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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-01-18
BREAK WITH / FRATERNITY
Majors Will Refuse to Recog-
nize Ball Players Union;
Fultz Not Worried.

New York, Jan. Lin retaliation
for the action OF the Baseball Players
fraternity. in refusing to grant its
players permission to sign playing
contracts, President John Tener. OF
the National league and Ban Johnson
Of the American league have decided
that hereafter their leagues will re-
fuse to recognize the players frater-
nifty or have any dealings with it,.
I'VE could take no other action
said President Tener. I'VE cannot
longer have dealings With an organi-
cation, which is guilty of the rank in
justice of the present action of the
fraternity in attempting to interfere
WITH hurt and run, our business. @
Hereafter the clubs will have to
deal with their players individually and
we can no longer deal with any outside
body. ~
by it's strike threat. the fraternity
has of itself destroyed the agreement
We drew up with II in 1913. when nu-
lncrOus concessions were granted to
the players. The fact that the fratcr-
nifty admits the big leagues have treat
cd it fairly and squarely, have kept all
their pledges and that it has abso-
lutely no grievance against them, made
such action on our part inevitable
When he learned that the major
leagues considered their agreement
with the fraternity broken, and would
no longer recognize ii, President Fultz
of the fraternity said:
"They will be only too glad to recog-
nize us after this CASE comes to a head.
Perhaps organized baseball would
rather deal directly with organized la
Dor, which can know nothing of the
fundamentals of baseball law, such as
the reserve clause, the release clause
and other baseball factors. also can
see how long organized baseball will
attempt to fight the American Fedora
ton of Labor and attempt to play
semi professional players Us strike
breakers. They had better give in
tomorrow, as the situation is growing
more tense all the time
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-01-18
ANDERSON LEADS LEAGUE
Dentists Star Has Highest
Average; Swartz Bowled
Over Most Pins.

DIR. Anderson of the Dentists and
Tom Farley Of the Farleys are the
leaders Of the city bowling league, ac-
cording to averages complied by The
Muscular. Anderson has an aver
age of III. while Farley has 17s per
game. The highest mark rolled in
n single game during the season is
2S0. made by Tom Farley. Swartz
OF the Missoulian has knocked over
the most pins. 4,331.
The individual averages follow:
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-01-18
GRAIN IS UN|NFLUENC{D
German Submarine Activity
Causes No More Than
Brief Furry.

Chicago, Jan. 17.-Wholesale de-
struction Of merchant ships failed to-
day to exercise a permanently de-
pressing influence on the wheat mar
ket. In the end prices. although nerv-
Gus. were at the same as yesterdays
finish to Y off, with May at $1.s7%
to $1.s7A and July at $1.5OA to
sl.50B. Corn advanced l to ia net
and oats gained u to A@1s. In pro-
visions the outcome varied from de-
cline to q rise of s7L
Notwithstanding that heretofore any
big success for the Germans on the
Atlantic has had a decided bearish ef-
feet on wheat, traders today showed
a notable disposition to discriminate
wheat market took the position
squarely that SO far as the ultimate
effect on prices was concerned no real
difference could arises whether wheat
went into the sea or into the human
stomach. Assertions were current that
domestic farm reserves. especially in
Kansas. would be exhausted before the
coming Of the 1917 crop.
Export demand made friends for
corn. The market showed indepcnd-
cnt strength throughout the day.
Oats reflected the action OF corn
Rural offerings were reported small
Pork advanced to the highest price
since 1s69--s30.271s' a barrel, January
delivery. Other provisions also av-
efaged higher 80
DAVIS range: ,..
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-01-18

Wheat prices were irregular at the
start today ON adverse foreign news.
The market closed steady. Corn and
oats held steady. Wheat receipts, 252
cars. compared with IT'S a year ago.
Wheat May, opened. $l.9O1s a
1905; high, s1.9lN; low. sissy
closed, $1.91 to $1.90R. ~.
July-Opened. s1.s1a: high, 1888:
low, $1.sOB: closed, s1.S1N.
No. hard. s1.ss7s@2.OON; No. 1
northern, $1.91 7syn1.94B: to arrive,
s1.sO7s @1s27s; No. . northern, sLssN:
No. wheat, s17sM @l.soM: No. 2.
durum, sl.97ss; No. hard Montana.
s193.
Corn-No. 3 yellow. 951s IS61a.
Oats--No. 3 white, 55@55h.
Flax--$2sS@2.9s.
Flour--Unchanged; shipments, 49,
119 barrels.
Barley-S56l.19.
Rye-s1.4O@1.41.
Bran--$as.5OG2s. ~ --
Portland.
Wheat. strong: no trading. Spot
bids unchanged to higher. Bluestem,
s1.69: fortyfold, s1.65; club, $l.S5; red
Russian. $1.62
Barley zhigher:.,Ho. fee1,,SsY
AutfeT, prints, eXtrnsss 5000; cpbef,
extras. aah: prime ftrsts.ast -. fiystk.
!! "a; dairy. 20. {
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-01-18

them in defensive war they beat
buck Vardon, Ray, winding and
Brookes-four of tie greatest contend
ers that the British empire. or any
other empire, ever sent into compe-
tition.
One put American golf on the inter-
national map; the other put American
tennis there.
This is not sufficient to put either
above all rules-or above any rule.
But the hard luck part of 1t is that
both entered certain lines. now under a
cloud, while these lines were legalized
BY their associations,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-01-18
RAY NEW CAPTAIN.

Oregon Agricultural College, Corval-
lis. Jan. Especial. Howard Ray
tonight was elected TO captain the Or
egon Asgie basketball team for this
season in place Of Mix. who recently
quit college. He is "A junior in the
college and first entered the college
,circle last year mining his letter at
the guard position The newly elected
captain halls from olympia, Wash.
where he played three years with the
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-01-18
10000 MORE FIGHTERS.

London. JAM. 17.--Important meas
ures for augmenting the British mill !
tary strength are: announced. Half tho
men under the aye of 80 years OF age,
who are now engaged in shoe making
also are summoned. r
1t is unofficially estimated that the
newly summoned. agriculturists will
aggregate about 1910.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-01-18
OF Interest to Married Women.

Most married women look after the
health of their families and almost
every woman can do so to advantage
Mrs. William Flaherty, Skaneateles,
n. Y, writes, My husband used two
bottles of Chamberlain's Tablets last
winter when he was suffering from
indigestion and biliousness. These lab
let's relieved him right away and by
continuing them for q few weeks his
digestion was strengthened and gene
raj health improved" Obtainable
cvcrywhere-Adv.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-01-18
The Hard Luck of it.

Leaving out the ethics of the stu
alton, ii is at least more than unfor-
tunate that Americas three greatest
international heroes should have had
shadows cast across their amateur
conduct,
This may be taken as proof that our
amateur laws, justly. are above all
rersonaiities--or persons. Then again
ii afnU hduajssn that n shining mark
makes an eafkfitarset,
In any event, it has all been an un-
fortunate turn.
This is especially SO in the case OF
Mel,mglllin and Ouimet Between
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-01-18
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BUTTE CURRIERS' COMO.

. Duluth, Jan. 17.-Buttc. Mont, will
be represented in the Northwestern
Curling Bonspiel to be held in Duluth
the week of January 90, according to
word received here today from Score
tary Donald Macmillan Of the Butte
Curling club. The representation of
Butte curriers' will be ascertainede after
tournament, which began there Mon
day.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-01-18
RIFLE POLICEMEN,

Chicago. Jan. 17.---Chicf Of Police
Schcuttler has organized n squad of
four expert riflcmen, who will be used
in running down criminals. The squad
will be carried to scenes Of important
crimes in racing automobiles. Each
member will be armed with a rifle.
Shoot to kill' are the orders given
the squad.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-01-18
MILITIA LEAVING,

San Antonio. Jan. 1.-THE First
North Dakota infantry will leave Liano
Grande January % for Fort Smelling.
!. MINI. to be mustered ont OF the fed
essl service, according to a department
headquarters announcement.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-01-18
FARGO WINS ANOTHER.

St Cloud, Mimi, Jan. l5.-continu-
ing It's successful invasion of Minnc-
sofa college basketball camps, the Far
80 college quinAA tonight defeated the
ST.. Cloud normal school five. % to 10.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-01-18

prep school five. His stellar defensive
Ftdctics -tiats season have won Tor him
La reputation rs the most dependable
guard on tho squad. .
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-01-18
Overshadowing Rules.

1t has been maintained by leading
tennis and golf solons that the
achievements of Mclaughlin and Out
met have obscured and overshadowed
the value of the legislation sought.
There is something in this. 1t has
been hard to erase the mental picture
of a certain September day. 1913, when
Ouimet coolly went to his task OF beat
ing the two great Englishmen without
help: or to erase the mental photo of
Loughltn took on Brookes and Wilding
in turn-and dropped them both.
This is merely human nature--the
remembrance of such. Bat, as sHg-
gested before, it has been unfortunate
all around
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-01-18
Beyond the Last Trench

Here is the peace that passeth under
standing;
The rest that each has waited through,
the years:
No more grim captains of the strife
commanding
Worn hosts to charge the battlement
Of tears;
No more the heartache Of n red en-
deavor,
Into the storm of bitter battle drawn;
Deep falls the night where winds come
whispering Never,
Never another dawn"
Never another dawn. where. to eyes
weary,
The gray light stecls upon the sleeper's
rest.
The tramp of feet-the call of buglc
drcary-
TO end the dream or stir the dreamer's
breast:
Never another dawn with Strfe's To-
morrow
The day is done-the last lone cough
awaits
Here at the roads end Of all strife and
Safe through the Twilight Gates.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-01-18
The Two-Ply Record.

Dear Sir: | read with much interest
your account regarding Fred Poole. l
can vouch for the truth of the state
ment made by Mr.. Hanna that Mr..
Poole made the sixth hole at the Old
Allston course in one stroke on two
successive days. as I happened to be
playing with Mr.. Poole on both of
these occasions. The first time he
made the hole the ball trickled into the
cup after striking near the green, and
the next day his ball struck the green
about 10 feet short of the hole, took
one bound and struck the flag which
was standing out in a cross wind. and
dropped from the flag directly into the
hole and stayed there. 7 believe the
whole incident constitutes n worlds
record, as upon telling it to Walter ].
Travis. who is well posted, as you
know, on the history of such matters.
he stated that he had never heard of
any such occurrence. This second day
was one of strange incidents, as my
self upon driving from the second tee.
hit negro on the top Of the head
who was at least IFS yeards in front
of me. and off the line. as YOU NAV
imagine. and he never even turned
around to see where the ball came
from, but walked on ahead as If moth
ing had happened. My ball bounded
from the caddie's head behind the club
house. which was log gabled roof af-
fair. and | made one Of my best shots
by playing over tho clubhouse to the
green about eight feet from the hole,
thereby winning the hole from Messrs.
Poole. Foster and Eaton, who were
playing with me.
All this happened about 10 years
ago. You can imagine that there was
quite a celebration at the nineteenth
hole, at which Mr. Poole was the host.
+. II. HOYT.
Freddie Fulton may not be "thc
logical contender" against Jess Will
lard. but being the best sample at
present in the stable, why not lift the
barricade and let the mingling process
| move along?
1t would seem that in naming
Thomas Cowler, the impetus carried
the operator at least three letters too
far to express the full facts in the
| case.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-01-18

send For Free Trial Treatment.
your druggist today and get, o So cent
box OF Pyramid Pile Treatment. Il
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-01-18

1t would seem that in naming
THOMAS Eowler. the impetus carried
the operator at least three letters too
far to express the full facts in the
case.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-05-03
Dying Villages.

But is it the American village that
most betrays the impulse of our civil
lization, a civilization that perpetual
Iy overreaches itself, only to be
obliged to surrender again and again
to nature everything it has gained.
How many thousands of villages frost
bitten, palsied, full of morbid. blood
less death-in-life, villages that have
lost if they ever possessed, the secret
of selfpreservation, lie scattered
across the continent! Even In Cali
fornia / used to find them on long
cross-country walks, villages often
enough not half a century old, but in a
state of essential decay. Communi-
ties that have come into being on the
flood tide of an enterprise too rapid
ly worked out, they all signify some
lost cause of q material kind that has
left humanity high and dry; like the
neutral areas in an old painting where
the colors, incompletely mixed and of
perishable quality, have evaporated
with time.-Seven Arts.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-05-03
old CUSTOMS live
Highly Civilized People in India
Retain BarbarouS Practices.
Swinging Man by Hooks From Tree
to Insure Good Harvest Still Pop
uar In Some Districts Of
the Far East.

Madras is the heart of the real India.
There is tendency on the part of trav-
elers and writer's to overlook the sec
ton because it has few of the more
striking and romantic features that are
found in the North-the dangers of the
frontier, the intrigues of the native
Rajput princes, the continually bub-
bling cauldron of strife between Hindu
and Mohammedan. Madras is pure
Hindu, which is to say, pure Indian of
the Oldest times.
It is tradition in India to treat
the Madras province as something of
joke. Civil and military officials In
the North, wrestling with sterner prob
lens of intrigue and revolt, are In
clined to look down on them. 1t is an
insult to tell Sikh trooper that he
drills like a Madrassi. All this, how
ever. is simply the result of the settled
prosperity of Madras. Things there
are past the experimental stage. Agri-
culture, administration, education,
transportation, have ell been worked
out to fine point, leaving the officers
and the progressive classes OF natives
to spend their time working out adj
vanced ideas and systems at which the
rest of India laughs. Yet Madras Is
too rich and powerful in an economic
way to be laughed at much.
Here you touch the old Hindu East.
Side by side with the grated culture of
Europe that the native picks up with
superficial facility, and side by side
with his own of-years-old
Oriental civilization, still flourish a
hundred old superstitions and customs
that the West can but regard as bar
barous. They are part Of the East,
and the English are powerless before
the passive resistance that the native
opposes to any attempt to change them.
There are tales of human sacrifice
still carried out secretly in remote
mountain districts; 1t Is known to a
certainty that the superstitious prac-
tice of swinging a man by hooks from
d tree to insure d good harvest is still
carried out. Women still kill them
selves on the death of their husbands;
the lines of caste are drawn as hard
and fast as they were five centuries
ago; n Brahmin is still detiled IL the
shadow of an outcast passes over him.
Madras is not disorderly, but it is stub
born in these matters with an Oriental
stubbornness. And the disconcerting
part of it all is that these revolving
practices are not the customs of bar
barians, but of n highly civilized
people, who have gone as far on their
own road as Europe has gone on hers.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-05-03
EFFICIENCY OF THE
MILKING MACHINES
Successful Operation Depends on
Ability of Operator to Ad-
just 1t to Cow.

That the efficiency Of the present
day milking machine depends on the
ability of the operator, is the opinion
of j. b. Fitch, associate professor
of dairy husbandry in the Kansas
State Agriculture college.
Several new milking machines have
been placed on the market In the last
few years and their manufacturers
have carried on extensive advertising"
said Professor Fitch. "Many farmers
have been led to believe that with n
machine their troubles would be at an
end. AS result many machines have
been sold. Although they apparently
gave good results at first, many are
not used now.
"In most cases where the machine
has been discarded, II has been the
fault of the operator. II takes an
able man to operate the machine and
adjust 1t TO the COW and get good re.
suits. satisfactory results cannot be
obtained unless 1t is properly ADJUST
I'd to the COW. An efficient hand
mixer viii get more milk from a cow
than machine. The machine, how
ever will do better milking than the
average farm hand. For the farmer
who has trouble getting good mixers
and has from Is to 20 cows. the ma
chine will work to good advantage.
ut Is necessary. when any machine
IS used, to finish by stripping the
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-05-03
Protection for Watches.

The tendency to overwind watch,
or, on the other hand, not to wind 1t
often enough, has been provided
against by a winding indicator with
which certain hlgh-grade watches are
now being equipped. A dial, resem-
bling the secondhand DIAL Is situated
Immediately below the figure IL on
these timepieces, and Is provided with
a small band that slowly .revolves to
the right or left, according as the
spring is being wound or unwound, its
position indicating how near the watch
is to being run down. The device
serves as a safeguard against too tight
winding.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-05-03
Sanitary and Compact Cradle.

For use in infant asylums, and also
In homes where there is not an abun-
dance Of space, crib has been devel-
oped of woven wire, which, in addition
to its compactness, is said to be safe
and sanitary. 1t is also economical
and safe. 1t is woven-wire basket,
having high, flaring sides, which is sus-
pended by ropes from two posts like
a hammock. The beds are finished so
that there are no sharp edges or cor
ners on which the little occupants can
scratch themselves. AS often as de-
sired, all clothing is removed and the
wire framework thoroughly cleansed.
When not in use, the cradles are moved
from their supports and nested into
compact stacks. These beds are now
being made for use in the home, also,
If desired, and are provided with
woven-wire lids that clamp over the
tops.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-05-03

| prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
The common woodchuck inhabits
eastern North America from northern
Georgia and middle Alabama north
ward, including the greater part of
Canada. In the United States 1t ranges
westward to Arkansas, eastern Kan
sas, and eastern Minnesota. Another
species of woodchuck inhabits the
higher country of the Black hills,
Rocky mountains, Sierra Nevada, Cas-
cades, and other ranges in the West.
This mountain form seldom comes in
contact with agriculture, but the East
ern species frequently damages gar
| den vegetables, clover, and other crops.
Also, its burrows and mounds inter-
fere with moving and other farm OPP
erations. In some states the animal is
regarded as SO obnoxious that local
bounties are paid for destroying it.
Woodchucks, while somewhat gre
gariOus, seldom occur in large colonies,
and may, therefore, be kept in check
be poisoned by strychnine inserted in
pieces of sweet apple, carrot, or sweet
potato. The animals are often de-
stroyed in their burrows by fumgation
with carbon bisulphide or by the dis
charge Of blasting powder.
To destroy woodchucks with carbon
bisulphide, saturate Il wad of cotton
or waste with about one and one-half
ounce of the liquid. Place the cotton
well inside the woodchuck burrow and
close the opening with a piece of sod,
well stamped down. If there are two
or more entrances to burrow, an but
one should be tightly closed before
fumigation.
The smaller forms of rabbits, known
generally as cottontails, are useful ami
mails and become Objectionable only
when too numerous in the vicinity of
orchards or nurseries. The same is
true of the larger snowshoe rabbits.
The Jack rabbits of the West are Of less
value for human food and, by reason
of their abundance In newly settled
regions, often interfere greatly with
crops and the growing of orchard and
other trees.
Jack rabbits are not protected in any
Of the states, but are everywhere re-
garded as pest. They afford consid-
cradle sport in coursing with fleet grey
hounds, but ut times they become so
abundant and destructive that entire
communities unite to kill them by the
organized hunt or drive. A large area
is surrounded and the animals are
driven toward some central point,
where q wire corral has been built,
into which, with the help of wing bar
riers, thousands of rabbits are driven
and then slaughtered. When these
hunts take place in cold weather the
rabbits are usually shipped to large