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YOUNG LADIES, from 10 to Is years old. to
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Learners taken and paid while under instruction.
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Grand Forks herald., 1917-03-12
GIRLS GET DRUNK
ON "CORDITE" IN
MUNlTION FACTORIES

London, March ls.-(corrsspond-
ence Of the Associated Press. )-Offi-
ctals Of the ministry Of munitions have
discovered that q good deal Of the
drunkenness" attributed to women
70 snd .eoe. comprr:Xsy lily 9rns sr. IL due
cause.-The chewing OF cordite, the
smoksless explosive used In the shell
Of cannon and the ammunition Of
small arms. The explosive u being
used ~ sort Of "pick-me.up'' BY the
tired munition workers but III ef-
feet on their health 10 very Injurious
ana remedial measures are being TAX
On BY the authorities.
Cordite. when chewed, has oil the
exhilirating effects Of q highly slim
ulating drug and cannot be tampered
with except at great risk. It's effects on
tho nervous system are immediate and
ultimately deadly. Besides, like all
such drugs It has to be taken in in
creasing quantities II the exhiliration
is to be maintained.
The effect Of cordite as an ''intoxi:-
cant" was first discovered during the
South African war. Some British SOL
diers found to their surprise that BY
eating cordite they could get all the
excitement Of the most powerful mar
cotic-and all the terrible effects, too.
Cordite consists roughly Of about SO
parts OF nitro-glycerine, 81 parts gun
cotton and fve parts Of mineral Jelly.
Each cartridge contains 80 cylindrical
strands Of oordite.
tions experimental on himself by
sucking a strand. He found that it
tasted sweet, pleasant, and pungent,
but 1t resulted in giving him the most
racktnE, splitting headache, and 1t
lasted for as hours.
Grand Forks herald., 1917-03-12
SPORTING NEWS
HUNDREDS0FB00STERS Will
COME TO NDF0RKS THIS
WEEK FOR STATE TOURNAMENT
'rs clubs will be here to offer extra
uOport for each agYraRation.

ers clubs will be here to offer extra
support for each aggregation.
F. L. Thompson, director Of ath-
lettcs at the university, is in charge
OF the tournament to be staged here
and Is making special arrangements
to accommodate the yisitore who will
tourney to the city with the teams
the sidelines for the spectators while
the gallery will be used for the band,
officials and press representatives.
The visiting delegation will have
sections in the b!eacher stands at the
ends Of the court. Michigan City wil
undoubtedly have the largest number
OF Boosters present, according to re-
ports received here. In a special Cur.
hedecked in banners, and accom-
panied by band, the live wire boost
eers of the Nelson COUNTY city will
invale Grand Forks and promise to
greatly assist in helping Murphy's
team take a victory.
The Dickinson high school team is
the first to register in the tournament,
and according to the reports from
that city, everything is in readiness
for the finals fray. Throughout the
remainder of the week the finishing
touches will be put on the plays ana
by Friday all teams will have reached
high state Of perfection.
Grand Forks hotels will be taxed
to capacity before the opening Of the
tournament, as many reservations are
being made by enthusiasts from ev-
cry section Of the state.
The games promise to be the best
ever staged between scholastic teams
In North Dakota as keen rivalry exists
in the race for the state title which
will be awarded to the victors of the
Saturday night game
Grand Forks herald., 1917-03-12
BUTTE HIGH SCHOOL
WINS BRUIN TITLE

Bozeman, Mont, March 12.-Butte
high school basketball team won the
state high school championship by de-
feating Bozeman here in the final
game of the tournament by the score
of 21 to 10.
The elimination Of Helena by their
defeat at the hands of Butte came as
a big surprise, for all through the
tournament the former team cham
pions during the past three years were
picked to grab first honors again with
Butte, Anaconda, Bozeman and Lewis
town as dark horses.
i Sixteen teams participated in the
tournament and the ranking of the
! first eight follows in order:
Butte, Bozeman, Helena. Big Tim.
her,. Billings. L-ewistown, Townsend,
Fort Benton.
Todays scores:
Big Timber 81, Kalispell Is: Butte
20, Helena II; Bozemans Is, Lewis
town -; Billings %, Fort Benton II;
Big Timber 10. Townsend II: Helena
"a. Lewistown 20; Butte 21, Bozeman
10.
Miss Olive Mckay of Glasgow high
school won the extemporaneous
speaking contest with A'the. subject
Are We Too Proud to Fight"
Edwin Kelly of Bozerhan was sec
ond and Emmitt O'Nei,l of Butte
third
Grand Forks herald., 1917-03-12
NATIONAL ANTHEM
AND EMBLEM
(From the Philadelphia LEDGER }

dA0 ASQS0I.I
One Of QUE local singing societies
has evoked no small degree Of popu-
lar resentment-and very justly--by
voting down the proposal to sing '"The
Star-Spangled Banner" at, a concert.
A much advertised opera singer who
used to wrap the flag around her
when she sang the same air declined
to rise when others sang it some eve
nings ago. and thereby acquired the
additional notoriety she sought. One
must call In question the quality Of a
patriotism which will not even open
its mouth for it's country in a critical
hour Most Of us are able to make a
plausible noise. at least, for the arst
verse Of America" and some of us
are ready to applaud soldiers and
public characters or the fiuttering
flag on the moving picture film. But
in this time, when the national
anthem and the national emblem
ought to mean more than ever, is the
pulse of the laEgard never to be
thrilled or the. blood, Of the slug5ard
to leap in angWer to the patriotic in
spiration Of sight and sound? The Of
ficer In New York who knocked down
a man who wiped his hands on the
flag did exactly right. BUT any one
who insults The Star-spahgled Ban
ner' in public or private deserves
the like treatmsnt. It will be impo.-
sible for our government, no matter
how hard 1t tries, to make our flag
or our anthem utterly despicable
among iAmSt1ssAeatftot ~
Grand Forks herald., 1917-03-12
BASEBALL H. E.
l. PUZZLE
Stands Built Too Large is I'm.
Substantiated Claim-State-
ment Shows Comparison.

New York, March 1.-THE recent
discussion relative to the high cost
of baseball and the changes suggested
as tending to reduce what, In somL
cases Is close to prohibitive expense.
has led to some interesting statements
and explanations. That some are not
based upon cold facts can be shown
ton as it exists today.
1t has been said that one reason for
the heavy expense in connection with
the management Of a baseball club is
the building OF parks and stands con-
siderably In excess of the prospective
attendance as arranted by the popu-
lation of the surrounding territory
While this statement may be true in
one or two isolated cases It is not
as 1t applies to the general run of
major and minor baseball leagues.
In recent years some elaborate and
expensive ball parks have been con-
structed especially in cities represent
ed in the National and American
league circuits. In no case, however,
does comparison of the park seating
capacity and the city population show
that the accommodations are out Of
proportion to the attendance possi-
bilities
Taking seventeen leagues, scattered
throughout the country, as a basis for
computation, 1t is found that the total
seating capacity Of more than ono
hundred baseball parks is but three
per cent of the population Of all the
cities in which these paris are Iocat-
cd. In the case of the larger class of
cities the addition of the population
figures Of numerous suburbs would
make the percentage still lower.
AS they stand the statistics show
that these seventeen leagues contain
clubs which play in cities with total
population Of 900 and that the
seating capacity Of all the parks ag-
gregates but 1.106,s00. AS a result
these parks would he filled almost to
capacity at each game IL three persons
out Of every hundred of the popula-
ton We're to attend the contests.
In the case Of the major leagues the
parks will not seat even three per
cent Of the population. the figures
WORKING out nearer to two per cent.
On the other hand some of the South
ern and Western league parks will ac-
commodate close to fifteen per cent Of
the surrounding population. Seven Of
the leagues cover territory in which
the total population of the club cities
runs over the million mark, while the
other ten range between one-quarter
and three-quarters of a million.
Grand Forks herald., 1917-03-12
JAPANESE 70 AID SOLDIERS.

Toxic, March 12-The representa-
tive Japanese organization headed by
Prince TokuSawa which will send
special commission to the entente
countries to express sympathy and
has issued call for pub
lie SUBSCRIPTIONS throughout the
Japanese empire. It says: Even
without counting the dead, the in
jured, the sick, the orphans. the
widows and other sufferers number
many millions. While Japan has
Joined the allies, the people of Japan
living % far away have not expert
enced the miseries Of the war. but
saddened at the thought Of the diffi-
culties and miseries of the entente
forces at the front. We request con-
tributions from the entire Japanese
public to be distributed by our COM
mission during its visit to Europe"
Grand Forks herald., 1917-03-12
ACCOUNTANT FROM
& UNITED STATES IS
HONORED By KING

London, March 12.-samuel Hard
man Lever, widely known In the
United States as an accountant, has
just been honored by the king with
an appointment, to the Most Honora-
ble Order Of the Bath. decoration
conferred for meritorious service to
tho country. Mr.. Lever 10 now imam
cial secretary TO tho treasury and for-
nnerly was assistant financial secre-
tary TO the ministry Of munitions.
Although an Englishman. born in
LIVERPOOL, Mr.. Lever lived nearly al
his life in America. When war broke
out he returned to England to "do
his bit"
Tribute was paid to Mr.. Lever'e
services by the head Of the munitions
department who said that he had saw:
ed the country .'very many millions
Of pounds" Il Is said that all he hal
done here has been without any none
tarv rAwArd
Grand Forks herald., 1917-03-12
MANY OF Servants
IN THE FASHIONABLE
QUARTERS EAT LESS

London, March l2.-Ons result Of
the voluntary rationing system now IN
force In this country has been that
large number OF families in the fash
ionable quarters Of London have put
their servants on board wages. which
means that instead Of giving board to
so much q week and lets them board
themselves. The reason for the
change is that the servants refused to
eat the restricted meals served to 9TH
ers in the household. Board wages
are now generally twelve or sixteen
shillings q week.
Grand Forks herald., 1917-03-12
michigan City will Probably
Have Largest Number of
Fans in Delegation.
DICKINSON FIVE HAS
MADE REGISTRATION
Valley City and Kenrnare
Will also Have Many Sup
porters with Aggregation

On Friday and Saturday of this
week, North Dakota's greatest high
school basketball tournament will be
held at the university when Michigan
City, Valley City, Kenmare and Dick
inson, winners of the four district
titles. will clash on the local court
to decide the premier honors of the
state.
Hundreds Of basketball fans from
throughout the state will come to
Grand Eorks to attend the event and
1t Is expected that at least four root
Grand Forks herald., 1917-03-12
RYDER TO GET NINE.

Ryder, N. D., March 12.-Ryder
will go in for baseball during the
coming season, George Couch being
elected manager Of the team at a
meeting Of local fans. A considerable
portion of the necessary fund for the
handling Of the team has already been
raised. The team, for the most part,
will be made up Of local amateurs.
Grand Forks herald., 1917-03-12
STAR SWTNfNrR mr.,

Chicago. March 12.-Northwestern
university athletic followers hopes Of
winning the Big Nine swimming
championship waned when it was an
nounced that Richard Simonson had
oeen rushed to hospital for an op-
GRAFTON for appendicitis. simonson
was the star Of the varsity tank
squad.
Grand Forks herald., 1917-03-12
FINISH TOURNAArENr

amateur championship 1872 balk line
billiards tournament came to a close
Saturday when T. Henry Clarkson of
this city defeated Edward W., Card
ner OF New York, the former cham
pion in match to play OFF the tie for
third place
Grand Forks herald., 1917-03-12
WREsTIE no DRAw

Los Angeles, Cal, March 12.-wtl-
liam Demetral, Of Chicago ana Con.
stantine Romonoff. heavyweiRhts
wrestled two hours and three minutes
without either securing a fall and the
match was finally declared draw at
the request Of the audience. Rom. i.
onon appeared to have the ADVANTAGE
from u scientific standpoint, especially
In using his legs but Demetfal wa
the stronger Of the two.
Grand Forks herald., 1917-03-12

CONCoRDIA FINISHES SEASON
Moorhead, Minn., March 12.-The
Concordia college basketball team
closed the 1917 season by defeating
the Park Region college team at Fer
gus Falls, % to 13. The Concordia
crew had the Park Region team OUT
classed at all stages. ~.
Grand Forks herald., 1917-03-12
coLLEGIANs DOWN Accyrs

Fargo, N. d., March 12.-In a SEN
>sattonal basketball game played here
saturday night, the Fargo college ag-
The victory placed the collegians In
second place on the state Champion
ship list and the Aggies third.
Grand Forks herald., 1917-03-12
NoRMALrTEs CLASH.

Glendale, M D.. March 12.-sen-
sational basket shooting featured the
game in which the Valley City bas-
ketball team defeated the Ellendale
normal team, 20 to II. It was nip
and tuck all the way.
Grand Forks herald., 1917-03-12

Robinson. N. D., March 12.-Robin-
son will have a baseball team the
coming season. organization being
perfected at a mass meeting of local
rams. r: G. Meyers was made presi-
dent OF the association, while r. Baird
George Mayer was made team can.
tain.
Grand Forks herald., 1917-03-12
SOPHOMORE GIRLS WIN.

Mlnot. N. D., March 12.-The
sophomore girls Of the Minot normal
school won the school basketbaIl
championship in the annual tourney
series. concluded Saturday. In taking
the honors the sophs had to defeat
the juniors. and they won from thef,1:e
Grand Forks herald., 1917-03-12
Finals IN All Connes
NEW ROCKFORD GETS TITLE.

New Rockford, N. D., March Ia
The New Rockford high school bas-
ketball team captured the city cham
pionship In the annual game with the
New Rockford Collegiate institute, the
score being 263to %. At the half, the
institute team hold a II to 9 lead. but
in the final period the highs played
consistant ball and won.
Grand Forks herald., 1917-03-12
urenn sam, WATCH rBsrER.
send in Your Tinepiecs. Pay Is and
Get Expert Opinion. =,

washington, March 1.-THE gov
vii! BEGIN April 10 . test Of watches
FOR individual5 and manufacturers to
determine their adjustment and re-
liability under temperature ana
isochronisn1. The fee for the test 10
IS per watch.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-03

NEW YORK, Dec. 3.-John K. Ten
er. National league president. who will
soon be reelected to the office and
who is likely to have it as long as he
cares to serve. is pretty generally re-
garded as the biggest figure in base
ball today. Tener's attitude toward
the war and baseball's part in it has
won admiration throughout the coun-
try.
A short while ago Ban Johnson,
American league president, came forth
with the suggestion that the govern
ment exempt from service in the army
eighteen players on each of the big
league teams. This would mean 288
big league players to be exempted. In
reply to Johnson's idea Tener declared
that it would "be most unpatriotic to
suggest that baseball should appear
to shrink its duty at this time"
Considerable has been said of Ban
Johnson's patriotism and his deter
mination to leave baseball and hurry
into the trenches. Then again there
was much said about his offer of his
services to the government and his
special trip to Washington for the pur-
pose. In spite Of this nothing very
large in the way Of war work has been
accomplished by the American league
head.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-03

| Alma Gluck will sing popular pro-
gram at the Coliseum Wednesday
night when she appears on the
Peoples Music Course.
Several weeks ago, following the
success Of the Cincinnati Symptoms
popular program here, request was
made of Miss Gluck that she sing a
less heavy program.
The request was granted with the
customary graciousness of the attrac-
tive diva.
Especially pleasing will be the group
of American songs with which she will
close her program. The group fol-
lows:
June Morning ............... Willeby
Song OF the Chimes ......... Worrill
Land Of the Sky Blue Water. .Cadman
Will O. the Wisp ........... Spross
Miss Gluck's program at Cincinnati
Tuesday evening will be much heavier
than the one she Will sing here
In 1913 Marcella Sembrich. who had
become interested in the young artist,
offered her the priceless privilege Of
eight months study and coaching with
her at her home in Switzerland. Fol
lowing are a, number OF notices from
the metropolitan press last season:
"Gluck's golden voice is in itself a
delight; its melting richness is haunt
Ing and irresistible. Boston Herald,
Dec. Is, 1916
I'm numbers calling for expression
thorough lovely coloring, tender feel
ing and beautiful legato, Nine. Gluck
is past mistress. New York Sun,
Nov. 10. 1916.
Foremost Lyric Soprano.
alma Gluck must now be esteem
ed as the foremost OF American lyric
sopranos. Chicago Herald, Oct. %,
1916.
Probably the largest audience that
has ever listened to a concert in De-
troit heard Alma Gluck last night
Detroit News-Tribune, Nov. !. 1916.
Nine. Gluck sang to an audience
that packed every part of the great
auditorium Again there was the
wonderful soft warm quality Of voice
| that has thrilled thousands. Boston
Record, Nov. 6, 1916
mo one can resist the charm which
radiates from Nine. Gluck's signu-
larly vital beauty and the appeal of
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-03
Eddie Roush; Native Hoosier,
Holds National Batting Title

! q times; five times on being hit by
pitched balls, and eight times as re,
| suit OF fielding errors: He nede -44l
single base hits, 10 doubles, IA trip
les and home runs. His sacrifice
hits were 10. and he struck out but
"a times in 1856 games. :
The leading run scorer was George
Burns, with 1O3. Max Carey led the
base runners with As stolen bases;
George Burns being next with 40. and
Kauff third with 80. Charles Deal had
most sacrifice hits-29.
Roush and Kauff tied for greatest
number Of single safe hits each hav-
ing al. Groh led in two base hits
with SO. Horusby in three base hits
with H.
Based solely on the seasons aver,
ages, the strongest batting club would
consist Of Packard. pitcher: Thomas
Clarke, catcher: Chase or Holke, first
base; Curshaw, second; Groh, third;
Hornsby short; Roush. Wheat and
Kauff in the outfield. The team av-
erage would be .301.
An added feature of the 1917 aver
ages is the noting of right and left
handed batsmen. 81 & r" denotes
that the batsman turns to right when
facing left-handed pitchers. The
cfandino fellows
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-03

Two hundred and forty-four players
were engaged in the 1917 champion
ship campaign of the National League
of which ITO participated in the mini
mum of fifteen games required for
rating in the official averages.
Six players reached the 800 mark.
as against nine in 1916. This was off
set by the gain in 290 hitters. there
being one in 1916 and seven this sea-
son.
The new champion Ed. J. Roush,
was born in Oakland City, Ind, May
8, 1893, and is one Of the youngest
players to win the championship title.
He started his professional career
with the Evansville club in 1912. The
following year he went to the Chicago
Americans, but was sent to Lincoln,
Neb., for further experience. In 1914
he Joined the Indianapolis Federal
club and was transferred to the New
ark Federals in 1915, and in 1916 New
York gained his services, and later
turned him over to Cincinnati in an
exchange that also included Mathew
son and Herzog.
Is Left-Handed Batter.
Roush throws and bats left-handed
In winning the championship title
Roush faced opposing pitchers SGT
times. He reached first base on balls
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-03
~
Ek|4I

Billy Sunday. the evangelist, once
had the ambition TO become pitcher,
and it was on July 16, 1890, that he
got his chance-and failed. 1t was
the fifth inning of game between
the Phillies and the Pirates when
Billy tried his hand at twirling for the
Pittsburgh team. Hurd started the
game, but was batted out Of the box
in the first inning. Then another
pitcher by the name of Baker took up
the work for three innings. He, too,
suffered severely. and in the fifth Billy
Sunday stepped into the box and took
hand at pitching.
The first man who faced him walk.
ed; the second hit out for three-bag-
ger, the third for double and the next
was hit by a pitched ball and took his
base. That was enough. Billy Sunday
was gently but firmly taken out of the
box and he never tried to pitch again
for the National league. Sunday was
a rafting good fielder" he records OF
the day say, but he demonstrated in
that one inning that he wasn't a
pitcher"
lie suggestion credited to Charles
A. Ce.niskey, owner of the Chicago
White SIX, that it may become nee
cesSary as a war measure for major
league clubs to pool their players
opens the door for discussion. The
chances that anything of the sort ever
will be done are remote In the extreme,
but it is a fascinating proposition in
theory.
Under existing conditions four
teams almost invariably are out of
the race by midseason. Theoretically,
by the pooling of players a scheme
could be worked out by which all eight
clubs would finish nose and nose in
October For instance the clubs in a