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New-York tribune., 1919-03-10
Chess Clubs i'm Tie
For League Honors

Both the Brooklyn and I. l.. Rice
Progressive Chess clubs scored their
second victories in the annual cham
pionship series Of the Metropolitan
Chess League by defeating Staten ISL
and Columbia. respectively, in the third
round, and now head the competition
with totals of 0 each to their credit.
The Brooklyns in their own homo
worsted Staten Island by 61a to T..
exactly the same score by which they
won from Marshall's Chess Club in the
first match. The champion Progress
sives, also at home. obtained the YER
dict over Columbia hV u.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-10
An Athletic Carnival
For 9TH Regiment

AZ part Of the big welcome which
the 9TH Regiment Will give to the old
9TH men (1o7th Infantry U. S. A. the
THIS second annual athletic games
will take on the proportions of car
nival. The date has been set for Sat
urday, April 5, by which time it is cx-
pected the 10Th will have been mus
tered out of service. and the athletic
committee has already scheduled the
following special events:
A. A. v championship two mile
walk, two-mile invitation run. in which
the best men in the metropolitan dis
trict will compete; onc-mile high
school relay, and one-mile New York
Guard relay.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-10
Women i'm Battle
On Courts To-day

The women's national indoor tennis
tourney gets under way at the 7th
Regiment Armory this morning at 10
o'clock. This will be the twelfth an
nual championship. Miss Molla Blur
stedt, the national indoor and outdoor
CHAMPION viii not compete, but there
will be other stars of the first magni-
tude in the tennis world to be seen in
action.
Prominent among these is Mrs.
George II. Wightman, formerly Miss
Hazel Hotchkiss. Others entered in
the tourney are Mrs. II, f. Morse, Mrs
Fl. S. Green and Miss Marion Finder
stein
New-York tribune., 1919-03-10
BOwlers of Toledo
Lead IwO-Mcn Teams

TOLEDO, Ohio, March 81. McGov-
ern and A. l.. Wilson, Toledo amateurs,
set the pace in the two-men event Of
the American Bowling Congress tour
namcnt here this Afternoon with a
score of ] ,205. Wilson was high man
of the pair, with 623. Other scores in
the doubles were low.
None of the bowlers reached the 500
mark in the individuals, but two of
them, A. Wolf and J. Tottcn, counted
5e7 for first place in that division.
H. Ringeisen, another Toledo amateur,
had the high single game score Of the
afternoon with 256.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-10
Entries in W0men's
National Indoor
Tennis Tourney

Mrs. J. II. Schst Miss NJ Zinderste;n
Mrs. Stuart Green Miss ]. Cohen
Miss Clare Cassel Mrs. H. Sachs
Mrs. II. f. Morse Mrs. X. Lehman
Miss Fanny Pond Mrs. H. Schiff
Miss Bessie Holden Miss Hazel Gardner
Miss Caroma VIM Miss Helen Simpson
Miss Phyllis Walsh Mrs. II. Balm
Miss Anna Morse Mrs. NJ. B. HUFF
Mrs. W. II. Pritchard Mrs. Percy Wilbourn
Miss Bessie Baker Miss Helen Hooker
Miss Julie Brown Miss Barbara Hooker
Miss M. Taylor Miss Adelaide Hooker
Mrs. G.. II. Wightman Mrs H. Godfrey
Mrs. j. Cabot Miss +. Sheldon
New-York tribune., 1919-03-10
s,pccdwnys On Tor

Victory by , goals to crowned
the efforts of tho Specdwrys against
tho soccer eleven Of the American A. a.
in the second round Of the New Jer-
sey State Football Associntion's cup
tie series, contested at Ciark's Athletic
Elcld. in Fast Newark, Yesterday.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-10
Vikings Win ut Scorer

ny defeating the White ga .s
eleven. foals to I, AZ Naeomb'a Dam
laft, Ses'erIns 'ho Vikings eninel
nno'he' Yiciury ia ,he annual ehaa,
llpnahip trfies Of the New York COM
hnhii"n tootheil League The iosefs
i.nde a rood showing "a thu hfst hoif.
holiday shooting the ,nly roal for
" hllo ko.a. nliar 30 mlnnln. nf nlnu-
New-York tribune., 1919-03-10
Peters Elected (,nntnin

Alexander Peters. the sprnter, was
elected captain OF the Mornlngsidc
Club track team for this year
MT meeting of the athletes yesterday
He auccecds Jack r O'Neil, whose
duties in the navy prevent him from
devotinc his full time to tho nost
New-York tribune., 1919-03-10
l'oxInuntcrs Win Cup
Nm Indoor Polo Tilt

iIy defenting The Meadow Lnrk polo
trio yesterday afternoon nj purland's
tho FoNhuhtors won the February in
door handicap polo tourney and the
cup put up by Max l'hillips. The ucore
waH II to ~ kinny, FOR the Fog.
lurtoln, nnd Hopping, Of the Meadow
IorlsH, ito two hiRhoHt rhtud performers
~ the hundicnp tournament, were pit
ted nRniual ench other and the former
proved much moro formidable ON tho
attack ycHte'doy, with 7 goals to hls
credit.
Hopping ecored the only three tnllica
Rnrnorcd by his tenn. but committed
ono foul. which cnrried n half point pen
atty.
Vho Iiue-uD.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-10
Road Ram for Bronx 4. l..

A handicap road run Of fve miles
closed to memhers of tho Bronx Ath
letic League, WAS approved by the dele
rates ia annual session al the Pastime
Athlete Cinb yesterday. II WAS agreed
TO hold tNis contest en- March 2S and
to contest 1t over the rast.me club p
rOnrSo
New-York tribune., 1919-03-10
MINNLIS
High Scratch l. !. Curtis
IigI Nanaleap-R s. SMITH

nigH nanGieap-R S. smith
Special Scraich-G : McCutohe,n
Special Handicau--R S Smith
Ghost Targets-lit, Nida and " @ Allen.
MISSED. j Bristol and H coie.
lees on Accumulation ard T9urra arne1t c4;rs
rorei hs an glnnefs WITH - fagre's I4rs .'i
l'}rouel cup scored by all suners win -
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1919-01-24

battlefield in the rear Of advanc-
ing troops? And may he not have
underestimated the difficulty Of
forcing the Argonne Forest, and
even misunderstood the tactics
employed IN. Y. Times.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1919-01-24
DRY AMENDMENT ADOPTED
False Economy Cry of Republi-
cans is Shown by Report of
Clerical Force Committee
Bv Means Ray

poinr drv il nj last effective hut
h stoto will NOT ro an the wat
or WAGON alone bnt will ioin the
na+i,n
Wa national Prohibition A.
uordo,,ont WINS adontod NV the
Missouri IooisIatrre in p few
,,ir,,+os ,ftar # was broucht m
Th,,rsdo,. morning IN the sem
no r.horo II had boor nredicted
4bot tbo fobt IA deIav action
,ro,,ld No r,arkad failed 70 ma
+oriaIizo and if was adopted bv
vote If 90 to 10
IN fbo Horsa the vote was.
For 1o1. AGAINST re- One Of the
srrnrisos If fine vote was Rem
.a,+of,.o L,,,nL II Farris If
phoI,s c,untv VOTING drv Re-
foro castino his vote Mr. Farris
,,odo o. short talk.
oNrv nositior has many times
boon misunderstood" Farris de-
ol,,od There was NOT . noise in
+bo borsa as the Pholns County
man snoLa
90 have ALWAYS been AGAINST
orobibition" he continued. "be-
ans FIRST 7 tboupht if was a
noIico novor which nronerIv he
ionoad 70 tbe States and SEE.
ondlv 7 felt that the nroposi-
+ion was fraught with great dan
ror and would not result in the
benefits that IFS advocates claim
cd
"Rnt we stand confronted with
q great chance in conditions and
If &c annaren+ to rs all that the
of oninion is in favor
Of nrohibition. 7 recognize the
ricbt Of the majority and how
NV head in humble submission
IN make the will Of the majority
successful
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1919-01-24

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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1919-01-24

in France. the structures of Gov. f
Henry !. Alien of Kansas. upon {
fine eouipment of the American {
Army that drove the enemy out
of the Argonne Forest lose much
of their force. 1t was after his
inauguration at Topeka on Mon
day that Governor Allen told ms
felIoWcitlzens' IN an address at
the City Auditorium that the
Both DIVISION composed Oh Kan
saS and Missouri men, mad lost
half ITS strength-Jhefe were T.
600 casualties because OF lack
OF transport Tor lhe arJlIlery ana
weakness OF the aNlaIlon arm
MI. Allen spent TEL mohJhS IN
france III Jhe service ol Ihe keo
cross ana Ihe l. W. ~ a. lie IS
the owner Oh the Wlchlta Bea-
con- ne was a hohcomOaIahI' APP
pafehIly without previous eNpe-
renee III military campaigns
Governor Aliens neighbors are
more interested in the 35th than
in the other divisions that took
part in the Meuse-Argonne Of
fensive, but if conditions were so
bad as he describes them to have
been where the men of Kansas
and Missouri were fighting the
American Army must have ad-
vanced under heavy handicaps.
MI. Allen declares that there
were only about half as many
horses as were required to bring
up the guns, and that many of
the horses used "were old ones
chat the French had discarded
"as of no further use to them"
Moreover, "our army paid $500
leach for these animals, only to
"be forced to shoot them day
"of two later because they were
"too old and feeble to do the
work" The result was that the
35th Division fought for four
DAYS without anv artillery sun
mort " On tba roode o1aodinr IN,
~ LII ~ >, N'
W '''I O"'Vi0 'l'e0 WI Alle''
saw JIIe pouleS OF many horses
that had been killed or had died
in harness in the effort 10 hrinp
IN tho ar+iuar,, " Concorrinr o,,,.
,n..
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ba ,i,. # r,rst no rndors+oo5
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broucht nm many. f.osI di,.;,i
- ooo IN his ,ono,+ ConoroI pan
shine saws.
almost ~mnoretrobIo - on1 .]tror oIv
held Argonne Forest. for. DESPITE
this Cthe GERMANY reinforcement,
# 1t was army that was doing the
T. irving Uu' aircraft was lncteaS-
q inr tba . issne w., and omr infa VI =,
p artillery were improving with each
~ experience.
ID The forcing of the ArgomC
Forest really began on Sept. 26
If and, according to General Perish
RI ing, it was cleared by Oct. 10
i Tw@enty-one American division.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1919-01-24

All winter underwear at mon
ey saving reductions.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1919-01-24
January Clearance Sale

| lot remnants composed of
pieces Of from 2 to 5 yards at
money saving reductions.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1919-01-24

Mems combed yarn hose, a few
left, per pair l5c
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1919-08-22
BRAINERD TRIMS IRONTON IN
CLOSE GAME.

Brainerd last Sunday won the first
of series of three games with Ironton
by a score of 2 to l in fast and in
teresting game, played on the Koering
grounds at Brainerd. The attendance
at this game broke all records for the
season. About fifty Little Falls base
ball fans attended the game.
Patterson was on the mound for
Brainerd and Clemmens for Ironton.
Both pitched good games. Armstrong,
who was catcher for Little Falls, did
the backstop work for Brainerd Sunday
and Bessemer played right field. Bes-
semer brought in one Of Brainerd IS
runs and helped bring in the other run
by hitting hot one down to Ironton g
shortstop, who fumbled it. DR.. J. w.
Diedrich Of Bemidji held down the hot
corner for Brainerd.
The score up to the ninth inning was
2 to in favor Of Brainerd. Ironton
had batting rally in the ninth, which
brought them one run. For time it
looked as though they would tie the
score but pretty double play, Patter-
con to Diedrich to Cook, ended the
game.
Brainerd and Ironton play at Ironton
today, at the homecoming celebration.
Next Sunday Brainerd plays Saltwater
at Saltwater in the first of q series of
three games for the state champion
ship.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1919-08-22

There is to be inaugurated through
out the United States beginning Octob-
er l an organized effort in an endeav-
or to improve all it's live stock stimuli
taneously. The agencies cooperating
being the United States Department of
Agriculture, the state agricultural col
leges, state live stock officials, live
stock associations, county agents, farm
ers' organizations, agricultural and
live stock journals.
The campaign slogan will be-Better
sires-Better stock.
It's aim-To hasten the replacement
of the multitude Of scrub domestic ami
mails with purebred and high grade
stock and to improve the quality Of
purbreds themselves.
Its main method-Use of only good
pufebred sires in breeding. Sires in
many cases to be owned comparatively
or exchanged.
Live stock included-Cattle horses,
asses, swine, sheep, goats and poultry:
Reasons for campaign-Quality and
productive capacity Of the average
American farm animal are still low.
Millions of farmers are wasting time
and money on animals that give less re-
turns for the same expenditure than
would better stock.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1919-08-22
CAPTURED BY BANDITS
Two U. S. Airmen Held by Mexi'
cans for Ransom.
Demand $4,000 Which Is Promptly
Paid as Soon as Case Is .-'~
Known.

Maria, Texas, Aug. 19.-Lleu-
tenants n. G. Peterson and Paul
II. Davis, held prisoners by Mexi-
can bandits near CandeIaria,
Texas, are expected to reach the
border at any time, it was said by
army officers here. Couriers sent
to the bandit camp are reported to
have reached the camp informing
the bandits that the $4,000 ran
son would be paid.
Minneapolis, Aug 18.-Facing death
near the little village of Pilares, which
lies along the Mexican border on both
sides of the Rio Grande, Lieut.. Harold
G. Peterson, Hutchinson, Mimi, and
Lieut.. Paul H. Davis, Strathmore,
Calf, United States army aviators,
awaited word that $4,000 ransom had
been supplied to rescue them from the
clutches of Mexican Villista bandits,
according to dispatches from Washing
ton and the border. Unless 5000 in
gold is forthcoming Immediately, they
will be killed.
Aviators Missing One Week.
For more than a week the aviators
have been missing. A bandit entered
a town in the Big Bend district bring
ing message from the captive Off
GERS stating that they had been forced
to make a landing near the village,
and that they were being held for the
ransom which must be paid forthwith.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1919-08-22
COMPROMISE IS LIKELY
Agreement Is Expected On Peace
Treaty Terms
Senator Hitchcock Demands Haste and
Predicts Unexpected Action
on Senate Floor.

Washington, Aug 16.-The trend to-
ward agreement on reservations in the
peace treaty has reached the stays
tors advocating reservations, received
assurances which they accepted as
guaranteeing Democratic assent to
their program.
Word reached members of the group,
it was said, that as soon as they could
pledge a score of Republican votes for
reservations to the league along the
line recently agreed on by seven Re-
publican senators, the administration
forces in the senate would be willing
to line up on that basis for ratidca-
ton of the treaty.
Lodge May Join Reservationists.
There was an intimation also that
the reservationists had reason to be-
lieve their ranks eventually would in
clude Senator Lodge, Republican lead
eT of the senate.
Twenty Republicans, it was declared,
would be enough with the administra-
ton Democrats to make up the two
thirds necessary for ratification.
The program on which it is sought
to unite these elements contemplates
reservation to further protect the.
Monroe Doctrine, to insure domestic
control over domestic questions, to am
plify the right of withdrawal, and to
fortify the power of congress to de-
eide questions of peace or war under
Article 10.
Hitchcock Demands Haste.
At meeting of the foreign rela-
tions committee, Mr.. Hitchcock gave
notice that unless the committee com.
pleted without undue delay it's consid-
action might be expected on the floor
Of the senate.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1919-08-22
DENIES WHEAT WAS SOLD LOW
6arnes Maintains Charge Made by
Gronna Is Wrong.

Barnes Maintains Charge Made by
Gronna Is Wrong.
New York, Aug. 1S.-Julius H.
Barnes, United States wheat director,
has made public a letter which he
sent Senator Gronna, chairman of the
senate agricultural committee, in re-
ply to statement issued on August ~
by Senator Gronna criticizing Mr.
Barnes and the United States Grain
Corporation for their administration
of the wheat guarantee act.
Mr.. Barnes says that out Of 80,000,-
900 bushels Of wheat marketed in the
southwest since July 1, the grain cor
poration records fail to show even
1000 bushels priced at $1.15, and that
out of 10000 carloads of wheat re-
ceived in Kansas City only six cars
sold below 50 and the lowest was
$1.92. He also says that less than
per cent has sold below the standard
price of SILL for number 3.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1919-08-22
Seek Lair of Bandits Who Kid
mapped Aviators latter Are
,- Safe and Free.
HALF or RANSOM PAID
Ruse by Captain MatIack Cheats Band
Out Of $7,500-Trick Planned
and Carried Out On
Spur Of Moment.

candelaria, Texas, via Army
Field Telephone to Maria, Aug.~---
20.-Ameriean troops have crossed
the Mexican border here in pur-
suit Of the bandits who held Lieu
tenants Harold G. Peterson,
Hutchinson, Minn., and, Paul
Davis, strathmore, Calf, Ameri-
can army aviators for ransom.
The punitive expedition consist.
ed Of detachment Of the Eighth
cavalry, stated here. The cross
ing was made under specific in
structions from the War depart
ment. Aviaters Peterson and
Davis went along as guides.
Maria, Tex, Aug. 20.-Lieut. H. Il.
Peterson and Lieut.. Paul H. Davis,
army aviators held prisoners by Next
can bandits after being forced to land
on Mexican soil, were released after
payment of $500 of the $4,000 ran
som demanded.
Captain Matlack of the Eighth cav
airy, who took the ransom money
across the border paid half the money
for the release of Lieutenant Peterson
and when Lieutenant Davis was de-
livered to him galloped away with the
lieutenant without making the final
payment.
Planned Ruse During Farley.
Captain Matlack's dangerous ruse
by which he got both prisoners but
saved $500 of the ransom money
was contrived on the spur of the mo-
ment as he sat on his horse parleying
with the bandits after Peterson had
safely crossed the river.
II had them on the hip" Captain
Matlack explained later. II was
mounted. The greasers were afoot,
about Is Of them, armed but unsus-
picious. They. brought Davis OUT
tDinero??' asked Renteria, expect
ing the last half of the ransom, $500,
of which had given him for Peter
sons release.
":Dinero,' I said, Come on, Davis
And Davis came. -
"He jumped up behind me. I swung
my horse to face the border and give
him the spurs.
1.-THE Mexicans yelled and I saw
three or four throw up their guns. I
ducked my head; yelled to Davis to
duck too, and we made for the Ameri-
can side as fast as the horse could
go. Some bullets whizzed over our
heads, two or three. And then we
just creased out of range and hear
ing. We made the river, and the
American side and we had the $500.
Now we want Renteria."
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1919-08-22
Business Section and Many Resi-
dences in East Helena Are
- Destroyed.
FOREST FIRES RAGING
Town Of Monarch Saved by Desperate
Work On Part Of Fighters
Campers Responsible for
Starting Blaze.

Helena, Mont, Aug. 20.-East Hele-
ma, a town of 2,700 people, six miles
east from here, has been swept by fire.
The loss is estimated at 100000. The
business section was destroyed.
The buildings destroyed include 20
places of business, Is residences, and
numerous small store houses of coal.
hay, merchandise, and SO residences
partly burned. Two blocks along the
south side of Main street are entirely
gone.
Helen Sasek, five years old, sound
ed the alarm. She rushed to her
mother and told her that a shed was
on fire. She told her mother that she
had seen a boy throw cigaret away.
Failing wires, trolley lines, light
wires and telephone lines cluttered up
the main street, and two big gasoline
storage tanks exploded when the fire
reached them. There were several
volleys which sounded like machine
guns, which proved to be stores of
ammunition of all kinds going up in
the general conflagration.
The fields surrounding East Helena
are the scene of camping parties in
all directions. Many are doing the
best they can with few pieces of fur
niture and little bedding. Hundreds
had to move out of their homes.
Mountain Town Surrounded by Flames
Great Falls, Mont, Aug. 20.-A vi
cious forest fire raging in the Little
Belt mountains threatened to wipe
out the mountain town of Monarch, Sc
miles from this city. Fire fighters,
marshaled from villages, campers, for
esters and miners employed at the
Neihart mines fought the flames and
succeeded in erecting the defenses
which saved the town. Monarch is
an island in a sea of blackened timber
with the fire beyond control sweep
ing toward Neihart It was estab-
lished definitely that transient camp
ers were responsible for the starting
of the fires. The fire is sweeping a
16-mile swath through heavy timber.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1919-08-22

> Those who would have the primary
election system done away with and re-
turn to the old convention system, are
stirring themselves for another attack
at the special session to be called for
September 8. The old convention sys-
tenn was tried in the special election
for congressman in the St. Paul district
the nominees were drafted-they
weren' It self imposed candidates, as
nominees in the primary are generally
referred to by the old guard. But an
independent came along and put a
crimp of no small size in the candidates
which were nominated after "due de-
liberation,' and is now that district 8
representative in congress. We believe
that the people as whole are largely
favorable to "having their say" in
this nominating as well as election bus
mess.