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Evening star., 1911-08-25
PUSH, BUT DON'T SHOVE.
Mcfarland Refuses to Give UP Fight
With Kelly on Labor Day.

CHICAGO, August 25.-Ffght or no fight
with Champion Id Wolgast at milwaukee,
Sentember 15, Packey Mcfarland will
box six rounds with Lee Kelly at st.
Louis Labor day. Emil Thirty, manager
for the stockyards fighter. last night
came out fiatfooted in answer to the
statement emanating from Promoter
Frank Mulkern of Milwaukee that the
Wolgast- Mcfarland bout would be called
off il Mcfarland fought Kelly before
meeting the champion.
..Regardless of the Milwaukee fight Nc
Farland will go through with his engage
ment to fight Kelly September 4" said
Thirty. I'VE have posted Z forfeit fos
that fight and will not back out now."
Evening star., 1911-08-25

Hans Wagner telephoned Manager
Clarke yesterday in Philadelphia to the
effect that he thought he would be able
to join the Corsairs In New York Satur-
day. Wagner said he thought his ankle
would be strong enough to allow him to
play, but that the doctor was Of q differ
ert opinion. Clarke now says that he
thinks he will have to play the Giants
minus the services Of the noted Teuton.
The Giants, needless to say. are happy.
Evening star., 1911-08-25
SECTION AA.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
No game scheduled today.

No game scheduled today
Although the Andrews team outhit the
Manhattan boys yesterday afternoon, the
the former and won out by the score of
) to -
The Independence Leaguers put up a
perfect fielding game behind Burley.
while four errors were chalked against
the Commercial Leaguers.
Martin Junghans did the box work for
the Andrews team. He had five strike
outs, gave three bases on balls and made
a balk. This balk was the only one made
in the series this season. But six hits
were made off him.
For Manhattan, Burley did the f1inging,
strke-outs. He gave but two bases on
balls.
The game was played under protest by
the Manhattan team. The Andrews boys
were unable to put full nine on the field
at 5:15 p. m, and it was not until $40
that they were all on the field. Capt.
Donnelly therefore notified Umpire Cleve-
land that he would play under protest.
"Wilr' Donnelly robbed Miller of a sure
double In the fifth round when he cap
tured fly in right field.
One of the best plays of the game was
Chism's catch OF Oakley's pop fly behind
first base in the sixth inning.
A fast double play was pulled off by
Andrews in the fourth inning. Burley
was on first when Rapp hit to Milans.
The player touched second, retiring Bur-
ley, and then threw to Chism In time to
land Rapp at the initial sack.
Schwegler, the center fielder of the An
drews' team. led with the stick Out of
two times up he connected for two hits.
One Of them was good for three bases.
He also pulled OF two good catches in
the outer garden.
Rapp and ]. Donneliy each landed a
double for the winners. The other men,
bers Of the Manhattan team to connect
safely were c. Dampier, Oakley, Fegan
and Burley.
Evening star., 1911-08-25

OF the eight second basemen In the
American Association. six are former st.
Louis players. They are Charles. Mil
waukee; Hulswitt, Louisville; Niles. To-
ry Mccormick. st. Paul. snd Otto VIII
liams, Minneapolis.
Evening star., 1911-08-25

With the Giants of New York fighting
for the lead in the National League race
again, the worlds series Of 1911 may be
q repetition OF the contests in 1905, when
the. New Workers and Athletics of Phila-
delphia had 1t out. On that occasion the
Giants won four OF the five games from
the Mackmen.
There are many who believe the Ath-
letics would defeat the Giants ii they
again meet this fall. 1t seems that John
McGraw is In command Of team In
ferior to the one he owned six years ago
On the other hand, the Athletics are gen.
orally believed to be stronger than the
team that represented the American
League in the worlds series OF 1905.
But few of the men who engaged in the
1905 series would be seen In action this
year. None of the Giants, save the
pitchers and Arthur Devlin, who is no
longer q regular on McGraw's team, are
now members Of the New York team. OF
the old Athletics, Briscoe Lord, Danny
Murphy, Topsy Hartsel. Harry Davis and
some of the pitchers remain. Davis and
Hartsel are no longer regulars.
Mathewson vs.. Bender.
Another Giants-Athletic series would
bring together those famous veterans,
Christopher Mathewson and Chief Charles
Bender. They had it out in the former
series, Matty winning. 20, although Ben
der had the better of the hit argument,
6-5. Incidentally, Bender won the only
game of the series from the Giants. de-
feating Joe McGinnity and Leon Ames,
80.
Evening star., 1911-08-25

Dummy Taylor. the former Giant and
Buffalo pitcher. recently sold to Montreal.
has failed to report to the Royals. The
''silent one 10 nov liable TO an indefinite
SUSPENSION.
Evening star., 1911-08-25
American Security Team Strengthened NE
GREEN WILL PITCH BIG
GAME FOR BANKERS TEAM
Catholic University Twirler Came to Town
This Morning Ready to Work in
Most Important Game Of Season.

game 1T is scheduled to play the Aloysius
club this afternoon. a double-header will
be played tomorrow at American League
Park, the first game to decide the
championship of the section and the other
the first contest In the intersection series.
When the intersection series starts the
American Security and Trust Company
will meet the winner OF the class A title
In the first contest
Evening star., 1911-08-25
SLOW TRACK AT COLUMBUS.
Neva Todd, an Outsider in Betting,
Wins 2,12 Trot.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, August 25.-The
Madden Sweepstakes with the trotters,
Joan, Soprano and Hailworthy, entered,
and the 2O5 trot were both postponed
yesterday on account Of the heavy con-
dition Of the track. They will be contested
today when card of five events will be
raced off. The postponements left only
two races on the card for yesterday.
In the 2.12 trot Viola Strong was made
the favorite. but finished outside the
money. The race went to Neva Todd,
an outsider in the betting. in straight
heats, with Tommy Murphy's June sec
ond In the 2.0 pace Nutmore was fa-
vorite and won easily in straight heats.
There was a hard fight for position. Hal
Akin winning the place with Red Wilkes,
jr, third, and Exall fourth. Summaries:
30 class, trotting: three in 1--WE: purse. 81 600.
Neva Todd. b.m.. by Todd Curtis. $50. ] l l
June. BIN. tAfurphyD .................. ) 4
t1odgh. b.m. tSnedtcker,. .........,... 8
Morning Light. brig. UOnes). ........... 4
Viola Strong, BIN. tGeersp. ..............
Radium SILK. BIN. Baker rl............. u
Time-2.16A, 2.1. Elsa.
200 class pacing: three in Ave: purse. 81, 900.
Nutmore, BIS. by Nutwood tAbramsD. l l
Hal Akin. b.m. Murphy. ............. !
Red Wilkes. Jr., bg. tMcClellaidD. $500.
Exall, chg. tMctSrathl. ........-...... 5
Harry Me-. b.g. tTaylor,. , 4
Black Joe. blk.g. fFieming,. ............ ; DIS
Alta Coast, BIN. dempsey. ........... q ds
Time-2. 2.UsA. 2.Os,s. 2 esA.
Evening star., 1911-08-25
MORNING ROUND.

You can't prove by .Old Cy'' Young
which big league has the better bats
men. Young was canned by Cleveland
Of the American League, and pounded
hard I'm his first game with the Boston
Nationals.
Evening star., 1911-08-25

One of the best plays of the game was
Chism's catch OF Oakiey's pop fly behind
first base in the sixth inning.
Evening star., 1911-08-25

Schwegler, the center fielder of the An
drews' team, led with the stick Out of
two times up he connected for two hits.
One Of them was good for three bases.
He also pulled of two good catches in
the outer garden.
Evening star., 1911-08-25

'Wilr' Donnelly robbed Miller of a sure
double In the fifth round when he cap
tured a fly in right field.
Evening star., 1911-08-25

Rapp and ]. Donnel1y each landed a
double for the winners. The other men,
bers Of the Manhattan team to connect
safely were c. Dampier. Oakley. Fegan
and Burley.
Evening star., 1911-08-25

Provided the Cornell team loses the
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-08-02
How He Sought Fame.

With a vaulting ambition by which
he hoped to place himself at a single
bound in a class with George Wash
ington. Abraham Lincoln, Benjamin
Franklin. William Mckinley and 9TH
er celebrities, a citizen of Memphis
Tenn. has written Postmaster Gen.
eral Hitchcock, with a lead pencil,
asking what the department would
charge him to make some postcards
and stamps with his own phyiognomy
engraved thereon. He wants to know
what they would cost hundred and
what would be the smallest amount
he could have run off.
The postmater general, in his most
gracious manner, informed the Ten
nesseean what the smallest amount
would be. although this reply was not
made public.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-08-02

DO you know" began the barber
as he laid the lather thickly over his
clients mouth, that we're the only
fellows l know of that could commit
a crime and not be detected through
the Bertillon system or whatever it is
that pinches people by comparing
thumb-prints ?"
The victim moved uneasily in his
chair, but circumstances over which
he had no control sealed his lips.
He grunted interrogatively and po-
litely.
Yes. sir! The reason is simple,
We amt got no thumbprints. We get
'em all worn off rubbing our thumbs
over you fellers' chins. Fact! I'll
show you when I let you out of the
chair. My thumbs are. pretty near as
ironed-outlooking as your face will
be when I get through with you.
New York Press.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-08-02
Of
MILITIA IS ENDED
STATE GuARDSMEN CLOSE AZ"
INVITES AT CAMP DOUGLAS
WITH BIG SHAM BATTLE.
MEET IS MOST SUCCESSFUL
Regiments Show Marked improve
ment in Military Work-First Heg'-
ment RepuIses Attack OF SECOND
and Third in Battle.

Camp Douglas.-The 1911 en-
eampment practically closed with the
sham battle when the First battalion
held the wooded defile north OF camp
against the combined attacks or the
Second and Third battalions.
The problem was one IN rear
guard formation and detachment
from company G was protecting the
rear when the attacking party came
up. A brisk fire from the extreme
rear guard forced the enemy to de-
ploy, giving the supports chance.
to get into action, and so the First
battalion was saved.
1t has been on the whole the most
successful encampment in the history
of the guard. The regiments excelied
in the features of military work in
which they have hitherto led, but
showing marked improvement in
those in which they were deficient.
The Third still leads in shooting, the
Second has made great gains in its
close order work and guard duty,
while the First, excelling in military
courtesy and discipline, has made
great strides in its shooting.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-08-02
SPRING SHOOTING UNLAWFUL
State Fish and Game Warden Shots
Corrects False impression Con-
corning Duck Hunting.

Shooting ducks in the
spring will be just as unlawful in
1912 as heretofore, according to
State Fish and Game Warden John
A. Sholts. In a recently published
summary of the game laws as chang
ed or continued by the recent legis-
lature, a mistake was made in stat
ing the time of the open season for
ducks, the incorrect period being
given as from September l to May
/. The right period is from Septem-
Der to January 1, which precludes
spring shooting. The mistake had
caused many sportsmen to fear that
spring shooters had slipped one
over on the legislature, which body
was distinctly antagonistic to the
idea of extending the open season.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-08-02
PACKERS AnE TO FACE
LORIMER INVESTIGATORS
Chicago Newspaper Manager Suggest7
Names of Six Who He Believes
Should Be Intercepted.

MISUNDERSTANDING to devel
opments during the second and
last day of the cross-examination of
James Kelley, general manager and
editor of the Chicago Tribune, it
seems probable that a member of Chi
cago packers will be subpoenaed to
tell the Lorimer investigating commit
tee just what they know about con
tributions TO the Jackpot" in the Hi
nois legislature.
Replying to question by Senator
Fletcher, who asked if he could sug
gest the names of any packers who
should be called as witnesses, Mr.
Kelley mentioned the following:
]. Ogden Armour of Armour & Co.,
Alfred R. Urion, general counsel of
Armour & Co.; Arthur Meeker OF
Armour & Co., Edward Morris of Nor
ris & Co., Louis F. Swift of Swift &
Co., John A. Spoor of the Union Stock
yards company.
One other packer, Edward Tilden,
president of the National Packing.
company. whose name was given by
Mr. Kelley, already has appeared as
witness before the committee.
Mr.. Kelley told the committee that
he had no evidence against any of the
men he named. He said, however,
that it was commonly reported that
the packers had contributed largely
to various campaign funds and for
that reason he believed they should
be Intercepted regarding their knowl-
edge of fund raised for the election
of Senator Lorimer.
The subject arose when Elbridge
Hanecy, attorney for Senator Lori
mer, asked Mr.. Kelley whom he had
in mind when he wrote editorials
year ago which made the inquiry;
Who Furnished the Sawdust and
Lard for Lorimer's Election?"
Mr.. Kelley said in mentioning the
word "sawdust" he had in mind Ed
ward Hines and the lumber interests,
and in the use of the word lard he
referred to the packing houses, with
out having the name of any particular
individual in mind
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-08-02
Beer Output Increases Rexenus.

Madison.-An increase of about
$4,000 over last year in the inter
nal revenue receipts and collections
for the fiscal year amounting to ST.
9,325.53, the greatest returns ever
reported from the local office, are
shown in the report of F. R. Bent
ley, collector for the Western dis
trict, in his statement for the fiscal
year, from July 1, 1910, to July 80.
1911. The decided increase in the
sale of stamps is due largely to the
additional output of beer.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-08-02
PRAYERS DECLARED WASTED
Madison Divine Returns Check for
His Services to State-SaYs Leg
istature Did Rotten Business.

Madison. Rev. A. L. Tull, re-
tired Methodist minister living in
this city, has lost faith in the Wis
consin legislature and has returned
his check for So paid for delivering
an invocation in the senate, accom-
panied by letter to State Treasurer
Dahl, reading as follows:
81 received your check for So for
delivering prayer in the senate. l
thank you and the senate for the.
courtesy but return it, as to keep 1t
would be purely commercialism, in
accepting SO from the senate for
just asking the favor of the Lord
for the moment upon them. Really,
it seems as if the $672 paid for pray
or during this session was lost money.
as the legislature did such rotten
'usiness on all temperance meas
ures'
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-08-02
COMMONS IN WILD DISORDER.
Premier Is HowIed Down-StruqoIe
over Lords Issue.

London.-Scenes of wild disorder
marked the session of the house of
commons. Half a dozen times the
premier arose to move consideration
of the lords amendments to the par
liamentary bill and each time he was
howled down by din so terrific that
the speaker had difficulty in making
himself heard as he appealed to both
sides to observe parliamentary de-
corum
After trying for three-quarters of
an hour to get hearing and finding
himself unable to prevail against the
uproar, Premier Asquith cut short his
projected speech and amid a hubub
declared that If the lords would not
consent to restore the veto bill, even
with reasonable amendments, to sub
stantially its original form, the gov
eminent would be compelled to invoke
the exercise of the royal prerogative
for the creation of new peers
Unable to restore order, Speaker
Lowther declared the sitting sus-
pended.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-08-02
Water Purified by Ozone.

The city of Nice, France, now puri-
fes its drinkin water, heretofore con-
sidered unwholesome, by means OF
ozone. There is an electric power
plant, worked by turbines, the force
produced being lie volts, 500 periods
per second, which is transformed into
an alternating current with power
of 1900 volts. A system consisting
of vertical copper plates, with spaces
between them in which are glass
plates between which thu electric
sparks decompose the air as 1t is
forced through. The air becomes
ozone and azotic acid. The acid is
retained and the ozone made avail
able by passing the decomposed air
through charcoal dust and particles OF
cement. The water then flows
through earthen tubes Which are in
space filled with ozone, which the wa
ter absorbs After this the ozone is
extracted by having the water fall on
stone steps.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-08-02
pEDDLERs IN RIOT; MANY HURT.
Nonunion Hucksters Struck Down in
Chicago.

Chicago.
Chicago-The strike of street ped
dlers against the anti-noise ordinance
adopted by the city council has as
sumed the proportions of continuous
riot on the West and South sides of
the city and kept 1,500 policemen on
extra duty
Half a dozen policemen were in
jured in trying to dispense the mobs,
and hundreds of hucksters who at
tempted to sell their wares despite
the strike we're set upon and beaten.
One of the most serious affairs &C.
Cured at Maxwell and West Thir-
teenth streets, where a band of strik-
ers, led by Mrs Isidor Silverman, the
wife of peddler, overturned two
grocery wagons, trampled their con-
tents to a pulp and severely beat the
drivers. A platoon of police charged
into the crowd, and after fight Mrs.
Silverman and five men strikers were
arrested
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-08-02
VICTORY FOR SENATOR cUMMlNs
Report on Monetary Reform Will Be
Ready in December.

Washington.-Sena Cummins of
Iowa has won his fight to compel the
national monetary commission to sub
NIT it's report to congress and to re-
quire the dissolution of the commits
sion Immediately thereafter.
In response to the agitation against
the commission which has been brew
ing in congress. former Senator AL
drich, chairman of the body, sent
word to the regular Republican lead
ers in the senate that he would be
ready to present his report when con-
gress convenes next December.
Chairman Penrose of the finance
committee reported the Cummins bill
to the senate with a favorable recon-
mendation, but on account of the alb
sence of Senator Bailey consideration
of the bill was postponed It's passage
Is assured.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-08-02
J0CK0 KNEW HIS BUSINESS
Ne Chance for Man With Basket OF
Provisions to Get 1t Away
From Guardian.

How is this for a bunco gamer"
said the man who markets. "On my
way home with basket of provisions
/ met man who buttonholed me
with an interesting political story.
While we talked l set the basket
down on the doorstep OF a plumbers
shop that is built level with the side
walk. In our excitement / walked on
half a dozen steps. When l turned
back a big brindle bulldog that had
been summing himself on the cellar
steps was standing guard over my
basket. l tried to pick 1t up; he
wouldn't let me. l couldn't even get
near enough to the door to ring the
bell. For about ten minutes the dog
and l spared for possession of that
basket. Then the door was opened
suddenly from within, a red-headed
woman took up my basket with one
hand, said. Good old boy, amt 'ims?
and shut the door.
with the disappearance Of the bas-
ket the dog ceased to regard me as
an enemy and allowed me to ring the
bell. The red-headed woman answered.
That was my basket you took in,
/ said.
Impossible said she.
Fortunately there was a street full
of amused witnesses to swear that 1t
was not impossible, but even then she
wouldn't give up the basket until she
had looked through the accompanying
bills.
The boy who does my marketing
often sets the basket down and leaves
Jocko to watch it till l get ready to
come to the door, she said.
Maybe that was the explanation OF
Jocko's vigilance, maybe it wasn't;
anyhow, shall not set another basket
down when Jocko IS on the job"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-08-02
RATIFY REVISION IN COTTON
House Members in Caucus Vote to
Reduce Rates.

Washington. Following a pro-
longed discussion the Democratic
members of the house in caucus rati-
fed by a large majority the bill re-
Gently drafted by the Democratic
members of the ways and means com
mittee for a revision of the cotton tar
if.
This revision reduces by nearly
one-half the schedules of the Payne
Aldrich law on manufactures Of cot
ton. The bill will be introduced in
the house and it's passage expedited.
The bill was not ratified without
protest, and vigorous effort was
made by many Democrats to upset the
party legislative program and to pre-
vent adjournment of the special SEES
sion of congress by blazing away
with tariff revision all down the line,
even if such action would throw the
session into the late fall
The committee estimates that I'M
der the new rate the revenue to be
derived in IL months from the cot
ton tariff will be $10,500000, a de-
crease of little more than 100000
from last year under the Payne-AId-
rich law.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-08-02
SHOOTS NIAGARA
FALLS AND LIVES
Bobby Leach Goes over Cataract IN
BarreII-Badly Battered by
Trip.

Niagara Falls, N. Y. - Bobby
Leach made trip over the
Horseshoe falls in a steel cask and
lives to tell the tale of an experience
more thrilling than any of his pre-
vious feats, which include several
trips through the whirlpool rapids,
number of balloon ascensions, ride
over the Seneca falls in barrel and
a leap off the upper steel arch bridge
over the Niagara river with para
chute.
Though he was severely battered
and bruised in the drop of 1853 feet
his injuries are only superficial. and
he is able to be about his house.
This is the second time in the his
tory of the river that such feat has
been accomplished Mrs. Anna Ed
son Taylor of this city made the trip
in a barrel on October "a, 1901. and
came out alive
Harassed by the police on both sides
of the river, Leach was forced to make
his start from La Sale, two miles and
a half above the cataract on the Unit
ed States side.
Two rivermen took him In launch
to Navy Island, where everything was
made shipshape and Leach was placed
In the barrel.
1t is a steel affair eleven feet long
with ends of wood. Leach was hung
in a canvas hammock.
The barrel with its passenger was
cast adrift just off the mouth of
Chippewa creek, hardly a mile above
the brink of the Horseshoe, at 2:52
o'clock, and was quickly caught by the
ru, of the upper rapids. When 500
yards from the brink the barrel was
caught in the tremendous current and
raced to the chasm.
Within 200 yards of the brink it
struck hard against rock, and
large section of the wooden end was
broken off. AS the barrel reached the
crest it swung straight and went
plunging down into the abyss on its
long axis.
Hardly thirty seconds elapsed until
it was seen, a red speck, careentng
in the spume below the cataract.
With the terrific outrush of the
Horseshoe, caused by high water, the
barrel went floating down, tossing and
tumbling in it's passage towards the
upper steel arch bridge.
Frank Bender of Chippewa swan
out to it with rope and caught the
barrel by one of it's handles. From
that point the barrel was towed
ashore.
Leach was bleeding and appeared in
a bad way, but once out of the barrel
he raised himself and waved to the
crowds that lined the bank
He was badly exhausted and it was
necessary to apply oxygen to revive
him He thought his leg was broken
but examination showed that it was
merely sprained.
II minded the tumbling about the
falls more than the big Drop" said
Leach. Like to killed me the way
| was tossed about before I hit the
brink