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Senator Caldwell was the sentine

Senator Caldwell was the sentinel on guard in the senate yesterday when an attempt was made to "put over' an amendment to bill affect ing Little Rock only, and by whioa the prohibition laws would have beel repealed. Once the booze measure was scented short shi15 was made Of it.
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ELECTRIC RAILWAY MEN READY

Boston, Mass, Feb. 16.-All of the resources and equipment represented by the American Electric Railway as- sociation will be placed at the dis posal of the government in the event of war, according to the unanimous opinion expressed by the members )f the association at it's r4idyear meet ing in Boston today. The associa- ton represent more than ninety Der cent of the total electric railway mile age in the United States and con- sists of approximately four hundred railway companies and three hundred companies engaged in the manufa,- ture of electric railwa1 supplies and equipment
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A dispatch from Bruges, Belgium, to the Overseas News agency says that l6 children were killed by bombs dropped by British aviators ir a crowd of skaters
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Senator Caldwell's light for lower- priced school books is one in which tho benefits Of victory will be shared by the people of the entire state.
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TT e Ohio state senate has passed a bill giving Ohio women the privilege of voting for president. The bill all ready has passed the house.
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"Onless," says Sambo, "a whul lot uv peepul grows der on vigitibles dis heah year. dey aint gwine hav' no vigitibles.''
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The strength of coast artillery, signal and hospital companies is fixed according to the necessities of their particular duty.
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0nC Year Ago in the War

Februafy IT, 191G-United States asked Germany to change her crder to sink armed ships with cut warning; three Teutonic
 submarines reported sunk in
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Elm trees have been known to live 600 years. This tree is said to be in it's prime at the age of 150 years.
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THIS DATE TN HISTORY
One Hundred Years Ago.

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 Fifty Years Age. 1S67--The first ship. the Primo, passed through the Suez canal. Twenty five Years Aeo. 1S92-Annual convention of American Newspaper Publishers associa- ton opened in New York city.
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and ran a perfectly nursed %, failing
with an all,around shot to get outside
the line.
Vlgnaux, now on his mettle. complet.
ed AZ, this run being remarkable for
a wonderful screw draw.
Betting on vlenaux.
When the interval came, with the
score 268 to 2SS, In favor of vignaux,
there was a little betting on vignaux
at 8 to 4 In the French division. but
the Americans could not be drawn In
at any price.
Recommending, Hoppe scored only
2; Vlgnaux put together a moderate A,
leaving the balls we'll together. This
was the beginning Of his downfall, for
although the little American had a mar
row squeeze as II result Of playing too
gently ut the eleventh stroke. he sailed
ahead, tying vignaux when he had
made 80.
After putting together 81. Hoppe was
ahead by 2 points only. After Vignaux
had replied with 8, his breakdown be-
Ing again u failure to get the balls out
VI Dush, tHe euile WIS III IIOIile y
hands, for In the Ave following breaks
he made 219 to 81 compiled by Wig.
aux in his four innings.
Runs SO for Record.
Hopes 93 In the twenty-second In
ming was the record. IL was made
without n fluke. The boy gave one Of
the grandest exhibitions of billiards
imaginable. Time after time he had
to stop mt the applause ceased.
When ut the beginning Of the twen-
ty-fourth inning, wanting 70 to win,
Hoppe took his place ut the table one
could almost have heard n pin drop.
In almost GREATNESS silence broken only
by the markers voice, he put OF point
after point, nurses, recalls and cush-
ion carrOws being faultlessly made.
At 81 It looked as though he would
break down. but with a f~Our-cushion
carrom he had the balls In close CON.
pany and ran out.
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The "Cat Squadron"

Great Britain was the first naval
power Il build the battle-crulser. Close
on her heels came Germany. Russia
and Japan; hut all others, including
the United States, have no battle
cruisers In their line Of battle. II vas
In 1907 when the lndomitable, the first
one, was begun. One year later she
crossed the Atlantic ut n speed OF a
little more than % miles nm hour. The
TnflcXible and InvlncIble followed, and,
when the European war came, Great
Britain had II squadron that proved
of immense worth to her. In the Jut-
land battle. however, three Of the Brit.
iSh battle cruisers were sunk, shells
penetrating their and explod-
Ing their magazines or boilers. The
nrmor Of n superb ,eadnaught would
most probably have proved too strong
for the shells That destroyed these bat
tie cruisers. The famous "Cat Squad
ron" 50 called because II included the
Lion and Tiger, is today the last word
In the battle cruiser; but In a few
years the American battle cruisers
that are now being built will far out.
strip the "cats" In every feature
Frank +. Evans, In st. Nicholas Maya.
zine.
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FRED ANDERSON'S RISE
Only Ex-Fed Hurler to Share In
Worlds Series Coin.
Was ushered Into Citizenship Twenty.
Five Years Ago at Statewide, N.
c.--valuable Player TO Call
On In Pinch.

Fred Anderson, who came to the
Giants from the Buffalo Feds. Is the
only ex-Federal league pitcher who
shared In the cutting Of the worlds
series melon this fall.
Incidentally, Andcrson's rise to mn.
jor league class has been n rapid one,
for prior to joining the Giants, In 1915,
he had only n glimpse Of big league
company, and he probably has the
Federal league to thank for the fact
that he came into notice as n pitcher
who possessed big league class.
Like Rube Benton. one OF his pitch.
Ing mates, Anderson is a native of
North Carolina. lie was ushered into
citizenship at Statesville, ". c.. some
twenty-five odd years ago and, like
Benton, he started pitching indepen-
dent ball before he was eighteen years
old.
Several years ago The Boston Amerl.
cans got wind that a young hurler
named Anderson was going great guns
In professional ranks somewhere be.
low the Mason-Dixon line and Il
scout was sent South to give him the
up and down. As n result Anderson
got n tryout with Boston. but was turn
ed eve to n minor league club In New
England for more seasoning.
About that time the Buffalo Feds
were securing the minors for pitchin.
material, and rs Anderson was dlssat
isfied they had no trouble getting his
name to n contract. Then. when the
Feds busted up, McGrnw picked hin
from among n host Of Federal league
pitchers and he has succeeded In max
ing good.
Anderson Is n r~ight-hander, and al
though not the most sensational OF
McGraw's pitchers, Is a hard worker
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BALL EXPECTS EVEN BREAK
Loss Of 81. Louis Browns Believed 70
Equal Profit Made Year Ago
New Players Bought.

The st. Louis Americans, during the
season OF 1915, made a profit OF about
S25.O OO. The loss Of the club during
the current season Is expected to equal
that figure. making an seven break"
on the two years. Phil Ball, chief own.
er Of the club. whose ambition 1t has
been to give st. Louis n winning team,
has spent about 100000 In baseball
since he first invested In the st. Louis
Federals. This sum OF curse includes
his losses. He says he will stay In the
game, however, and already he has
spent s27, 900 for new players for next
year. Among the new players whom
the st. Louis club has obtained are
Kenneth Williams, Pacific coast star
Earl smith. star hitter of the Western
league, and Grover Lowdermilk' one
OF the best pitchers In the American
association.
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"Potwalloper" Word with History.

Potwulloper Is "A slang word with II
history. meaning literally u pot boiler.
There Is an old English word wallop,
meaning to boil with a bubbling sound.
Before the passage of the so-called re-
form act of 1882, persons In England
who had occupied a s!agle oom and
boiled n pot for six months claimed
the right to vote in an election for
members of parliament, on the ground
that boiling u pot and cooking food at
their " fire made them household
ers. The act of 1892 recognized their
claim by providing that those who had
previously exercised the right Of suf-
frage on that ground should not be de-
prived Of 1t, but the act gave n new
definition for householder. Pot boiler,
the modern form OF potwalloper.
means one who does literary or artis.
TIC work by the Job. mainly to keep
the pot boiling.
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AMERICA IS PUT ON MARKET
Ancient Yacht, Winner Of Royal
Squadron Cup, 10 For saie-is
In Good Condition.

America, which won the Royal
Yacht Squadron cup GO years ago, Aug
ust %, 1851, Is offered for sale by
her present owners. Paul Butler and
Mrs. Blanche Butler Ames.
She Is now laid up ut a wharf In
Boston. and Is In frst.class condition.
That she will not go to the Junk heap
Is practically certain. for before the
war several yachtsmen tried to induce
the Buffers to sell without success, and
members Of the New York Yacht club
have been anxious TO have her.
Furthermore, an examination Of her
hull showed her TO be In frst-class
condition. and although she has been
outbullt by modern designers, she Is
still able to sail, and sail ut a good
rate of speed, II there Is ample wind
to drive. She never was a good drift
er, but, given n gig WHOLESALE breeze,
she will show her heels to many much
younger.
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ouTFIELD CAUSE OF BOTHER
Manager Of Boston Braves Has MADE
Novel Record In Experimenting
With Fly Chasers.

George Stnlllngs, who assumed the
management Of the Boston Braves In
1918, has made a novel record In ex-
pcrimenting without field material. In
Ave years, including the present sea-
son, he has used nearly thirty men In
the outer garden.
He started out with Seymour, linn.
Titus and Lord, but o o got rid OF
them. Since then the Braves out
felders have included Snodgrass. Sher-
wood Magee. without, Connolly, Chap
pcile. Collins. Gather, Compton, Moran,
Gilbert, Mann. Griffith, Whitfield, De-
vore, Murray. Kelly, Rehg, Dugey.
Fitzpatrick. Twomblsy, Clymer, Powell
and others.
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MERE Is something about the
name Flanders that seems i'm
medlntely to call up to the

v NAliAAhhN ~ F'Ai'NaAA"E 'fh N''
name Flanders that seems i'm
medlntely to call up to the
mind visions OF romance, Of
chivnlry, of art and history that are
produced by the mention OF no other
country, unless II be old Venice.
a.. The land Of the ancient Flemlngs
and of those medieval counts who
ranked almost as high as kings Is
again living It's romance In the bitter
struggle against the Germans. We
read how the people In London heard
the guns roar In Flanders; Of how the
great offensive was being launched In
Flanders. and yet the bounds OF
Flanders to the average man are
something of n mystery.
While Flanders proper Is nowadays
divided into West and East Flanders,
says the Philadelphia Public Ledger,
the Flemish peoples of Belgium, who
number rather more thnn Ono.hnlf or
the whole, are In the majority In the
provinces of Antwerp and Hnlnault
also, and In the remaining provinces
they may be said to divide the hon
ors.
These few facts tend to show that
the Flcmings are not by any means
extinct. and that those persons wiio
confuse Belgium with Flanders. or be-
iieve the two names are synonymous,
are not greatly to blame, for they are
only technically wrong.
The Flemings nre In origin n Ger
manic people, while the Walloons, the
Belginns of the East, are more Celtic
In their genesis. The Flcmlngs are
kin to the Dutch. and at n time they
were II part of the United Netherlands.
Tut they have had II long and strange
history. and have. during the last 1000
years, owed allegiance to many princes
and countries {; yet they have continued
to preserve their own language, to pro.
duce their own art and to maintain
their love Of the picturesque and the
simple life.
1t Is true that the great gambling
place, the seaside resort Ostcnd, lies In
Flanders. but 1t was the late king OF
the Belgians, Leopold, who made that
quiet summer resor what II became
With Nleuport II Is one of the most
ancient towns In Flanders and dates
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He uses a good assortment Of twlsters
and Is capable Of taking his regular
turn In the box, hut because McGraw's
three southpnws have been going grcnt
guns this year the ex.Fed wlggler has
not been called upon to do n great
amount Of work.
When the Giants went South las.
spring many OF the scribcs who accom-.
panied the team thought that Ander'
son would be forced to step aside
for Jimmy Middleton. the right-hander
secured by McGraw from the Louis.
Vile club. but when the weeding-out
process came It vas Anderson who
stuck. and he's still there. Anderson
Is a valuable man to call into the box
as a pinch pitcher. for he has good
control and Is steady under fire.
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LIKELY TO LOSE ITS RATING
With Denver Out OF Western League
Standing az Glass A Circuit May
Be Surrendered.

II another attempt Is made this win.
ter to reclassify the leagues remaining
under the protection of the National
association, then the Western league
is likely to lose Its standing as a
Glass A league. n rating II has claimed
by concession rather than actual popu.
iation. With Denver out Of the league,
as now scent possible, next year. and
a small town like Hutchinson In the
circuit, the Western might have some
trouble mastering population enough
even to make a Class b league. The
circumstances are Of interest, In con-
nsction with territorial changes.
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RECORD OF CENTRAL LEAGUE
Did Not Sell . Player to Major League
ciub-SeveraI Went UP Again
Under Recalls.

The Central league made the record
Of not selling n player to major league
clubs, according to a Grand Rapids
correspondent. The Brooklyn clut
was supposed to have bought Pitcher
Wachtel from Muskegon, but that
deal Is reported OF. Catcher Harry
Smith OF Fort Wayne Is TO get n trial
with Cincinnati, but that sale Is only
conditional and the sale announced by
Peoria of Catcher Bob OFarrell Is not
IN actual purchase, Several players
90 up again under recalls, but the act
ual sales are nil.
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Unquestionably the most brilliant
performance OF william +. Hoppe,
whose remarkable mastery Of the ivory
spheres long has been the talk Of the
billiard world, was his astonishing de-
feat of Maurice Vignaux, the noted
French expert, who had vanquished
nearly all the other American players
OF renown.
The match between the eighteen.
year-old American boy and the veter-
an Frenchman took place at the Grand
hotel. Paris, en- January Is, 1905, and
was won by the %youngster by the decis-
I've score OF 500 to 800. When 1t Is
considered that the style of play was
1871, the most difficult of all balkline
games, the victory Of the boy was oil
the more remarkable.
The fact that Hopes average was
20 20-24, against IA 1-23 by vignaux
and that the victor made n high run
OF 90 and ran out. with an unfinished
break of 75. while the losers best run
was 61, shows how completely the
youth outclassed the older player.
Vionaux was champion.
Previous to this match vignaux had
beaten Schafer, Slosson and Sutton,
and IA the champion at eighteen,
when Hoppe challenged for the honors.
The French master and his friends
were highly amused, for they had no
been Informed as to the ability Of the
little chap, who had discarded knicker'
bockers but n few years previously.
yignaux started off in the lead and
played with the greatest confidence,
The %youngster performed with surpris'
ing skill and ~steadiness, but the on
lockers were Of the opinion that he
would break down under the strain OF
the Frenchman's progressive counting
At the end OF the eleventh inning the
figures were: Hoppe, 1880; V!gnaux,
1874.
In the twelfth, Hoppe, with a splen'
did masse, placed the spheres nicely
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Of Client have their praises sung and
the towers OF the ancient country have
inspired a host Of poets, for its old
bells and Its ancient architecture have
been the JOY OF artists from every part
Of the world. Alas! the cruel lava
sion Of the Germans has reduced to
ruins the historic Cloth hall ut Ypres,
which was built by that Count Bald.
win who afterward led a crusade at
Constantinople, and have nade other
towns unacceptable.
Flanders was the home Of the
guilds in the Middle Ages, and many
Of the guild halls are to be seen TO.
day, the product Of an age Of artis.
tic architecture. The loss to the
world OF nrt by the invasion OF Flan-
ders 'annot be estimated. and now
most OF Its art objects are merely a
memory.
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TWO BOXERS ARE PATRIOTIC
Kid Mccoy and Terry meoovern Help.
Ing to Boost Reeruiting-urge
Fans to Enlist.

Kid Mccoy and Terry McGovern are
spending the greater part OF their
time these days In helping to boost re-
cruiting In the army and navy. Both
of these old.timers appear ut New
York boxing clubs and make speeches
urging the boxing fans to enlist.
and though neither n Is an eloquent
speaker, the plain, forceful talks they
make have been getting better results
than all the fiowery language In the
dictionary could possibly do.
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back to the times when the Mortimer
came down and tried to make tho
Femings slaves.
Formerly Opposed the French.
Although the Flemings are fighting
side by side with the French, they had
for years prior to the war united In
opposing everything French, and many
parents in Flanders have pursued the
inhibition to the extent Of declining to
permit their children to learn a single
word OF that language.
There are no Drawer people In Flu.
rope than these selfsame Flemings.
but they have been the victims OF CON
quest over and over again. Had II not
been that the Walloons dwell princl-
pally In the eastern provinces, those
nbutting Germany, there Is reason 10
believe that long ago Belgium would
have fallen to the German empire, and
probably without any serious strug.
gle.
The events of the opening days Of
the present war, however, have
changed the entire face of Bclgium's
history anu tNNt oI flnlueTs ulSo'
Today the people Of Flanders have
seen their beautiful cities reduced to
ruins and their people enslaved by a
cruel conqucror. At the same time
they have seen France and England
come To their assistance. and Flanders
hereafter probasly will not be So
proud of It's Low Dutch language that
II will neglect the study of French,
which Is the language used largely In
other parts of Belgium.
Some years ago n more or less de-
termlned attempt was made I'm Elan
ders to popularlze the Flemish Ian
guage. Some of the foremost literary
men In the country consented to write
only In that tongue, among them
Maeterllnck and v%erhaeren. but II was
not long before the former found that
he was at his best In French, and so
the Belgian Shakespeare" us he has
been called. does all his writing In the
language OF France.
Land Of Famous Counts.
In the Middle Ages Flanders was a
powerful princlpality, which, while I'M
der the suzeralnty Of the French king.
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was virtually independent. The north
eastern provinces were added to the
Holy Roman empire in the eleventh
century. II Is the land OF the Counts
Baldwin. The first OF the line. known
ms the Iron armed. married Judith, the
daughter of Charles the Bald OF
France, and obtained the newly Great
ed country as u gift from his futher-in-
law.
In those days the counts Of Flanders
were regarded as the richest princes
In Europe and we're said to be far
more wealthy than many Of its kings.
Baldwin lX will be recalled as the
founder Of he Latin empire In Con.
stantlnople.
The cities Of Bruges, Client and a
few others at this time were proud
and felt their might, bidding to be-
coinc free cities, and were permitted
their independence with the suzerainty
Of the counts Of Flanders. The coun-
try was united with the Netherlands
in the fourteenth century, but n CEN
fury later passed to the Hapsburgs.
1t has been In the possession of the
Spanish and of the French, but In
1890 finally liberated itself from Hol-
land and from France.
Client has been called the City Of
Flowers and the Soul OF Flanders. II
was the home of Flemish art. and here
was to be seen before the war Van
Eyck's masterpiece, 1.-The Alteration Of
the Lamb" In the cathedral of st.
Bnvon. II was here that the peace Of
1915, which concluded the War of
1872, was signed by the commission
crs OF Great Britain and the United
States.
eruoes q City OF Bridges.
Bruges is n picturesque old city, q
city of bridges and the Venice Of the
North. There the early printer Man.
sion taught his art to the English mer.
chant Caxton. who carried the art to
England and began printing, preserv.
ing for us some OF the most remark
able pieces Of English literature, for
he was the first printer Of Chaucer.
All the arts have flourished In Elan.
ders. Indeed. In the early Middle
Ages II might be said to be the cen
ter Of industrial art In Europe. Even
now the tapestries Of Bruges, the laces
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Well Described,

Putting on ones overcoat Is some
times sc much Of nj effort that one II
disposed to agree with the old negro
who said:
"Fust yo' puts In q ahm. den you
puts In de uddah ahm, an dan yo' gibs
q genial conwulston-"
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Eioquenee Unheeded.

II have laid my oratorical talents at
the feet Of my country"
"And then what happened1"
somebody said, Forward. march +
and my country simply stepped over
'em and wen right along"
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BREAD WITHOUT SALT IS TAsTelEsS
A medicine chest without Magic Ar.
MICA Liniment Is useless. Best OF all
liniments for sprains, s~wellings,
bruises, rheumatism and neuralgia.
Three sizes, 25c, 5Oc and $1.O0.-Adv.