Baseball Tribunal Sees Busy Meeting On League Issues
Cincinnati March 4 The national baseball commission meets amid letters noting settled disputes between organized baseball and the Baltimore Federal. No decision on Brooklyn versus Newark is reached. A release form for players is adopted, sixteen optional agreement players will be used to aid postwar adjustments. Draft rule amendments are postponed. A proposed home plate distance increase is sent to the rules committee. A rule allows retirement for players who fail to report, with new contracts negotiable. Dunning is awarded to the Cleveland club and then leased to Asheville.
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Pater
Cincinnati
National Baseball Commission
Baltimore
Henry Allen
Brooklyn
Newark
Ti War
National League
Joint
Dunning
Charlotte
North Carolina
Cleveland
Asheville
Aluminum Pistons in New Cole Eight
Cole Motor Car Company outlines its Model 860 featuring counterbalanced crank shaft and aluminum pistons. Earlier tests and demonstrations by Chief Engineer Charles Crawford and Assistant Engineer Arthur Bull highlighted the innovations, already used in the Model 850, with extensive testing under the company’s standardization program.
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New York
Cole Company
Cole’ Motor Car Company
Charles 8. Crawford
Indiana
Society of Automobile ‘Engineers
Arthur A. Bull
Daim- Ter and
Humber Companies
Great Britain
Cole
Cole 860 A Bigger and Better Car Under Standardized Build
The Cole company pioneers streamlined body design and new radiator for the Model 860. Strengthened frame, deeper chassis, and longer wheelbase add rigidity without weight gain. A $200 price drop is possible due to standardization, while first-year costs drop as production costs decline. The Thompson Garage quotes, noting the 860 as seven years of effort toward top motor car quality.
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Cole Company
Alde
Cole & le
Cale
Thompson
Thompson Garage Company
Cole Deater
Young Men’s Club to Hear Local Man in Industrial
Clyde Law of Clarksburg will address the Young Men’s Club of Industrial this afternoon in Havelock with all urged to attend. The news item also notes visits and hospital recoveries including Mrs. Farnett of Union Neighta, Mrs. Martin Richards, and Mrs. Boyer, plus relatives of Abs. BE. 6 Channell and family returning to Parkersburg. The Hammond chapel choir director asks members to rehearse Sunday at 2:30 PM. Edward Minchart visits his mother on Walnut Avenue.
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Abs
Channell
EB. Ernest
Morris
Odie Channel
Parkersburg
Hammond Chapel
Dia
Intercollegiate meet moved to Harvard stadium in May
In New York today the Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes agreed to hold the intercollegiate track and field meet at Harvard stadium on the last Friday and Saturday in May. Ann Arbor Michigan schedule lists twenty seven baseball games for the season opening against Kentucky in April and southern trip, while Toledo whippers discuss freight congestion and potential order cancellations due to shortages.
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Imy
New York
Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes In America Today
Harvard Stadium
Ann Arbor
University of Mlichigan
University of Kentucky
Motorists urged to curb reckless driving and pedestrians
Industry leader Hugh Chalmers calls for driver responsibility to reduce rising city accidents. He links joyriders and impulsive pedestrians to risk, urges speed limits, education campaigns, and strict enforcement. Emphasizes cooperation of drivers, clubs, and police to curb traffic deaths.
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Hugh Chalmers
Acci
Trates
Buriain Trafic
New York Police Department
Check Raisers Arrested In Fraud Scheme
FAIRMONT March 4 Charged with raising a check for two to twenty two dollars Jennings Smith was arrested today and held pending trial John Daugherty also jailed in connection with the crime The pair borrowed two dollars from Danney Petrel an Italian contractor March 1 and he gave each a check for two The checks were cashed at the National Bank of Fairmont on which they were drawn.
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Fairmont
Jennings Smith
John Daugherty
Danney Petrel
Smith
National Bank of Falramont
Demand for Motor Cars Expands Across Country
Kansas City auto show demonstrates business vigor beyond display as Saxon reports 150 dealers contracted for cars. Ford cites farmers and rural dealers fueling 1916 prospects with large wholesale orders and a likely year end car shortage due to surging demand across wheat and corn belt regions.
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Kansas City
Harry W. Ford
Mnager
Saxon Motor Car Company
Missouri City
New York
Chicago
Ford
R. C. Getsinger
Saxon Motor Company
Minneapolis
Wheat Belt
Betwen
Teutonian Sunk. British Steamer Crew Rescued
London dispatch reports the British steamer Teutonian of 4,824 tons was sunk, but all crew were safely landed. The vessel, built in 1914 at Sunderland, belonged to the Petroleum Steamship Company of London.
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London
Lloyds
Sunderland
Petroleum Steamship Company of London
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Bell
Young Men's Club
Clyde Law
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Mannington
Nathan Farnett
Union Neighta
Clarksburg
John Rarker
Braxton County
Rachael Singleton
Martin Richards
Clarksburg Hospital
William Shinn
Chirksburg
Boyer
Fowler Avenue
Edward Minchart
Simer Addington
Walnut Avenue
William Bush
Martins Ferry
Iny
Prin Toledo
Toledo Whippera
Young Bros. Garage Co
North Sixth Street
Automobile Maker
Tompson Garage Co
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