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Tie Loop City Northwestern
J V BfRlJaCH, Publisher
LOUP CITY. - - NEBRASKA
MOTOR CARS iN THE ALPS.
Motorist* who desire to include the
moat picturesque parts of Saltier
lend in their itinerary bare run up
against a dead anil of opposition on
the pan of the people of the canton
which contains the finest Alpine seen
err. Including the r si ley of the Engs
dine, the Maloja lakes, the famous re
sorts at Manta. Poet resins and Dstos
and the passes of the Splugen. Malo
ja and Bernina, says the Pittsburg
it rot if leTriegrapt The question of
admitting motor cars to the Grloona
was submitted to the people by resort
to the Initiative, and the result was a
rode at absolute exclusion This came
ta pass m spite at the disposition of
the federal authorities to encourage
sstomhlk traffic and the active
work of the Swiss Automobile club
on the same aide. The people, how
ever. were unalterably hostile for the
reason that the Alpine roads are nar
row and that. If motor cars were ad
mitted. the use of those highways
would he fraught with great danger,
obviously. If the oppoeitlon so manl
fested is to he overcome the only
means of accomplishing this end Is
by the widening of the mountain
roads Here again, however, the will
«f the people must be consulted and
the issue Is bound to he mighty un
certain.
T»'e are now getting Intelligence
•hat win add to the charm of farming
and gardening and magnify the ideals
ed the city fellow who dreaxs of the
debraowe Savor of rural life. It haa
bees discovered, through experiments
ta Kcotland. that the application of
electricity to a garden bed will make
•he lettuce, the cucumbers, the peas,
the tomatoes, the beets, etc. grow fu
rioasly and Increase the yield from 20
to 1M per cam. The time for the
things to come up. after the seed Is
put la the ground. Is reduced at least
one-half- The application of the elec
tricity can he done by putting some
electric lights over the bed or dis
charging high-tension electrlclty from
a system of overhead wires. There
ie scientific reason for this sort of
horticulture Electricity is s powerful
and permeating fluid, and It Is partic
ularly rSertlve la promoting plant
Ufa.
In X«* York It has been made an
******* lor n driven of a motor ve
hicle to speed away after an accident,
and if be is caught the penalty is so
■suck the heavier It is so compara
tively easy for an offending motor
driver to escape by speeding that ev
ery risk to his doing so should be put
In his way. This speeding in city
streets is getting to be one of the
■** serious menaces of urban life
Mere than one valuable life have been
sacrificed to M. and what power them
is *• law and the law's enforcement
to stop it should be done.
A Brooklyn man got blood poison
ing fro* a blister caused by lawn
■owing Just oe the eve of the open
ing of the suburban season, this acci
dent is a significant coincidence, if
nothing more. At any rate the victim
deserves the bless:ngi of his kind for
furnishing the average commuter with
• good and valid excuse which no wife
worthy of the name can gainsay.
Magnus Alexander, commissioner
frw* Massachusetts of workingmen's
compensation, announces that -'an av
erage man can decently support a
family of five on $«oo a year " We
naocase that Magnus does not regard
a touring ear or an electric runabout
as a strk 'iy necessary concomitant to
decent living.
A western university professor says
that the blonde type will become ex
tinct in this country and that the av
erase American all! revert to the In
dian type. But here comes in the
triumph of science over mere nature;
even atavism cannot extirpate the
chemical blonde
Chauffeur* arrested a second time
is Atlantic City for speeding will loae
their licenses Some such drastic
man—re must bo taken In all large
rimmunities against this new danger
of rtrt It ration, or next time the census
will have to be pddded everywhere.
If It Is necessary to get up at six
• every morning to reach the
age of one hundred and one. we are
satisfied to Unger the traditional three
score and tea years In t^tis world and
let It go at that.
Thoughtless individuals often ac
cwoe newspapers of printing false
hands, hat here Is a little story from
a Michigan paper that can't be ques
tioned; ~Sbe was left s widow through
the death of her husband. ~
There may be merit la the plan to
revlas the Ten Commandments, but
we have no doubt that this wicked
world would be greatly Improved If
the original Tea Commandments were
A girl who can hear up under the
strata of a breach of promise suit
la hardy enough to s’eud almost any
thing—even a campaign la vaudeville.
It appears that the harem skirt has
gjed a natural death Though short
Its career It managed to make a good
zany broilers famous.
Krupp engineers bare patented an
•aria! torpedo for carrying on war
In the air. Blessed are the peace
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CHAMPION CUBS HAVE ANOTHER RUSIE
Fred Toney, Chicago’s New Pitcher.
-Another Amos Rusle,” is the way
the Cub outfit talk about Fred Toney.
He possesses a huge, powerful frame
and has speed to burn when working.
But Chance hasn’t given Toney an
opportunity to spoil himself. His first
lesson In the Chance school was to
'earn how to pitch a fast-breaking
ball overhand, and Mordecai Brown
taught him this in rapid manner. And
not only has he been coached by
Brown, but Jimmy Archer. Tom Need
ham and Johnny Kling have been at
work preparing Toney for the hill.
Chance took Toney around the east
ern circuit, not to work him regularly,
but to give him a chance to look over
the array of hitters that a pitcher
must fare in a long siege. Toney is
an observing youngster and the trip
did him a world of good. He has got
accustomed to the great crowds and
the novelty of his first trip In big
league company has worked off.
In all probability Chance will use
Toney quite frequently when he gets
settled down. Toney is anxious to
display his wonderful speed, and the
care that Chance has taken In pre
paring him for this summer's cam
paign is certain to prove advantage
ous when the Tennessee giant strikes
his stride.
Can’t See the Pirates.
"Can't see the Pirates with a Lick
telescope," is a common expression
among ball players.
ANOTHER “FIND” OF THE YEAR
"Germany" Schaefer la Hitting and
Fielding Better Than Usual—
Makes Pleasing Figure.
One of the finds of the season is
Germany Schaefer, of the Washing
tons. When he announced that he
was going to become an outfielder
and get a regular berth in the sub
urbs, he was chided for using up valu
Herman (“Germany") Schaefer.
able oxygen, but he Is fulfilling his
. own predictions. His hitting and
; fielding have been fine, and his base
i running and general versatility in a
game make him a most pleasing fig
ure In the line-up.
McGInnity Suspended for Slugging.
Pending further investigation, Man
ager McGInnity of Newark and Play
ers Nattress and Hardy of Montreal
were suspended by President Barrow
of the Eastern league for engaging in
a fist fight during a game with Mon
1 treal at Newark. Barrow said further
i punishment will be meted out to the
! ones found guilty of starting the trou
ble.
Jim McGuire is now Bcouting for the
Naps. Tom Daly, the old Sox player,
*s another man that Stovall has out
iooking for new material.
Roy Corhan appears to be the sen
sation of the season.
These hitting bees have an unset
tling effect upon managers.
At last Comlskey has a ball team
which is playing first-class ball.
Paul Meloan continues to make him
self solid with the St Louis fans.
Jimmy Callahan is proving every
day that he has “come back” to stay.
Even Christy Mathewson gets hi3
drubbings in these days of the lively
ball.
Manager Tenney believes the cast
off Cubs are good enough to help the
Doves. ,
The cork center ball will make life
miserable for pitchers and outfielders
this season.
Only the size of the grounds is keep
ing Ping Bodie from breaking into the
home run column.
If Ty Cobb and Sam Crawford were
on speaking terms, perhaps the results
would be different
Reulbach is still a member of the
Cubs’ staff, and is beginning to look
like a real pitcher these hot days.
Frank Schulte’ is peeved since all
these National leaguers began to
usurp bis title as the “home run kid.”
Perhaps future “three hundred bat
ters” will be those who make that
many hits in a season.
Baseball in the new style of slug
ging is rapidly becoming a dangerous
pastime, both for players and spec
tators.
Manager Fred Clarke is playing in
old-time form this season. The vet
eran leader of the Pirates hit safely in
12 consecutive games before he failed
to connect
Umpire Billy Evans, who is one of
the closest students of the game in
the country, declares that Lajoie is
the only American league player who
is without a weakness at the bat.
Charley Dooin. the manager of the
Phillies, Is surprising the base ball
populace by the manner in which he
ie clouting the ball.
There are so many rules for the reg
ulation of players that it would not be
a bad plan for the national commis
sion to eliminate Borne of them and
jack the owners np.
PASSING OF GREAT PITCHER
Sam Leever, Recently Released by
Pittsburg, Had Remarkable Career
—Twelve Years a Pirate.
The recent release of Pitcher Sam
Leever by Pittsburg marks the pass
ing of the last remnant of the old
Pittsburg team as it was made up be
fore the consolidation of the Pirates
and Louisville, when the National
league circuit was reduced from 12 to
8 clubs. Until the season of 1907
brought a deal with Boston, Leever
had one old comrade of the late 90's
In Clarence Beaumont, who was final
ly let out of fast company by Chicago.
Leever'8 career has been a remark
able one, and shows the old Pirate to
have been one of the greatest pitchers
in the history of the game. For 12
full seasons and part of another pen
nant race he had been a member of
the Pittsburg team and until the flight
of time cut him down to emergency
roles, a few years ago, he always
ranked as one of the most successful
slabmen in the majors. Indeed, there
is one feature to his record that put
him in a class of his own. for he was
champion pitcher of the National
league no less than than three times—
1901, 1903 and 1905—while his name
also appeared at the head of the list
in two other years, though he did not
participate in a sufficient number ot
games to earn the title of leader.
Leever. who is now thirty-eight
years of age, was secured by the Pitts
burg club of the Atlantic league, W.
H. Watkins being then manager of
the pirates. Sam was troubled with a
sore arm and pitched only one game
that season, but the following year he
w-&s back with bells on, and from that
time on ranked as one of the greatest
flingers in the business.
Since joining the Pittsburg team
Leever pitched a grand total of 290
games, and while this is not as mucb
work as some other veteran heavers
have done, the records of few rivals
are to be compared with that of Lee
ver in the all-important matter ot
percentage of victories. Of those 290
games pitched. Leever won no less
that 193 contests, against only 97
lost, for the remarkable percentage o!
.666.
KONEY WORTH HALF OF TEAM
Maanger Roger Bresnahan of Cardi
nals Wouldn’t Trade His Star to
New York Giants.
Roger Bresnahan. manager of the
Cardinals, was all worked up the othet
day over the report that he had gone
to New York to close a trade in whic^i
Ed Konetchy.
Ed Konetchy was to figure. Bresna
han denied the report hotly.
"I would not trade Ed for half of
the New York club and McGraw
thrown in.” was the way Roger put it.
"You can put this up as strong as
you like: I have absolutely no inten
tion of letting go of Koney. My visit
to New York was on business, but not
in relation to Koney."
Giants Set New Mark.
In the first inning of a recent game
with St. Louis the Giants broke the
season's record for scores for a single
inning by making a count of thirteen.
Devore and Doyle singled and Snod
grass tripled. Murray walked and
Merkle hit to ecnter for a home run.
Bridwell singled. Devlin walked, and
Meyers and Mathewson singled. De
vore hit to Harmon, who failed to
catch Meyers. Doyle filed to Ellis.
Snodgrass walked, forcing in Meyers
Murray was hit by a pitched ball, forc
ing in Matty. Merkle doubled, driving
in three runs. Bridwell singled and
Merkle scored on a double steal.
Will Train Together.
A plan to have the Cincinnati Na
tional and Boston American baseball
teams do their spring training togetli
ed permanently in some southern city
and share the expense, has been
agreed upon by the owners, according
to announcement made. It is proposed
to establish a training camp with a
clubhouse to be used jointly by the
teams and with two baseball fields
near by. Instead of depending on ho
tels, the players will have their quar
ters and eat at the clubhouse, under
the direction of the trainers. A gym
nasium will be a feature of the club
house.
Few Modem Hitting Pitchers.
Clark Griffith of the Reds regrets
there are so few pitchers In the
modern game who can hit like those
of 20 years ago. The team that has
a slamming twlrler and a hard-hitting
catcher is sending nine sluggers
against seven men who can hit but
who are handicapped *y two almost
certain outs, declares the Old Fox,
and the arithmetic is all in favor at
the nine who can use their bata.
That was a terrible accident which
happened in France, when a runaway
aeroplane plunged into a crowd of
spectators gathered to witness the
start of the Paris to Madrid race for
heavier than air machines, killing
Minister of War Berteaux, severely
Injuring Premier Monis, and quite
badly wounding several others.
Premier Monis, whose portrait is
shown here, was buried beneath the
wreckage of the monoplane. He was
taken out as quickly as possible, and
examined by military surgeons, wh(^
found that he had suffered compound
fractures of two bones in the right
leg, that his nose was broken, his face
badly contused, and that there were
bruises on the breast and abdomen.'
Antoine Ernest Emmanuel Monis,
premier and minister of the interior
of France, who came into power on
the fall of the Briand regime on
March 1 this year, was born at
Chateauneufsur-Oharente (Charente):
He Is a lawyer and was for many years an advocate In the court of appeal at
Bordeaux. He was minister of justice from 1899 to 1902, has been vice-presi
dent of the senate, where he sits as senator of the Gironde, and was a former
deputy. He has been decorated with the Grand Cross of the Order of the
White Eagle of Russia.
The deplorable accident, which caused the 47th death from that source
within three years, will not interfere with the progress of aviation in France,
where already hundreds of aeroplanes are in use or ordered for the use of the
French army. Rather, it will cause stringent regulations in the management
of crowds at aviation meets.
I GATES TELLS TRUST SECRETS
John W. Gates furnished the open
ing sensation in the investigation
when he revealed the history of the
United States Steel corporation. Pres
ent at the birth of the greatest steel
manufacturing concern In the world,
he described how it was the natural
outcome of what he described as the
refusal of Andrew Carnegie to be
bound by the "gentlemen's agree
ments" that marked the early day of
open competition in the steel busi
ness.
He told of millions lost and created
almost in a breath; how the Carnegie
mills, appraised at $160,000,000. were
recognized as worth $320,000,000; the
grim clash in the formative days,
when John D. Rockefeller was dis
suaded from joining in the creation
of the corporation, and the manner in
which others were prevented from
engaging in the steel trade.
Relating how Carnegie had been
luieeu lu auauuon pians ior extending his steel business, Gates frankly ad
mitted the gigantic industrial combination was formed to throttle competition,
and he surprised the committee with the further information that when John
D. Rockefeller had sought to enter the 6teel business a deal had been put
through by which the Standard Oil magnate was forced to sell out for 40 cents
on the dollar
Because of the marked discrepancies in the accounts of the absorption of
the Tennessee Coal and Iron company by the United States Steel corporation
in the panicky days of 1907, as given by John \Y. Gates and Elbert H. Gary,
the Stanley "Steel Trust" committee of the house decided that further light
on that deal should be obtained, and that every person who had anything to
do with It should be examined.
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HEAD OF A BIG EXPOSITION
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Charles C. Moore of San Francisco
has been unanimously chosen by the
board of directors of the Panama-Pa
cific international exposition company
as the active as well as the formal
head of the 1915 exposition. The ques
tion of executive leadership has been
settled finally. There will be no di
rector general of the Panama-Pacific
exposition. Moore, as president, will
combine the functions which have
been divided in all previous world's
expositions between a president and a
director general.
The board of directors of the expo
sition has adopted a complete plan of
organization, differing in its essential
features from that of any exposition
that ever has been held. The 1915 fair !
is to be conducted as a business propo
sition. organized upon the lines of a
great business corporation. Moore, as
executive head of the exposition, will
be the one man upon whom will rest
the burden of responsibility for carrying out every detail of exposition man- ;
agement. The appointment of all exposition officials and department heads
will devolve upon him and to him every department chief will be responsible.
1 MEXICO’S NEW AMBASSADOR 1
Senor De la Barra’s successor In
Washington Is Senor Zamacona. whose
father was minister to the United
States from 1878 to 1882. During the
father's tenure of office the son lived
with him In Washington, so that our
government and the ways of things
at our capital are familiar to the new
minister. Zamacona Is about forty
five years of age and for the past two
years has been Mexico's financial rep
resentative In London. Previous to
this he served as director of the in
ternational revenue of Mexico and
also represented the Mexican govern
ment’s Interests in the Mexican Cen
tral railroad. He is a man of brains;
if he has discretion in equal quantity
he will prove an acceptable successor
to De la. Barra.
Senor de la Barra proved himself a
gifted and altogether welcome repre
sentative of Mexico in Washington,
doing much to strengthen the bonds
of friendship between the two coun
tries. He is an advanced thinker, thoroughly in sympathy with the advance
ment of civilisation and the growth of popular government
His worth was recognized when President Diaz, forced by the gathering
strength of the rebellion, called him from Washington to become one of bis
new and modern cabinet, and especially so when both the Federalists and In
surrectos. the latter led by General Madero. chose him to serve as temporary
president to succeed Dias until an election can be held some half a year
hence.
Lifting the Jonah.
“Jim, how much do I owe you?
Twenty-three dollars. Isn’t It?"
“Yea."
“And for how long?"
“Over two years."
“Yes. Well. I begin to beliere that
$23 is an unlucky number to owe a
man." v
“Good!"
“So here’s a dollar—that cuts it to
twcati-two. doesn’t It? Goodhjr."
Headed Him Off.
"Sir, your daughter told me to come
to you and—"
“All right, sir—all right—but rm
busy now. Would you mind keeping
tally while I check up these bills I
have Just received for her Easter out
fit? There now. Thank you. What
is lt?“
“1 declare! 1 have forgotten what
1 was going to say to you. Good
day."
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Splendid Crops
in Saskatchewan (Western Canada)
800 Bushels from 20 acres
of wheat was the thresher's
return from a Lloyd
minster farm in the
season cf 1910. Many
fields in that as well as
other districts y ield
ed from 25 to 35 bu
shels of wheat to the
acre. Other grains in
proportion.
LARGE PROFITS
are thus derived
from the K R K I
M ESTEAD LANDS
_ Western Canada.
This excellent showing causes
prices to advance, luind values
should doubleintwo tears' time
Grain grox% ini;.mixed farm
In*, cat tie ralatiiK ami dairy
ing are all profitable. Free
Homesteads of 1 60 acres are
to be had In the very best
districts: 160 acre pre-emp
tions at 93.00 per acre with
in certain areas. Hchcolsand
churches In every settle
ment. climate unexcelled,
soil the richest: a ood. water
and building: material
plentiful. ,-.i»
For particulars as to location,
low settlers' railway rates and
descriptive illustrated jympl »t.
4*Ij»si Best West.” and otber in
formation. write to Sup’t of Immi
gration. Ottawa. 1'anadn. or to
Canadian Government Agent,
W. V. BENNETT
loom 4 In BMf. Omaha, lab.
PImi* write to the .pent nearest you
Couldn’t See the Resemblance.
They have been joking Assistant
Treasurer James A. Mathews of the
Guardian bank, on his resemblance to
President Taft, and Mr. Mathews has
steadily refused to be annoyed there
by. So the jokers subsided and the
joke died a natural death.
Until the other night, when Mr. and
Mrs. Mathews dined together with
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Harmon and their
little daughter, when the Taft resem
blance was revived. Turning to young
Miss Harmon, Mr. Mathews asked
whether she, too, thought he looked
like the president.
Dorothy studied long and earnestly.
Then she answered:
“Not in the face, Uncle Jim.’’—
Cleveland Leader.
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Vienna
Style
Sausage
A good dish for
a Luncheon
or Supper.
Brown the con
tents of a tin of
Libby’s Vienna
Sausages in the
frying pan and
serve with
potatoes.
Easy to serve
—fine to eat
Look for the Libby
label which means
quality.
Libfey, McNeill <& Libby
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