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When they were questioned where the king was
to be born they answered: "ln Bethlehem OF
Judea; for thus 1t is written by the prophet, AND
thou, Bethlehem in the land of Juda. art not the
least among the princes OF Juda; for out OF thee
shall come governor that shall rule my people
Israel" According to the authorized version II
is then stated in the New Testament that
"Herod when he had pryily called the wise men
Inquired of them diligently what time the star
appeared. And he sent them to Bethlehem ana
said. Go and search diligently for the young
child; and when have found him bring me
word again. that may and worship him
also. When they had heard the king they de
parted and To- the star, which they saw in the
east went before them TIL 1t came and stood
over where the young child When they saw
the star they rejoiced with exceeding great joy
That is the whole story Of the Star OF Bethle-
hem as 1t is simply and directly told In the sec
ond chapter of the gospel according to st. Mat
thew.
II was cloistcr fancy of the dark ages. hand
ed down through centuries, that led the Chris.
tIon world to regard the star Of the East as a
miraculous luminary. akin to the pillar OF fir.
that guided the children OF Israel in the wilder.
ness-a luminary especially created for the sole
purpose of leading the Magi to the birthplace
of Christ. The modern Christian is more apt
to regard the star natural phenomenon and
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Wldn Iahats-

The spreading jabots are much in
vogue. They may be square. pointed
or rounded. tucked or fulled. but they
should be made Of shadow lace.
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slaughter OF lns lnldilS was ''S
some time before Herods DEATH Pro
fessor Stockwell advances the suppo
sition that this conjunction was th'
Star of Bethlehem. Since con1unc
tions occurred so frequently. 1t II
difficult to understand why more o.
them did not call forth Chaldean oi
Persian deputations.
Because of these fatal objection.
to any theory which regarded thu
Star of Bethlehem merely as con
junction OF two planets, the lat
Prof r. A. Proctor cast about TO-
other celestial phenomena and final
ly decided that the wise men nigh
have been guided by comet. There
ia much to be said in favor of tn,
supposition. Comets are discovere'
nowadays at the rate of two or thre,
n wear Not all of them are particu
larly brilliant; but It is not incon
ceiyable that in Biblical times com
cts occasionally appeared that wer'
brilliant enough to strike terror int
superstitious hearts. Indeed, before
Edmund HALEY proved that the la"
of gravitation applied to the come
which bears his name and which
has revisited the earth at intervalf
~ seyenty-one and one-half to sew
enty-nine years, comets were regard
ed as divine messengers, as omen'
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Cuff-and-collar sets OF venetIa, nm,
bohemian lace in the ecru coloring
are sure to meet with instant favor
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He reign of Herod had nearly ended
when the Magi arrived in Jerusa-
lem and asked: Where is he that
is born king of the Jews? For we
have seen his star in the east, and
are come to worship him"
The news that a true king OF the
Jews" a possible rival, was born
and that his birth had been herald
ed by celestial phenomena, caused
Herod much concern. He summoned
10 him th. scrihns and learned men.
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NEWS OF

opipion expressed by j.. T. Powers.
president OF the OUTLAW" organiba-
ton. Powers returned from Cleve-
land and Detroit. where he says he
met with great success in his efforts
TO secure backing for the teams in
those cities. He said that he had re-
ceived communications from two
minor league magnates stating that
they were. prepared to start new out
law organizations in their circuits to
fight h organized game. Powers be-
lieves hat the time is near when
every city that has a team protected
by h national agreement will be oc-
cupied by mi Of the so-called outlaw
clubs.
I'VE are well intrenched in Detroit
and Cleveland" said Powers. I'm
Cleveland Mat Henckle is behind tile
team. He has signed a contract agree
ing to post a $4,000 forfeit to insure
that the Cleveland team will 20
through with its schedule. Luna park
has been secured in the Ohio city and
the team will be put there. Henckle
will organize a stock company and
already Cleveland fans are clamorine
for some Of the stock. In Detroit John
e. Frost and A. J. Roesink signed the
contract: Two other wealthy men arc
behind the team there and the sue.
cess of the club seems insured.
Il shall leave today for a trip. ia
Indianapolis and Louisville. 1 hope
to close all arrangements for the plac-
Ing Of he teams in those cities. The
next meeting will be held in st. Louis
about February Is. Three weeks later
the schedule meeting will be held in
| Chicago"
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Arthur Duffy Picks a Suggestive
Olympic Team for America

New York. jan. 31.-America is go
ing to cut ii big figure in the field and
track athletics at the Olympic games
in Stockholm this summer. and it may
be she will also have to be rcckoned
with i'm. some of the many side contests
which mark the elaborate program.
which has been prepared.
If it is possible. American rowing
crews. riding and fencing teams, box
ers, wrestlers and gymnasts will be
sent across to Sweden, in addition to
one of the strongest all-round field
and track teams which has yer rep
resented America in these world ath-
letic meets.
The recent indoor amateur athletic
championship meets We're. in a meas
ure. try-outs for the Olympic aspir-
perabundance of good material from
which to select a team.
Men That Duffey Picks.
Arthur Duffey. the one time sprin-
ter. has picked an all American ath-
letic team which. it is suggested.
would make q strong basis around
which to build an American team for
the Olympic games. 1t follows:
Ralph Craig. Michigan. 1oo-yard
Ralph Craig. Michigan. :%2O-yard
dash. 81 LIS seconds.
D. B. Young. Amherst and Boston
A. A.. 44O-yard run. 4S As seconds.
NJ. W. Sheppard. Irish American A.
c.. S80-yard run. I'm. 81 4.5s.
John Paul Jones. Cornell. I mile.
Am. Is 2-5s.
George Bonhag. Irish-American A.
c.. 5-mile run, Gam. SIS.
Lewis Scott, South Paterson. 10-mile
run. .t.
F. A. Chisholm. Yale. 12O-yard hur-
dies, Is 2-5 seconds.
j. j. Eller. Irish-American A. c..
?20-yard low hurdles. "a AS seconds.
walk, I'm.
+ H. Grumpelt. New York A. c., high
jump. 6 IT. 3 IA in.
A. l.. Gutterson, Boston A. c.. run
ming broad jump. % IT. II in.
Matt Mc6irath (unattached). So
pound weight, 40 It. 3 6-8 in.
ID. F. Ahearne. 1rish-American a. c.,
hop. step. and jump. 81 #. Ia In.
Martin Sheridan. Irish-American A.
c., discus throw, 141 IT. 4 in.
%. Snedigar. San Francisco. javelin
throw. 166 IT.
P. Mcdonald. Irish.American A. c..
shotput, 4S It. II 3-4 in.
A. T. Cobb. Cleveland. pole vault, 12
It. s in. q
william Kramer, Long Island A. c.,
cross country. 37m. So.
r. Thompson, Chicago. all-round
champion.
Clarence De Mara. North Dakota A.
A.. marathon champion.
Jim Thorpe. Carlisle Indian School,
p%entathlon event.
Plat Adams. New York A. c.. de-
cathfon svent. -"
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Team is Il Strong One.


This is a strong team. but it is not
by n means certain that it is the
strongest. In the 120-yard We have
tiwynne Henry. the Texan: l.. &.
Carey. of the Naval Academy. and
Rupert Thomas of Princeton and q.
W. Minds of PENNSYLVANIA. all . 40
seconds men.
yard Guy Reed of Kansas City. who
established the same mark as that be-
longing to Craig and Wefers. He is
said to be a wonder. and only severe
illness will keep him from qualifying.
Then comes j.. Nelson of Seattle.
and Cooke of Princeton. They. too.
arc crackerjacks. Meyers and Silly
Hayes. of Philadelphia, likewise have
run in record time.
program. Here's where Jim Rosen-
berger. of the rish-Amcricans. will
get a chance to shine. "Rossey" won't
run In more sprints. but will devote
himself entirely to quarters. Though
not expected to beat II. B. Young Of
Amherst. for first place. he can he
relied upon to satisfy the selection
committee that he ought to make the
trip.
Good Men for Distances.
For the half. Mel Sheppard looms
up above all the others. He is the on
~ person who has ever come any
where near touching Emilio Lunghi's
worlds record for the distance Of
1:52 As. His best time is 1853. made
in Syracuse.
Aside from Sheppard. there is Ira
N. Davenport of Chicago. who fits in
nicely for the half. as we'll as Putnam,
or Cornell. and Harry Gissing. of the
New York Athletic club. 'Shep'' may
change his mind and start in the quar-
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ARRANGEMENTS
FOR THE FIGHT

Salt Lake City. Utah, Jan. 31-Jack
Curley. manager for Jim Flynn and
promoter of the fight for the heavy
weight championship between his man
and Jack Johnson. is in Salt Lake City
making preliminary arrangements for
the battle.
Curley said that no site for the fight
had been selected and that the date
had not been settled definitely. There
Is a possibility that the fight may go
to New Mexico in the event that no
acceptable proposition is forthcoming
from Nevada towns.
Curley expects to hold a conference
today with local men interested witt,
him in promoting the fight. He also
may confer with representatives. of
Nevada towns that are after the fight.
He will leave Salt Lake City tonight
for Nevada and will investigate the
propositions that have been put up to
him. He says there are five or six
towns in the state that anxious to
be selected.
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WILL
SUE JOHNSON

Chicago. jan. 31-James j. Corbett.
former heavyweight champion, APP
peared In Chicago yesterday and aft
er a stop of a. few hours left for La
Crosse, Wis, where a theatrical en-
gagement awaits him. Corbett says
legal talent he intends to file suit
against Jack Johnson. negro champion
for damages. He declared that he
was thoroughly in earnest and that he
would prove through the courts that
every statement johnson has made
about him was "A f%alsehood. There is
not a word of truth in this fake talk
by Johnson" said Corbett. land if he
has made any afidavits we shall see
what they are worth.
Before Jeffries was matched to
fight johnson and before it wa. sknown
tina Jim would fight the negro. l came
to Chicago to e Johnson about a
fight. He agreed to fight me If
would give him ten per cent Of my
part Of the purse. I accepted. Then
johnson d~ouble-crossed me by refus.
ing to fight me.
IF johnson attacks me on the street
l want to tell you that that will be
one fight the negro will lose. He
doesn't know his place and it is sur.
prising to me that somebody hasn't
teNRo Ahh iohS dSS. Tie LdS DeeH
getting away with things long enough
He does what anybody wants him to
do because 1t keeps him before the
public, but a stop will be made to
that before long,"
Corbett said the fight game in New
York was booming and that he did
not think the trouble over the recen,
Attell-Brown bout would hurt the
sport there In the least.
Praises Gibbons
II saw ,Attell box Brown he said
and it didn't look like a fake tc
me. Attell wasn't in good condition
! knew. but he showed some brilliant
boxing that night that a lot of other
people seem to have overlooked. II
was as pretty a contest as one would
care to sec. The other night l saw
the Mike Gibbons-Jack Denning &C
in which Gibbons was said to have
milled under d. pull. I thought it was
a great fight and that Gibbons fought
a great battle. This fellow Gibbons
is. a clever boy"
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FAST
AT

Minneapolis. Jan. 31.--When the
northwestern ice sktaing meet opens
at the Hippodrome rink at the Min
nesota state fair grounds next Friday
night. practically every first class
speeder in tho west viii! be on hand to
bronze medals. Managers Gale f.
Brooke and E. N. Dickinson of the
Hippodrome have completed all ar
rangements for the big annual event,
and already many entries have been
received.
President Julian Fitzgerald of the
Western Skating association, who will
Thursday morning and will take
charge Of the rink. The Western
Skating association head has already
sanctioned the meet and February 2
and 3 have been set aside on the or
~ganization's calendar for the Hippo
drome races. A set of races will be
staged on Friday night in which every
on the following evening h second
ad final set of events will De put on,
Robelt L. McLea of Chicago. inter-
national amateur champion and to-
day of the %cleanest skaters in the
country. has sent in his entry n will
be on hand not only to defend his title
but to try for several Of the event
ASNUi0 NANAACaSs osSitoA6h u youSi ~
years. is a wonderful skating machine,
and followers of the game all over the
country are watching his work OF the
sharpened blades.
There are other skaters entered who
are in Mel cans class and among
these Is Charles Fisher of Milwaukee,
Fisher is not a youngster at the game,
but on tho contrary. has been one OF
the country's foremost ice skaters fol
Years. He has always SHE'D clear OF
the professional end of the game. An
other fast skater is Hanselsmann of St
Paul, who is looked upon as able to
give any of the contestants a good
hard dash for some of the titles.
The entry list for the meet will re-
main open until Thursday. n Presi-
dent Fitzgerald of the association will
take charge of the racers after the list
has been taken off the board. The
meet. which will De a two-night affair,
will open or Friday. February 2, and
close Saturday. February 3.
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Grand Forks, n. D.

ter. but The odds arc thai he will stick
to his ~favoritc distance.
Ii will be easy sailing for j. p.
Jones. the American record -holder for
the mile. and every onc already con-
cedcs he will make the trip. He is
without u peer.
In the distance events of 1000 and
10000 meters ii is hard to believe
even England's best will beat our
cracks. such as George Bonhae. Louis
Scott. Louis Towanima. the Hopi In
dian: Fred Bcllars. Tom Collin:; and
Tell F!erna.
Bonhag and Scott. unless Glenn
Warmers rrotcgc decides to try for
the marathon trophy. will give the
foreign element the toughest kind of
a battle. England may smilc over the
fact if she is not able; France will
spring her Jean Bouin and deprive us
from winning. but little fear should
be entertained from Bouin.
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CANADIAN ACCEPTS
MILLER CHALLENGE
l5ustafson Says He Has Been
1nsulted BY Sanity City
Grappler

winnipeg, Can, Jan. l.-CharIe
isustafson. the Swedish. Canadian
vt the answer Walter Miller Of ST.
Paul had to offer in return for the
challenge sent out from here last week
and the middleweight title holder Of
n Canadian country has decided to
iower the bars enough to show up the
Polish athlete and he has accepted the
seturn challenge sent out at st. Paul.
city as a wonderful wrestling machine
and who is, without a doubt. Walter
Miller's superior. will go right into the
enemy's country and bring back a VIC
tory. Here's what Gustafson had to
say:
Criticises the Champion.
Il have been forced to take abuse
on one or two occasions in my life but
never before this winter have / been
go grossly insulted as by Walter Mil
Ter, the st. Paul middleweight. whom
I have defeated. Miller apparently
has an exalted opinion of himself. If
he will drop his cock-sure air long
enough to glance back owe the past
he will find Ito his disgust) that Gus
tafson Of Winnipeg holds a victory
over him. Miller's refusal to come t
Winnipeg to wrestle is. not a surprise
to me. / can see through his game,
but l am not going to follow his lead
and show the white feather. I'm.
doubtedly he figures on getting me in
to a match in st. Paul and then fur
nish his own referee. will wrestle
him in st. Paul and will beat the life
u Of him but l will go to st. Paul
only on condition"
Wants Three officials.
Il will insist that three officials be
named instead of allowing only one
man to officiate. am a contender for
the worlds middleweight champion
ship title and am confident that I can
beat Miller and then force Gellring
and Yokel to take me on. But I will
fool Miller. There will he three of
ficials or no match. and with at least
of my own men in that trio, I IAN
not help but get a square deal. The
fans of st. Paul have seer only one
side of Miller-the champion side
but his refusal. to come to Winnipeg
and his stories of dirty" deal here
have shown him up and now / will go
right into his own city and finish him.
1 will wrestle him at any time and the
sooner the better. That Is all and
only want to beg the pardon Of the st.
Paul fans for this little unpleasant
communication. Now let us see how
game Mr.. Miller is and how badly he
anti my. game"
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ALEXANDER SIGNS.
PHILLY CONTRACT

Philadelphia Jan. 31-All fear of
damage to the pennant chances of the
Phillies this year through the holding
out of certain of the players was re-
moved when the signed contract o.
1911's pitching sensation. Grover
Cleveland Alexander. was received at
the office of the Philadelphia baseball
club.
Alexander received a s substantial in.
crease over his salary of last yea and
the sensational twirler declares he is In
the best Of shape and expects to dupli.
cate his success of last year during
the coming season.
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FITZGERALD
GETS SMALL FINE

Toronto. Ont. Jan. 3l.--James
Fitzgerald. president. Of the Canadian
baseball league and sporting editor Of
the Toronto Telegram. was fined IS
and costs by Magistrate Denison on a
charge Of permitting a prize fight to
be held under the auspices OF the Ma
tional Sporting club. of which he is
secretary.
The case arises out Of the FLYNN.
Williams bout a couple Of weeks ago,
and is in the nature Of a test to de-
terrnine Just how far local sporting
ORGANIZATIONS al go in presenting
boxing exhibitions.
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TWENTY STARS OF GR1DIRoN.

II has become a hobby to pick
twenty stars" in evcry branch of life.
These arc about the twenty best
books. the twenty best and nobleSt
mon. the twenty best fighters. the
twenty most beautiful ome the
twenty hest baseball players. etc. The
Scribes in tho EAST arc now busy pick
ing the twenty best football players of
all time. a good many of the stars
picked are western mon. in that they
come from the west. No men from
the western universities is picked in
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-31
CARLETON WINS
FROM MANCHESTER

Mortified. Mimi. Jan. 31.-The
Carleton college basketball team de-
feated Manchester here by n score of
26 to 20. The game was featured by
the spectacular work of HUM. the
big Carleton freshman. who scored
as many points Al the whole Macales-
ter team. making eight field goals and
four goals from fouls. The tall New
Ulnl German has a habit Of picking
the ball out TO the air and shooting
baskets in spite Of close guarding.
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r Y LEAGUE
FINANCIAL TROUBLES

Chicago. Jan. 31.-President Tear
ney Of the Three Eye league has an
nounced that the financial difficulties
Of the Danville club probably would
he settled. In that event Tearney
said. the scheduled meeting would be
held here Friday. Two schedules. one
calling for three trips Of the circuit.
and the other for four have been
representatives will adopt the four
trip schedule according to Tearney.
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UNITED STATES
LEAGUE

Cincinnati. o., Jan. 3l.-John J.
Ryan, wner Of the Cincinnati fran.
chise Of the New United States base
ball league. said he had rented the
Hippodrome ball park for. ten years.
Ryan talked with Harry Steinfeldt,
former third baseman of the Chicago
and Cincinnati clubs and It was ru-
mored he would be engaged to man.
age the new club.
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AGAINST
BALL

Chicago. Jan. 31.-That a general
upheavaI against organized. baseball
will he the result Of his efforts to or
ganise the Columbian league was the
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& list that has been submitted by this
elimination committed.
Seven athletes, all members of big
four" cams. the colleges being Penn.
Princeton. Vale and Harvard. sat
down at the Racquet club and chose
the best men OF their respective COLI
'egcs and ihen made the following COM
sensus east for the twenty:
fale-Heffeltinsnr. Brown. Shevlin,
Glass. 11inkcy. Coy, Hogan and But.
terwortl.
Observation-Disclosures. Cutting. DAILY.
Wendell and Campbell.
Penn - Stevenson. Hare, Smith.
Brooke and Hollenhack.
This gives Yale eight players, Har.
ward four. Princeton three. and the
University of PENNSYLVANIA five on the
list Of twenty stars of all time. Wen.
dell of Harvard is the only 1911 play.
or who is picked on that team.
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JAPS ARE Busy.

Jap athletes are getting Very busy
i'm their training for the Olympic
trials. The willy Jap ma send a team
of surprises To Stockholm for ali the
world knows. They have not &C.
CURED the American habit of blarine
their trombones before the bridge IN
crossed. The staying qualities Of the
oriental is too we'll known-the Rus.
slams can testify to that. They may
not be able to heat Flanagan on the
hammer throw or Ralph Rose on the
mark in the marathon. They can
Stand watching.
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63-65 H. P. for
Over 10 Contin-
uOuSH Hours with
a so Fl. P. Hart
Parr Tractor.

Soon after re began building tractors " began to Sc the need
heavy load for hours at a stretch; because, in the field they re &C.
Quired to do that very thing.
Brakes Throw Away Power
Any sort of brake or fan is a mer waste of power. 1t wastes
hours IN a brake and then throw the power away. Besides. the mn
running the brake or fan tcstf feel free to start and stop the engine al
often a they choose. because nothing is dependent on the continuous
operation of the engine. So that it is impossible to kcdp the engines
running under heavy load for hours at a stretch and n n does 1T
where they use a brake o fan for testing. They run the engine IN
hour or " and if everything works smoothly, they lake it out and
paint it and ship it.
: Engines Furnish Factory Power
We required considerable power to operate u works and al
works grew. the power demand grew. We therefore conceived
the idea OF betting each engine to "A dynamo and by loading the dN-
name furnishing a convenient load for the engine. Then instead of
over our works and ran the motors (and III shop machinery with
current from tho dynamos in the testing plant. Thus our testing
plant became our power plant.
No Field Test Can Be More Exacting
hi Is the best example Of the Conservation of energy" in the
world. n system originated in II works. Therefore We cnn
afford to do 1t; and it assures every customer of urs that his engine
has been thoroughly tested before it leaves tho works. There is n
sham about surh a test. When an engine is helted up to a dynamo
it must go. and keep going fr hours at y stretch: it cannot be stop
ped for any trivial reason. And this is just what ii must do in tho
field. So that al nearly u s possible, they are tested under field work.
ing conditions.
Automatic Indisputable Record
But We r not satisfied v e with this kind of a test. until We
had installed automatic recording instruments that made a continn-