THE NORFOLK WEEKLY MEWS-JOURNAL
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NOlU'OliK. NKUKASKA JWIUAY DKUKIHIJKK ; i ( ) 15)10. )
IS WHIRLED
TO HIS DEATH
RICHARD KRAU8E , A HOSKINS
FARMER , IS KILLED.
CATCHES ARM IN A FLY WHEEL
'Whirled Around Three Times , His
Back It Broken , His Skull Crushed ,
His Arm Torn Out and Hla Face
Mangled Beyond Recognition.
Hosklns , Nob. , Doc. 29. Special to
Tbo NOWH : Richard Krnu&e , aged 52 ,
and unmarried , was Instantly killed at
Iho Ed Barnhart farm , two miles west
of here , last evening when he caught
his arm in the ( ly wheel of a gasoline
engine. His body was hurled around
three times and his skull was crush
ed IV ) arm torn and his back broken.
HI * face xvas mangled beyond recogni
tion.
tion.Krauso
Krause has four brothers nnd two
sisters hero. His father also lives in
Hoaklns. The funeral will bo held
Friday.
Were Sawing Wood.
Krause for the past ton years bad
"been making a business of shelling
corn and threshing. In the winter
time , with his gasoline englno and saw
bo saws wood. At 4 o'clock Wednes
day afternoon ho , in company with
.several other liven , had Just started
the onglno to saw some wood at Ed
Bernor's farm. The other men sud
denly heard Krause cry "Shut it' ' off. "
They saw ho was caught In the bolt
and had already passed ever the pul
ley1 , when they endeavored to stop the
.engine. Ho was killed instantly.
The body was carried to the homo
'Of ' his parents In Hosklns and was
brought to Norfolk for embalming at
the Sessions & Doll undertaking par
lors. His two brothers accompanied
the body here.
tiOBIN INDICTED
FOR $80,000 , THEFT
, NEW YORK BANKER CHARGED
WITH RESPONSIBILITY FOR
FAILURE.
"Now York , Dec. 29. The grand Jury
this afternoon handed down an indict
ment against Joseph G. Robin , whoso
financial transactions are alleged to bo
responsible for the closing of the
Northern Bank of New York on Tues
day last. The indictment specifically
charges Robin with the larceny of $80-
000 from the Northern bank.
BRYAN WOHT BHHERE
Nebraskan Takes Issue With Demo
crats Planning Baltimore Dinner.
Lincoln , Dec. 29. W. J. Bryan has
Informed Albert J. Almoney of Balti
more , M. D. , that he conont attend the
Jackson Day celebration , January 17.
Mr. Bryan says :
"It will be impossible for mo to be
present and I hesitate to send a let
ter to bo read nt the celebration lest
it might prove a discordant note , as
I would infer from the preliminary ar
rangements those who originated it
are dissatisfied with the last demo
cratic national platform. That plat
form was satisfactory to the party
two years ago and is satisfactory to
the rank and file now. The victory of
lost month was in , my judgment ,
largely duo to the fact that several
planks of the platform had already
boon vindicated by events and events
have since the election vindicated oth
er planks. "
Washington. Dec. 29. A meeting
of the officers and state vice presi
dents of the National League of Demo
cratic College clubs has been called
by President Warren J. Davis , to be"
hold in Washington on January IS.
The meeting will follow the demo
cratic conference In Baltimore , Janu
ary 17 , at which national democratic
leaders are to discuss party plans.
A COUNTY JUDGE IS DROWNED )
Judge James A. Crelghton of Sanga-
mon County , III.
Springfield , III. , Dec. 29. Judge
James A. Crelghton of the Sangamon
county circuit court was reported to
have drowned 'today.
Want Mulct Law Repealed.
Des Moines , Dec. 29. The repeal
of the Iowa Mulct law by the coming
legislature will bo demanded by the
prohibitionists of Iowa at a conference
enco of the state central committee
and other workers which will bo held
here tomorrow. This will bo a slated
rather than rosubmlsslon of the con
stitutional prohibitory amendment a !
this time.
Clcarwater Man Dead.
Clearwater , Neb. , Dec. 29. Sp cla
to The News : C. Q. Cooper , an ok
resident of the vicinity of Clenrwa
ter , died this morning at his rosldonc <
hero of cancer of the stomach at th <
age of 88.
Mr. Cooper was an old Mexican wai
veteran , also served through the clvl
war as a member of Company K , Slxtl
Minnesota Infantry. Interment Fri
day afternoon under the auspices o
Clearwater Post , No. 222 , G. A. R.
CONDI t ION OF THE FATHER
Maximum' 30
Minimum 8
Average 19
Hnromutor 30.00
Chicago , Dec. 29. The bulletin issued -
sued by the Chicago Btntlon of tlio
United Status woathur bureau gives
the forecast for Nebraska no follows :
Uonornlly fair tonight and Friday ;
colder eant portion tonight.
AN IOWA YOUTH
KILLS SWEETHEART
SHOOTS HER THROUGH HEAD
BECAUSE SHE WOULD NOT
MARRY HIM.
Oskaloosa , la. , Dec. 29. Cecil Lock-
nrd , 22 years of age , today shot his
Bwcothcart , Clara Mclntosh , 19 years
old , through the head because she re
fused to marry him. Lockard sought
to escape in an automobile , but was
overtaken nnd arrested.
JACK JOHNSON
NOW MATCHED
1
HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION SAID
TO HAVE ACCEPTED PARIS
OFFER. |
Paris , Doc. 29. It is announced that
Jack Johnson , the heavyweight cham
pion , ha' ' "Topted definitely the offer
made s- Ql > Stnto"of $25,000 to
' st ° " * * *
como to I'm I- FIciii tuo
winner of the opproainoSoc/ofj. / be
tween Joe Bennett nnd Sam Langi\ird.
Doc Cook Will Lecture.
Dos Molnes , Dec. 29. Dr. Frederick
A. Cook , the arctic explorer , has ac
cepted an invitation to lecture in Dos
Molnos in February under the aus
pices of the Press club of Des Molnes.
The receipts will be turned over to
charities.
HE'D FIGHT JAPAN.
But the Secretary of War Would Have' j
Only Newspaper Men In Battle.
Washington , Dec. 29. Secretary of
State Knox was In warlike mood to
day. Folowing a visit to the white
house ho declared ho was in favor of
taking Japan on first for three fast
rounds of the bloodiest sort of fight.
The secretary had had a long talk with
the president He seemed hardly p'-e-
par.ed for the onslaught of the report
ers as he reached the executive olllce
door.
"Do you favor a war with Japan ? "
ho was asked.
The secretary smiled grimly.
"I do favor it , " ho replied , "pro
vided , however , " he added , "that there
are no soldiers on either side except
newspaper reporters. "
"Have you any particular favorites
in the profession you would like to put
In the front rank ? " someone asked.
"No , " said the secretary , "I am not
playing any favorites. Put "em all in
the front ranks. I love" them all. "
"Why did the state department sup
press the report of an attack on Vice
Consul Williamson by two Japanese
and a Chinaman at Dalynoy , Man
churia ? " asked a particularly bravo
I young newspaper man.
"All I know about that , " answered
the secretary , "is what I read in the
lewspapors this morning. Therefore ,
1 don't believe it Is true. "
Jeff Davis' Grandson Weds.
Colorado Springs , Dec. 29. At an
elaborate wedding Jefferson Hayes
Davis , son of J. A. Davis and of the
late Mrs. Margaret Howell Jefferson
Davis Hayes and grandson of Jeffer
son Davis , was married yesterday to
Miss Doreo DeWltte , daughter of Dr.
and Mrs. Theodore F. DoWltte of
Broadmoor. a suburb of Colorado
Springs. Mr. nnd Mrs. Davis will re-
Mdo at Garfleld , Utah. Jefferson Hayes
Davis had his name changed from Jef
ferson Davis Hayes some years ago
by a special act of the Colorado legis
lature. This was done to perpetuate
the name of Jefferson Davis.
GERMAN WILL TRY
TO FLY ATLANTIC
HAS NOVEL PLAN TO KEEP RADIATORS -
ATORS COOL AND SAVE
GAS.
Berlin , Dec. 29. Joseph Brucker ,
who has announced his intention of
attempting in March or April next to
cross the Atlantic from the Capo
Verde Island to the Barbados or Trini
dad in the airship Suchard , will uti
lize a novel system to keep the gas
cool and prevent loss from radiation.
This will bo accomplished by sprink
lers constructed at the top of the en
velope , which will spray water over
the surface of the balloon. The water
supply will bo .drawn from the ocean
In torpedo shaped cylinders offering a
minimum resistance to the waves , ind
after being taken on board will be
pumped through a lioso to the sprink
© lers. Brucker proposes to carry a
crew of six in his craft , which will
be equipped with two motors , each of
100 horsepower.
A non-sinkable lifeboat will bo taken
along. Ho hopes to arrive nn * he ots
or side after four or five days and
nights in the air.
ALL COT OP
BY BIG SAW
PIERCE MAN-FRIGHTFULLY MAN
GLED , NEARLY KILLED.
SAW FALLS ON FACE AND CHEST
Jacob Lehnerz Is Terribly Slashed as
Saw Falls , and It Was Thought He' '
Would Die From Loss of Blood His
Chest Muscle Is Severed. I
Plerco , Nob. , Dec. 29. Special o
The News : Jacob Lehnorz , living
about live miles northeast of Plerco ,
while sawing wood at Fred Wobert's
place two miles south of town , was
almost killed by the saw falling over
his face and chest.
The saw became loosened nnd be
gan to tip , Lehnorz attempted to right
it but in doing so the saw foil over
him , cutting deep gashes in both lips
and exposing the teeth. The collar
bone was almost severed and the
heavy chest muscle entirely cut off
by a gash extending from the left |
shoulder to the lower end of the
breast bone. The tendons In the left
wrist were also severed. |
It was at first thought that Mr.
Lehnerz would dlo from loss of blood ,
but be has rallied and has a chance to
recover. i
He has a wife and one child who
have been notified of the accident.
The man is 28 years old.
NEGRO RUNS AMUCK
Kills Father-ln-Law , Wounds Wife and
Child , Shoots 7 , Suicides.
Atlanta , Tex. , Dec. 29. Becoming
suddenly Insane , Will Johnson , a ne
gro farmer , killed his father-in-law ,
seriously wounded his wife and 10-
year-old daughter , set fire to his home
and , barricatlng himself in a cotton J
gin , shot seven other negroes , two of I
whom probably will die. With his
last shot , Johnson killed himself , but
before doing so set fire to the gin ,
which with a quantity of cotton was
destroyed.
Noted Tennis Player Dead.
London , Dec. 29. Reginald F.
Iloperdy , elder of the brothers of the
noted English tennis team , died to-
| day. Ho had been in ill health for
some time.
A GENERAL STRIKE
THREATENS FRANCE
DEMAND IS MADE FOR A NEW
TRIAL FOR CONVICTED
LABOR LEADER.
Paris , Dec. 29. One hundred and
Ifty members of the chamber ' of
deputies have united in a petition to
he government for a new trial for
Durand , the secretary of the coal
landlers * union , who was convicted
of instigating the murder of Foreman
Donge , during the strike of the docks
n Havre last December nnd sentenc
ed to death. .
The plea for a re-opening of the
case Is based on a claim that a judi
cial error was made at the trial.
The general confederation of labor
; ias asked for a big demonstration in
rent of Falliere's residence on New
Years' day and threatens to call a
general strike ton days later , unless
the request for a new trial for Du
rand is granted.
Italian Strike Seems Near.
Como , Italy , Dec. 29. The leaders
of railway employes declare their
unions include 146,000 members and
that they are now ready to inaugu
rate a strike for an increase of wages.
They add that "sabotage" will bo ap
plied in such a manner to Insure the
complete success of the movement.
The government officials declare that
they are ready to adopt measures in
cluding the militarization of the rail-
men.
Strike Rioter to Prison.
Wlnnopeg , Dec. 29. The feature of
the street railway strike was the sentencing -
tencing of Wasyl Barren to pine
months in jail for throwing a bottle
through a car filled with passengers.
The next man guilty of a similar offense -
fense will go to the penitentiary , said
the court. The street railway com
pany 100 cars , which is one-half the
number usually in service. Cars were
in service until midnight
MAY LOSE PART OF PAY.
Overestimated Knox County Census
Said to Have Caused Overpay.
Bloomflold , Neb. , Dec. 29. An al
leged "padded" census of Knox county
has resulted in payment of excessive
salaries to county officials. The re
cent federal census gives the county
18,358 population , a gain of 4,015 , ln
ten years.
Since 1906 county officers hnvo been
paid on a population basis of 22,500
fixed arbitrarily by the county super
visors , who raised the sheriff's salary
from $1,500 to $1,750 , the county at
torney's from $800 to $1,000 and others
in proportion.
To reduce salaries and seek resti
tution for over payments is now being
considered.
SEEKING ADOPTION
( Copyright. 1910. )
REVOLOTION
IS NOW ON
FIGHTING ALREADY BEGUN IN
HONDURAN REBELLION.
REBELS LED BY AN AMERICAN
General Lee Christmas , Who Recently
Left New Orleans , Is Said to be Mov
ing Inland Many Americans Re
ported In the Insurgent Army.
'
Now Orleans , Dec. 29. Advices re
ceived hero late last night that n revo
lution had broken out in Honduras
and lighting is going on along the 1T u-
duran-Nlcaraguan " border , twenty
miles below Cape Graclas , Nicaragua.
The forces are being led , according
to the wireless reports , by Genera !
Lee Christmas , who was to have met
l.GOO men , many of them Americans ,
on the Nlcaraguan border , with forty
days' provisions.
It is known that the Davllla govtr'
mont moved 55,000 llvres from Puerto
Cortez to Culdad and the latter city
is believed to be the objective point
of the advancing revolutionists. * ue
reports Indicate that the greater part
of the fighting is about twenty miles
from Cape Gracias , Nicaragua , but on
the Honduran side.
It is understood that the plan of
attack is for Christmas to force his
way Inland whllo General Bonllla at
tacks Coiba fror. the Puerto Cortez
i ide , leaving the Hornet , which is said
to be now heavily armed , at Puerto
Cortez while that is port is held under
her guns.
guns.U.
U. S. Gunboats There.
Washington , Dec. 29. The United
States gunboat Yorktown has arrived
at Amapala , Honduras. With the
Yorktown on the Pacific side and the
Tacoma at the Atlantic port of Puerto
Cortez the coasts of Honduras are be
ing watched by the American navy for
developments in the revolutionary
movement.
Aside from the protection of Ameri
can interests , the two vessels are
charged with the responsibility of frus
trating any attempt to violate the neu
trality laws. No Information it is ald
has been received here regarding the
movements of the Hornet since sailIng -
Ing from New Orleans.
A Dakota Romance.
Aberdeen , S. D. , Dec. 29. The
youthful romance of Herbert Gains
nnd Ella Brumloy , a Mellette boy and
girl , aged 18 and 16 years respective
ly , who eloped to Aberdeen a week
ago and were arrested hero on orders
from their parents , culminated happily
at Redfield , where , with the consent of
tlfclr parents , they were united In
marriage by a justice of the peace.
Held For Dakota Robbery.
Aberdeen , S. D. , Dec. 29. James
O'Brien , Joseph Smith and John
Howard are the names of three men
who were bound ever to await the
action of the femoral court on the
charge of robbing the postofflco at
Stockholm , S. D. , on the night of De
cember 23. O'Brien and Howard are
middled aged men whllo Smith is
somewhat younger.
STAMP OUT SCARLET RASH.
City of West Point Takes Quick Meas
ures to Win Against Disease.
The city of West Point , Nob. , is taking -
ing time by the forelock in fighting
scarlet rash and as a result of three
mild cases all schools and churches
have been closed. There were nc
Christmas trees at churches there , ow
ing to the rigid quarantine effected Ir
the hope of stamping out the disease
before It became epidemic.
STEALING A RIDE ,
IS BADLY INJURED
VICTIM OF ACCIDENT AT BA8SETT
HAS HARD LUCK STORY
TO TELL.
Bassett , Neb. , Dec. 29. Special td
The News : George Lemen , a young
man about 23 years old who was steal
ing a ride on No. 5 , the midnight pas
senger train becoming cold got off
here and was running along the train
to get warm when he slipped on the
Ice and cut his knee very painfully.
Fie managed to crawl to the depot and
stayed there until morning. He was
attended by Dr. Root , who had to take
several stitches in his knee. He was
unable to walk and a collection was
taken up and a ticket purchased nnd
ho .was sent on to his home ut Keeline ,
Wyo.
The young man had a very hard luck
story to tell. He said that he started
with $43 and a ticket from Reeding ,
Minn. , to his home at Keeline , but
had to remain at Sioux City over night
on account of train connections , and
was robbed during the night of all
his money except a $1 bill and two 2-
cent stamps. They even took his tic
ket , he said. He was unable to get
any trace of the robbers and decided
.0 beat his way home In order to bo
there at Christmas time.
SOLO HER SN'S ' VHE (
New Features Develop In the Ohio
Vote Bribe Scandal.
West Union , O. , Dec. 2i . Two new
'eatures developed in the session of
the special grand Jury investigating
wholesale buying of votes in Adams
county. One was that of a woman
selling her son's vote and the other
concerned a voter who was bought in
three different ways. The woman IR
a widow who lives in Peebles. She is
accused of having accepted $5 for her
son's franchise. Both mother and son
were Indicted but neither have been
arrested. (
A farmer In Jacksonville precinct
who came in , surprised the jury by
tils confession that ho was bought
three times last election day. For'
Ills promise to vote the straight re-1 |
publican ticket , he said he received
$12.50 ; on a contract to vote the
straight democratic ticket ho was
paid $10 and the price for agreeing to
vote for a certain democratic candi
date was paid $3. Ho pleaded guilty
when arraigned and was disfranchis
ed for five years , fined $5 and costs '
And given six months in the work-1 |
house , with prison sentence suspen
ded , j
One" hundred and six Indictments
wore returned which brings { ho total' '
up to 998. There are indications that (
the number will reach 1,500 as pre
dicted by Special Prosecutor William
B. Stephenson.
Immediate Canal Legislation.
Washington , Dec. 29. Immediate
formulation of Panama canal legisla
tion practically wcs decided upon at a
conference at the white house partici
pated in by President Taft , Secretary
of State Knox , Secretary of War Dick
inson , Senator Flint of Claiforriln ,
chairman of the senate committee on
Interoceanlc canals , and Senator
Brandgee of Connecticut , also a mem
ber of that committee , nnd Represen
tative Mann of Illinois , chairman of
Hie house committee on interstate and
foreign commerce.
After $20,000 , Air Prize.
Paris , Dec. 29. M. Lanser , another
competitor for the Automobile club's
prize of $20,000 for the first flight
made by nn aviator carrying a passen
ger from Paris to Brussels and return ,
started at 9:27 : o'clock this morning.
Ho piloted n biplane.
NOT BOOMING
THE PRESIDENT ?
ALLEGED ROOSEVELT HAD MADE
DECLARATION.
HAS NOT DISCUSSED QUESTION
Colonel Also Said to Have Asserted
He Knows Nothing More of the Col
lector Loeb Story Than He Has
Read In Newspapers.
Chicago , Dec. 29. A New York spe
cial to tha Chicago Tribune says :
Col. Theodpre Roosevelt has not de
clared for the renomination of Presi
dent Taft by the Topubllcun party in
1912. Colonel Roosevelt made this
fact most emphatic at his office in the
Outlook.
-"All of this talk about me support
ing Mr. Taft in 1912 is utterly absurd , "
he said. 'Thero has been nothing like
that discussed by mo with anyone at
any time. And so far as the state
ments are concerned that Collector
Loeb has become a Taft dispenser of
patronage in New York In order to
secure the state delegation for the
president's renomination in 1912 , I
know nothing more of the matter than
what I have read in the newspapers.
So far as I know there is nothing in
it. "
The statement followed the publica
tion of a dispatch from Washington
setting forth that Collector Loeb of
New York , had been appointed helms
man of the Tnft political fortunes as
regards 1912 ; that Colonel Roosevelt
had made overtures for peace with
Taft and that these overtures had
been welcomed at the white house.
The dispatch went on to say that Mr.
Loeb had been handed over the New
York patronage to be used in the in
terest of the renomination of Presi
dent Taft.
WED ; DIVORCED ; REMARRIED.
Linotype Operator at Aberdeen , S. D. ,
Rewins Former Bride.
Aberdeen , S. D. , Dec. 29. A. L. Me-
Naghten , county Judge , performed the
ceremony tying in marrlngo George
B. Scott of Aberdeen nnd Miss Wil-
helmina Steffen of Des Molnes. The
marriage attracted more than usual
attention hero because It Is not the
first time Miss Steffen has become
'Mrs. Scott.
Scott is a young linotype operator
and popular among his associates but
differences arose between himself and
his young wife , and Mrs. Scott returned -
turned to her parents' homo In Des
Molnes. Last November In the state
circuit court at Aberdeen she was
granted a divorce from Scott , being
granted the right to resume her maid
en name. Scott was not content with
the court's decree , however , and Im
mediately resumed the courtship by
which ho had won his brldo but a few
short years before.
Miss Steffen listened to his plead
ings ; the past was forgotten or forgiven -
| given , and a second wedding six
i weeks after the divorce was secured I
J
starts the young couple again on the
matrimonial sea.
A Spinal Meningitis Epidemic.
Bokosho , Okla. , Dec. 29. Following
the death of five children hero said
to bo the result of eating mistletoe ber
ries , the homes of Benjamin White
and Francis Wright have been quaran i-
tined. Health Olllcer Hardy says spin i-
al meningitis caused the death of the
children. Three of White's children
and two of Wright's died and officials
Bay the town is threatened with an
epidemic of spinal meningitis.
15 DEAD , 50 HURT
IN AN EXPLOSION
DOILER IN ICE PLANT BLOWS UP
AT PITTSFIELD , MASS.
TWO OF THE DEAD IDENTIFIED
The Other Thirteen are Believed to
Have Deen Italians nnd Polanders ;
Disaster Occurs on Shore of More *
wood Lake , Near Plttsfleld.
Plttslleld , Mass. , Dec. 29. Fifteen
nun tire reported to have been kill
ed and Ilfty Injured today by tlio ox-
) loslon of a boiler at thu plant of tlio
Morowood Ice company on the shore
of Morowood Lake , about two miles
outsldo of this city.
Two of the dead hnvo boon Idontl-
led as William Dunn , engineer , aud
Edgar Allen , an employe.
The other victims are believed to
mvo been Italians and Polanders.
POWDER BLAST KILLS SIX.
Still One Living Man Burled Under
Slag In El Paso Smelter.
El Paso , Tox. , Dec. 2D. Efforts of
the rescuers at the slag dump of the
El Paso smelter early this morning
wore directed toward the rolnnso of
Fuslvo Agutllar , the only living man
remaining In the dump. Agulllar linn
boon pinned under a mass of the Mag
for nearly eighteen hours , but Is able
to talk with his rescuers.
Progress Is unusually slow from the
fact that ovcry bit of slag must bo re
moved from the tunnel in the dump
with long handled boos. It Is expect
ed that Agulllar will bo released some
time today. ,
Six Is the total of the death list
In yesterday's explosion when the ac
cidental discharge of nearly 4,000
pounds of powder burled a score of
workmen engaged In burrowing into
the huge pile of slag to aocuro ma
terial for railroa'l ' ballast. Four bodies
still remain In the dump.
Joaquln Chaparro was taken alive
from tunnel No. 1 after twelve hours'
Imprisonment.
Two hundred cans of powder , flll
in the tunnels , lend an element of dan
ger to the rescue work.
An Earthquake In Greece.
Athens , Dec. 29. There was a violent
lent earthquake in the province of
Ells today , causing heavy damage to
buildings. f
The government has dispatched
help. <
FRANK GOTGH IS
'TICKLED ' TO DEATH1
WRESTLING CHAMPION SAYS HE
WILL STAY ON MAT FOR
ALL COMERS.
Montreal , Dec. 29. Jack Curley ,
manager for George Hackenschii'idt ,
the Russian wrestler , left for Chicago
today to conclude arrangement * for a
match between his principal and
Frank Gotch. Curley had previously
wired formal acceptance of a chal
lenge to a contest for $20,000 a side.
Des Molnes , Dec. 29. A reputable
Des Moines citl/eri today authorized
the Des Moines Capital to offer $10-
000 to get the Gotch-Hackenschmldt
wrestling match pulled off in Des
Molnos. The only stipulation Is that
the match be held within six weeks.
Des Molnes , Dec. 29. "Tickled to
death , " declared Frank Gotch over the
telephone today when told that Jack
Curley , manager for George Hacken-
schmidt , had accepted the challenge
issued through. Farmer Burns that
Gotch would meet any man that
would put up a $20,000 side bet
"I am ready to meet the 'Russian
Lion , " as they call him , and hhow him
that I am still world champion I
would prefer that the match be pull
ed off In the next three or four weeks.
After meeting him I will stay on tlio
mat as long as any of them can put
up enough money. But I don't think
there Is enough money ( n the wliole
bunch of them to cover the challenge
I Issued by Farmer Burns. "
Montreal , Dec. 29. Jack Curley ,
manager for Hackenschmldt , bald ho
would accept for his principal the
challenge on behalf of Frank Gotch to
wrestle for a side bet of $20,000 and
the gate receipts.
Curley says ho has wired a $500 for
feit to a Chicago sporting editor and
will go to Chicago Friday to make the
match.
Omaha , Dec. 29. "Farmer" Burns
has Issued a challenge on behalf of
Frank Gotch for a match with any
man in the world , George Ilnokon-
schmldt preferred , for a side bet of
$20,000. the winner to take all the
wrestlers' share of the gate money or
purse.
Mr. Burns says :
"Tho match must bo catch-as-catch-
can , two best out of three , by modern
ft lid any rensonnhlo time to train ,
imatch to bo pulled off anywhere in
America , where they give the blggost
purso. "
Tlio "farmer" also makes a sweep-
Ing challenge to several other wrestl
ers for himself or Fred Beol.