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GRANTLANI) RICE, FAMOUS
SPORTING WRITER, SAYS
FIGHTERS REQUIRE SUPPORT
RATTLE IS GAME ON BIG SCALE.
Goal Can ho Reached Only by United
Action, and Cannot Be Attained if
Anybody Waits for Some One Else
to Do Something.
^ By GRANTLANI) RICE.
( Famous Sporting Writer.
NEW YORK, Jan. 29.—Every one
knows about what the lighting man
has ahead. His business, in the main,
is to fight.
But how about the work of those
back of the lines?
I have in mind, as a prelude, two
major-league ball clubs. The first
team had the leadership and the ma
terial to win with. There was no
I question of this. But the fan support
at home was lacking—both in the way
of attendance and direct encourage
ment. The home fans apparently
took it for granted their dub would
win the pennant and for this, or other
reasons, were lukewarm in their sup
port, and over-critical of any mana
gerial or playing mistakes.
^ f Plain, Human Nature.
The result was a purely human
turn. The dub finally became dis
couraged, just what the use was in
playing for that type of support.
Needless to say it lost the flag. The
second team hail good, average mate
1 .!. but nothing bordering upon the
■v incible. But it carried the full
: nd complete support of its home
fans, who paid their money at the
box office, and who stood back of their
club on the field, as loyal in defeat
as in victory. Back in the grand
stand and the bleachers they helped
to fight for their club. This team,
with its morale finely molded by such
support, fought its way to the front,
and held the peak against better look
| ing clubs.
These are not hypothetical cases.
? Thev are not what might have hap
pened. They are what actually took
pace.
War is only a game upon a mighty
scale. Like any other game it re
quires lead whip, material, team
V play, training, sacrifice—and support
back of the iines.
( ase of Nerve.
' • hat athe conciv e, definite ways
Yh f giving this “support back of the
lines” ?
"This war,” remarked Fan Man
(Maj. Beith) recently, “will be won
by the allies to a certainty, if the
nerve and nerves of the people back
of the lines only hold out.”
Nerve and the control of nerves is
needed back of the lines fully as
much as in the field.
What other ways are there?
Mind Must be Active.
There is an old golf maxim which
advises—“Keep your eye on the ball.”
This maxim is incorrectly arranged.
It should read—“Keep your mind on
K
the ball.”
There are too many who keep their
Eye on certain injunctions to “Help
Hoover;” “Cut down the meat sup
ply;” “Economize;” “Buy Liberty
bonds;” “Help the Red Cross,” etc.
Their Eye is focused properly, but
their Mind is not yet rightly adjusted.
Those back of the lines, who are
* . not in position to serve at the front,
gijjfean help immeasurably to win this
* war and end it with greater speed if
they will only keep their Minds upon
the injunctions of the day—if they
will keep their Minds upon economiz
ing, upon sacrificing, upon swinging
into line with the most effective Team
Play the world has ever known.
Must Do Our AH.
The entry who “does his bit” on the
ball field never wins a pennant. It is
the one who ^does his all.”
There isn’t an American who
doesn’t wish down through the depths
of his soul for a swift and proper end
ing of this war. This goal can only
be reached b.v united team play back
A>f the lines, by united sacrifice, unit
j ed economy, united aid, united loyalty,
j united concentration upon the main
object ahead, the winning and the
ending of the war. The longer citi
zens put off their da> of complete sac
rifice, of needed economy, of complete
team play, the longer this war goes
i on and the greater the sacrifice that
waits ahead.
How Team Play Counts.
Many a pennant has been lost—
| many a football game has gone wrong
| —because each man thought the oth
er fellow would make the play or do
I the work. Team play is built of no
! such thought. It is made up of op
posite ingredients—it is made up of
each man taking upon himself the
job of doing his full and complete
share, leaving nothing to fate, luck,
or destiny, taking nothing for grant
; ed but the accomplishment of the job
; at hand.
United for team play back of the
lines, as it will be at the front, the
United States will have the impetus
i to carry it to the greatest goal the
world has ever dreamed of—a swift
and proper peace.
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GENERAL PERSHING BOUGHT
CLOTHES FROM BRITAIN AND
BLANKETS FROM SPAIN.
SECRET EVIDENCE IN SENATE.
Secretary of Mar Newton D. Baker
Monday or Tuesday Is Expected
to Reply to Charges of Inefficiency
Against Him.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Jan. 26.—
Testimony that had been given in se
cret before the senate military affairs
committee was made public today and
it discloses that General J. J. Persh
ing, commander of the American
forces in France, was authorized to
buy from England 200,000 British
uniforms and from Spain 200,000
blankets for American troops under
h:s command.
This discloseure, it is argued by
critics of the war department, evi
dences the inefficiency that has char
acterized the administration of Secre
tary of War Newton D. Baker.
Tentative arrangements were made
today to grant Secretary Baker’s re
quest to appear before the committee.
The sessions of the committee at
which the secretary will be present
will be held in a large room so all
mat. rs that desire to attend the
s< ssmns may be afforded seating ac
commodations.
It is believed Secretary Baker will
appear before the committee Monday
or Tuesday. He is expected to make
an exhaustive reply to the charges
of inefficiency that have been pre
ferred against him by senators and
representatives, particularly by Sena
tor George E. Chamberlain, democrat,
of Oregon, chairman of the senate
committee on military affairs.
THE KING’S BEARD.
An interesting story is told in con
nection with the Swedish actor, Fer
rasi, who was called upon to take the
part of Oscar I in a play under the
name at’Stockholm, Sweden. The ac
tor was ordered by the director of the
opera to make up with a full beard
but during one of the intermissions
he hunted up the director and told him
that Oscar I never wore such a beard
“What kind of a beard did he have
then?”
To this Ferrasi replied, “Mustache
and goatee, like Napoleon III.”
“How do you know that?”
The conclusive reply was offered,
“From my postage-stamp collection.’
The change was made and at the
second peformance the public noticed
, with astonishment how King Oscai
j had altered the cut of his beard. Tc
stamp collectors it is hardly necesary
I to point out that Mr. Ferrasi secured
his information by looking up the is
sue of Norway, 1856-7.—Chitistian
Science Monitor.
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You Can’t* Make Light of Youi
Troubles by Burning Your Bills.
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UNITED SMS
j CAEINET OFFICER GIVES COMPREHENSIVE REVIEV
CF MILITARY CONDITIONS AND ACTIVITIES AND
SAYS ENTERPRISE WAS SO GREAT IT WAS IM
POSSIBLE THERE SHOULD BE NO DELAYS.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 28.—
Secretary of War Newton D. Baker,
at a public hearing today before the
senate committee on military affairs,
replied to the charges of inefficiency
preferred against his department by
Senator George E. Chamberlain,
democrat, of Oregon, chairman of the
1 committee. The secretary delivered his
statement without referring to any
manuscript.
The cabinet officer gave a compre
hensive review of army conditions and
of war activities.
Enterprise of Magnitude.
The enterprise was so great, he
said, that it was impossible that there
should have been no delays,
i The confidence of the counrty in the
! war department and in the adminis
j tration, he declared, was necessary to
i the success of the nation’s military
i venture.
The secretary laid emphasis on tli
fact the United States had more tha
1,000,000 men under arms at the pres
ent time.
Recommended by Wood.
Referring to the charges that th
government had been guilty of neglec
in caring for recruits in military can
tonments, that many of these recruit
were not supplied with a sufficiency o
clothing and equipment, and tha
many of them had succumbed to pr«
ventable disease, the secretary ex
plained that the calling of a larg
army into the national service in sue
a short period of time was the resul
of the recommendation of Genera
Leonard Wood, although it was real
ized at the time of the call that th
government would be unable t
furnish clothing and rifles to all th
recruits when they should report t
the cantonments.
SNOW STORM IS ACCOMPANIED
BY HIGH WIND AND FREEZ
ING TEMPERATURE.
CHICAGO IS CENTER OF GALE.
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Railroad Laics Are Fighting Block
ades and None Can Maintain Sched
; u!es While Shortage of Coal In
tensifies Distress of Poor.
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CHICAGO. Jan. 2G.—Chicago is the
; center of the third terrific blizzard of
i
i • he winter, and the present storm
threatens to be more severe and more
serious in its results than its two j.re
i dccessors.
Snow, driven by a high wind and
accompanied by a freezing tempera
i ture, drifted in streets and sidewalks,
and put out of commission all surface
i traffic.
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The storm prevails throughout most
of the middle west, and is sweeping
! eastward from Chicago.
Many of the railroad lines entering
j Chicago are fighting blockades, and
| none of them can make even a pre
sence of maintaining schedules.
Shortage of coal in many places in
i the path of the storm is intensifying
j the suffering among the poorer
1 classes.
THE POOR RABBLE.
Sergeant (one of the old school)—
| It’s the war that’s ruining the army,
| sir—us having to enlist all these ’ere
! civilians!—London Opinion.
SECRETARY OF AGRICULTUR!
PLANS TO MAKE SALES TO
TILLERS OF SOIL.
BUYERS WOULD PAY CASE
Fund Would be Used Only Whil
Condi lions Call for it and Ultimate
iy Most of It Would be Returned t
Fed* ral Treasury.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 29.
Scerctary of Agriculture David I
Houston has asked congress for a
appropriation of $6,000,000 to enabl
the department of agriculture to bu
and sell seed to farmers for cash a
a reasonable price. The necessity fo
the appropriation, owing to drough
and early Hosts in many sections, i
explained in a letter which Secretar
of Agriculture Houston has sent t
Secretary of the Treasury William G
McAdoo in which Secretary Housto
-ays in part:
Suggested Text of Bill.
“It is suggested that the followin;
language will accomplish the purpe
ses which the department has i
mind:
“To enable tne secretary of agri
culture to meet the emergency cause
by the need for food and feed crop
by purchasing, or contracting wit
persons to grow, seeds suitable for th
production of food or feed crops, an
to store, transport, and furnish sue
seeds to farmers for cash at a reason
able price, $6,000,000; and this fun
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jFORMER MEMBER OF ALASKAN
RAILROAD ENGINEERING COM
MISSION WIRES NEWS OF PRE
SENTATION AND AGAIN EX
PRESSES HIS THANKS.
The jewel-hilted saber, bought by
contributions from employes ef the
Anchorage division of the Alaskan
Engineering commission for Col.
Frederick Mears, as a token of their
esteem for him, was delivered to him
Saturday in Washington city by Sec
retary of the Interior Franklin K.
Lane.
Funds for the gift were collected
here and cabled to a jeweler in Wash
ington city just before Col. Mears’
departure from this city for the na
tional capital, where he was called by
the war department to arrange for
the oagar ization of a rfegiment of en
ginecrs for service in the war zone.
At a banquet in the colonel’s hono
here, notification of the gift was give
to him in a presentation speech b
-Andrew Christensen, acting divisio
engineer of the Anchorage district.
A message telling of the actual dc
livery of the saber to the colonel b
Secretary Lane and expi*essing th
thanks of the colonel for the gift wa
received from him today by Mr. Chris
tensen. The message reads:
“Words will not express my thank
and sincere appreciation for the mag
nificent gift I received from my form
er associates and friends at Anchoi
age through the medium of Secretar
Lane, who made the presentation i
j his private office after a very beaut:
ful speech. Mrs. Lane, Mrs. Ede
and Mrs. Riggs were present and hi
depai’tment officials. Again I than
you.”
may be used as a revolving fund un
til the secretary of agriculture deter
mines that no such emergency exists;
and the secretary of agriculture is au
thorized to pay all such expenses, in
cluding rent, and to employ such per
sons and means, in the District of Co
lumbia and elsewhere, and to cooper
ate with such state authorities, local
organizations, or individuals as he
may deem necessary to accomplish
such purpose.’
Presents Many Difficulties.
“The seed situation has presented,
and continues to present, many diffi
culties. Under the provision of the
food-production act, which made
available $2,500,000 for the purchase
and sale of seed to farmers in re
stricted areas for cash, at cost, it
has been possible for the department
to furnish some relief.
“It is clear, however, that the funds
now at the command of the depart
ment are wholly insufficient to enable
it to meet the situation properly. If
production is to be maintained or in
creased this year, it is essential that
prompt and adequate action be taken
to safeguard the seed supplies of the
nation. There is urgent and immedi
ate need for at least $G,000,000 and it
is probable that an additional sum will
be required in the near future.
Money Returned to Treasury.
“It is the purpose of the depart
ment, if the sum suggested is made
available, to take immediate steps to
secure, test, and store at least a por
tion of the supply of these seeds that
will be needed for next season. In
this connection, it should be borne in
mind that, under the language of the
item, the seed will be sold to farmers
only for cash at a reasonale price,
and it is provided that the fund may
be used as a revolving fund until the
secretary of agriculture determines
that the emergency contemplated by
the approprication no longer exists.
In the circumstances, it is believed
that it will be possible to return to
the treasury the entire amount appro
priated, or at least the greater por
tion of it.”
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• | SOLDIER’S LOT NOT SO BAD.
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; American Fighters at the Front Not
in the Trenches Continuously—
Plenty of Amusement.
• i The trouble with the American pub
1 | lie is that they have heard and read
e so much of the great war and its hor
1 | :ors that they think their boys are go
■ j mg to be continually in the midst of
1 ! bloodshed and constantly in discom
j fort, and they concentrate on the ter
rible side of it and ask, “flow long
' ! will it be before he is killed?” They
J | don’t see that that is not all there is
‘ | to it,” declares a wpr correspondent.
1 It is natural enough of course. A
j man writes a book about the war,
takes one incident, and another, and
? another, makes chapters of them, with
- ! the result that the man and woman
a who read his book read a succession
I of horrors, and they think it is all like
- that. They don’t realize, or they for
1 1 get, the weeks between these “horrors”
s and discomforts.
i | A man is in the front trench under
c fire, say, two days, and sent back four
1jor perhaps four days and sent back
i eight. Usually a brigade is in the
- “fire sector” 32 days. Then it is sent
1 back to the rest billets for an equal
time. Here the men are in practical
ly no danger—perhaps an occasional
j shell. They are together in jolly com
j5 radeship, having lots of amusements—
i football, baseball—plenty to do. They
are well fed, well equipped, well
amused.
r Of course, the grouchy soldier is go
i ing to have a grouchy time, but the
V life of the American soldier on the
n western front is going to be just about
what he makes it. If he goes into it
- | in the right spirit he will find that it
V \ ins’t so bad as it is cracked up to be.
e And then he will be in a great state of
s indignation because the reports of it
- have made it seem so awful.
When he realizes that it isn’t so
s bad, he musn’t forget to sit down and
- tell the folks at home! He knows it’s
■ a lot better than he thought it was go
* ing to be. But they don’t.
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n DON’T FILL THIS GLASS.
(Zanesville Signal.)
s; NOTICE
s ; I hereby notify all saloon keepers
k not to sell liquor to David E. Glass.
Mrs. D. E. Glass.
LIEUTENANT WHO DESERTS
FROM KIEL SAYS DISSATIS
FACTION IS SERIOUS.
j MINE SWEEPERS IN UGLY MOOD
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One Instance Is Cited Where Men
Threw Officer in Water and Ma
chine Guns Kill 44 and Wound 73
of Them.
LONDON, Jan. 25.—A German na
val engineer with the rank of lieu
tenant, who deserted from the Ger
man naval base at Kiel, says that the
d'ssatisfatcion among the German
sailors is of a most serious nature.
He said that there have been many
instances of mutiny generally among
the crews of mine sweepers. He de
clared that recently a squadron of
mine-sweepers entered Hamburg and
that the crews were given one hear
shore-leave.
All asked for more. When their re
quest was refused the sailors on one
the sweepers threw their lieutenant
into the water.
A near-by German warship sent a
motor boat with machine guns to the
scene and the machine guns fired into
the mutinous sailors, killing 44 anti
wounding 73.
i ANCHORAGE RESIDENTS WILL
! EXTEND RELIEF TO DIS
TRESSED COUNTRYM EN.
Eighty-six dollars were raised in a
few minutes Saturday night at a
meeting of the Italian relief commit
tee at the Montana pool hall for the
purpose of aiding Italian refugees
from the Venetian provinces, aceord
! ing to a statement made today by
Daniio Vucetich, secretary of the com
mittee.
During the course of the meeting a
plan was organized to obtain addi
tional funds for the cause and to this
end Joe Casali and Ed Berutio were
appointed a committee to visit their
countrymen employed by the Alaskan
Engineering commission along Turn
again Arm for the purpose of solicit
ing contributions. They will leave on
I Wednesday’s train.
The relief work will be handled by
a committee composed of the follow
. ' members: Tony Chimento, |
dent; Joe Casali, treasurer; Daniio
; Vucetich, secretary, and E. Pez, Joe
1 Battistoni and Ed Berutto, trustees.
UNITED WORKERS WILL HOLD
i, THEIR NEXT BIENNIAL IIS
CLEVELAND, OHIO.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Jan. 28.—
The next biennial convention of the
United Mine Workers will be held in
Clevland, Ohio, September 19, 1919.
The union decided to adopt the re
port of the special committee of es
tablishing- an old age pension instead
of founding i heme for old and dts
| ablecl miners.
DEMOCRATIC LEADER SAYS
FAILURE OF PEACE PLANS
WILL CAUSE UPHEAVAL.
AMSTERDAM, Holland, Jan. 28.—
Philip Scheidemann, president of the
democratic party in Germany in an
swering Chancellor George von Hert
ling’s peace speech, warned the Ger
man military leaders today that if
| they failed to bring about peace be
| tween Russia and Germany they will
be hurled from power.