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NEW ROOMS FOR
COMMERCIAL CLUB
Committee Appointed to Investigate
Matter and Make Report.
CLUB WILL VISIT
Invitation of Superintendent Baird Accepted and the
Trip Will be Made by the Members
Next Monday.
(From Friday's Daily)
The city Coinnierhial club held
forth last evening at Coates Hall
and a number of important matters
were discussed and action on various
questions taken. The attendance was
not very large and the membership
committee was notified to get out
and hustle up the delinquents. The
club has recently made arrangements
to secure daily reports from the In
ternational Clipping Hureau, of in
dustries who are seeking new locations.
Several companies have been written
to and there are brilliant possibilities
foi new concerns in the city through
this source.
The alfalfa meal factory was dis
cussed at length and it was moved to
send P. A. Harrows to Omaha the last
of the week to interview a represent
ative of an Albion factory who is lo
cated in that locality. If the repre
sentative of the club meets with suc-.-"cess,
a committee of Mr. I'itz, Mr.
Luke Willes, Mr. II. A. Schneider
and Mr. Harrows are to confer with
the alfalfa man at Omaha and find
out the cost of starting the industry
it's operating expenses, etc.
The road which is to be constructed
by the county from Rock Bluff to the
Burlington bridge was spoken of, and it
was proposed to have a good road
thrown up lrom (he subway at the foot
of Main street to connect with the
new road at the approach of the bridge.
On the movement of Mr. Barrows
it was decided to order teams to grade
up Chicago Avenue and put it into
nuKKiihle shane at once. It is expected
that Mr. Will's proposition to maca
dam the avenure will be taken up and
an engineer was on the giound yester
day making preliminary estimates,
but it will be some time before the
work can be started and in the mean
time the travelers on the street will
not have to contend with impassable
conditions, if the plans of the club
are carried out. The grader was or
dered out for the work today.
A letter was read from the engineer
ing department of Omaha inviting
a delegation of the Commercial club
to attend the good roads meetings
to be held theie today. There will be
two meetings, the one in the afternoon
at the council chamber and in the even
ing at the Commmercial Club. The
riattsmouth men who were appointed
to renresent the citv were Messrs.
John, Bauer, Patterson, Falter, K. H.
Wescott, Joseph McMaken, Sattlcr
Tidd and Schlater.
One of the leading motions of the
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Minneapolis won from Omaha yes
terday by the score of 7 to 8. An un
fortunate inning in which Sindelar the
promising recruit for Omaha was re
sponsible, netted the foreigners seven
runs, or the Rourk's would have had
a walk away.
X
The Chicago White Sox defeated
the Sioux City club yesterday easily,
winning by 19 to 5. The hit and er
ror column tells the story of the game.
The Sox made 18 hits and no errors
while the Sioux tribe annexed 25 hits
and 5 errors. It must certainly have
been a game which would have paid
a man to stay away from.
X
Lincoln went over to Cotner college
yesterday and defeated the fast bunch
over there by a score of 7 to 4. Paul
Cobb swatted the ball for two singles
and a three ply.
j. Considerable dissappointment is felt
' by local fans that the deal fell vhiough
to bring the Lincoln team here next
B. & M. SHOPS
evening was to accept Supt. Baird's
invitation to make a visit and inspec
tion of the Burlington shops. The date
was set for next Monday afternoon
at two o clock and a crowd of fifty
boosters is expected to iurn out for
the trip. It will be a veiy interesting
and instructive afternoon and it is
assured that a person's time will be
well spent if they will spare a few hours
and join the forces of the club on next
Monday. 1 lit; members will meet at
Presidint Falters ollice in the Coates
Block at l:o0 and march down tin
street at two o'clock in a body. They
are going to have a big time and it is
hoped that nobody will forget the
time Monday at two o'clock.
The county editor's convention will
be held in this city on Tuesday, April
',), and a royal entertainment is being
planned for the visitors by the clu
It is proposed to give the editors
a visit at the local shops.
I he club has made arrangements
to hold a banquet in the evening of
the nineteenth and a cordial invitation
was extended to the editors of the coun
ty to attend, which was accepted by
one of their representatives who was
present at the meeting. Following the
feed, a short entertainment with I
toasts and after dinner speeches will
be arranged and the county men will
be shown a big time.
The last matter brought up was that
of securing some rooms in the business
district for the regular headquarters
of the club and a committee of Mr.
Faltei, Mr. Patterson and Mr. Tidd
was appointed to look up the propo
sition, and report at the next meeting
of the club. It is expected that in a
short time the club will have comfort
ably fitted rooms in a good location
where they may eiuertain their friends
and conduct their meetings.
After several propositions of minor
importance had been discussed, the
evening'ss meeting was adjourned.
Immediately following the meeting
two members of the committee in
spected a suite of rooms in the Coates
Block and found what they considered
to be the ideal place for the club
headquarters. There are two rooms
which occupy the entire space from
the main hall to the north end of the
building, connected with each other
by large doors and in every way they
seem to be just what is needed for the
boosters. 1 he rent ot the rooms is
very moderate and it is nearly assured
that the Coates Block rooms will be
decided upon at the next meeting as
the Commercial Club headquarters
week. I nlortunateiy the train ser
vice is such from here to Hutchinson,
Kansas, that connections could not
be ma'de so that they could reach that
town in time for a game. President
Despain was very anxious to show
the people of his home town the fast
aggiegation lie had secured and fur
ther showed his good will by promising
the locals the use of one of his batter
ies for the game. Preparations had
been going on to make the day a big
one and much disappointment is felt
that the matter must be dropped. It
may be that we can secure the Antel
opes for a date later in the season.
X
Omaha will try conclusions with the
W hite Sox tomorrow and Sunday at
the V inton street ball yard.
X
Lincoln is playing Minneapolis to
day at the home yard of the former
and will try a round again tomorrow.
Lincoln has pulled out for the long
end of every game so fat, after giving
St. Paul three trials, Omaha two and
the White Sox one. Today she will
have io play ball for the Millers arc
a fast bunch of tossers.
X
Ashland High School will eomo to
riattsmouth tomorrow to try and
win a game from the bunch which
hails from the high school here. BeLcr
get out and do a lit tie rooting for the
home team and don't forget to en
courage the visitors just a little, es
pecially if they are on the short end
of the score.
X
Next week will lie the great week
for the fans. On Thursday both the
big leagues will open the season, the
National starting off with New York
:it Boston, Biooklyn at Philadelphia,
Pittsburg at St. Louis and Chicago
at C incinnatti. 1 he American will
start with St. Louis at Chicago,
Cleveland at Detroit, Philadelphia
at Washington and Boston at New
York. On Wednesday the American
association will start the season with
Indianopolis at Toledo, Louisville at
Columbus, Milwaukee at St. Paul
and Kansas City at Minneapolis.
The Western League will not open
uutil Friday, April. 22, when Lincoln
will open at Denver, Omaha at Wich
ita, Des Moines at St. Joe and Sioux
City at Topeka.
UNIVERSITY
CLASS SPIRIT
University Students Appre
ciate What Tax Payers
Are Doing.
BLOODY NOSES AND
OTHER NICE THINGS
Two Hundred Students Indulge In
Tree lor all t ight on the
Campus.
LINCOLN, April 7-(Special) An
innocent young ster of ten years
placarded with notices of a class meet
ing of the fieshnien and carrying a
small cow bell started a fight bet een
the members of the classes of 1912 an
11)13 at the State university this
morning that resulted in the fiercest
scrap seen at the local school since
l'JUG. One sophomore, llliam Nettle-
ton, waas knocked unconscious, and
twenty ot thirty other students re
ceived more or less serious injuries,
while every one of the 300 students
who took part in the fracas sustained
some damage to his clothes, and either
tore his pants or coat or had his shirt
ripped from his back.
The scrap was begun with only
twenty men taking part, but this num
ber was augmented to fully 300 be
for the encounter had been in progress
ten minutes. Then the members of
the two classes began a free-for-all
in which they slugged one another with
their fists, tore clothing, smashed hats
and tlisiigureu laces. Une senior
counted at least thirty men who had
bloody noses. A member of the faculty
who witnessed the affair said he did
not think that one of the partici
pants emerged from the fight with
a complete shire.
Several of the students entered the
engagement wearing their derby a
and this headgear was smashed dur
ing the first ten minutes of the fight.
This afternoon the campus in front
of Library hall is littered with rem
nants of hats, shirts, pants and other
wearing apparel.
The only serious injury sustained
by any of the students was that which
fell to the lot of William Nettleton.
He was senseless for fully fifteen niin
utes and was carried to his home in
the city. This afternoon he had fully
recovered from the effects of the blow
on the head that laid him low.
Three freshmen sustained sprained
ankles and another of the first year
men had a bone in his nose broken
Several members of the sophomore
class were injured on the arm by be
ing thrown against the ccme.nt pave
ment on the campus.
The fight was stopped by Chan
eellor Avery, who arrived on the scene
after he had been notified of the fight
bu Superintendent Chowins. He at
once told the crowd that any man who
continued to fight would be expelled
from the university. Even after his
warning some of the younger students
carrietl the fight into It street, where it
lasted but a minute or two. The main
engagement took place on the campus
near the university fountain which is
situated near Libiary hall and the ad
ministration building. It was begun
at 11 o'clock, just after the chape
bell had sounded. Ik e.
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The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature of &aSjffi&&&t
"AS CRAZ AS A LOON."
Old Phrase Seemingly Not a Libel on
That Eccentric Bird.
"One often hears the expression
'As cru;;y as a loon,' and yet 1 won
der," ki a writer in St. Nicholas,
"how many realize how peculiarly
fitting it sometimes is. Of all tho ;
birds and animals that have eomo
under my observation 1 know of
Done that in any decree approaches
the loon for sheer crazincss or
weirdness.
"Kvenin seems to be the loons'
favorite tune for their peculiar be
havior. They collect in the middle
of a lake, and w hen they have sum
moned all of their kind within hear
ing the ball commences. They raise
their bodies half out of water by
furiously flapping their wings, at
the same time making a most ter
rific splashing.
"They then propel themselves
backward and forward, half swim
ming, half Hying, all the while
screaming at tho top of their voices.
They keep this up from ten to fif
teen minutes and 6ecm to get a
great deal of satisfaction out of it.
In the calm of a Bummer evening
and aided a bit by the echoes a half
dozen loons can make the fellows in
a college cheering section hang their
heads for shame.
"The loon is not only crazy act
ing, but at times is very aggravat
ing. Perhaps for instance, after a
hard day you are sitting by the
canipfire, quietly smoking and at
peace with the whole world. Sud
denly there breaks upon your ears
tho most bloodcurdling scream, fol
lowed by heartrending cries. Your
first thought is that there is a child
being murdered or a woman in dis
tress, and you start to your feet.
Then you realize it is only a loon.
' Or perhaps, having turned in,
you arc sleeping the sleep that
comes only in the pine scouted
north. Again you start and wake as
you hear a long, mournful cry echo
ing through the forest and involun
tarily e.veli.ini, 'Wolves!' There is a
grunt, and the sleepy voice of your
guide conies from the depth of his
blankets, Aon, in sieu ; loon.
"In the morning a hunter arises
bent on vengeance for his broken
repose and resolves to destroy the
fiend as he sits mirrored in the lake.
Although the modern cartridge riflo
gives no warning of the shot, as did
the old fashioned flintlock with its
'Hash in the pan,' nevertheless the
loon nearly every time seems to
know when the bullet is coining and
dives just in time to escape. Imme
diately after the discharge of the ri
fle the loon is serenely up again, his
mocking laughter being but an add
ed irritation. On the whole lie
seems rather to enjoy the perform
ance. 'As a diver the loon excels, and
naturally, for it is his solo means of
livelihood. Not only is he marvel
ously quick, but he can remain un
der water for a seemingly endless
time. In swimming under water he
uses both wings and feet and can go
for several hundred yards in this
fashion. The loon, like many other
water fowls, sleeps on the water
with his head tucked under his
wing.
"Several summers ago a friend of
mine while camped on Lake Kia
tnika was out for an early morning
paddle. It was just after dawn and
very still. Out on the lake he espied
a sleeping loon, and by dint of care
ful paddling he actually succeeded
in approaching and capturing him.
Proud of his capture, lie took the
loon ashore and tethered him to a
flake. The loon struggled at first,
but after awhile seemed to becomo
reconciled. All went well until
nightlall. I lien the loon set up
such a hideous outcry and kept it
up so persistently thut before morn
ing he had earned his freedom."
How to Light a Solid Body.
Cadogan Morgan was the first
electrician to experiment with elec
trie light in solid bodies. This was
in 1785. He first inserted two
wires into a stick of wood and caus
ed the spark to pass between them.
This had the effect of illuminating
the stick a beautiful blood red. An
ivory ball, an orange or an apple
may be lighted in the same manner
Some experimenters prefer the lem
on for this puqiose, it being very
susceptible to the electric discharge,
flashing forth at every 6park as a
spheroid of brilliant golden light.
The wires used for this purpose
should be brought within about
half an inch of each other inside
the lemon.
Generous.
Wife (who is playing chess with
her husband) Don't you know that
today is my birthday?
Husband (abstractedly) Is it?
"les; aren t you going to give
me nnvthmg ns a birthday pres
ent?" "
"1 had forgotten all about it.
Certainly I'll rive you something,
WILL TIGERS WIN
FOURTH FLAG?
Jennings lias Chance to Equal
MANY OTHERS HAVE FAILED.
Hanlon, Anson, Clarke, Chance and the
Late Frank Selee Piloted Three In
Succettion, but Fell Down on Fourth.
How Detroit Team Sites Up.
M ill Hugh Jennings, uinuager of the
Ietrolt Tigers and inventor of that
now famous tmttlecry "Ee-yah!" whose
specialty is smashing records, fracture
another one this season? Four time
winners In the American and National
leagues ore unknown in fact, the only
team in a major organization that won
four tings in a row was Charley Co
uilskey's 1st. Louis Browns In the
American association. If Jennings
can pilot his Tigers to the top this
year he will hare accomplished a task
that proved too much for Adrian An
son, the late Frank Selee, Ned Han
lon, Fred Olurke and Frank Chance.
Each one of these men was tho com
mander of n club that finished la front
three years In succession. Noue of
them, however, could land the banner
for the fourth consecutive time.
Anson had tho chance in 1SS3, Selee
In 1804, Hanlon iu 1807, Clarke In
1004 and Chanco in 1009. The Chi
cago team, which carried off the hon
ors in 1880, 1881 and 1882, finished sec
ond in 1S88, being 41 points behind
Boston. The Boston club led the field
in 1S01, 18H2 ond 1803 ond finished
third in the rnco of 1801, Baltimore
winning the pennant, with New York
as the runner up.
The pacemakers of 1801, 1805 ond
1800 were the Baltimore Orioles, ono
of whom was Hughe? Jennings, dls
turber of lioselmll records. In 180"
the Bostons wrested the championship
title from tho lilrdlcts, who made
gallant effort to enter the ranks of
the four tlino winners. The Mary
landers failed to do so, however, and
UANAUKU BHOII JRNNINOR, MOW AFTER A
FOURTH l'EMNANT.
when the Until returns were all In the
Boston team's average of victories was
.705 and Baltimore's .003.
The 1807 destination of the pennant
hinged on tho result of the flnal se
ries played lu Baltimore between the
Orioles and the Bean Eaters. When
this set of games started on Friday,
Sept. 21, the Blrdlets were on the top
rung of. the championship ladder,
though their advantage in the per
centage column was only one jMilnt.
The fourth National league combina
tion to win three 1m liners In a row
was Pittsburg. Tho Pirates, command
ed by Fred Clarke, topped the list In
1001, 1002 and 10O.1. The next year
they fell vft badly, dropping to fourth
position. Ahead of them were the
Giants, the Cubs and the Beds. Pitts
burg's 1004 record was .509, that of
the pennant winning New York club
003.
Last year the Cubs, with Frank
Chance directing them, had the oppor
tunity to become four time winners
and might have done so bad it rot
been for Johnny Kling Joining the
holdout brigade. The Windy City
troupe ran a poor second to the Pirates
and were 41 points behind the Cor
sairs when the season ended.
Until Jennings entered the Ameiican
league that organization never kuew
what It was to have a team that fin
Hied tlrst mere than two years in sue
cession. Chicago won the Imnner In
tOofl and 1001, and Boston turned the
trick In 1003 and 1004. Jennings shat
fered precedent Inst year by piloting
the Tigers to the top for the third
consecutive time, and now he Is out to
win another ting.
It Is the general opinion thnt Ilughey
will experience tremendous difficulty
lu keeping the American league pen
nant In Iietrolt for another jir. Fans
think the Tigers are destined to go
b.oi;, and go back badly, In 1010 and
thnt some club from the east, olthor
I Philadelphia or Boston, will be found
I
To California.
New through tourint car lino to
Los Angles, Calif. Leave riatts
mouth each Friday 12 .0.1 o. m. via
Kansas City C. WAX. I. h V. Fl Paso
arrive Loh Angeles Thursday 3 p. m.
arrive Los Angeles Monday 7:05 a. m.
Returning leave Los Angeles Thurs
day 3 p. m. arrive riattsmouth 5:03
p. in. Sundays.
Hugh Norton,
tf Agent Mo. Pac
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The many fine points ahout this
store, should induce you to buy here
when it comes to cigars, tobacco, con
fectionery, ice cream and cold drinks.
It is not price alone that makes our
values, but price and quality. Koto
the following: Cream, 35c quart;
20c pt.j cones 5c; and thcy.are always
filled. Try our lilue Seal Fruit Punch
5c. Ice Cream Parlor.
J. E. MASON.
BUTTER, BUTTER.
Who has the butter? If you are
looking for butter made from the clean
est and purest cream butter that
has a golden color, on exquisite flavor
and creamy tasty, then
TUEY'S GROCERY.
is certainly the place to find it.
We keep the first grade only. No
seconds found in our stock.
For reliable groceries at reasonable
prices, call on us.
J. E. TUEY
The
COZY CORNER
Perkins House
ED. BRANTNER
Proprietor
Cigars, Candies and
Tobaccos
7 cordially invite my old
friends, as well as new, and
all others in search of a cozy
corner for an hour's rest, to
come to my place, where you
can enjoy a refreshing smoke
An unexcelled line of choice
Tobaccos always in stock.
Ed. Branlner, Prop.
PETER CLAUS
lie has just received boiiio
fine new
MONITOR RANGES
He also will convince you if
you call at his store that he can
Ot you out with
FURNITURE and
GRANITEWARE
in a very satisfactory manner.
my deHr T'll 1f von Ulr " ' the top at the end of tkv campaign.