Plaers Can Ouit A Accept Cuts
Weeshman noted the club faces salary strains after last season when budgeted payroll reached 146 000 and argued the team can afford reduced costs.
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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1917
Page
10
Weeshman noted the club faces salary strains after last season when budgeted payroll reached 146 000 and argued the team can afford reduced costs.
In a meeting led by L Fultz 46 players including top earners pledges not to sign contracts until demands are met The group vows to push for labor support with plans discussed at the gathering attended by several players from major leagues and local residents amid ongoing negotiations with the American Federation of Labor.
New York banquet speech by L D H Weld of Yale School of Business Administration calls proposals to charge the marketing system based on producer direct sale as fanciful and impracticable. He argues that more middlemen can reduce costs through specialization and efficient division of labor.
An 19th century public health notice warns against home remedies for catarrh claiming it can lead to consumption. It promotes a local remedy from Swift Laboratory Atlanta Ga as a cure at the source and urges readers to seek expert care through druggists and department stores.
Members of Raphael Semmes Camp will join a Robert E. Lee celebration at the Cawthon hotel tonight. Twenty two veterans met at the Armory to plan the march led by L E Ranfield, with a full program of music and addresses.
Georgia marks the 110th birthday of General Robert E. Lee with joint memorial ceremonies by the United Confederate Veterans and United Daughters of the Confederacy. Banks closed and public offices observe holiday hours across the state.
Wilmington observes the Lee Jackson birthday with a street parade and special exercises. Albert Sydney Johnson serves as principal speaker as local Confederate veterans groups, and the Daughters and Sons of the Confederacy organize the event.
Veterans and United Daughters of the Confederacy observed the birthday of General Robert E. Lee in Memphis Tenn with a reception and literary exercises. Tonight a service will be held with a sermon by Rev W J Williams.
Richmond Va January nineteenth 110th anniversary of the birth of Robert E Lee. State and city observe a legal holiday. University of Virginia President Alderman will speak at the University Club. Daughters of the Confederacy hold a charity ball at the Woman's Club. General Lee luncheon planned by the Business Men's Club with thirty notable men on the reception committee.
North Carolina paid tribute to Robert E. Lee and Thomas J. Jackson on their birth anniversaries. Approximate exercises were planned for tonight in the Raleigh hall of the house of representatives in the capitol, reflecting a customary observance of both generals.
London reports that the War Savings Committee urged less extravagance and church officials cut wedding decor and bouquets by about ninety percent at Belgravie Churches. The Gowers funds for hospitals have nearly been dispensed with as a result.
London reports the Duma and empire council will convene February 27 instead of January 26 as set by a prior ukase. Petrogad notes the delay stems from major government changes needing time to review projects from the preceding ministry.
Survivor Herman Berendsen recounts the oil steamship Palacine being attacked by a U boat near Ushant. The vessel, valued at about 500000 dollars, was sent to lifeboats after firing from the stern, then sank within minutes. Six hours later the crew were rescued by the steamship Ottoman.
In Nashville Tennessee a Dunlap special attorney reports a verdict of acquittal for six defendants in a so called night rider whipping case. The incident occurred in Sequatchie county in September 1914 involving individuals named Robert King and Mrs Dennis.
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