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work, he told Tom LOTUS he had seen
pitcher who knocked the glove off
the catcher's hand every time he threw
ball. LOTUS acted slowly on the
hint and Pat Tebeau landed Cy for
Cleveland. When he saw Cobb down
South he declared the Georgian was
so fast he should have been race
horse. Tyrus stole six bases in the
game @Asch" saw him work. He rec
commended his purchase by Cincinnati,
but Red management could not figure
Cobb in their scheme.
Was Wonderful Backstop.
Aschenback found long Larry Nc
Lean up in New Brunswick. He want
ed to send him to Chicago, but "Asch'
couldn't raise 500, the price of Larry's
release, so the deal crumbled. Larry
finally landed with the Giants. He
was wonderful receiver, but Mclean
did not last long, because he would
not observe club rules. Aschenback
recommended many youngsters and
practically all of them made good in
their quest for steady Jobs in the big
show, and not a few of them really
became topliners.
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BASEBALL
STORIES

Jack Lelivelt may be slow afoot, but
he can still whale the apple.
Pitcher Smith Of the Phillies seems
to be member of that famous family
of hitters.
George Shestak, catcher, recently
out of the army, has joined the st.
Joseph team.
barry Harper is after the title of
hare luck champion pitcher Of the
American league.
If there is anything in a name,
Ponder, the Pittsburgh pitcher, should
keep the opposition guessing.
Pitcher Oscar Harstad, who spent
last year in ship yard, has been
taken on by Portland and is trying to
come back.
Manager Branch Hickey doesn't ap-
pear on the coaching lines at all. He
uses the wigwag system entirely. The
players make up for Rickey's mod
esty.
Walter McCredie says the spitball
should be abolished in the Pacific
Coast league. which is a pretty good
sign that McCredie has no spitball on
his pitching staff.
Carrying two first basemen on
club is novelty. That's what the
Pittsburgh club is doing and Manager
Bezdek shows no signs of letting
either Safer or MollwitJ go.
Whatever happened to Hi Jasper to
make him shine like star is some
thing that maybe Clarence Rowland
car answer At any rate he has bali
that has fooled batters pretty well so
far.
Well, 30 1t goes. Between 1910 and
1915 Philadelphia put forward i've
winners, including three
world series champions Now look and
zee what carbuncle Fate has slipped
her for change.
Joe Wood declared year Or so ago i
hat he never would pitch another
.ame. Now. however, he has had : |
.haage Of heart and has volunteere0
o take his turn In the box II Mana !:
~ Tphl thinks he can make Il
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R0OPS COMING TO HELP
COMBAT FOREST FIRES
Congressman Carl Riddick Sends
Word From Washington That Two
Thousand Mep Will Be Sent

Helena. Two thousand federal
sist in fighting forest fires. according
to assurances given to Congressman
Carl w. Riddick by the war depart
ment at Washington and wired here
by Mr. Riddicll The men will be di-
vided between Helena. Missoula and
Kalispell, Mr. Riddick was told.
Forest service officials at AIissoula
had telegraphed TO Washington saying
the fire situation was exceedingly
critical and that 1000 troops were
needed. A request for two airplanes
for scout duty in locating fires also
was, made.
When the forest fires reached the
first critical stage in the latter part
of July, Gov. S. " Stewart wired the
federal authorities to know If troops
were available for use as fire fighters.
At that time he was told they were
not. The state council of defense. of
which the governor is chairman, sent
message asking for troops, and
when the legislature met in special
session July %, memorials were sent
to the war department begging that
the men be sent
In response to the legislatures ap-
peal, the war department wired
Charles 7. Stewart secretary of state,
that the forest service headquarters
in Washington had declined to rec
ommend sending troops because of
recent heavy rains.'' There had been
no rains for two weeks at the time
the war departments reply was re-
ceived
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UMPIRES MAKE GAME
SOUR AND LISTLESS
Frown on EnIivening "Stunts"
by Contestants.
Arblters Allow Absolutely No Talking
Among Opposing Players and
Take Much Aggressive Spirit
Out Of Men.

Funeral-like baseball obviously Is
What the umpires in, the National
league are trying to force on the fans,
judging from the way they curb the
players In their efforts to put little
excitement in the games. They allow
| absolutely no talking among the OPP
posing players to liven hostilities and
| by enforcing this rule to the letter
take much Of the aggressive spirit out
of the men. Some ball clubs and man
| ayers can get away with almost any
thing on the field. but the Cubs dare
not open their mouths, says a writer
in Chicago News. As soon as they do
off the field they go with the urnpires
making all sorts Of threats to fine and
suspend them.
In the second game of recent dou-
bleheader, which the Cubs won from
the Pirates to and 2 to 1, the last
game going IL innings, Umpire KLEIN
displayed his animus toward Presi-
dent Mitchell and the Chicago club.
He gave an inkling of it in ST. Louis
by listening to the remarks made and
finally chasing MerkIe, Paskert and
McCabe from the bench. In the Pirate
game he hoped on Mitchell and sent
him to the bench for protesting on
ball that struck fair, but was called
foul by KLEIN. Then he ordered Coop
or to pitch while Mann was out of the
box and not in the argument. Mann
jumped on the plate and Cooper de-
liberately threw at him. A fight was
expected to ensue and had it taken
place Klein alone would have been re-
sponsible for it.
Officiousness among the umpires in
the league is hurting the game. Fans
do not like to see it. They are full of
red blood and like to see a lot of ac-
tivity on the field. Of course they do
not go to the parks to see the men
come to blows or use their spikes, but
they do like to see them in CONVERSE
tional battles and bump one another
round on the bases. When the UNI
pres check this they take the spice
out of the competition and most play
ers perform with more perfection and
spirit when they are allowed to give
vent to their aggressive feelings. But
the teams, especially the Cubs, do not |
get away with anything of this kind, |
because umpires like Klein and Byron |
run them out of the park almost be- |
fore they start.
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MONTANA'S FOOD BOARD
NOT TO BE REORGANIZEO

Helena.-The Montana branch of the
federal food administration will not
be reorganized to take part in the in
yestigation of the high cost of living,
as requested by Attorney General A.
Mitchell Palmer, but will leave this
work to the Montana trade commits
sion, created by the recent special leg
islative session to handle the prob.
lem, and to f. G. Day, United States
district attorney.
Announcement to this effect was
made by Alfred Atkinson, federal food
administrator for Montana during the
war; Sam d. GOA. director of the d.
vision of conservation. and Walter $.
Hartman. director of the division Of
enforcement.
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MUFFS FIRST FLY IN YEARS
Larry Doyle of Giants, Allows Ball to
Slip Between Fingers in Pr
rate Game.

Those sans who saw Larry Doyle
from the bas of Casey Stepgel in a
recent game between the Giants anG
Pirates, get the ball in his hands. and
allow it to slip through his clutching
fingers to the ground are hereby in
formed that they witnessed very
rare thing. To be specific, Doyle had
not made an error of just that sort
for II long years-that is, he had not
muffed a fly ball under which he had
time to settle himself for the catch.
He blamed his recent detection on the
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GALLAT|N LEADS
IN LAND VALUES
STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION
SAYS MOST VALUABLE LAND
rs LOCATED THERE
NEWS OF THE CAPITAL CITY
Montana Game Law Allows Duck
Shooting on September IS, but
Uncle Sam Says to Wait One
More Day Before Starting

Helena.-The most valuable land in
Montana is situated in Gallatin coun-
sy, according to the decision of the
state board of equalization, which has
completed the work of making land
values uniform in all the counties OF
the state. There the average value OF
all land, irrigated, dry, grazing ana
timber lands, is $29.41 per acre. This
was the figure turned in by the asses
scr. and it was not changed by the
board.
Other counties where the average
value of land is more than $50 per
acre are Carbon, s20.96: Cascade,
S2464; Fergus, $22.96; Flathead,
1920 Pondera, $26.65; Ravalli,
S22.14; Teton. $22.91 Yellowstone,
S2416 All these are the original fig
ures of the assessors, with the excep-
tion of Yellowstone, where the board
made an increase of 20 per cent.
Increase of 100 per cent on the as
SCISSORS valuation of stock cattle In
jefferson county and on three-year--
old cattle in Mineral, Silver Bow and
Valley counties were features of the
boards work in finding uniform values
of livestock in all counties OF the
state.
Upward changes were made in the
livestock returns of % counties, de-
creases were made in two, and % were
approved by the board as sent in by
the assessors.
The decreases were in Garfield and
Toole counties. In the first the value
of two-yeal-old cattle was cut 20 per
cent, and in the second a 30 per cent
reduction was made i'm the same class.
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In these days when minor leagues
are not enthusing over the business OF
sending players to the majors, unless
they bring large amount of cash
scouts are not so much of necessity
as they were several years ago, when
1t was all the rage to dig up material
in the bushes and send it to the big
show for the polishing process.
Despite the fact that baseball scouts
are scarce this season, the dyed-in-the-
wool fans will never tire of talking of
the experiences and successes, for to
their lot fell some very interesting in
cidents.
Aschenback's Record.
Of all the scouts known to baseball
followers there are none who may
boast of the record held by Ed Aschen-
back, -discoverer of Cy Young, Ty
Cobb, Nick Altrock, Larry Mclean and
host of others who won places in
basebalPs stardom. Aschenback seemed
to be able to tell the future of a
player the minute he clapped an eye
on the youngster and he rarely went
wrong when he really became enthused
over lad
When Aschenback saw Cy Young
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Speeders Put in Jail.

Butte.-In default of bonds in the
sum of $1,000 each, George Grovitch
and Mako Metler are being held in
the county Jail ON the charge Of reck-
less driving.
1t is said these men are responsible
for the automobile accident recently
when Mrs G. O. MagiH and Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred HolbrOok were seriously In
jured, so much so that Mrs. Magill,
mother of Mrs. Holbrook, is not ex-
pected to live. Her left side was
crushed, and she was picked up II ,
critical condition.
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FIELDER KIBBLE BREAKS LEG
Grief in Sliding Into Base
Spikes Caught IN Dirt

Jack Kibble, left fielder for Bloom
ngton fIll.), the league leaders In the
Ehree-I league, broke his right leg In
:wo places in 4 recent Terre Haute-
Bloomington game. Kibble, after get
ing a clean hit, attempted to advance
% second on 4 high foul ball caught
y the catcher and caught his spikes
n dirt u he slid safe into second
)ase. One break was It the ankle
md the other Just above. Kibble was
nrmeriy with the Evansville Central
league club.
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Red Kuhn q Policeman.

Walter (Red) Kuhn, former catcher
with the White Sox. who had one eye
put out when towel Vas dipped In
to X On the training trip in 1913 -,
nav ! policeman IN Dallas. They say
he can See more with one eye than
ooane policennea En- WITH twol
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second game of the series between
the Giants and Cardinals at the Polo
grounds Wednesday. when he led his
club on attack with four resounding
blows, including a double and triple,
and played sensational game at third
base. Hornsby will continue to hold
down third the remainder of the sea-
son. That is his natural position. the
post he prefers most to play. John
ny Levan has been going so well as
shortstop with the Cards that Hornsby
will be. kept at third, where he is a
tower Of strength
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Duck Season Soon Open.


Montana nimrods who start hunt
ing ducks on September u, instead of
waiting till the sixteenth, will be
within the provisions of the state law,
but will be violating the federal law
relative to migratory birds. Under
the state statute the season on ducks
opens on September Is. but under the
United States law it is one day later.
If the sportsman knows ii is not
a migratory duck he is taking a shot
at he is perfectly safe from liability
NJ. D. Chatfield, a Helena druggist
and well known sportsman, has re-
.ceived n letter from e. W. Nelson,
chief of the bureau of the biological
survey dealing particularly with
hunting ducks in a motor boat. which
is prohibited by the federal regula-
lions. A boat that has removable
motor is not motor boat after the
motor is removed. and when the hunt
er merely used the motor to carry
him to his hunting ground and then
removes it he is not violating the law,
provided he dses not take undue adj
vantage of the motor by disconnecting
it lust before he is ready to shoot, ac-
cocding to the letter.
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HORNSBY STARS IN ST. LOUIS
mirers He Is Fully so Per
Cent of Team.

Rogers Hornsby is 80 per cent Of the
st. Louis ball club, according to one
of his ardent admirers. Hornsby GER
tainly looked as valuable as that in the
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fact that he had not yet fully recov-
cred from injury to his head. His
head, he says, fairly swan as he
scrambled backward to get under the
looping pellet, and he was so dizzy
that he could barely get his hands on
the ball, to say nothing OF holding It
firmly.
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Road Districts Provided.

Division of the state into four dis
tricts for the purpose of better han
ding the problem of highway con-
struction was one of the accomplish
ments of the executive committee of
the commission in it's recent meeting
held at the state capitol. Billings,
Glasgow, Great Falls and Helena will
be the division points.
The committee announced the ap-
pointment of Frank e. Phillips of
Portland Ore, as bridge engineer.
The bridge department and the design
ing department of the engineering
staff will be consolidated and Mr.. Phil
lips will be in charge. l.. G. Beattie
formerly was bridge engineer and G. A.
Kyle construction engineer. Both re-
signed to enter other positions.
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Hogs Immunized against Cholera.

DR. Rudolph Snyder, in charge of
the federal bureau Of animal industry
in Montana, has returned from Miles
City and Forsyth, where he assisted
in the campaign to control the out
break of hog cholera which killed I53
hogs in one week. About 100 hogs In
the neighborhood of the infected ami
mails were immunlzed by use of serum
and quarantine has been established.
DIR. Snyder believes the situation is
under control
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Food Licenses Due.

Fifteen thousand Montana firms and
individuals engaged in the sale OF
food and other necessaries have re-
ceiyed notice that their license fees
are due and payable under the pro-
visions OF house bill number IA, the
so-called "profiteer' bill passed by the
recent special session Of the legisla-
ture. The notices are sent from the
office Of Frank Cone, chosen as state
market director by the Montana trade
commission.
The licenses now issued will expire
on December 81 Of this year.
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State Sells Land.

Sixteen hundred acres of state land
were sold recently for S21.S40 at auc-
tions conducted at Forsyth and Miles
City by Sidney Miller. register OF state
lands, and his assistant, George b..
Hopkins
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Compensation for bullet wound re-
ceived while at work, but inflicted by
the accidental discharge of a rifle in
the hand of a friend who had called
at the garage where the victim was
working. is asked of the state indus
trial accident board by Frank J. Ben
lamin of Manhattan. 1t is intimated
the board will reject the claim on the
ground that the employer cannot be
responsible for the act of a casual
visitor at the plant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-14
SPINACH SCARCE.

of
of the
the shnr
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Hun Garrison Joins spartacans.

BERN. Sunday. January II (by the
Associated Press) THE German gar
rison at Constance, Baden. has joined
the Spartacans and obtained complete
control of the town. The soldiers
have occupied the town hall and dis
armed the population.
The revolution is considered reac-
ton against the socialist defeat in
the recent elections for the Ba6enese
national council, in which the bour-
i.eois parties obtained 4 large majority.
Reports from Constance state that
the people of the city are hoping for
allied intervention.
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ELECTION CONTEST
WITH COMMITTEE
Ford and Newberry, Michi-
gan Candidates. Invited
to Testify.

The election contest brought by
turer, who ran on the democratic
ticket for United States senator in
Michigan, and was defeated on the
face of returns by Truman H. New
berry, republican. was taken up today
by the Senate privileges and cleo
tons committee, which decided to in
vite the two candidates to appear be-
fore the committee personally or by
attorneys next Friday.
1t is not expected that either Mr..
Ford or Commodore Newberry will APP
pear, but both are expected to send
counsel
Explanation is desired from both
sides in the contest. senators ex-
test, particularly with reference to
preservation of the ballots. A motion
by Senator Reed of Missouri. demo-
crat. to invite the contestants or their
attorneys was adopted unanimously
by the committee.
The committee today decided to Sc
cure full information from both can
didates before proceeding further
with Mr.. Ford's petition 1t was ad-
vised that a bill to preserve the bal
lots is proposed in the Michigan legis-
1ature. and also that a court injunc-
ton against destruction of the ballots
may be extended. In view of the I'M
certainty, however, it was deemed ad-
visab1e to get first-hand information
from the contestants or their repre-
sentatives.
Jurisdiction of the committee to in
vestigate the election of member of
the next Congress was a question
raised anew at today's committee
meeting, but its disposition was de-
ferred
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DEATH OF CHARLES E. WEST.
Vice President and Treasurer of
Rudolph & West Co. for Years.

Charles F. West, vice president and
treasurer of the Rudolph & West Com
pany for number of years, died Sat
urday at his home, 1892 Clifton street.
Funeral services were held this after
noon at his late home at o'clock
Rev. DR.. James L. Gordon, assisted by
Rev. w. P. johnson. both of the First
Church, officiated
Mr.. West was the SON of Thomas
j. and Mary Elizabeth West and had
been lifelong resident of Washington
He retired from active business life five
years ago on account of his hearth.
He is survided by his wife, Virginia
A. West; SON. Charles Myron West:
two sisters and three brothers. Inter-
ment was at Congressional cemetery
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-14
1t Is a McDougall

Ever wonder why some housewives find kitchen work
easy?
You may be that there is a McDougall Cabinet
standing ready to receive everything hur1edy cleared
off the table from sugar and salt the kettles in which
the food prepared
With no doors in the way OF rapid movements, because
there the exclusive McDousall auofront that rolls
instead OF protruding the table top
Or, when the cake has to be made. improved flour
sitter Sits the -four thoroughly i'll minimum of seconds,
without leaving trace OF Whteness to clean up
And. when she is through, one quick wiping OF the
porceiron table top leaves snowy white and shining
Which reminds that McDougal Kitchen Cabinet
with porceiron top as low as $780, and there is
very satisfactory style with aluminium top low
$3450.
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HOW j. s. MEN FARE
NARCHANGEL AREA
Col. Stewart Reports Health
and Morale Good and
Supplies Ample.

Col. George e. Stewart, command
snSel sector of Russia. in a message
received at the War Department to-
Gay under date of January IL report
Cd that he had made a personal tour
of the wide front over which the
Americans are scattered and found
the general health. discipline and mo-
rale of the men excellent and their
Clothing and equipment ample.
Total deaths from all causes among
the force, which numbers about 5000.
were given as six Officers and 121 en-
listed men,
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LEBKNECHT FLIES
berlin, |SREPORT
Police Chief Eichorn Also
Missing-Their Arrest
! Sought by Government.
OISARMING POPULATION
by the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
COPENHAGEN. January 14.-Dr
Karl Liebknecht. the Spartacan
leader. is reported to have fed from
Berlin to Leipzig, according to adj
vices received here. Chief of Police
Eichhorn. according to the Vorwaerts
of Berlin. has fed to Denmark, using
a passport obtained from the Danish
legation some days ago. a large mass
OF documents has been seized at Eich
horns residence.
The government at Berlin %has
issued warrants for the arrest of DR..
I.iebkuecht, Rosa Luxembourg and
Eichhorn. The war minister is
quoted as saying that loyal troops
have begun search for arms with
view to disarming the population of
Berlin.
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Spartacans Are Executed.

LONDON. Tuesday. January IA (bg
the Associated FFcSS).-MemberS of
the SpartacuS faction in Germany
have been court-ma rtialed and exc
cuted. according to u wireless dis
patch from Berlin picked up here.
The dispatch follows:
The number of killed and wounded
during recent lighting has been eX-
traordinarilv high. but the exact fig
ureS are not known as yet The
Spartacus people court msrtialed and
shot seven government soldiers. Such
acts had to be met with reprisals."
The dispatch confirms reports that a
son of DIR. Karl Liebknecht has been
arrested and that Rosa Luxembourg.
DIR. Liebknechts chief lieutenant, has
fled from Berlin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-14
GRANDMOTHER KNEW
There Was Nothing So Good
for Congestion and Colds
as Mustard

But the old-fashfoned mustard plaster
burned and blistered while it acted.
Get the relief and help that mustard
piasters gave, without the plaster and
without the blister.
MustefOle does IT. 1t Is clean.
white ointment. made with oil of mnS-
tard. 1t Is scientifically PREF AIRED. so
that 1t works wonders. ana yet does
not blister the tenderest skin.
Just massage MusterOle in with the
finger tips gently. See how quickly 1t
brings relfef-hOw speedily the pain
disappears.
Use Muster0le for sore throat, bren-
chitis, tOnsfHtis. Group, stiff neck.
asthma, neuralgia, headache, eGnEes-
ton, pleurisy, rheumatism, IuynbaEo,
pains and aches of the back or joints,
n rains, sore muscles, bruises, chill
blafns, frosted feet, colds of the chest
lit often prevents pneumonia).
3Oc and 6Oc jars; hospital size, $3.50.