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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-12

audience. Many have heard her sing
before, but that does not mean that
she has lost any of her power to
charm and entertain them. Mrs. Bob
has practically the same program as
on her other appearance here, but
even that does not mean that you
will not enjoy her If you have heard
before. Her sweet voice and her
perfect control over II at all ranges,
high or low, is something that one
She sings all of her songs with feel
ing and puts the right expression in
to them. She is a willing worker
and responds readily to the applause
of her audience. She is booked for
the entire week. Featuring the bill
for the first half of the week, along
with Mrs. Fitzsimmons, is Swain,
with his trained rats and cats. He
remains only through tomorrow
night. The act in itself is novel and
the animals who perform are well
trained. Can you imagine few cats
and rats acting together? These
animals do it. OF course they are
not kept together, but they go
through some of the stunts together.
The rodents show no fear at all for
the cats and the cats seem to pay
little attention to the rodents. The
best part of the act is the Jeffries-
Johnson fight of three rounds. JEFF
fries is nothing more than an old
striped cat, while Johnson is a lean,
black cat, such as those who enter
tain on the back fence at midnight.
After boxing for three rounds, JEFF
ries goes down in regulation style
and takes the count. while Johnson
hikes back to his stool. The act of
the Medoras, billed as English nov.
city humorists. is a good one. The
members of the team sing a couple
of funny songs. The male member
OF the tcBm produces two oil paint
! ings in remarkably quick time and
they are good, too. The Cummings
have q pleasing comedy playlet
Miss Elizabeth CLANCY. a Rock Isl
and girl, renders some violin solos.
Mrs. Casey sings the illustrated song
and there are two new reels of mo-
| ton pictures.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-12
RUMOR SAYSTWO
ISLANDERS SOLD
Lakaff and Kelly Thought to
Have Been Purchased by
Danville Club.
DEAL IS UNVERIFIED YET
Both Players Would Be Valuable Ad
ditions to Speaker Team
Are Veterans Here.

Prevalent is the rumor that Frank
Lakaff, veteran twirler of the Islander
pitching star, has been sold to Dan
villes Three-Eye league team and that
a deal Is on for the sale of Third
Baseman Harry Kelly Of the Islander
team to the Speakers. The amount of
the consideration for Frank could not
be learned. The announcement will
probably come out with the ending of
the deal for the sale of Kelly. Both
men would add great strength to the
Speakers team, no doubt, as they have
both proved their worth while in Is
lander uniforms.
LAKAFF A VETERAN.
Every baseball fan in the last eight
years has had ample opportunity TO
learn that Frank Lakaff is as good and
reliable a twirler as there is in the
league. He came to Rock Island in
1903, in the early days OF the Three
Eye league, and since has worn an
Islander uniform each year, although
he made flying trips to Seattle, Mil.
waukee, and Detroit.
BIG FACTOR IN STANDING.
In the years that the Islanders won
pennants, and the others as well, he
was one of the biggest factors in the
success Of the team. He has contrib.
uted as much as any one to baseball
in Rock Island, and even though things
look dismal for a 1912 Islander ball
team, the fans regret to see the big
hoy go from Rock Island He has
come TO be a fixutre here. He is reg
ular as clockwork. exemplary in his
habits. and is as good a side-wheel de-
hverer Of the spitball as the league
has seen.
KELLY IS GOOD, TOO.
Harry Kelly has been with the Is
landers for three seasons. and he. too
has given much TO the success of the
club. He is a good ball player, knows
the game. and plays the third sack pc
sition capably at all times. He is fair
~ good with the stick, especially in q
pinch Danville could hardly do bet
ter than secure him, along with La
kan.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-12

partially successful. The climax
comes when "the other man comes
into the plot. In portraying the role
of Sample, Mr.. Mann runs the gamut
Of emotions, from uproarious comedy
to the most tragic pathos. Sample is
said to be the actors greatest stage
creation "Elevating a Husband will
be seen at Davenport Grand next Sat
urday. Mr.. Mann has an excellent
company of supporting players, includ-
ing Emily Ann Wellman.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-12
TO SEND REGISTERED
LETTER TO TEARNEY
Head of Three-Eye League Has Thus
Far Refused to Recognize
Action Taken Here,

President A. r. Tearney will soon be
obliged to acknowledge the receipt of
registered letter from the Rock Island
baseball club. That letter is to tell
him of the action of the stockholders
of the club in regard to the franchise
Thus far he has denied that the Rock
Island club has taken such action.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-12
MRS. FITZ BACK AT EMPIRE.

Mrs. Bob Fitzsimmons is back at
the Empire, having opened her sec
ond engagement of the season at
the local playhouse last evening. To
say that she charmed her audience
with her classic and popular songs
is putting the fact mildly. AS be-
fore. her singing was given an en-
thUsiastic reception by the large
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-12

with Joe jeanette at the Phoenix A.
c. last night. Spectators charged
Johnson with laying down" Jean
cite had an advantage OF 40 pounds in
weight.
Kansas City, Mo. Dec 1.-THE 10
round boxing contest between Young
Togo, the Japanese featherweight, and
"Chalky' German of ST. Louis, SEIZED
uled to take place here last night, was
called OF because Of police interior
ence. This was to have been the open
ing OF the new Missouri Valley Ath-
letic club. Young Togo will leave to-
day for New York. where he fights
Johnny" Daily Dec. 20.
New Orleans. Dec II. Freddie
Welsh, the British lightweight whose
match with Wolgast was sunmsriiy
ended by the illness of the champion
out at Los Angeles. VIII come here
fo- little easy money. Arrange
ments have been made to Pit tie
Britcn against Matty Baldwin at a
local club on Jan. Ii
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-12
Is ALL-STAR MAN.

ural player and should make an able
leader of the squad.
Is ALL-STAR MAN.
Hughes decisively outplayed every
man that was pitted against him this
year and won an unopposed place on
the tri-city all-star team despite the
fact that both Moline and Davenport:
had good men playing in the center OF
the line. He has played two years
next year making his third. Some
doubt had been felt about his return,
ing to school next year, but his cleo
ton to the captaincy will probably
eradicate such fears.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-12
Walsh outpoInts Hendricks.

Boston, Mass, Dec. 12.-Jimmy
Walsh easily outpointed Jim Kcnd-
ricks in their eight round bout here
last night
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-12
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Springfield Register: "The Three
Eye baseball league rides on stormy
and tempestuous sea and has many
times been jolted severely among the
shoals. The report comes now that
Rock Island is about to pull out. it
calls to mind the old quotation about
the lighted candle within the window
pane. The bugs that are outside try
TO get in, and the bugs that ere in try
to get out again. 1t is to be hoped that
the trouble of the league will come to
a happy solution before the next sea
son opens, and that we will have good
baseball in the enterprisirg towns Of
this great state Of Illinois.
New York. Dec. NORMAN Selby.
known 10 the prize ring as kid Nc.
Coy was granted a discharge in
bankruptcy in the United States dis
trict court. This is SeIby's second
bankruptcy. His first discharge was
granted in June. 1904 In his last
schedules Selby gave his liabilities as
$21, 40, with no assets.
Kansas City. Mo, Dec. 12.-Alec
Munro. wrestling champion of Great
Britain, has arrived here ready to be.
gin training at once for his match with
Frank Gotch for the worlds title on
the night of Dec q in Convention hall
in this city. He weighs 220 pounds,
and says he intends to take off 10
pounds before the match.
Paris, Dec. 12-Thomas Hitchcock
Jr.'s Huetamo won the Prix LandeIle
and Eugene Fischof's La Cachuca ran
second for the Prix de Leute at Saint
Ouen races.
New York, Dec. 12-Fred Clarke
for years manager of the Pittsburgh
National league team, signed a con
tract to manage the team again next
year. He will not play, however. but
will direct the players from the bench
Keokuk, Iowa, Dec. f2.-FolIowine
the refusal of the Keokuk Baseball as
ISOLATION to allow his claim to a par;
Of the dreft price paid by Utica. ed
ward Reichle OF Craig, Neb.. center
fielder OF the Indians for three sea
sons past. said that he would carry the
case TO the national commission. L;
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-12
The Theatre
TIE ILLINOIS.

Dec 1s-Creatore and Royal Italian
Band.
Dec. 25-'Lena Rivers
Dec. 2S-"The Chorus Lady"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-12

New York, Dec. 12.-Ernest Benzon,
known to sporting men throughout the
world as the Jubilee Plunger," is dead
in London, according to advices re-
ceived here. Benzon won fame in 1887
by gambling away s1,25O,000 within a
year. He was very proud of his gam
bling exploits and wrote a book re-
counting them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-12

was reported here that deal may be
closed this week for the sale of George
Pennington, third baseman and field
captain CT the Keokuk club last sea-
son.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-12
THE EMPIRE.

Daily vaudeville performances at
3:Uu and S:l5.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-12

Clark Griffith s to
Of the Reds Is the best baserunn in the Critics
weighhe
couldn't
the championship settled
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-12

Memphis, Tenn. Dec. H. Young
lack Johnson was counted oEt shortly
after the beginning OF the fourth
round in a scheduled eight round bout
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-12

Philadelphia, Pa, Dec. 12-Young
Mccartney, the Kensington boy, who
became famous by knocking out
Mickey Cannon, fought draw " 18th
Joe Heffernan at the American CLUB
here last night
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-12

Paris, Dec. 12-Thomas Hitchcock,
Jr.'s Huetamo won the Prix Landelle
and Eugene Fischofs La Cachuca ran
second for the Prix de Leute at Saint
Ouen races.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-08-06

"We're all behind YOU to dollar if YOU take
that stand. But wouldn't it be wise to have
Wray in and talk to him? We might learn
something that's not on the cards
"Oh, yes, if YOU like. growled the Gen
eral but YOU re wasting time. I've got
my idea of what that property is worth.
III make him the offer If he refuses" and
his lower jaw worked forward, ut will be
war to the last ditch"
Curtis ,Jannev pressed a bell, and servant
appeared.
Has Mr.. Wray returned?'
"Ycs, Sir. said the man.
Tell him General Bent would like to see
him here"
The man departed, and General Bent with
an effort relaxed the muscles of his face and
sat. Both men looked up quickly when the
servant returned few moments later.
Il delivered your message, Sir, he said.
"Alr. Wrav asked to me say that he Is en-
gagged at the present moment and will join
YOU later.
General Bent's brows drew together an
grily; but Janney inquired suavely, "Wherc
did YOU find him, Carey"
in the conservatory Sir, with Mrs.
Cheyne"
Janney smiled; but suppressed Bent's
sudden exclamation with a wave of the hand.
~ on may bring IN the whisky, then tell HIM
that General Bent and | will await his con-
venience."
"Yes, Sir Thank YOU, Sir
"Confound his impudence." muttered the
General, biting at his lip.
"All for effect, Cornelius" said Janney.
THAT fellow is an artist. He's saving his
face for the ordeal"
"Let him save his neck" sneercd Bent
Janney stretched his legs forward and
smoked comfortably.
Break it if YOU like, Cornelius. he said.
guest"
To be continued NEXT Sunday
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-08-06

dryly like the sound OF creaking door
Upon my word, Curtis. You amaze me-
he said
VERY we'll" put in .Janney coolly But
think ii over Don't be hasty If he puts
that road through and starts the game of I'M
derbidding on the raw product, We'll be in
for a long fight and an expensive one. |
don't think the company wants that now.
Mcintyre doesn't, | know. And Warning
ton. as usual, is for tcmporizing.
"Temporizing. Cornelius Bcnt's jaws
snapped viciously. This is not a case where
personal preferences can be considered.
There's great principle involved. Are we
going to let an upStart like Jeff Wray, Il
petty real estate operator from an obscure
Western town, come into our field with few
stolen millions and destroy the plans of an
organized business that controls the output
of practically all the great gold producing
StateS.-a company whose sound methods
have brought order out of chaos, have given
employment to an army OF people; whose
patents have simplified processes, reduced
the cost of production. and kept the price of
the metal where it is satisfactory both to the
mines and to the market: Are we going to
see all this jeopardized by a wildcatter, tin
horn gambler. a fellow with neither decencv
nor moral principle: Temporize like War
rington if YOU like: but the board of the
Amalgamated must make a fight for the
Wrav snelter-or accept my resignation
RENT stalked the floor swiftly, biting off
ends of his sentences as though they
were parts of Wray's anatomy clenching his
fingers as he might have done had they en-
circled Wray's neck. Curtis Jannev fol-
lowed him with his gaze, his brows tangled
and his lips compressed, aware of the seri-
BUSINESS of the situation The resignation of
Cornelius Bent from the board of the ANAL
gamated was a contingency not for 4 mo-
ment to be considered.
That, of course, is impossible" he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-08-06
Continued iron, page IL

a mule. Yes the gift of tongues certainly
descended upon Gilhooligan, till the air was
deep, exquisite magenta for miles around
You could actually smell his language
"At last the news travelled from one Sun
day school to another, clear up to the head
of the procession where DR.. Hopbottom was
straddling his stately steed. When he found
out what was doing, he turned that white
horse and came back toward Borough Hall
at a wild bull gallop, the white ribbons
streaming out from his top hat and his whis-
kers flying. 1t was like General Sheridan
twenty miles away 1t was like Paul Revere
1t was like the ride from Client to AK.
VOU say you We heard of Dr. Hopbottom'
Well then, you know what an in
genious old crank he is OF course he doesn't
swear-its wicked. But he had long ago
figured it out, like | told you, what was the
psychological motive for curses. Brain
storms have just got TO happen sometimes,
and what a man needs at such times is
good. satisfactory bunch of explanations to
hurl into the mess. Being scientific man,
he knew not only the cause, but the remedy.
So it was easy; he invented his own innoc-
uous explosives whenever the time came.
well. he came galloping down toward the
row. Gilhooligans profanity carried for
about thirteen city blocks: so That by the
time the doctor got within range he had his
fires lighted and steam up. He raised up
and let out a stream of talk, something like
this:
"'What the hypo-fenyltry- brom- propio-
nic-hiatus is the purple matter here. any
way? Why the syncopated. Senegambian
highball don't you move on-whato'
"A thousand voices answered. thousand
trembling hands pointed angrily to Gilhooli-
gan. The doctor twostepped his horse up
to the Irishman.
"'You get the deoxidized Dalmation way
out of here, you epigrammatic blastoderm,
d'you hear?'
"Gilhooligan broke loose again. l can't
really quote his speech Alright. Shorn of its
linguistic splendors, it read something like:
Move your blankety- blank dashed line of
unquotable objects open. and let me get
through, you BANKED dash of an indescriba-
BILE animal! | want to get by!'
"The doctor then proceeded to get mad.
He shook his fist at Gilhooligan and yelled,
See here, you clavodeltoid compresbyterial
galravaging gonopteryx, do you think III
take any of your panspermatic post-eocene
retromorphosed labefaction? You inebriant
heliometrc hallanshaker, you, you CISCO
derm, you green g,lled sesquipedalian, if you
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-08-06
WHO WAS BELLE CARLTON

the zebras before anyone will turn round and
look. People in Brooklyn see too much
woozy stuff every day to be surprised at
anything. So the parade didn't attract
much attention-at first.
"Thev had all the school children out =
little girls in white muslin and blue ribbons,
boys in pink sailor suits with little white
fags,-the p. D. Q. Y. NJ, and the cult of
Mars, the Sons of ,Jehu the Antique Order
of Fire Eaters. the Antibettors, the Vege-
tartan Army, the Y pm Hoy Tong, the Pur-
pie Kline, and everything DR.. Hopbottom
certainly rounded up a good big bunch of
noncursers. He had EN- in platoOns, with
banners and badges and brass bands and
decorated drays and marshalS with batons,
just like regular procession of the Native
Sons of the Golden West. He was at the
head of the parade on a white horse. with
a tall hat tied round with white ribbons. like
Napoleon crossing the Delaware, solemn as
the Archangel Gabriel. Pleased? Why, the
doctor was one broad. voluptuous grin. He
took off his hat right and left regular, every
block
$50 far, SO good. The parade was a great
success till 1t got to given point down by
Borough Hall. Then came the big wind.
THERE was an cx-sailor named Gilhooli-
gan driving up a side street on d draw
loaded with railroad iron-bingety- bang
dm-slnash-rumble-r attle-zip- clattery- ding
You know how a load of steel rails can yelp
when they re properly loaded on a truck
Gilhooligan had four big black Percherons,
and he had an idea he was operating an an
cient Roman chariot and the whole world
had to get out of his way. He tried to drive
smack through the middle of the procession;
but the nonswearing enthusiasts wouldn't
have it-they sat tight.
Then, for few minutes. there was a
sprightly duel of verbiage and diction. Gil
hooligan went at them in thirtyseven varic-
ties of corrupt Saxon. and the white ribbon
purists came back with lot of sterilized and
highly perfuned talk on the other side of
the question. Gilhooligan got rather the
best of it. 'Fiddlesticks.' and oh, bother'
and Mercy mel had no show at all with
the way he handled English. Why, he
swung eighteen-svllabted oaths round by the
tail, hitting right and left. But still they
didn't let him through. The little boys
yelled Oh. pickles. and the ladies attacked
him with Amt he horrid?' OF course they
couldn't go farther-though for a little
while several designations from the society
were momentarily expected. Gilhooligan
talked to them the way an army driver pets
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-08-06

pltuSc, dl0 IL sigh II. L Ucou SOIlle Oh NOuI
talk in my business.
"The doctor led the way, amid awed thou
sands, to great white dray, decorated with
lilies. There, upon black walnut reading
desk was exhibited the pledge book, huge
brass bound tome, covered with white vel
lum. Gilhooligan mounted the drav, and,
with great effort and much chewing of his
tongue, signed his name. A chorus of hur-
rahs was given, followed by the Chautauqua
salute of waving handkerchiefs.
"Then, after tying white ribbons to the
tails of Gilhooligan's black horses, and pin
ming pink satin badge two feet long on the
breast of Gilhooligan s jumper the procession
parted in the middle He drove his clanking
DR.. Hopbottom, victorious, galloped proudly
back to the head of the line.
Twenty little blue eyed girls in white
muslin were lifted up beside Gilhooligan the
convert, and as the procession slowly started
they set up in their childish treble their
marching song:
Angry words. Oh let them never
From the tongue unbridled slip!
May the heart S best impulse ever
Check them ere they soil the lip!"
EENTON laughed freely, for the first time
that eventful evening. His memory of
Dr. Hopbottom was still fresh enough in his
mind for him to picture the scene. whats
the doctor up to lately?7 he inquired.
"Why, the last time | saw him, he told me
he had some great scheme to make thou
sand dollars easy, was the reply. ut seems
The Illinois issue. (Chicago, Ill. ;) 1906-1912, 1911-07-07

That is the prohibition states, with almost onesixth Of
the total population of the United States consume less than
onenney ffth Of the Intoxicating liquors drank in this
country.
In other Words the people lvngn wet territory drink
per capita, than fifteen times much those living
in ''dry' territory.
This very good showing for prohibition believe It
shows that prohibition reguates about fifteen times bet
ter than all the reguative' thus far attempted
The press reported 100000 gallons of beer drank in Chi
cago during the three excessively hot days of last May that
is nearly onesxth much Of beer alone in but three days
consumed by less than onesxth many people under
high license regulation consumed of all kinds of in
toxicating liquors by six times many people, during
period 121 times as long.
Evidently prohibition prohibits.
MARY F. BALCOMB,
General Secretary Young Peoples Civic League.
Chicago Daily Neps.
Gas alcohol is in classification with cocaine, CHORAL
phine and opium compelled logically and chemically
treat socially and egislavely exactly the prin
cipe that of other like drugs"
The Illinois issue. (Chicago, Ill. ;) 1906-1912, 1911-07-07
THE ILLIN ISSUE

necessarily minellgent but certainly from their oppor
tnty and environment since birth, uneducated unskied
and with little opportunity possibility for social advance
ment or betterment.
Owing to the fact that the law of supply and demand
regulates the price of such labor they do rather than
the earning capacity Of the employee for the employer the
average these could expect to in the or
nary of employment Sc per week. hardly enough
to support certainly not enough to supply the
most modest and natural desire of girl for dress what
'madame called fluffy rufes - in other words, the
apparent good things of life, which she enjoyed by
and girls all around her matters of small
hope for advancement bettement home of her
of earning enough for modest outfit Of what is every
woman's natural am marriage.
Reformation Difficult
Her ''capalized' value as Of the army of the
poyed is $6000 $500 per week 5000 per year five
per cent of this Selling drinks for saloonkeeper at
20 cent commission she for herself 90 week.
minimum, 81 100 per year. Her capitalized value
such agent, based her earnings is $22OOO
nearly four times much in the industrial ranks and
when the further profits from the rental of her body in
nection with 'bsiness considered is it strange
that the life appears to her easy that Ter 'refoma
ton is difficult that it is difficult control suppress
this crying evil?
What can be offered to such replace the lux-
uy unatainabe to them any other known but made
possible by the life they almost inevitably bound to fol
low and why wonder at the perpetuation Gin spite OF all
the alleged efforts contro of the dsordey saloon when
the profits these make for the saloonkeepers
enormous shown by the above facts?