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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-24

Pedlar Palmer and Oscar Schwab for
refusing to take their turn at pacing
in one event were not allowed to ride
in any other.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-24

Frank Blatz seems to have recovered
and rode a good race.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-24

The championship table 10 reads,
Kramer. so points; Clarke, 43,'
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-24

Don't depend on a sign in your window
Use an ad in the Star.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-24

The family of Starter .Abieneste was
out strong last night. Every time
abby" got near the railing to tho
right Of the press box all II could
hear was hello. papa"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-24

WESTERN LEAGUE.
Omaha, 3; Lincoln, 2.
Sioux City. 2; Topeka, l.
Des Moines. 3; Pueblo. 2.
Denver, 7; ST. Joseph, 2.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-24

Pulaski Prince iPii-
MANI ................... 3 !
Babe, br. 8. ~(Rodney)... l 3 2
Game Maid. b. m.
tSnoW) .-..;.-.-..".
Miss Overlook, br. IN.
s sGguSs si,een hi
Dick Mason. blk. g.
Oillahey) ...........11
Fanny Stanton, b. M.
Mescai. b. m, directory. . 10 10
Geutriana, b. m. (Biur-
raw .........". 8 DIR
(Sunderlin) ....s......1 9 dis
Knight Onwardo. b. h.
Time, a:osl5, a:cs]s, a:osA. ann, 2 Eli.
Twc.year.old Trot; Two in Three; $1,000.
Buckley Burn, b. C., by Critoley
Baron Peter. br. c. (Clarke) 8 2
Belgrade, br. c. (Yonng) minimum. 3
AxWorthy, b. c. (DolphiaD ............ s 4
Baron Dexter, b.. c. tNolan). .......... dis
Time. 2:2sla. a:2SI4.
2:t2 Trot; Three in Five; $4,000.
Al Stanley, no. h., by Todd
Whitehead) |
e. D. NJ. b. 6. aIollenbeck 2
Raf1es. blk. &. (Burgessl........ 2 3
Prince c., br. h. Farley)..-...,.4 3 4
Time. 2:M; 2:1ll2, .2:13i4.
70 Beat 2:11-Wiily. b, h.. by Wilburn
NJ. (Pennockl won: Time, 2:oS.
hangar (Young); won. Time, 1854.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-24

Wells and Abstein, of the Shelters,
We're both gut out OF the game for dis
putting a decision yesterday.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-24

Ray Bronson, of Indianapolis. had a
shade the better of Dave Deshler. of
Boston, in a East ten-round bout at
1ndi~aapolis last night. Deshler
showed much damage at the fnal gong,
While Bronson appeared fresh. The
men weighed In at 1888 pounds.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-24

Kelly is hitting again like = fend.
His double Yesterday struck left-ield
fence and bounded back. On any other
lot 1t would have beer a home run.
Later Schirm with his back against
the boards tool another of Kelly's
elouts.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-24

schlahy. The trio viii finish the sea-
son with the collar-makers.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-24

To Beat 2:11-Willy. b. h.. by Wilburn
NJ. Pennock); won. Time, 2:oS.
To Beat 2;S0A-Belgiau, b. g. ~. by
hangar (Young); won. Time, 1854.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-24

Johnny Waltz, of Jersey City, was
knocked out in the sixth round by
Jack Denning, of New York, at the
Long Acre A. c. last night. A hard
right to the body did the trick. At no
time did the beaten man have a SEM
blance of a chance.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-15

In large measure. successful and OPERA
tive. but experience and close obser,ntop
suggest that in cungested districts, m large
cities and in the world at large it Is Br
better to rcgulat, this much discussed sNil
by high license and rigid law enforcement
I'm the state OF Kansas the prohibition
law has been upon the statute book for
something like thirty years, and SC II true
hat i'm some few counties Of tho state
iguor cannot be obtained. If we arc to be
aeoe the press reports and il We are to
i've credencc to the records OF the various
'olice courts. we must admir- that prohibit
ION has most decidedly not prohibited in
NE larger towns of the state and the law
uas written itself a failure.
% do not 10y any means con4der the
liquor evil the greatest evil W ihc dav,
nor do 1 consider IL the greatest Gauger
.o the happiness or perpctuty ufi our
.omcs." concluded Bishop LiHs. whose
last remark undoubtedly referred 60 the
considerably more than 2.OOO annual di-
vorcos in kansas according to the latest
available statistics. The orphanases, res
cue homes and even the prison guports OF
the state echo the disastrous story Of
broken homes. the chaplain of the Kansas
peniteuuary having gone ON record as say
ing that the great majority of Pen in The
prison are there because Of honelessn, ST..
Doctor Wants High License.
Like Bishop Lillis, Or. ID. L. Darrah ono
Of the leading physicians of Leavenworth.
believes that the only solution q the liquor
question rests in high license and strict
regulation of the saloons. the llcensiug
board having the power TO revoke the
license Of "a man selling liquor to minor
woman or to a man whose tongue is
thckeued with drink.
within six months said Or DarrJh.
81 took care of at least five cases of de
hrium tremens and have taken care also
OF any number of patients, both men and
women. suffering from dipsomania, or sick
ness from drink. At least one Of the cases
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-15
WHICH WOULD YOU PREFER?
selected HoOE,s Dr Che Hing rs
the symbol of Welded
Life

Life.
Come in said Billie Burke responding
to the timid knock Of a New York Tribune
interviewer. 81 want To talk 10 YOU about
something ] was Just thinking Of; some
thing utterly new, I assure you-moderl.
marriage. There are phases. YOU know.
Sit down" she laughed TIE laugh that IS
bottled by BuiNe ouI.; none other genuine.
Have you heard the latest little move
IA the game as played a few days ago b..
a resident of a nearby suburb" Duin-
The wedding ceremony this original Iniade,
bridegroom, instead of passing a circle o.
i+harlt gold over his wlfc's tradiuonaI
wedding nnre-, handed h,r set Of book.
by selected authors, such authors. Tor in
stance, az Bazac, tho delineator Of souIs-
Victor hugo, the painter Of Genes ana
several others. the appreciation of whom
Is usually accepted az one of the measures
OF intellect.
"l his is symbolism. YOU understand. II,
explained that the ring was historically a
badge Of slavery, while the gilt OF books
stood for his acknowledgment that his wife
was poised on the same intellectual plane
with himself
Isn't that new" She laughed. IN rtg-
sesls such a " alth Of symbolic things thar
might be- done. 10 makes one feel tUat by
comparison onc's daily deeds are shame
gully uniua ainative
why wouldn't a cunning little gold Gig
"a tie dish -i,sn 20 the bride at the fatal
point the wedding ceremony indlcdt.
GA. tie rv.a.Gt srsa,da hcr as his chum
SO" s-,e o,n G, Eal. IAel thyru IFS "a
handsomely wrought key That would be
la taken Of her privilege to stay out after
10 o'clock. A pair Of boxing gloves passed
over nor white kids would acknowledge
ner physical equality.
There would be no end TO the origin
ality that husband might display at that
crisis In the old-fashioned ceremony when
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-15
BABIES AS AN INVESTMENT
Opinions of SthtiEticinn and of
Fond Mothers DO Not
Agree.

Some grabbed old bachelor on the Cali
fornia Board Of Health reports the New
York World has been figuring on the com
mercial value Of babies. and concludes thai
babies are mighty poor investments. This
statistician, who probably has holes in his
stockings and lacks buttons ON his shirts.
states that $4,000 is the average cost of
raising a California child from birth to the
age of % years, while his or her average
value at 20 wears is $3.50 That is. papa
and mamma are only 500 to the good Tie
old bachelor basis his figures on the net
earning capacity of the average citizen IN
all the gainful occupations IN California.
capitalized at per cent interest
tie says further, that the average value
OF all the children IN the United States as
reported by the national conservation com
m.ttee, is $500. Plainly, the dlsiugeuious
statsticlan fears for his safety at the
hands Of California mothers, for he makes
taeir babies worth SLIGO more each than
any other babies in this country
But his ruse of hosting tile value .l
California babies viii not preserve THE
board Of health man from the mothers
wrath He should have proved his zig
arcs established their accuracy, before he
published them. IL ls not ZOO late uo..
Let him ask "a few good mothers what s..
the real not the commercial value %
them Of their babies
Let him ask a young mother the vaIu.
Of her drstbon son nesting i'm her arms
Then he viii have chance to do som.
fglring in billions for she viii answer
In effect
mot an the sold ln California and uu
der II could buy back from me as much
as the first kiss I took from his dcai
lips
or let him say 20 a poverty-stricEeu
widow who is wearing out her life 20 l5ear.
Ter four Eve, OF elk "p-Ur investments
In the human market:
MY good woman, California babies are
worth $4,000 each. Here Is $4,000. NOW
your little ones are mine"
What would her answer be-
Perhaps IL would be best and safest for
the bachelor 10 talk 20 this mother over
the phone.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-15

the ring was given, and thereby an oc-
casion that is fast becoming commonplace
would contain the element of surprise, and
value. Rejuvenating marriage! That IL
the modern idea, isn't It?
Seriously. though. do you think women
are civilized enough yet to prefer books
to a wedding ring? I hope there is a little
barharity left, a small amount OF savage
pleasure over beads and jewels. am not
particularly fond of being all glittered up
with trinkets, but I'll confess to a liking
for a few bits of fine iewelry. AS for
wedding symbol, Il is nice to have some
little thing one can wear and keep close 10
one. Perhaps that Is why the wedding
ring is sun an attraction You know IL
would not be possible to wear a string OF
Victor Hugo's around ones neck. even IL
they were bound in fine leather, busted
an over with gold pomegranate seeds!'
People will accuse you of standing for
The old-fashioned woman If you don't look
out Wuned the visitor.
ron. they do that anyway" sighed Miss
Burke risins up enough TO prop herself
on an elbow, while the pink silk gown fell
into delightful curves. you see, I'm really
a lot more serious than / get the credit
for. / don know about old and new fash
.oned women I'm not so sure, believe
that there are such things, but / do know
1nat aIn Tar more ambitious than to be
satisfied with playing the little girl tease
tnat / usually am cast for"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-15

peko, before tho February conference OF
the Kansas state Charitable Institutions:
Nv may bc encouraged with what we
are accomplishing at the rcformatory. hut
we would feel a great deal better if W.,
knew that some effort. with "a fair SHOW
Of success, was being directed toward stop.
ping the supply. The first inmates wor,
taken in August 1885. and from that tra
to the present the institution has boo.
growing. We now have two cell house.
which accommodate 2o0 men each and On
third is in course OF construction"
Kansas also maintains an industrial.
school for boys, and another for girls. 90
former with 40 boys enrolled during ta.
biennial period covered by the last report
and the superintendent Of the latter
quoted, in the last biennial report OF .
state institutions. as saying that the rapiE
increase in the dependent and c..iugu 20.
classes presents a most formidable prob
lem-kansas not excepted in the deduc-
tionsG
While Kansas prosperity pamphlets az,
flooding the country, the largest city in
the state, Kansas City, Is graphing with
a trade at home" movement. bending
every energy in an attempt to stop th,
tide Of trade that goes over the state line
to the live sister city in Missouri Its one
opera house is darkened, to be sold at
auction after tumultuous career and
valiant struggle for life i'm the prohibition
city. The one amusement park opened
after the closing OF the saloons. closed
after "a spasmodlc season, to the bitter
financial loss of its hacker The one mod
ern hotel has been abandoned by the hotel
man of more than forty years experience
who opened it under suspicious circum-
stances and it is now run by woman
whose husband runs corner bakery. The
public night schools Of the city exact a
fee Of 81 month from their pupils, the
money being paid into the school treasury
to help make both ends meet. On April p
last nine firemen, five watch boys and one
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-15
he Dry Politician Blamed for Preventing Facts by T. Martin Who Wrote
flor Hpers Weekly Reproduced Retng His Experience

thousands in Kansas, and yet the federal
officers are daily discovering "boot-leg-
gers and 'jointists" who do a thriving
business throughout the state without a
license The "boot-leggers" operate in
empty freight cars, on the sidings Of the
small towns; in the smoking cars Of the To-
cal trains. They carry their stock in their
suit cases, one such salesman having
been arrested not long ago in a small town
near Kansas City Kan, with the product
Of a small-sized distlllery in his innocent
looking baggage
Governor Stubbs, as well a. many Of the
state officials, and all the prohibition "oraA
tors" have repeatedly stated that 80 per
cent Of our jsils and more than 80 per cent
of our poorhouscs have been practically
evacuated" the prohibition route. Of
course. The governor and these same gen
tlemen also refer repeatedly to the "un-
precedented dlmuution Of crime" Governor
Stubs including this statement in
THANKSGIVING proclamation as well as in
his extensively advertised Chicago pro
hibitlon speech. The one place where an
honest student Of real conditonsi would
look Tor the signs OF an unprecedented
diminution of crime" Is the state pen-
Tertiary at Lansing, Kan. The attitude OF
the state officials in remaining silent as
to statistics of this institution leads to but
one conclusion-that the penitentiary has
been purposely and studiously avoided, be-
cause its record refutes the claim that
these gentlemen are putting forth to tho
world-that prohibition has diminished
crime
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-15

Of delirium tremens treated was due to the
quality of the vile stuff sold in the Joints
rather than to the quantity imbibed. ana
all these cases were treated when Leaven-
worth was experiencing its strictest spasm
of reform
The cocaine and morphine habits are de-
cidedly in the ascendency and any physi-
clan will bear me out i'm the statement that
the confirmed drunkard Is not so pitaJlC
as the drug fiend; yet those who are cry
ing for prohibition are making these fiends
in startling numbers.
The shelves of the druggists are filled
with sO-called tinctures, fluid extracts,
patent medicines and the like, which con-
tain from 10 TO 9S per cent of alcohol. many
of them used solely for the purpose Of in
toXication, and which the druggist may
sell without any government license, though
he may not sell pure alcohol or whisky to
the reputable physician for medicinal pur-
poses.
THE alleyways, the cellars and che gar
rets of Leavenworth," concluded Dr. Oar
rah, are filled with dives under prohibi-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-15
O'HARA, SELF MADE LAWYER
Success Comes to a Man Who Had
Real Courage.
STORY OF A NEW YORK WAIT
Founding Sent West Finally Be
comes Leader al Bar In One of
the New ana Progressive
states.

ENID, ok. Jan. 14-tSpeciaI)-Left an
orphan I'm a New York CITY hospital with.
ont even the dignity of a name. placed
parentless and frendless aboard a west
bound railroad train, with orders TO be
dropped off wherever anyone would re-
Ceive him in far western Iowa William j.
O'Hara a former Nebraskan. to whom has
been accorded the highest honor that the
Oklahoma bar examiner can bestow, wa
disembaTked to receive his belatcd chris
tening He was named by his adopters
Robert and Mary O'Hara. pioneers on the
American frontier.
w. J. OHara-this same orphan-has
lived TO demonstrate that the days Of th.
7elf-made man are not over when 10
class of eighty graduates OF tna laadua
universities OF this country ha was AWARDED
.lrst honors in am examination before th.
".a-r bar examiner Fnr admission To tr.r
tee Jaw IN Oklahoma. O'Hara fs %
holder of no diplomas. tha posse ssor Of o..
degrees; in locr, VIII uc appeared b'f. r,
that august bojy mo- had little TO attest I'd.
's .esul attaiuw nts on aLiHu s.. Ills 10
,al attendance at any Institution Of learn.
ng amounts to three months schooling I'm
% sod house In Nebraska
This unprecedented achievement has ere.
''." neral enquiry as 10 whom This
SELF ducated man might be. and iu pc
Spouse OHara has mfoldad the story of
DIS most remarkable life,
Orur4u .rT FpuudIiue.
of his birth and pareutaro ho knows but
little. lie was born. he SAYS. in New York
CITY, about thirt seven years a-o
Whether he has Hrolh.rr, sisters 1r
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-15

Of Kansan who experimental with mix
ture Of whisky and bay rum as an intoxi-
cant, and told OF the joys OF another Kan
san. who enjoyed lemon-extract spree,
the extract being heavily charged with
alcohol and evidently prepared for home
consumption
A man was before a police court Of Kan
sas City, Kan. not so long ago. reputed to
be suffering from the effects Of "forty-rod''
whiskey. This particular brand is noted
for its power to produce a "trotting jag"
and a skilled imbiber OF the stuff Is said
TO be able to do 100 miles without a stop.
The Kansan in question had started a Mar
athOn in the main hallway OF his abiding
place, and half dozen witnesses testified
that he had made not less than seventy
five laps and was far from being ready TO
quit when the police called time.
a member Of congress from Kansas last
winter addressed a Chicago convention and
told the audience that Intoxicating liquor
cannot now be sold in Kansas for any
purpose whatever under the sun: neither
the scientist the mechanical, nor the rnedi-
cinal fellow can buy alcohol IN the state"
At the time when this statement was made
he warden Of the Kansas state peniten-
uary then the president Of the state or
sanitation Of prohibitonists. was sending
out requests TO the druggists Of the state
inviting them to send in bids for hospital
supplies for the penitentiary. including
among the items, ten gallons Of alcohol.
Thus. while the reputable physicians. the
hospitals the scientists, the photographers,
may not legally buy alcohol in Kansas the
warden of the penitentiary may buy H.
though he was president OF The prohibition
society when he invited violations Of the
state liquor law, is now member Of its
board, and for years, has been the chief
attorney for the organization active in
law enforcement"
.
Liquor In Carload Lots,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-15
NICER THAN POWDER
EASIER TO APPLY

Mrs Mae Martyr, writing on beauty sub
iects FOR the Philadelphia Press, says:
Society women everywhere are discardlng
paints and powders and using liquid
PREPARATION, which Is easily applied and
dries quickly. giving the complexion a
soft, pink and white glow impossible with
powder or rouge
An excellent and trustworthy lotion for
the complexion can be made at home by
dissolving ounces spurmax In u pint hot
water, then adding teaspoonfuls gly-
cerine.
This recipe IL popular among many
social leaders, as II is impossible TO dc.
tect, and after being applied does not rub
off like powder, nor does II require futher
attention, II is inexpensive and easy TO
make, and every woman should give Il a
place on her toilet table."-Adv
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-15

Not until Stone city, in Iowa, was
reached was little William OHara selected
for adoption Robert O'TIara, foreman Of
a stone quarry gang, with his good wife
Mary, took the little orphan for their own
and gave him their name BY force Of
necessity he soon became adapted TO the
new conditions, however, and learned to
work on the OHaras ten-acre farm.
In a few years the O'Haras moved from
Iowa to Holt county, Nebraska. Here
young OHara first felt his desire for
learning. His foster parents were not be-
lievers in education saying it would spoil
him for work and refused him the priyi-
iege Of attending the district school and
the boy determined TO educate himself lie
secured what books that under the circum-
stances were obtainabe and began the
task which after twenty years work he
yet regards as uncompleted.
Taking his book with him ne spent many
a dav behind the pillow, or on horseback.
herdng cattle on the fenrcless plains,
studying as best he could. At night. after
a hard days labor he would sit up for
hours n his room continuing his readings.
Year after year he Kept this up until he
completed most Of the work. including ian
guages, covered in the elementary and sec
andary schools His attendance at a Iittle
% school house near his home did not
exceed three months, he says
Away 10 OkIahoma.
Richard OHara, true pioneer that he
was. when Nebraska fast was becoming
.u.cu made his second move away from
cities and civilization. Iio came To Okla
h.Ua .u April -. 1889. when The cuuutrr
was first yIgnod for settlement Ayaulne
amaot 10. Ha hard won knowledge when
,Hg schools We're opened in the new coun-
tt5, ". d. OHara secured employment as
"a teacher IN the district schools south Of
amid. Tie continued teaching for ten years
M which time me Was advanced 90 q re
srrusilie position IN the city schools at
Lanuessey.
abandoning his pedagogical work in 1872
Dee moved 60 Floss, Oh, and engaged In
the Iaa. estate bua.n -, Here. at 81 years
OF rye. resolving Go study law. hc pur-
chased "a small library and planned. his
course of study. Working during his spare
time lDr almost five years. n- uraseuues
us ..'oI 20, s..'. csamul. l0r tl.
e..auIu-tl.u. ClaguaJ.s from Wisconsin.
Yale, Michigan, Kansas, Harvard. OKLA
home. Missouri and other colleges were IN
the class W. d. OHara presented no
diploma, "cum magnum lagdem" but told
the clerk that he had studied some
Genuine surprise ana establishment was
universally expressed when the results OF
the examination We're made public showing