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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-01-11
they have beaten Montana for six
long years and now we have a chance
to turn the tables.

Hatbox Jones was a brave. fire lad
die yesterday. He logged hose and
ate smoke and didn't waste time
throwing chairs through plate glass
windows.
Indoor baseball next week.
We understand that Owen Kelley
Is going to come out of his troubles
all right. We surely hope so. owen
is a blue-blood and deserves nothing
but the best.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-01-11
LID STILL ON,

KenoSha, Jan. 10.-Rumors that
the boxing lid" again would be lifted
here We're dispelled today by Mayor
Head. 1t had been reported that Ed
die McCoorty would fight either
"knockOut' Brown or Jimmy Clabby
here, but the mayor said no.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-01-11

The Assies are coming on January
81. Get behind the wagon today;
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-01-11
WE ARE IN DOUBT, TOO.

f. II. Ferguson, sports writer of the
Muscular, is due to get back on the
job again this Week. Mr.. Ferguson
has been spending his holidays
some say it was a honeymoon-in
Bloomington, III. We extend con-
gratulations to +. T. +. even if only
on the condition of %affluence that
permits him to have a holiday.
The Pinch Hitter was a fire suf-
ferer. He was so excited over the
fire that they didn't think he could
come across so they Sent the Bat Boy
in to hit.
The Bat Boy having famed out
will now retire to the bench.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-01-11
LOCAL BASKETBALL FIVE GOES
AGAINST DEER LODGE HIGH
SCHOOL HERE.
SEASONS FIRST BATTLE
Game Will Be Fast and Hard Fought
and Spectators Are Assured Com
Portable Seats at a Good Vantage
Point-CalIed at 8 O'clock.

Tonight the Missoula high school
basketball team viii open the local
season with its first real game.
Powell county will oppose the local
five on the floor of the university
gymnasium in a contest which means
much in Missoula's battle for the
state title. BY the way in which
they play against the Deer Lodge
team the. Missoula boys will be able
to judge their chances for the state
Championship. There will be Moth
ing easy about the game: if the Mis-
soula quintet wins three will be glory
enough in the situation.
Unknown Strength.
The strength of the opposition is
not known. The Powell county boys
have not PLAYED in any real game
this winter and are an unknown
quantity. Reports from up the val
ley give them credit for speed and
aggressiycness and they ought to give
the fast Missoula team a hard game.
Coach McGough has been working
his men hard since the game was
scheduled and they will 60 into the
fray today in splendid shape. They
are fast, have some good plays and
will give any team in the state a
hard run for the money.
8 P. M. Sharp.
The game will be called at 8 o'clock
this evening in the university GYM
naSium. The building win be warm
and comfortable and good seats on
the track above the playing floor will
be provided for the spectators. The
game tonight will be one of the best
the season has to offer and will give
Missoula people q chance to see theil
home team work. Too few peopl,
in the city appreciate basketball as {
sport. It is easy to understand anG
has more thrills to the second than
any other game played. No one
ought to miss the contest this even
ing. 1t will be we'll played, hard
fought and can be watched from COM
Portable seats.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-28
CONSTRUCTION OF
YACHT DELAYED
Confusion in Orders Expen-
sive and Will Cause
Long Delay

Bristol, R. l.. December GA confu-
sion in giving orders for material for the
Americas cup defender, under construc-
ton here, has resulted, it was learned
today in the scraping of several thou
sand dollars worth of bronze plates, an
alteration of many of the frames for the
underbody. the addition of Is tons of lead
to the keel and a three weeks delay
on the construction of the vessel
1t is understood that when the boat was
ordered, two or three designs were SUBJ
mitted to the yachtsmen who will finance
the yacht, and who are known as the
flag officers syndicate. Orders were sent
here to begin work on one set of designs,
but the material was cfdered on a set
calling for a different boat. The mis-
take was not discovered until the lead
for the keep was run into the mould
when it was found that several tons re-
manned unused.
In the meantime plates and frames had
been fashioned here for q smaller boat
and the greater part of the underbody
was ready to be set up when work was
stopped.
The mould and the keel was extended
and the remaining lead poured into it yes
terday. The bronze plates will be recast
Immediately and the frames strengthened
and reset.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-28
NASHVILLE BALL
WAR ENLVENED
WIN ~ NEs y Gl N10
Both Schwartz and Hirsig
Issue Public State
ments

Nashville, December 27.-Nashvilles
baseball war continues to hold the center
of the stage in local sporting circles, and
was featured today by public statements
by both Mr.. W. G. Hirsig, deposed pres
ident, by action of the majority of direc-
tors. and Manager Schwartz. The for
mer declared that there was no chance
for Schwartz to manage the ball club
next season and that he had given his
consent to the Welchonce- Callahan deal
of last spring which had been previously
denied by Schwartz. The manager replied
tonight that he was in Cleveland at the
time and news that the deal had been
consrmmated was complete surprise
The matter will be carried to the courts
soon, it is stated. The legality of the
action of the majority directors in I'M
seating Hirsig will be tested. Schwartz
declared that he had made efforts to
strengthen his club last year, but that
they were forestalled by Mr.. Hirsg, al
though the manager protested that the
team was weak in many positions
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-28
MOBILE PLUM WILL
co TO MISSISSIPPI
Now Believed Effort to Get
Place for an Albanian
Is Hopeless

Letters received in Birmingham yes
terday from members of the Alabama
delegation indicate the hopelessness of
their struggle to gain for an Ala
bamian the post of collector of the port
of Mobile
The fact seems to be that President
Wilson and Secretary McAdoo have de-
termined that Mississippi is entitled to
this post inasmuch as an Alabamian.
John d. McNeel, was made internal
revenue collector of the two states.
lnasmuch as the collections in Mis-
slssippi are infinitesimal when COM
pared to those of Alabama, the citizens
of Alabama and especially of Mobile
are considerably wrought UP over the
probability of the collector being a
resident of Mississippi The fight for
Lawrence. Locklin, the applicant inS
dorsed by the Alabama delegation,
Will be continued. although the con-
gressmen admit that there is little op-
portunity to win
No confirmation of the report that
Lieutenant Governor Bilbo of Missis-
sippi would probably be appointed
could be obtained from any member of
the Alabama delegation.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-28
DIAMETER OF THE EARTH
Points at Which 1t Is the Greatest
and the Least

What Is the greatest diameter of the
earth? The form of the earth is that
of fattened spheroid. greater in di-
ameter at the equator than at the
poles, but this is modified by the ac-
diameter varies according to the point
at which 1t is measured. says the New
York World.
1t might be expected that the diam
eter would be greatest if measured
from the top of the highest mountain,
which is Mount Everest, in the Hima :
layas but unfortunately the point at
which the diameter would emerge on
the other side of the world is in the
Pacific ocean, where this is more than
1000 feet deep.
Prof. L. Henkel of Schulpferda says
the greatest diameter of the earth is
that taken from the summit of Mount
Chimborazo, in Ecuador, 20,136 feet
above the sea level. This, he says,
energies at the antipodes on a high
point on the north coast of Sumatra.
This diameter is 1928 miles
AS Chimborazo is almost on the equa-
tor, its summit is that point on. the
earth's surface which is most distant
from the center. The weight is
feeblest and centrifugal force greatest
The earth's smallest radius is that
from the center of the north POLE but
1t is not certain that the line through
the poles is the smallest diameter, be-
cause the south pole is on high pla-
teau. 1t might be found that line q
little distant from the poles, which
would emerge at sea level at each end,
would be even shorter than the polar
diameter Such a line would be found
from a point in the Arctic ocean be-
tween Spitzbergen and Greenland to a
point just off the coast of the Antarctic
continent in the big bay overlooked by
Mount Erebus In about IT'S to $50 de-
grees east and rs to so degrees south
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-28
De La Barra on United States

Francisco de La Barra, Mexican min
lister in Paris, while presiding at a meet
ing of the Evreux section of the Com
mercial Geographical society a few days
before he left on his special mission 10
Japan. took occasion to refer to the
United States in the following terms.
Il know the American people / have
had the opportunity of studying them
very closely during the many years
passed in America, first of all as student
later as a private individual. and then
during the time / occupied the post of
Mexican ambassador at Washington. [
know their great qualities, l know their
tendencies, and / have had occasion to
notice their requirements. L have also
been able. by reading his works, to take
note of the mixture of idealism and prac-
teal sence which constitutes the char
acter of President Woodrow Wilson
my observations" Senior de La Barra
continued, "have led ME to the convic-
ton that. in the final analysis, America s
relations with Mexico will be dominated,
as they should be, by a spirit of sincere
justice, and by an exact knowledge OF
the real interests of America in Mexico.
II think, therefore, that the crisis is
past and that we shall soon see the re-
establishment of relations between these
two countries on a basis of complete
reciprocity and brotherly regard, and in
conformity to the principles of inter-
national law and sound politics"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-28
ROBBERY FAILS
TO MATER|ALIzE
L. & N. Officials Prepared
for Predicted Robbery
Near Montgomery

Montgomery, December 2S.-Acting
upon a report that an attempt would
be made early this morning to hold
up the New Yorl1-New Orleans limited
of the Louisville and Nashville rail-
road, officials of the road took mum
Der of deputies aboard the train here.
The report was that the attempted
holdup would occur at McGehee's
switch, eight miles south OF here. The
train left Montgomery for the south
shortly after l a. m.
Official announcement was made at
2 o'clock this morning that Louisville
and Nashville passenger train No. 81
safely passed McGehee's switch 1t
was stated that the company had re-
ceived the tip of the proposed holdup
from sources that could be relied upon.
The train is a solid through Pullman
and express from New York and local
officials are uniformed as to any
extra valuable shipment of money or
Valua bles on board
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-28
VICTOR HUGO WAS
ORIGINAL 4SPUG;;"
PROOF IN SPEECH
Gave Children Toys Which
Would Help Them Be
Ready for Life
RECLUSE PROVES TO
BE FERDINAND PELEZ
Was Once Brilliant Artist, But De-
voted Himself to Relieving Misery
in Paris-De La Barra Is
Confident of Justice

Paris, December 27-Leo Claretie has
discovered at Guernsey, where Victor
Hugo lived, several manuscript copies OF
the speeches made by the great French
writer at the dinners for poor children
which he used to give every fortnight
about Christmas time. For each party a
large Christmas tree was prepared and
on it was a gift for each child. Here
are the notes Hugo used for one of his
addresses
MY dear little children; Among the
toys to be given you, you will find Meth
er guns, cannons, swords or other MUIR
derous weapon, anything else which
might give you the ideas of war or de-
struction War is an abominable thing;
men of all countries are made for loving,
not for killing, one another. Among the
toys that I offer you the little girls will
find dolls, excellent playthings which will
commence to fit them for the role of
motherhood which they will play later in
their lives. For the boys there are little
boats, little locomotives. and in fact
everything which will present the idea
of work and progress. and not that of
destruction, to their intelligences.'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-28
DANGEROUS FIRES IN
BUSINESS DISTRICT
Crews Wagon Works Damaged $500
by Blaze and Metropolitan Hotel
Bar Catches Fire

There were two fires last night that
might have attained serious proper
tons but for the prompt work of the
fire department The first of these was
at the Crews wagon works at Avenue
d and Eighteenth street. This blaze
was from an unknown cause and be-
fore II had been extinguished a damage
estimated at $500 had been done. This
alarm came in at 905 o'clock.
The second fire of the night was at
11:45 o'clock at the Metropolitan hotel
bar in the heart of the city. 1t was
stated that If the fire had been dis
covered 10 minutes later the we'll
known hosiery would have been de-
stroyed. AS 1t was the firemen from
station No. l remained on the scene
over an hour. The damage was est:
mated at $500. The origin of the fire
was unknown.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-28
NOTED NOVELIST RETURNS
TO THE JUNGLES OF AFRICA

London. December 27.-(Specia1)
Lady Clifford, who is better known to
novel readers on both sides of the At
lantic by her former name, Mrs. Henry
de la Pasture, has just set sail for
the African gold coast to rejoin her
husband, Sir Hugh Clifford. governor
of that difficult region. Shortly after
her arrival, however, the untiring Sir
Hugh will be setting forth on trek for
a long and perilous journey In Ash
anti and Lady Clifford will be left for
several weeks without companionship
of her own kinda contrast indeed to
the gaieties of the autumn season in
London in which for the last few weeks
she has been we'll enough to take part
after an escape from death little short
of miraculous.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-28
Smart Boy

From Pearson's Weekly.
1t was the grammar lesson and the
teacher was explaining the difference
between a common and abstract noun
Gan example of common noun is
dog" she said, "for you can see It
while you cannot see anything that Is
an abstract noun. For instance, have
any OF you seen abundance?"
There was silence for about minute
Then a little boy got up and said:
please, ma'am. I have never seen a
bun dance, but l have seen a cake
walk"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-28

Last summer the startling news
came from the gold coast that the gov
ernor's wife had come down with yell
low fever Now the gold coast variety
of yellow fever Stays nine out of every
ten of it's victims and it was hardly
to be expected that the slender. high
strung novelist would be the tenth. But
she managed to reach England, bare
ly alive, and once in her beloved coun-
try home at Llandogo, Chepstow, she
began miraculously to mend. 1t was a
terrible illness, though, and 1t ac-
counts for the fact that there has been
no book from the pen of Mrs. de la
Pasture" since the publication of
Michael" and probably will not be
till next spring a the latest She has
not set pen to paper this year.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-28
CORNWELL LEADS
GUN CLUB SHOOTERS
Breaks 81 Out of 100 Tar
gets-Sellers a Close
Second

There were II shooters at the week
ly shoot of the Birmingham Gun club
yesterday afternoon.
Il. NJ. Cornwell led the field with
81 breaks out of 100, having one per-
feet frame of 20. DIR. I. j. Sellers was
close second with 80 breaks out of
100, starting with a 81, then %, 90
and "a.
There will be a special holiday shoot
on Thursday, January /. There will be
a distance handicap for prizes offered
by the club.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-28
Republicans to Meet

Roanoke. Va, December 27.-The re-
publican state committee of Virginia will
meet here January 5 to consider The
reduction of delegates from southern
states to national conventions, provided
for recently by the republican national
committee. Representative Slemp, stare
chairman, issued the call for the meeting
today
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-28
SOCCER GAMES RESULTS

The two Ensley soccer teams were again
victorious yesterday afternoon, the first
team defeating Republic to /. while the
second eleven nosed out a 2 to victory
The work of Bishop of Ensley featured
the game. Alexander of Republic also
played a stellar game.
In the other game played yesterday aft
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-28
MasOns Celebrate

Knoxville, December 27-The grand
lodge of Tennessee of the A. +. and
A. NJ. celebrated the one hundredth an
niversary of its institution today in
Knoxville. Fully 1000 visiting Masons
attended the ceremonies. Grand Mas
ter Charles ComstoclS presided and
Judge H. III. Ingersoll of Knoxville de-
livered the historical address.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-28
Closed Up the Guard

From Pearson's Weekly.
A longsuffering traveller on a sin
ele-tracK railway ventured to COM
plain to the guard of the exasperating
unpunctuality of the service.
The guard demonstrated in virtuous
Indignation.
i've been on this line now upward
of eight years" he began.
Have you, indeed7" interrupted the
ether sympathetically. cat what station
did you get in?' The guard did not
pursue the subject.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-28
Khorassan knights to Elect Officers

On Tuesday night next Aladdin tenn
pie, Dramatic Order Knights of Khor-
assam. Will meet at F'raternal hall on
Third avenue for the purpose of elect
ing officers for the ensuing year. II
is expected the meeting will be large.
ly attended, for the interest is said to
be keen. On the night of January 81
the ceremonial and banquet will be
held. 1t is being looked forward to
with a great deal of interest
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-28
Swiss Women Nav Preach

The synod OF the Protestant church %
the canton of Ncuehatel, Switzerland. kr
vote of "A to %. has decided to admit
women to the faculty of theology, This
means that in the future women who
take the theological degree at univer-
sity will be entitled equally with men
to become pastors in this canton. Two
years ago the synod of Grisons took the
same step and now has a woman pastor,
the only. one in Switzerland
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-28
MISSISSIPPI AGC|ES
DOWNED BY ATLANTA
Athletic Club Quintet Has
Little Trouble Achiev-
ing Victory

Atlanta, December 27.-(Speeial)
The Atlanta Athletic club bask etbau
team defeated the Mississippi Agrlcul-
tural and Mechanical college five here
tonight by the score of Sc to 20. The
superior passing of the locals was re-
sponsible for the victory. The locals
used their second team in the last 10
minutes of play The spectacular goal
shooting of Kinney of the visitors was
the feature of the game. Lineup and
summary:
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-28
Klein Given Sentence

Portland, Ore, December 27.-Ed-
mund E. Won Klein of Chicago, under
conviction of having lived polygamous-
ly in Portland with Miss Ethel New
comb of San Francisco, was sentenced
by Judge Kavanaugh today to the pen
itentiary for an indeterminate term of
from one to four years.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-28
Negro Beaten BY Two Others

Luther Bennett, negro, reported to
the detective department that he was
held up and robbed of $3.50 at Twelfth
avenue and Thirty-frst street, north
about o'clock last night. According to
Bennett he was held up and beaten by
two negroes.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-28

ernoon the first team of Wylam defeated
the Iewisburg eleven by the score Of
to l. The game was hard fought
throughout and during the earlier part
of the game the Lewisburg team threw
numerous scares into their opponents
ranks and for time it appeared as If the
game would end in a draw
The game scheduled between the second
teams was postponed.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-28
Gygax Returns to America

Lieut. Felix x. GysaX Of the United
States navy. the only naval attache ever
accredited to the government of Switzer-
land, has now returned to the United
States. He was sent out as attache
while he superintendent the making OF
certain secret machinery for the Ameri-
can government at a factory at Win
terthour. 1t is supposed that the ma
ehinery is for American torpedo boats and
torpedo boat destroyers.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-28
Sarcasm,
q Weekly

woman was complaining to her
dalryman about the quality of mis-
milk
Short D grass feed, num-" said tho
'nllkman. BLESS you, these cows o.
nine are just as sorry about it as
am. | often stands and watches 'er,
cryin You don't believe it!'
oh, yes. I believe it," SAID the ems
toner drily; "but I wish. in future
you'd see that they don't drop their
tears into our cam"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-28
Big Sum Taken From Bank

Havana, December 27-It was learned
today that a sum of money amounting
to $1,000 had been. distracted from the
Havana branch of the Royal Bank of
Canada. 1t Is believed that the money
was taken by employees.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-28
PERSONAL

Special Agent T. X. Trigg of tho
Illinois Central railroad returned to
duty in Birmingham last night after
spending Christmas at his home in
Greenville, Miss.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-28
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY
For RENT.ROOMS

FOR RENT-Nicely furnished frol /,
room with board; also light house,
Keeping rooms. Phone 4653-W Mrs
Mcclure 12-2S-7t
FOR RENT-Nicely furnished ROOM
steam heat; all modern conyeniences
Whitfield Flats, Apt. f. 2231 9TH
ave- N.
NATIONAL HOUSE. 2oe,a- N. 22d St.
nicely furnished rooms from csc up.
12-2S-3Ot
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-28
Negro is Robbed

Willie Ware. negro, was held up and
robbed at Seventh avenue and Thirty
fourth street of s475 about o'clock las,
night. according to his report to the po-
Lice
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-28

John Thomas, a negro, who was run
over by a car on the North Bessemer
car line last night about IL o'clock at
Madison Station. died this morning at
local hospital without regaining con-
seriousness.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-28

the members will make donations to
the Orphans Home instead of receiv-
ing gifts themselves.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-28

City and indianapolis.
New York. December 27-Joe Tinker
will not be allowed to play with the Fed
eral league If the powers of organized
baseball, invoking the aid OF the courts,
can prevent him, it was stated here to-
night by Edward II. McKeever, a vice
president of the Brooklyn National league
club.
McKeever said the Brooklyn club would
take immediate steps to have Tinker re-
strained from associating himself w th
the so-called outlaw organization.
1--WE will get out an injunction restrain
ing Tinker from playing with the Fed
eral league said McKeever. Tinker is
the property of the Brooklyn club. He
has been purchased in the regular way
and we will resort to the courts to con-
vince him and the Federal league that
he belongs to us.