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The Monticellonian., 1919-07-25
MISC ELLANEOUS.

New York.-Carrying with them
wealth estimated By the immigration
officials at $28,000.000. almost soon
Italians sailed from New YorL on
three Italian liners, the Caserta, Gui-
seppi Verdi and Re dItalia They are
bound for Naples and Genoa.
The British Admiralty has placed
contracts for a salvage of the German
warships sunk by their crews in Scapa
Flow.
Following an explosion in a shed
in which man supposed to be f. May
hood of Benwood. W Va. was killed.
and Leonard Keline Of Benwood in
jured, authorities found $4,000 in
War Savings Stamps and Liberty
Bonds.
Three naval aviators were pinned to
the bottom of the Delaware river and
drowned when a large fve-passenger
seaplane plunged into shallow water
off the Philadelphia navy yard Two
others in the seaplane at the time
were injured.
The labor situation In Cairo, Egypt.
is not improving. New syndicates are
being formed and fresh strikes an
nounced on all sides
Car service on the street, subway
and elevated lines in Boston and in IL
adjacent cities and towns was tied
up by d strike of 5000 union employees
of the Boston elevated railway system
American Distinguished Service
Crosses and French War Crosses won
by American soldiers in battlefields of
France are obtainable in New York
pawnshops fer So
Assertions that Mrs. Richard Croker.
Sr., is not a Cherokee princess but was
born in Oklahoma of Hebrew parent
age. have been made by Croker's two
sons, Richard. Jr, and Howard, and
his daughter. Ethel
Rear-Admiral Robert E. Peary's Arc
tic exploration ship. the steamer
Roosevelt, was sold at public auction
by the Federal Bureau of Fisheries to
Seattle pilot and tugboat owner for
$4,000
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personal

Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, arriy
ing al Southampton, declared thar it
lis all rot to thiak YOU can compel a
country to be dry. 1T is a physical
impossibility," he said
Alexander Ray, uncle of E. Lansing
Ray, president of St Louis Globe
Democrat, died at Big Twin Lakes
Wis. age 81 years.
Count Won Ulrieh Brockdorff Rant
Eau has been accepted by the Govern
ment as German minister to Austria.
OF the casuals returning from
France on the cruiser Pueblo were 600
soldiers classified unofficially as
''roughnecks of the A f. F."
W. j. Bryan rode camel in a pa
rade at Columbus. Ohio 1t treated
him with more consideration than the
elephant did ON three occasions when
he ran for President.
The Monticellonian., 1919-07-25
Japanese Trees fer America.

For the first time in the annals of
Japan'S foreign trade Japanese mer-
chants of Yokohama and Tokyo re-
Gently received, through the medium
Of the Yokohama plants and vege-
tables inspection bureau, orders from
the United States for 2,000.000 young
persimmon trees, according to the
Eastern Commerce. Several experts
from that bureau are now making an
inspection of such trees brought TO
Tokyo from Angyo, Saitama prefee-
ture, and other districts of eastern
Japan, where the trees are largely
grown. The merchants concerned have
found il difficult to execute all the or
derS, and 1t is expected that only half
of the number Will be shipped during
this year.
For many years past dried persim-
mons have been exported from Yoke
hama to the United States in large
quantities. 1t Is reported that last
year method for extracting astrin-
gent Juice from persmmons was in
vented in the United States and this
is the reason for the large order of
young perslmmon trees from Japap
In addition to persimmon trees the
The Monticellonian., 1919-07-25
FOB EIGN

Baron Kurt Won Lersner, the head OF
the German mission in Versailles had
been appointed charge d'affaires -
look after German interests in France.
Switzerland will float loan in the
United States of between So 100000
and $4ooo0009.
GeaeFa.-James B. McCreary, an
American Y. NJ e. \. secretary. %
years old was killed at Prague when
he was struck by a swerving Italian
hydro-Airplane which had just passed
under bridge over the river.
1t is officially announced at Ham,
burg that 500 vessels having that city
as their home port and having totd
displacement of 1,1620 cubic metets
have been delivered to the Entente
Powers
London-The London Daily Express
offers a prize of $4,000, open to the
whole world. with the exception of the
late enemy countries, for an air fight
establishing communication on a COM
mercial basis With India and South
Africa.
Berlin.-The official control board
has released sufficient imported lea
Their for the production of 100000
pair of shoes in order to restrict
the importation of ready-made foot
wear The supply will be allotted
among the factories throughout Ger
many.
sympathy with the idea of the
league of nations, and AN expression
of willingness to be satisfied with the
role of a participating member in
that organization was expressed in the
/ Austrian reply to the allied peace
/ terms.
The first chamber of the Dutch
Parliament has adopted a motion t
introduce woman suffrage in Holland
The vote was "a to 5.
Race riots in the northern part o
England and Wales have created ;
stir throughout the country becaus,
negroes have married waite women.
The Monticellonian., 1919-07-25
CONGRE SStONAI

Amended to provide S14,000,O00 in
stead of S6.000.0oo for the rehabilita-
ton OF wounded soldiers, sailors and
marines, the sandry civil appropriation
bill, which was vetoed by the Presi-
dent, was passed by the House and
sent to the Senate.
Three treaties extending for a
period of five years the arbitration con
ventions made some years ago with
Italy, Spain and the Netherlands We're
ratified by the Senate.
President Wilson will continue his
conference with Republican Senators
on the peace covenant until he has
gone through the entire list
Signing Of the Reaee treaty with
Germany las resulted IN a decision by
the Department OF Justice that the
great majority Of German and Aus
trian enemy Aliens now at large on
parole MY be released safely from
all parole obligations.
Resumption of mail service between
the United States and Germany, eff
fective Immediately. was provided in
an order signed by PostmasterGeneral
Burleson
President Wilson has requested
Senator Hitchcock 70 take charge of
the fight in the Senate on behalf OF
the League of Nations and the peace
treaty
Renewed recommendation that man
nfacturers be permitted by law to fix
and maintain resale prices. subject to
review by disinterested agency, was
made by Federal Trade Commission.
The Monticellonian., 1919-07-25
ACCIDENTS.

Three East st. Louis youths, harvest
bound. were run over and killed by a
Chicago & Alton Railroad train one
mile east of Marshall, Mo, while
asleep on the track. They had laid
down there to escape chiggers.
Fred Feldsehau. of Sheboygan, won
bet on who could stay under the
water he longer. His body W re-
covered Line minutes after contest
ants Owed
Three persons are dead and six in
Jured from the wreck of an automo-
bile and an interurban car t Okla
homa City.
The British airship NS11. which left
Pulham was struck by lightning and
the crew. said to number four men.
was lost.
Twenty-Five persons were injured.
several probably fatally. when light
ming struck a crowded Hamilton ave
nue. street car at Fifth and Wood
streets. Pittsburg.
Lieut. Frank S. Caldwell, % years
old. of Belfast. Ireland, member of the
British Royal Air Forces, was killed
at McGook Field in 7OO-foot fail
from an airplane
While playing polo with his children.
Abram |. fikins. former ambassador
to Turkey, fell frora his horse and
suffered fracture the right arm.
Two officers and tw, enlisted men
were killed and TWO soldiers injured
when an automobile struck the rail
of the bridge over Greater Hunting
Creek, Alexandria. Va, and plunged
into The water.
The Monticellonian., 1919-07-25
LIKE MATTY, LANNlN
IS CHECKER EXPERT
Maqnate One Of Most Capable
Players in County.
Long Before Owner Of Boston Red So
Ever Thought Of Becoming owner
of Champion Baseball Team
fie Was Checker Fan.

Baseball fans have heard Sc much
about the eXpertness of Chrlsty
Mathewson in checkers they have been
led to believe that Big Six is without
a rival in the ranks of organized
baseball. such is not the case, how
ever for Joseph j. Lannin, erstWhlle
owner of the Boston Red Sex and lead
ing spirit in the international league
when he is in practice can give Chris
" the game of his life at the checker
board.
Long before Lannin became identl-
fed with baseball he was 4 checker
fan Not only did he indulge i'll the
game for his own amusement and pas
time but he backed with his hankrott
some of the leading checker players III
the United States.
Long before Mr.. Lannin ever thought
of becoming the owner of world :
champion baseball team his thoughts
were on checkers lie was only
eighteen years old when his interest
turned to the game up in Massachu-
sets. He soon perfected his play TO
such degree that he vanquished all
the so-called country store champions
in the locality. Then he set about TO
conquer the champs of the towns IN
the immediate vicinity. As a mem
Der of the Boston Checker club he
took part in II great number Of ellb
matches and often travelled long dis
tanees to see matches played. Les
than ten years ago he travelled from
Boston to Toledo to watch a match IN
which player he had backed was en-
gagged. He was rewarded for his pains
by seeing his player lose.
Mr.. Lannin has always believed
that checkers were in no small way
responsible for the success of Mathew
son on the pitching mound. Big SIX
realized from his experience at the
checker board that a ball game is not
over in one inning; the score at the
end of the game is what counts In
baseball just as it does in checkers.
Checkers helped Matty to plot and
plan at the beginning of Il bali game,
as he had done many a time At check
ers. and taught him many other les
sons of strategy on the ball feif
The Monticellonian., 1919-07-25
Praise for YELLOW Hammer.

Few birds have So manf seals
connected with their n4aes as Y
yellow hammer has In England WIG =
the old wives used to tel fhd' y
scratches and hiere&lYphies en- i =, =.
We're the handwriting Of cid Atfk ~, ~.
self, They do say. tee, that tls ~, -
drinks drup o the d evils Nv,
every Monday morning. eeflall"' ~
bad way To begin the week. o.
as l can learn the yellow nsillu ~
really harmless chap. I've ap @,,.
loved the name given by the i'"1
to the young of this species Ni''V Il
"rIgoletto." the name Of the court y
In a well-known opera. -isAeiii"'
The Monticellonian., 1919-07-25
REGRET PASSING OF CRUISE
st. Louis Fans Sorry to Sec outfieIder
Go to Boston-Had Sprung
Charley Horse.

Many st. Louis fans will regret the
passing of Walter Cruise from the Car
dinals to Boston as Wally has played
great ball from time 70 time, especially
in 1917,
Miller liuggins picked up Cruise In
the spring of 1914, while the Cardinals
We're training in Jacksonville. Fla.
Wally was with the Jacksonville club
at that time and made such an impress
sion on Hug that he brought the out
heider home with him. Wally failed
70 stick, Higgins sending him to st.
faai." Cruise made good there and was
recalled. He sprung charley horse
inns spring and has not been at his
best.
The Monticellonian., 1919-07-25

John fStuffy) McInnis, first baseman
Of the worlds champion Boston Red
Sox. has been for many years now
past one of the striking wonders of
the game. If one were looking for
first baseman among crowd of uni
formed men on the bench McInnis is
about the very last man he would sus-
poet of class for the position. Phys
ically he is a living refutation, in ap-
pearance, of everything a good first
saeker is supposed to be in these
times of highly developed specialties.
TO begin with he is a chunky look
ing fellow who bellies his five feet ten
inches. He is somewhat deliberate of
action off the field
Class of First Basemen.
Yet Mclnnis comes very near to be-
Ing the class of first basemen of the
American League, circuit which
boasts of Il number of rare profess
SIGNALS of exceptional merit. Wally
Plpp and George SiSler among them,
the last two mentioned of the south
paw variety of course.
To begin with MeInnis is one of the
niftiest and surest infielders of the
game, for if he lacks any way in phys
zeal hahdieaps he more than makes
up for the deficiency in agility. And
if he foozles wild throw now and
then that a bigger mana Chase or
a Pipp-might get he more than makes
UP the difference in the deadly punch
he carries ut bat. For McInnis is
800 hitter in every accepted sense of
the word.
In the last nine campaigns, since he
first gained recognition as regular
player III fast company, McInnis has
The Monticellonian., 1919-07-25
Nifty First Baseman of Boston Red sox.

failed but twice to bat better than 500.
His successful campaign last season
with the worlds champions witnessed
his Ightest hitting performance. He
batted only 30 in Boston. Once be-
fore. only, he failed to qualify in the
charmed circle. That was in 1916.
He dubbed for .295 that year as II
member of the Athletics. But it WIS
only a remnant of the old machine
with which Connie Mack had Won four
championships and three world cham
pionships. McInniS at the time WAS
the sole survivor of the illustrious
hundred thousand dollar infield"
Best Hitting Year.
In 1912, the year Jake Stahl's Red
Sex nosed out the Athletics, McInnis
had his best hitting year, .327. md
that year. too. he stole the most bases.
81 The next year, when the Quakers
beat the Giants for the second time
in the worlds series. McInnis hit
326. In 1911 ne dubbed SOL. He hit
81 in each of the seasons of 1911
and 1915, and 1903 in 1917. his Inst
year with the Athletics 1t can be
seen. then. that Stuffy is consistent
as we'll as brilliant hitter.
McInnis was one of many brilliant
phenoms unearthed and sehooled by
Connie Mack for the purpose of re-
construction after his great team of
19o5-which was beaten by McGraw's
Giants in the worlds series-had gone
10 seed. The list included such other
iliustrious personages as Home Run"
Baker, Jack Barry and Eddie Collins.
all of them still in the game and GO
ing strong rs ever, apparently.
The Monticellonian., 1919-07-25
Josh Devore.

one years old. as shown ty the official
dope book, which yearly prints his
record from the time he broke into
baseball in the Cotton States leagne in
1906. Devare shows eurmarks of max
ing great comeback. His pins are
steady again. he is a good fielder, n
good base runner and he has been
knocking the stitches out of the old
apple since he Joined the Indians. Josh
WIS married last winter, and his more
settled habits since that time appear
TO have given him news life.
The Monticellonian., 1919-07-25

! starts about ten miles east of Colon
and rises steadily, eliminating In the
peak of Cerro Bruja (3.200 feet abom
10 miles south of the town of porto
Bello. East of ceEro Bfuia peak thq
Rio PiedraS rises almost in the basin
of the Chagres flows north around the
base of Cerro Brujo. then west, and
emptieS into the sea half way between
Colon and Porto Bello. The Piedrass
one Of The largest rivers of Panama
but YOU will not find 1t on any man
even its mouth having been mistaken
for Il lagoon Of the sea when the coast
line WAS charted.
The Rio Grande. figuring largely on
existing maps. Is an insignificant little
stream, several miles long. really I'm.
worthy of name. Beyond the waller
of the upper Piedras rises Il really in.
posing range of mountains called Ger.
re- SaXimo, eliminating ia a peak some.
where south OF NOmhre d. DoS. which
must attain an altitude f from GoN
10 5000 feet. | In n, am tie 0nly
one who has ever viewed tbs range.
rs il seems - n Invisible from any
place where there is aHt trace of hH.
map holmes mud ia nsasaaeo i bars.
ly noted on only one cd mp. with no
Indication os ia IL a4ffzaas
d. - 49,,
MUST confess 10 sbs1idte iheoF-
potency Wheh II comes To i desefipti9a
OF tle nora OF the jungle, lheoHpr
teh0} h"th scientific md aasalslle. /
telbt II the jungle - = NHele can De
3eNcfibed-lt can elllA he hafNeled at
II i beaIlllul, appearing terrifying. l
/ never cease to wonder ut tde trees
giant inefas, bergen, -eaFafllieS4'
eeibaS rubber, and liz. BE enormous
trunks win great buttfessea roofs Il'f
/ ioo feet without limb ana usl
spread out literally y niue the sAl'
Limbs, so laSh that enc can sea'fe'
see ''ieii' "iiiolE tHe i''''N - 9lop ',4l '.
~ '''' - ''',' ''ii9 'ei''-.'ae nv, -,
ti'e Nig ~ iissliis u soiiie i.,',,,.
snip men 'hefe y ti'e ss''Ha -,
7''F ill., h'iii'iiea sai iel.'9 u
ms anu Palil'S' sai5''o - i'a'u,s -,
EioM III Se'i'laarNl1esss 1on3s9 u
9"'i''Si'' ~ 'i'eit s1a''t he's''o0''
Inc BIRD HE is no less Wohqefiu
thah me vegetation. Inc faiia.'
jungle IS alive with bras. Inc Aaii[p
ana coloring are truly remafkable' "
The Monticellonian., 1919-07-25
HOW SISLER LEARNED
TO PLAY INITIAL BAG

pitching came natural to ne;
batting, too but I was positive
that first base would not be 81
easy. didn't ask many ques-
tons; simply watched the other
fellows in the league. I thought
# | could catch them with one
hand like Stuffy McInnis I'd be
satisfied. saw how Walter
Pipp shifted his feet and
stretched for yards. and l saw
how Chic Gandil went in the dirt
for the low throws.
Nelnnis. Pipp and GandH
taught me how to play first base.
studied them and used them
for my teachers.
The Monticellonian., 1919-07-25
Wouldn't let Anderson Pitch.

Fred Anderson. who quit the Giants
and went back To practicing dentistry
in Charlotte. agreed to pitch for the
Charlotte South Atlantic team in its
home stands. If the management If
the Giants would agree. but Charlotte
was informed that such a thing could
not be allowed u Anderson is tech
nieally under suspension by New York
The Monticellonian., 1919-07-25

II BELIEVE 1t will surprise most
b Americans, and perhaps few OF
8 our field naturalists, to learn that
right at the back door of the
Panama canal lies an almost unknown
jungle wilderness, unmapped and
practically uninhabited in the interior
except for a few very primitive In
dams. Virtually the entire eastern
portion of the republic Of Panama ly-
INK between the canal and Colombia,
roughly 300 miles long by from % to
loo miles wide is unknown, and the
published maps of this country, except
for the Scacoast and the location of
half dozen small towns. are all
faxed, writes Lieut.. Col Townsend
Whelen in Natural History.
It was my good fortune 10 spend The
entire dry seasons December to juno
of 1916 and 1917 exploring a part Of
this country. We found it necessary
to know something Of that portion Of
il nearest the canal. and il fell 10 my
Lot. assisted by Companies Z and II.
TweHtF-ninth United States infantry
70 make preliminary exploration
with a view to planning and expedit-
ing lis accurate mapping BY the en-
sineer corps
In the Real Jungle.
In the Canal zane, which extends ese
miles 10 either side II the canal prae-
ticaly all of the jungle forest has long
since been cut Off and ia It's place has
grown mp q dense. impeneHahle sec
ond group of small trees palms, creep
erS. thornS. and course gratS. But if
one cuts his way through This tangled
growth for about five niles il from
the canal h. comes to tire READ Jungle,
standing up like gigantic wall OF
green verdure. Once in IT all is diff
ferent, even the very climate itself
Ht-e one can wander IT will, unim-
peded by thorns end crecpors, II is
even easier travelling here than in the
woods of our own Northeast, because
rs a rule there is much less down"
timber. 1t is like new world, a world
that one has not even read about.
From the blazing sun and sweltering
heat of the second growth one enters
what is almost an underground world,
cool aud baliny, Everywhere the giant
trees 90 up limbless for from 100 to
200 feet, and then spread out their
verdure, literally hiding the sky Beau
ttful slender palms grow in great pro-
fusion in the semidarkneSs forming
the lower growth, impeding ones view
but not ones progress. Scarcely ever
can one see more than 80 yards and
never does the explorer get an extend
ed view, even from the tops of the
highest mountains. When | first en-
tered the jungle it WAS with an indie
scribable feeling of awe and wonder.
and this feeling has never left me
nay, it persists, drawing me. calling
me to come back, more insistent even
than the call of the North.
Unexplored Mountain Ranges.
That part Of the jungle in which my
most intensive exploration was con
Quoted lies to the east of the city of
Colon, between there and the town of
Nombre de Dois, and extending from;
tire Caribbean coast inland to the head
waters of the Chagres river system.
Between the Chagres basin and the
Caribbean coast rises the eordillera Of
Cerro Bruja, Il mountain range that
The Monticellonian., 1919-07-25
HARRY COURTNEY A WAR HERO
New Haven Pitcher Saw Some of Hot
test Fighting in Recent Mix-Up
Cited for Bravery.

One Of the wars baseball heroes
about whom little has been heard is
Harry Courtney pitcher with the
New Haven team. Courtney saw some
Of the hottest fighting In the war. be-
ing member Of the Foreign Legion
and later with the Second division of
the American army. Twice cited for
bravery and posseSsor Of the coveted
GfoiX de Guerre, Courtney came back
and took his place without any fuss
beng made over him-he is not that
kind.
The Monticellonian., 1919-07-25
Elmer oIIphant VIII Pitch

Elmer oliphant lieutenant in the
army, stationed at Camp Benning. haS
obtained a leave of absence and will
try his hand ut pitching for Atlanta.
oliphant Won fame as baseball and
football star nj West Point and Just
wants 10 see what he can do. as he
doesn't mean TO quit the army for Il
professional baseball career.
The Monticellonian., 1919-07-25
Roston,s LONGEST Drive

Hi Meyers of the Brooklyn Dodgers
is said to have made the longest hit
inside the grounds ever registered at
the Boston Braves park, on June 3.
The ball hit by Meyers struck the
ground in deep center and rolled to the
flag pole. which is about $50 feet from
home plate.
The Monticellonian., 1919-07-25
JOSH DEg0RE IS NO VETERAN
Has Played in Four Worlds Series
With New YORK, Boston and Pitts
hargh-31 Years Old.

Many baseball fans speak of Josh
Bevore Indian outfielder, as an old
veteran. Josh is a veteran in baseball,
and he has record of having played
in four worlds series with New York.
Boston and Pittsburgh. but he is not
an old veteran. lie is only thirty
The Monticellonian., 1919-07-25
Bronkle Doinq Well.

Fears that the Browns infield
would collapse with Joe Gideon out
proved unfounded. Herman Bronkfe
though bit aged, is playing second
base in grand style and hitting the hall
hard
The Monticellonian., 1919-07-25

Yokohama Nursery company and QUIZ
parties have received large orue'
from America for the shipment oil 10
leas and other Towering p!ants.-,~
sui General George IL Scidmore, y
k0hama
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SHORT STORIES TERSELY TOLD FOR
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The War Savings Committee an
nounces that the operations of un-
scrupulous trafickers in Thrift and
War Savings Stamps were being in
yestigated with a view 10 prosecution.
The Monticellonian., 1919-07-25
BIG ED SWEENEY RELEASED
Pirate Catcher Who Was Thought to
Be Most Capable Baekstop Is
Let Go by Pirates.

Big Ed Sweeney, former New York
Yankee catcher, who Was purchased
BY tie Pirates last winter and who
The Monticellonian., 1919-07-25
Az E,r as It Goes.

Some peoples idea of efficiency h
pin a notice on the front door '', @a,is
bell is out Of order. instead u >
1t fixsd.-Ohio State journal
The Monticellonian., 1919-07-25

has been with the club ever since it
spring trained in Birmingham. was
handed his unconditional release.
Merely reducing our expenses. and
we figured Sweeney could be spared. !"
was the excuse given by the manage
ment when questioned as to Why
Sweeney was let out.
The Monticellonian., 1919-07-25


-, 'i''' 0oiiS.hted 10 stay
leae 10 ~ ''''i'''e III Inc southern
'e''9 u
France has .i.,,,.,, IA Il ON
Peoria clnb ~ pay WIZ" me
E,rozb5,.ata. =. -
Three | League ''7 ZEN III ne
Arr FwoI0t former No. ,,.....,,,
basemau bas arrtvad So ,l0''ies 'iiiFd
il, the ootfieId i''''i' - use nun
IeftQ I'm I.r,os -
Galveston shows signS of cl r,,e1ef 10, iof
Pete Adams, the Fort Smith first
baseinan. IS playing great ball for Okla-
homa City and seems to be "a real find.