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Babe Ruth Intends to Break His
Record of 80 Home Runs This Season

New York, Feb. Babe Ruth was
in town the other day and was the
picture OF health. The Babe Is a
little rotund, perhaps, but then Ruth
never would make any money posing
as living skeleton. He'll probably
have to shed off some pounds at
Hot Springs. but then that is all his
own business.
Ruth says he has put In n pleas
ant winter at the Sudbury farm.
hut be Is anxious to get off to Hot
Springs. 1T will feel good again
to wrap my hands around bat"
said the Babe.
Ruth says he will be 30 next
month, and figures II he does not
break his home run record Of 50
next season il probably will stand.
Anyway, he intends 10 take another
crack mt IL, and expressed the hope
that the pitchers next season will
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not be 80 liberal with their bases
on balls. lie does not care hang
about setting n new base on balls
record last season.
While tho Babe likes the new pas.
ture OF the Yanks. he thinks his
chance OF hanging up new home
run record would be better II the
fanks still were tenants at the Polo
grounds. lie thinks the right field
bleachers at the stadium are much
more difficult for home run purposes
than the right field zone Mt the Polo
grounds.
Il sure could pump a lot of balls
into that Giant stand oplned the
Babe.
Needless TO say. the Bambno l.
rather certain that the Yanks will
upset all precedent and win n fourth
straight pennant.
"Who is there 10 stop usg" asked
the Babe.
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Huge Arena for
Firpo-Wifls Bout

New York, Feb. 3.-The syndkate
OF business men which apparently has
landed the match between Luis Angel
F'irpo and Harry Wills intends to
erect a brand new arena for this
match, but the site of the structure
stiIl remains a dark mystery. Ac-
cordins to tie best information am
arena will he erected which Will have
"A seating capacity of 2,000 persons.
Like the famous fight stadium al
Michigan City the proposed structure
will be sunk into the ground and will
be composed almost entirely of con
crete. The ground will be scooped
out, deep. at the middle and then
slope gradually up to the outer edge,
thin layer of concrete will he
poured over the surface of the ex-
cavation and the seats will be placed
upon this solid foundation. few
rows of seats will be raised above the
ground level. but it is expected that
at least 100 900 seats will beGrituated
III the bowl itself.
An arena such as this would be
perfectly safe as far as tipping over
or collapsing is concerned and at the
same time be practically fireproof.
The cost attached to constructing a
bowl sunk into the ground is much
smaller than erecting stands above
the surface and at the same time pro
vides the safest structure for housing
an enormous crowd of people that
possibly could be put together. The
site of this structure has not been
decided upon. according to reliable IN
formation. but several plots of ground
in and about New York are under
, consideration and il IS expected that
the final choice will be made. very
short "
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-02-10

IND pYGERT OF hunting fame
r., lIkes to have a tremendous
sized stool OF deeoys ont around
the blind when hes hunting. He
therefore carries about so profile dc
coys in pack on his back and then
proceeds to sling sack over his
shoulder containing dozen halsam
wood decoys. a half dozen cedar woods
and a dozen Illinois river decoys.
These. when set out. make quite a
showing.
I'D however. j. far from content
with all this. lie always cuts
lot of little willow wands aud
sticks them in the sand. fitting the
hills of his kill To them and letting
them float Mt anchor i'm this way.
These dead birds make splendid de-
coys and are very life like. Incl.
dentally. they make a better show.
ing than do blocks or profits and
only have to be carried one way.
thus tightening the load.
Friends left Ed IN the blind one
day last fall and wen. out after
rabbits. Ed proceeded to knock the
spots out of about 20 Mailards
while they were away. These he
placed on tho willow wands as usual.
Came lull and Ed dozed little. lie
woke TO hear a clamor and a splash.
Ing amid the water and ice about the
decoys. lie looked up and then started
4 homhardment.
Practically every one OF the Nal.
lards had Just been crippled and
stunned by their fall. When placed
ON the wands their bills frofe 10
them and ON coming alive they
found they couldn't get away. About
eight managed 10 Get loose and
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algcr Meets Defoe.

New York. Feb e.-Benny Nslger.
iao pound title aspirsnt. and Billy De
foe. Of 81. Paul. met tonight In a ten
round match for the third time in a
year. Neither boxer displayed q
marked superiority Of skill in their
other engagements. Nalger, his own
manager for year. has placed him.
self under tho direction Of Paddy Mul.
Inns, manager Of Harry Wills.
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Tourists Play Lacrosse.

Los Angeles. Feb. 9.-Three games
of Lacrosse in which all OF the par
ticipants are women were on the
sport program for the Canadian tour
lists tenth annual reunion today at
exposition park
The first battle was for the ladies'
Lacrosse championship of America;
with the Canadian national railway s
silver trophy az stake. The second
game provided competition between
lady amateurs from eastern and west
ern Canada and the third was an ex'
hibltion game.
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have much trouble next time. al
though Pa Coftman says he isn't TAX
ing any chances.
Denny Ryan can't see anything
but Coffman in the olympic games
in Paris This. however. all depends
on whether Royal wins at Kansas
City and then in Boston where the
final tryouts will he held
According 10 Pa Coffman. Royal al
Ways liked to push the leather Eaunt-
isls. Even when Royal and his
brother were knee high TO a grass
hopper" they were boxing at public
gatherings. such as fairs and the like
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Young Coffman started his ANA.
tour fistic career two years ago and
still belongs to the anna teur class. He
has Won the Mid-western 4. A u.
championship in the lightweight class
and has collected enough medals be-
eaase Of his ability 10 push the lea
tier 10 make General Pershing sort
Of nervous.
At the present. Coffman il train.
ing for the olympic tryouts which
will be held al Kansas city. March
i. AT the last Kansas city meet he
won over the champ of that section
of the country. so doesn't expect to
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kind of food and the proper amour
OF sleep. all OF which goes a long
way to make better fighter out of
promising youngster such as her
son.
PA" Coffman Is "railroader.
to use the pariance Of the railroad,
and works ar night. However. nc
gets off work when his son fights.
During the daytime The elder Coff.
man takes ROYAL in tow and The two
90 on the road together and workout
in the gymnasium. Three times a
week the two journey over TO the
Omaha Athletlc club whore Denny
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man are helping. boosting and work.
ing for their son. Royal, to become
a greater. better and more expert.
enced lightweight fighter.
Royal is a lightweight Of consid-
cradle promise. He is only Il years
old and has everything in his favor.
He Is a clever boxer and can punch
With either mitt. Royal also has
shown an extra amount of ability
to take 'em and come out smiling.
Like Stribling, Royal Coffman Is
being taken care Of by his pa and
ma. Each time Royal fights. pa is
in his son's CORNER. Sometimes Mrs.
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McAdam Under Harvey.

Charley Harvey. manager of Billy
Wells, has added a newcomer 10 his
string of fighters. Nick McAdams.
featherwc,Sht champion OF Scotland.
is the man and Charley declares that
he is good.
McAdams has been hailed as sec
ond Jem Driscoll and n sure cham.
p!on" by none other than the great
Jem himself. according to Harvey.
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too many tournaments she VIII se
turning in scores equal 10 the male
cavalcade. No one has come upon a
finer exhibition OF nerve than she
showed against Mrs. liurd in a recent
tournament match. The two We're
jail square coming TO the final green.
Miss CoIlett's tee shot had been hook
ed to within foot or so Of tho rail-
road track. Before she could get 10
her bali the train came In and
stopped. forcing her 10 play a hard
pitch almost up against one Of the
ears. with interested tourists peermg
|out Of tho train windows just above
her head She was forced 10 take a
shortened swing on account of the
Pullman. yet got the bah 10 within
IL feet Of the cup. and then heled her
putt fer three. with Mrs Huni only
-four feet away. 1t was spectacular
effort. calling fer both skill and nerve.
In her first tournament MISC tollett
had two rounds of s5. This IL fast
marching for any company. IL is
three or four strokes better than she
was playing at the same date year
ago. Her game seems to have stead
led down all along the line. with the
fine power she puts into a punch
under better control.
"Ill tell you one reason why Harry
Wills Is the only heavyweight who
has a chance against Dempsey"
writes l.. H. Wills is the only biz
heavyweight who knows anything of
ln.hghting. Gibbons does. but Glib
bons isn't strong enough or big
enough. Firno Is big enough. but he
doesn't know the first principle of in.
fighting. Of getting in close and jah.
bing away effectively. lie is only
dangerous with room enough to swing
that hanmering right fist. Wills is
n good man at close range. where he
does his hest work. and Dempsey has
"a habit Of crowdng IN closely as soon
as he can get there. lie is great
man To rush in and start his short
4iahs working. and this suits Wills
exactly. | don't say that Wills could
beat Dempsey. but he would be the
most dangerous opponent Of the lot
For unless Firno has learned lot.
he will loo lucky to last out the FIRST
round. II they meet again.
The best way out Of this argument
is 10 see how Wills and Firpo fare.
This IL the battle that should prccede
any Dempsey engagements. firpo
needs at least one tough opponent
before he has another crack at Demp.
sey. aud Wills viii be tough enough
To suit. Dempsey will hardly meet
both. and ~ he might Just n well
meet the winner.
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tigh, Fan Drops Dead.

Sioux city. Ia. Feb. a.--Ni'liam
Fitzgerald dropped dead Of apopleNy
while watching boxing exhibition
at tho auditorium last night. The
dead man was an employo OF live.
stock commission company here
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Major Ball Prove Attractive Many andotters
Recruits Are Flock ing to Big
Leagues for Coming Season
Breaks Record

Miss Sybil Bauer who, on the
third day of the aquatic carnival
at Miami, Fla. lowered the record
time for the 50-yard back stroke.
The former record was held hy
Miss Bauer and was "a 2-5 seconds.
THE record now is 33 3-5 seconds.
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started floating down stream. He
had To shoot them all over again.

The joke of 1t IS that Ed is a crack
shot and very rarely makes a cripple.
This time he made 20 and the reason
was discovered when he looked at his
shells. Someone had loaded his shell
vest with No. . shot. and il stunned.
rather than killed. the northern
ducks
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Double Header Played.

Shenandoah. Feb. 9.-Shenandoah
High split even in a basket ball
double header, the girls winning, ~
to 1S from Nebraska City and the
boys losing a hard-fought game to
Greenfield. 81 to Il.
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I,y RALPH WAGNER

vTJ HE Striblings of Atlanta, Ga,
haven't anything on the Coff
- mans of Council Bluffs.
No stree!
Like PA" and Ma" Stribling of
the fistic game, PA" and Ma" Coff-
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neCllz%o51Tetl4nHf HRdISs1f1l

~ OWN at St. Petersburg. Fla.
Pop" Warner Is taking on a
- healthy tan to start his 30th
year Of football coaching. Late IN
March the instructor who made great
records with Cornell. Carlisle and
Pittsburgh starts for Leland Stanford
TO open up the spring school of foot
ball tactics, where next fail he Will
be thrown into deadly grappie With
Andy Smiths great California team.
unbeaten for four years. Pop
knows the job he faces and the great
strength of Andy Smiths organiza.
tion, but within a year or two he
hopes To put Stanford In the running
Cor at least an even break with the
unbeatable Bears of the Golden state.
Oar first recollection OF Pop
Warner as "a coach was around 1893.
when he handled Georgia university
and turned out star team. Since
that date he has carried through an
amazing record Of brilliant teams. He
was usually Handicapped at Pitts
burgl by n schedule that few teams
In the country could have carried.
Few of the best would be willing
to open a campaign with West Vir-
giDia and Lafayette, and then move
along without any resting places by
the autumn road side. But by late
November "Pop" usually had Pitts.
burgh up with the strongest teams be.
tween the two oceans.
Warner knows football and Warner
knows men. lie Is brilliant instruc
stor and fine. leader. first.class dc.
vcloper of morale. Il hope to have
good material" he said recently. but
IL always takes time to get any sys-
tenn started at a new place. | have
had one OF my aids on the job. and
this will help. but II may be another.
year before we can hope TO meet Call
fornia on even terms with an even
chance TO win. They play fine foot.
hall along the Pacific coast, where
the material is usually big and rugged
and In love with the game. California
has had TO play great football to go
four years unbeaten. but Smith Ia
star coach and his material has been
of the best"
Down ut Clearwater. Fla. where
Brooklyn trains. the fan population Is
looking for great deeds from Diary
Vance this year. There II the boy"
remarked one of the oldtine camp
followers Of the game. "who has the
stun and the disposition. lie had \
great year last season. but lac will be
the best pitcher in either league h,
next October. Vance made big. hit
through this section last spring and
the west coast is pulling for him To
stand on top Of the pitching list b,
the summers end
The west coast II also looking for
Glenna Collett TO have the greatest
golf season this year she has yet
known. Her game was never quite
as good this early IN the season. and
lit aha doesn't get oVergolfod through
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New Infelders to Play Major Leagues for First Time
Pa and Ma Coffn Helping Train Their Son Royal for Olympic 7outs

coffman attends the fight. but she
says her isace is at home where she
sees TO ii that Royal gets the right
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Ryan. Instructor in boxing at the
%. A. e, gives Royal advanced in
struction in fisticuffs.
The Alaska daily empire., 1924-03-01

BERLIN, March 1. Young
beautiful and rich, and the saucy
darling of Budapest's aristocratic
society. Such was the Countess
Louise Esterhazy But for lnaiy
weeks now she has been imprisoned
at Pressburg. Cechoslavakia, await
ing trial, because disappointed love
and her Hungarian temperament and
blood played tricks on her.
1t made mere society life seem
empty and shallow and started her
on a career of adventures which
began successfully in film land and
ended not so successfully in the
dangerous game of spying, in which
the price of discovery is the risk of
ones head. The Countess doesn't
take her Imprisonment as tragically
as certain of her friends and her
prospective judges do. Quite to the
contrary, she considers is as lark
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Republican. but | do not know what
it means. My father was a Repub-
lican, SO | am one.
"When | first came here the
newspapers said, This crazy man will
get sick of the job in two weeks
and leave ! am not sick of it
and I'm not leaving. | am staying
here on the job. The more | see of
the police force, the more | like it,"
Referring to the published an
nouncement that since his drives ha
had lost II pounds. he declared that
he had 13i pounds more to lose IL
that would help clean up the city.
the 131 pounds being his present
weight.
when | first came here the city
was corrupt and discontented," he
continued "Now it is contented,
but a bit confused. That will pass
in little while"
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Continued on Page Nght.)
TWO MILLION five HUNDRED STILLS
ESTIMATED IN CITY OF PHILADELp LpH!A

PHILADELPHIA, March Phil
adelphia has more bootleg stills than
residents General Butler estimated
in an address before the Knights of
Columbus.
Philadelphia's population. rough
ly. is a little less than 2.000.00)
it takes a long time to clean UP
2,500,0O0 stills" General Butler said
It his vigorous manner. General
Butler announced that as a result
of his anti-booze efforts he had
concluded prohibition is not very
popular but If Americans don't
like the laws. they had better make
changes in them"
General Butler assured his audience
that he didn't like criticism.
"Tn the Marines. when we are
criticised. we put them in Jail"
'I'm going to clean this city up
as well as the citizens will let me
There is no politics in 1t. am a
The Alaska daily empire., 1924-03-01
ELLISON OFF ON
SECOND FLIGHT

FAIRBANKS, March Air mail
service Aviator Ellison will fly to
McGrath and return today on his
second aerial mail trip
Easly today NE ANNOUNCED he
would get an early start probably
about 11:30 o'clock this forenoon
Today's fight is approximately
600 miles and places Fairbanks
within a days air journey with all
of Alaska communities from Juneau
north including Nome, Herschel
Island and Point Barrow.
The Alaska daily empire., 1924-03-01
FOILED
IN RAID PLANS
BY mere Girl
Moonshiners Disappear When
Federal Posses Invade
Wild Recesses.

GAINESVILLE, Ga, March IA
Molly Pitcher of the mountains,
springfng to the aid of her male
neighbors as the "revenooers" stalk
ed them with guns for the men aud
axes for their stills. saved moon
sinners of the Nimblevlle district Of
Lumpkin County from capture re.
Gently.
Prohibition agents and deputy sher-
ifs returning to Gainesville with
freight of copper worms and the
record of three arrests, related how
the signal of their approach, flashed
through the mountain country by a
demure young woman who smiled
upon them and gave them a dipper
for a cold drink from the oaked
well bucket, thwarted their capture
of many sinners in operation.
chagrn For Raiders
Women, indeed, played busy
part in affairs of Niblewill district
sinners that day One of the three
persons arrested was Miss Annie
Fricks. another young woman who
was found with two men at a
dripping still, according to members
of the raiding party.
1t was the other girl, however,
whose exploit the raiders discussed
with chagrin. They had gone. in
the course OF their raiding, to a
weathered and clap-boarded farm
house. nesting in a sheltered cove
lGnnr .r..a.s1 an pa ua To
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SEATTLE Girl.
is Disturbing
Blaze CANNES
Morals Campaign Arousing
Much Comment-Men
Take Early Peeps.

PARIS. Mafcn 1.-"Back to San.
ity?" With that slogan move
ment started by two bewitching
American girls is causing serious
concern to the management of the
Cannes Casino, which declares that
the attendance in the gambling house
Is falling off as result of the ridic-
ulous morality wave imported from
America, which, as everyone knows,
is the most hypoeritica5 country on
earth.
The two girls about whom the
storm is raging are Murie Hutehi-
son, Of Birmingham, Ala and Belle
Morrison of Seattle. both OF them
under twenty.
They declare that the movement
is not one Of moral reform, but a
campaign to get girls 10 quit the
late hours and the hectic life Of
the casinos, which is running their
beauty and their bodies. for the
sane, normal cultivation of their
souls through the expression of ply
sical movement"
Dance in Scant Attire.
Every day these Sunshine girls"
and their disciples attract huge
crowds on the beach where, garbed
IN one-piece suits, they interpret the
The Alaska daily empire., 1924-03-01

WASHINGTON, March 1.-The
nominations of Charles b. War
ren as Ambassador to Mexico, and
Robert Phillips as Ambassador to
Belgium, have been confirmed by
the Senate
Charles B. Warren was nomin-
ated earlier in the week after a
long conference with President
Coolidge. Mr.. Warren disliked to
give up his business in Chicago
but finally consented to take the
position of Ambassador as he
with John Barton Payne. com
prised the special commission
which finally reported on Mexi-
can affairs and led to recognition
of the Obregon government by the
United States.
The Alaska daily empire., 1924-03-01
water SHORTAGE
IN CALF O R MA /;
C ITIES WORRIED

Los ANGELES, Cal, March 1. =
This city is facing the most serious
water shortage since 1905 and it is
estimated that unless relief is OBJ
tained. the reservoirs will be bone
dry by November l.
California vegetable crops are so
per cent normal The crop of citrus
fruits is normal but the size of the
fruit Is smaller.
Precipitation is So per cent sub.
normal
Santa Monica has ordered the
street lights out to conserve power
Yesterday San Pedro residents
were feeling the pinch from lack of
water.
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Claims Burns Tipped Off
. Mclean to Oil Case Facts
Will Investigate
Attorney General

BULLETIN - WASHINGTON,
March l. - The Senate this after
noon adopted the Wheeler resolu-
ton to investigate Attorney Gen
eral Daugherty.
The appointment of a committee
headed by Senator Robert M. La
Toilette seems certain.
Deletion of the entire preamble
of the Daugherty resolution with
its recital Of charges was agreed
upon at a conference with Wheeler
and leaders of both sides.
Senator Cabot Lodge waived ob-
iections to the selection of a COM
mittee by the Senate.
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new name IS
BROUGHT OUT
IN OIL CASE
New York World Insinuates
Head Of Investigation
Bureau Is Informer
CODE OF DEPARTMENT
OF JUSTICE is USED
Committee Will Ask Wheth-
er Washington Publisher
Was on Payrolls.

NEW YORK, March 1.-THE New
York World in a copyrighted article
today published a message which
entirely gave the translation saying
it revealed that William Burns,
Director of the Bureau of Investi-
gation, Department of Justice, was
active in keeping Publisher E. B.
Mclean posted on developments in
the Teapot Dome inquiry
The translation read partly:
"Sent for. by Burns. who told me
to say to MdLean investigation
under way by special agents of De-
partment of Justice
The Alaska daily empire., 1924-03-01
LUXURY ENJOYED IN PRISON
BY COUNTESS WHO WAS A SPY

and part of the life of excitement
she has chosen. Her youth and
beauty have in fact raised her tc
the capricious tyrant of the prison
itself All the prison warders have
fallen in love with her.
Countess Louise enjoys all the
privileges of wealth and standing
all except freedom. The guards ad-
dress her as "Princess,' though ar
istocracy has been officially abol-
ished in Czechoslovakia. She sleeps
in downy pillows on the wooden bed
of her cell. A servant daily brings
her food from the best restaurant
of Petersburg as well as wine and
cigarettes. A Christmas tree light
ed her cell on Christmas eve
The privileges were so extensive
they almost caused a prison revolt.
The Alaska daily empire., 1924-03-01
DOHENY MAKES
STATEMENT TO
DEFEND LEASES

NEW YORK, March 1.-E. J. Do
heny issued a 1000 word statement
late last night defending the contract
with former Secretary of Interior
Fall giving his company oil reserve
No. 1, in California.
Doheny says that these contracts
are not hedged in by sufficient Sc
crecy," and due Ito such secrecy as
there was" the American navy has
greater efficiency now than before
the disarmament conference.
TOXIC. March 1.-Prince Masa-
yoshi Mathukata, one of the elder
statesmen of Japan, died here to-
day. For the past three days his
condition was critical and death was
only a matter of hours.
The Alaska daily empire., 1924-03-01
German Expert Is
Ready to Make
Dash for u. S.

NEW YORK, March Capt
Anton Heinen, German dirigible
expert who has been handling
the Shenandoah and was in
charge when she broke away
recently and was safely returned
to her mooring mast, said he is
ready to pilot the high aircraft
on nonstop flight to the north
pole if Great Britain or any
other power threatens to beat
the United States to those re
gions.