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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-12-27
SCIENTIFIC END OF BOXING
WelI-Known Pugilists Have Intro
duced No New Punches-Give
No Time to Study.

A boxing authority, commenting on
the statement that well-known pugi-
lists introduced new punches in bouts,
says: There are no new blows in
boxing, and not very likely to ever be
any, for the boxers of today do not
give any time to studying the scien-
life end of pugilism, and few of them
2se half the blows which were known
to the clever men of so or more years
ago."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-12-27
0S0SoS6S
DOUBLE WORLDS SERIES

, The establishment of the
American game of baseball in
) the battle SCARED fields of Eu-
rope is likely to have a direct
} bearing on the worlds series of
1919, in the opinion of Clarence
Mitchell, major league south ,
paw of considerable repute, who
saw service with the Cincinnati {
and Brooklyn clubs of the Ma
tional league. I
) There will be a double worlds
!, series next fall" Mitchell has 4
just written from France, ''for
the public will demand it and
) the army and navy viii insist
upon it.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-12-27
ROLAND WILL PITCH AGAIN
Detroit Tiger TwirIer Gives Up Idea
of Working for Commission
Education Lacking.

Pitcher Bernard Boland of the De-
troit Tigers has decided not to con-
tinue his studies for an officers COM
mission in the navy. He found that
he did not have the technical educa-
ton required, for one thing, and with
the coming of peace he also longs for
a return to civil life. The result is
that ne may be seen pitching ball again
next season.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-12-27
Foreign

AS soon as peace is signed power
ful British fleet will visit American
ports and the British dominions, the
London Daily Express announces.
The congress of German soldiers
and workmen's councils adopted res
Olution. according to a Berlin telegram,
transferring legislative and executive
power to the peoples commissioners
lthe Ebert government until some
other arrangement is made by the Ger
man national assembly.
President Wilson will spend the
Christmas holidays at General Per-
shings headquarters. Official an
pouncement to this effect was made
at Paris.
Unrest In Spain growing out of the
separatist tendencies Of an element in
Catalonia is credited to bolshevik ac-
tiyities fostered by German organiza-
tons and funds, according to private
dispatches received at Washington.
All Paris is talking of the cali paid
President Wilson by Marshal Foch.
The great strategist appeared in a
much-worn blue uniform, adorned by
none of his decorations and wearing
an old forage cap.
Former Emperor William has been
confined to his bed at Amerongen,
Holland, several days with a severe
chill. His indisposition has brought
about renewal of his old ear trouble,
necessitating the calling in of spe-
clalist, professor from Utrecht, to
assist the local doctor.
A Stockholm dispatch saws Prof
Herjoe Him and DIR. Adolph Toeri.
gren, selected as Finnish peace dele.
gates, will leave soon for Paris.
A London dispatch says Lord Hugh
Cecil and Rowland e. Prothero, the
coalition candidates, were declared
elected to the house of commons fol
the two seats of Oxford university.
A Copenhagen dispatch says thu
German government has decided tC
convOke conference Of representa-
lives of all the states OF the formel
empire on December % to elect pres
ident of the German republic, accord
Ing to Berlin report This step i
said to have been taken in order {,
avoid fresh outbreaks.
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig VIII
become duke If plans materialize Ii
london. 1t is apparently an open Sc
lcret In court circles that a dukedon
will be conferred upon the British com
tmander In chief at Buckingham palace
Count Johann Heinrich Won Bern
storff. former German ambassador Z
the United States, Is to be appointe
foreign minister In the Ebert govern
Enent. according to a Berlin message.
A London dispatch says the entir
Portuguese cabinet has resigned.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-12-27

Observation-Disclosures stom-
achs-bloated, gassy stomachs-belchy,
miserable-feeling stomachs-these are
Acid-Stomachs.
What : lot of misery they causel
How Acid Stomach, with its day
after-day sufferings, does take the JOY
out of lifel Not only that = Acid
Stomach is always undermining ones
health. Think of what acid does to
the teeth-how the acid eats through
the enamel, causing them to decay.
Is it any wonder, then, that Acid
Stomach saps the strength OF the
strongest bodies and wrecks the health
of 80 many people?
You see ACID-STOMACH victims
everywhere always ailing. They can't
tell exactly what is the matter; all
they say is, ST don { feel we'll '-'1'm
all in; tired, sickly." If they only
knew it, nine times out of ten it is
Acid-Stomach that is ailing them.
It surely makes good digestion diff
cult, causes food to sour and fer
ment in the bowels, weakens the
blood and fills the system with pol
SONS. It prevents one from getting
the full strength out of their food.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-12-27
European War News

When the total German casualties
are published the number Of dead will
be about two million, according to the
Cologne Gazette of November %, a
copy of which has been received at
New York.
The British army of occupation is
entering Dusseldorf, on the Rhine, it
Is officially announced at London.
French soldiers to the number of l.
100000 were killed during the war, ac'
cording to statement by the socialist
deputy. Lucien Violin, in the Paris
chamber of deputies, during an inter-
pretation of the government ON demo-
biliZation.
A Paris dispatch says the Berlin
central government is powerless to
preserve order and deserterS from the
army terrorize the inhabitants. Rob-
berries and attacks follow one another
rapidly and apartments and shops are
robbed in midday. Committees of all
kinds, it continues, publish cOntradic-
tory orders and practice blackmail.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-12-27
Managers Financially Interested.

Clark Griffith, one-time pitching
star, owns stock in the Washington
club. Branch Hickey has holdings in
the st. Louis Cardinals and Connie
Mack has a good-sized bunch of stock
In the Athletics. but they are the only
former players really in the big league
club owner class. Some former dia-
mond stars have property holdings in
minor league clubs, but they are hav-
ing rough row to hoe just now.
McGinnity Went Broke.
Joe McGinnity, the former iron
man" of the Giants, is former mi
nor league magnate now. He can tell
any player that owning a ball club or
a considerable block of stock in one
isn't all it is cracked up to be. Nc
Ginnity, after getting out of the major
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-12-27
To Try Indoor Game.

Ichiya Kumagae, the brilliant Jap
anese tennis player, may try his hand
at the indoor game this, winter in
Journeys staged il New York city and
Brooklyn during the coming mouths.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-12-27
CONNIE
MACK
CHARLES COns

Few big league players ever become
managers, and fewer still are ever
graduated to the ranks of club owners.
One of the most prosperous of the
magnates is Charley Comiskey of the
White SOX, a former player.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-12-27
Penn a Regular Panther Victim.

University Of Pittsburgh football
elevens have defeated University Of
Pennsylvania teams four years In sue
cession, tallying yS5 points to 10, the
'hiladelphias scoring touchdowns in
IA and 1917.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-12-27

leagues and taking the job as mana
ger of the Newark club of the Inter
national league in 1908, decided in
1918 that he had saved enough money
to embark on the career of a minor
league magnate. So he invested his
savings of lifetime in the Tacoma
club of the Northwestern league, and
1t is understood the proposition broke
him.
Was Great TWirler.
This former star pitcher only recent
ly celebrated his fortyfifth birthday
anniversary. He was one of the great
est twirlers the game has ever seen,
and he had the faculty of being able
to pitch on consecutive days if called
upon, and invariably turned in cred
liable performance. He won 35 of 43
games for the Giants in 1904, and
when he quit the majors with 415 vic
tories to his credit he made record
that has been excelled only by Cy
Young. A rise ball that he delivered
underhand was as famous as Christy
Mathewson's fadeaway. McGinnity
called it "Old SAL"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-12-27


planks and plunged through the wood
en- railing of the second drawbridge on
the Meadow boulevard at Atlantic City,
n. J.
Five bandits held up employees Of
the Summit State bank, near Chicago,
and escaped with cash and Liberty
bonds between $4,000 and $4,000 in
value. This is the third time the bank
has been robbed.
The state supreme court at Jeffer-
son City, Mo-, upheld the six-cent car
fare for st. Louis.
Influenza caused 66,534 deaths in
the larger cities between September
IA and December II, while pneumonia
killed 3s.763 more. according to census
figures announced at Washington.
| Villa bands raided the ranch of an
American, John B. HibIer, at Galena,
in northern Mexico, December 9, ac-
| cording to report to the state de-
partment at Washington. No one was
killed. The raiders took most of the
corn at the ranch, the entire store of
feed and 26 burros, 16 oxen, 4 carts,
300 goats and all the cattle, horses and
mules.
Earl Dear and Albert Johnson, both
of Chicago, convicted of murder as au-
tomobile bandits, will die on the gall
lows February z.
! Alberto J. PAM, minister Of industry
and labor in the Carranza cabinet, left
Laredo, Tex, for Washington. 1t was
reported there that PAM is to become
Mexican ambassador to France.
Four men were killed IN an air
plane collision near West Point, Miss.
They are Lieuts. Alvin w. Splane of
Oil City, Pa, and Fred Synnestvedt of
Pittsburgh, Pa, flying instructors of
Payne field, and Private Fred p.
James of Litchfield, Ill.,, and Guy G.
Wells of Reynoldsville, Ill.,. Of Bowen
field.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-12-27
BURNS GOOD FOR INFIELDER
Manager McGraW of New York Giants
Praises OutfieIder-Had No Room
for Player.

John McGraw was talking about
George Burns. "He should have been
IN infielder," said the Giants manager,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-12-27
Washington

Formal announcement was made by
the food administration at Washing
ton of the cancellation of flour milling
regulations, including fair-price sched-
uleS.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-12-27

Clay for the ReadviIIe Track.
Readville race track near Boston u
being given new surface of clay.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-12-27
Domestic

Five persons were killed when a
touring car skidded on the frost-coated
planks and plunged through the wood
en- railing of the second drawbridge on
the Meadow boulevard at Atlantic City,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-12-27
Horse RACING IN ENGLAND.

Horse ndCfn9 III k.H9icHo.
English Jockey club intends to re-
sumo racing next year.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-12-27

Joe Stecher.
ways prominent in the makeup of
successful boxer. He must know how
and when to put steam behind his
blows. Footwork also is an important
rule, are ponderOus and slow.
Stecher, however, firmly believes
that he has all the qualifications Of
a boxer. The grappler has been
watching bouts held at the Great
boxer handles himself.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-12-27

Five German submarines, including
the famous Deutschland have arrived
at Cherbourg, diplomatic advices to
Washington stated.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-12-27
Not Natural.
The Idea.

"Pop, why do congressman make
pairs?" 81 guess, son, they make pairs
to get some plums."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-12-27

but l had so many infielders at the
time-Groh and Stock among them.
you will remember-that / put Burns
In the outfield. He'd have been an
other Bill Dahlen; he's just that sort
of player, but he made pretty nice
outfielder, at that"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-12-27

The loudeS gong may call one to
the poorest dinner.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-12-27
His Position.

II see the motorist has not run
away from the consequences of this
smashup. That proves he is above
suspicion"
Certainly he is, because he's IN
der the auto"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-12-27

Well over 100000 soldiers have been
discharged from the army and re-
turned to civilian status. Secretary
Baker at Washington said the rate OF
rehabilitation had now reached 150,-
600 week, and that the war depart.
ment was pressing it's efforts to make
the average daily discharges 1000 per
camp.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-12-27
Nav Form Checker LEAGUE.

Toronto merchants and commercial
lses may form a checker league
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-12-27

Cold cash has burned many mans
finger.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-12-27
Planted by Grant.

Planted by Grant.
Planted when Gen. U. S. Grant was
a lieutenant stationed at Fort Van
couver, cherry tree on the farm of
Grant Farmer, on Ford's Prairie,
Washington, is still bearing at the age
of eighty-four years, says the Ameri-
can Forestry Magazine of Washington.
It has a spread of IS feet and its
trunk measures 10 feet II inches in
circumference.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-12-27

600 week and that the war depart
ment was pressing it's efforts to make
the average daily discharges 1000 per
camp.
More than $16,OOO,OOO,OOO of cash APP
preparations and contract authoriza-
ton voted by congress for war pur-
poses will be unexpended, Represen-
tative Sherley of Kentucky, chairman
of the house appropriations committee
at Washington, announced.
A Paris dispatch says President
Wilson plans to return to America in
the first week in February. King Vic
tor Emmanuel of Italy called upon
President Wilson at the Murat resi-
dence.
Secretary Baker at Washington di
rected that each soldier honorably dis
charged be furnished with two scarlet
chevrons to be worn on the left sleeve
as a recognition of his service to the
country.
BY unanimous vote the house ways
and means committee at Washington
postponed indefinitely action on the re-
quest of former Secretary McAdoo for
authority to make peace-time loans of
81 5O0,000,O0O to foreign countries.
Legislation authorizing increase of
the permanent enlisted strength of the
navy from 131, 900 men to 217,00O was
recommended to the house naval af-
fairs committee at Washington by
Capt II. Laning, acting chief of the
bureau of navigation.
A resolution putting congress on rec
ord as favoring trial and punishment
of the former kaiser was introduced
in the house at Washington by Repre-
sentative Darrow of Pennsylvania.
A Washington dispatch says the
American legation at Bucharest was
found to have been entered and robbed
when American Minister Vopicka re-
turned there from Jassy. Goods val
ued at more than 100000 were stolen.
A papal letter was presented to
President Wilson at Paris by Mgr. Ger
retti, the undersecretary of state. 1t
pleaded for assistance on behalf of
small oppressed nationalities, especial
ly Armenia and Poland. The pope's
letter also expressed the nope of just
and durable peace being reached
through enlightened action.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-12-27

The state supreme court at Jeffer-
son City, Mo-, upheld the six-cent car
fare for st. Louis.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-07-06
Train Women in Poise and Judgment
tor Better Government of World
By MRS. WILLIAM GRANT BROWN
President Of Michigan Federation Of Clubs

would not have mans place in world affairs
would have her reach equal footing with him. not believe the
right to govern should be entrusted solely entirely
would have them divide the right And dividing right they would
arrive at the balanced viewpoint which would
would eface from many that pre-
vail Some manade laws perfectly ridiculous
woman-made laws be- if she allowed build alone
Nomans entrance into public life Objectionable
because what she doing work She has become
accustomed to seeing herself the public
training that has fitted her life quail
fed her for the she playing While regret
into business affairs while go home
conditions today decree she must and there nothing for her
do but to 60
But before she makes her public life woman
should have sort of training fit her for those
bles with which she intends to burden herself There
school for the study government not
only send but man we'll
would first be she fitted for her sphere
she enters and would be of her integrity truth
funes do not believe should be appointed
social influence and those seeking positions should be the
ognzed
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-07-06

front, Of georgette crepe. The two
long taSSels ut each side of the apron
are important items In its makeup,
and the sleeves are especially smart,
with deep shaped cuffs. The tunic Is
borlered with a braided band-the
braid In the color of the dress and the
neck finished with small, covered but
tons set in q row at each side 1t will
be noticed that tailored hat Is worn
with this daytime frock.
SILK Jersey. for which satin or foul
ard might be substituted, Is shown in
the skirt and coatee design ut the right
Of the picture. The sailor collar and
tunic are finished with embroidered
bands, and they define the sides of the
bodice also. The much-admired COW
cred buttons In precise rows add their
neat charm TO this exquisite dress.
All these frocks have wide, crushed
gfrdles, adjusted easily to the figure
below the waistline, and are worn with
pumps and silk stockings-footwear
that Is In keeping with them
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-07-06
Shortening Crackers With Corn Oh

Snortenin0 Crackers With Corn OIL.
For years cracker bakers have
thought that only animal fat could be
successfully used as shortening In their
products. it being believed that vege-
table fats, such as lard compound,
corn Oil and peanut oil would not
make crackers which would keep in
hot weather. For ten months, how
ever, a cracker baking concern in
Terre Haute, Ind, has been making
commercial goods with Ii pounds Of
corn Oil to the barrel Of flour instead
of an equal weight of lard, and also
using 25 per cent rye flour to Is per
cent wheat.
These goods went through the hot
season last summer without trouble,
thus destroying what was practically
a myth of the undertaking trade.
The rye mixture produces q soda
cracker and Saline in no respect
darker than a straight wheat article,
according to bulletin of the United
States food administration. Barley
flour Is also suitable for cracker bak.
ing.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-07-06
ONCE ORIENT PRIDE |
Old Merv Is Now but a DesoIate
Place of Ruin.
Practically Obllterated by the Great
Conqueror, Jhenghiz Khan, Whose
Son Had Fallen in the AS
saults on the City.

We passed by New Merry and went
On to Bairam Ali, named after one of
the sons Of Timur, which is the station
for Old Merry and the demesne of the
Murghab, formerly the property Of the
royal, family, Maynard Owen Williams
writes in the Christian Herald. Bair-
am All resembles the great pyramids
in that 1t stands between the desert
and the town. Accompanied by the
twenty year-old COmmiSSar, a remark
ably intelligent young Russian upon
whom devolves the task of governing
the district with Il decreasing police
force, we visited the various ruins
which mark the spots where the sue
ceSSive editions of Merry stood. Merry
IS mentioned in the Zoroastrian books
Of wisdom and, Ike every other old
city, owed its existence to a river-the
Murghab. Seleucus Nikatcr once
founded a colony here and for con-
siderable period 1t was the home of
large band of HISTORIANS. But it was
not until the Arabs, to whom modern
civilization owes so much, took charge,
l.,
Merv became true metropolis. Huge
dams We're erected on the Murghab and
the entire oasis was we'll watered from
the irrigating bitches. Merry then RI
vailed Bagdad as the greatest, city In
the orient.
Five centuries later. JhenghiE Khan,
enraged by the death of his son before
the ramparts Of the queen city of the
world, utterly destroyed It. The Arabic
writer's assert that nearly a million
persons were killed at this time. Arabic
writer's estimated figures in q typicaIly
freehanded way.
For 200 years Merv was ruin, but
in the fifteenth century it was rebuilt
and continued to exist until 1895, when
the emir of Bokhara destroyed the
wonderful dam at Sultan Bent and
thus turned the lovely oasis into q des-
ert. Massive as they are, the ruins Of |
Old Merv are devoid Of interest. The |
young commissar, in speaking Of the |
ruins, said, "What signs and tears |
these crumbling walls have cost"
Three beautiful horses, furnished by |
the government and driven by q pic |
turesque old coachman in red shirt
and sash, black vest and white coach
mans hat, whirled us back through the
various sites Of ruined cities to the
small town Of Bairam Ali, where new
system of irrigation Is building up
new city. Old Merv Is an interesting
proof Of the "Sic transit gloria mundi"
phrase, but 1t was built In "sic transit"
style, Of sunbaked bricks. Only bat
tered mosque, q great convent and sew.
eral huge beehive ice-houses remain
above the SCARED plain where great
cities stood.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-07-06
Women Also Serve,

While In the larger cities their work
Is not so noticeable, in the smaller
centers Of population our women are
slowly but surely taking over the work
of the men who are now in the army.
navy and other government service.
So far, our women workers have not
taken over the heavier classes Of work
found In manufacturing plants, be-
cause there are still ample numbers
Of men available. However, In plants
where there is much light manufac-
turing women are to be found In profu-
sion. In stores, hotels and even In
street cars. American women are TAX
Ing the places Of men with the col
ors. Women soda-water dispensers
and elevator runners are now quite
in most cfties.-Scientific
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-07-06

Just how few pairs of shoes can we
get along with this summer? That's
the question that women are called
upon to settle for themselves, now
that wartime economy calls for re-
frenchment on oil sides. Secretary
McAdoo says he has his shoes half
9oled when they need it-and appears
TO be proud of 1t, recommending this
course to every one else. Leaving out
house slippers and evening slippers
that need not come in the reckoning at
all, three pairs of good shoes will see
one through. This will seem an i'm
possibly slim allowance to the woman
who usually buys from six to twelve
pairs. but three pairs will answer.
one pnir of street shoes, because they
wear much longer and look much bet
ter when two pairs are worn alter
nately. Shoe trees keep them In good
shape when they are not in use and
nre as necessary to shoes as hangers
are to coats and frocks.
A wartime summer outfit in shoes
snight follow the suggestion in the
group Of three pairs shown in the pic
fure. These do not include shoes
made solely for sportswear which can
be considered beside the question Of
shoes that are Indispensable. All the
shoes pictured are In the best mate
rials and workmanship, which are
matters of real economy In footwear.
They include a pair OF substantial
black kid street shoes. pair of smart
white canvas oxfords and kid pumps
for dress.
The high boots for street wear have
sensible Cuban heels and moderately |
heavy soles. Perforatlons along all
the seams and ut each side Of the fac