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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-23
EVERY ROUND o'DoWD's.

New York. May 22.-Mikc O'Dowd
Of st. Paul otltfOught silent" Martin
of this city in every round Of a 10
round bout in Brooklyn tonight.
D'Dowd forced tn" fighting through
put. The weights were: o'Dowd
l5lR: Martin, l5i
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-23
The Seasons Feature

With Francis Ouimet booked to en-
ter the Western amateur golf cham
.pionship at Midlothian in July. this
event Viii he the leading golf feature
OF the year. =st
With Ouimet, Evans. Gardner and
Sawyer as a nucleus. the western will
take Cd the proportions Of 4 national
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-23
ASKS FOR REINSTATEMENT,

New York, May 22.-Inficldor Tom
fitHsimmunS, drafted from Butte.
Mont, last fail has pctitioncd the Ma
tionHl commission for reinstatement,
1t was ann ounced today Ivy the Brook
Ign National league club. If he is
successful, the Brooklyn club will send
him to Spokane, provided waivers are
secured
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-23
THE SP0RT[|CHT.
Song of the Off-Trail
BY GRANTlANO RICE.

DriftWood. dreamer, vagabond,
And all your motley crew.
] hereby yield my humble gift
To all tho drift of YOU
The friendly hail, the grip of hand,
That frame the rovcr's code.
And all the luck a tramp might have
Along a friendly road.
And if, by chance. there comes Il time
When you might wish Tor me
A proper share of pleasant fate
Across the years to be
What is there more to ask than this
Within this brief abode,
a pal or twO--a dream or two
Along the friendly road?
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-23
GETS REFEREe,s DEcls,oN.

BOSTON. May 22.-Tcd (Kid) Lewis Of
England, was awarded a referees de-
cision over Joe Egan OF this city in q
IL round boxing bout tonight. Egan
held his opponent even during the carly
rounds.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-23
COAST LEAGUE
Standing Of the Clubs.

Portland. 3: Los Angeles. D.
Vernon, !, Salt Lake, ..
San Francisco. 4: Oakland. 0.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-23
EastIey Blanks Vancouver.

Seattle. May 22.-Pat Eastley re-
turned to the box for Seattle this aft
crnoon after nursing a lame arm since
the first of tho season and by keeping
the hits well scattered. shut out Van
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-23

11.25: calves, $o.50@1ss.5o; bulls. ss.7s
6D1O.25.
Sheep Receipts. $500. Higher,
Year1ings. $13.25@1525: wethers,
12.75614.25: ewes. $11.75@14; lambs,
$19.10@2O.25.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-23

New York. May 22.-Plttsburch
broke even with New York In the four
game series by winning today's game.
to 0. II was the first shut out suf
fercd by the New York team tbis sc,-
son. Miller. the Pittsburgh pitcher
held the Giants to four hits and struck
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-23
ST. PAUL LIVESTOCK

Hogs-Rcceipts, 500. Steady to
strong. Range, $l5.6O0N 1896; bulk,
$l5.SOM15.90.
Cattle Receipts, 2,4OO. Killers
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-23
Cutshaw's Homer Wins,


Brooklyn, May 22-Cutshaw's home
run in the seventh with Stcngcl on
first won the final game of the series
with st. Louis for Brooklyn today. 3
to I. st. Louis won only one game of
the four game series.
Coombs pitched brilliant ball after
inc second inning. not visiting player
getting past first base in the last seven
innings. Two hits and a sacrifice fly
IN the second saved St Louis from a
shut out.
score r. IT. Il.
~. LOUIS -.....,......-...- -.,,....--..-..
Brookiyn ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 9 s 0
Horstman, Watson and Gonzales:
Coombs and O. Miller.
Standardization postponed: rain.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-23
Pirates Apply Brush.

Seaton. AldridGc and Elliott Wilson
Lavender Ocschgcr and Kilifcr.
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Great Falls Blanks Spokane.

Spokane, May 22.-Spokanc could not
hit Hall Great Falls pitcher, with any
effect and an error by Kcrns let in the
run which won the game for the Elec-
tri
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-23

Cincinnati-Bosto postponed: rain.
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Horstman, Watson and Gonzales:
Coombs and O. Miller.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-03
THE GERMAN DISASTER

| BOAT destructiveness mas been re-
~ duced far below the estimate made
several months ago by the most opti.
mistic Allied observers. This is the
dominating fact of the present situation.
Without considering this fact. the devel.
opments Of the last few days in Italy
and Russia would lead public opinion to
a chaos of unwarranted apprehensions
The announcement just made in the
House Of Commons by Sir Eric Geddes
shows that the British and American
navies have done excellent work in pa.
trolling the danger zone and the vital
point Is that shipments to England are
greater now than they were when the
U-boats were at their maximum efficiency.
1t is true that in tine strict military
aspect the Geddes report does not directly
negative the Italian losses. But this
world war is not being fought with
sole eye to any strict military aspect"
The development of the gigantic drama
must he viewed with. proper sense OF
proportion and Of the relative values OF
the factors The failure Of the U.boat
campaign to measure up to expectations
Is disaster to Germany, a fatal disaster,
not TO be retrieved by the invasion OF
Italy. The United States has always been
IA potential foe infinitely more capable
than Italy Of destroying the German
military machine, and Germany would
never have invited US TO make war if
she had NOT in desperation counted on
the submarines to bring her a speedy
victory.
Her U'boats will not bring her victory
and the capture of several corps of Ital-
ian troops will not compensate for her
failure.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-03
THE NAKED FACTS

IMPEACHMENT and removal from
office are the least of the demands
made by Mayor Smiths accusers. The
Grand Jury in recommending his i'm
parchment, is only seconding the motion
that was made by all respectable citizens
when the use Of the police in Fifth Ward
politics, or the neglect 10 use the police
to stop an orgy of Fifth Ward political
crime-what is the ifference?-became
an established fact.
The Mayor is under bail. charged with
crimes punishable by Imprisonment. The
honor Of the city demands that the fullest
inquiry be made to establish his status
before the law. For this reason the
Mayor himself should welcome the drastic
investigation which the action of the
Grand Jury calls for. Philadelphia, Ar
well as its Mayor, is on trial before the
nation. and if the city fails to establish
the precise facts in this case and to set
them out in their nak Adness for the ver-
dict of history there will be such a blot
upon our citizenry as will take many
years of repentance to erase
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-03

various grounds. as his taking leave OF
lt-not the manner Of the leavetaking,
but the fact OF the farewell. In view
Of his pertinacious, Prussianly refusal
to pay merely outward and conventional
respect 20 the land in which he was
guest by omission OF its national anthem
from his concert, he had outlived his
usefulness.
The star Spangled Banner" may not
be great music and may not belong on
symphony programs in ordinary times.
but these are not ordinary times, and
the Star Spangled Banner" despite
lack OF Mozartian or wagnc c.ian musical
merit, Is no ordinary air, for 1t voices
the national spirit OF people in great
war for democracy and freedom. As a
symbol OF patriotism and Americanism IL
belongs on any program whereon the
people demand 1t, and belongs ali the
more when disrespect 10 II is made an
issue of a technical-and apparently
actual-enemy alien. Maybe Doctor
Muck can find more congenial musical
employment leading the Philharmonic in
Berlin; if So he will play Die Wacht
am Rhein." or that other marvel Of
classical form and beauty, Deutschland
ueber Allies" without lowering of his
artistic standards or shock to his TEN.
sensibilities.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-03
EX-MAYOR WEAVER ON GANG
WILES

ENORMER MAYOR JOHN WEAVER
L gives pointed testimony to the subtle
ties and trickeries Of the Republican Or.
ganization at bay in his interesting letter,
printed in another column, reviewing his
conduct of the offices of District Attorney
and Mayor. There are so many curious
things about the Organization that any
commentator on its processes and policies
is likely to be bafTled as to motives and
results, and any one even remotely con-
hected with it is likely TO be misunder.
stood in some of his acts.
In the news article published in this
paper which has called forth the former
Mayors pertinent expose of machine
methods no reflection on the honesty of
his intentions and efforts was intended.
and we gladly recognize the ideals and
achievements which link his name with
the City party triumph in the Revolt of
1905, the success of which is heartening
to those who hope to add to the record
the Town Meeting triumph In the Revolt
Of 1917 at Tuesdays polls.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-03
YOUR HERO

Some soldier boy in some strange tent
With the candle shadows creeping 'rouno'
on a crusty cot of crumpied straw,
And the dry sand dust drifting down.
Where a spider pet from its lazy lair
Tickles his head of golden hair
Which. borne on memories golden wlnsh
Dreams of home and homely things
Is the soldier boy you sent away
To the tune of tear drops the other day.
And the prayers of your hearts yearnihs'
Some soldier boy on some far field,
Where booming cannon blast the way
Filled with pride and fired with ZEAL
Fights and falls for victory,
A packet in the gaping wound,
His ashen face on the crimson ground
A bit Of bullet in the breast.
And God alone TO know the rest
Is the soldier boy you sent away
To the step of sighs he kissed away;
And yet you smile with newborn JOY
To know II was your soldier boy
That served his country fighting.
Some soldier boy in a prison cell .
With gangrene wounds and CHASTITY shn'
Suffering the tortures Of seven hells.
Wasted, wan, worn and thin,
Who clasps a loclSet that holds your smile
And eyes that show a mothers trial.
A wisp Of hair and tarnished ring,
Whose worth is more than the wealth OF
kings
Is the soldier boy you're proud to say
shouldered his gun and marched away
To the beat Of your hearts breaking.
Some soldier boy I'm a shell-hole grave,
With no one near but the neighoorins
dead,
Sleeps the hloodstained sacrifice
You made TO uncrown puppet heads,
Yet, though you cannot brook the loss,
The years of emptiness and dross
That needs must be because he gave
His life that freedoms cause might live
You thank your God a soldier son
Who sleeps poH|de his counfrymen
Was hero o. ron1 mafIr4
LIEuI vi" S CORP n "
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-03
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

1. The, Great Armada of 1888: a, Thousand
ships sent by Philip ii Of Spain aEalnli
England. wrecked by Queen Ellzabeth's
commanders. Lord Howard and Drake,
and bad weather.
?. Ku-KluN Klan: Southern secret vigilance
society Of reconstruction days, INTENDED
TO keep lnwless negroes In order at time
when the governments imposed by Con
Gress permitted grave Injustice to tae
whites.
3. a number multiplied by four is duadrupsd.
4. COnestOga wagons: the large Canyas-coveFed
"praiTie schOOners" in which the pioneers
went West over the COnestOga road.
5. Debacle, from the French: disaster.
@. The typewriter was invented about the year
= King Tst. David was the most celebrated psalm
8. Forage: food for animals, especially thoss
used In military operations.
o. Sydney: capital of New South Wales ana
the oldest city in Australia.
10. Sluice. or hOOdgate; n sliding gate or othsf
cOntrivance for changing the level of q
body of water by controlling the flow Into
or out Of it.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-03
CANTON'S WALL TO GO

Canton, it appears, is about to EXCHANGE
her walls for an electric tramcar system
quite a startling announcement In connec-
tion with this ancient Far Eastern city, HeI
wall is six miles in length and contains y
is computed, 421,00O square yards OF
bricks, 100000 square yards of stone ana
100000 cubic yards of earth. What is
more, the removal of the wall means tne
removal also Of some 5000 houses. Canton,
which is thus taking such step towaro
conforming to up-to-date western IDEAS VI
utility and comfort, was. It will be remem'
bered the first Chinese port TO open us
doors to European trade.-Christian Sciencs
Monitor.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-03
pATRIoTIc MINISTER'S

The action OF the Board Of Education OF
the PRESBYTERIAN Church In 'reo,iesttns. ~, M
ministerial candidates to waive exem6tion
from military service offered them bv law
as future ministers OF the gospel" is
Characteristic, As the board adds the stand
represents the spirit OF loyalty on the nat
OF the Presbyterian Church. /" That cbnrch
has the proud pre-emlnence OF having hsen
the first formally TO congratulate Georoe
army Of the united colonies In the Revol,,e i,,e
ton and pledge rs alIegianee 10 the q iuSs
IL required an oath from lts members 10
not live up 70 rs patriotic tradition n n
lacked Ia zeal Tor the nations cnur- IL -
present conflict 4t Louis Globe, Dtnlr-
rIa(
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-03
What Do You Know?
OuIZ

1. Who Is Count Won HertlinE?
2. Name a Roman general who contested ths
supremacy Of the empire with Julius
Caesar.
3. What Is facsimile?
4. Who was Sir Arthur Sullivan?
8. Where is Sussex?
@. Where is the TagIiamento and what Is lh
present Importance?
!. Who is Orlando?
y. Who is DIR. Karl Muck?
o. What Is meant in England by the political
issue called "Welsh dsestabllshmentT
10. What two chemical elements are In common
table Salt9
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-03

Frank p, Adams's weights and Meas
ures" is cute Most of the measures are as
light and as merry az this one, so you'll
want more The book is to Be had for the
weight OF an ironman:
THE NoLoNGER.AiERRY ANCIENT
MONARCH
Old King Cole was a me ry old soul.
And a merry old soul was he,
Till he called for his pipe, and called TO- his
bowl
And called for his fddlers three.
His pipe, that cost. in the days Of old
But a dollar seventy.four,
Now cost him twenty dollars in gold
on account Of the well-known war
His bowl--and though. in the oIden tim.
When Fowls were cheap and good
AT a cent apiece-now cost a dime
on account OF the dearth of wood
AID his fiddlers three who played so grand
For dollar and half day,
Were known as The Ukulee Band
In a midnight cabaret.
Yea. OLD King Cole was a merry old aoul
And q M. o. .. was he.
TIN ~ cpllte for his pipe. ana caied for
HIS bowl.
And called for h'a ndalsrs thrte
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-03

II II came 10 a real showdown. we
rather imagine that we could Law a
couple Of tens on the table 70. every
dollar the Kaiser could produce ana
we'd scarcely have TO touch our can,,si
10 do y II wealth is measure or en-.
elency-fand n some respects Il is--we
ere sot hackgnfd nat We are ahead 81
any o'N na'lph q he world
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-03
MIR. WEAVER TELLS
OF GANGS WILES
Former Mayor Reviews Incl
dents of the Revolt
of 1905
To the Editor Of the Evening Ledger;

To the Editor Of the Evening Ledger;
Sir-Wednesday evening you published
an article in which my name was used, and
while for the last ten and a half years 1
have been perfectly satisfied to practice
law and, so far as city politics were con-
cerned, to be "looker-on in Israel" / do
not believe you would purposey put me in
wrong light before the public.
Tou speak OF the Salter case, which was
tried by me personally within the FIRST five
months of my entrance into the District
Attorneys office, and you dismiss it with
an innuendo that not even a hostile news
paper used at the time l want to say now,
and finally that the Sater case was the
only case that l tried personally during
the whole Of my period Of Office in which
there was a verdict of Not Guilty" | tried
great many cases personally while Dis
trict Attorney--in fact, 1 was constantly
trylng-but It was not until after the trial
OF the Salter case that / became to some
extent aware Of how the politicians ham
died jury panels in political prosecutions :;
and that l took advantage of this knowl-
edge is seen when you look up the convic-
tion Of the Twenty-eighth Ward School Dl-
rectors, the last case I tried while District
Attorney, and the verdict of Guilty" was
rendered the last day l was in the office.
have said before, and now say again
that tried my utmost (and so did my as
sstants) to get verdict Of Guilty" in
the Salter case, and believe the evidence
adduced warranted it, but the Jury
thought otherwise.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-03
Tom Days Column
THE VILLAGE POET

Whenever ifs Saturday upon Election
cue,
An lots Of folks are saying things that
no one cdn believe,
Ive simply got to hustle out before my
work is through,
An stroll around on Chestnut street to
sec 1ohdt netUs Is aeto.
rue got to train mv eagle eve on every
thing that's queer,
An for the things cannot see III use
mV eagle ear;
IN poke mv nose IN everything that prom
tses to shoto
The slightest Information as to hoto che
fight tciH 90.
III snoop around an stcoop around upon
1y shoes o. gum,
An any netcS that gets diOdy i0tH sure be
0oin' some;
But euen noto, IN bet mv socks, before
my icork's begun,
That Virtue Is triumphant bv the score
Of 5 to I.
Tve dr,oavs said that prophecies con-
cernin0 politics
Are seldom satisfactory, but mostly good
for nir.
But that's because the prophet often fol-
loics a mirage,
or takes for dctuaHtv tohdfs merely
cdmoufd0e.
No,o ,chen I start to hunt the neics-on'
here's ny hunting day
IN 1cdOer there'H be mighty little truth
that gets dtpdy-
But eUen notD, III bet mV socks, before
ny 1Corb'S begun,
That Virtue Is triumphant BY the score
Of to1.
Some prophets are no good at all because
they hare been bought,
or they're content to let the. toish be
father to the thought;
But tchen start to gather IN the plain
unUdrniShed netCS.
dl,cdBS Oive the other side chance to
air its UietoS.
ncrcr let my prejudiceS interfere, Vou
see;
There's nothing Of the bullhedd or the
bigot, SirS, in nc
But eucn notU, IN bet my socks, before
my 1corb'S begun,
That Virtue is triumphant by the score
Of to I.
For instance, not0, this morning 1chle
upon my aCdy to tcorb,
/ came upon a citizen, an ugly-looktng
Turk,
who tcore upon his countendnce the
gdngStcr's marks Of sin;
GOOD morning, sir" SItG to him, "dn'
1cho Is going to 1cinF"
He put his hand upon hts hip. who's
gonna lCinP" said he;
az amt dllotccd to name rs name, but 1t
beSgin tUit' 'V'"--
So there you arc; III bet mv socks, be-
before my tcork's begun,
Thdt Virtue Is triumphant by the score
Of 5 to 1.
Yet nor that it's Saturday upon Elec-
tion'S eUe
An am ruSt1in0 round to see Just tOhdt
ace can believe,
I fear 1t may be Wednesday, sirS, before
nU 1rOrk Is through,
A-stroHing round on Chestnut street to
see rhdt netCS is netC.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-03

-Four million women have thus far
signed food-saVing pledges in forty states
That ought TO mean the saving Of 1000.
600 bushels OF wheat year for our Allies
and put another dent in the helmet
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-03
Faithful to Reform

Subsequently came out with a personal
Endorsement of Edwin S. Stuart for Cow
ernor and Samuel p. Rotan for District
Attorney. For this, which believed to he
in the interests of good government, was
stgmatized as traitor, and upon that
was charged with having deserted the
cause Of reform, and you said in your arti-
Gle that / ended my career as a reformer
If refusing to stand by and see the CITY and
citizens robbed without a protest is desert
ing the cause OF reform, then have deserted
II IL always, at all times and consistentIv
from the time / first entered public ofice
to the present time, my own aim ana AZ
sire has been that the people shall sbsLa
of shackles OF political Contractors on
whatever side they happen TO be. ana RIM
the government themselves. then 1 am stui
and always have been reformer.
i have taken no interest in politics stnoo
l came out of the Mayors office on ~
first Monday of April 1907. EXCEPT 10 res,
lister and cast my vote, and sometimes -.
have discussed with my fellow eitizens ~
situation. / have seen many things dona az
the name Of the Republican Organizat,o,,
and in the name Of reform, and son
things going on today in both names Ubiot
! should like to think was for the intersst
OF the people Of Philadelphia, but WITH
my experience cannot accept this ,,',uit
i see and understand the reasons for ~ ni.nk IN
present political strife, and think ,.I, sts
forecast the objects In view; but n is oulu '.ll
my purpose TO 90 Into that / onI,, - 80. hot
70 correct whatIaeome to me to has. rant t
an errQneops u|pItfsion on the ns.s sen
your writer b "|1N|ataye paper. -'' OF
fh'IS1..I1|4 |4s.n1., HHA YER
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-03

Denunciation alone is weak. II
must be followed by mobilization and ex.
termination of Organization germs IL we
are to have political health.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-03

The Kaiser again assumes the
Chancellorship, camouhaged under the
name of Won Hertling.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-03

There is romance in the navy and
Americans love it. The traditions Of the
establishment must be lived up to. and
the Baltic Is as good place as any other
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-03

Merritt Taylor says a band Of
pirates is sacking the city. Let's not
have an Ash Wednesday next week.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-03

increase the tax rate to $2.25 and they
would then take the water works and would
kick the Executive of the city into the gut
ter-all this against his feeble efforts
The result of the gas-lease fight the peo-
pie have not forgotten. The result of the
election in 1905, when the City party elected
their candidates with $4,000 majority
against the Republican Organization, the
people have not forgotten. But after that
victory a suggestion was made by certain
leaders of the reform party that we should
break up the City party and capture the
Republican OrganiZatiOn which was turned
down by the Mayor. who refused to have
anything to do with the destruction of
party that had stood by him so loyalty in
his fight. Notwithstanding the refusal on
his part, the program was carried out by
the other side, which succeeded in splitting
the City party, but not in capturing the Re
publican Organization, although that was
done in part.