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Mutt Mu Have Thought a 'f JM r- M RAB Sae ua. "tEO OF KlMfc HPCea rM GtUt tiLtfT a. T. an watc 7k. no. ah jeaAt.e LrrFM '( ieu.cn;. I NAT X a-wr-i rcr- m. MUTT'S vo.cc S BASKET BAIXjCHAMPS MEET Futett Team of Four States Flay 4 in Omaha Tail Week. ' TESTE flATffra TO BE FLAYED Tt Haa Beea InuiH ' thai Each "Y seoad Shell Meal the Other, p; Tkaa Dowtdlaej Champion ef aala at MlaaaaH Valley. . ' Plana vara completed laat evening by !C I. Reed, athlaue dlractvr at the L Omaha High school, tar the lakwourl val lay Intsrschoisstle post-season basket Tbaii tournament, which vlll b bald at the a. "i" eaeooeUon gymnasium maif ajia Mtaroay af thla mak. ' ' Tkraa pramlar Door quintets wilt be en , tara, all tna pica at Mebiaaka, Iowa, Mlaaonrt and Xaaaaa. Tboaa repreaentad .will be Omaaa Hlb. Nebraaka eham- Xanaaa CHr Central high, champ at Mlaaourt a ad Kanaaa, and Ottumwa Hub ec hod, wtMwra of tba Inter-blab, aaboal baakat taiirkar at Iowa thla rear. Ottumwa dafaated the taat rUoul Cltr fl aaiiirilay araalnf Is the tuna at a) U m. tnua eumJntuna tha Bloui from eaajioa a Be Tepreaentad. , Daflatia aaeUMaoa Uet tba twa out Ida taaaM woatd enter waa reoHved In ' tha farm of talefframe raatrrder from F. U. aUmajatt' director at athletic at Itha Ottumwa arhool, and Prof. Porter .Oravea, mnfr of ap mj at tba Kanaaa CUT Central Hlb KhooL Tha Ottumwa quad will leave there Thursday after oaa at 'clork and arrive ber lata tha aana erenlnf. Tha Xanaa City lad plaa to ret ber Friday momltut. . While bar' tha two aquad will be entertained by a raaaptloa aomraltte of the local Thraa Oaeaee la an. There win be thraa rme In all, an Prldar aftartMoO, ret her ,th earn rranrac, and the fliuu eonteet Daturday alht. All tha tontaei wlU b ataawd at the "t" -rtmrleilum. ' It baa been ao rancad thafeaaob. taau will awet tha tw otbara barara tha ales of tha meet. - A stiver lorn( oup (or tha winner 'of th tournament hah bean donated by 0. W. Ryaa,. tha loral Jeweler. Tha cup I ana af rha meet haadaoaia aport traphlaa that haa bees hum up her for eome time. j", ' 1 Jones and Kelly Are Keturned to St. Joe CHICatH Keren S.-Firat haeeman "Tea" Joaea, bad Outfielder Kelly bar been turned back by tha Chicago Ameri cans to th Bt. Joseph Western League .dab and Catcher demon ha bash re leased to Wichita, whence ha cans, so cordlnc to news from th tratnlnc camp t Waco today. BOWLINQ TROPHY GAMES TO BE ROLLED OFF SOON At a meeting af th Greater Omaha Bow Urn laaoctoUlnn. a ayatam waa adopted for .tba rolling oft at tba tame for tn 1a Valdora trophy, a aw aUrer lovlnt cup. Than ara el slit leaaua In tha association at present and th pea ant winner In each league will roll agalast ach other for tba cup, Tha matches wll be rolled on allay one and two. ltorrlaoaa, aa soea a tha leagues aa ttntshed thatr raspaotlva sunns Ft fames arm b railed by each team end tha total pine will he counted. , BOXING CARD AT FT. OMAHA GYM WEDNESDAY NIGHT Firs boxing erent ara oa a rard to be give at tha gymnasium at Fan Omaha Wednesday evening. For tha wlncup KM Jensen, tha local blacksmith, w.'il bra "TounaT Moore of tha post. Eralaa Track Maaaanrr. Fred Ryplna. IX was appointed student majiager at tha 41) Omaha High srhont track team by the faculty board of con Jtrol today. It will his duty is take fcharg af tha track affair thl aeaeoa ! under tha supernal m ut '. K. kml vl' principal, aad ta ecooinuenr the regular '.squad ea all out-of-to vn tripa. aaaxkar Cawtraet RaeelTOd v Th ccntract of Pitcher Bunny Hears .raa reeeteed yesterday by Diek Orott. aecretary ml th omafta ball elub. Bunny aent a letter alee la which he nates thai be I eoacklag the Atlantic Christian aa orteiiea team at Wlieon. N. C and get ting a good shape. He aald hie contract was entirely eattefartory and that he -will work hard to mak thl his best ar b) league beaa ball. Ha will report la Omaha an April a. City Hall Quakes For the Old Regime Excitement reigned rampant la tba city Jiall for a while yetaarday afternoon, fol lowiag the fan of a part of the ceiling- A . pauh af plaster dropped tha eighty feat to tha first floor, narrowly mlaslag Street C jwunieeiooer Tom Flyno, wh baaded toward aa senator. As a buger chunk of plaater was loossnsd tha area, Where tt waa Bkaly to fall waa fenced ta ta forestall possibility of Injurtea. A crowd gatbarrd where tha plaster fall, several souadlmaa aad city, ball ofO awle apaeualtlng aa ta whether tha ca ll r raaf would (Its way. -Oh. na." said somebody. n aura will falL It waa Juat a ntvr ap in splnai cola i o the maalrtpal oaelle at tha thought of tha old regime's departure.' t mm u. raffl. a wj; .& t& " ' f" ' 1 I a! last- As?, I I I T VILIT DUES I I 1 . V I I TVCS 1Mb 1 -. ' w J S 11 Vri LKJ -.' v l 1 111 s I V ' I IE I I I . ViPlw V 1 Vftrn do 111 I lTti' v ; ? .! fa SB I I 1-1 1 kCM' s S ( Uf N l O ife;"V TENNIS PLAYERSASK CHANGE Present Scheme of Representation is , Hot Satisfactory. . . COWOTTEE TO SEFOBT SOON Caatratlea la that Clab at Tea Mean acre Sbeald Mat Hare ftama Vale aa a Clab with 100 Players Earallea. ; . t NEW TOP.K. March S.-Many lawn tan- ala players are wandering whether any thing will coma of tha effort being made to bring about a change In the present method of representation In the United States National Lawn Tennis associa tion. Th matter will com up at th annual meeting of the association on February S, at which time ths committee on, representation, which waa appointed at. tha last annual meeting, I expected to make Its report- Thl committee con sists of Joseph R. Carpenter, Jr., Phila delphia (.Ticket club;. Ward V. Burton. MnnetonJia Yacht club,, Minneapolis, Minn.; Calhoun Oragln, Wast Bids Tennis club. New York; Frederick C. Colston, Baltimore Country elub, and Thomas C. Bandy, Loa Angeles (Cal.) ' Country club. Tha appointment of this, committee by President Jamas D wight last summer waa tha result of so agitation watch ha bean going oa for a number ot years. Calhoun Crajgla haa barn one of th moat peretetent advocate of a change In tha yitem of representatloe, and tw years ago a committee ot which h was th head brought la a report making certain recommendations. These did not meet with taror, however, and when they war discussed at tha annual masting I hey were voted down.. Cragln haa kept up ths fight, nevertheless, and at tha last annual meeting th taking ot a proxy rata ea th matter at a tat boor waa avoided only by the promise that another committee weuld be appointed to study tb subject Cragla wad satisfied that thl waa tha beat ha aoald hope for and ha withdrew th motion far proxy rota. .,.,. ... . . , Ceateatlaa af CraaJa. . - ' Two classes of members compos th organisation of lbs National Bsaodafloa -clubs and associations ot clubs., Th former haa en vols and ths latter three or more, depending oa the number ot elub la their organisation. Th con tention of Cragla and hi supporters Is that It I manifestly unfair te glr a (tub banag, say tea members, the earn voice in the council of th association as an other having a hundred or upward. la the discussions that have takes plaos It baa bean pointed out that there are etuse having lees thaa halt a dosta mem ber, yet they have the earn , vote as the Wert side Tennla club, which baa more than SO member. Tha absurdity at this la recognised, but what stands la th way I tb difficulty of finding a new systsm that will be sat isfactory all around. For example, If a large club la given more votes It must. of course, pay more dues; and to thl some of the club would object most strenuously. Again, there Is admitted dlffloulty In fixing tb vol of club that are not purely tennle organisations- country golf and cricket dubs, tor In stance. There I th Nw York Athletlo elub. which la a member of the National sasoc lotion. What representation shall It have, with Me , or more member. only very, small and constantly varying proportion ot whom are tonal players t There sxs dosena of ether big club which ara In almost the same position. and some of them are naturally averse to having any change whatever made. And, ae they are very Influential In the councils ot th association. It hi obvious that any plan eubmltted by the com mittee must be satisfactory to them in order to have much, c ha net ot going inrougn. (ampaaltloa at Cemmlttr. The composition of the committee It self ha a vary decided bearing on the matter. Two of the members, Messrs Carpenter and Colatoa, represent big erlckot and country club of th kind referred to, while another, Ward C. Bar ton, come from a yacht elub which has only a small number ot tennis members. Bundy I la aa Interim nate class, for he haa affUlatlona with both oountry club and tennle organisation. Thla leaves Cragla aa tha one member of the committee who Interact are solely with a tennla dub. At tha asms Urn there Is sxcellrnt authority for saying that the other membere of the aommlltee are not hoa II 'e to any change. They merely reo ognlxe the great difficulties standing In the way of finding a systsat that will serve the Interest of all the member of th association tha clasas mentioned and the "hotel" members, who form still another element There are about a dosaa of these, mostly clubi formed for th purpose of conducting tourna ment held at hotela. So great has become tha need of a revtclon of the coniUtution and by-laws of the association that It will be takes up In earnest at th annual meeting. The natrument ta an ancient one, having barn adopted at tha "lawn tennla con- etitlon" which met at tha Fifth Avenue hotel. New York, Saturday. May fl. 1WI. tnce than It haa been tinkered with at 'ueoesalve annual meetings, but It still stain many af the crudltle Inherent a a document that wa framed tor the government ot a body numbering less haa a score of ctuee, but whiob has now trowa until It membership Is nesrtr ; w At a meeting of th executive com mittee held la December th subject ot a revision waa brought up. and It waa decided ta neommend to ths annual meeting that "th association authorise THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, MARCH 26. Train Hit Him the appointment of a. committee to con sider a revision ot tb constitution and by-law, and to have any amendment which they may propoe Included In the call for the annual meeting." Thla haa sow been dons, and official actloa of soma sort will be taken on February a Adapt Xew Coaetttalloo. Although the recommendation apeak of a "revision," It would not be surpris ing If n entire new constitution should be ad-pled. Thl I favored by th exa- jutlve committee, while the membership at large will undoubtedly weloome the proposal. Tha present plan la to appoint a committee containing one or more law yers, la order that tha verbiage as well aa the form of th new document shall be beyond criticism. Only one of the present officer I a lawyer. Richard Stevens, but thl doe not mak any material difference, a tha Intention la to form a committee largely outside of the present executive committee. Many close observers believe that be fore the work 1 concluded the entire scheme of government of the association will be changed. There I a strong likelihood that a pro posal to require the champion to play through and to restrict the entry list at the national championship will corns be fore the annual meeting. Just what strength will be behind them cannot be said at present, but It Is not probable that either will be adopted. To require the champion to play through, after per mitting him to stand out for twenty-flv years, would be a move bo roaring on the revolutionary, . and, entirely aside for the sentimental side, there Is no rea son to believe that the foroea behind the present plan ara too strong to be dis lodged, sspecislly at tha first attempt. The other proposal to restrict the entry ut at the national championship meet ing will meet with much more favor. Th list ha grown so that It la axoeed mgly difficult to hsndls tt Last year the entries exceeded so, at least two thirds .of whom bsd absolutely no chance of getting beyond the first few rounds, and nearly tw, weeks would have been require tor tee . tournameat. evea .had there bee no rain. If a aaslstactory plan could be devised to keep down the eslrles , H would undoubtedly receive trong enough support,, although many players feel that a big list la good for the game and ahould be encouraged. One of the plan that will be brought forward provides for the aubmlastoa of tha name of prtwpecttt entrants, first te their horn club 'and than te the executive committee of the national easo clatloa. before being accepted. ' Thl I merely the outline of the plea, and It will undoubtedly be elaborated at the meeting. It le Interesting to recall that the Eng lish Lawn Tennis association voted down a plaa to restrict the entry at the Eng lish championship la November. Women Will Enter Fencing Tourney NEW YORK. March Women ara to be admitted ss competitors to the na tional championship tournaments of the Amateur Fencers' league of America. That wa th declaration of Dr. Oraem M. Hammond, president of the league, and he even went further la stating that the Fencers' club ot New York was about to inaugurate a series of weekly eotreee la which teams of woman fencers, with tolls, would meet teams of men. According to several of the leading ef flcials of the league tb Interest among women haa been cumulated and sharpened by the visit of the Baroness da Meyer to this country and her bouts. The fair wield ers of the steel blade are now anxious for open competition. Th result m thst th Amateur Fencers league of America haa decided to conduct cham pionship bouts in class for women thl esson for the first time la the history of fencing In thl oountry. - Dr. Hammond wag enthusiastic over the plan. "Tha program for the cham pionship titles and the divisions remains to be determined upon," he aald. "The league will officially offer tha usual medals, but It le Jlkely that Colonel Rob ert M. Thompooa also will offer -a valuable trophy aa a prise for a team match, or something of that sort, as he has been greatly. Interested In furthering the sport of fencing among women In; thla country. Borne months ago Colonel Thompson svea want ae far aa to get Charles Tathanv W. Scott O'Connor aad others to suggest lists of women fencers who might be prevailed upon to com to open competition. Th appearance of the Baroness da Meyer, the Interest shows by the Colony club and ether Incidents have brought the women forward, so that fencing bouts promise to become even more popular than bridge.' WOMAN CARRIES A BLACK RABBIT ON STREET AS A PET In .the east socket y women bare taken to carrying with them Bantam chickens ss pets, thereby putting aside the famous lap dogs. In Omaha tha tab- aea like more attractive pets, and they consist ot rabbits, oats and birds. Yesterday a young wvmen got oa a Ttrua car wttb a black rabbit la her arms. About Its neck wa a pink ribbon, tied tn a fussy l"ot When ths woman left tha car she patted bunny upon the head and he .Instantly crawled tnte one of the large pockets of her coat. Stimulate ear biirlsess Vr advertising In Th Bee-lb newspaper that reaches all ot the buyer. CABRERA GETS AN AIRING I Iron President of Guatemala Fears Nothing Near Knox. OUTDOES ill Ef HOSPITALITY Last Raler af Type at Mas Ii Soothers Rapabllea Rales Over Devratreddra Sabjecta by Aid af Upper Classes. GUATEMALA. March &-Correspoiid- ence of th Associated Frees.) If the visit of Secretary Knox to Guatemala accomplished nothing more It afforded tha president ot the republic a public air ing, tha Ilka of which ha has not had since the last attempt upon his lit some four years ago. 1 Manuel Estrada Cabrera has a keen sense of humor end he must have had In mind more thaa be expressed In word when be said at the dinner given by him to his American guests at the government palace that he had hugely enjoyed the last three day. Always at the side of the secretary. Mrs. Knox or others ot ths guests, ths president repeatedly "showed himself to th people-end to their unfeigned sur prise. Indeed the appearance In public of the Iron-handed ruler whoa multitudin ous duties, a he (xplslns, have long kept him closely confined In the palace wa much th feature of the visit Kdlet Uewa Forth. In Guatemala the wish of the national executive I the law aad whea word went forth that Guatemala waa to outdo the ether Central American republics la Its welcome to Mr. Knox It was a foregone conclusion that the reception would bo all that the considerable resouroas of ths republic permitted. A special train bring ing members ot the cabinet, high army officers and other notables met the Knox party et Baa Joas and the secretary was escorted to the capital. The railway station at all points wsrs decorated with the Guatemalan and Amartcsa colors aad half buried- behind palms and flowers. ' On thd platform were school ohltdrta, oiesaed ta. white. At Ksuintle. where a (top waa made; for refreshment,- th aecretary passed be- tweea Una of boy and girls and one ot the children presented him with an ad dress of welcome. At Morsn, th mecca or cockflghters, a band Jammed the Star Bpangled Banner Into the two minute re quired to take water by the engines. Swimmer Wave Pleae. Pressing to the southern shors of beau tiful Lagune th train brought to view a flotilla of canoe fantastically dressed in the colors of the two countries, while around the craft filled with young men and women were swimmers whoso pro truding hands held above the surface tb Star and Stripes. Reaching the capital the secretary waa greeted by a distinguished group of gov ernment officials and escorted ta a mansion vacated by Its Spanish owner for the use ot the Knoa family, through streete gaily decorated, under arches ot Welcome, past a duplicate ot the statue of liberty end always between row of soldiers, behind whom must have been a majority ot the city Inhabitants. All were respectful, but one looked In vain for a glimmer ot the sort of weloome that distinguished guest experts la North America. . , That evening S.M Indian took part In a torchlight precession aad President Cabrera giving ju arm. to Mrs. Knox stepped to alt open window from which he witnessed the weird scene. It was a pathetic sightdull faoed men. ' Vomer. children and their miserable garb made mor fantastic by the uncartata light of their torches, trudging along to 'doleful music aad occasionally cheering for. Cabrera for the entertainment et the president's American guests. Cabrera, the last of the type of DUs. Castro and Zelaya la the re pu si to to the eouth .f the United States, Is the absolute ruler of hie lOOC.tu) "subjecta," i.iM,tO of whom are Indians; '" Cabrera the Whole Thins. Lett I la aald of tb president gad If what Is said la true, be ta a nearly per fect man. The ooooaulousnsss of his minuter at tha various fuactlen waa marked. He directed every soove. At the lightest movement of hi bead men rose and ant down, stepped toward him and reterated automatically. -i Th president attended 'a dinner at the Ajsariean legation. At Its conclusion a dignified figure aurreunded by afftclala left ths legation and stepping into the presidential earring was driven swtfUy away. Tan minute later Cabrera emerged unattended from the nouss snd dlmMng lnt a dilapidated public con veyance wea taken to tba palace. The acre Ideal never toUowa the natural route ! In his travels aboat the city, nor dose be ever appear Just when and where he might be expected. "Guatemala t alwaya peaceful." aald th president la aa interview, "and en wa do not nerd a court at Cartage, but I aomo of the ether rep"' -a where there ' are occasloaal revelut !o seed such I a tribunal, aad It Is a (. thing. Guatemala, however, haa not been espe- I elally puaetlltlous In observing Its obligations under the Central Aitssrioaa peace pact of OCT. and only recently Salvador had sccastoa te complain sad Invite the good office of th AaMrieaa State department to secure Its territorial rights against Guatemalan aggression Preaiont aa laa la a. Cabrera feels the burden of state, bat baa no desire ta lay It down. Hs has been reported aa la very bad health, bat he does not look Uks a sick anas, ii I 1912. Drawn an Indian, about fa year eld. cf medium height thick-set with a well-shaped head. Hi hair I thin and slightly gray and his mustache Is Iron-gray. Hla face la wonderfully mobile and expressive. His black eyes are penetrating and he can give one a disconcerting stare. At the same time he can smile sweetly enough and his manners are easy. The grievance of the lower classes. If, Indeed, they realise that they have any, I to be found in th poverty rreuHIng In part at least from th Immense reve nue necessary to maintain th president and army In lavish style. What the better classes think Is not known for certain, but It Is through them that for fourteen years Cabrera has maintained a military dictatorship. Yet many Americans resident bar told number of tba . Knox party that no other government I possible and that Cabrera s sbsoluttsm was better , than ceaseless revolutions: that tha United States could not hop to do more with Cabrera than awe him Into being "rea sonably good" and so protect the neigh boring governments from encroachment. GET ON TO WHAT HAPPENS Mere Active Bodily Cataballam Pre vente DeraMageaseat ot the -' Metabolism. Civilised man ha lost his natural Indi cator for the need of sleep, namely, abun dant muscular exercise pure and simple, unmarred by accompanying nerve-fatigue We are apt eternally to forget that our brains were evolved as organs of motor co-ordination, and that, lacking thla kind of exercise, their melabollem may be de ranged. Wa are apt to call To see and Tabby lasy animals, but no physiologist doubts that they llv mora hyclenlcally la respect of sleep than do their human masters or rnlstroassa, although many of these domestic pets, too, that are city livers, get only a (mail fraction of the exercise they really require. Hut like their wild brother In th forest and en the plain, they sleep much and often, la the cities rell-to-do .multitude llv and dl without experience of the "pure delight" of .unadulterated muscle-fatigue and of the sudden and deep sleep that normally follows a day of purely, muscu lar work. Here, then, I ona reason why we sleep too little and too III, save when, perhaps. In camp On our" vacations la tha wild. Should pot these expert encee teach ua something. perhaps the second moat efficient rea son why we sleep so llttls Is ths general use of grey matter stimulant coffee, tea,. cocoa, tobacco, alcohol, all or one or more In a day. Largely because at times they hare enjoyed good sleep Im mediately after taking these, many un medloal person are firmly convinced that they are not kept awake by these stimu lants, whan, In reality, a a rule they are. Ot oours. at time on may sleep In pit of them, for reason that no on can a yet explain. Mor active bodily oatabollsm would rid th body mor promptly ot the alkaloid, eta. and o minimis their harm. A It Is, throng of sedentary people are kept from feel ing normally sleepy at the proper time by thee stimulants to th Insistent aa aodaUen of Mean Thus the physiologi NATIONAL 5 and "American "5 Collars are seen at the great outdoors E game. whereverE 5 you turn. ; E 5 They are big favorites S with the business men because they give both ZZ ttyU and cornorU jZ S "XatlenaVand'Amer. S itan" have th - Slip-Over" Button - bole, th Easy -Tie- aa Slide " space snd unpla rexxm - lor tba scarf to abow. Ask your gooc haberdasher wa about ths special ftature4 in - ytion (pilars s -rsisef flu t -- ' ' t-srUc Tray. WAIT! mm fflsiil) for The Bee by cal bed time is Ignored In favor ot sn artificial hour dictated by drugs more or less Injurious, somnolently speaking. A third reason obviously Is the evening entertainment habit, despite the necessity of early rising for work. How numerous are the theater-mad and the opera-mad and the bridge-mad In our day, and generation need no emphasis, and they unduly waste the sleep-time. A last reason that may be recalled for our sleep deficiency Is ths vicious circle of nerve-cell exhaustion that makes sleep scanty and Incomplete. The causes of this are both too trite and too numerous for proper discussion here, but among them ara soma that are underestimated. For example, th almost continual light snd sound stimulation (rhythmic electric signs, milkmen, automobile horns, etc.) to which dwellers of the large towns are now, day and night subject would wear out the strongest mechanism while cer tainly the neurones are the most delicate ot all known organs unices It be the ear and the eye. Here we are victim et a negligence of physiological health which a 'Inter age will look back upon aa only just removed by a tew. years from the renaissance of common sense. Medical Record. . PLUNGER DOWN AND OUT Fickle Fort one Fades Away aad Proceea Server Chase the - ' Remnant. J. Brandt Walker, th Chicago plunger who amassed a fortun of million in Wall street during the 1SD7 panic, 1 dying. H is down and out III with tuberculosis la soms refuge In the Adirondack, snd with sheriffs deputies, armed with writs, hunting desperatsly for what remnants ot worldly possessions b has left la New York and elsewhere. Hla friends In Chicago say he I camped In th Adirondack, they will not tell where, fighting his last battle. The Ufa of Brandt Walker reads Ilk tltt Btt WITH A SNAP TO IT mm m aim: OU Ayis Lmft I th beer that Is brewed Just rlrht snraetbief err-inly different in ta beta lnr Una just aa good as vr could not b ad hotter. a HeXXMAN BUWUfa COteTAirr, U Cee, WW LEJtCH V VAN 8ANDT, DtatTflwtotW S t Saaslk lTaVCmCajrA.NI!S. ,m t mm BaSV " I S"sr- few V it) its-- ? s x G :JP. liMl A. i.ts a. f lltOS P. fTvr-3. til P. P. For reserratioBt. rates, tickets and haadsoaMrf fllustm ed booklet ttUinfill about Hot Springs (Nsrnre's Greatest Sanitarium) call at oaSct, or 'pbaa. rir .,iLsv. sew- I "IV I If --Jil t imum THOS. P. 1423 "Bud" Fisher A IWC 9wm a romance. It has been a gay one and dotted with many periods In ths extremes of poverty and prosperity. He is nearlv 50 years old, and he ha spent three-fifths of his career dallying with the goddess of fortune. Adversity to him was a mere Incident. "Money Is easy to get If you keep at It, was his motto, and when a sudden turn in ths market found hla all swept away for Brandt bet every cent he had when he had it he would borrow and keep on plugging until he bad a foothold again. He had the happy faculty of turning a 10 bill into a 11,000,000 without mussing his hair or wilting n collar. When thing became too slow for Walker in Chicago ha went to Now York. That was several years before the panic time. Tha story of hi world-famed winning on the short side of stocks In 1907 fur- nisnes material lor a spienuju vn ui tlon. From a stack of whit chlpa tran-1J formed Into several thousand dollar in one night's sitting at faro bank la Caa- fleld's in New York he ran the stake into the millions, selling Union Pacific and other railroad stocks short, when these securities crashed down during that pe riod of depression. . , . A summer home at Lakewool. X.. ,. with claborat furnishings and a collec tion of oil paintings by old masters, and sumptuous city apartments -wsrs ac quired with lavish hand when Walker cashed In his fortune. During the last big day of his stock market coup it la sajd, hie profits aver aged 00,000 a day for a week of exchange trading aseslons. Fir million dollars, ail In cash, is said to have been a very, con servative est! mate of hi total winnings. But It all went. Just as It came. , ' , I had rather die a poor man, sitting on a high (tool and watching th ticker," walker once said, "thaa be a itch man lacking even a single interest, to keep him ailva" Chicago Journal.. , m Express Now in Service . via (Ae j j" Missouri Pacific ivin e greatly imp roved service between Kansas City, Coff eyville, Ft. Smith, Little Rock and Hot Springs, and to and from points in the South and Southeast. Vt. lv. Kaeea Cfty raffervllle . Per Salt , LrMIe Keck . Little Rack . Hot Sartasa ..Ar. TiSOA.-g." . . Ar. 13:90 A. f . . .Ar. Tieer. j. ..Lv. IK P. VI. ..Ae. .tin P. j ' ..O.v. tliao A.M. M. Lv.. w. Lv.. WJ. Ar.. w. Lv.. Jt. Ar.. This new tram put oa erpeaalrf (or Hot Spring Usstl ranyinf one of "Our Own Dining Car out of Kanau City snd aa Obsrrvitien-Caie Car betweca Ft. Sexitk and Hot Sprutgt, with naadatd Isihnaa 6kwpef aad Ekeant Chair Cars and Coaches provides every coeniort and eotrrrajencs. Missouri Pacific serrlc from Omaha makes ex cellent connection with this new train. GODFREY, I. A, Fa main St. TTl i