Nebraska Newspapers

    The O’Neill Frontier
a H. CRONIN, Publisher*
O'NEILL. NEBRASKA
The hour of dining has advanced
■with the centuries. Froissart men
tions waiting on the duke of Lancaster
at 5 In the afternoon after he had
•upped and was about to go to bed,
and the preface to the Heptameron
shows that the queen of Navarre dined
at 10 o'clock in the morning. From the
Northumberland Household Book,
dated 1512, we learn that the ducal
family rose at 6, breakfasted at 7,
dined at 10, supped at 4 and retired for
the night at 9 _
English cheese makers are somewhat
dismayed at the announcement that at
DSesk. In Siberia, they are making Che
shire cheese of the best quality under
the supervision of an English expert.
A farmers’ association promoting the
enterprise proposes to establish 20
large dairy farms with an annual out
put of some 16,000 tons of the value of
700,000 pounds or upwards. An experi
mental consignment of 40 tons Is to be
shipped to London presently.
Probably the earliest wall puintings
are the ancient Egyptian. They em
ploved a distemper containing dissolved
gum, and their principal pigments were
white chalk, a vegetable yellow, ochres,
Ethiopian cinnabar, blue powdered
glass stained with copper and charcoal
black. Their drawing was technically
skilful, and, as Is the case with the
modem decorator, their coloring was
purely decorative and their designs
fanciful and extravagant.
Miss Erma G. Mullen, of Fox Klver,
WIs., and Paris, France, Is said to be
one of the highest paid women wage
earners In the world. She la spoken
of as one of the ihree best women ac
countants In this country, but her large
Income is made as a fashion expert.
Because of her talent In this line she
has practically given up her work as
an expert accountant. Miss Mullen was
born and brought up In Fox River.
A writer In the Atlantic Monthly says
some sharp things about the American
Imitations of the pergola. The trouble
Is that Americans refuse to cover their
pergolas with vines, forgetting that
the pergola's only reason for existence
Is the vine. "If we called a pergola
a trellis, and were done with It,” he
nays, "we might be less In danger of
disfiguring our gardens by a species of
snowshed."
In Siam both men and women wear
the ‘‘panung," which la described as a
piece of silk or cotton cloth wound
round the hips, the slack being rolled
up, passed between the logs and
hitched up behind In such a way as
to give the appearance of a pair of
loose knickerbockers. For waist cov
erings the women wear Jackets or
blouses and the men wear coats.—The
Haberdasher.
Miss Eleanor Garrison, a grand -
daughted of William Lloyd Garrison,
has been for the last several months
a familiar figure In the streets of Bos
ton selling a suffrage paper. With her
bag of papers slung over her shoulder
she calls out her wares like any other
news vender and apparently uttracts
many buyers. Her favorite stand Is at
the Junction of Park and Tremont
streets.
A placard has been put up In Char
ing Cross road, where there are many
old bookshops, saying that one or more
Is about to be opened with a stock
of 1,000,000 volumes. This leads a Lon
don newspaper to state that the big
gest bookshop In the world Is the Mel
bourne Book Arcade, which has never
less than 2,000,000 volumes In view.
Mrs. Mary A. Hotchkiss, of Deep
River, left her estate, valued at about
$600,000, to the Sheffield scientific
school, Yale, subject to the use of the
Income for life by her daughter, Miss
Marla Oakes Rotchklss. The Income
of the estate Is to be used by Yale to
Increase the salaries of the professors
of the Sheffield school.
A new invention which may lessen
the tension of travel to Impatient pas
sengers Is an automatic device for re
placing trolley poles when they get
“off the trolley." It consists of a ser
ies of spiral grooves on each side of
the trolley wheel; these run the wheel
back to Its center when It Jumps from
the wire.
Floating baths near great cities are
now condemned by sanitary authori
ties. The vast uuantltlcs of sewage
that are discharged Into the waters
that usually border such cities are
thought to be productive of disease to
bathers, and certainly render their ab
lutions of doubtful value us a cleans
ing agency.
welner-Neustadt and Waldhofen,
Austria, have just given the women
taxpayers the ballot, making voting
compulsory for women as well as men
The legislature of Manltobu recently
permitted women to practice law. The
legislature of Georgia only a few days
later defeated a similar amendment.
A London scientist has devised an In
strument which gives the blind a
"second sight" through the sense of
hearing. This novel Invention Is called
the optophone. By its use blind per
sons can locate lamps, windows or
high lights and "perceive" shadows.
One day small Harry say a turkey
gobbler strutting around in a neigh
bor’s back yard—the first he had ever
seen. “Oh, mamma," he called, “come
out here and see the big red nosjd
chicken with a folding fan!"
The greatest destruction of wild ani
mal life In the history of Siberia was
caused lost year by the requirements
of fashion. The returns for ttie fur
trade—$4,000,000—exceeded those of 1910
by $800,000.
By walking two miles in a pair of
white duck pants, with an umbrella
over his head, says the Hartford
Times, Governor Baldwin has attarct
ed more attention than he did by hav
ing his name presented at Baltimore.
The number of meals given to school
children In England last year was 16.
$72,000. The cost was £153.000, of
which only £1,375 was recovered from
parents as voluntary contributions.
Successful experiments In hop grow
ing have been made In Italy. Hereto
fore, hops have been Imported. The
eonaumptlon of beer In Italy Is said to
almost 26,000.000 gallons a year.
Experts have estimated the water
power available in the streams of the
United States all the way from 31,040,
$00 to 66,146.000 horsepower,
A capstan Is built Into a new block
and tackle wMts which one man can
handle loads of 1.000 pounds and two
men. loads of 4.00c rounds
Andrew Carney’s. In London.
millionaires In ihi« country ore not
taxed e1 ouvh.
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Shakespeare's bT'hnlace at S'rn'
ford-on-Avcn Is tinted annually Li
$0,000 persons
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COUNTRY DEATH TOLL
BEATS THAT OF C
IN AUTOMOBILE I Y
Omaha Takes Lead In Move
ment To Stop Bloody Record
Of the Roads.
Omaha, Neb., Sept. 14.—The polici
departments of all the big cities of thi
1'nlted States are to be asked to par
ticipate in a campaign against thi
reckless driving of automobiles and
the resultant toll of life and limb de
manded by the "speeders” and others
who are not careful in their manage
ment of the machines. In preparation
lor the campaign, Chief Dunn, of the
Omaha police department, has been
gathering statistics as to the number
of these accidents and the reports so
far received show a most appalling tax
Is being exacted, both from autolsts
llumselves as well as from pedestrians.
The campaign for the suppression of
automobile accidents is the outgrowth
of a casual meeting of several police
chiefs at the recent session In Seattle
of the national convention of police
officials and to Chief Dunn, of Omaha,
fell the lot of gathering the statistics
upon which the appeal to the public
will be made.
"It's time something was done,” said
Chief Dunn, In making public a small
part of the statistics he had gathered.
“Talk about the regulation of railways,
the menace of the careless automobile
driver Is far worse. That, of course,
does not apply to all nutomoblles. Far
from It. Hut there are enough of the
icckless fellows to constitute a real
menace.
"Over 6.000 people were injured by
automobiles In the last year in Just 12
big American cities. The killed for
the same period numbered 190. With
the exception of the statistics of New
York, Chicago and St. Louis, these re
ports were not selected, but were tak
•n Just as they came In. Figures for
St. Paul and Minneapolis are for six
months, while those of Denver are for
IS monlhs.
Killed. Injured.
SI. Paul . 30
Boston . 14 351
Des Moines . 2 52
Chicago . 62 J091
Minneapolis . 1 34
Denver . 7 130
Baltimore . 3 16S
Kansas city. 6 470
St. Louis . 22 1274
’Incinnatl . 4 47
New York . 69 2431
■Jinaha .. 64
Total .190 6142
"These figures were furnished by the
.mill e departments of the different
Itles and are absolutely accurate. Sev
en 1 cities seem to care so little for
(heir citizens that they keep no record
if the number of accidents, and from
hesc we i-an secure no statistics.
"And all the accldenta do not take
place In cities. In fact, I have rea
sons to believe that there are far more
K-cldents out In the country than there
ire in the cities. This may be due to
poorer roads, hut that does not excuse
the driver. On a poor roail a driver
ihould take extra precautions.
"The next time you Hie on a railroad
train, watch the dirt roads which often
parallel the tracks. Just about half
be time you will find some automo
bilist racing with the train. You who
are familiar with automobiles, know
what the result would bo If a deep rut
was struck while going at so great
speed.
"Watch the rural Items in the daily
newspapers. Half a dozen accidents
are reported every day. Yet there Is
no official who pays any attention to
them. These accidents go unrecorded.
No state, so far as I have been able to
discover, makes record of automobile
Occidents within its border.
"Most cities have speed ordinances
nnd an infraction Is punished by a fine.
That Is, provided the police catch the
speeder, which Is not often. In only
"ne Instance have I found that speed
irs have been sent to Jail. That is in
Ft. Paul. In Omana, two yearH ago, a
'l-i'der who killed another automo
l.lllst was sentenced to prison fur sev
t ral years."
Full details of the anti-accident cam
paign have not yet been worked out
end It Is probable that the national
sheriff’s association will be asked to
join with tiic police chiefs in securing
data and afterwards taking steps to
put a stop to the reckless work which
i mis in death urn) 'l«uster to so many.
UNITED BRETHREN TO JOIN
PROTESTANT METHODISTS
Lincoln. Neb.. Sept. 14.—The east
conference of the United Brethren
church for Nebraska, In session here,
has vote to consolidate with the
Protestant Methodist church of the
state. This action was taken following
similar decision on the part of the
north assembly. As soon as the west
ern assembly takes action, which ts
expected to be favorable to union, com
mittees will be appointed to make plans
for the consolidation.
The east district comprises nil ter
ritory south of the Platte river and
east of York, with the exception of
Omaha. The beliefs and services of
the Protestant Methodists are very
similar to those of the United Breth
ren. and the matter of a church union
between the two has been thoroughly
discussed in recent years.
OLD NORTHWESTERN AGENT
GOGS TO COAST ON PENSION
Platte Biver. Neb., Sept. 14.—Oper
ator J. M. Willard, who has served the
Northwestern for 20 years at this sta
tion. will leave in a few days for Isis
Angeles, Cul„ where he will locate. He
entered the service of the Northwestern
as operator at Blutr In 1880. He has
Just been retired on a pension. Two
tons of Mr. Willard are now in rail
road service. One of them, Charles,
has been agent for the Burlington at
Randolph, but has resigned in order
to go west with his parents.
CEDAR BLEEPS—A bee stinging
u gentle driving horse which Miss Dora
Lorcnxen was driving through Main
street caused a runaway, ill which the
young woman was thrown heavily to
the street. Miss Lorenzen clung pluck
ily to the lines and the horse, swerv
ing suddenly, fell and became en
tangled in the harness. The young
woman escaped with slight injuries.
ALLEGED SLAYERS OF BLUNT
GRANTED CHANGE OF VENUE
Lincoln. Neb., Sept. 14—Sheriff
Myers, of Lancaster country, charged
with manslaughter in connection with
tiie killing of Roy Blunt, bv the posse
which pursued th< convicts who es
ioped last winter from the state peni
tentiary. will not have to face a hostile
crowd in Sarpy county, the scene of
the killing. Judge Travis has awarded
him a change of venue to Saunders
county. Chief of Police Briggs, of
South Omaha. Indicted with Hyers. was
al’to granted a change of venue to
founders county.
rNEBRASKA NEWS NOTES |
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GRAND ISLAND—The police depart
ment is looking for Sidney Iser, a young
man who had been keeping company
with a Miss Reed and who took a shot
at her In Pioneer park, a public square
in the best residence district of the
city, while she was in the company of
another young man. The first attempt
at which time he had the muzzle of the
revolver pointed squarely at the young
woman's chest, failed, the cartridge not
exploding. The second shot grazed her
arm. Miss Reed, by this time, having
taken flight. A search was immediate
ly made but Iser had disappeared.
MINDEN—The general merchandise
store of George Welth, of Heartwell,
was burglarized some time Saturday
night or Sunday morning. The sheriff
was summoned and made a thorough
investigation. He found that shoes,
hats and underwear had been taken
and disturbed, but could not ascertain
just what quantity. The thieves also
helped themselves to a quantity of ci
gars. Dogs traced them east from
Heartwell and It Is sure they were on
foot and were probably tramps.
II LOOM FI ELD—Dr. Thus. P. Regan,
of Yankton, has purchased the dental
practice of Dr. W. H. Mullen. Dr. Mul
len has practiced dentistry for a num
ber of years, but he expects to give
it up. He Is going to take up the life
insurance business for the Common
wealth Life, of Omaha. Dr. Mullen has
always been a thoroughly public
spirited citizen, working zealously at
all times for the welfare of this city
and community.
OMAHA—Three cases of the dreaded
horse disease have broken out in
Douglas county and one death has oc
curred on the farm of Eggert Otto. Dr.
C. G. Hall, city veterinarian and other
doctors have been called out to see the
cases. The three cases developing Sun
day were one horse each on the farms
of Eggert Otto, two miles west of Ben
son: Henry Kruegor, near Elkhorn,
and Mr. Dein. a half mile north of
Irvington.
MERNA—Dr. Grace Taylor, daugh
ter of the democratic candidate for
congress. W. J. Taylor of Merna, died
Friday ev/ning two hours after being
terribly burned. At the time of the
tragedy it was believed that Miss Tay
lor was the victim of an accident, but
later developments point to suicide
while temporarily deranged. Miss
Taylor was visiting at the home of her
brotherinlaw, AV . S. Kellenbarger,
whose wife. AV. J. Taylor’s youngest
daughter, died a week ago from dia
betes.
NELIGH—Rev. Samuel J. Beach Is
dead at his lute home after an illness
of two weeks. He had been pastor of
the Congregational church here for
two years. He was a valuable mem
ber of the academy board and was a
force for good in the social and civic
activities of this place. He is survived
by a wife and two sons, one a member
of the faculty of the Scranton Corre
spondence school, and one an engineer
in Illinois.
LINCOLN—The Cuming County
Independent Telephone company,
which has been charging a flat rate of
$15 a year for business and residence
telephones at Beemer and AVisner. lias
been given permission by the railway
commission to establish rates ns fol
lows: Business, individual line, $.'i0;
business, two-party and residence In
dividual. $24; residence, two-party.
$21; residence, four-party and furm
line, $18.
OMAHA—AVhile the rest of the fam
ily was sound usleep Mrs. May Kear
ney went into the basement of her
home and hanged herself. She was
found dead by her husband. Mrs.
Kearnev had been afflicted for a year
and a half with melancholia. The heat
is supuposed to have brought on an
attack. Mrs. Kearney was the wife of
Frank Kearney, a dispatcher for the
Omaha road
DESMLER—The horse disease is
general in Thayer countly and the vet
eraians have been unable to give relief
in a single instance. The following
farmers in this immediate neighbor
hood have lost horses the past week:
Fred Heine. 2, Dick Lueders 2. William
Enter 1, “Jack" Smith 2, Chi Smith 2.
John Robinson 2, Holms brothers 2,
F. Pothns 2.
LINCOLN—The railway commission
has set the Lincoln telephone case for
hearing September 24. This is In the
matter of the complaint of City At
torney Foster asking that the telephone
company be compelled to connect with
the Bell system in Lincoln, which it
has purchased, or give service to all
patrons over one system instead of two
systems.
MADISON—Mrs. Louisberg, wife of
Peter Louisberg, residing nine miles
southwVst of Madison, hanged herself
some time Sunday night. One of her
children found the body hanging in a
shed not far from the house. Mr.
Louisberg Is in Colorado looking ror
land. Mrs. Louisberg was 38 years old
and the mother of 12 children Tem
porary insanity is believed to have
been the cause of the tragedy.
CREIGHTON—The first week of
school at this place shows an attend
ance of 337 publls In the public schools,
with 80 of this number in the high
school. Prof. Stevens of Ponca is the
superintendent in charge. There are
70 pupils in the primary work and
two teachers are in charge.
WEST POINT—The next state con
vention of tile Nebraska Duetches
Landwehr verein. an organization com
posed of veterans of the Franco-Prus
than war, will be held at West Point.
The meeting of the verein for 1911 was
held at Omaha, and that for this year
at Grand Island.
PIERRE—The Palace hotel property
has been sold by Jno. M. Severson, of
Sioux City, to a corporation consisting
of leading Pender citizens and farmers
residing near town. Consideration, $21.
000.
PENDER—Two business changes oc
curred yesterday in Pender. 1, w.
Pansier sold his grocery store to P. A
Ilarton and Ray Seymour. Mr. Fansler
w ill remove to California. R. A. Racely
and son have sold their general store
to Mrs. C. W. Schmidt and son. of Car
roll. Neb.
GRAND ISLAND—Six more horses
were found dead this morning in one
pasture, east of the city, two fatalities
of horses in the city limits and quite a
number of others in singles were re
ported this morning, as the day's re
sult of the horse malady.
HARTINGTON—The Aten estate in
the vicinity of Crofton. which has
twice been advertised for sule, hus at
last been sold at public auction. The
homestead and timber land were sold
to Sherman Saunders at an average
price of $90 per acre, and the remain
der of the property brought a good
price.
HARTINGTON—The Cedar county
fair will be held here today, Thursday
find Friday. A good program, includ
ing horse rating Wild baseball, has
been arranged. On Thursday Cole
ridge will play Randolph, and on Fri
day Laurel- and Wynot will clash, eact
game being for a purse of $100.
EMINENT AUTHORITY
ON ANIMAL PLAGUES
TO VISIT NEBRASKA
Dr. Vaness, of North Dakota,
On His Way To Investigate
Horse Sickness.
Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 13.—In an effort
to secure the services of one of the
most prominent authorities on animal
diseases in the middle west, the uni
versity authorities this morning wired
Dr. L. Vaness of the North Dakota
Agricultural college to come to Ne
braska for two weeks at the state’s
expense. Later in the afternoon a tele
gram was received from the doctor,
stating that he will arrive Friday to
assist in the work of combating the pe
culiar disease which is sweeping away
Nebraska horses by the hundreds.
The scientists at the state farm, un
der the direction of Prof. G. H. Gain
and Prof. L. B. Sturdevant, are con
ducting extensive experiments to study
the disease and attempt to discover
means of prevention or cure. Chan
cellor Avery has given orders to spend
all the money necessary to purchase
horses for experiments, and the veteri
narians at the farm are bending every
effort to find some means of prevention
before the epidemic has carried away
the thousands threatened.
Holdrege, Neb., Sept. 13.—Dr. D. «?.
Palmer, county health officer of Phelps
county, announces the successful use
of tetanus serum In the treatment of
horses stricken with the new disease,
diagnosed as a form of meningitis. Dr.
Palmer, recognizing the general sim
ilarity of the two diseases, experi
mented with tetanus serum on three
horses, all In late stages of the dis
ease. Two recovered at once. The
other, whose condition was much
worse, died.
The Holdrege Commercial club, in
conjunction with the county officials,
will continue the experiments on an
extended scale.
Fremont, Neb., Sept. 13.—Upwards
of 50 horses have died in the vicinity
of Fremont from the malady that has
been called cerebro spinal meningitis.
Dr. P. A. Cady, assistant state veter
inarian, declares that he believes the
trouble Is caused by horses eating a
fungus on plants, which has developed
since the recent rains. He says that
horses fed on old hay have not been
afTIieted.
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FROZE CHILD TO DEATH;
NOW SEEKS NEW TRIAL
Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 13.—A motion
asking for a continuance and for the
appointment of an attorney to defend
him has been filed by Henry Stehr,
the Madison county farmer who was
recently convicted of murder in the
second degree and sentenced to 10
years.
The Stehr case created a great com
motion in northeastern Nebraska at the
time it was tried. The man’s victim
was his little step child, and the state
charged that he had beaten the boy
and shut him up all night In an out
house In intensely cold weather, from
the effects of which exposure the child
died.
Stehr was convicted November 27,
1911, and his case Is on the docket for
the next term of supreme court. In
his affidavit Stehr says that he is with
out means to employ an attorney or to
pay for the printing of an abstract and
a brief. He declares that he is inno
cent of any intent to take the life of
the child. He says he had come to
Madison county from Germany only six
months prior to his arrest, that he was
unable to speak English, was poorly
provided for and did not know of the
rigors of winter in Nebraska when he
shut the child up all night in the out
house. He asks 60 days’ time to pre
pare for trial.
MIKE HARRINGTON WINS
IN EXTRADITION CASE
O'Neill. Neb., Sept. 13.—Joseph Mc
Hugh. late of Holt county, will not be
compelled to return and face a charge
of having defrauded Ferd Krutz out of
1135. Governor Aldrich, upon a show
ing made by Mike Harrington, denied
County Attorney Whelan’s application
for a requisition.
McHugh offered to sell Krutz a lease
on school lands, but when he went to
get it in a grip, where he said it was,
he couldn’t find it. Promising to hand
It over later, Krutz gave him a check,
but never got it. The governor held
that the grip incident was immaterial,
and that if McHugh had the lease any
where in his possession he was not
guilty of fraud.
RECORD AUTO TRIP TO
BUY A LOAF OF BREAD
Blair, Neb., Sept. 13.—Roger Ashbow,
a farmer, drove Into Blair In his auto
mobile to get a loaf of bread. Every
bakery in town had sold out and Ash
bow was unable to get any bread.
"I'll just run over to Tekamah and
get a loaf,” he said, as he hopped Into
the automobile, and opened the throt
tle.
Tekamah Is 18 miles from Blair.
Ashbow made the 36-miles run, and re
turned with the loaf of bread In 60
minutes. This is believed to be the rec
ord distance traveled by a farmer for
a loaf of bread.
Nearly all farmers own automobiles
In the vicinity of Blair. As Blair Is
a local option town, the citizens and
farmers often run over to Fort Cal
houn, 20 miles away, to get a glass
of beer. They also go to Omaha to at
tend the theaters. Omaha Is 26 miles
away, and the farmers are at home and
In bed at 12:30 a. m., provided the show
closes at 11 p. m.
The ubc of the automobile has prac
tically eliminated distance, so far as
the farmers of this part of Nebraska
are concerned.
1100 HOGS ON KIMBALL
RANCH DIE OF CHOLERA
Fremont, Neb., Sept. 13.—Hog chol
era has broken out near Fremont, add
ing Its weight of trouble to the already
worried farmers who have lost many
horses on account of the new plague.
A. J. Smith, on the Kimball ranch, lost
600 hogs In the past four days. The
sweep of the disease Is northward from
the ranch and a dozen farmers' pens
have been struck.
LABOR FEDERATION WILL
WORK FOR LAW REFORMS
Fremont, Neb., Sept. 12.—An appeal
for a drastic employers' liability law,
Labor day closing of saloons, prohibi
tion of night employment of women,
stamps on convict-made goods and a
minimum wage scale fixed by the leg
islature will be made by the state fed
eration of labor, as a result of Its ses
sion in progress in Fremont this af
ternoon. The election of officers will
take place this afternoon. Frank Cof
fey. of Lincoln, and W. D. Daly, of
South Omaha, are both reeking to be
made president- •
SUBSTITUTE FOUND ’
FOR BASEBALL SPIKE
Dangerous Cleats On Players
Shoes May Be Eliminated,
Says a Golfer.
New York. Sept. 16.—Many attempts
have been made to get rid of the razor
edged spike in baseball. None of them has
been successful, and the ball players are
more than half responsible for their re
; tentlon.
Not because the players care to be in
jured with them nor for the reason that
they wish to injure, but because the men
Insist that nothing has been devised which
will give them a better grip on the turf.
A ball player must turn suddenly and
twist quickly, and most of them have
stated that they have yet to And an in
vention which gives them such security as
the present spike. If the turn is not made
as it should be, the player is likely to
sprain an ankle, wrench a tendon or
rupture a ligament, and any one of these
injuries may terminate the career of a
capital player.
It has remained for a golf player of ex
perience to solve the question of the spike
by eliminating it, and he insists that his
‘'Invention'' will work as well for the ball
player as It has for him in playing golf.
Oolfers wear spikes so that they may not
slip when they drive and make Iron shots.
This player has fastened in his golfing
shoes some blunt headed little screws,
which are about deep enough for the sole,
and project slightly into the turf.
He uses 60 or 60 of them in his shoes,
and says that they not only make it Im
possible for him to slip, but are a perfect
safeguard for quick turns, and are twice
as comfortable to the feet as the spike
plates which the ball players wear.
Spikes are not the easiest thing in the
world on which to walk. They make the
ball of the foot pain like a young bunion.
“If any ball player wishes to try my
invention,’’ says the golfer, “I will show
him what to do with the greatest of
pleasure, and I will guarantee that he
prefers my plan to the spike and. more
than that, I will guarantee the owners of
baseball clubs that they will not be losing
valuable young men at ticklish times In a
championship season because some play
er’s leg, foot or hand is laid open with
the murderous spikes which are in use
now.’’
The baseball spike is such a weapon
for offense that all players know only
too well what the outcome of a severe
case of spiking may be.
Occasionally there is a player w’ho is
mean enough to try to intimidate another.
More than half a score of the best players
of the major and minor leagues have
been spiked this year, and there are three
or four men out now because the shoe
blades have done their mischievous work.
NEW RULES GOVERN
COYOTE FOOTRALL
Gridiron Eligibility Situation To
Be Handled In New Man
ner.
Mitchell, S. D., Sept. 16.—A new
sandard has been set up among the
state educational Institutions with ref
erence to the football situation in this
state. For the past two years efforts
have been put forth by the state
board of regents to adopt a set of
rules which must be recognized by the
students of the state institutions who
are playing football either among them
selves or any other Institution within
or without the state.
The rules adopted apply to normal
schools as well as the higher institu
tions for athletic purposes. The rules
as outlined follow:,
“Students competing In any intercol
legiate contest must be passing In at
least 12 credit hours leading to an ac
ademic diploma or collegiate degree:
members of Intercollegiate teams who
at any time after the close of the sea
son leave college without estatblishing
grades for that term or semester shall
not be eligible the following term un
til at least three-fourths of the full
quota of registered work shall have
been made up; any students who mi
grate from one college to another,
shall not be eligible In that branch of
atheltics after an attendance of one
complete term, unless an interim of
one year shall have elapsed since quit
ting the college; after playing four
years in one branch of athletics he
shall not be further eligible to that
branch, and if a student has played
through a whole of one intercollegiate
game or event, or in any part of two
games, he shall be considered as hav
ing played a year on that team; par
ticipants in intercollegiate contests
must have regular student standing as
defined by the faculty, and no atnelete
may receive any gift or renumeration
< r compensation, either from the col
lege or any other source, for his ser
vices on the team. There is an excep
tion to this that all traveling expense,
and expense for uniforms and n edical
service may be furnished.
GREAT BOXING CARD
READY AT DUBUQUE
Dubuque, la., Sept, 16 — Dubuque will
enjoy one of the biggest boxing car
nivals staged here since the revival
of the game, according to announce
ment by the promoters of the Riverside
Athletic club, who will put on the
two-days' cards at the arena on
Stumpf’s Island In the middle of the
Mississippi river, during the Great
Western circuit races in this city, Sep
tember 17 to 20. Among the principals
matched are such prominent fighters
as Tony Oaponi, former middleweight
champion: Jeff O'Connell, of England;
Clarence Forbes, of Chicago, and Frank
Whitney, of Cedar Rapids.
THOMAS HAS EJEST OF
FIGHT AGAINST ATTELL
Now York. Sept. 16.—Abe Attell, in
his first appearance in a New York ring
since his suspension by the New York
state athletic commission, was out
pointed by Harry Thomas, of England.
In a 10-round bout here last night.
Attell showed an occasional flash of
his old time form, but appeared to be
slow In his footwork. Thomas jabbed
constantly with his left, landing many
heavy body blows. The former feather
weight champion, however, had the!
better of only two of the rounds.
O'KEEFE WHIPS DIXON.
Philadelphia, Sept. 16.—Eddie ;
O’Keefe, of Philadelphia, easily out - i
pointed Tommy Dixon, of Kansas City. |
In a six-round bout before the Olympia ■
Athletic club here lust night. Dixon J
put up a stubborn fight throughout,
taking severe punishment in every
round. Both men weighed in at 122
pounds, but O’Keefe had the advantage
of his opponent in height and reach.
COBS WILL DEMAND
ENORMOUS SALARY
Greatest Player In the Game
To Ask For $12,000 a
Year.
Detroit, Mich., Sept. 16.—Ty Cobh *
three-year contract with the Detrolti
club expires this season. Before thei
Tigers start out in 1913 Tyrus must
sign another contract ana the new sal-(
ary figure named by the player will
undoubtedly make the most interesting
bit of off-season gossip.
The salary the Detroit club is paying'
to Ty this year and also for the two
preceding years is $9,000 a season in
real money. To sign a new contract
the Georgian, it is said, will demand,
the largest salary figure ever named by
a man in baseball, player or manager.
He refuses to say what it will be. but
It Is reported that he will want be
tween $12,000 and $15,000 to continue
his career as a Tiger.
Cobb realizes that he is now in his
prime, and that the next two or three!
years will mean a continuation of thei
same quality of playing, so if he is ever,
to better his income, now in the psy
chological moment.
There is no question that Cobb is the1
greatest player today, and has been!
the peer of players for at least the last
three years, There Is also no question
that Cobb is the most valuable man In
the game from the business end. He!
brings more money into the coffers of!
a club than any individual in baseball1
or any team in the American league. J
Connie Mack says Detroit a losing'
team, is constantly drawing better,
than the Athletics, although the Phil
adelphia team is lugging a world's:
championship over the American
league circuit, and recognized as thei
best nine-man team ever produced in
Ban’s organization.
Every club in the league realizes the
value of Cobb as a drawing card. He:
means extra dividends for seven clubsf
besides the one he plays for. People!
who care little for baseball and many
who have no particular interest in any!
team go to the park when Detroit
plays for no other reason than to see
Tyrus perform.
He is the greatest press agent in the
game. There is no one engaged in en-i
tertainlng the public as widely adver-l
Used as he is.
EXPECT BIG ENTRY
FOR MEN TOUR
Look For Many Cars From
Both Owners and Makers
This Year.
Detroit, Mich., Sept. 16.—A hundred
cars may be the limit put on the
entry list of the American Automobile
association national reliability run by
the national tour committee. Entries
are coming in steadily for the Detroit
New Orleans Journey, which will start
from the City of Straits October ", and
conclude in the Crescent city October
19. Recent notable entries include Dr.
Wallace Wood of New Orleans; Frank
Hardart, of Philadelphia, and J. S.
Kinnan. of Toledo, Ohio, all long dis
tance tourists of much experience. Dr.
Wood arrived in New York during the
week, after a very interesting trip front
New Orleans. With his family, he left
New Orleans August 6 and traveled
through Mobile and Selma, Ala.; At
lanta, Ga.; Greenville. Charlotte, Ash
ville, Greensboro, N. C.; Roanoke and
Staunton, Va.; Gettysburg and Phil
adelphia, Pa., and Trenton and Jersey
City, N. J. Dr. Wood is a methodical;
tourist, and he computed his mileage
as 1,900 miles, which required 123 gal
lons of gasoline and 514 gallons of oil.
During the trip he ascended Saluda!
mountain, a rise of 3,600 feet in six
miles.
Mr. Hardart has been in a number
of big tours, and invariably is accom
panied by his wife, son and three
daughters. In 1909 he won the trophy!
in the Munsey run of that year. < >ni
the Munsey tour in 1910 he had rather
bad luck, after traveling 1,500 -miles,
and was forced to withdraw the last
day. On the 1911 American Automo
bile association national tour, .Mr.
Hardart was penalized only. 54 points
for being late coming into Roanoke.
Va. On that day there was such a
sever rain that the roads were In too
dangerous condition to drive at tie
speed required, and Mr. Plardart would
not permit his son to risk the lives of
his family in an effort to get to tile
control on time.
JOE WOOD WAS ONCE
BOSTON BLOOMER GIRL
Hutchinson, Kan., Sept. 16.—From
"kid” pitcher with a touring: team of
"Boston Bloomer airls," to premier
slabinan of the champion Boston team
of the American league.
That’s the climb Joe Wood, a Ness
City, Kan., boy has made in the base
ball world in half a dozen seasons.
It was in the fail of 1906 that Joe
Wood, wearing a wig and bloomers,
and posing us a girl with a "Boston
Bloomer" team, was discovered by
Hutchinson fans pitching a series of
games against an Ellinwood, Kan.,
team.
The next spring, when "Doc" An
drews was organizing the Hutchinson
team in the Western association, these
same Hutchinson fans remembered the
Ness City boy, and Andrews sent for
him.
The slender. 17-year-old youth from
the shortgrass could field, hat and
throw like a demon and pitched a bail
that made hint the terror of the old
Western association circuit.
Joe Wood, the "boy pitcher," of the
Salt Packers, was soon called to high
er company, and in 1908 was drawn to
the Kansas City Blues and went to the
American association. Now, “Smoky
Joe." the Ness City kid pitcher, is the
king of Boston and the premier pitcher
of the American league.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
Western Leaque. American Leaque.
Clubs W. L. Pt.l Clubs. W. L. Pt.
Denver ... 87 60 .6921 Boston ,...97 a .71:!
Omaha ... 84 64 . 568 Phlhulel’a.. 81 56 . 591
St. Joseph. 82 66 . 554|\Vash’gton. 82 37 .r,!W
D Moines. 75 69 . 521 Chicago ... 67 7" .466
Lincoln .. 72 77 . 48.1.'Detroit .... 65 76 .453
Wichita .. 71 78 . 477lCleveland.. 62 75 .135
Sioux Cltv 68 76 . 476|New York. 48 8S .
Topeka ...48 98 . 329 St. Louis... 47 89 . 346
National League. American Aas'n.
Clubs W. L. Pt Clubs. W L. T't.
N.-w York 95 39 .709’|Min'apolis..102 54 .664
Chicago .. 82 52 .612 Columbus.. 97 42 . 61o
Pittsburgh 82 53 . 607 Toledo . 95 67 . 581
Cincinnati. 68 68 .G00;Kan. Citv.. 80 78 .506
Phlladel’a. 63 70 .474;Milwaukee. 74 83 .471
St. lamia.. 67 SO .410iSt. Paul. .. 74 85 .465
Brooklyn . 50 -86 . 368^I,oulsvllle.. 58 104 . 858,
Boston .... 42 92 .313|Ind’napoUs 54 167 . 335