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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-16
DUBLIN GIANT WINS
OVER GUNB0AT SMITH;
C0FFEy THE HEAVIER

New York. Dec. l5.--Jim coffey,
the Dublin giant outfought Gunboat
Smith OF California in ten-round
bout at Madison Square Garden to-
night. Had coffcy carried the fight 10
Smith he might have beaten him de-
visiyely but he did not extend hlm-
self. In only two rounds, the first and
third. did Smith have the better Of
the argument. Scarcely one clean
blow was struck during the bout.
Smiths showing In general was not
az good as on previous occasions
here. coffey weighed los and Smith
$50 pounds.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-16
.MANDAMUS WRIT
AGAINST COUNTY
BOARD REFUSED
Commissioners viii Not Be
forced to Apportion Delin-
Quent Tax Collections Be-
tween Roads and Schools

Judge David ]. Leahy Of Las vegas
sitting for Judge Reynolds. OF the as
trict court. yesterday refused TO COM
pei the county commissioners to ais
tribute the surplus OF delinquent tax
collections between the road ana
school funds.
A. u. Stroup. representing the boaru
Of education. applied for writ 81
mandamus directed to the coniInls-
sioners. Judge Ledhy denied TINS. Inc
writ WAS granted short time ago ny
Judge Reynolds by default but ny
agreement between Mr.. Stroup ana
District Attorney NJ. Y. Vigil the mat
ter was reopcncd.
Virtually Raiifies Claim
Judge Lcahy's decision practically
holds the CLEARWATER claim to be
valid. The county still owes $2,S2II2
upon this claim for the building o.
the road between the county Jail and
Fifteenth street, the continuation of
West Central avenue into the county.
and the improvement OF East Central
from llil street tc the University u
New Mexico The claim has been as
signed to the First National bank.
ON November I, there was $l,5ai,OO
in the delinquent tax fund which the
commissioners would have been COM
PEELED to divide between the school
and road funds il the court had Ap-
held Mr.. Stroup's contention.
Error Found In Judgment.
The prior judgment In the ease CT
Arthur A. Jones against the Gallup
Southwestern Coal company. was set
aside because Of clerical error and
second decree substituted. The
court found November 30 that he was
entitled to $37S21 but the judgment
submitted to the court and signed AZ
lowed him 10 recover $3S3.21. Accord
ing to the judgment entered yester-
day he RECEIVERS $460.1S, representing
$313.21 aud interest.
Judge Reynolds found that Mrs.
Isola Bambini was entitled to posses
sion Of goods taken by Chief MeMiliin
under a court order. She was given
Judgment for 81.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-16

Lclohatche. Ala, Dec. lS.-Miss
Dan, owned by w. Il. Coley of Okla
hoina, and handled hy GUIDE. won the
derby stakes az the southern Field
trials today. Isap's Ben. handled nv
Jones aud ownod BY Victor Knhold.
Of Manitoba. Canada. won second
prize and square Edges handled by
f'ishel and owned BY James H. Nc
MILAN Of Lodi. Wis., third
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-16
Rclcn Quln,ci |. pefcaied.

Tome. \. NJ. Dee. ia--in fast
basketball game played here Saturday
night the Belen team was defeated by
a score Of . TO !. The goal shooting
of Sam for Beien and Gooch for the
Tome-Adcilno team as well as the de-
fcnsiye work OF Sanchez for the lat
Ter quintet were features Of the CON
test. A crowd Witnessed the game.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-16
Giants Have rlfty-tI,ree Players.

New York. Dee. l5.--ln spite Of
the decision of the National league
TO cut each clubs roster down TO
twenty-one players by May |. the New
York Nationals purchased two more
minor league players today. bringing
their list up TO fIfty-three. The new
players are Pitcher Flanagan of the
Muscatlnc, Ia. Central association
and Infiolder Holloway Of the Spring
ueld. ILL.,. Three-I league club. The
new players will receive q tryout at
the Giant camp at Marlin. Tex.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-16
six Hounds fur Bosto,..

Boston, Dec. is.-Thc next legis-
iaturo viii be asked 20 put profess
slonal boxing In this state under tho
Jurisdiction Of the new department OF
health aud TO limit professional bouts
20 ak a-minute rounds These are
provisions included In a bill filed by
senator Bagley Of this city to-day.
Amateur boxing Is not affected by
the proposed legislation.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-16

Cheyenne. Wyo., Dec, - - Liu
Hong roon, OF Rock Springs, Wye.
was fined $4,000 and costs today ia
the federal court here for Illegally
manufacturing opium. Toon must re-
main In Jail until the fine is paid. Idu
Tom Qucng. also convicted on the
same charge. was granted new trial.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-16
Error Found in Judgment.
Dorsey stons Gilbert.

st. Louis, Mo, Dec. 15.--Al Gilbert
Of 81. Charles, Mo, was knocked out
by Bant Dorsey of Albany. y. Y.
In the first round of what was to
have been an eight-round bout here
tonight
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-16

The Jinta mountains of Utah, in
cluded within the Wasatch. uinta, and
Ashley national forests, should be-
come a favorIte recreation region, be-
cause OF glacial drifts, Seventy such
lakes can be counted from Reds
peak. and one particular township.
talrty-six miles square. contains more
than hundred.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-16

Beginning tomorrow all Santa Fe
mail trains will carry two mail cars
instead of the usual one to enable the
clerks to handle the congestion Of
mails incident TO the holiday season.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-16

now THEY STAND.
NtTCli TONIGHT.
Shops W. L. \. NJ
GKOtEiss JUMP u A NOTCH
~ DEFEATING &. as TWICE

The Groeers took Two games from
tho Commercial club team last night
at Tho Drummer alleys.
ThM A.tlrl.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-16
LEVY GIVES UP
D|RECTORsH|P Of
ATHLETIC CLUB
Fred Winsor and C. 6, Wi|fong
Purchasers viii Match
Wildcat Ferns and Jack
Torres, Says Former

The New Mexico Athletic club
changed ownership last night. Fred
Winsor and e. q. Wllfong succeeded
Mark Levy.
Winaor came here with Kid George
and liked the place 80 well that he
decided TO stay. He hnd been here
before, however, so the place was not
entirely new 10 him. Wilfong Is In
terestcd In the development Of New
Mexico oil fields. having come here
from Pennsylvania several months
ago for that purpose.
Winsor has twenty years Of expert
once In the fight game for guidance
In his venture. He knows the game
from every side--the Fighters, the
managers and the promoters. He Is
former middlewcight champion OF
the Pacific coast. lie has wide ae-
quaIntanco among the foremost sport
Ing writer's and VIII be able 10 get
widespread publicity for fights staged
here.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-16

On and after this date | will not be
responsible for my wife's (Pearl
Green) bills. b. T GREEN.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-16

That he plans to bring battlers with
reputation here, was the statement
Of winsor. The next bout VIII be be-
tween Wildcat Ferns Of Kansas City
and Jack Torres. II he IL able TO bring
the bearcat here. he said.
The new promoters are going TO
win the confidence Of the fght-going
public and keep Il. Wlnsor stated. The
Georee-smauIdIng fight will be stag
cd Friday night under the auspices Of
the new management.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-16
NEW YORK RULE
VILE Be TRIED
IN LOCAL BOUTS
Hitting in CIinches viii Not
Be Permitted Hereafter 10
Promote Action in N, M. A.,
C. Matches.

Hist Mark Levy. the director OF
the New Mexico A. G., aud Manager
Fred wlnsor have found a way to
clrcumveut the tcn-round limit
IT'S like ihlsl Hitting IN the cllnch-
Is hereafter Is nix In any Of the fights
staged under the auspices Of the club.
That means The spectators Will see a
few extra rounds crowded Into the ten
--ns some fighters have figured the
diatnnce-in sure enough active ac-
ton. This rule, properly enforced by
the referee. VIII eliminate Sailing and
ensure strict training as few fighters
can hope 10 travel the decade at tho
pacc the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
rule neoessiiatrs without being IN
physically ~.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-16

Smauiding trained the hour before
George, boxing with Alarld and Car
son. This afternoon Al win appear
between and o'clock and George
between . and 4. No admission viii
be charged
Del Alarid. OF Santa ne, and Young
Joe Rivers or Young Chavez will fur
nish one Of the preliminary bouts FRI
day night. Young Patsy Klein. the
rugged boy battlers and Young Car
son viii meet IN the curtain raiser.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-27
Why the Moons Horns Have Nothing Do with the Weather

Yet it is fact which everybody who vent to school should know, that the cres- cent moon always appears upon it's back in the Spring and upon hs end in the Autumn. These positions occur regularly every year. rain or dry. A little thought makes this plain even to boy
 The change of direction in the moons horns is caused by the altered position of the moon when she is at the new. It has relation to the sun and the earth and de- bends upon the difference in the declina- tion of the sun and the moon. If the moon is farther north than the sun soon after it is new" the sunlight strikes upon her and she appears with her horns upturned.
 If the moon is farther south, the light reaches around her disc to the northward and her horns are nearly verticle, as if the crescent moon rested upon one of them.
 You see the moon in varying positions in the sky. At first sight there appears to
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be no definite relation between her posi- tion and the position of her cusps or horns. In fine, this feature of her aspect seems so changeful and capricious that 1t has been regarded as weather gauge.
 In reality there is a simple connection always present. The line which joins them is always at right angles, or perpen- dicular to line drawn from the sun to the moon, so that the horns are forever turned directly away from the sun.
 The precise position in which they will stand at any time ns, consequently, easily foretold, and has as much to do with the weather as mud with milk. The logic in superstitions is the same as the logic in patent medicines and ignorance generally.
 Sailors consider the appearance of the new moon in November as an unfailing sign of weather" Farmers also rrefict mild or severe Winter from 1t. If the moon, they say, comes Standing up there will be a pleasant Winter. Stand up moon, lay down farmer"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-27
London. Dec. IS.

London Dec. 1S. I- HE Belgian authorities at Antwerp have buried the most precious of ] = their art treasures secretly and se- curely beneath the River Scheldt in order that the German invaders may not lay hands on them.
 Alarmed by the loss of pictures and |precious objects at Liege, Louvain and take effective precautions to prevent an 1ven greater calamity at Antwerp. It is estimated that the art treasures of Antwerp are worth $1,00O,000,000. It need hardly be added that to preserve them for unhappy and ruined Belgium is a really great national service.
 Photographs have already been published |"Descent from the Cross" and other famous masterpieces from the Cathedral of Ant cwerp. But it was not known what had been done with them.
 They were placed on trucks specially constructed for this purpose and carried |away to the military headquarters, where they disappeared behind closed doors. "The Descent from the Cross'' is the chief of the series of colossal works by Rubens that decorated the Cathedral. This work, with it's wonderful representation of human |, figures, it's pathos and its tragedy, is by many considered the greatest picture ever painted.
 A thrill went through the world at the thought that this great picture might be destroyed by bombs dropped from an aero plane or shot to pieces by bullets or even taken away from the country where it had been since its authors lifetime It is now known how "The Descent from the Cross' and the other pictures were |safeguarded Inside the military head quarters they were removed from their frames and rolled up, at the same time being carefully preserved from injury and cracking by quantities of burlap and soft backing. Each roll was then inserted in Ia heavy watertight metal container and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-27

church plate, among them chalice and monstrances of the Twelfth and Four teenth centuries, vessels and ornaments used at the coronations of different kings of France and the Sainte Ampoule. The last is the successor of the Ampulla Re. mensis, which dove is said to have brought from heaven. With the holy oil which this flask contained all the kings of France were anointed down to Louis XIV.
 The Antwerp authorities knew of these many catastrophes before their city was attacked, and, taking warning in time, they hid their treasures effectively under the river. There is little doubt that Belgian municipal officers in other cities also saved many of their most precious possessions by hiding them, but in the state of chaos and ruin that prevails it is impossible to know just what has happened. For years, perhaps for centuries to come, the patient delver will unearth hidden art treasures from the soil and the rivers of Belgium.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-27
WHERE is firmly ingrained supersti-
 ton which connects the rainfall

"HERE is firmly ingrained supersti-
 tion which connects the rainfall
 = with the moons cusps. Many peo- pie believe that on the position of the cres- cent moon changes of the weather depend and can be easily foretold.
 Professor A. K. Bartlett the noted astronomer, has called attention both to the superstition and to the phenomena. He says that at the time of the new moon the cusps, or horns, of the crescent sometimes lie in line which is nearly perpendicular with the horizon and at other times in line nearly parallel with the horizon. h the former instances the moon is common ly described as wet moon. and in the latter as dry moon. Owing to the chang ing position of the crescent, seen in the western sky after sunset, such expressions as 'Tf the moon lies so the water cannot run out we will have draught" are to be heard. Or "A wet moon is one upon w ich the hunter can hang his powder horn
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Since, however. the moon Is always neai the 'ecleptic," the line which joins the horns is nearly always at right angles to the "ecleptic." Since this angle changes, so the position of the line which reaches to the horizon varies. With re- gard to the moon more than half full. these changes are not noticeable. Wit, new or crescent moon, however, it is De-. fectly plain and attracts attention.
 The line which joins the horns cannot be ever actually upright when the sun is below the horizon for line must always be squa~e to the great circle which passes through the sun and moon. When, there- fore, the moon is above the horizon and the sun is below. this great circle is ..,- clined to the horizon and line perpen- dicular to 1t is correspondiRgly inclires from the verticle. The same explanation fits the waning crescent of the old moon before sunrise soon after Spring begins, when the horns are turned in the opposite direction.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-27
HolU Millions of Dollars Worth of Art Treasures
 Haue Been Securely and Secretly Sunk Beneath the Waters of the War Torn
 Little Kingdom to Saue
 Them from the Germans

schools are represented in large numbers
 Great anxiety and uncertainty are felt concerning the fate of other masterpieces of early art that were in the Belgium cities now in the hands of the Germans. Brus- sells, Ghent and Bruges, which possess the chief art treasures after Antwerp, are, of course, in the power of the Germans. In some cases it is known that pictures have been destroyed; in other cases there is reason to believe that they have been taken to Germany, but in the great major ity of instances complete uncertainty pre- vails.
 The most admirable works of the Flemish school in the opinion ot many critics are those of the Brothers Hubert and Jan Van Eyck, who lived in the four teenth century, at the dawn of the painting art. Their most beautiful work Is the triptych called "The Alteration of the Lamb," which has long been an ornament of the great church of St. Bavon, at Ghent.
 It is reported that this work already reposes in the Berlin Museum under the care of the celebrated Dr. Bode, who once bought the alleged bust of "Flora.'
 The fate of the wonderful series of paint ings by Hans Memling in the Hospital of St. John, at Bruges, is also in doubt.
 At Louvain many famous old masters were undoubtedly destroyed by bullets and fire. Among them was the triptych by Dierck Bouts, representing "The Martyr dom of St. Erasmus"
 Bouts was the great earlyeartist at Lou vain as Memling was at Bruges
 The finest work of Bouts is said to have been his Hast Supper" This was originally the centre of large altarpiece, of which only this part was in the Church of St. Pierre at Louvain. The wings were separated from it many years ago. and in recent years they became the property of the museum at Berlin, in which the Kaiser takes so great an interest
 Shortly after the sack of Louvain by the Germans it was stated positively that this centrepiece had been destroyed, but
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-27


 most disgusting odors are rising
 and enveloping everything" Elsewhere in the path of the battling armies irretrievable damage has been done to priceless art treasures. It is now realized that much of this might have been avoided, if the authorities had hid den the various objects.
 There is another Descent from the Cross," by Rubens, at Arras, and this is said to have been destroyed by shell fire. Another work that suffered there was Van Dyck's Christ in the Tomb Many art works in the Cathedral at Rheims were damaged or destroyed. Among the pictures thought to have been lost are Nativity by Tintoretto; Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalen," by Titan; Christ and Angels" by Zucchero, and the ''Cruci1xion," by Germain.
 The treasury of the Cathedral contained many costly reliquaries and priceless
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-27

Belgians Carrying a Rolled Up Old Master to the Place Where It Is Put Into the Metal Tube That Protects It During It's Secret Sub
 mersiOn.
 a correspondent now declares that 1t has rejoined the wings in the museum at Berlin.
 Describing the destruction of the art treasures of Louvain, Professor B. Gilson, of the University of Louyain, who has now come to London, writes:
 "In the centre stand the walls of
 St. Peter now grinning silhouette, lW roof and belfry gone, the walls black
 ened and caved in. In front stands
 the Hotel de ville dominating every
 thing and almost intact. Further on, the remains of Les Halles, entirely de- stroyed, except for the arcade of big pill. lars of the Sale des Pas Perdus. The library and its treasures are entirely gone
 "Entering St. Peters by the Rue dc Malines, I find what was the big bell among the ruins. The vaults are for the most part caved in; there is continuous stream of stones falling, so that we could not enter 1t without danger. Everything is burned. If the paintings by Bouts and van der Weyden have not been saved in time they must have perished. The jubilee in the choir is standing.
 "I walk all over the open space where the city used to stand. At the Sept Coins everything is lying on the ground. The Rue des Ecumeurs is burned; to the right the Audience is burned; the upper part Of the Rue du Canal is burned, including the house of the dean and the students house. The Rue de Diest up to St. Peters Is heap of ruins. bricks. scrap iron and charred beams. No trace of sidewalk is
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Rubens' Descent from the Cross"
 Being Prepared for Its Journey Through the Streets of Antwerp.
 This Famous Painting Is Now Resting
 in a Metal Tube Somewhere Under the Scheldt.
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 Until they return to Antwerp these arI treasures must be lost to the world. TOT the Germans to hunt for them ln the muddy bottom of the Scheldt would De txorse than looking for needle Tn a nay stack They can only be found with the aid of the charts made by the Belgians-
 If the Belgians never regain their city, it seems probable that these works will be permanently lost. They may become one of the mysteries of history, like the tra- ditional burial place of Alraic the Goth.
 Many works of less value were removed to London, and it Is probable that most of these will come to our market. Negotia- Ations for their sale have already been opened with some American collectors.
 Antwerp was the birthplace and the home of the greatest masters of the old Flemish school. In it's museums and gal leries are many works of Quintin Matsys, Rogier Van der Weyden, Bernard !an Orlev. Anthony Van Dyck, David Teniers and Jacob Jordaens. Besides these Flem- ish masters, the Dutch. Italian and other
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  he in rage the cees tFrmhe 
 eve to he
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 sealed up.

sealed up.
 The rolls were then dropped from a steam boat in various parts of the broad and deep River Scheldt. The position of each roll fwas taken by exact mathematical measure ments of various ob- jects on shore.
 The reasons for keeping the final dis position of the pictures secret are obvious. Only the highest of fcers of the Belgian army know where the ,h;oato OTTO hi66pp
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visible, and from the ruins the most disgusting odors are rising and enveloping everything"
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-11-25
RUSSIAN LINES CUT.

Berlin, Nov. 24.-The war office to-
day claims the Germans in Poland
have succeeded in cutting some of
the lines Of communication Of the
russians These lines, it is claimed,
the russians nave Eeen depending
upon almost entirely and the work
of the Germans will greatly hamper
the Russians in their 9 movements.
The government is confident the Ger
mans will win. The report that Ger
many is seeking peace is laughed at
in official circles.
An cthcial report isSAed this af'
ternoon says a portion OF the Ger
man armies in Poland are making
progress, but without decisive re-
suits. British warships continue
shelling Germans along the Belgian
coast There is no decisive change
at the west
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-11-25
COUNTIES COMPLETING
THEIR HEALTH BOARDS

South Georgia counties are rapidly
completing county health boards as
provided for by an act of the legisla-
ture of 1914.
charlton county has already named
the third member of her board, and
Camden Is the latest TO perfect the
new county board. Dr. A. X. Swift is
The physician member recommended
lcr appointment by the grand jury
serving at Camden superior court.
In Glynn the health board will be
completed when superior court meets
in December. 1t is not yet known
whether the county will join with
scme adjoining county and employ a
district health officer or lie content
for the first year with county organ
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