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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-10-27
The Assuan Dam.

great Assuan dam on the Nile is
yards long AND 1870 feet high.
Elter stored behind the dam is es-
it'd by the engineers at over a
liad Millions of cubic meters. The
to the country from the dam is
100000 a year, to say nothing
be large amount received for the
lined lands.-NeW York American.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-10-27
Hopeful.

80, you are getting married,
George?" Yes. was prayed for the
third time on Sunday "-Tatler.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-10-27
His Investment.

"HaVe you ever invested in bonds|
"Only the bonds of matrimony."-De-
troit Free Press.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-11-21
WALTER WANTS THE
CAPITOL TOO, MAYBE

Chicago, My. N.-Waiter Johnson Is
efforts to stick up the Washington
club for a record salary, has brought
an offer OF a three-year contract at
$4,000 a year from Clark Griffith.
This is the latest bit OF gossip fresh
from the home Of the Senators. i:
the Federals 60 above that they are
welcome to the pitcher, but the $4,000
mark is as far as the Washington club
cares to go. That means $4S,0G0 for
three years work.
The negotiations between the great
pitcher and the club have been COINS
on since mid-seasOn. Walter has
stcadfastly refused to give out the
figures he is supposed TO have re,
ceived from the outlaws, and for this
reason he has Griffith and President
Minor bidding against an unknown.
price. They have overlooked the in
Justice Of his actions and the S4S. 0Ot
announced today is tagged as their
limit.
Four years ago Johnson drew an or,
binary salary. The next spring nc
was signed to a three-year document
for $4,000. In 1914 this contract ran
out, and he refused to tie himself up
for more than a season He sue.
ceeded in getting a $4,000 raise for
last seasons work, bringing his tota,
up to $4,000 for the year. Today hi.
is h%esitating a%oat accepting an in
crease OF $4,000 Over that contract.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-11-21
AND Old ELL
Melt FOR 18Th TINE
At new HAVEN TO-DAY
TEAMS HAVE MET ANNUALLY SINCE 1875 AND MANY
THINGS HAVE CONF AND GONE IN FOOTBALL DUR
ING THAT TIME.

Yale Bowl and the assembling. OF
record gathering Of football enthusi
asts, will prove an exceedingly inter
csting contest, is the general opinion
of the coaches and experts who have
followed the work of the elevens all
season. Harvard is Il slight favorlte
to date, and the fact that Percy
| Halghtou and his successful coach
ing system holds full sway at Cam
! bridge. Yale, on the other hand. IS
| lust finishing the first season OF
new campaign of football, under the
tutelage of Frank Hinkey, former cap
tain and end of the Yale teams OF
1893 and 1894.
This slight appropriateness Of sup
port in favor of the Crimson is due
chiefly, however, to the better show
ing made by Harvard in the preh..i'
Cambridge eleEen has wOn all OF its
games, with the exception of the con
test with Penn. State, which resulted
in a tie, at - to 10. In six OF the
first seven games, Harvard ran up
double figure scores, Michigan alone
being able to hold HaughtOn's pupils
to a single touchdown without the &C
companying field goals which have
marked all the other contests. Yale
has also proved that it possessed a
strong scoring attack, but has played
cratic football. especially on the de.
tense.
Two opportunities are offered for
a comparative score analysis in the
games against Washington and JET.
iferson, and Brown. Harvard defeated
the Pennsylvania team, 10 to 9, en-
October 10, while two weeks later the
same eleven won from Yale, l3 to I.
Against Brown, the Blue lined up a
team OF regulars and substitutes in
about equal proportions, so that the
victory of If to 7 carries greater
weight than the Harvard substitute
eleven's sc0reless tie with Brown. -
Whatever the relative meritL Of the
1914 teams, the Blue has a long string
OF victories owe the Crimson to its
a whole. In the earliest days Of The
game, when the point system of scor
ing was unknown, Yale gained a lead
which she has held to firmly ever
since. Since 1883, when touchdowns,
goals ald field goals We're accorded a
point value. Yale has won II games
to Harvard's six. while five resulted
in tie contests. In the total number
CT points scored, the Ellis have a big
margin over the Crimson, the totals
being: Yale, 279; Harvard, l07. The
Blue elevens have shut ont Crimson
teams on 10 occasions. while the
Harvard victories over Yale, in which
the Ellis were unable to score, mum
Der but four. In recent years the
Cambridge teams have developed a
strength When facing the Biue quite
unknown to the elevens OF the '9O's.
In 1907 Yale ended a string of six
straight victories and in the following
SIX years won one, lost three and
tied two. It was a desire to check
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-11-21
form
OF GOVERNMENT
City Manager Of That City Tells
What Has Been Accomp-
lished.

Baltimore, Nov. 20.-"The Commits
sion-Manager Plan of Government in
the Light of Experience" was discussed
by Henry NJ. Waite, city manager or
Dayton, o., at today's session of the
National Municipal league. He de-
clared this new form Of city govern
ment vas a success, and in answer to
his W question as to whether II
could be a permanent success, he
said:
cts permanency depends upon in
telligent citizenship and their contin-
ued determination to keep partisan
politics out of municipal affairs"
The Dayton plan of five commission
ers at large and non-partisan, had re.
suited in the election of sound bust
ness men, he said. They selected the
manager, and the latter selected the
directors of the five departments-law,
%finanace, welfare, service and safety.
No Political Lines.
Il cannot tell you the political faith
of the commissioners or the direc-
tors he said. They are selected fos
their ability.
Ill Jul llIdllCe department, he con
tinued, "our new accounting system is
the same az would be found in any
large business. Our budget is scien-
tific. Every month the head Of eacn
department receives a complete fina;i.
cial statement which shows the orig
inal allowance, expenditures and bal
ance in each account. We keep our
expenditures inside our allowances.
In August, we found that Cur est
mated revenues were too high. Wits
our system of accounting and budget,
we were enabled in two days. to re-
duce expenditures $4,000, and reor.
ganiZe all work accordingly
Some of the Improvements.
He told how police women were aid
ing in the handling of women derc.
licts and domestic troubles; how the
fire department was continually max
ing hcnse-to.house inspection to reduce
the lire hazard; how duplication of eff.
tort had been saved by combining all
pnllanthropic and city nursing into
the welfare department; how citizens
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-11-21
CHAMPIONSHIP
CLASH At FARGO
Mechanic Arts and Moorhead to
Play at Fargo Today.

Fargo, Nov. 20.-The rumor which
has been persistently circulated
around town for the past several days
that Moorhead high would play the
Mechanic Arts school Of st. Paul has
at last become a reality. The final
arrangements for the game were com
pleted yesterday. 1t will take place
at Dacotah field tomorrow afternoon
at 3 O'Clock. The winner Of the game
may logically claim the state cham.
pionship Of Minnesota for though
these two schools are not the only
claimants for the title they are prac.
tically the only two that have a
chance to win j..
That Mechanic Arts will carry off
the championship is a strong posi-
bility for the team which they will
bring to Fargo is an exceptionally
strong one and they have had much
good experience against strong
schools. On the other hand the Moor
head team has met but few aggrega-
lions which could be called real foot
ball teams so that the dope would
seem to point to a victory for the
squad from the sanity city. Howev-
or, MoOrhead has some very good ma
terial this year and has had the bene-
fit of some excellent coaching so they
will undoubtedly put UP a Strong fight
against the Mechanics and their
chances for winning are fairly good.
The game vii! be called at 8 O'Clock
and a large crowd is expected to wit
ness the battle. A peculiar thing
about the game is that it Is a state
championship game and is being
played in a different state than the
one for which the championship fight
is being aged. In anticipation Of a
large crowd a special street car ser.
vice has been arranged for.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-11-21
NOVACk THROWS A 100
FOUNDER IN new SALEM

1 So .E2'-#l -H-a' @.%VAE gF.. tF. 80 -# .w ~ FL.
Joe Noyack, local wrestler, has just
returned from New Salem, where he
had an enjoyable picnic with one
Jack. Cornell. Coriell weighs some
1875 pounds, and he sagreed to throw
Novack twice in an hour. Novack
enjoyed a good laugh and then took
his 145 pounds into the ring. In six
minutes Cornell had been thrown by
the little fellow.
The, New Salem man figured that
it was an accident and wanted to
start over again. They started again,
and Jcc threw him the second time il
nine minutes.
Novack has four matches ahead of
him. He=meets a fellow by the name
of Nom at R%ichardton, a youngster
by the lame Of Rupp at Baldwin,
Young Keelcr at York. and "Kid'
Bowen at New England. The last
named grappler is sometimes called
"The Buffalo Kid" and claims tho
championship CT the. second ward, or
26th voting precinct Of South Dakota,
or some such area.
Ncvack stated last night that as
soon as he kept these wrestling en-
ergements. he was going to get out
of the wrestling game and go back
into The Boxing business. where he
started: Re feurcsf1at the sheckels
would coaereaatn a>little Better in
the .pueilistic profession. Clarence
Z. Haner Of Indianapolis, who used to
manage Novack Wien he was fight
ing, arrived IN Bismarck yesterday
and succeeded in getting Joe to sign
up with him again. sHaner has sever
al bouts in view .}Bw.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-11-21

New Haven, Conn, Nov. 2O.-The
climax of the eastern football season
will be staged here tomorrow, whcA
the teams of Yale ald Harvard uni
versities meet in the %thirty.tifth game
or the inter-varsity series, which be-
gan in 1875 During this stretch OF
40 years, intercollegiate football ana
its attendant features have undergone
remarkable cvolnticls. Numerous
changes in the playing rules have
been made and the theory ald meth
DDS Of attack and defense radically
altered. All these variations in the
game and play sink into insignif-
canoe when compared with the great
Transformation of taot5all from the
Spectacular and Spectators stand
point.
"Them Were The Days"
In the early days O. thn contests
the teams met upon the ao,lege green
ard fought out their annual game,
ringtd by a thin fringe OF undergrad
mates and town folk. Admission
charges were either nominal or en-
tirely dispensed with and the cheer.
ing of the few hundred spectators I'M
organized and mnimprcssive. Won.
derfll progress in the popularity OF
football has been made since the in
itial game, and tomorrow marks IN
other epoch in the game. for the elev.
ems OF 1914 will battle in a stadium
larger and more impressive than any
structure ever built for college sport
in this country. Onto the turfed ara
lime lined arena of this stadium will
trot tomorrow afternoon, the eridirOn
SQUADS of rival universities, while
more than 10000 spectators cheer the
PLAYERS and substitutes.
The advance guard of the thou..
ands who will contribute fully $1AO.-
0nA to the athletic associations of the
two universities for the privilege OF
witnessing the game, are already
pouring into this city by train. boat
and motor car. The night before
gathering has taxed the capacity OF
the local hOstelries to an extent never
before experienced here and the over.
flow has been sNuntcd into private
NNViIii|> tS ~ ESSL ltSOit iOi III
night. This rush is but the forerun'
ner Of the throngs that are scheduled
to descend upon New Haven tomor.
row. With a new stadium with q
seating capacity almost twice as great
as the former wooden stands at Yale
Field. additional Thousands have tax.
en- the opportunity to witness one OF
the football classics of the year. More
than 80 per cent Of the spectators vii!
come from points outside this city.
According to the railroad manage.
meat, about $4,000 persons will 'oc
moved by special trains. % Of which
will start from New York City AND
ID from Boston, in addition to the reg
ularly scheduled service.
A Thrilling Game.
That the game itself, aside from
the dedication features of the ncw'
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-11-21
WHITE and k|LBANE
WILL BATTLE SOON

Cleveland. o., Nov. 20.-Arrange.
ments have been. completed for a ten
round bout in Milwaukee November
80 between the featherweight cham
pion, Johnny Kilbane, of this city, and
Charley White, the sensational Chi
cago lightweight. White recently
fought Champion Welsh to a draw in
10 rounds in Milwaukee and is credit
ed with a point victory over Willie
Rltchie at the time the latter was
ruling monarch Of the l33.pounders.
Manager Dunn insisted that White
do ISL but White demurred and il
finally was agreed that each fighter
make 1873 at, 6 o'clock. 80.
This will be the second meeting be-
tween White and Kilbane. Johnny
trimmed White in a 12-rounG bout in
this city on December %, 1911, though
officially it was a non-decision con-
test. .. ...%
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-11-21

L# #-H."-1r. W. -.-
ing in their ears. and they don't feel
like stopping long enough to eaten
til cir wind.
.uppke is affectionately known as q
foy YJall nut" Strange and various
stories are told Of him drawing pic.
lures of a football field OH a frostee
window Or in the dust, anywhere ant
any time. Nevertheless, he produces
trick plays which have been the de-
spair of all the eleyens opposing L.
linois this year, and it is only left TO,
him to spring them on Wisconsin.
Zuppke's record as coach Of the
four.time Oak Park school nationa;
champions is a thing of the past. Al
ready his reputation as a college coach
has eclipsed his prep record. Zuppke
says he has already realized the amb:-
ton Of his life.e 1t was to beat Chi
cago.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-11-21

tician Of the state board of agricuY-
ture.
The Japanese own 331 farms in the
state, comprising 12,726 acres ana
valued at $6O9, 700. Lease holds, which
are permitted under the law, amount
to 1886 acres.
The Japanese also own 21S town
lots, valued at S235,675; they have
2,54S places of business with over 49,.
100000 Of capital invested in them.
and on this capital, do business
amounting to $16,000,O0 yearly. They
pay nearly $1,000, 900 a year rent for
business places.
Japanese renters on share basis are
not tabulated in the report.
Fur opening Monday, Nov. 23rd, ex-
hibition of Gordon e Ferguson's De.
pendable and Reliable Furs. A.. W.
Lucas Co.-Adv.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-11-21

had turned four<hundred dirty spots
into four hundred gardens; and nli.
merous other steps in city improve.
ments.
These new forms of municipal gov.
eminent have many ups and downs
ahead of them" he said. Our duty is
to educate the people to appreciate
these new forms of government we
have called into being.
Publicity must be given to the re,
suits obtained by the new govern.
ments. We must obtain an efficient
citizenship. Interest should be main.
tanned through the schools. We neec
fewer elections, longer terms, anc
thereby greater efficiency"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-11-21
Sporting News Of the World

this slump in Yale football that calls.
ed the call to 90 out for Hinkey.
What the new coach and his system
Of play has done toward restoring
Yale to the high gridiron plane for.
merly held By Elne teams will bn dem,
ODstrate tomorrow.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-11-21
JAPANESE Still own
PLENTY OF CAL. LAND

Sacramento, Cal, Nov. 2O.-Japan,
csc holdings in California land, a year
and a half after the passage of the
states alien land law which e~xcitec
diplomats of two nations, are set forth
in a report made today by the Stats
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-21
Engine and Cars Roll Over and
Leave Big lob for Men
Clearing Tracks.

Two Of the train crew were badly
hurt in a wreck at Bolton Saturday
Of southbound freight into Atlanta
on the ~, c. &, 81. l.. Railroad. No
one was killed.
An accident to the engine caused
a derailment in which the engine and
several Of the cars left the tracks and
turned turtle down the embanSment.
Three or four yards Of track were
ripped ur and Engineer Henderson
jumped and was caught underneath
it Just as it settled back down. His
right hand was mashed, his left knee
fractured and his body bruised and
cut
Fireman Barney Bridges narrowly
escaped death. He jumped in time to
avoid being crushed beneath the cars.
but landed on his back In a ditch and
was painfully hurt.
The head brakeman was in the en-
CINE at the time Of the wreck and
jumped with the fireman and en-
gineer He was only slightly in
igred Bridges and Henderson were
taken TO the Bolton station to await
the ambulance It was expected that
the track would be blocked most Of
the day.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-21
Budget Foes Balk
WoOdWard'S Plans
For Extra Sessions

Mayor Woodwards plan Of calling
the Council together every day until
some agreement on the budget is
reached was blocked Saturday when
members Of Council looked up the law
and found no further action could be
taken on the budget until the next
regular meeting, which will be on the
first Monday in March.
The law is that when the Alder
manic Board fails to concur in the
action Of the Council the result must
be reported back at the next regular
meeting OF the Council.
The Aldermen preventing the pas
sage Of the budget announced Satur-
day they would give to the Sunday
papers written statement of their
position The statement promises to
throw some interesting light on city
affairs
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-21
Girl Admits Being
Lawyers Heart Wife;
Couple Bound Over

Miss Minnie Brown. brought be-
fore Recorder Broyies Saturday after
she had failed to appear for trial on
the day first set tearfully admitted
that she had been living as the heart
wife of f. L. Scoville. an Atlanta
attorney and begged for the mercy
of the court.
She was fined S25.75 for contempt
Of court and was bound over on $500
bond on the statutory charge. SEQ
Vile, previously fined for disorderly
conduct, was put under the same
bond. The two are said to have lived
on Woodward avenue as Mr. and Mrs
Baker.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-21
Convicts Fight Knife
Battle in Changing

AMERICUS, FEB. 21.-In fight be-
tween Henry Summers and Luther
Gloer, white convicts. in the Sumter
County changing. Summers inflicted
a dozen dangerous knife wounds.
Summers resented statement by
Gloer regarding Summers abuse Of
boy prisoners
Gloer was sent uD from Atlanta for
safe-racking. Summers is doing a lie
sentence for murder
Gloer's wounds are not considered
fatal
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-21
HO TEL MAN
ENDS LIFE
BY ACID
Arrest for Quarrel With Drunken
Man Preyed on the Mind of
G. W. BreedIove.

G. w. Breedlove, proprietor of the
Pryor Hotel, opposite the Union Sta
ton, committed suicide Saturday in
the corridor of the hotel by drinking
carbolic acid His arrest the night
before by Detectives Webb and Har-
per on the charge of disorderly con-
duct is believed to have preyed on
his mind. A few minutes before he
was to appear before Recorder
Broyles. he drank the acid.
He had been talking with George
Burbage genially for some time when
he glanced at the clock. He excused
himself for a moment and went to
his room. AS he came again into
the corridor he swallowed the poi
son. He was dead when the Grady
ambulance arrived.
QuarreIed With Drunken Man.
His arrest was due to a quarrel he
had with drunken man Friday night
The man had accused him of stealing
Breedlove appeared worried after
ward and said
IF they convict me. can die with
clear conscience" Immediately be-
fore his conversation with Burbage
he was in his office joking with the
guests. Leaving them he said he
was going to retire, having stayed
up all night. in the absence of his
night clerk. He met Burbage in the
hall and told him he had something
to say to him. Burbage told him
to have drink with him, but he
declined.
ExcIaims, am a Dead Man"
He went into his room and in a
few seconds came out, exclaiming
I'm a dead man, Burbage" A SER
want caught him and carried him to
his room, where he died
Breedlove is survived by four
daughters, two of them employed at
local telephone exchange. The
others are Mrs. c. E. Cochran and
Mrs. Walker, who live on the out
skirts of the city. He also is sur
vived by son.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-21
Officers Hunt Negro
Who Attacked Girl

DUBLIN, Feb. 21.-Onicers to-day
are searching for negro, who at
tackled a 16-year-old white girl nine
miles from Dublin yesterday after
noon. When he met her in the road
he caught her arm, but she got away
from him and gave the alarm. The
trail was cold when officers arrived
and the dogs could not follow it.
Two negroes were arrested but the
girl saw both and stated that neither
was the right one.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-21
Little Boosting
Workers

If it's a room for
rent, or position want
ed, money to lend, or
whatever it may be a
Georgian and Ameri-
can Wanted Ad will
sell it for you, or place
you, as the case may
be.
They are busy, busy
little statesmen; never
stopping on the corner
to dawdle, but are con-
stantly on the go,
scurrying up and down
the streets greeting
everyone with your
message.