davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-02-07
FORMS CHAUTAUQUA COMPANY
Columbia Girls Have Received Offers
To Go On Road.

Misses Vivian Everman. Katherine
Tumy and Nell Darnell of Columbia
and Frances Beebe of Oklahoma City
have formed a musical and dramatic
company. They are receiving inquir
les from chautauQua bureaus. Miss
Everman is the vocalist She has beer
a student of Stephens College, and
Kelly Alexander's School of Music
Miss Tumy is the violinist. She was
graduated from Christian College.
Miss Darnell is the pianist and ac-
companist, and was graduated from
Howard Payne College at Fayette,
Missouri She did post graduate work
there. and graduate work in Stephens
College, and was the studio accom-
panist in Mr.. Alexander's school.
Miss Beebe is the reader. She is a
senior in the department of Dramatic
Art, of Stephens College. She has also
been a student of Crescent College in
Arkansas. Kelly Alexander coached
the company.
The program consists of individual
and group numbers of vocal, and in
strumental music, and readings, and
one act plays.
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-02-07
TO IMPROVE WIRE SERVICE
kilograms to the West Will Be
Handled In 30 Minutes Less Time.

kilograms TO the West Will b,
Handled In 30 Minutes Less Time.
kilograms from Columbia to the
West can be handled with a saving
of thirty minutes on each message
after new motor generator system
which wOrkmen started to install to-
day in the Columbia office of the
Western Union Telegraph Company is
completed. The new generator will
give power to direct wire to Kansas
City and an additional wire to St.
Louis. Two weeks will be required
to complete the improvement.
Previously all messages from Co
lumbia to the West were relayed
through st. Louis. according to C. A.
Raum, local Western Union manager.
With the power generator and the ad-
ditional wire facilities telegraph serv-
ice out of Columbia will be much i'm
proved, according to Mr.. Raum.
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-02-07
Thirty Players Out
For Baseball Positions,

Thirty players reported for base
ball practice yesterday afternoon. The
pitchers and catchers took only a
light workout, throwing a few slow
ones. The infielders threw ground
balls back and forth across the gym
nasium floor. Director Brewer said
the practice would be light for the
first two weeks. The indoor cage will
be put up this week in order that the
men may have batting practice be-
fore the warm weather allows them to
play outside.
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-02-07
SAVlTAR QUEEN RACE Is CLOSE
Miss Frances Gray Leads in Contest.
Thirteen Are Entered.

The race for Savitar Queen is close
Yesterday Miss Frances Gray wa.
sixth; today she is in first place
There are thirteen candidates and the
six who receive the highest number
of votes will be the Savitar Queens.
The first day only $3.50 votes were
cast, but yesterday 32,85O votes were
counted. The contest will close Sat-
urday. and the last day is expected to
be the most exciting. Today the can
didates stand in the following order.
Miss Frances Gray, Miss Martha
Downing, Miss Jane Quayle, Miss Bet
tina Terry, Miss Estelle Stone. Miss
Alice Callan. Miss Pauline Bandy,
Miss Louise Harris, Miss Alberta
Thornburg, Miss Lois Patton, Miss
Rose McVey, Miss Mary Reed. Miss
Marion Warner.
Owing to the fact that Miss Miriam
Glandon, a candidate for Savitar
Queen, was unable to enter school the
second semester, many of her votes
which had been collected earlier in
the year. have not been cast for any
candidate. There are, at the Savitar
office, hundreds of these 5O-vote cou-
pons, signed for Miss Glandon. They
may be recast if the persons who nut
them in for Miss Glandon originally,
will call at the Savitar office. any
time between 3 and o'clock any day
this week.
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-02-07
VALUATION OF N. U. ss,s99,e99
Junketing Committee Reports on
State Educational institutions.

Junketing Committee Reports on
State Educational Institutions.
The report of the Junketing Com
mittee of the Legislature shows that
the approximate valuation of the
states educational, experimental and
charitable institutions is a little
more than $15,OOO,OOO. This includes
equipment. The report on the Uni
versity of Missouri is: Valuation of
grounds, s752,147; buildings, 1854
$40; equipment. $9S2,5S2; total valu-
alton, $3.299,699; insurance on boil
ers, $4,000; temporary buildings,
s27.50O. A deficiency of $243,SOO. .25
January l, 1917 was reported.
The valuation of the grounds of the
School of Mines and Metallurgy at
ROlla is estimated at $45,461.25:
buildings, s3SO.50O.37; equipment,
$20S.642.s5; total $629,6O4.57; insur-
ance. $S4,500; deficiency, sS,97O.79.
The valuation of the property of
the State Historical Society is esti-
mated at $50O.000. with no insurance.
The building is reported fireproof.
The deficiency is only $775.
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-02-07
Astronomer Suspected of Spying.

4
ROME. Feb. Another American
was suspected here of being a spy
He is the Rev. D. J. G. Hagen. s. J.
the papal astronomer, formerly OF
washington, ID. c. For weeks the no.
lice have observed suspicious actiy.
tiles in the Vatican gardens. Every
night a black-robed figure appeared
Tor time on bridge stretching be-
tween two tower like buildings The
stranger made wierd motions toward
the heavens. Afterward, he disap-
peared into one of the structures A
mysterious noise generally followed
his entrance. The police believed the
clergyman was signaling the enemy.
Their investigation introduced them
to Father Hagen. Official documents
showed the 7O-year-old astronomer 70
be an American citizen. The "sus-
picious activities" were only his as
Economical observations.
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-02-07
ALUMNI INTERESTED IN M. U.
Question of Successor of c. l.. Brewer
Is Widely Discussed.

Is Widely Discussed.
Kansas City alumni of the Univer.
sity are very much interested in the
question of who is to fill C. l.. Brew.
er's place. According to the Kansas
City Star, the names of Guy L. Low
man, Clyde Williams and Johnny
Griffith have been mentioned fire.
Quently by the alumni there and
there is also a movement to recon-
mend DR.. Joseph A. Reilly, athletic
director of the X. C. A. c.
Lowman, who was formerly con-
nected with the athletic department
here and later was director at the
Kansas State Agricultural College,
is now director of physical education
and basketball coach at the Univer-
sity of Indiana
Clyde Williams has long been as
sociated with the Ames Aggies and
Is known as a fine sportsman. 1t is
largely because of his efforts that the
Iowa Aggies have attained their high
in the conference.
Johnny Griffith is director of ath-
letics at Drake. Reilly of the X. c.
A. c. coached at Georgetown before
coming to Kansas City.
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-02-07

berry," said Don Selbie, coach of the
University High School basketball
team. They denied my team the use
of ball in practice and the use OF
resin as a protection against the slick
floor MOberly won the game 2S to
is, but Coach Selbie is confident that
his team is fifteen points better than
the winners.
The University High School and
Columbia High School, after three
years, will meet February 13 in the
Columbia High School gymnasium. in
first of a twO-game series. Either
Kemper or the Missouri Military
Academy will play the University
High School Saturday night.
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-02-07
LETTER INDORsES DOCTOR HILL
St Louis Alumni Protest Removal
of School of Engineering.

Of School Of Engineering.
H. H. Kinyon, secretary of the Mis-.
souri, Union, has a letter from the
st. Louis Alumni Association adopt.
ing resolutions indorsing President
A. Ross Hill and his administration,
and protesting against the removal of
any department of the University from
Columbia. The st. Louis Alumni AS
sociation believes that the removal of
the Engineering department from Co.
lumbia would seriously impair the ef-
ficiency of the University and would
entail expense of the state. Many di-
visions besides the School of Engi-
neering would have to be duplicated
at Rolla or the efficiency of the school
would be seriously impaired.
The members of the association ex-
press as follows their regret at the
attacks made against Doctor Hill:
BE it resolved that we, as former
students of the University of Mis-
souri,. having had the opportunity to
know the work of Doctor Hill, and
having seen the University grow and
prosper under his wise and efficient
administration until it has become
one of the greatest institutions of the
country. do heartily indorse his ad-
and pledge to him our
unqualified support"
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-02-07
STATE PRESS OPINION

From the Independence Examiner.
At the head of the capitol commits.
sion is E. w. Stephens of Columbia
man whom Missourians would de-
light to honor in any way in their
power. He could have been nominat-
ed for Governor four years ago if he
had permitted the use of his name.
Two members of the commission are
Democrats and two Republicans. j.
Kelley Pool is secretary of the COM
mission. w Jr
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-02-07
Track Men Rapidly
Getting In Shape.

Coach Schultz is driving his track
men hard every afternoon. The men
are practicing fast starts. The dis
tance men are working on the running
track. Daggy and Wyatt are running
the quarter in good time and Pittam
and Selbie. who will probably be the
other members of the relay team, are
improving fast. Coach Schultz has
decided that the Tigers will have
their first chance to compete on March
3 at the X. c. A. c. indoor meet at
Kansas City.
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-02-07
SPORT

Kansas won from Missouri at bas-
ketball last night by a score of "a
%. With the Tigers one point in the
lead and twenty seconds to play a
Jayhawked made a long field goal in
the last few seconds of play. The
game was close all the way through.
Neither team had a safe lead at any
moment of the contest. The first half
ended with the Tigers on the long
end of 1912 count.
The victory over Missouri last
night places Kansas back in the run
ming for Valley honors despite her
loss of two games to the Kansas Ag-
gies last week. She has five games
won to her credit and two defeats.
Two have been annexed from Ames,
two from the Kansas Aggies, and one
from Missouri. She has lost two to
the Kansas Aggies.
Ames won one from and lost one
to Missouri. Kansas won two from
Ames, both by top-heavy scores. From
these results it appears as Kansas
had the edge on the Missouri quin-
tet. Before the Kansas Aggie games
last week the belief in Lawrence was
if Kansas should annex both of the
games the five would virtually cinch
the Valley championship. However,
the Aggies won. Missouri has yet to
play the Aggies who walloped Kan
sas hard. Ames has practically drop
ped out of the running.
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-02-07
WILL WORK FOR WESTINGHOUSE
Prof. H. {. Rentschler to Do TheOreti.
cal Research at Pittsburgh.

II. c. Rentschler. associate profes
sor of physics. has been offered and
will accept a position in the lamp de-
partment of the new research labora-
tory of the Westinghouse Elecric Com
pany at Pittsburgh. He will leave the
University at the end of this semes-
ter.
Professor Rentschler has been a
member of the University faculty eight
years, beginning as an instructor.
His new work will be in theoretical
research of basic problems to be re-
ferred to the engineering department.
and his remuneration there will be
two and a half times his present SAL
airy.
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-02-07
Mass Meeting Before
Games With Kansas.

A mass meeting will be called by
Lue c. Lozier. student president, to
arouse interest in the Missouri-Kan-
sas basketball games which are to be
played in Columbia February 20 and
q. The University Band may play at
the games.
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-02-07
Notice..

Students desiring to join the Uni
versity Chorus, and not having the
afternoon practice periods at their
disposal. may still enroll for credit by
meeting with the Columbia Choral So
ciety Tuesday nights at 7:3O O'Clock
Those desiring to take advantage of
this privilege should see Professor
Pommer Immediately
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-02-07
CHORAL SOCIETY TO BEGIN WORK
Columbia Organization to Cooperate
With Classes Next Semester.

The Columbia Choral Society will
meet at 7:30 o'clock Tuesday night
in Prof. W. II. Pommer's Office in
Academic Hall. This organization CO.
operated with Professor Pommer and
his chorus class in giving a concert
January IA in the University Audi
torium. and it will continue to work
with his second semester chorus class
Tuesday night practice will begin
on Sullivan's Golden Legend" which
is to be given in a concert in May.
Everyone who is interested in our
work is invited" said Mrs. Eldon r.
James, president of the Choral So
ciety, "and we especially want all of
the former members to come"
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-02-07
{. H. s. Five to Leave This
Week on Two Game Trip.

The competition between the high
school basketball teams in Columbia
will end Tuesday night when they
meet to decide the championship. The
Columbia High School has lost two
games and the University High School
one during the season. The Colum-
bia High School team will leave this
week to play Kirksville High School
Saturday night and Boonville High
School Monday night. The team will
play Jefferson City High School here
Friday night.
Nowhere have l ever seen a more
unsportsmanlike spirit on the part of
referee, and coach and crowd as in
the game last Friday night with Mo-
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-02-07
SOCIETY NOTES

The engagement of George Robin
son Lamade of Williamsport, Pa, t.
Miss Margaret C. Hayes Of Williams
port has been announced. Mr.. La.
made was a student in the School oi
Journalism last semester and is a
member of the Phi Gamma Delta fra.
ternity. He is now on the Princeton
News staff, Princeton, MINI. Miss
Hayes is a graduate Of Smith Col
lege. She is engaged in settlement
work in New York City.
Mrs. Franklin p. johnson will en-
tertain at luncheon next Tuesday in
honor of Mrs. Dan G. Stine. Other
guests will be Mrs. Guy L. Noyes.
Mrs. George Lefevre, Mrs NJ. P. Raw
enel and Mrs. Elliott Clark.
The Social Study Club will meet
this afternoon at the home of Mrs.
w. l.. Nelson, 1411 Bouchelle ave-
nue..
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. C. Carr were at
home yesterday afternoon to their
friends, I'll University.
Luncheon guests yesterday of Mrs.
Russell Clinkscales were Mrs A. d.
Petty, Mrs. E. c. Clinkscales, Mrs.
Elizabeth Mccullough and Mrs. r.
Marshall
Delta Tau Kappa. University wom-
ems English Club, will meet tonight
at the home of Mrs. G. c. Scoggin, PIP
Thilly avenue
The Phi Mu sorority announces the
pledging of Miss Stella Barton of
kirksville, Mo-, and Miss Artalee Wy
att of Fort Smith, Ark.
The Phi Mu sorority announces the |
following pledges: Miss Margaret |
Hooker, Columbia; Miss Artelie Wyatt,
Fort Smith, Ark; and Miss Stella
Gartman, Mddletown.
A Colonial tea is being planned by
the members of the Tuesday Club to
be given in the Y. NJ. C. A. Auditorium
February 20. The club members,
dressed in Colonial costumes, will act
as hosteses. Each member is to in
vite guest. A patriotic program will
be given. A silver Offering will be
aiken, the proceeds going to the Tues
lay Club library fund.
Miss Adeline Jesse, who has been 7
'isiting her father, Dr. R. H. Jesse. 7
10 Hillcrest avenue, returned yester-
lay to Mexico, Mo-, where she is =
eaching in the high school. Miss
esse came to Columbia to hear the 7
rand opera program.
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-02-07

Mrs. Franklin P. Johnson will en-,
tertain at luncheon next Tuesday in
honor of Mrs. Dan G. Stine. Other
guests will be Mrs. Guy L. Noyes,
Mrs. George Lefevre, Mrs. NJ P. Raw
enel and Mrs. Elliott Clark.
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-02-07

The Social Study Club will meet
this afternoon at the home of Mrs.
w. l.. Nelson, 1411 Bouchelle ave-
nue.
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-02-07

Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. c. Carr were at
home yesterday afternoon to their
friends, I'll University.
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-02-07

Luncheon guests yesterday of Mrs.
Russell Clinkscales were Mrs. A. d.
Petty, Mrs. E. C. Clinkscales. Mrs.
Elizabeth Mccullough and Mrs. r.
Marshall
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-02-07

Delta Tau Kappa, University wom-
ems English Club. will meet tonight
at the home of Mrs. G. c. Scoggin. PIP
Thilly avenue.
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-02-07

Miss Adeline Jesse, who has been
visiting her father. DR.. R. H. Jesse,
SO Hillcrest avenue, returned yester-
day to Mexico, Mo-. where she is
teaching in the high school. Miss
Jesse came to Columbia to hear the
grand opera program.
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-02-07

The Phi Mu sorority announces the
pledging of Miss Stella Barton of
Kirksville, Mo, and Miss Artalee Wy
att of Fort Smith, Ark.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-04-19
THE SECOND BLOW HAS FALLEN.

The Forum editorial comment the
the great blow which the British at that time
delivering the vicinity of Aas would be followed by another
of equal force and intensity other part Of the long
line This blow has fallen the French having burst into the
German line the Champagne with the force OF thunder
bolt
If the allies out the strategy which has been anticipated
military experts and critics. the force of these two blows
will allowed issipae entirely before another blow at
other portion of the line will fall Won Hndenburg And
ths will be followed by another and another.
One military expert commenting the situation it is de-
Yeloping the attack of the firm of Hag Nivee
b opposed famous scissors nucracker system of at
ek which Germany has employed with great in earlier
aages of the
Students of the have been expecting exactly this kind OF
for the great spring offensive of the entente allies The British
md preparing for it for months png
md perfecng lines of communication laying networks
Of railway lines and roads back of their trenches and short
making herculean efforts for offensive which ultimately
prove to be complete and decisive.
The Germans attempting to minimize the effect OF these
two blows by denying that they have succeeded in their
pose which, according the German view brea through
behind the German line But there critics
who believe Hag and Nvee expected burst clear through
Germany point at the first second blow
H theory of these critics the entente commanders will
keep smashing back of the line and then
ner wearing down Gemany and compelling her to
- up supplies munitions until she weakened that she
can be decisivey crushed
especially the theory Of the British They not
ctng any quick victory Hindenburg They
thinning fight They realize that they have supendous task ahead
them may take months and possibly before is
finally accomplished.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-04-19
Garden CutWOrm Remedies
Observation-Disclosures,
for Extreme Outbreaks

Washington, D. c., April 1S.-Toma-
toes, cabbages, sweet potatoes, lettuce,
and other truck plants, especially
those which are started under glass
and transp1anted, are subject to seri-
Gus injury by cutworms. These pests
appear sometimes in great numbers
in the spring and early summer, and
frequently do severe injury before
their ravages are noticed. Their meth
cd of attack is to cut on the young
plants at about the surface of the
ground, and as these caterpillars are
of large size and voracious feeders,
they are capable of destroying many
plants in a single night--frequently
more than they can devour. Every
year these insects. working generally
throughout the United States, have
destroyed hundreds of thousands of
dollars worth of crops. By the timely
application Of remedies. however. as
has been demonstrated by entemolo-
gists of the u. S. department Of agri-
culture, they readily can be controlled,
even over considerable areas. The
usual method of control is by the use
of. poisoned bats.
How to Mix and Apply Poisoned
Bats.
Take a bushel of dry bran, add /
pound of white arsenic or Paris green,
ana nix IL IuOEOuBHAy luLO hdSh WAeh
s gallons of water in which has been
stirred half gallon of sorghum or
other cheap molasses. (Arsenic and
Paris green are deadly poisons. Handle
them with great care.) This amount
will be SUFFICIENT for the treatment of
about 4 or 5 acres of cultivated crops.
After the mash has stood for several
hours. scatter it, in Jumps about the
size of marble. over the fields where
the injury is beginning to appear and
about the bases Of the plants set out.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-04-19
NO FAIR WEATHER PATRIOTS HERE.

Fargo people are showing that they far weather.
spirit patriotic devotion to those ideals which
founded and which constitute the
underlying motive of entrance into the world war
for democracy proved the splendid of the citizens
Of city the Loyalty day CALL despite the ncemen weather
Fargo citizens will have another opportunity to
with their this struggle An effort
900 members in the local branch of the
American Red Cross society.
financial support of insti
organized hepness that of imperative need in time
this test? Are real patriots ready
to do bit for country?
will the first chance for many Fargoans to the
their loyalty What will the results show? The Forum
sincerely believes that there fair weather. patriots here
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-04-19

Apply late in the day, so as to place
the poison about the plants before
nlght' which is the time when the
cutWorms are active. Apply a second
time II necessary. Keep children, live
STOCK and chickens away from this
What TO DO When cutworms
Travel Like Army Worms.
When cutworms occur in unusual
abundance, which happens locally, and
sometimes generally, they exhaust
their rood supply and migrate to other
fields. This they do literally in armies.
assuming what is called the army
worm habit. At such times 1t is neces-
sary to treat them the same as army
worms. While the methods which
have been advised are valuable in such
cases, they may be too slow to de-
stroy all the cutWorms, and other
methods must be employed. These in
clude trenching, ditching, the blowing
OF deep burrows in advance of the
travelling cutwormS to trap them, and
the dragging of logs or brush through
the burrows. If the trenches can be
filed with water the addition of a
small quantity of kerosene, so as to
form a thin scum on the surface, will
prove fatal to the cutworms In ex-
IRENE cases. barriers of fence boards
are erected and the tops smeared with
tar or other sticky substances to stop
the cutworms as they attempt o crawl
over.
Spraying With ArsenicaIs.
In extremely severe attacks by cut
worms on choice plants there is some
times no opportunity to prepare the
poisoned bait. In such cases an ar
senate of lead spray will answer quite
as well. In one instance parsley field
was sprayed with 4 pounds of arsen-
ate of lead to so gallons of water; this