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Fred A. Bert feturlseA "Wednesday
from trip fdackmaM Me.
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Thomas McCluskey Of Prince Ed
wards Island. Well known III sporting
circles. is visiting Kid PANT.
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The Y. F. G. +. 4. will meet this
evening with the new president, Miss
Louise Perry. No. 6S Second street.
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1t was decided at the meeting of the
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The Cause Of Many
Sudden Deaths.

There is disease prevailing in this
country most dangerous because so decep-
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-09-09

CHAPTER XIX.
GO ON THE STAGE AND THEN GET BACK
INTO THE FIGHTING GAME
r DIDN'T do any fighting for over
year after beating Corbett.
Brady had me busy in the show
business. After the Sharkey
light Tom and l had spared every
night for week at Roster & Biaps
old place. torn down now. We were
arrested the first night for violating
some sort Of an anti-boxing law. Man
ny Friend was our lawyer. remem-
Der that Billy Brady got impatient
over the legal way Of handling the
case down there in the jefferson Mar
ket court. He jumped up. pushed
Nanny aside and made a redhot
speech, telling all about our boxing
show. When he was all through the
judge asked, Are you counsel in this
case?"
I am not said Brady. Pm no
lawyer. I'm just telling you facts"
''Well," said the judge, eff you aren't
lawyer you ought to be. Case dis
missed"
time. I played a part in 1.-The Man
From the West" big show that Bra
dy fixed up for me. When / boxed
at any theater it was generally with
my brother Jack, and we weren't both
cred.
About three months after the Cor
bett fight John L. Sullivan had big
benefit at Madison Square Garden, and
I boxed with him. Three half minute
rounds were enough. John had put on
fat after quitting the game. just let
him punch at me and ducked under his
swings until he was winded. Sulli-
van made a speech. didn't.
Fitzsimmons boxed an exhibition
with Thorne that night. Sharkey
spared too. l told Tom about meet
ing his father at Queenstown when I
went to Europe and how he saw me
of at the pier.
Good luck to yez," he said, "and
may yez lick all the fighters in the
world except me bye Tom.'
"You haven't licked me yet" said
Tom, grinning. IT amt licked until
I'm knocked out cold"
When winter came along had lit
tie experience that came near putting
me out Of the game. Bob Fitzsimmons
came around to one of the theaters
one night to shake hands and have a
talk Bob sat in box until the show
was over and then came behind the
scenes. I stood there in my tights
without even putting on sweater,
and was wet and hot from the box
ing. The cold wind blew on me, and
felt chilled before Bob left and
went to my dressing room.
Two doctors and three rubbers work
ed over me- all night. In the morning
didn't feel much better. but thought
I'd go to the hotel and get good
sleep. Joe Maxwell, the singer, and I
went to breakfast. / ordered lot Of
lamb chops, but when they came in !
could only eat one, and that was a
little one. That settled it. Maxwell
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-09-09

=
elected vice president. went to the big
lights in New York and how he had
reserved boxes for him. That was a
TACT. Mr.. Roosevelt likes good fight
better than anything else. But all that
lidn't make any difference. The fight
was called off.
After the misfire in Cincinnati the
Twentieth Century A. G. of San Frs.n-
DISCO made an offer for fight be-
tween Rubin and me on Nov. IS, six
,r seven months away. We signed up.
Down in my home town, Los Ange-
les. the boys wanted to. see me in the
ring. for ! hadn't boxed there since
winning the worlds championship. So
match was made with Griffin, the
same old Griffin who had given me nv
FIRST fight when was seventeen
year-old boy. We were to fight four
rounds
guess my fight with Griffin was one
Of the funniest that ever took place in
ring. l intended to stop Hank in
four rounds. but couldn't get a
chance to hit him. From the moment
we put our hands up he sprinted
around the ropes, with me after him as
hard as could go. He ran around the
ring SO fast in the fourth that l nearly
got winded trying to catch him. That
coon was tickled half to death over
staying four rounds with the cham
pion.
While in Los Angeles I had made
another match with Joe Kennedy of
San Francisco, four round bout, to
be fought at the Reliance club of Oak
land week after the Griffin affair.
Kennedy was big fellow Of about
my own weight. He started out in
Frisco by taking decision over Gus
Rubin in twenty rounds. He was
clever After beating Rubin, Joe
went to New York to make a clean
up The first man he fought was Pc
ter Maher, and they figured Peter easy
for Joe, who was touted as the COM
ing champion. Joe made, show of
Peter for one round, and in the sec
ond Peter managed to get over his ia
nous wallop. and Joe turned his toes
up toward the ceiling until the ten
count was finished.
The Reliance Athletic club was
packed on the night of the oath. When
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-09-09

"IM ALL RIGHT, BUT I'VE GOT COLD
FEET" SAID GUS.
we began fighting Kennedy started
cleverly and got through the first
round all right, but in the second
dropped him with straight left on
the jaw, and he was counted out.
I was beginning to feel like fighting
again now. Billy Delaney had fixed
up the training camp, and in few
days I went to work. At first l did
lot of hunting and hill climbing-the
best training In the world. i expected
a hard fight and trained for 1t. A few
days before Nov. Is was in the best
shape Of my life, and when l boxed
that four rounds with Griffin In Los
Angeles they had said l was fat and
would have hard time to come
back" again. We went down to the
bay. The last days work was done in
the gymnasium Of the Reliance Ath-
letic club. 1t was a ladies' day in the
gymnasium, but the club gave them
another room to exercise in, and al
most all of them, for that matter. came
in to see me work. When that days
training was over l stepped on the
scales in the dressing room ana
weighed just 212A pounds. stripped.
That is the lowest fighting weight !
remember except the 2O4 pounds at
which I won the championship from
FitzsimmOns.
There was lot Of betting going on.
was a 2 to favorite. and the Runnn
money was all from the east. Gail
fornians were with me.
Rubin was still staying out at BLANK
ems, taking it easy on the last gay.
They told me that he looked In great
shane and seemed to be confident OF
winning. Gus was weighing 2O2 POUNDS
stripped. He was of my own height;
He had plenty of cleverness. He was
strong. He could take a punch. IN
reach he had big advantage over me,
having a stretch OF seventy eight and
three-fourths inches. the longest OF all
the heavyweights.
On the morning Of the fight came
down from my room in the Metropole
in oakland and found the weather out
side gloomy and wet. That was my
lucky weather. All my big fights have
been won on wet days. Late in the
afternoon Delaney and went across
the bay to San Francisco and had din
per together at the Western, where Al
Smith was. Then we went to the st.
Nicholas, big, quiet hotel. and slept
for an hour while waiting the call to
the ring. can always sleep well just
before fight. That's an indication OF
good nerves.
Rubin left Bankers Six Mile House
at o'clock and drove into town with
Pop Blanken and Billy Madden. After
the fight they told funny story about
that ride. When they came into the
city Pop turned to Gus and asked him
how he felt. 1t was raw and cold and
damp. Gus shivered and said, Gee,
I'm all right, but my feet are cold!
ssWhat, already" asked Pop.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-09-09

CHAPTER XVIII.
I KNOCK OUT CoRBETT. THE GREATEST
BOXER OF THEM ALL.
"HE Seaside A. C. at Coney Is
land was packed that Friday
night when fought Corbett
At least 5000 people turned
out. Corbett was first in the ring, and
l didn't keep him waiting. George
Considine. Billy Madden, Gus Rubin
and Leo Pardello were in Jim's corner,
and Brady, Ryan, Jack and Dunkhorst
were behind me. Charlie White, the
referee, came in ten minutes later.
AS soon as Jim and l met we shook
hands. and it was like meeting an old
friend. We were going to fight all
right. but that was business PROPOSE
ton. Corbett smiled as if he was half
tickled to death to see me again, and
/ guess he was. Jim was the only man
in the whole place who knew what
kind of fighting condition he was in
that night. He knew he was fit to
fight for his life.
The bell rang, and we came together
slowly in the middle Of the ring.
had plenty of time to size Corbett up.
His skin was white as marble except
around his wrists and his neck and
his head, where he was tanned to a
sort of mahogany color. Anybody
could see that he'd been doing a lot
Of work out in the sun.
My recollection of this fight is lit
tie confused. 1t wasn't like any fight
I'd been in before. Right at the start
Corbett began dancing around, light
as feather. in and out. reaching for
me with the left and getting away
from my rushes in a way that made
me feel so foolish l had to stop and
laugh. Then when l grinned he'd jab
again and jump away like a rabbit.
The crowd was cheering Corbett for
his cleverness, and he deserved all the
cheering he got. landed on him now
and then, but ne was always going
away so fast that the blows didn't do
much damage. It's a lot easier to
beat man who'll stand up and fight
than one who runs away and picks his
own time to trade punches with you.
kept on chasing Jim as fast as
could, slamming punches at him when.
ever he was in range. Most of them
he jumped away from or ducked, some
he blocked and some got through to
the mark in the meantime he was
pecking at me with both hands with
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-09-09


out stopping except for a sprint when
l got too hot on his trail. Now and
then he came to a clinch and as White
broke us away snapped left and right
to my face almost before could move.
He was the fastest man and the great
est boxer l ever saw that night. Along
in the third or fourth round Corbett
ran around and around me in circles,
while stood and pivoted to face him.
When I finally lunged out to get him
Corbett laughed and ran away IN
touched. As the fight went along he
grew more and more confident and
used his right hand now and then,
sending it over as hard as he could.
In the ninth round Jim thought he
was winning. He raped me cou-
pie on the chin and then swung his
right to the same spot SO hard that the
force Of the blow showed me b. X on
my heels. l could see his eyes blaze
as he thought he had me staggering,
and for minute he rushed and took
wild chance mixing with me in the
hope of landing a knockout. 1 grinned
and blocked his blows and walked
right into him without starting a.
punch. In the next round he went at
me Just as hard. It was wonderful
how that fellow could land and get
away. I chased him around and
around the ring until was tired, and
still he sprinted or dashed in again
when he saw an opening. My nose
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-09-09

insisted that there must be something
seriously wrong with me and made
me go to see his doctor. The doctor
ordered me to bed. 1t was pneumonia,
and, remembering how near pneumo-
MIA came to killing me in San Fran
cisco, / hustled to my room in the
Hotel Minot and stayed there several
days until 1 was all right again.
Nine months after the Corbett tight
1 was to have met Rubin for twenty
rounds in Saengerbund hall in Cincin-
natl. Billy Delaney took charge OF
my training again, and we opened
camp and started hard work. Every
thing was going along fine, and the
whole country was interested in the
match when it went wrong. The may
or of Cincinnati was in favor OF the
fight and had given us assurances that
there'd be no interference. But the
governor ordered it stopped. An in
junction was issued, and the matter
went to court. Billy Brady was the
principal witness. He told the Judge
how Mr.. Roosevelt, who had just been
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Solid panel sides. upholstered ba
and seats; fabricoid leather hoo
latest gear, and heavy guarantee
rubber tires.
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AUTOMOBILE DEATH
DUE TO ACCIDENT
Coroner Finds Ferguson Is
Killed When Car Becomes
Uncomfortable

Coroner hewitt today gave a certlh-
cate Of accidental death in the case
Of William Ferguson, oi 2O12 Portner
place northwest, who was killed late
last night in an automobile accident
at New York and FlorIua avenues.
Ferguson son. Osmun Ferguson,
is employed by DR.. Jesse Ramsburgh,
of the Portner, as chauffeur, and last
night he obtained permission from
the physician 70 take his father rid
ing He also took Harry kOpp, Of
1917 Seventh street, and his four
teen year old son, Leroy. with him.
Ferguson drove the car around the
principal thoroughfares Of the north
east section Of the city until about Il
o'clock. wheT he started west in Flor
ida avenue In some way he lost con-
trsd Of the car just before reaching
the intersection of New York avenue.
The machine skidded. and the next
moment crashed into tree with ter
rifle force
None Of the occupants were thrown
out, but the top Of the auto crushed Mr..
FergusOn's skull. He died instantly.
The other were shaken up ami bruised.
but not badly hurt.
Young Ferguson was so affected by
the accident that he had 20 be taken 10
the Casualty Hospital. suffering from
extreme nervousness.
DR.. Ramsburg said today that he had
given his chauffeur permission 70 take
the car out He said he had every con-
fidenCe in his driver, and was convinced
The accident was not due 10 careless
ness
Arrangements for Mr.. Ferguson's fu-
neral are being made today.
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WHITE HOUSE BEGINS
SUMNER SCHEDULE
Executive Offices Officially
Closed for the Day at
2 O'clock.

With t, advent Of waLp weather,
President Taft has put the White
House on summer schedule. and the
Executive Offices are now silent after
o'clock In the afternoon.
The President goes to the Executive
offices at $50 or 10 o'clock in the mo
ing He works at his desk from then
until so or . O'Clock in the afternoon.
Then he goes 10 lunch, and the office
sees him no more that day.
on Secretary Carpenter and his stan
OF clerks then falls the responsibility
and dignity OF the White EOuse. The
President goes 10 the Chevy Chase golf
links, with a few of his friends. and
most Of the White House stan hurriCs
cut TO the baseball game.
Yesterday the President, Captain
HsItt, Charles P Taft, and Cen Clarence
Edwards played q foUrsOme at Chevy
Chase II was the Presidents nth
afternoon or the links this week, and he
was in great form. The score Of the
game was kept a close secret, but from
the Presidents good humor on his re-
turn. and the equanimity Of the rest
of the party, II is practically certain
that he won.
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and land messages between President
Nadriz- of Nicaragua and General
Arlas. commanding the converted cruis-
er Venus, which was ordered away
from Bluefelds by the United States
gunboat Paducah, Madriz has ordered
his subordinate to return to Bluefields
and lombard the town. irrespective Of
orders from the American officers.
It is declared that the orders came
direct from the Madriz governments
cable station at San Juan Del Sur, ana
were received by General Arias at Grey
town, where he went following the orders
fDom Commander Gilmer Of the Paducah
rot TO interfere with American shipping
1t is declared that AIsdriz takes the
stand that he has the right to employ
any means 10 subdue the rebelious city
Of Blueheids.
1t is believed here that international
complications viii result from Secretary
KnoX's policy in Central America.
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Estrada Suffers Most DisaS-
trouS Loss In History of
His Struggle.
AWAITS
ATTACK BY VENUS
Vessel Ordered Away BY Ameri-
cans Scheduled to
Return

BLUEFIELDS May 22.-The report
brought here that the Madriz gunboat
Venus sank the Estrada. Eunboat
Omotepe off Punta Gorda yesterday
morning was confirmed today.
II is said that 100 II the Omotepe's
men were drowned and killed during
the engagement.
The engagement. if the reports Of
II can be credited, was one Of the
most disastrous in the history Of Nc
steamed out Of here Friday looking
for the Venus. She had 200 men
aboard and her rival 400 and both
were well equipped with rapid-fre
guns.
0motepe Caught Unawares.
Tt is not believed that the Omotepe
intended to give the Venus battle. but
planned to await the arrival Of the
steamer Utstein from New Orleans be-
fore attacking. IT the meantime she
intended TO keep the Madriz gunboat
in sight.
The report Of the sinking of the
OmOtepe has caused a decline Of con-
hdence among Estrada supporters.
The situation at the front is not at
all Teassuring, although the presence
OF American marines here is comfort
ing TO Americans.
II is reported from Colon that Presl-
dent Madriz had ordered the Venus to
proceed back TO Bluehelds and bonn
bard the town, despite the warning
Of the commander of the American
gunbOat Paducah. The report is not
credited. IL is believed that MadriZ
IS too crafty 10 antagonize Washing
ton at this time.
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CAPTAIN GOES MAD.

DUBLIN. May 22.-When the steam
er City Of Malaga reached Dublin
from Antwerp IT was stated that the
captain, William King. had been very
violent during the voyage, and he was
removed TO a lunatic asylum.
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TO LAUNCH FOLK BOOM.

ST LOUIS. May 22.-Democrats have
fixed June ? as the date for a banquet
a which a Presidential boom for former
Gov. Joseph w. Folk will be formally
launched.
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DEAD MANS MONEY GoNE.

GAINESVILLE. Ohio. May 22.-When
Chas. Dewitt was killed in the Canton
explosion. where many men lost their
lives, his LIES savings. 500. which he
carried on his person disa ppeared and
no trace of il has been found.
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Bluehelds To Be Attacked.
COLON, May 22.-It is reported here
that during the exchange Of wireless
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-05-22
TOLL OF THE SEA.

LONDON. May 2.-Thirty-eight
British ships and 209 lives Of passen-
gers and sailors were lost during
April.
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Only nine 90 days left-Advt.
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A new and handsome design i'll Buf-
fets, exactly like illustration, except that
IL has cupboard in center and two small
drawers in each side: large linen draw
or, French shaped legs. laIEe mirror top
and wooden knobs. $50 value; special
underselling price,
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-09-30
IN THE SCRAP HEAP


yor and a desire to 4nrich his coun-
trymen as well as to add luster to his
own name and reputation. II was too
expensive a transaction, however, and
after the French government with
drew its patronage and the French
people declined longer to contribute,
there came scandals without number
that shocked the world, and De Les
seps withdrew to France to die of a
broken heart.
In the abandonment the French com
pany left on the ground all of its ma
chinery, some Of which had never been
in use. consisting of locomotives, steel
cars, huge steel scoops and dredges,
valuable tools Of iron and steel, bridges
that had been made in France and
were ready to put together, huge
cranes, levers and costly casting ma
terial.
This costly outfit lay in the path OF
the American engineers when they
came to dig the new ditch which Uncle
Sam has in course OF construction.
Some Of 1t was covered with mud a
foot deep; some OF 1t gathered rust an
inch deep IN the forests Of the tropics
locomotives that cost thousands in
France lay upturned, the resting places
Of the swamp birds. and monkeys
swung from one bridge piece to the
other as had done their ancestors
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-09-30
Miss Zoe Boyle Explains Workings Of
Her Nomenclature System
Not Fortune Telling.

New York.-What's in name?
Nearly everything from a sore throat
to steady job, in the opinion OF Miss
Zoe ]. Boyle of this city. who calls
herself "a name analysist." She main
tains that when one writes ones self
"E-D-Y-TH-E." instead of edith" /"
one actually makes ones self a wholly
different person. For. she says. as
"Edythe" one may be more unlucky
than when its spelled with an 81"
1T isn't fortune telling" said Miss
Boyle. ut Is the working of a natural,
ordinary law. II means n lot OF accu
rate. careful work. Every letter OF
the chlld's two or three names-Chris,
tian, middle and surname-stands for
something Then each letter is equiva.
lent 10 a number in several mathe-
matical tables which I use. The sim
plest is like this" and she showed the
following diagram:
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-09-30
HYPNOTIC AID IS REFUSED
New York Magistrate Rejects Offer
Of Services Of professor Of
Hypnotlsm."

New York.-A simple and easy
means OF solving all marital troubles
by hypnotlsm has Just been refused
consideration by Magistrate Cornell.
presiding officer OF New York's court
OF domestic relations.
A tall, dark man of impressive ap-
pearance called upon Magistrate Cor
nell the other day and introduced him
self as a professor OF hypnotism." He
informed the magistrate he was ready
to place himself temporarily at the
service OF the court
Il can be of vast assistance" he
said. 81 am needed here. Nothing
can stand ageinst my powers. Let a
couple who are at war come TO me. |
look in their eyes. | stroke their
heads. say softly, GO. my children,
and be at peace They walk out turtle
doves"
Magistrate Cornell said he would
take the name Of the professor and
send for him II he was needed, but
that he would try to worry on unaided
for a while.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-09-30

II add up all the numbers to which
the respective letters of the name be.
long. For instance. the name Mary
would be 4-plus l. plus 8. plus 7. The
sum OF these is 21. and consider the
vibrations OF that number in two ways.
as the compound number. 21. and as
the sum OF the two component parts.
2 plus l, or 3, have many books tell.
ing what qualities and tendencies
every number stands for. away up into
the hundreds.
Using this simple table. | analyze
each OF the names borne by the person
am studying. then add the sum
OF the letters OF the three names to-
gether. coupled with the mothers
maiden name. Only with all this data
do attempt to make a reading"
But people don't name themselves" /"
the reporter ventured. "and liant II
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-09-30
LOVER CHARMS WARTS AWAY
Nitric Acid Helps After Year Of Hard.
Conscientious Work, Winning
Girls Heart.

New York.-After a years conscien.
tious and patient treatment with nitric
acid and similar remedies, Robert J..
Merriam, young curb broker, has sue
ceeded In removing seven huge warts
from the third finger OF the left hand
OF the girl he loves. and as a reward
Miss Lilith Borsberg has consented
to their betrothal.
Just 13 months ago McRian asked
Miss Borspherg to promise to marry
him, but she told him such a ming
was out OF the question. as she would
be unable to get the solitaire over the
warts. and even II this we're possible
'the ugly things" would have detract.
ed from the beauty OF that symbol OF
their plighted troth. So McRain went
to work, and after what seemed to
him the longest year he ever lived.
succeeded finally In vanquishing tn.
last stubborn excrescence OF the flesh
and now he wears a smile and Miss
BorspherG wears his ring.