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MEET TO D|SUSS
CITY TITLE GAMES
Gathering of Amateur Mines
Takes Place Tonight
at 8 O'Clock.
BY H. c. BYRD.

Another meeting of the Amateur
Base Ball Association of the District
Of Columbia is to be held tonight at
613 14th street at 8 o'clock. Matters
pertaining to the 'post-season cham
pfonship series have vet to be ar
ranged. and the main purpose of the
gathering is to decide just what is to
be done.
President Robert H. Young is very
anxious for a full gathering. Repre-
sentatives of all leagues should be
present. SO that concerted action in
whatever is desired may be taken. If
championship series is to be played
and be successful arrangem ments for it
should be completed Immediately.
Naval Operations is to meet Tom
Croolzes Navy Yard nine tomorrow
at Union Park at o'clock. The OPP
erations club will be made up of the
players who have won the champion
ship of the government league. and
the Navy Yard is picked combina-
ton. The Navy Yard. lineup prob
ably will be Snyder. Mcmahon. Sterzer,
Crooke. Frazier, Mccarthy and Watt,
with Giebel or Kajawa catcher and
At American League Park tomor-
row the Finance team Of the War De-
partment will meet the Marines from
Quantico in a benefit game for Walter
Reed Hospital. Ed Kelley is expected
to do the pitching for the Finance
nine and 1t is certain that the Marines
will present a fast ombination. The
contest is cheduled to begin at $3.50
o'clock.
Yesterday in benefit game for the
Walter Reed Hospital the War Risk
nine took the measure of the Rex
Athletic Club by to 1. Ernie
Schafer was on the slab for the fin
ming team and held the losers to one
to get in touch with his delivery at
any time. Al Watt led the winners
at bat with two bingles.
Tool Shop beat Gun Division in the
Navy Yard League yesterday by to
Z. Both clubs fielded poorly. Gun Di-
vision especially giving Frey poor
support. The gunners made eleven
errors.
Gilmour Dobie, Navy's foot BAN
coach. has gone to Annapolis to take
charge of the gridiron squad. Until
the middle of September the only
men who will be out for practice.
class. Dobie expects to get in some
good work with the new men and
weed out the most desirable candi-
dates for the eleven before the real
practice begins.
The Drydock base ball team. sched-
uled to appear here against Rex Ath-
letic Club Sunday. has sent word to
Manager Wright of the local organi-
zation it will not be able to keep
the engagement. The date has been
postponed one week.
Washington Canoe Club paddlers go
to Baltimore tomorrow to meet the
best talent that the Maryland me-
tropolis can muster in a canoe re-
gatta Most Of the program is made
up of junior events, but two compe-
tftions are strictly for seniors. The
local men expect to win the regatta.
The regatta is to take place under
the auspices of the Arundel Boat Club.
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STATISTICS
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

GAMES TODAY GAMES TOMORROW.
Wash. at Cleveland. Wash. at Cleveland.
Phila. at st. Louis. Phila. at st. Louis.
New York at Detroit. New York at Detroit.
Boston at Chicago. Boston at Chicago.
RESULTS OF YESTERDAYS GAMES.
Cleveland. 4; Washington, 8.
Boston. Is; Chicago, 8.
New York. 8: Detroit, 4.
us innings.)
St. Louis, 6; Philadelphia, /.
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and consented to defer his claims in
favor of the latter, naturally retains
his security stock in the club.
II 1T was improper for Johnson to
be Interested in one Of the clubs it
was equally improper for Comiskey,
who now Is pushing the fight against
johnson, to do so. and it was quite
as improper for Rupert to sanction
such an arrangement. If Johnson's s
action is coming to the rescue Of the
league constitutes the reprehe nsible
crime of syndicate base ball." Co
miskey Of Chicago, Rupert Of New
York, Ball of st. Louis. Navin of De-
troit. Dunn of Cleveland, Shibe of
Philadelphia, Minor of Washington
and Lannln. then president of Bos-
ton, are equally blamew orthy.
1t was done with their full knowl-
edge and approval. And if that is the
case the same may be said of the deal
whereby McAleer and McAvoy OBJ
tanned control of the Boston club
from John I. Taylor in 1912. Tt was
Johnson and Comiskey who dug up
the capital, including some of their
own, tits said. to swing that PROPOSE
tion. It would seem that men of
large interests and the business acu-
men of Rupert, Comiskey and Frazee
should have learned by this time that
it Is fatal mistake to air their dirty
linen in public and thus ALLEVIATE the
support of those who make base ball
profitable venture. They seem in
tent on doing this. but they are not
likely to get much sympathy or sup
port in their aggrieved attitude from
those who pay the freight-the fans
in view of the public's knowledge of
al the facts.
Just how much power constitution
ally is vested in the directors of the
American League is uncertain, but the
action of the majority of the board
yesterday in declaring void the sus-
pension Of Mays is a procedure decid-
edly at variance with all recognized
practices in that two Of the three
men who sat as judges on the case
Rupert and Frazee-are admittedly
biased In that they have a direct and
personal interest in it,
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COMISKEY, LIKE JOHNSON, GAVE.
AID TO THE CLEVEL LAND CLUB
Both Made Loans on Indians Stock to
Keep Team Going Other Magnates
Aware of Dealings in Winter of 1856.
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.

CLEVELAND Ohio August 51n fight Ameri
the question of Johnsons financial
tnby
president
Mays
johnson
So aVo"ed enemy since the obtained
of
OF the
orK and Comskey
court
a possible financial vland
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STAR RACKETERS MEET
IN FINAL DOUBLES TODAY

NEWTON. Mass. August 15.-Nor-
man Z. BroOkes and Gerald L. Patter-
son, the Australian lawn tennis ex-
perts. were to meet William NJ john
ston and Clarence j. Griffin. winners
of the northwestern sectionals. in the
final round of the national champion
ship tournament at the Longwood
Cricket Club late today. Interest in
the match, which was postponed yes
terday because of rain. indicated the
presence of a big gallery.
The winners will play the national
doubles champions. William T. Tilden
of Philadelphia and Vincent Richards
of Yonkers. N. Y, In the challenge
round tomorrow.
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Jack Britton, welterweight boxing
champion. and Mike O'Dowd, middle
weight title holder, will box eight
rounds at Newark, August o.
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Ruth hits 18th Homer.
Boston defeated Chicago. Is to

Boston defeated Chicago, Is to 6. in
a one-sided batting bee yesterday.
Cicotte and Kerr were unable to stop
the visitors hitting. Allen Russell,
the former Oriole. had little trouble
holding the locals. The feature was
the hitting of Babe Ruth's seven
teenth home run, breaking the Amer
lean League record.
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Xank Owners Contention.
The contention of the New York
owners. who are supported in their
attitude by Boston and Chicago. is
mat Johnson's action in suspending
Ways was unwarranted and arbitrary.
Johnson took this step only after be-
Ing advised by five clubs. st. Louis,
Detroit, Cleveland, Philadelphia and
.Washlngton, a majority. that the best
interests of the organization demand
eo II. That certainly disposes of the
question of whether the punishment
lnnlcted on Mays was authorized
AS Tor johnson being financially in
terested in the Cleveland club, none
know the facts any better than Rup-
pert or Comiskey, both of whom were
present at the time the interest was
acquired and not only approved of the
transaction. but one Of them-Comis-
key-oota1ned the same sort of in
terest and for the same reason. We
hold no brief for Johnson nor any one
eise In this row. We simply believe
tnat In the Mays case for at least once
IN his life the league executive did the
rlght thing. and considering the cir
cumstances under which Johnson came
TO be interested in the Cleveland club
no owner is in a position to point an
accusing finger at him, least of all
Comiskey.
Back to Somers' Time.
In the winter of 1s15-16, when the
financial affairs of Charles w. Somers,
then president of the Cleveland club,
were In such bad shape that a COM
mittee of bankers handling his vari-
GUS properties decided that his base
ball holdings must be sold to save
MIN from bankruptcy, no equitable
oner Tor the team was forthcoming
Efforts to interest Cleveland capital
1alled. and. with the opening of the
OF the American League was called
to discuss disposition of the franchise.
some Chicago men. among them
James c. Dunn. now president of the
Cleveland club. were persuaded to
invest in IN the project, but of the more
price about one-fourth still was lack
Ing: With the time for the spring
training trip at hand, Cleveland's s
treasury was barren Of cash with
which to send the players south.
In this emergency Comiskey. in.
dorsed e a paper for loan of half
the difference needed to put the club
on an operating basis. taking stock
In the club as his security. All of
the other magnates had the oppor-
tunity, individually or collectively. of
following Comiskey's lead, and when
they declined Johnson agreed to make
possible the obtaining Of the remain
der of the cash necessary to insure
placing eight clubs in the field, and
did so under the same terms as
Comiskey.
AS result Of the financing of clubs
in this manner base ball was retain
ed for Cleveland and the club was
enabled to purchase iris Speaker
from Boston for a record figure. With
the acquisition of q player who now
is manager of the club. business i'm
proved to such an extent that the
notes indorsed by Comiskey, who de-
manded they be taken up as fast as
the cash became available, are said
to have been paid. whereas johnson,
who was not SO insistent as -Comiskey
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WARRINGTON.

zone out when winning run was made.
tBatted for Jasper in seventh.
tran for O'Neill in seventh.
o o o-3
Cleveland. 1900. o o o O1 IA
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Two-base hits@Judge, Smith, O'Neill, Har-
ris. Stolen bases-Leonard. Shanks. Sacrifice
hits-Milan. Uhle. Double plays-Chapman to
Wambsganss to Johnston; Charity to Shanks.
Left on bases-Washington. 5: Cleveland. Z.
First base on bails-On Erickson 5; OF Jasper,
in innings. Hit by pitcher-By Jasper
(Gharrity). Struck out-By Erickson, 4; by
Jasper. l.; by Uhle, 1. Winning pitcher-Uhle.
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Browns Get Opening Game.

Naylor was ineffective in tight
places and st. Louis punched it's hits
in four innings. winning the opening
PHILADELPHIA, 6 to l.
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Ring Has Beat EN- All.

Though Jimmy Ring has won but
seven games for the Reds this season,
he holds a scalp from each club in
the National League.
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the we'll known promoters and con-
t~estants sailed forth from the dinner
table bent on adventure seeking the
practice which makes perfect. But
b~ulldogging No. 2S-an unheard of
feat-is a man size job not chosen
through preference, and did not turn
out any too successfully. 1t had a
death-defying, hair raising effect, but
undoubtedly brought about a sleep
less night filled with horrors and
speeding trains.
Charles Grady and Arlie Seeley
while taking a road grader pulled by
a Fordson tractor, across the track
at the east crossing were run down
by No. %. Seeley saw the engine
just in time to clear the grader while
Grady seeing him jump, threw on the
gas for full speed ahead. The train
hit the grader square, breaking it
loose from the tractor and carried it
down the track for about a quarter Of
a mile. Neither of the men we're in
jured. Great care should always be
exercised in seeing that the track
is clear before attempting to cross
Hinsdale Tribune.
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HIGH COST OF LIVING
TAKING A TUMBLE
Reaction from War Level Noted in
Report of Federal Reserve
Board.

Washington, D. C.-Reaction from
the high price level established during
the war has set in, says the federal
reserve boards review of business con-
ditions in August.
Not only are some foodstuffs de-
clining in cost to the consumer, but
the price of wearing apparel, such as
textiles and shoes also has been af-
fected, the review says.
"a movement toward lower prices
appears to be in process in certain
directions, prices of certain f%oodstuffs
are declining, a feeling Of %conserva-
tism is noticeable in certain lines, such
as the textile and shoes industries, in
which price advances had previously
been most marked, 'resales' at some
concession in price being reported.
"Reports from the federal reserve
agents generally indicate a feeling of
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Red Lantern" at the Orpheum thea
tire, on Friday, September 10th. In
it she is seen in a dual role, which
gives her opportunity for the most
powerful characterizations of her bril-
liant career
The two roles which she enacts are
as widely different as the poles-one
is that of the Eurasian girl, Mahlee,
and the other Blanche, her English
half-sister.
The story tells of the life of this
half-caste girl, who, born in a coffin
shop in the Chinese quarter of Pekin,
is at the death of her grandmother,
taken to the Christian mission and
brought up amidst European surround
ings. The conflicting blood which
surges in her veins causes her pas-
sionate restlessness-she feels the lure
Of China, the mysterious and passion
ate land of her mother, but the inher-
itance of her English father, the ideals
and intellect of the west, are strong
within her and she is like a ball in the
hands of fate-flung from one extreme
to the other.
How she becomes the powerful war
maiden of China-the goddess of the
Red Lantern-is shown in this play
of remarkable and startling happen
ings where all the mysticisms and
gorgeousness of the vivid east is wo-
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confidence that the solution of price
and wage problems will be reached.
The actual volume Of business trans
acted continues at an extremely high
level for the present season of the
year. The agricultural outlook on the
whole is distinctly less favorable than
a month ago, although the large acre
age sown in certain cases will compen-
safe for decreased yield per acre. Cot
ton in particular is in poor condition.
"Reflecting the feeling of uncertain
ty which prevails, the volume of spec
ulation has abated, and declines in the
price of securities have occurred. The
general business situation, however,
is at bottom strong"
Discussing labor conditions, the
board recorded that reports from the
situation as unsettled"
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Just What She Needed.

81 used a bottle of Chamberlaln's
Tablets some time ago and they prov
ed to be just what l needed" writes
Mrs. Volta Bankson, Chillicothe, Mo.
"They not only relieved me of indi-
gestion but toned up my liver and rid
me of backache and dizziness that l
had been subject to for some time.
They did me a world of good and |
will always speak a good word for
them"
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MINERAL COUNTY LEADS
IN SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
State Superintendent Miss Trumper
Is Getting out a Newspaper for
the Schools.

Mineral county school children are
first in length Of terms of the schools
of the state and first in attendance,
with a grade of 95.4 per cent in at
tendance, according to the school bull
letin, the monthly school news print
ed and circulated by Miss May Trump
er, state superintendent of public in
struction. Flathead is second and
Lewis and Clark third. The Bulletin
also said:
1t requires eight years to complete
the work of the elementary school.
The average child in Fergus county
who attends regularly and does pass
able work, will require II years to
complete the work of the elementary
school, inasmuch as the school is open
only 100 days to him annually. The
average child in Mineral gets 1858
days and attends 95.3 per cent of the
time. For the Carter county child
who attends but 69.3 per cent Of the
140 days the schools are open to him,
as in the case of the average pupil
enrolled, the time required to COM
plete the eight years with 100 days a
year as in Mineral county would be
heightened to Is years, making the
pupil so attending at least % years
of age at the time Of completion. Coun-
try children attending some Of our
largest city schools for a short time
through the winter are able to make
but one-ha]f years work within one
school term. This explains why so
many boys and girls (49 per cent of
the first grade and Fl per cent Of
the sixth grade) drop out before fin
ishing the work Of the elementary
school.
To make the campaign for better
attendance truly intelligent and eff
cient it is necessary for each school
district, every county and the state
department to have early in the year
definite information in regard to the
census, school enrolment and attend
ance. To secure the data an attend
anc survey is planned which will re-
Guire little effort but the full COOP
GRAFTON of every teacher, principal,
city superintendent, school clerk and
county superintendent in Montana. In
structions will be sent .soon to county
superintendent who will be asked to
report to the state department total
figures for their county as soon after
October 3 as the data can be secured
REAL BULLDOGGING FEAT
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ven into a powerful and fascinating
drama. The lure of the Purple For
hidden City-the customs and super
stitionsv of secret China-the gorgeous
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pageantry and pomp which surrounds
the orient with golden glamor is
shown with a touch of magic which
brings romance to life.
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NAZIMOVA TO BE SEEN
IN "THE RED LANTERN
Nazimova, the distinguished Rus
sian star, will be the feature in the
powerful Metro super-feature, "The
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The Flag.
New York Herald.

From the New York Herald
We have all read of the Roman
eagles, the crescent and cross. the
white and the red roses. the meteor
flag Of England, the Cross of St.
George, the white plume and banner
Of Henry ", the lilies and tricolor
of France; but none of these tells
more thrilling story than that of our
own Stars and Stripes. All speak the
martial spirit of mankind. the throb-
bling of human hearts in the battles
of life and the inspiration that BAN
ners and waving emblems furnish.
From the earliest days the flags of
nations have stirred men to heroism
and led them to deeds of valor.
The story of the Stars and Stripes
is not complete without the Union
flag of 1774; the old Prospect Hill
Cambridge flag of Israel Putnam.
with the words IAN Appeal to
Heaven: the flag of Col. Moultrie of
South Carolina, in 1775; the great
Union flag of 1776; the flag of the
commander-in-ch chief ofthe American
Navy Of 1916. with it's yellow field and
Don't tread on me-" This was the
over the Alfred.
Around the traditions of the Stars
and Stripes are twined the stories of
Betsy Ross, who. in response to the
request of Col. Ross, Robert Morris
and George Washington, with nimble
hands and patriotic heart fashioned
the flag which, one year later, was
made the national flag by resolution
of Congress.
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A PAGE IN THE
DICTIONARY
BY DIR. FRANK CRANE.
Copyright. 1912

What are you doing, Horatio?
Reading the dictionary.
Reading the dictionary? I didn't
know anybody ever read dictionary
/ supposed you only went to 1t when
you wanted to find out the meaning or
pronunciation of a word.
Well. that's one way to use it. But
sometimes 1 like just to read 1T. Do
you know it's a most surprising book
It's as full of the unexpected and the
unknown as dime novel. There are
words 1 never heard of.
Here's a page, for instance. includ-
ing from aerobioscope to aescuiaPlan'
in the Standard dictionary. Now,
first thing, what is an aerobioscope!
1t is an apparatus for seeing how
many little living things. microbes.
etc, are in a given volume OF air. Did
you ever hear Of one?
Never did.
OF course you didn't, and you never
heard of an aerocyst nor an aeroduc-
tor either. did you?
Never yet.
Well, the first is a little air bladder
that keeps a seaweed afoat, and the
other is an instrument for conveying
air to an unborn child.
TIL be switched!
Exactly. And do you know the diff
ference between an aerograph and an
aerolite? -.
l do not.
One of EN- is message sent by
wireless and the other is a sort of me-
teor that falls to earth. :
You don't say! i'!its
Yep. And here's aeronef, a word
meaning any kind of. an aircraft ex-
cept a balloon; it was used by Jules
Verne. And. then, here's aeropleustic.
meaning pertaining to aerial naviga-
operation for letting air artificially
into the air passages. and aeroscepsy,
or the perception of atmospheric
changes by certain insects.
Never heard tell of any of 'em.
Neither did 1. nor of an aerosiderite,
aerosite (means the same as pyragy-
rite. whatever that may bel: nor of
aerotropism. 1.-THE turning OF roots
from the direction of their natural
growth by means of gases
/ should say not!
And did you know that the science
Of ballooning COT craft lighter than
air3 is called aerostation, as distin-
guished from aviation, which is the
science of flying with machines heav-
Ter than air?
Nay, nay, Horatius.
T reckon not. Outside of friend die
tionary where will you find such sue
culent bits Of information? Where.
for instance. will you see the word
aerugo, meaning copper rust; or
aesion, kind Of hawk; or aeschro-
lalia, meaning obscene speech; or
aescigenin, chemical compound de-
rived from horse chestnut seeds; or
aeschynomene. or sensitive plants?
/ must say, as one would observe in
the colored language. that them Is
awful knowledgable words"
Rather! I love to ramble from
page to page in the dictionary, for to
see and to behold how many words
there are in the English language
that never dreamed of in my widest
nightmare.
Perhaps you're right. The diction-
airy is mighty fine reading, of course,
only. as the Teller says, it changes the
subject too often.
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HOMES RESTORED
BY ANT|-BOL SHEV|K|
Yudenitch Presses Forward
IrresistibIy in Battle
for Pe.rograd.
BY GEORGE WHITE.

BY Gable to The Star and Chicago
Daily News. Copyright. 1919.
ON THE RUSSIAN FRONT, October
%. via Copenhagen. Denmark, october
24.-Frorh a hill top at the front
saw Petrograd, the forbidden city,
today through strong binoculars.
could plainly discern the white
palaces. the green cupolas of hundreds
of churches. thousands of chimneys
and factory smokestacks. but no
smoke poured forth as a sign of in
dustry and home comfort.
The city rose on the distant horizon
like a fata morgana, the peaceful
picture being disturbed only by the
roar OF the guns below me and little
white clouds as the shells exploded.
Gen. Yudenitch's men are pressing
the Russian metropolis is certain within
a week.
Gatschina was cleared of bolshe-
Wiki four days ago. 1t is still suffer-
ing from the after effects of four
months of life under the reds. The
liberators. They are bitter against
the reds. who took everything, freely
distributing houses and livestock
among the bolsheviki. The peasants
were found to be living in residences
formerly Inhabited by their superiors.
to its rightful owners.
The sound of guns is heard here
day and night. The front is half way
between GatSchina and Petrograd,
and the fighting is in the last stage.
The bolsheviki are desperate, as is
shown by the fact that they have
thousands of boys of thirteen and
fourteen in the front line trenches.
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Though Queen Mary is known to
have simple tastes in all matters re-
lating to her dress. nevertheless her
majesty's wardrobes are well filled.
The wardrobes are divided into two
sections, one for the state robes and
the other for the queens ordinary
dresses.
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A Sound Objection.

Dolly Dill wouldn't marry the
best man in the world
Harold Huggins-Man hater?
Dolly-By no means. But the best
man in the world would be so en-
tirely good l never could get any
thing on him.