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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-02

cove or bay which is flooded when the tide comes in and 1t is possible to play ball only between tides. The wharves on great piles come close to the ball ground, and the people sit there with their feet hanging and watch the game going on below.
 The baseball ground at Prince Rupert, over the way, could not be laid out on the beach. The water there is deep and there is no space clear at low tide. New ertheless, the town has its diamond It is on the top of cone-like hill, which was sliced off for the purpose It cost $25OO0 or $35,0O0 to blast the rocks and level the ground. The field is now smooth and has an amphitheatre of hills as it's grandstand. Prince Rupert has tennis court floored with boards and its-people are fond of sports of all kinds
 One of the Fourth of July events at Ketchikan consists of fishing matches in which the halibut fishermen contend as to who can cast his line the most quickly and draw it in again without tangling. The men are wonderfully expert. The lines are several miles in length and there are hundreds of hooks on one line. The lines must be dropped so that the hooks rest on the bed of the sea. Last Fourth of July the men caught $5 worth of halibut while throwing their lines, and that notwithstanding the contest was not to see who could catch fish, but who could cast the line quickest.
 Many of the sports of Alaska are held in the evening. This is so in every part of the country, and especially in the in terior. It is so also in the Klondike, W here, the 21st of June, a baseball game is held at midnight to celebrate the time when Dawson has "A hours of daylight. Photographs are taken by the light of the midnight sun, and the playing con tinues until the wee hours of the morn ing.
 The Dawson baseball park was mado at a cost of S12,0O0. It is the scene of many international contests. Teams go from Juneau and other parts of our ter ritory to play the Canadians, and last year Dawson sent a team to Fairbanks, 700 miles away, to compete for the 'n- ternational championship north of lati- tude 5S" White Horse, Canada, belongs to baseball league which also includes Skagway, Juneau and Douglas Island. This league imports players from Seattle, Vancouver and other coast towns, and it has It's annual games for supremacy.
 Among the most enthusiastic of the ball players are the Indians Some of the tribes have their own hines. which come long distances to compete with the whites. Last July bali team came from the Pely river. several hundred miles away to Dawson to play the team there The
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-02

than Fifty-ninth street was considered right in the heart of a fine residence section. Now all that is changed. Why, there was also a day when the WaldorN Astoria hotel, between Thirty-third and Thlrty-fourth streets. with it's east wall on the avenue, was considered the one hotel of the city-of America, perhaps And, though, it is still reasonably sue cessful it is by no means so representa- tive of New York city today as it once was.
 The Waldorf is too far downtown these days, as are all the hostelries in that section and below it. which de- pend upon transient rather than a permanent trade. The McAlpin, Mar unique and Breslin may be considered exceptions to this, in view of the fact that they are on very busy part of Broadway but nothing on the avenue south of the Waldorf could hope to make a success as caterer to the "swagger" trade. There's the poor old Holland House, for instance, nice enough ho- tel Tn its way-Fifth avenue and Thir- tieth street-which seems as quiet theae days as the old farm, after o'clock in the evening. It catches few strag- glers now and then, and still puts on a somewhat brave front, but have talked to it's manager and while he planes 1t all on too many hotels in New York;, he realizes we'll enough that commerce. not of the hotel brand is pushing the hostelries uptown. while they, In their turn are pushing the still more exclusive private residences off the upper avenue, and also off the cross town streets below Fifty-ninth
 Go down as far as Madison Square. where Broadway crosses Fifth avenue there stood once the Hoffman house which in all probability most of you who lead this will have heard of. Today tall building of the sky-scraper variety stands where the Hoffman house used
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-02

Indians were copper-colored longhaired, lusty braves. and they ran like deer, playing in mecca sins
 Tennis is another game which is com mon throughout the northwest. Every town has it's courts and it's tourna- ments. The Dawson Lawn Tennis club has a membership of 40, and it owns two fine courts which were built at a cost of S5000. The courts are usually floored with boards. a:ld this is especially so along the coast, where the moist air makes the ground unfit for games. There are tennis courts and baseball fields at many of the mining camps, and at Dominion Creek, in the klondike mining district, the people celebrate Empire Day, Dominion Day and the Fourth of July with Caledonian Yukon territory has so many Ameri- cans that it commemorates the Fourth of July as well as the Canadian holt days The people of the two countries are very friendly, and in business and play they go hand in hand.
 In this connection I am surprised at the ignorance Wn1cn prevails through out the United States as to this part of the world. Many of our people evil dently think that the Klondike belongs to Alaska. This ignorance even extends to some of the government officials tt Washington Not long ago one of tho high officers of our postoffice depart ment sent letter of censure to the postmaster at Dawson. because he had not been submitting his reports to the department at Washington. He tod him that he must report regularly, and that if he did not receive letter from him within few days he would close up the office. The postmaster replied that Dawson was the capital and chief city of Yukon territory and that it's reports went only to the government at Ottawa. The incident occasione great laughter in this part of the world and the Dawson agent thought su much of it that he had the letter framed and hung up in the postoffice
 Similar ignorance prevails as to Alaska. One of the clerks of ou- treas ury department once wrote to an offi- cial at Sitka. when that town was the capital, that the treasury had very few blanks of a certain kind that Sitka had asked for. but that the Alaska off : cial might easily run across to Nome and get some. as Nome had a doubie supply. Now. Nome is as far from Sitka as New York is distant from Omaha. The only way there is by sea,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-02

competison in the piker bzness than enny uher ve- cason you could select
 Be like frend of mine here. He told that he had maid grate in Westinghouse sed when he heer and went into bizness street only five yeers ago he owed 10000 reel honest to goodness Americon dollers-today, he seys, I owe 150000. That shows what ernest, hard working do in 10 yeers in this land of opportunity if hell only try and stick to it.
 Opportunity is still in midst-for the yuns the yung woman who is contint with themselves but who continues rite along aftur they leave school to further equip themselves for the marythorn of life-oppertunnity will jump in theere way and ali they will have to do is to recognize sed opportunity and grab it while they may.
 Only for the persun who is looking for sumthing Soft does competjsion too grate-does the market for ability and genius appeer ovvercrowded and the future present dark blew aspect. If he persists in looking at it that way he would confer boon upon sosiety and his relasions if he would bor sumones cheep revolver and scattur his alledged brains the wide eXpanse of pnhed.
 Yours trooly,
 BILL VINES. Washington, D. C.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-02

best climber receiving a prize of $l0. And then there was the fat mans race, ev- cry contestant in which weighed over 200 pounds. The old mems race was restrict ed to runners over 50 years of age.
 After the races there were three teams of gold miners who played two games of baseball and in the evening there was a grand open-air dance balloon ascension and a confetti carnival that lasted until long after midnight During these events trained nurses were kept in constant at tendance to minister to the children, and the committee on transportatio arranged free automobile service for all the wom- en and children of the small towns nearby.
 The town of Anchorage was born only last summer with the coming of the rail- road, and the baby municipality was hardly a month old before it celebrated it's first Fourth of July. place was cleared of stumps in the center of the city of tents for a baseball grounds, and this served as the scene of the other sports of the occasion. There were ball teams of men and ball teams of women; :; and races of every description. American flags flew from many of the tents and streamer bearing the words Welcome to Our Fourth of July Celebration was hung from two pine trees across the main street. The street was dirt road but that made no difference.
 The fat mems race was held on that road, as were also the races of the girls and boys. I have photograph of the Anchorage girls baseball team. The members are lusty maids and matrons dressed in bloomers that come to the knee, with white middy blouses and white caps or hats. They wear tennis shoes.
 The Fourth of July came six days before the first government sale of lots. No one then had a fixed habitation or home. The most of the people lived on the flats in tents, waiting for the government to lay out the town There were perhaps 1000 tents, and three or four times that many inhabitants All were expecting to make their fortunes in selecting good lots and growing up with the town. When the auction occurred the first lot brought $S25 and the total sales of that day ran up to more than $100,000. Since then the peo- pie have shown much public spirit and patriotism. The town was laid out with large public parks and there are to be tennis courts and amusement grounds.
 So far I have to visit any town of size in Alaska that has not it's baseball field Owing to the topography of the town, which is built upon hills, rising al most straight up from the water the dia- fined to the beach, It is situated in a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-02
By FRANK G. CARPENTER

NJ. r.l
 Skagway. ~kAGWAY is already preparing t>I for its Fourth of July celebra- bs=s;ss:.s.t ton. Flags are floating from lexME6I the public buildings, and great
 streamers ~hang across the streets Excursions are expected from White Horse and elsewhere, and the In- dians will come in from miles around There will be tennis tournament and baseball games. Last Fourth one of the events was a tug-of-war between rival Indian tribes. The contest took place on the street car tracks in the heart of the town, and the men. pulled and tugged at a rope two inches thick
 Juneau will have a great Fourth this year, and the day will be celebrated in every town of Alaska. There is no doubt :. out the patriotism of this part of the world. | saw more American flags on my trip from Ketchikan to Anchorage than in the whole journey from Washington to San Francisco and northNard to Seattle Every town had American flags floating from the houses. and village of 20 log cabins is sure to nave two or three flags flung out to the breeze. These people celebrate the Fourth and Christmas as the two great days of the year. Every town collects money for the Fourth by popular subscription and the sports often last for two or three days
 Last year Fairbanks, in the very heart or the territory, had a two-day pro- gramme. A copy of it lies before me- The first day began with literary exercises. including a speech and the reading of the Declaration of Independence This was followed by baseball game at Exposl- ton park. In the afternoon there were competitive sports, and later in the day motorboat races and swimming race In the evening there was a dance, wioh music by the town band. On tEe second day there was another baseball game. and sports afternoon and evening Among the features of the latter was a chariot race, in which the best teams of the city took part. Each chariot consisted of she front wheels of wagon on which a plat form had been laid. The horses went on the gallop.
 It is interesting to look at the list of sports in which prizes are given ',,he of fcial programme, bearing the Ameri- can flag on it's cover, shows ra .es by boys and men, and even by girls. The nrst prize for the 50-yard dash for boys of from 12 to 14 was s and the second sl. Boys of 10 and F ran 50 yards for a
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the Teutons and allies are making all Europe look like big dish Of goulash. Manhattan is having lit- tie war of its own, in which wealth is pitted against wealth, beauty against booty and attractive environment against commercial encroachment.
 The army of trade has, in fact, de- ployed as skirmishers, made a flank movement and attacked the homes of the mults along their Fifth avenue front, with the result that a partial victory has already been won, and the army is now advancing northward up Firth avenue after a fashion that is making the dwellers of 'Millionaires' Row quake in their threatened "morgues."
 Below Fifty-ninth street, on the ave nue commerce now occupies a com handing positiona from which it i- sending out punitive expeditions in sev- ~ral directions not contenting itself with moving north only, but going out into the cross-town thoroughfares which have been the dwelling places of wealth and exclusiveness In days gone by.
 John D. Rockefeller and son have for sometime been making determined resistance against trade encroachments upon their homes in Fifty-fourth street Just west of the avenue. A few years ago the elder Rockefeller bought in the Seward Webb house, near St. Thomas church to prevent it from being sold to trade interests. This place is in the middle of the block between Fifty third and Fifty-fourth streets. and it's garden abuts upon the home of the Rock kefellers. More recently they have bought in several other surrounding dwellings for the same purpose, and yet 1t seemBTthat a change has come over
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-02
He Looked the Part Anyway

From tne Ladies Home Journal.
 Little Billy came home from play ore afternoon with his clothing pierced above and below with many holes.
 For goodness sake. Biliy." shrieked his mother what on earth have you been doing?'
 We've been playing grocery atcre," said Billy calmly. and everyone was something in it. was the Swiss cheese"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-02

Tx -Hi M thing theese days for to rise up and keQxN remark that theere is longur the opper- 0S&a0 tunnity> for genius in this country that
 theere used to be- The impression seems to have gotton hold of the yuth of the land in sum manner that the professions air ovvercrowded and theere Is no longur phase for the ambisous yung man at the top of the ladder. Yung men, starting out without vizzibul assets in this life air prone to look with gloom upon the future and deplore the fullness of the fields of ndevvor. They long to fnely fill the tomb of the moty-milyunare but com petision appeers to them to be overwhelming Al reddy theere seems to be world full of lawyrs doc. turs plumbers, polisemen, judges poytisians news paper men, sufferagetts and one thing and anuther They cannot gger out enny vocasion but what seems to be at this time gutng the market and hence quite few of them air abanduning hope and contint them selves with trying to be the local champion at 15bal pool or establish an undying reputason for expurt heavy standing round and obsurving sumboddy else do the work.
 Forget 1t, yung feller; theere is room for ennv promising yung person at the frunt who has enuff gtup and git in him to push the ded heds out of his
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-02

GW YORK, July 1.-(Special.O
 While the soldiers of Uncle Sam are mixing it with the Mexicans machine guns. and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-02

rs He' I0f0' Dy dIIh I. OdTpentef.)
 Skagway.
 0kAGWAY is already preparing for its Fourth of July celebra- -{ tion. Flags are floating from 1y the public buildings, and great
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-03-23
5000 PEOPLE
HOMELESS At
PARIS, TEXAS
Provisions, Clothing and Other
Aid Rushed to Stricken
Thousands in South.
FIRE LOSS AMOUNTS
TO $1o,ooo,ooo

Paris, Tex, March 22.-Provision,
clothing and tents were arriving on
every incoming train tonight for the
5000 homeless persons in Paris, rem
dered practically destitute by last
nights fire, which did damage esti-
mated between ss,O0O,0OO and $l0,OGO,-
600 and cost at least three lives. One
person is known to be missing. Near
ly every business house and between
1890 and 1000 residences were con-
sumed.
The Dead.
The known dead: John Straub,
Mrs. w. j. Bailey, unidentified negro.
An aged woman, Mrs. A. c. Poul. is
missing. Her home was destroyed
and she has not been seen since the
fire started. The streets Of the city
are being patroled tonight by 900 citi-
zens, sworn in as officers and perfect
order is being maintained.
AT a mass meeting here late today
$1,000 was subscribed to the local
relief fund.
One train late today brought in
seven carloads of food, clothing and
tents from Dallas, Ennis, Greenvllle,
Bonham and adjoining cities.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-03-23
LITTLE INTEREST
IN LOR|MER TRIAL

Chicago, March 22.-Although it
was former United States Senator
William Lorimer who was on trial
today in connection with the failure
of the La Sale Street Trust & Saw
ings bank of which he was president,
testimony today bore largely on the
relations to the bank of it's senior vice
president, C. B. Mundy. Mr.. Mundy
was convicted a month ago of con-
spiracy.
William G. Niblack, receiver of the
bank, was the witness. He explain
ed the Bank of Smithboro. H., was
a private institution, owned by Mr..
Mundy and his son.
What were the liabilities of this
bank to the La Sale Street Trust &
Savings?" the witness was asked by
Attorney Hayden N. Bell, for the
State.
About $4,000"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-03-23
CHINA RETURNS
TO REPUBLICAN
GOVERNMENT
Yuan Shi Kai Has Failed in His
Efforts to Make Himself
... Emperor.
CHANGE NOT SURPRISE
TO DIPLOMATIC WORLD

Pekin, March PA state depart
ment mandate isued tonight announc-
es the abandonment OF the monarchy
and resumption of the republic.
The imperial document, the man.
date adds, will be returned by Yuan
Shi Kai to the state consul, which
will reconvene as the senate, pre-
paratory to the resumption of the re.
public.
Hau Shi Chang, who lef> the cabi-
net because of the monarchial move
ment, signed the mandate as secre-
tary of state, having re-entered the
cabinet.
Yuan Shi Kai's Downfall
In the downfall of Yuan Shi Kai's
plans for making himself emperor,
hope is seen in official and diplomatic
circles for an early restoration of
peace in China, and maintenance of
the status quo in the Far East during
the European war.
Press dispatches announcing the
abandonment of the proposed mon
archy occasioned no surprise, al
though there had been no reports of
the action either to the state depart-
ment or the Chinese legion, and re-
cent official dispatches had not lndi-
Gated the step was kmminent. The
Province of Yunnan. rebeling against
the overthrow of the republic, for
months has been maintaining it's
maintenance ofthe independent gov
ernment, and reports Of revolts have
come thick and fast from the south
ern district. In addition TO this state
of affairs at home, Yuan has faced Op-
position to his plans from the outside
Great Britain. Japan and Russia have
put forth nressnre to prevent any
change at this time.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-03-23
GERMAN FORCES
BATTLING BEFORE
yERDUN FORTRESS
Make Small Gains, But Majority
of Attacks Are Repulsed by
French Legions.
AVECOURT HILL
FALLS TO TEUTONS
| FALLS TO TEUTONS

London, March 22.-lnfantry at.
tacks northwest Of Vardun, preceded
by a. vigorohs,tDUipardiiient, had en-
abled the Germans to gain FOOT
hold on the small hill of Avecourt,
which lies just outside the village OF
Mellencourt, between that town and
the eastern edge of the Mellencourt
woods.
The entire sector of about two and
a half miles from the AVccOurt woods
to MellencOurt has been subjected to
artillery bombardments and several
German infantry attacks except the
vicinity of Mellrncourt. The Ger
mans were held. and were unable to
advance.
Infantry Inactive.
Northeast OF Vrrdnn around DOuall-
mont and VauX an intense artillery
bombardment is still in progress. The
infantry forces, however. have re-
manned inactive in this district.
From the west in the forest. of Ar
gOnne, the Frrnrl, are heavily she'll
ing the Mellencourt woods, which is
in the hands of The Germans, and at
various points in The forest have b0nl-
barded German organizations.
RepuIsed All Attacks.
German infantry attacks were again
directed today against the French
front near Avecourt wood, and the
village of Mellencourt. All the Ger
man attempts to debouch from Ave
court, however, were checked, accord
ing to the official statement issued
tonight by the French war Office.
The Germans succeeded in gaining a
foothOld on the small hill of aucourt
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-03-23
TORNADO TOLL,
FIVE LIVES; AND
HUNDRED INJURED
Indiana Visited by Worst Wind
Storm Ever Reported; Trains
Blown From Rails.
SWEPT FROM WEST
ACROSS THE STATE
Telephone and Telegraph Lines a
Mass of Twisted Wire and
Broken Poles.

Indianapolis, Ind, March 22.-As
belated reports of last nights tor
nado dwindled through the tangled
wires, the death toll continued to in
crease Reports of five deaths from
the storm which swept eastward
across the state, leveling scores o!
buildings in it's path, have been re-
ceived here tonight. Many others are
seriously injured. The property loss
will total many thousands of dollars
The Dead.
Clarence Wilson, q, of near Lo
gansport, who was burned to death
in the wreckage Of his home.
Milo Rickett, 16, Of Logansport
crushed to death by roof from 9
factory being hurled against hi'
home.
Silas Williams, Il, killed in col
lapse of his home at Jalapa.
Gertrude Alspach, 4, daughter Of {
farmer near Montpelier, crushed tt
death in wreck of home.
Robert Rector, .Monon. suffocatet
in .wreckages of home, which was car
ried 80 yards by storm.
Hundreds Injured.
II is estimated that hundreds o
persons, including a score or NOR
who were passengers on the over
turned Glover Leaf passenger trail
suffered injuries in the storm.
Telephone and telegraph companies
report hundreds Of poles down in tn,
storm area, and several places il
northern Indiana were without com
mmicatiOn of any sort tonight. Man.
eOads were made impossible Whel
uDrOOted trees were blown aCrOs!
them. For these reasons il may b
days before news from some of the
rural sections will be received. II is
known that many farm houses an(
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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-03-23
COUNTY RETURNS

FOSTER
Ten precincts Foster county give:
President
LaFollette (R) 11S; Estabrook (RJ
35; Wilson CD 120; LIE Sueur (S) 1.
National Committeeman
William Lemke (R) 81; Gunder Oh.
son (R) 80; John Bruegger (D) 70:
William Olson (DN s; II. H. Perry
CD sc.
Delegates to National Convention
Republicans
E. A. Bowman, LaMoure, IS.
H. w. Braathlein, Wiliston, IS.
James A. Buchanan, Buchanan, 107.
o. B. Burtness, Grand Forks. S5.
C. C. Converse, Schafer, 33.
H. P. Halverson, Sheyenne, IS
H. C. Harry, Bottineau, -.
George P. Homness, Crosby, 81.
M. P. johnson, Tolley, q.
Robert Kee. Sanborn, s..
P. T. Kretschmar, Ventura, II.
C. B. Little, Bismarck, 81.
James Mccormick, Churchs Ferry,
81.
John E. Paulson, Hillsboro. 81.
E. Smith Petersen, Park River, 81.
M. Tschida, Glen Ullin, 2e.
Robert M. Pollock, Fargo, 81.
Claude c. Turner, Gladstuae, 81.
August Usselmann, Mandan. IS.
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