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The Washington times., 1909-08-29
IN GOLFERS GUlSE
TWO ROB LOCKERS
Police Of Brockton, Mass, Looking
for Clever Pair of In
dividuals.

BROCKTOk, Mass Aug. 29-The way
in which many of the prominent golf
clubs throughout the State have been
robbed has been fathomed by the local
police, who declare today that two
thieves in the guise OF golfers entered
the tourney here, playing one round and
then returned to the clubhouse. and i'm
the absence OF the players rided the
lockers.
All summer at the principal tourna-
ments throughout the State robbeTies
have been reported, and 1T is thought
that the same clever pair of individuals
are, operating at every big golf meet.
n matter came to the attention OF
the local police yesterday. when the
lockers at the BrocktOn Country Club
We're robbed Of 1000 worth of iewelry
and money. Upon investigation the au-
thorities learned that two of the con-
testants dropped out after the first
round and returned to the clubhouse,
dressed. aud made away with -four sui
cases heavily loaded.
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PAYS $1,000 A FOOT
FOR STRIP OF A
Henry Clay Frick, Steel Magnate, Connects Villa Near
Beverly With the Sea by Land From
the Lorng Estate.

BEVERLY Mass. Aug. 29.-What
seems to be the most valuable strip OF
land in the world is a forty-foot piece
of beach land at Prides Crossing. It
has been purchased at 81 900 per foot In
order TO furnish a connection between
Henry Clay Tricks villa, Eagle Rock,
and the sea. This strip of land. touch
ing the sea. was conveyed last week to
Mr.. Frick by Augustus p. LorlnE. a
Boston broker and brother OF Justice
Loring Of the Massachusetts supreme
court.
For nve years the Pittsburg steel mag
nate has endeavored to purchase the
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Yes, and more. TIN 90 thirty feet
~oftener than it goes twenty
Strang laughed WITH fine good nature.
With the Grand PriX to his credit. he
could well AFFORD 10 laugh. But 1 could
not help remembering. as I sat there,
the sight Of a street IN indianapolis last
Monday afternoon.
1 was driving TO the speedway. The
car stopped so quickly that 1 leaned
forward in the seat. 1 looked up. A
clatter OF horses feet sounded from che
cross street. A hearse came in sight
Behind it., as the wind blew the curtains
in and out. one could se,-for the little
The Washington times., 1909-08-29
Eleven Manufacturers
Do Not Believe IN Racing.

Il is enough OF an answer to Mr..
Strang. perhaps, 10 say that eleven
manufacture do not share his view as
20 the dependence OF Improvement upon
races such as those ar Indianapolis. at
Brighton, and next week at Lowell.
After the death Of Bourque and Hol-
comb. the Knox Company announced
its purpose 10 withdraw from all such
contests IN the future. Charles @. Stod-
dsrd. vice president Of the StoddarI
Dayton Company, announced on the
Monday following the Indianapolis meet
that his company would never again
enter a racing event. The Jackson
Company takes much the same posl-
ton. The National and the Marmon
companies bei,eve better tests can be
found. And there have been six com.
panies which rave held aloof from such
contests for two years past.
Economy, f~ool-proof devices I'm
climbing and sand-wading tests. and re-
liability runs under conditions which tho
actual user Of the car sold m rho onan
market must meet on ordinary roads
these Wiu all work 10 the right deveIoo-
ment Of the automobile. But or What
use II a speed OF 300 miles an hour7 Ts
there a state in the world which would
permit II. even for the fifty miles which
could be run IN ten minutes. on any
highway? And the toll Of human life
is there no price "a pay for motor prog
ress less than that
To every driver I met-and 7 talked
wit not less than a dozen-I mt tb{e
query.
Which do you think the more danger
ous. automobile racing like that at IN
eianapolis or driving "a Wright aero
plane?'
The answer was invariably:
Why automobile racing. A thousand
times. An ~aeroplane is safe as ridin' IA
a baby carriage compared 10 keepin'
a motor car on the track when a tire
bursts"
And Strang, when 1 asked him how
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moment that his eyes did not overflow
a middle-aged woman being held in her
seat by some man OF her family. Her
shoulders worked. ard her hands went
iastinctively to her eyes in spite Of her
heavy black veil. II was the funeral Of
young Kellum.
At that instant the air behind me was
split by a sharp barking. 1 knew the
sound without LOOKING round. One of
the racers was on its way to the coun-
try. And I thought-as you must think
how rare it is In this world that the
seed survives the grain to the day Of
the harvest.
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and belonging to the Loring estate. 61t
in this instance wealth proved 70 be OF
no avail until the Loring sisters, the
Misses Katherine and Louise, more from
desire to please the multi-milionaire
than 10 obtain the money. acoeded TO
his persistent demands.
With the beautiful home OF Mr.. Prick
now in touch with the sea il is believed
that the residents of the famous North
district will see erected a mag
nificent ~bathhouse. In his villa IS al
ready a $50, 600 bathing pool, but not
until the purchase Of a part OF the Lor-
ing estate has the millionaire been in
touch with the real thing.
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often he thought his car leaped from
the ground in an ordinary track race,
replied with a laugh&
Car Off the Ground
Practically All the Time"
why. practically all the time. The
unevenness of the track makes il i'm
possible more than once or twice in a
lap TO have all four wheels on the
ground together. and the car is making
minute or So"
Wei, how far do you think your car
jumps, on the a~verage?. Twenty feet?"
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SACRIFICE TO MANIA.
ITS ABSENCE OF GOOD
Motor Car Racing a Man Tester Rather Than Machine
Tester, and How Little Value in Indicating Trust
w~orthineSS of Automobile.

So it was a matter Of first interest 10
note the relation between the racing
car and the road car.
Well, II Is about that of a richer
third cousin. The rules require stock
cars. That means that the factory shall
have turned out at least twenty-five Of
that same design. In one case the
whole twenty-five were intended to be
racers. In another the extra ones were
bought by men in the factory. In nearly
air they are never finished beyond the
skeleton of frame and engine. Even in
design the cars differ. Some are no
more like a touring car or runabout in
construction than the Volunteer or De-
fender are like cruising yachts. The
Monday after the races I saw a wagon
load of pipes and wheels being cartcd
of the motor speedway. What's that?"
I called TO the driver. "Oh. it's the good
parts Of The - machines. One of the
racers looked askance when 1 told him
Of this. Why he exclaimed, we can
Use all our racing airs again. But of
course we have % rebuild them The
plain English of Il is that in desiEn.
construction. and control. these speed
cars differ essentially from the cars
which the winnings are supposed to
recommend to you and me.
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Most Races Lost
In the Very Last Mile.

I lose most Of the races 1 don't win
in the last mile" went on Strang from
his pillow. NOW, I'm always on the
lookout for the weakness that is going
70 cost me the race. And that Uncer-
tainty is the very life OF racing. When
they get a car that simply can't break
down, h whole game will change. OF
course. that isn't goin' to come until
they get tires even better than those
we have now. And we're goin' to get
them. And when we do. I can't see
the slightest reason in the world why
we shouldn't make 300 miles an hour
on a track like that at Indianapolis.
That's high speed. I know. But the
development OF the engine and the\car
will go OF 70 some such ability as that
lust as sure ar there are tires 10 per-
NIT It.
And 7 believe the whole racing game
far from being killed by these acct
dents at Indianapolis-ls goin' to de-
velop into a much bigger thing than
II Is now. They are building motor
dromes In all the big cities. : expect
that as soon as there IS a circuit OF
them there Will he interclty matches.
Teams will be formed by cities, some
what as the leagues have baseball
teams. without special regard for the
manufacturers. There VIII be a Buick.
say. IN Baltimore, and one also in New
York. Philadelphia and Washington
will run Benzes and Chalmers-Detroits
Pittsburg VIII have a team made up OF
a National and Apperson, and A Lozier.
And so IN. And ! believe the risk OF
he races. as we'll as love OF speed. will
draw thousands and thousands Of peo-
pie u see them.
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CONTINUED from Fourth Page.)

crossed a creek. At that point there
is a heavy cement railing. The car
made directly for it. swooped to Il,
hung an apparent instant on the edge.
and shot straight into the air-by some
calculations, 100 Sect above the ground.
on the way IT caught up a spectator
on its engine. and, with this CHASTITY
freight. it turned over. Then il fell so
quickly that the body Of the man in
front did not leave il until the car
struck the ground. A hundred feet or
more Il slid while the thousand. i'm the
~grandstand turned 90 look after II IN
a curious mixture of interest and
dread. The osr stopped at the edge OF
the creek. Two men were found dead
near by. Kellum lay near the rear OF
the car. But Merz was carried under
meath.
the rescuers swarmed near a
black. wet. murky figure was seen
crawling from he bed Of the creek II
was Merz. He stopped a moment 10
wipe the mud from his face Loohlhs
about him with eyes that wavered VII"
awe and horror. he sasd simply
FOR Gods sake. somebody ten pa
and ma 1 amt dead
Two Spectators
Are Killed Outright.
The two spectators were killed OUT
right. Kellum lived only a few hou'S'
but Nlerz escaped ~unscathed-
few minutes later Bruce keehe' III
q harmon car. ran into a pole NO one
Quit understands how he lost cohIroi
OF his machine. It is said that he Went
IN sleep from sheer exhaustion que
mainly TO the strain OF keeping his car
IN the track in spite OF the unceasing
tremble Of his arms and the unremitting
demand on bis nerves. When that nap
nened. the referee terminated the race.
owing 10 the physical condition OF
the contestants he announced VINO
had been subjected to the strain Of a
three-day race under trying climatic
conditions. 1 deemed II 10 the best in
terests Of the entrants and spectators
TO abandon the race. Therefore I rule
no race and no awards"
with which the 10000 spectators OF the
third day moved-reluctantly and with
manifest dissppointment-out Of the
stands.
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Strsng Explains
Attitude Toward Game.

Strang. who IS the best educated of the
drivers, is also the most thoughtful,
and be argues the best defense. OF such
races that has come TO my notice.
when they began in France" said
he. as ne sat up in his bed and poked a
pillow behind his back. "alI the cars
were very heavy. The conditions were
then fixed so that no car could compete
which weighed more tha 2,24O pounds.
At once the makers began building
lighter cars. They went too far. OF
course. and then the conditions were
that no car should weigh less han 2240
pounds. Al thu the makers began
designing more powerful engines. Well,
you see. there vas nothing then to stop
the manufactures from building a motor
Of 2,co0-horsepOwer. II he chose. and as
petrol costs 70 cents a gallon over there.
the next condition was hat only a CTR
tain amount Of fuel should be used.
And today every one Of those conditions
shows itself in the ordinary -oad car
YOU are talking about.
Take the item Of speed There
wouldn't be 100 cars in America today
that can make forty miles an hour. on
a country road IL II weren't for the
races e. much higher speed than that.
And don't forget the element Of safety.
We never run a race, or hardly ever,
that we don't find some shaft, or coup
ling. or device that can be strength
ened. Isn't II better we should bring
those things to light under the extra
strain OF the track than that they
should cost the lives Of some father
and mother and their little children IN
a horrible ac~cident?'
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what Can Such
Risks Mean to Buyer.

4 was greatly interested 10 know
how far such racing and such RISKS
can guide the buyer Of a car for family
use. The winning has value to the
maker chiefly for It's effect as adver-
Using. and the advertising has valu
only as It reaches the possible buyer.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-08
EnqIand's Cry For Help.

The officials of this nation can learn
ain The latter have the art of "taffy
| ing up colonists to perfection. The
great need of the British nation, as the
officials see it, is a larger navy with
which to scare off Germany. BY keep
| ing the supposed danger of a German
| invasion constantly before the people,
there has been conjured up in the
British mind IL terror of Germany that
would be pathetic were it not ludicrous,
And while the colonists are worrying.
along with the mother country, over
Germary's ability to wipe the British
| Isles off the may, Lord Beresford sends
out the message that the officials at
dear old Lunnon' would be highly
gratified if Canada, Australia, New
Zealand and South Africa built a fleet of
Dreadnaughts to be held at the service
of the mother country. AS boys we were
Taught that Canada's chief reason for
allegiance TO Great Britain lay IN the
fact that England maintained its
strong standing army and nayy'to pro-
tect her colonies, and that the small
tribute cXacted from Canada by Eng
land was hardly worth mentioning. The
Boer war showed that instead of Eng
land protecting the colonies the col
onies are expected to protect England,
and now Lord Beresford suggests that
naval program with fleets as well as
men.
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Japan Learning Rapidly.

japan, the Yankee nation of the East,
is following in the footsteps of her
white sister in many things. Just at
the present time Japan is furnishing
certain members of it's parliament be-
cause they accepted brides for the pas
sage Of legislation favoring the new
Japanese sugar trust. The difference is
that in Japan they caught 20 at one
time and sent them to jail for terms of
from three to eight months, while in
America We reserve Jail sentences
for municipal grafters The gov
eminent itself is largely to blame
for corruption in Japanese gov
ernmeHtal affairs, and Toxic pa
pers have had the habit of publishing
complete lists of brides accepted by
members of parliament in considera-
ton for votes favorable to government
measures and ventures. These lists be-
came so common that they aroused no
comment This may account for the
little interest taken in the sugar scam
dial until the grafters were put under
lock and key Japan is somewhat like
the small boy who swears-learning too
rapidly
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-08
Anent That Book Shelf.

Dr. Eliot of Harvard has replied tc
the pertinent and impertinent criti-
cisms of his five-foot shelf of books. He
explains fully. the omission of the BIZ
BILE and Shakespeare from the incom-
plete list recently made public. Most
people, said Dr. Eliot, are supposed to
have read the Bible and Shakespeare
and the publishers suggested to him
that he use the space these books would
occupy for less-known and admir-
ed books. This reads very plausibly,
but perhaps to substitute the word
bought" for the word read" in DR..
Eliot's statement would come nearer to
lmpressing on the public the real rea
son why the publishers left out the BIZ
BILE and Shakespeare. Most people have
bought Shakespeare and the Bible and
would not be likely to buy them again
simply to fill out a book shelf. This
may explain why comparatively I'M
known authors found themselves in the
now famous book shelf method of ad
yertiSing
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-08

Before the echoes of our Fourth OIL
july oratory die away, 1t should be re-
membered by way of antidote that
human life is cheaper in the United
States than in any other clvlilZe"
country: that our record OF un-
punished murders is appalling; tnat
our divorce rate is disgrace; tha'
our municipal governments are fall
ure as compared with those OF Europa
and South America, and that we nave
not yet produced one poet or ARTIST
who will rank with the worlds
greatest men. Improvement Will como
in good time. but meanwhile we
should recognize that the celebration
of mere bigness is as the boasting OF
the barbarian and the child.
This is from the Washington Post
and indicates that the Writer didn't
get much sleep the might before Be-
sides that tariff debate would make
anyone feel peevish.
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Is John Early a leper?

John Early, formerly soldier in the
service of the United States who has
been confined in small house on the
outskirts of Washington, D. c., be-
ton health authorities that he was af-
flicted with leprosy, has been released
from his place of confinement and TAX
en- to New York where he is being
treated by physicians who claim that
the disease from which he is suf-
fering is not leprosy and that it
can be cured. Early's case is
attracting a great deal of attention
and the public is expressing sympathy
for this man cut off from his fellows
ny an edict of medical authorities I'M
familiar with leprosy.
When the New York specialist called
to examine Fairly gave it as his opinion
that Earlys disease was not leprosy
and offered to take the victim to New
York for treatment the Washington
authorities who. up to that time had
been using every effort to dump
Early on almost anybody who could be
persuaded to take him. suddenly re-
fused to part with him for any con-
sideration. The general public at once
accepted the decision of the New York
physician and there was strong suS-
picon that the Washington medical
men were afraid to submit their dag
noss to a test The Washington ply
stefan claim that there was the most
satisfactory medical authority for
treating Early as leper and if it
should be proved that their diagnosis
was incorrect they still have the belief
that they We're warranted in holding
him. 1t is at least good to know that
Early is going to have chance.
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GETTING Down to Business.

Vocational training IS the training of
cal subjects than have heretofore been
the custom. 1t is giving them better
equipment than formerly for meeting
the problems of the workaday world
into which they are thrust at gradua-
ton, a substitution of practical training
for theory and brain developers. Vo-
cation in this case, of course. means
employment on a farm in a shop, with
a kit of tools or in business Office. 1t
is no secret that in many towns boys
and girls might as we'll have attended
dancing school as high school for all
the practical business training they got
out of it. "A few high schools in Maine
now have what they call a business
course. When a student finishes it he
may have become sufficiently in
terested in business knowledge to
pay money to business COL
lege for the training which he was
assured upon entering High school he
was going to get by taking the bust
ness course. He found that the boys
and girls who were with him in gram
mar school and had "gone to work"
We're three or four years ahead of him
when he finished High school. The
High school has been pronounced by
many hardheaded farmers, mechanics
and business men as d failure, except
as fitting school for college. We may
not agree with that view, but it is en-
titled to respect. State Supt. Smith is
looking for the facts and has called to
his aid distinguished and able council.
It's a step in the right direction.
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and drugs legislation now on the fed
eral statute books. Eggs preserved
with boric acid form the basis of this
suit. The company is before tie Dis
trlct Of Columbia courts seeking an in
junction to restrain the department of
agriculture from interfering in its bust
ness. The plaintiff in its bill declares
that parties too numerous to be spe-
officially mentioned" are interested.
Folks with a vivid Imagination have
read into that phrase the beef trust
and many other concerns preserving
and canning food for public consump-
ton 1t is claimed that the pure food
law is unconstitutional because it is
an arrogation of state powers by the
national government and because it
delegates power. The ultimate con-
sumer' is not much interested in the
question Of whose business it is to see
that he does not buy embalmed food
products under the guise CT food prop
erly and wholesomely preserved; he is
chiefly concerned that he be protected,
in as much as his facilities for protect
ing himself are limited. Fortunately, the
Campaign for pure food and drugs has
given some manufacturers courage to
prepare and offer to the public food en-
tirely devoid of harmful ingredients
The average man will watch with in
terest for the list of firms who appear
in court to object to the pure food and
drugs act
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-08

Will they ever get through explaining
how the tobacco trust has been fleeing
us out of that third of an ounce
of tobacco since '9S? The average
smoker feels badly enough about it
without being reminded of it every
time he picks up a paper. Some men
learned long ago how to beat the trust.
request something like this: ;-"Got
any smokin'?"
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Changed His Mind.

Come up and see us tonight, old
man."
"All right. I'll be glad to-
Our daughter is studying music"
by lingo! l have just remembered
an engagement! l am sorry, but l can
not possibly come"
"Pshaw! AS / was about to say, our
daughter is studying music in Ger
many and we get little bit lone
some"
I'll just cut out the engagement and
come anyhow
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-08

The Auburn board of trade has asked
the city government for funds to be
used in advertising the city. The only
trouble is that the city government
didn't jump at the suggestion. Port
la, d has tried advertising ard learned
that II pays.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-08

There is a new demand for teachers
in agricultural subjects in the state OF
Washington because the young men
those lines are so busy making other
use of their knowledge that they
haven't time to teach. The new de-
mand Is for proficient teachers in the
high schools
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"Treed."

Free Lumber" AYERS the Omaha
Bee, seems to have gone by the
board" Yes" says the Chicago Tri-
bune, "its bark was wrecked"
Free lumber is poplar in some
quarters, and raft of people pine fir
it, no doubt. But it's numbering mea-
sure, of the logrolling kind, and it
wood seem the operators can't spruce
up enough to get aboard a driving
crew of the right timber and dimen-
sions to run it into a boom. It's hung
up on the rips and it's damned hard
Industrial Journal
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She Proposed to Boss.

Newed (after the ceremony)-Dear-
est, do you really think I'll prove
satisfactory mate?
Mrs. Newed-Oh, l guess you'll do
as mate, all right. Now look me
over and tell me what you think OF
your captain.-'Lippinco
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-08

The transcontinental railroad lines
which can by any hook or crook help
home seekers on their way to the Flat
head reservation land drawings are
flooding the East with advertising.
There isn't a farm in the lot that can
compare with many in Maine.
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little PRINCESS Juliana for their de
feat at the parliamentary elections. In
asmuch as Juliana is only about q
month old it wasn't a suffragette cam
paign Enthusiasm aroused because OF
her birth. renewed the life of the re-
dictionaries and they swept into orce
on the wave of patriotism.