 'tl',;'::;, held in the names of ,i;k klual:; have been taken lh- government on charges . '.aiity they belong to the ! ' riiuirh and that, the persons ivmes they ctfnd are pre-i.'.-it:;. Under the new con- ; church property becomes . (he nation. The proper ' located in the Slates of Pue- i ri iJurango, Michoacan and Jalisco W-M RUSSIA AROUSED BY NEW DANCER Who Nation ,0 ('3 U I or. . i f to Kepel the uerman Threat. (Br T'nited Press.) Petrograd, Oct. 13. Landing German naval forces oh the coast of the Gulf of Tagalast has aroused the!" Lc?ot wlU demand a wa ''S all but swimming along Us sur- j JU3t aDout ttle time a sna11 fjTuesday to determine his fitness to entire nation into a fighting spirit. ! fnwease or 5 per cen? beginning face- bedaubed" Tommies squirmed, j animal was observed cantering across I continue in the councils of the na The government tonight announced January 1. " ' ' .fighting onward. They were soaked the bairen wastes of the stock yards. tion that the countrv's ctren-th will be I Representing the roads east of Chi- 1 he skin evei7 square-inch of their i It was later identified as the Giants' I ,bf f the investigating corn mat me country s strengtn win De . ... bodies wau nainted with a dinev en- x mittee stated tonight this is the mean- speedily concentrated for the defense of Kussia and against the new men- ; Russia and aeainst the new men- - pSWJ pn, snaia o, ao. j by the imperialist forces of Ger- -JBO ried mar' oral Verhovsky, minister of war, announced tonight that one or two German divisions have landed near the coast of Courland and are threat-! ieninsr to advance in the direction of Hansal. Gpneral Verhovskv. in mak - ing his announcement, pleaded that the entire Russian nation rise up andjOOO.OOO less in August, 1917, than in'1 covered were me men on doiu resist the foe. I August 1916. The roads of the South sides with mud The following official statement was; actually gained, the Western roads1 Earl' todfiy British airmen, scorn issued by the war office: imade fairly good showings, but the in& the tempest and the pouring "Under rover of naval forces sev-ipatpm nnp fpii off hpnvilv ThP , clouds, joined the offensive of the land praT timps sunprior to nur flpfenders. ' t.p pnpmv landpfl tronns on the coastloa oirainat stiis 7Ki 9fi7 in iftifi i , of the Gulf of Tagalast, north of the (Island of Oesel. Another enemy de-, tfinhVn Oil t haci hppn TrTAA- nnsrn Tsland anH one succeeded in gaining a footing near Serro En- lemy dreadnoughts silenced our land hnttprip? Our garrison on Oesel land is stubbornly fighting the ' - emy." . i n t I American and British Interests Protest Against Trans shipment Tolls. (By t'nito.l Press.) waohintrtnn opt IS American bus V.. . , j. j.ii iness men m unina nave proiesit-u lu: the State Department against any lift 1 ins of the American embargo on steol for Japan's benefit. Their, protest is based on the da,m J that if Japan gets what she wants of steel, her shipping barons will route goods from China to America via Ja- P,an and take a rich toll in trans- o 1m' n -r-jr-ji ntif nVlirPOC! S1,'C"L 7; 13 inis wouiu u'nu to swing much A tnnriion hlicinooa in f'Vlina tOWD.rd """"' .la nan competitive rates, the governments Seen ttJapanese merchant prince, f" 5L "t.M't l . . , compro ifv tho "economic lmrieralists the. A iU ,; rm princes anu ai Bamr tread on American toes. ; as a port of call for trans-Pacific ships, '. - .d-i .hino 'compelling British and American mer-;- j chnats to patronize Japanes e coast .WP. gota t. Kobe whe thf , nese mercnanaise This has caused a shipping fight, i whicn is now so Diuer tnai me Amen- .... i i i i 1 i J 1 A Z cpn anu rriLjii weiuuii.is ani withheld from Japan unless some fast agreement can De raaae wun me imh ission which will relieve the present arfanrement. ishu's exDenence m snapmsr ' I "gentleman's aereeroent" on Jamv ( immigration earls to the belief that ; the (shipping difficulties will be adjusted. I M . u mam m m m m w mm mr p 1 nTrri Tn laniAi I I I I I III I II LI It 111 i i i p ri iii uru u uiLLL iu uns nn 4? & 4. : RALFIGH ROY FATAUV Another diamond ring is to be giv HURT BY AUTOMOBILE en r way for just two weeks' work in J The Dispatch contest. This second Special to The Disp.nfch.) diarrond ring is to be awarded the Raleigh. N. C. Oct. 13 Vinnard conte eant who turns in the most Glenn. 10 yoir old son of Mr. and money on NEW subscriptions between Mrs. HfHie Glenn, was killed tdav Mondav October 15, and 9 p. m., Sat hv th b' auto truck drivpn bv Dick urdry Cctober 27, who does not win Harris, an employe of Sorrell and tfle B'riscoe automobile, Ford touring Smith, transfer men. Youner Glenn s car 2QQ -n gQ $100 jn go!d 3 fur. injuries early did not pdwit boneless. niture guite $75 Columbia Grafonola, but it was found that his skull and Qr thQ fir8t diamond ring offered as, a me of his shouldev's were crushed., cIal prize No contestant can win The negro went immMffy more than c nrize. lice beadauarterfl and tld the nn( gpf, - ring is in ev. cers that- he hnd seriouslv injured a aj beautiful and Valuable as boy. After little Glenn died. Harris Qffered ag a gpecial prize for was arrested and nlacprt m ja.i. Work done during the last two weeks The' child's father formerly was u u b imiNGTOlf WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, SUN DAY MORNING, OCTOBE R 1 4, 1 91 7. THREE IMPORTANT EVELOPMENTS IN RAILROAD CIRCLES Increased Freight Rates, Gov- pj T , Ta f j r Wlien;u was iscovered m oum v ,mm,nt fW,mW I Ponged Into Mud Deeper side, Chicago, at 4 O'clock ship Increase in Wages. I WAR DEMANDS BRING SERIOUS problems d ! j c r Yu;.u .ui cjIi Which the Federal Govern ment Will Doubtless Have to Deal With (By "United Press.) Washington, Oct. 13. America's sec 1 ond line of defense its railroads jwere the center tonight of three im iportant war developments. First, the big Eastern roads, alleg- 1 ed lessened profits despite more bus- mess, maae tneir nrst tormai move or a' general freight rate increase. Second, a government ownership propaganda was definitely under way. waiting only for Congress to re-open to place its program before the na - firm Third, the big roads took official no-1 j.. iPfttnTTiar an.i nhin 'rivers. Georee F. ZTirt 1 iriniu u nil niir 1 1 1 1 1 iim rivers, George F, RandolDh requested the Interstate ! RnnHr.inh rnntfA thP TntPrstate mmerce Commission for a prelim-' inary faring October 17 on the sub- ject of general freight increases. He declared action is essential in view Gf the carriers' keen necessities." just prior to the receipt of his tov tho inttatP rnmmprw Corn- miccinn hnH nnhiishpH fijrnrp shnw- 'ino - thQt 177 nf 18n nf thP hie- marts Gf the country had earned over $4,- tmoic wor-o iiifi7ii?;7 fnr thi vpa r ' The roads did 25 per cent, more business without any material nonwa nut Anmrn net nrnfits Friends of Federal ownership are conducting a preliminary campaign' Is-!hcfnrQ nnno-rpoa T-o-acopmhipe Thev en-'claim the railroads are falling down vyBuo . v. v.... v-.. , on the war job. They argue ti,a rnarlc havp hppn nprmittprl tn pntpr in- to "pooling agreements," despite a 12W ao-ainet it Thpv rlaim dpsnite leeway the government has allowed the railroads' service has run down, congestion of freight grown worse, ! an thP rm.ntrv' h,iinpS slnwprt jwn "Its probably true" said one of the roar tnat they decided counter blows i and Faber. Williams wss just warm highest railroad officials in Washing were nardly worth while- g up the water boy when the game ton, "that the brotherhoods will gouge another raise in pay from us. j nonond nn it if urp crot a 1ft npr Cent, inert use h receipts, they'll be right around with a demand for zo per cent, increase in pay." T1 to increased living expenses and the - aiaoa allntcprl in atl industrial linps i - . . iiiiinTura nuiunun q un jniuuiiiLii ummuiiu iimid Special Prize to be Awarded Contestant Who Turns in Most Money on New Subscriptio ns During Next Two Weeks and Who Does Not Win More Valuable Prize or First Ring. l1 ! THE PRIZES. $775 Briscoe Automobile. Ford Touring Car. $200 in Gold. $100 in Gold. $93 Furnifure Suite. 4- $75 Columbia Grafonola. fr -50 MercnandiSe Order At J. W. H pug Department S'ore. Wrjst watch. v- "5" . Two $60 Diamond Rings. Ten per cent, commission to & j. ol, nfi7,.winnfirs who remain . 9Pt,. n mnT,pV nr PW Rnb- scripti'ons. FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE C'C L U T FAILED TO HALT BRITISH TROOPS : C1J: nti... . 1 nan i neir neaas . ! MEN AND LANDSCAPE PAINTED DINGY COLOR ' But Despite This Tremendous cut we; f Handicap, the Men Floun "dered Further Forward Germans Quiet , (By Philip Simms, United' Press Staff, Correspondent). With the British Armies in Flan- ders, Oct 13 -Nature was doing her vuirL tuiiisiii iu uau lug DUllSIl U11VC and failing. n l!nheard-of rain a drenching,' continuous cloudburst that literally wusu """'. Ui IIU?S m the Passchendaele sector continued tnrougnoi . . . ! bntiSh throughout last night and most of to - -, uul aB swaea new deDths of ooze. Scramhhne. slin - - crusted mass. But they fought on. - Headquarters reports tonight de - tailed actual instances where "harg - g. or rather sliding-soldiers had "v"f. L"l" r J u 1 , it " J igrenaaes tnrew snowers ot molten. NT WRS iet-'vlscia muCK aH over me landscape, If it were not for the difference in tne t'Pe of the steel helmets, there wouiu nave ueen uimuuuy 111 uisuu- guirhing friend from foe, so thorough - Tommies, swinging dizzily down across the German lines to add their saeets of steel to the downpour of in-'PeltinS rain- They .performed valu - me unu diuuery iuruueu me uiumjr air. The Australians, fighting fiercely, moved their lines stil closer to Pas suuaeie, auU umi uuck rt vxei j , j , 1 ,1 1 1. n man counter aiiacK. That counter attack was the only "e reported along the front of the wiiuie diiiisu auvau,.c, uuu uuijr uui- last nit, but all of today. The Germans were either fearful of the a" encroacmng muu, or eise taey were so tnorougmy -miseraDie irora ,ine ever increasing rsriiisn ai uiitry The three big railroad men of the nnital PrpciHpnt T.nvptt nf thp Union Pacific. Willard, of the Balti- more & unio. ann i-iarrison. oi xne . t t 11 I Southern, have left their govern-1 ,.v,...ioo nna ' . out on their lines to straighten out (,nn?oatinn . D- of the first period. It was purchased from A. O. Schuster, the well known I local jeweler, for $60, and is guaran teed by Mr. Schuster. - The. stone is 1 pure white and is mounted in the popular Tiffany style setting. The contest for this special prize starts in the morning and all the con-' testants are on an equal footing. No candidate has any advantge over any other contestant. All money for sub- arri ntinnc tnrnprl . in nn tn SaturHnv will in no way figure in the winning of the second special prize. This fact should beT an incentive to those wuvnuaico uuuc muu, 11 1 anything, up to this time. It is an opportunity for anyone, even one who nas not Deen in tne contest, to enter and work for two weeks and win the diamond ring. All subscriptions turned in toward the diamond ring will receive votes ( Tnejr piayed the first half of the according to the regular schedule, nintn 0f course, but it was only a and in addition will apply on the $15 matter of form. Th Giants' goat had "Club Vote'' offer in effect during the traveled so far by this time that they second period of the contest, which couldn't have located him by tele is 140,000 extra votes for each $t5..graph. worth of subscriptions. 1 These seventh and eighth inning Special ballots issued on subscrip-1 outbursts by the Fanatics were gobs tions turned in during the diamond ' cf gloom compared with what happen ing offer, and ballots issued on $15 ed when the last man was thrown "Clubs" do not have to be voted be 0ut. Wild eyed men committed as fore the close of ihe second period sault and battery on . their dearest of the competition for the ring. They friends. They shouted and shrieked may be held until the last day 6f the and rent each other's raiment. It contest and their value wll remain was not great big riot a mob scene the same. (Continued ''on Page Seven). 'i ' j : ; :'i--v-r . - - f jlii. jl il. Jl iL JL , three sections: VM f II LD'S BIGGEST ! t. iv r. - 1 - o .1 s. , . ' p. m., Yesterday. i THOUSANDS CRAZY i AND GLAD OF IT An Epidemic of Acute Demen tia Base Ballus Appeared Coincident With Depart- ure of Giants' Goat (Bv H. D. Jaohe iinit.H p ct, Correscondent). rh,n(rn rw iq ;o. , w. j. u . -X. 11 kJlXTD L 1LX" sane asylum in the world was dis- rnvprpfl in SmUl-, c,K, A l I this afternoon. There were 27,355 inmates. All were violent cases, stark, raving ' crazy and glad of it. 1 luey weie suaermg irora acute, mi v - . j dementia, base ballus, superinduced The epidemic of insanity broke out', , ..... 1 1 rr-v o r ; h Twn u.,, h5cr loQtrilQ ltma nrnHoMv '0,,. i; - j Bchool game. There were s0 many . .-j. " v o J i errors that ..the official scorer had to . send out for an addine machine to . v, i ,s ing doubt that all chronicled even then of them were Buck Weaver crowded an off year all into one afternoon. He was suf- 1 fering under the hallucination that 1 INSANE ASYLUM HAS BEEN FOUND this was a foot ball game, and every::. 77 a "1C UD'""ia wlto "1U" time a grounder came ais way he tried to boot a field goal. The White Sox didn't forget their company manners, either. Tney tried tVi3.iT hlamprloct t f malrp tVto Clonfa a present of the same, and for six in - j njng jt looked as though they would :t away witli it. :Butthe Giants were eqUaTTsr "-jpolltfi radaftddirTia-ete approved Chesterfieldian style. Manager Rowland had practically hia entire pitching staff on review. It v. as one of the longest parades ever sctn. here, taking two hours and thirty-seven minutes to pass. A left handed gentleman named Russell started to pitch for Chicago and probably would have gotten a . . i B 1-. - 1 J 1 J 1 - man out u rvuwiaim uau paiieni. ax umi, lie iieiu tne tjiaiiia down to two hits and a walk in the first three men up. After him came Cicotte, Williams was finished. Meanwhile, a person called Sallee was bombing the WHite Sox from an altitude of about six feet sometning a T- J. jE . A fAn. w 1 n l- n m ciiith . net M I Mir iri 1HW 111 IvTlliX UO. SUL11 CLO . - ; . . , . - i 1 I 1 1 j I n n h tii A t-r rfieiT CI mtti Q w. . .r r "JZ TaT bleachente with a two bagger, M. Sal- lee pitched a whale of a game for six innings. Then came the seventh. Jeckson and Felsch had gotten on after Eddie Collins had died. Sallee wound up and let drive straight' at Chick Gon dii's bat, his aim was deadly. The ball struck squarely1 and bounced over Kauff 's head into center for a double, scoring Joe and Happy. This hit had a bullish affect on the men's millinery market. At least 200 hats of all varieties suffered annihila tion as fans vented their enthusiasm by joyfully pounding their neighbors' hpads Gandil then took third on an out, and Schalk walked. liynn, batting for Williams, tried to strike out. But before he had accomplished this laud able effort, Rariden got a hunch that Schalk was trying to steal center field. Bill's throw was a little short, cf Kauff, and Gandil cantered home with the tying run. The how! of the fan calling to its mate tore the atmosphere wide open and ft it a quivering mass. The air was darkened by hats, coats and oth er apparel hurled by cibbering mani acs. If it hadn't been a cold day, this disrobing stuff might have been start ling. The eighth inning followed the sev- , enth, that fact, in itself, isn't startling. But what happened was. There was Sallee out tnere, aro- ping them down at the Sox the same as. ever. 'Suddenly there was an ex-; pldsion of base hits. White uniform- -jT liTon r phase Pfl ph othprl ji j .....tt.qo, hocron tr nha?e -PftP.h Other I Ji oimd tne bases. When . it calmed fha finv wprp two runs to me good, and poor old Slim was ancient history perritt relieved him but the home 'boys were going co cood thev couldn't i g.op and sjjoved anothter run across fnr mn(i measure with a 27,000 man power . mob. And a lovely time was had by all. - - - - : :- - - . .? U:: w WHITE SOX ILMOT A CERTAIN defeat TbvicTbim LAFOLLETTE CAES TO TRIAL TUESDAY Fitness to Sit in Nation's Coun cils to Be Deter mined. (By United Press.) Washington, Oct. 13. Senator La- toilette tonight formally demanded-f of the special committee investirat- lino- hie mnQC, i "'O VJ-ikJkj X ClliaiU All WiliVJC lUC specific charges against him. In a letter to Chairman Pomerene, the Wisconsin pacifist asked that the complaints against him be reduced to the form of an indictment to which he mirht reDly in his own way. There is a remote possibility that LaFollette will refuse to appear be- -"- T y Hearing. Senator LaFollette firoes on trial Lns of the hearings on the Wisconsin senator s bt. Paul speech. The first iSS LJT1 fl clash is expected on this issue. I lAHfl'o fitnsdo Jv. O ZTCr li 'Jl. T , rr 'tuwarus Americas entrance into tne j PVinirman PnraPTpnp r.airl trknio-lit the committee would also attempt toi hold LaFollette to proof of his state ment in St. Paul that President Wil- O Tin VnAUT V - T unttnnin nrn n .- m rr 7 " , MC"6C'5 1U defiance of the law LaFollette will demand at Tuesday's J,1. f"6 l. . rf "s"' niiu u uacu 111 iuc iui ill ui an iu- ! d!ctmen.t a?d that his trial Proceed ii uemeu mis, commineemen expect LFjjHeUerto -plead he is being treftt4 If denied this, committeemen expect ed unfairly and not allowed to defend himself. ; ACCUSED OF SENDING INSULTING LETTER (By United Press.) New York, Oct. 13. Frank Haungs as ""arrested today on a charee of i was arrested today on a charge sending an insulting letter to Mrs. Woodrow Wilson. . It was alleged Haungs signed the name of his fore- man to the letter in an attempt to involve him, following a quarrel. E OF NEUTRAL SHIPS About 150 Foreign Vessels Lying Idle in American Ports. (By United Press.) Washington, Oct. 13. Seizure of nearly 150 neutral ships lying idle in American ports is being urged upon the government. This step may fol low within a few months the requisi- tlon or more tnan 4tu vessels unaer the American flag on Monday. The neutral steamers can not be sold to America because the neutrals fear Ger - manys anger but if America com- mandeers the boats, paying fair price. me uwueru vuuiu privaieiy De as ae-1 lighted as the Allies. British shipping: experts are among the most urgent in favor of such a step. Ths revolution ary proceeding next week of placing under government control all Ameri can vessels of 2,500 tons and over will be taken without a murmur from pri vate shipowners. All will be on a par. receiving uniform charter and freight revenues. While a deep cut from high competitive rates, the governments scale insures owners fair returns. j -K -K GOLDSBORO OIL BURNED. (Special to The Dispatch). Goldsboro, N. C, Oct. 13. The i plant of the Southern Cotton Oil -5r Company, of this city, was de- 4fr ; stroyed tonight by fire of un-- known origin. ! Conservaive estimate places the loss at $300,000, partially covered by insurance. ! ADVOCATE High wind and poor water j victory the seventh inning did, for an pressure, were said to have been mother Giant run scored on a double'- responsible for the speedy head- -Sfrjby Fletcher and a single by. Rariden way gained by the fire, which: The American leaguersr got. their - started shortly after 6 o'clock. ! second run in the sixth inning: Swede Several box cars of the Atlantic Risberg, discard for ,the world's 'e-' X- Coast Line were also destroyed. tries did it. Wearer led off With Fire Chief Leslie Yelverton ' clean drive and Schalk followed witlvc , - was painfully injured during the -Jf'a ss- fire when one of his hands was 5f penetrated by three rusty nails when .he fell from a wooden -X- building. The fire was- under control at 9 o'clock tonight. 4f - ' ..' -' . -X- -Yc 46- PRICE FIVE CENT9L TURNED New York Giants Lost Slug ging Match by the Score of 5 to 8. " HARD HITTING AND ERRORS' FEATURED r Contest Was Both Thrilling;; And Lurid Six Pitchers Were Hammered For a Total of. 26 HitsEight Errors Were Recorded. THE OFFICIAL FPGURES: Total attendance, 27,323. r Gross receipts, $69,40o. Commission, 10 per cent., $6,940.30. Each club's snare, $31,231.35. For the first five games of the se ries the total attendance was 151, 846; total receipts, $352,852.50. (By H. C. Hamilton, United Press Staff Correspondent). x Chicago, Oct. 13. Somewhere in .this world of wars and things more commonplace there is, perhaps, a. crown for heroes who are made WitlK out a halo of steel splattered smoke and fire. If there is, it fits tonight -;: the brows of Eddie Collins and Ray Schalk, with the rest of the White Sox fitting snugly into the picture. f X for, out of a sorrowful-exhibition of ,baseball today the White Sox fought " off what appeared to ' be certain doW X feat and turned it into a victory, over-: the Giants. That star spangled world's series again rests in favor of the Chicagoans. They trimmed the Giants, 8 ,to. 5, in ope .Qf the most X 1 !I1J. 11 . mriinng DaseDan games ever played in. world's series. ' From the standpoint of pure hose ball the game was one of those lurid, ; choking affairs that leave everybody ' peeved. From the heart of bad base ball, however, the American . League champio.ns rose glorified and simply, tore their way to victory over a .handicap that seemed ' to settle on them like a shroud. . ; ;r . . t W:3thafc-.ha-dea; ald of the Sox must be retracted..: Bold and shining as er; the ;ticiprieii of me uiants m wew roric, Jt alwaya. will be said of" the White Sox that-& gamer team never battled - for, -f mi series triumph. Weaver made three, errors at short stop and the Sox never turned a hair, world's series triumph. - ' it didn't count with Charlie Comls- ;ey's fighters. Claude Williams sat 1 down suddenly with a baseball in' his j hand and got credit for a fifth error. i and the Sox only smiled that much more. John Collins contributed his daily miscue and the Sox only had be-, gun to fight. -It was heart, and finally brains; that carried the Sox over the top and ' broke the spell of fourth Inning tri umphs that have scattered themselves through the i917 rworld's series championship games. ,' - The Giants began this afternoon's '' contest with a methodical dash thaty simply looked like a won game. Two , runs they jammed over before the first inning was over. Clarence Row land made a mistake when he sent Reb Russell to the slab, although he had been subjected to severe criti-" cism for not starting the southpaw sooner. Reb was cold when he as- cended the hill and he was nicked freely until Rowland, recalled, him, and sent in Cicotte. . I1 Burns led off with a base on balls . and Herzog followed with a single. , Then Benny Kauff, home run dexnon, 1 amo f rSrniiffVi nrilli o am a a Vi far Arfl j CoUins, nead that w for a-double; Burns gcored and Herzog took third. !Tnen Cicotte took the with two men on the athg He-forc' ed zimmerman to hit to Weaver,.' who qnickly nailed Herzog at the. plate, Kauff going to third. And -Kauff " was caught also ' when - Fletcher smashed one at McMullin. " Zimmer' man reached second on this ;. play., and counted when ; Robertson pounded' out a single. 'She Sox scored before, things went too far, getting one across - in the third. Eddie Collins drew a -base on balls and tallied when Felsch doubled to the left field wall. The ball hit the bleacher wall and it was only by fast, fielding that Bums was .able t - hold Felsch at second. - f1 : - In the fourth inning, the Giants came back with the smash that look- ed like victory. Bill Rariden led off- PLANT -5ri with his second single of the matinee Svrland was sacrificed to second by Sal- lee. Then Burns dropped a single into right field that John Collins cuf fed around until Rariden scored 'and -, Burns reached 'second. Then Herzog cracked one down to Weaver which that youth promptly foozled and Burns . took third. Kauff smashed f one to " Gandil and Gandil followed the foot steps of Weaver, Burns scoring. If those two runs didn't look , like similar smash. Cicotte was puRed . out and Risberg sent up to hit tor him. He delivered a . blow to right that scored Weaver. v.' '.f; With, one gone in the seventh, JacTc. son and Felsch singled in succession. Chick : Gandil slammed the ball over (Continued on Pagf.'Twol - , --. - i . - , . V