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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-06-26

he had sent Marvyn of, putting all sorts
of questions-well, there was something
in bis manner and in the very questions
themselves that I didn't like. It's a
troublesome and unpleasant piece of
business, look at it how one may, espe-
cially cropping up just at this time.
Still, sooner or later the truth viii be
pretty sure to come TO light; and for
my part the sooner the better"
The TRUTH Many day was to pass,
many an hour of trial and stress TO be
lived through before that was made
known.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-06-26
The Nude in Art.

1t would be interesting, one day. ia
seek to trace back to its source the idea,
held by a few people Of many genera.
tons, that nudity is immoral. For i'm.
morality certainly began with clothes.
and today depends on clothes for its CT.
istence A naked race would have. could
have, none of the vices of yoluptuoUs-
ness. On the other hand. that great sec
ton Of the worlds population which
holds nudity most In horror, and which
wells not only the limbs but the faces of
its women, Is the most grossly sensual
The Lone Hand, Sydney. y. s. W.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-06-26
Bubonie PLAGUE stamped ON.

The bubOnic plague scare, which led
to an enormous expenditure Of money In
San Francisco, may be regarded as dead
since out Of $500 rats killed In Mar
only five were found infected. SAIL
200 inspectors continue to 70 through
with their duties and draw their pay.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-06-26

Barnes was resident of Michigan and
enlisted in the Union army as a member
of the Battle Greek engineers.
A hydrophobia skunk crawled into the
bed of Peter Rupp, an old farmer resid
ing near Perry, Ok, and bit him on
both feet He hurried to town. consult
ed a physician. and was advised 10 go 10
the Pasteur institute at Oklahoma City
for treatment. Rupp was awakened by
queer sensation, and, upon rising in
his bed, discovered the skunk nihblng
at his toes. In his effort 70 kick the
animal out of bed il bit him on the other
foot.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-06-26

her right lung. DIR. William j. Tracey
has charge of the case and states that
it is the first of its kind in medical his
story. Mrs. Ashes condition is aggra-
waited by her frequent coughing spells.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-06-26

The announcement that Andrew Car
negie will give civil war telegraph oper-
eators pension Of S12 a month each
brings 30 light the fact that one entitled
10 be a peDsioner is resident Of Okla
homa-" Cash" VI. Barnes governor u
Oklahoma territory for four years, and
now serving his third term as mayor Of
Guthrie When the Civil war began Mr..
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-06-26

"Whooping cough is a baby's disease
/ ann not afraid said Mrs. =. NJ Ashe.
n prominent resident Of Cranbury. Conn.
last week. as she kissed her little nice
who was H. Now NJ. Ashe IS at the
point q death as the result Of the "hahy's
disease" She contracted such a severe
cage that in whoopiHE she fractured one
Of her ribs. an end Of watch penetrated
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-06-26

Paulsboro, N. j., has an ieeman who
has brought a complaint before the
council, He has good summer job.
but declares that the streets are in such
poor condition that his ice melted be-
fore he could get it served.
The Detroit times., 1908-08-26

little, right little Isle (oh. jujube
pastel how to run few, why. he's
gaiHs 20 hear bunch of feminine
aqneaka In The middle of the mascn-
line applause that sure ought to, make
the hair stick out straiehter along
side OF his ears.
By the way. a nice job is all fixed
and waiting for this johnny Hayes
hoy when he gets ready TO 90 back 10
worN-and he needn't get back unu
-frr ufarrCt ptcaSes. either. ttCrUre f1e
went away from here with the team
be was attached to the shipping de.
pariment of big departm store ON
Third-ave. He was kind OF clerk
and MS salary wasn't so much.
Well ON the d2y that the head of
this department store heard that John.
ny had copied the Marathon he sat
up and took notice. He save orders
that The store should be decorated
from ton to bottom with the bunting
OF all nations, not emitting lot of
green stuff to denote the Emerald
Isle. from which all of Hayes folks
came. Then he called the heads of
the various departments In consulta-
ton to see what could be done 10y
way of sorting ont the right kind of a
mad conferred honOT UDUIT rTtrTst-tt tt ff-tt
upon his business associates by viii
ming the most sensational sporting
event in he history OF nations
II was finally decided to start =
great big porting goods department.
as a feature OF the establishment and
10 PM Hayes In charge ct it. His
salary is TO be- the tidy little matter
of five thousand plunks per annum.
Kind Of soft oh, for little fellow
who only q couple Of years ago was
living in little room in tenement
house on the east side doing the best
he could?-Clarcnce Cullen in the
Washington star.
The Detroit times., 1908-08-26
NIOn,iu 5dRl tVJyuhus,
but TITLES Vary in Many Lands
4 ...-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-...-.-

"Will We never drop miles for kilo-
mCtcrs?" said President Warner, OF
The Warner instrument company.
makers OF the well-known Werner
Auto Meter. Miles are very con.
fusiug. A kilometer. the world over.
IS q ktlometer but a mile in America
is N7G0 yarGsA while in sweden il is
LOB yards and in Chine it is 620
Yards.
"Thc Bohemians go in for long
mile. So do The Danes. the Hunga-
TTaUs-- the Poles. Ji7e SWISS. tr -yUr.
walk three miles n day among those
-DVurfc you iravr tient-- rrtty-weii---
YOU have covered about II of your own
miles There are, IN fact. 81 kinds
of miles II would take is of the
shortest ones 10 equal one % the
longest The rest vary in length DO.
tween these two extremes. Doesn't
the world. then. need one measure,
the kilo that IL may use withoug con.
fusion. Consider: an automobile
that travels 80 miles per hour would
cnly he going two and one-half miles
Per hour in sweden.
The Detroit times., 1908-08-26
HEROES OF OLYMPIC ARE
TOLLIED BY OIL NYAWK

NEW YORK. Aug 26.-August % Is
letter days around here plain enough
Z 4 ]. IL
honor OF the American athletes who
Went through the gang of British
biOlmeme athletic whee2es like the
harp thar once went through the city
hall Most OF the athletes are already
back and they've been kept right up
eeFt-fiteA 7y-B private agst eFtts-a-
efs every since they got in. Not
man of en- mas been permitted to go
back 20 his job. \ lot OF en- have
begged and begged their tens OF thou
sands OF friends in this town to please
pul-leasc, mister. let en- alone, SOS
they could go back and get on their
jobs but they've been handed the nix
nix every time they put up this plea
and told that nary lick OF work
AeHla- tAeY he allowed ia -dp until ID Ter
Labor day Literally scores Of private
entertainments and the like
are pulled off In honor Of individuals
OF the American team every night
And MI this viii eliminate and come
10 a mighty head ON August 30 the
big day when the whole pack swings
=i44la lile-fnr- IhG-hig trudge down The
main alley. and. after that. probably
gambol over 10 oyster Bay to mitt
the President and be patted ON the
conk and told what bully boys with
glass eyes they are. Thereli be
more oratory on that day than there
vet has been in connection with the
presidential campaign, and the red
The Detroit times., 1908-08-26
ALLEN WINTER WINS
THE $4,000
HANDICAP W.
INDIANA STALLION GETS $4,000
FOR TAKING FIRST PLACE IN
UNIQUE EVEN ETRoIT
HORSE THIRD.

READVlLLE, Mass, Aug. 26.-The
lrs, 10000 American trotting handi-
cap is over and It's result will be the
subject of gossip among the horsemen
-tH+44+4- +4eyt -..naSnn- The general npin.
ion among those present was that this
novel departure marks a new era In
harness racing as notable the installa.
ton of every contests
some years ago.
The only objection raised was as
70 the handspring The horses with
The lasL marks were so far nehind
that they never caught up - the
slower stoeds that started from tho
mile and a quarter marks Sweet
Marie. the fastest horse in the race
could do no better ,han get Fights
place in ting second heat
Lon Mcdonald drove a careful race
with Allan Winter, placing him. third
in the preliminary heat. Prince G..
which took second money, was tho
winner of this heat and SaE Fran.
'rf'5rT WIS f7ftfT IN ti1U preliminary ann
third in the final. /Bcrvaldo. which
won one preliminary heat. was nc.
where in the final.
San Francisco was leased for this
race 90 j. H. Brown. of Detroit
The Detroit times., 1908-08-26
THREE IN A BUNCH ARE
CHASING TIGER CHAMPS

'ihe .ast hiJ ON Jkabill of bart and he
was the only one 90 last q ful game
Walsh Ton Chicago. oiiciated in
lhrec of the games. finishing two OF
,hcm and worhing an through The
dual,
Admiration uf thc Tiger outfeli %
lbe othcr league malagers seems 70
nave inspired mn unusual hunt ior
new gardening talent cleveland crit
c blame the team poor showing on
me week hitting of the outheld, bnt
they are somewhat pcrked up over the
acquisition nf G1odr from Akron. the
moss man having developed a habit or
humping fhr BAN to the cnyirohs of
th, park joe Jackson, from the
Southern league 4, new find of the
AalsHus Connie Mack is informed
tnar he is eylH better than Ty Cobb.
Which pr0yokes us to remark that
,he Quaker popu'ace may be very dis
appointed lu Jackson. oven it be does
hauusu % have fap great natural
PLAYING qu3i't.gs'of the Georgia peach.
n TOOK NO .V1S607 ~ mako CoUD a
The Detroit times., 1908-08-26
PAPKE MATCHES
WITH KETCHELL

LOS ANGELES, Cal. Aug. %
Stanley Ketchell and Billy Papke
last night signed articles for a 20
round fight before the Jenries attn
letic club ON Labor Day. Sept I.
There was some difficulty over the
question Of weight Papke holding out
for l5G at II o'clock on the day or
The fight and ketchell demanding lbs
az noon Ketchell finally won, and
the weight was decided upon at his
figure Both men posted torfeits OF
$500 each 10 bind the match.
The bout will mark the re-entry OF
James Jeffries into the ring as referee.
After the criticism of his decision OF
= VI r. II 4 -AAelch leffries de-
clared ne would referee no more CON
tests, When Papke anu Ketchell both
expressed desies TO have the big
fellow referee their fight he consent
ed
The mon will begin active training
today Ketchell declares If he whips
Papke he viii not stop until he gets
Tommy Burns into Their ing
The Detroit times., 1908-08-26
FLYNN LASTED
NINE ROUNDS

LOS ANGELES, Cal. Aug 26--Al
Kaufman, Billy Delaney's husky pro-
tege, scored clean knockout over
Jim Flynn. the Pueblo fireman. in the
ninth round OF their scheduled ten
round engagement a-Naud- Junction
last night.
The fight was a sensational affair
and up TO the moment when he was
Knocked TO the floor with a left and
right TO the jaw in the eighth. Flynn
had whipped kaufman TO a standstill
and looked like winner.
III there Is u gamer man III the TING
that Jim Flynn the Los Angeles sports
would like TO have his name. Giving
away from 25 to 30 pounds I'm weight
Flynn was the aggressor all during
the bout II was a novel sight to see
big AL Kaufman backing mp and
clincfifng with his smaller opponent
but this Flynn compelled the San
Francisco man TO do
The Detroit times., 1908-08-26
.LONCBOAT LOSES;
bLAMES CONDITION

TORONTO. Aug. 25-rom Long
boat the Indian runner, is bitterly in
censed over the criticism he has re-
ceived because of his defeat by Percy
Sellen In the hve-miie race mere tHst
Wednesday In the Olympic games IN
London he received warm eulogy from
Canadian papers because OF the Amer
lean protest against him He failed to
do what was expected in the Mara
tAe44-and- last "Wednesday finished in
ufsrrgsy, complaining
Several sporting experts here have not
hesitated to state that Longhoat IS
failing to train and that he is existing
ON his past record His manager. T..
G. Flanagan. said today. Tom Vii
train from now ON and surprise them
all p"
The Detroit times., 1908-08-26

hrell be- burning for most Of next Sat
urday night, and ii any Of the athletes
60 ~ he'd strictly sober i'll he he
cause most Of Them are still in train
ing for events vet to be pulled Off
on this side OF the pond.
Little Johnny Hayes. the mailer Of
the Marathon. will OF course be the
hero Of the occasion. If Johnny didn {
happen 10 be a little fellow so soundly
balanced around the top piece h.
vutTir frTvr-tfTc- tT~St-rvrrtsr'- tJrr-,-ttrt n
20 develop case OF sweiled Uranium.
but he's a shrewd little Turk that
YOU couldn't spread the paste on un.
less YOU etherized him first. and he
isn't going to outgrow his hat by any
manner OF means. The New York
girls. high and low. are crazy abou;
the llttle man. and when he steps to
the front of the line down at the City
Hall 10 get the medals and cups and
-0tfIrr thfugs that tife MAYER IF tht-
town is going 10 slip him, in common
With the others, for showing the tight
The Detroit times., 1908-08-26
BRUSH CARS IN
EFFICIENCY RUN

The Brush Delivery Wagon enc o.
the FIVE cars entered In the Brush
Runabout Efficiency Ran, reached De
trou Saturday morning. This car
LEFT Chicago and Milwaukee, passing
through parts OF TndidHd. fffft1I0r7 tt.f-'
Wisconsin
This car has a carrying capacity oi
500 pounds besides the driver and run.
uer and Il carried this load on its en-
tire trip, encountering some OF the
worst roads in the middle west
Ii made this run without any
trouble Of any kind With the excep-
ton OF one broken commutator
, spring, the odometer reading VA
miles for the trip.
With one exception the other car
have reached their destination. On"
is at Boston. another at Kansas CITY
the third at Washington and the
fourth is nearing Minneapolis.
The Kansas City car is proceeding
to Denver and will finish there after
climbing Pixies Peak
All the ears averaged from 20 10
l25 miles per day.
The Detroit times., 1908-08-26
Good Press Agent liade
IosT URh0l Wealthy

A good press agent and man
ager is OF far more Importance
than a good fighter in the land
OF the padded mitt. Witness
the case OF Rudy Unholz.
He was heralded as q man
eater. and did put up a pretty
good night or tW5 WIN -rfrr4src--
ond-raters on the Coast He got a
draw with Battling Nelson. Just
how Is one OF those things no
fellow can find out, as my
friend Lord Dundreary remarks.
He came Easi with the an
-neuneemeHt that nothing short
OF Joe Cans would satisfy his
appetite.
Becoming hungry, however,
RE modified hts ideas was sound
~ whipped by couple OF sec
ond-raters. and Is now IN the
preliminary class. and yet with
the aid of his press agent. Rudy
has cleaned up something like
$4,000, which, with Dutch fra
gallty, he now has, In his mo
toric passage through the prize
ring. lasting less than year
Pretty good for youngster
whose capital is hare face,
ilard fist. goeti- agent
and soft public.
The Detroit times., 1908-08-26

STAR oven thogeb hj@ pamp did %
high Up among th, hatftrs iu both or
his preliminary seasons in thr Nmeri-
can league
The same rain storm Har prevent
ed the Tigers from PLAYING at Wash.
inpion TUESDAY soaked the Phi'dd'l'
PHIT pJTK tErFT- -iir- -'---t
come up early enough Boo Mack town
TO stop play That Renders th" chances
OF Postponcment good WIN CoHse-
quent double header Thursday Fort.
unately jennings has no dcarth OF
pitching material just now. Donovan
worked Monday. bUt Wileut sum
uTy-rE -A14-lAlAI- are-all IN
shape to go ou tor duty at any time.
Summer has been terror 20 tho
Athletics so Ear and may be called on
20 oppose them twice. Ed Plank.
now going 40 top speed is due TO face
the invading band in the opening AMI
closing games Bin Donovan VIII
likely go against ono Of the other
pitchers ON the Philadelphia pay roll
this time as he is due about Thursday
OF FTIVTN-
The Detroit times., 1908-08-26
Umpire Sues stallinos.

ROCHESTER,. ~ y, Aug 21.--Thc
Eastern league umpire. w } sullivan
of Rochester. has filed au action
against George r. Stalline manager
Of the Newark tN. j. baseball club.of
tie Eastern league fof $4,000 for
bodily injuries alleged to have been
inflicted upon him by StalliHgs after
the game at Newark the afternoon ~
April .5 n is alleged thar Stsllings
-rr--ir .r----.itl- -annl-1un Ernal.
iug his right wrist aud arm ard in
liictiup severe bruises
The Detroit times., 1908-08-26
DAY GATHERED FOR THE DETROIT TIMES
Noteworthy Events in The
American League Race

tew York beat the Browns IN
a scraPpy game N which Manning
was saved by good fielding several
times This is me first game that
Howell has lost in' New York
since he eft the team OeIehanty
VAS injured. Bobby Wallace was
spiked and MoriarIty was put
out OF the game
Cleveland won an urizzl,ng
-eala- from philadelphia Vickers
had better control than Berger
but was slightly outhit.
Chicago made It four straight
from Boston Arellanes allowed
the Sox but four hits but errors
lost the game behind MIN. Walsh
was hit but six times and was IN
-V+ttti ts+t Re - tks-pInches.
The Detroit times., 1908-08-26

HOT SPRINGS. Ark, Aug 20
Umpire Jehl retired from the game
here between the locals and Pine
Blum. in the Arkansas league, yester-
day with a fractured arm as the result
OF a free-for-all fight with the visitors,
who were pounding the official wien
Marshal Claiborne and half a hundred
fans rushed 10 his rescue. A second
The Detroit times., 1908-08-26
SPEED RECORDS
FOR A RSHIPS

II is not improbable that there will
be placed on the market AT no very
distant date speed Indicator for air
ships. something which will be re-
CURED. 1t is said that work is being
done at the factory Of the Warner
Instrument Co. ON device which will
y-reeeft4~4ssiIa% -traXeled--and
other particulars required in the nav
igation OF the air as well as speed.
The autometer has been developed
for automobile work to point where
ii Is very accurate. and the chances
for an excellent air recording lnstru-
ment seem bright.
The Detroit times., 1908-08-26
HOW ATHLETICS
WON FROM MAPS

Just how narrow thread tn
Athletics victory hung by was not
generally realized by tho crowd The
nome run drive OF iitie Eddie Col
lines ia the eighth inning. that gave
mis- team a lead, did no; 60 over the
fence Instead. il struck The screen
in right field and stuck there. Tur-
ner waited for il 10 rebound. nut %
held TACT and was removed after the
game with a stepladdrr Norm Am
nrican
The Detroit times., 1908-08-26
New.naner Statistics.

There are ~. 500 newspapers pub
iished in the United, States, about
~ Alllhed- DALI and
100 are managed. edited anu publish
81 hx Negrocs. In Asia there are
5000 periodical publications. of which
the greater part appear i'm British In
dia ami Japan the latter country
publishes i.500 newspapers. Africa
has only POO newspapers. OF which so
are published ip Egypt and the rest
appear in the vDrious European colen.
los Chicago Iournal
The Detroit times., 1908-08-26
Loyal Players form
q (OOpuatiVl Team

YOUNGSTOWN. O.. Aug. -.
Players OF the Ohio and
Pennsylvania league team at
Youngstown tonight saved the
club and league. voting 10 play
cooperative ball until after the
doubleheaders of Labor day,
Sept Z, sharing receipts in lieu
of salaries. The clubs direc-
tors today refused to rescind
their decision to quit backing
the losing team. despite pleas
By Charles Morton. president
OF the league. Morton had or
dered vote on the cutting
short OF the leagues season.
and East Liverpool and Nc
X t-t--f4t,fltt- n already haXn- rennrted
TO stop Sept :. while Erie, Shar-
on and Canton are believed 30
have voted similarly.
The Detroit times., 1908-08-26
PERRY witt
REPORT HERE

President Navin of the Detroit bas7-
hall club has received word from
Montgomery that Clayton Perry. the
third baseman who is 10 be given
trial in the final month OF the season
will report i'm Detroit Saturday. TINS
will allow OF his playing in the home
games OF the Tigers during Seprem-
Der
The Detroit times., 1908-08-26
uONSIEUR BRITr. ABsINInEtR.

MONSIEUR BRITr ABsINIHEiR.
Garcon bring ON some moro lrappe--
Ahas ie booze abas De- steam,
I want 20 drown that ulna mere,
Don't wake me up just let me tfean
GarcDn bring on another lolt,
Again I soc that shifty shine
Who copied me with hls awful lett.
Again / feel that got mine.
Garcou mix mp another round.
seem 10 feel that Ute punch
Mcfarland shot at ConrOth's dump
And caught me right upon th- lunch
Garcor keep on just mixing thcm~-
never want 90 wake again.
The Detroit times., 1908-08-26
UMPiRE'S ARM BROKEN
IN PINE BLUFF RIOT

fight resulted anu gJ--vrrat arrr-,-r
were made The umpire stuck to his
pest long enough 20 forfeit TO the
locals when Pine Bluff refused 20
take the field. Black eyes and bruises
we're numerous. but no one was Sc.
riously injured Another umpire Of
fclated in the second end Of the
Cuble-header
The Detroit times., 1908-08-26
PresbyterIan Leaaue 90.

Representatives from the young
peoples societies of the various Pres
hytarian churches of the citv VIII
meet next Monday evening a the
Fort So church house 90 orsani2e an
athletic league
The Detroit times., 1908-08-26
New Orleans, Claims cFsppeH.

Pitcher Chappell who has papers
10 SHOW THAI nc was released frOm me
Menu his club OF tho southern league.
and who has signed with the Boston
Nationals VIII have to have hi, case
decided before the National commits
sion before be can perform With the
President Kavanaugh, % the South
crn league. says thai Chappell- be-.
longs 10 the New Orleans cl6b. IS the
Memphis team failed To- ask waivers
on Chapel The New Orleans club
has put in a claim for him
The Detroit times., 1908-08-26
When They Play Ball
BY The Electric Light

Got anything 70 no rU1Trrfi1t,
= BI,iilll q,
mo Well. let's go out 10 ,
the game. Mrllin and Walsh
are pitching tonight. The
game doesn't start till O'Clock.
Bring the Kids along. " you
want to-"
will the game be over Nv
midnight"
Sure. FhCv re- not playing
a doublc.header his evening.
tn be pretty chilly this even.
ing, but | guess | won't mind
Say. did you hear about The
game last night You know
about II O'Clock, after the game
had gone 10 inniEss. the moon
came ont and made ~ hghtern
ever. They just shut on tow
of the lights to save money and
played on t4i+,- "A 4 q .---44i H. lA.--
dew got kind of heavy iu ihp
outfeld and Fielder Jones fcu
down in trying 20 make rum
ming catch and the game was
lost. hear they are 40ing to
put up a big stretch ot canvas
TO keep the dew from falliug
down"
80 long"
The Detroit times., 1908-08-26
Locke and clover Drew.

PROVIDENCE. r. J., Aug 25.-Tho
boxing season was reopened last
night dt the Standard Athletic club
whceo three rafting Lad,s were pu
on LCf0te . big crowd The maiN
event wM bet%ech Billy GlovcrA ,t
Boston. and Kid Locke Of Pfiladel-
phia II wen, fifteen rounds 10 a
draw.
The Detroit times., 1908-08-26
Mich. centraIs Want Game.

Tho Michigan Centrals would IKE 10
hook games with the ecllowing teams.
Highland Parks. Monroe Orioles. Lon
on. Richmond Muskegun Adrian and
especially y. g. c. FOR SATURDAY SEN,
3. The club plays the strong s a e.,
aggregation next Saturday afternoon
on fhc r. r. y. VI. G. A.. grounds.
corner ot Livcrnds and Michigan
Central tracks For games address
G Nicpoth, 1894 Military ave. Phone
South -.
The Detroit times., 1908-08-26
Clark Us. lssue Del.

Clark Jrs claim the l4year-old
baseball championship OF the city.
Teams daring to dispute this claim
address +. T. HOFFMAN Jr.. 215 Clark
ayN