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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-12-29
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Fort Wayne, Ind. Dec 29-Pitcher
George Mullin of the Detroit team is
on his way to Detyoit to ask President
Navin of the Tigers for his release.
lie intimated that he had a managerial
proposition from a minor league team
under consideration.
The signed contract of Catcher Car
ney of the Saskatoon team of the
Western Canada league was received
yesterday by Manager Callahan of the
Sox. The young backstop made a good
record last year. hitting .259 and field
ing DAB. He was discovered by Ted
Sullivan. who thinks Carney has all
the earmarks of coming catcher. The
signing of the youngster gives the
Sox a promising staff of catchers IN
Sullivan. Block, Kreitz and Carney.
Assistant Secretary of the Cubs Al
Campion has been i'll at his home for
several days. He expects TO be back
at his desk next week.
New Haven. Conn, Dec. 2e.-Yale's
$4,000 baseball cage will be ready for
use next March. Work Will be begun
on 1t at once. The building will con-
tain a full sized baseball diamond.
Galesburg, H.. Dec. 29.-'Ducky'
Eberts was appointed manager of the
local Central Association team today
He is an outfelder.
Herman Germany Sehaeffer was a
visitor in Chicago yesterday. Ger
many declared he was strong for tbs
game of indoor ball and hoped to see
a winter league established
Muskegon Mich. Dec 29-Plans fol
the organization of an Elks' state base
ball league which is expected to begin
its existence next summer have prog
ressed SO far that an eight-club cir
cult is thought to be assured. Sagi-
nav, Bay City, Detroit, Kalamazoo
Manistee. Traverse City, Grand Rapids
and Muskegon are named as probable
members Of the league.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-12-29
FIGHT LID PUT
ON AT BELOlT

Beloit Wis, Dec. 29.-Chief of Po-
lice Parles Quinlan today issued an
order forbiddinE boxing contests here.
Billy Ryan. a local boxer. was to have
figured in a contest here.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-12-29

Indianapolis fans should witness
CLASSY bout when Jack Dillon and Leo
Houek meet on New Years day.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-12-29

Followers of the Cubs are pleased to
learn that Manager Frank Chance will
be in the game next season, holding
down mis- old position at first base
The Washington herald., 1911-05-21

It is clear that President Taft acted
with prudence and wisdom in sending
a considerable military force to with
In easy reach Of the border, both for
possible use in case Of a general break
up in Mexico and also for use on our
own side Of the line in suppressing
filibustering and in dealing with both
Mexican federals and rebels who may
trespass across the line either in per-
son or with gunflre.
1t is also clear that a systematic at
tempt is being made by the rebels to
force the fighting as close to the bor-
der as possible In order to accom-
plish their openly proclaimed purpose
Of involving this country in some way
in the embodiment. and this fact sug-
gests the desirability Of thwarting that
design.
Americans Hunt Trouble.
Much has been said Of the turpitude
Of which Americans are ed1lty who en-
ter the conflict. and to that may now
be added a reminder Of the folly Of
those who in either morbid curiosity or
bravado wantonly expose themselves
to injury along the border line.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-21

nese are captured on trains that run
close to the border.
This fact necessitates customs in
spectors travelling on all trains, and
they are on the constant lookout for
Chinese who have violated the exclu-
sion act. Some Of the Chinese escape
into the interior by riding the brake
beams Of freight trains. while others
are smuggled through in freight wag-
ons. A short time ago in New Mexi-
CO five Cinnamon who had crossed the
border illegally were found secreted in
barrels in a freight wagon bound for
the interior. They were all tried and
sentenced to deportation.
Our state department has been dig
gfng up with the greatest care all prec-
edents Of International law concerning
boundaries, but nothing which may be
a guide in this particular situation has
yet been discovered.
In the absence Of any recognition Of
the belligerency Of the insurgents the
Diaz administration is, of course, re-
sponsible for the acts of its citizens,
be they insurgents or not, and the ad-
ministration has warned the authori-
ties in the City Of Mexico that this is
the case.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-21

der line for the 1.lo0 miles then needed.
But when we took New Mexico and
Arizona and some other spots west Of
Texas engineers laid out a compare
lively straight line across to the Pa
cific. and it Is on this strip Of 700 miles
that many Americans have been killed.
In the twin towns across the Rio
Grande-Brownsville and Matamoras,
Ell Paso and Ciudad Juarez, Eagle
Pass and Ciudad Porfirio Diaz and La
redo and Nuevo Laredo-there Is no
great danger to those on the Ameri-
can side. for a Mexican who could
shoot accurately across the river has
never been discovered.
A Border Line Street.
But in such closely connected towns
along the land border as Douglas and
Aqua Prieta or Calexico and Mexicali
the danger has been already shown,
and II there should be a fight in No
gales. where the American and Mexi-
can towns are divided only by the mid
die of the main street, called Interna-
tional avenue, there would be a-pienty
of killing. and It would not be con-
fined to citizens Of Arizona either.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-21
BY GEORGE WAUGH ARNOLD.

BY GEORGE WAUGH ARNOLD.
1F the well meant plans of philan-
thropist Robert Owen had only
come to pass away back in 1928
- we wouldn't worry over any trou-
bic at all with the MeXicans. who have
been fighting dangerously close to the
United States boundary line.
Owen was a rich merchant of Glas-
gov. who brought his fortune over to
the wilds of Indiana and purchased
the whole town of New Harmony, a
religious community founded by sect
called the Rappites.
He wanted both governments to cede
him a strip of $50 miles wide of what
was then the entire border between
the United States and Mexico which
should forever be used as a neutral
zone. Mexico approved the project.
but Uncle Sam didn't grow enthusias-
tic over 1t ard about twenty years
later annexed Texas, proposed neutral
zone and all.
Rio Grande SprawTy Boundary.
Then by the treaty Of Guadalupe In
February. 1s4S. the squirming. sprawl
Ing Rio Grande was named as the bor-
The Washington herald., 1911-05-21

helped. but the Rio Grande holds the
palm.
Many Chinese Struggled.
The gang that smuggles the OBJ
noxious yellow men in asks only $50
q head. whereas the rate at other
points goes up into the hundreds. so 1t
naturally does a rushing business.
The isolated and unprotected charac-
ter Of the frontier Of the United States
and Mexico makes II a very easy mat
ter for the Chinese to get across unob-
served by the customs officers and
other United States authorities. The
crossing into this country from Mexico
is the least difficulty with which the
willy Chinese meets. II Is after he has
The Washington herald., 1911-05-21
SPLENDID WORK OF THE BOY SCOUTS is
INFLUENCING GROWNUPS THE WORLD OVER

VOW that President Taft has
nj become honorary president Of
the Boy Scouts of America,
Il Colonel Theodore Roosevelt
its honorary vice president and Ernest
Thompson Seton its chief scout, with
80 many Of Americas big" men on its
national council that space forbids the
printing of the list. new enthusiasm
has been applied to the task Of raising
the membership. now 100000. to
1000, 900.
Few persons realize that the 500 900
present members mean at least $780,
900 kindly or helpful acts a day. but
that is the beautiful fact. Each young
ster Is bound by his oath Of admittance
to the order to let no day 60 by with
out doing a gracious action, and any
one knowing boyish enthusiasm may
be sure that the prescribed one Is by
no means his limit. as the following
story will show:
A few mornings ago in New York .
half blind old man was walking along
near where construction work was be-
ing done. Pieces Of lumber were being
carried out Of the building. Three
youngsters. seeing the old man making
his way feebly along and fearing he
might be hurt. rushed up to him and
helped him pass the dangerous spot.
When q woman asked them II they
were boy scouts they said. Yes, ma.am,
and this is the third good turn We have
done 30 far today"
And the boys Of other nations are be-
coming just as interested as their
American cousins. and already plans
are being made for an international
council. From the boys Of Italy, for
instance, comes the suggestion that
when the international body shall be
founded its first meeting will be for
world peace
No better epitome Of the value Of the
boy scout movement can be given than
by q few Of the thousands Of reports
sent to headquarters by the leaders.
boy scout Of Boulder, Colo. was
tramping over the mountains when he
slipped and dislocated his knee. Rob-
ert Faus, another scout, thirteen years
old. immediately pulled the knee back
into position and. with the aid Of an
other boy, carried him home. The boys
OF Worcester. Mass. have been prac-
ticing In swimming tank. forming q
living chain. By which they can reach
far out into the water and rescue .
drowning person.
The plan Of the boy scout outdoor ac-
tivities IL remarkably varied. Within
the last year the play Of the boys has
included many things a. games that
to the early pioneers were work. The
boy scouts Of Staten Island New
York. have bean building log cabins.
The youngsters in Taylor Falls. Mimi,
tramp through the woods. getting les
sons In tracking animals and stalking.
Nothing II given to the boys. They
must buy everything for themselves.
preferably with money they have
sans4 ARTHUR J. HRnToN.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-21

help by renting space they now rent in
other buildings. II can be made self
supporting.
And that Is what Mrs. Hartman and
her associates are working for.
The plan to make Of Madison Square
Garden an Industrial. civic and rec
reational center was broached by Will
liam r. Wilcox. chairman Of the well
fare department Of the National Civic
federation in December 1908. For the
past two years the federation has been
urging this idea, and 1t has prepared
an outline Of the uses to which the
building could be put from which most
Of following suggestions are drawn:
The workers in the department stores
and in other great industries which
employ thousands have associations
which need an enormous hall such as
the amphitheater in Madison Square
Garden for their annual entertainment.
The thousands Of employees Of the
street railway lines already give each
year a remarkable vaudeville show,
with their wives and children enjoy
ing the performance.
Madison Square Garden can readily
be used as q recreation center for Ia
Dor. Recently q labor ball In the arena
was attended by 1s.5oo people. Trade
unions. associations Of employees in
! private enterprises and beneficial or
ganizations Of postmen. policemen and
firemen abound, and all can make use
of the Garden for vaudeville entertain
ments. dancing parties and balls. One
of the most dramatic scenes the Gar
den has ever witnessed was when
Dowie and his army Of religious en-
thusiasts tried to win converts in New
York by storm. Most saw merely an
eccentric. petulant and corpulent old
man with a waning following baited
each day by the mob. But others who
heard the choral singing by thousands
Of drilled voices wished that the Gar
den might be used frequently by the
German Saengerbund societies.
About three years ago the unemploy-
ed tried to hold a meeting in Union
square. The police disbanded 1t by
force for obstructing the trafdc, but
thrown and one man killed. The arena
in Madison Square Garden offers
place where New York could hold its
town meetings Of dissatisfaction.
For smaller gatherings such a. lodge
meetings. women's clubs. theatricals.
entertainments for children and lee
lures Madison Square Garden has
handsome concert hall. There is also
an assembly room that could be made a
library. smoking or game room. There
IL already . restaurant which could be
made q model factory lunch room.
The theater in the building could be
used for good moving picture shows.
In the tower are eight floors Of rooms
for women's clubs. and on the roof IL
q splendid roof garden A gymnasium
could be arranged and . winning
pool built In the basement An en-
ployee1 welfArs exhibit has been suS-
gested. and the city could hold drills
for flresncn and policemen. budget ex-
hibits and civil service examinations
there during the slack season
HENRY 0RAAA1f.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-21

Americans have a right to pursue
their legitimate vocations near the
border and are entitled to protection
in SO doing. but they have no moral
right to flock to the line to cape at the
broil which may be in progress just on
the other side.
The Rio Grande isn't Of much use for
navigation. for only 500 miles OF 1t are
open to the smallest Of steamboats,,
and, while 1t is useful for irrigation,
the demands Of both countries upon 1t
for that purpose result in never ending
chickering's. But as q means Of SNUG
Cling Cinnamon into the United States
1t has no equal The Niagara river
has done a lot, and the Canadian
boundary along the northwest has
The Washington herald., 1911-05-21

crossed the border that troubles beset
him at every turn.
Every Chinese resident in the towns
along the border is known to the GUS
toms officers. and when a strange face
appears among them he is quickly
pounced upon and made TO give fun
account of himself 1t has not infre-
quently happened that forged certifi-
Gates of their identity have been found
upon them. and they had to face that
charge in addition to a sentence Of de-
portation to their native land.
The danger of remaining near the
border Is well known to the Chinese
who enter this country illegally, and
they lose no time in making for the in
terror. Many Of these contraband Chi
The Washington herald., 1911-05-21

passed upon 1t win become q peoples
palace. not like that Of London, which
10 endowed. but like the one In Jersey
City that cost $4,000 and which has
been self supporting from the day 1t
opened.
The project should be subsidized II
is a worthy Of such support - b the
opera or tha New theater: but. and
especially u IL city authoEjaes Win
The Washington herald., 1911-05-21

OW that President Taft has
become honorary president Of
the Boy Scouts Of America,
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-08-02
A FTyless Camp

The 1900 visitors who inspected
the 4th brigade encampment at Mt.
Gretna last Sunday could find
scarcely a single fly in the entire
camp. This is a notable achieve
ment.
A hyless camp is something here
tofore unheard of. The kitchen, the
food. the garbage, the horses and
the general food waste of the camp
attracts flies normally by the thou
sands. When disease breaks out the
flies are carriers of germs. There is
one case of typhoid in the Mt. Gret-
ma camp, undoubtedly brought there
from outside. 1t is isolated and
there is no reason at all to appre-
bend a spread of the disease.
1t was the flies that caused such
havoc in the American camps in the
Spanish war. Their agency in the
spread of disease was not then def
nitely known. A fearful lesson was
taught by that experience. and the
careful Investigations that have fol-
lowed have caused the ordinary
house fly to be dubbed the typhoid
fly" and later, as its capacity for
conveying disease is found to in
clude other than typhoid germs, DR..
Howard, chief of the United States
bureau of entomology, christened the
Ihy "a disease carrier
Flies have been kept down in Mt.
Gretna by regulations strictly en-
forced which afford them nothing to
eat and no place to breed. Perfect
cleanliness on an extended scale,
whenever it is realized means no
flies. If a single town in Texas can
secure this, if large camp of mil
tia with supplies sufficient to sus-
tain the soldiers for a considera bl e
period and take care of a host of
visitors can be kept clean enough to
keep down the flies it can be done
anywhere.
The suppression of flies requires
strict regulation enforced with mill
itary eXactness, thoroughness and
vigor large fraction of the dis
eases which affect mankind are
filth diseases as the filth breeds and
nourishes flies and the flies carry
disease. Suppress the flies by sys-
tematic and continual cleanliness
and the places so treated becomes at
once an abode of comfort and a
health resort-Philadelp Press
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-08-02
EAU CLAIRE, WIS.,, HAS
A MODEL COMMISSION
New Form Has Net Profit of
$69,170.19 After Year
of Trial

1t would be difficult to find a bet
ter example of an efficient commits
sion form of government for city
than Eau Claire, Wis. Not only are
the city affairs we'll attended to by
the three commissioners, council
men, or business managers-call
them what you like--the city treas
ury is piling up u surplus. Taxes
have been lowered and water rates
have practically been cut in two.
Many of the voters who originally
opposed the plan are now as strong
~ for it as the early agitators who
worked SO hard TO adopt the new
plan.
a year Of the commission plan
would hardly be a test of efficiency,
but in that time the books of the
comptroller of Eau Clarie show that
a net profit of $69,17O.19 is in the
treasury. The year before ii was
necessary to borrow money. Now all
the bills are paid and the surplus
makes it possible to pay all bills
when due. They mayor was until
elected bank cashier and he be-
lieves in taking discounts instead of
paying interest. He applies practical
business methods to the citys affairs,
the people are back of him. no one
complains but the grafter-and he
is not a part of the plan.
But the commissioner did not stop
with the surplus. They bought in
100000 of the outstanding bonds
EiNtppn NaarG hafnra iba,r ,rnra due
and again stopped paying interest.
This represents a saving of $14.4O0
in interest alone which the city
would have had to pay, about three
fourths of the original Indebtedness.
When any one has any business
regarding the city, one of the COM
missioners or the mayor, and some
times all of them, will be found in
the city hail. Propositions are laid
before these three business men and
carefully considered. 1t is unneces-
sary to say Ahat such men meet
hose who deal with the city on a
purely business basis, for the clty's
good.
The work il systematized among
The commissioners. One is responsi-
Me for a certain number of public
Utilities, such as water and streets,
while another will be responsible for
timer departments. But all act joint
on questions arising in these re-
spective divisions. A single in
stance viii suffice. They decided to
change the water rates and got cir
culars from other cities regarding
cost of water and other essential de-
tails. Then they worked trying to
patch up the old rates Finally one
of the commissioners suggested
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-08-02
MARKETS
HOLD UP VERY HIGH
Should Have a Splendid Season
and Make Good Showing With
All Late Fruits

Following is bulletin NO. Z. issued
by the Yakima Valley Fruit Growers
association:
All eastern markets have held up
unusually high under fairly liberal
receipts Bartlett pears being the
only fruit to show any decline.
Pears sold today in most markets
at an average of $3.50 per box.
Tragedy prunes in Chicago and
New York averaged SITS.
A few Elberta averaged $1.35.
The shipm ents of Sacramento river
pears will be lighter from now on,
and as the Gamers have bought
heavily there is not much chance of a
glut in any market.
All varieties of plums are light and
recent hot weather in northern Cali
fornia has seriously damaged All the
late prunes and plums.
Arkansas peaches will be out OF
the way in a week and selling today
at $500 per siX-basket carrier in New
York
On account of the long dry spell in
Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and
parts of New Jersey their peach crops
will be much less than estimated q
month ago.
| Early western apples are very
scarce and high.
Shipments OF California fruit arc
1000 cars less than a year ago, and
with the reported loss by heat OF 1000
cars of Tokay grapes. cannot possibly
reach last years shipman
From the above showing we ought
to have a splendid season and make a
good showing with all of our late
fruits.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-08-02

BERLIN, July 29.---The gigantic
operation of draining and sewaging
the city of Berlin is about to be COM
pleted after 3S years of labor ana
the expenditure of s42. 100000. When
the work was begun in 1873 the CAPT
tai had only $4,000 in'ha bitants;
now it has 2,163,o00, excluding the
suburbs
The total length of the canalization
pipes, which are of iron and earthen-
ware. is just over 795 miles. This in
cludes the rainwater tubes, which run
into the lower Spree, and the sewage
conduits. which extend to the munich
pal sewage farms around Berlin. The
beneficial effect of the modernization
of Berlin's system of drainage is
shown by the diminution of the cases
of typhus fever from LAO per, 1000
in 1872 to O.o4 per 1000 in 1909.
The establishment of night sanator-
iums in TIL forests surrounding Ber-
lin, where weakly factory workers
and store clerks may combat in the
midst of pure air the evil effects of
close confinement during the day is
the latest novel effort of the city
sanitary authorities.
Three of these "nig'ht-cure" estab-
liShm ents. to which the sickly work.
ers go direct from their workshops at
seven o'clock each evening, have been
erected, two for women at Eichkamp
and Schenholz and one for men at
lJOhanniSthal On their arrival the
workers are served with hot supper
and then retire to rest in hammocks
in which they lie enveloped in sleep
ing sacks. They are sheltered by a
roof from rain, but the sides are open
and no curtains are permitted to him
der the free circulation of the air.
At $50 O'Clock in the morning break
fast is served and the patients pro-
coed again to their work. All of those
treated in this way have been so
benefited in health that the au-
thorities have decided to build q large
number of sanatoriums so as to serve
every district of the capital.
That Germany is still much behind
France in aviation is the conclusion
generally drawn from the results of
ths German aviation circuit race. AL
though prizes aggregating more than
100000 were offered, only fourteen
of the "a flyers entered took part in
the contest, and none was able to
complete the entire circuit of 1,164
miles. The winner, Bsnno Koenig,
dropped out of two of the thirteen
stages of the flight.
Only three of the aviators crossed
the finish line at Johannisthal. Lind
painter, who for three-quarters of the
race looked like a certain winner, had
to give up at the last. his nerves COM
pletely shattered by the strain of
thirty days of flying, and nerve, rath-
er than machine defects or accidents.