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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-05-06

THE MIRROR is weekly paper published in
the Minnesota State Prison. 1t was founded
in 1887 by the prisoners and is edited and
managed by them. 1t aims to be home news
paper; to encourage moral and intellectual i'm
provement among the prisoners; to ,acquaint
the public with the true status of the prisoner;
to disseminate pathological information and to
aid in dispelng that prejudice which has ever
been the bar sinister to fallen mans self-re-
demptOn.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-05-06

"A brave man is he who is equally
poised in loss and gain, sunshine and rain,
dishonor or fame"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-05-06

On Mothers Day may all mothers be
made happier by the kindnesses of their
children
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-01
Q. s. Shooters
 Take Honors In En gLand d
By Associated Press

New York. July 31.--Before going to Antwerp, where they won the Olympic team and individual trap shooting championships last week, the United States team of amateur wing shots visited England and took part in the international contests at Tendon.
 There the Americans won the team match and in addition captured five first prizes in individual competitions. During their shooting at clay targets over the English traps, according to mail advices received today, excellent scores and new records were made by the Americans, who were competing against the best men identified with the English clay plrd shooting associa- ton.
 Following is a summary Of what the American gunners accomplished in England:
 Frank M. Troeh. Vancouver, Wash ington, broke 109 straight on July 15; on July 16 he broke 13S straight. The best previous long run in England, with Is ounce of shot, was 49 straight, con- sequently Troeh established new rec ord and then beat it himself.
 The English clay bird championship was won by Troeh with a score of 39 out of 40. In this titular race, Jay Clark, Jr., Worcester, Mass, was sec- ond Forest W. McNeir, Houston, Tex, third, and Mark Arie, Champaign, Ill, fourth. The grand aggregate of the meeting, the gold star and the silver cupfi was won by Forest McNeir with 100 straight.
 The international shield, at 120 clay birds, was won by the United States team, which defeated the British by ten birds. On the first day of the meeting the United States team broke 59 out of 60, and new and remarkable record.
 Ben s. Donnely, New York, won the double rise championship (targets thrown from a .tower), breaking the ten birds straight also record.
 The United States team won 75 per cent of all the trophies and titles, also shooting from scratch
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-01
Al Ellis Leads
 SWatsn1iths in
 Southern Loop

Al Ellis, hard hitting sun fielder of the Baronial forces, sprang into the leadership of the swatsmiths of Dixie during the past week, dethroning Harry Harper of Little Rock. Ellis is showing the way with a percentage of .342, while Harper is trailing the Baron with an average of .341.
 Bing Miller. the home run king of the Southern, is third in the individual bat ting standing, having a mark of .38s. Carroll, with .ssl, and Bernsen, with .915, are next in order.
 Miller, credited with sixteen home runs, continues to show the way in this de- pertinent. having established a new Southern League record for circuit clouts.
 The Barons continue to remain in third place both in team batting and team fielding, having a mark of .265 in team batting and .95S in fielding, The Travellers are in the lead of the other teams in hitting while the Pelicans are the best fielders in the circuit
 Rube Robinson, with seventeen vic tories and only four defeats, leads the twirlers of Dixie, with Markle, of At lanta. second, and Whitney Glazner, third, Glazner has won fifteen and lost five for percentage of ,750 Coffin daffer, with eleven wins and seven losses, and Morrison, who has won fif- teen and lost ten, are next in order on the Baronial staff.
 Dixie Carroll leads the base stealers with the mark of 3l, while Knaupp leads the sacrifice hitters with 23.
 Other leading batters in the Southern are: McLarry. Memphis. BIO; Burke. Nashville .SO9 Griffith. Birmingham, ,29S; C. High, Atlanta, 293; Mulvey, Mo- bile. .292; Barnhart, Birmingham, 29l, and Wiugo Atlanta, 29o.
 Other Barons are Stevenson, .2S0: Iiairston, .271; Stewart, 247; Glazner, .2S6; Crol. .233; Peters. 281; Gooch 222; Coffindaffer, .2i9; Morrison, ,1S5.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-01
Russ;a-A Peasant Republic

Frazier Hunt in the Christian Herald.
 It Is a far cry from the radical so- cialism and communism of Lenine in Moscow to the semi-socialistic demoe- racv of the Siberian farmer in his frozen hill villages but it is one that must echo around the world. Lenina today is the seven and one-haf per cent that he crushed; I mean that he has taken the place of the seven and one-half per cent who ruled so auto cratically before. The. S5 per cent who have never yet had their say still re- main without any voice. even in their own affairs, and these 85 per cent are the bone and blood and steel and heart of Russia-the farmers. Their day IS yet to come. but 1t is coming fast. The Tsar had his day Lenine had his day. and now the farmers, the S5 pei cent. the real people of Russia, are soon to have their day.
 And this Russia farmer has real instincts for democracy. He is think ing straight about democracy He wants a full vote and full voice; he wants d real rule of the majority and he wants equality and fairness and ilistice-and surely that's democracy. He has been fighting for these and h will fight on until he gets them. He may listen to the gilded words of sil- yer tongued radicals for while. but [ promises of internal peace. land. free dom. is holding on. but if Lenine doesn't give him cheap shoes. and cheap farm machinery. and real lib erty and real freedom then down goes Taravish Lenine.
 Right now this Siberian farmer sees in the magic word soviet his age-lons dreams of "Zelma Syoboda' and freedom-but it's only magic word. He doesn't care anything about soviet. but he does care about his land and freedom. He'll give his life for them. And his beloved freedom means that he will have fair and equal vote. and that means that he will have 85 per cent of the votinf power of all Russia. And that can only mean that the day is coming when Russia must be peasant renublic. be- cause it will be the Russian farmers re- public.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-01
LEADING EATERS
 OF MAJOR LEAGUES

Chicago, July 31.-Bagging a hit day is keeping Iris Speaker, manager Of the Cleveland Americans, on top of the heap in the race for the American League batting championship.
 Speaker according to averages released today, widened the gap between himself and George Sisler, the St. Louis star Speaker is batting All, while Sser, in second place, fell off to .396. Joe Jack son of Chicago is trailing in third place with S95, while Babe Ruth of New York is fourth with 1893, The averages include Wednesday, games.
 In home run hitting, Ruth continues to be the sensation of the league with total of thirty-five up to Wednesday. Rice or Washington continues to show the way to base stealers with total of 4O Sisier is next in the list with 26 while Bobby Roth. also of Washington, is third with 21.
 Other leading batters are: Rice, Wash ington, .969; F. Collins, Chicago, 1851 {; NeuselS New York, .347; Jamieson, Cleve- land .343.
 In the National League, Roger Hornsby of St. Louis is safely in the lead with an average of 363, although Eayres of Bos- ton has an avreage of .374 for A games. Hornsby. however, has participated in 91 games. Jack Smith, sHornsoy's team mate. is second in the list with an aver age of .329. and Nicholson of Pittsburg, fourth with .327.
 Max Carey of Pittsburg is so far out Tn front in base stealing with total of 55 , that he is in no danger of being over taken.
 Cy Williams of Philadelphia with a total of nine homers continues to ieao III circuit base hitting.
 Other leading batters; Roush, Cincin- natil 1926; Konetchy, Brooklyn, .323 VII Hams, Philadelphia, 319; Hollocher, Chi- cago, SIS.
 Grover Hartley of Columbus continues to blaze the trail for the batters Of the American Association, topping the iist with an average of ,372, with Ben m cup of Louisville in second place with .5of.
 Rapp of St Paul took the lead in base stealing away from Leo Dressen, ms ms teammate, hanging up total or 9- thefts Dressen has stolen ZS pases. Brief of Kansas City and HargraVe or St. Paul remain tied for the honors III home run hitting. each having three
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-01
MORTON ALMOST
 PITCHES NO-HIT GAME

Cleveland, July 31.-Cleveland made it four straight from Boston today, win ming, to 1. Guy Morton of Cleveland all but pitched no-hit game the only hit off his delivery being hard ground CT that MeTnnis bounced off Third Base man Gardner in the second inning. Thousands of fans stood below the press box after the game and begged the scorers to change their decision and elve Gardner an error and Morton no-hit game. Boston's only run was scored on a pass and a steal by Witt, Fosters in- field out and wild pitch. Score;
 R. II. E. Boston ..................10 100 o00. 00)-t Cleveland n....,.......01t GOO 00s-2 6 { 1 Batteries-Jones and Walters; Morton and ONeill-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-01

1 batting regular, know both sides of , the argument pretty we'll. And I'll say that when I pitched and saw a fellow coming to the plate who looked as if he could hit the ball a mile or two it sort
 of got me a little worried-just little That's only natural
 "So now when l step to the plate and show little confidence in myself, l guess it has the same effect on those pitchers that it had on me. And, os course that gives me a little of the edge l right at the start After that. [ just look l for the good ones to sail up to me, try to time 'em, and then l whang away and hope that they'll land In the stands without cracking some fan on the bean
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-01
Whole Family Sick

"All of my six brothers and sister. as well as myself. have suffered since child hood from stomach and liver trouble and bloating I thought it ran in the family and that I could never be cured. but, thanks to Mayr's Wonderful Remedy, since taking it nearly a year ago I have been enjoying the best of health and feel like new per- son I have no trouble from anything eat.' It is a simple, harmless preparation that removes the catarrhal mucus from the
 intestinal tract and alays the inflammation which causes acticaly all stomach, liver and intestinal ailments, including append citis. One dose will convince or money refunded Greene Drug Co.,, Hagan-Dun Drug Co. and druggists everywhere.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-01
ENTRIES COMING IN FOR ANNUAL AQUATIC
 MEET OF THE B. A. c.
ocontinued from Page Twoo

for the events have already been rap- pointed
 The officials are:
 Referee-C. w. Streit.
 Honorary Referee-Karl Landgrebe. Judees-C. P. Orr (ehiefl, J. Ellis Brown, T. R. Sells, v L. Allen and J. P Ross.
 Timekeepers-J Jack Riddle (chieD. John Taylor, Willard Drake. R. B. Davis and Dr. IT. P Hanna.
 Starter-C. D. Comstock.
 Clerks of Course-W F. Hargrove, NJ. L. Merrill and j. A. Berry
 Diving JudEes-W A. Morgan, MT. stapleton. J. Chapline Hodges and c, R. Harsh, Jr Diving Clerlls-R. w. Matchisson and E. P. Berry.
 Announcer-C. D. Comstock
 Scorers-A. M. Steck and F. ?, Berry. specials-o. L. IIilbun and c. Me Eachin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-01
BroUn Batters
 Pound Out Win
 OUer the YankS
AMERICAN LEAGUE

St. Louis, July 31.-St Louis pounded four pitchers and won from New York today. 19 to 8, in the deciding game of a serieS of five. Ruth hit his thirty-sev- enth home-run of the season in the eighth irr ing, driving the ball over the right
 field stands There was no one on base at
 the time. Meusel and sisler each hit home runs for the third time in three days. Score: R. IT. E. New York .......... 400 GOO OBS II 2 St Louis ........... 406 030 0o*-13 IT 0 1 Batteries-Collins. Thormahlen,. Me Graw, ODoul and Ruel, Hoffman; Shock l CT and Severeid.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-01

Philadelphia. July q. - Chicago knocked Meadows out of the box and easily won the opening game of the series here today, to 3. Sensational catches by Robertson and Paskert helped Vaughn hold the locals down. Score: R. H. E. Chicago ......... 900 222 0Oo-6 Il c Philadelphia ..... 0oO 200 001-3 8 ,
 Batteries Vaughn and Killifer; Meadows, Gallia and Tragesser.
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Summary: Two-base hit Rischoff. Three-base hit, Mayer, Mills, McLarry Wingo. Double plays, Carroll to Thweatt to A. High. Innings pitched, by Thweatt, s Is, with runs and 10 hits Struck out. by Sheehan ?, by Thweatt l. Base on balls, off Sreehan 1, off Thweatt 1. Sacrifice hits, Smith, Bischoff. Blades Stolen bases, Frier- son. Hit by pitcher, by Sheehan (Blades). Left on bases. Memphis 6, At lanta 9. Time, 1:35. Empires. Kerin and Williams.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-01
Haid Strong in
 the PincheS and Bears Win Game

Mobile, July 5L-Haid pitched strong ball against Little Rock today and the league leaders were defeated. to ?. Mo- bile punched four hits off Robinson in the second inning, scoring enough runs to win the game. Wickham, formerly of Nashville, played his first game with Mobile today. Umpire Pfrman put Har- per out of the game in the first inning for protesting a decision. Score:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-01
MACKS WIN FINAL
 GAME FROM SOX

Chicago, July 31.-Phladelphia won the final game of the series with Chicago
 today, outplaying the White Sox by the margin indicated by the score of to L Wilkinson was batted off the slab in the
 third and Payne finished the game, hold ing the Athletics down after the firth. 1 The White Sox could do no hitting and ran bases stupidly. Score:
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Summary: Sacrifice hit, Allen, Miler Struck out by Haid, 3; Robinson, 2 Wild pitch. Haid Base on balls. off Haid, g. Robinson, | Left on bases Mobile 4; Little Rock. '. Time, 1:35. Empires Johnson and Pfirman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-01
Timely Batting
 Enables Chicks
 to Beat Atlanta

Atlanta. July S1.-Memphis mingled timely hits today with series of At lanta errors and made it two straight by winning to 8. Score;
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-01

Babe Ruth was asked the secret of cIr-
 quit swatting.
 "oh. it's no secret" replied the amaz-
 Ng mauler. T just step into em when
 they look good and whale away" That's modest sort of answer-but it. a bit removed from the actual facts
 For the reasons that make Ruth the greatest slugger in the entire hitsory ot baseball are many.
 First of au Ruth has a marvellous leye-and startling judgment. He watcnes | the wind-up of the pitcher like a hawk. tAs soon as the arm swings toward the
 plate, Ruth tries to find the ball. Even | tually he does-and he locates it and judges it's course faster and surer than any other player in the game. When 1 get sight of that ball. Ruth once explained, T never lose it again. | It's only a fraction of time before it's | up to me, but the eye is faster than I that I watch the ball-watch for the break. Sooner or later it begins to twist. Then l judge that twist. If it twists within reach I know just where it's go- 1 ing to be when l swing. And then l | let go"
 Alremarkable pair of shoulders, perfect coordination of mind and muscles | these are other reasons for Ruth's sue cess. His arms respond instantly and in prefect accord with the dictates of his brain. His eye tells him where the ball will go, his brain directs the swing the arms make that swing All three work in perfect harmony, RUTH'S TREMENDOUS POWER The tremendous power that Ruth has in his upper body and in his wrists ! makes long-distance drives possible.
 Other men of lighter mould may have | the same wonderful eye as Ruth, the
 same coordination of mind and muscle. But they haven't the Ruthian power. So 1 they can't hit them as far as Ruth 1 There are many men in the big leagues who are as strong and big as Ruth but none of them has the almost faultless vision, the remarkable timing ability of l Ruth. And so they aren't hitting the | ball as far as Ruth, but they do not meet l it as perfectly as the great Yankee bats
 man.
 ] But Ruth has another asset-and a great one That his superlative confi- dence in his swatting powers He is not ! afraid of any pitcher that hves--and he
 thinks himself able to solve the twisters of all of them. His confidence is sue
 perb. And confidence is a large part of the battle between a hurer and a batter
 HAS GREAT CONFIDENCE 1 "IVe never been afraid of being hit
 when I step to the plate-and I've never
 walked up there with any other thought
 in mind except that I could hit the ball | if it came over," declared Ruth. Maybe ] that confidence which l have that l can hit is the thing that helps me a lot. for
 when I was pitching I found that when | ever I faced a batter who looked con fidence all over, he had a little some thing me.
 Having pitched as well as being a l
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DODGERS WIN FIRST
 GAME FROM CARDS

BrookIyn, July 5I-BrookIyn LOOK the first game of the series from St. Louis today to 5. Pfeffer retired after the sixth. in which the Cardinals scored three runs on two singles and McHenrys home run. s. Smith went in with Brooklyn one ahead and held St. Louis safe, Goodwin had his hand split in the seventh and retired after two runs were scored off him. Score
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-01
SHORTEN'S TRIPLE WINS FOR DETROIT TIGERS

Detroit, July 31.-Shortens triple in the eighth inning gave Detroit a to vic- tory over Washington today and four out of five in the series, Shorten's drive scored Cobb and Heilmann, who had teen passed by Erickson. The visiting pitcher allowed only four hits, but was wild. Score: K. H. E. Washington ....... 900 200 00N-2 8 0 Detroit .........O O01 000 l1sr-3 1 7
 Batteries-Erickson and Charity Leonard and Woodal.
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BRAVES AND PIRATES SPLIT DOUBLE BILL

Boston, July 31.-Boston and Pitts- burg split even in a double header to- day, Pittsburg winning the first game to ?, with Cooper holding Boston to four hits, while Boston took the second game to 1 by timely hitting. Scores;
 First Game R. H E. Pittsburg ..... POP 900 000-4 12 0 Boston 4 100 900 '010--2
 Batteries: Cooper and Haeffner; Scott Oeschger and ONeill.
 Second Game K. II. E. Pittsburg 100 000 000-1 g 3 Boston . oil 021 01*-6 II 0
 Batteries: Hamilton, Wisner and Lee; Fillingim and Gowdy.
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Cincy Reds Take
 Opening G.n,e Of
 Series From W. Y.
NATIONAL. L.EAGIIE

New York. July Sl.-Cincinnati de- feated New York in the opening game of the series today, 6 to ?.
 The Reds went after Benton in the first inning, scoring three runs, and maintained the lead throughout. Ring pitched a steady game except in the fifth, when the Giants punched four hits for their two runs. Score:
 k. H. E. Cincinnati ....,.3 301 002 OO0-6 10 ? New York ...... 000 020 000-2 1 Batteries: Ring and Allen; Benton, Winters and Smith,
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Philadelphi

Chicago ......,......0 900 GOO 1O0-1 9
 Batteries-Keefe and Perkins Wilkin- 1 son. Payne and Schalk.
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*Batted for Sheehan in ninth. Score by innings:
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St Louis ........ o01 o03 O1O--5 10 4 Brooklyn ...... 113 900 22*-9 1S 0 Batteries; Jacobs. May. Goodwin,
 North and McCarty; Pfeffer, g. Smith and Elliott.
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Totals

Hit for McGinnis in ninth.
 ~Hit for Robinson in ninth.
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CUBS KNOCK MEADOWS
 FROM BOX AND WIN

1'sE ' tN T S797 = MI s anu -NI It Winters and Smith,
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-10-29

How post of the American Lee
gion purified little oil-boom town in
Texas when respect for law and order
had become mockery is told in the
American Legion Weekly.
Desdemona, Tex, was hardly more
than a stop for wayfarers on the road,
a slumbrous, dusty community, until
oil came and the town took on new life
and lured hosts of brawny adventur-
ers. The treasure hunters came to
prospect and pioneer, but, as is inevi-
tably the case, there followed after
them horde of shifty-eyed gentry
and red-lipped women. The word was
passed out that the lid was off in Des-
demona.
Then the ring ran up against The
American Legion. Individually for q
long time the members of Peavy-Brice
post tried quietly to combat the spread
of vice in Desdemona. The ring, aid
ed by the town constable, deputy
sheriff and the justice of the peace, de-
cided that it would crush this organi-
cation of veterans who stood for ideals
of unsavory repute 1t began by
threatening the Legionnaires with vio-
lence and when it found them unwil-
ling to retaliate it grew more arro-
CANT. The post quietly called a cap
tain of Texas rangers from Austin.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-10-29

eral manager of the Legion's official
publication. the American Legion
Weekly.
Bains first began to take life seri-
ously as a cub reporter in his native
Brooklyn fourteen years ago. He
drifted into the newspaper advertising
field and followed it until 1916, when
he went to the Mexican border with
the National Guard mobilization.
Bains began army life skinning
mules as a buck private in the old
Second New York field artillery. Ex-
cept for a brief tour with the Twelfth
infantry on the border, he stuck TO
the field guns and passed successive
ly through every grade in the enlisted
and commissioned ranks to that of ma
ior. He went overseas with the Three
Hundred and Eleventh remount squad
ron and later commanded the base
remount depot of the army of occupa-
ton in Germany. He is thirty-four
years old.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-10-29
ATTENTION TO DISABLED MEN
Many Posts Join in Campaign to Pro
vide Aid and Care for Afflicted
Ex-Service Boys

Quick response has been manifested
campaign launched by the American
ism commission to aid and care for
disabled service men. Reports from
all sections of the country tell of en-
tertainments arranged for the wound
ed and of visits to the hospitals where
they are confined.
Eight service men who are now in
the Fox Hills IN. " hospital have
been assigned to the Scarsdale post.
which is planning to look after them
following their discharge from the in
stitution, while the New Haven
Comm post presents a weekly enter
tainment for the 400 veterans conva-
lescing in the hospital in that city.
Plans along similar lines are being
carried out by the John Purroy Mitch
ell post of New York city, which has
appointed a committee to advise and
assist wounded men in the Polytechnic
this institution are entertained each
week at the Knollwood Country club at
White Plains The men are taken out
into the country in motorcars.
Henry ]. Ryan, state Americanism
chairman of Massachusetts, arranged
an outing when many soldier GONZALES
cents in the hospitals in and around
Boston were motored to a country es-
tate in Chestnut Hill, where they were
guests at a luncheon and a horse show
was staged for their benefit.