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The evening world., 1911-04-17
Columbus Won't
Withdraw From
Grand Circuit

COLUMBUS. April l7.-The great rot
ting horse war. which has been threat
ened all winter. seems about to ovapo
rate into thin air. From here Il looks
nothing more than a scare. 1t was Co.
lumbus that was leading the revolt
against the Grand Circuit. and now she
promises to get into line n everything
will be serene IN harness horse racing
circles.
Harry Shepard of the Columbus Drtv-
ing Park Company and II. G. Neatly
of Buffalo ave been In communication,
and by tonight they promise to have
the matter Strengthened out. The Bisons
have agreed to shorten their meet 70
three days, starting Aug. IA. on Thurs
day. Aug. II. the Columbus meet will
start. and It viii wine up Aug. 20. giving
eight days of racing. with Sunday TO
rest. This change IN dates will entirely
pacifv the insurgent local association.
II ie believed,
The evening world., 1911-04-17
Cans and Seconds Hid.

Poor Joe Cans and his Ave husky
seconds took refuge under the stage.
The crowd was wild to get holds OF
him, and they seemed 70 forge, me for
n while.
Suddenly the mot began to quiet down
and It looked as though all were
tryinx to get away as rapidly as they
a voice at my shoulder saying, TITS all
right. young fellow. You don't need 10
ha ofrasa - W., sa ,,,o.,, 81, .,
The evening world., 1911-04-17
HOLner Meets
Ljungshom in
l5-Mile Race

Hans Holmer. the crack American
Marathon runner. and Gusta Lung
strom. the famous little swede. are 10
have their ftteen-mile battle tonight at
the st. Nicholas Rink. The winner Is
to be pitted against Bill Queal in a con-
test over a distance OF ten, twelve or
fifteen miles. oueal defeated shrubb at
the Twelfth Regiment Armory on Sat
urday night In one Of the most sensa-
tional indoor races ever seen In this
country. Charley Harvey has been
selected 20 referee to-night's race.
The nve-mile open event, which II
carded TO precode tho match race, has
received q number OF entries. prom
!nont ainong them being Harvey cohn
Al Ralnes. Charlie Miller ana W. Ko-
halcm.n. The last named was also a
victor on Saturday night. taking nrst
money in the three-nile handicap held
prior to tho Shrubb-0 race
The evening world., 1911-04-17
COiOred Men Had Hunch.

Immediately there was n great uproar.
and terrible excitement prevailed. Those
nifty colored men on the top o: the
fence. / noticed. had all removed their
hats and coats and dropped them to
waiting friends in the boats below. They
must have known what was coming.
The seventeenth round proved the
inal one. After a good m,x-up Peter
son backed into his own corner. Jams
followed him. m In a few seconds
found a chance to deliver the knock
out blow. Down vent Peterson. AS I
started the over him the crowd
broke Into the ring. Bottles and chairs
fairly rained within the ropes. Daily
held a chair owe my head. and some
one hurled n OF the locomotive head
lights into the ring. The lamp broke
and the kerosene tool FIRE. Somebody
put out the Are. / counted Peter
son out.
The next instant I was hurled In the
direction of the board fence upon which
the coons were sitting. I shall never
forget the funny sight they mad as
they al! fell over backward and into
the bay. There we're several loud
splashes. and then | didn't hear any
thing more because OF the noise around
The evening world., 1911-04-17
Didn'fLke CarS'S Sfyle.

At the end of the hfth round I went
over to Gans's corner and said; See
here, young fellow, I don't Ike your
style of hghting; ! think you're hold
ing back. Unless you show me that you
are doing your beat I'm going 70 throw
YOU out Of the ring and ~disqualify you"
"Ah'm dom all right. sab; but I'm
afraid to go aftnh dat boy In his W
corner" replied Cans.
I told him to fight in any corner, but
again he held oft. | was getting hot
under the collar, and again talked
sharply to Joe. In the seventh round
Joe got up a little courage. He started
ngntinG Peterson IN his corner. Inn
medlately Peterson's seconds began
waving towels. shaking bottles and fists
AT Cans. wilmington jack DAILY, n
Philadelphia lightweight, raised a chair
and vas going TO hit Cans over the
head with It. There were cries or
XIII the nigger!'
Every time Cans would get into Pet"r-
rs corner during the mkt two rounds
ne white mans seconds would threaten
The evening world., 1911-04-17
NeWs and Gossip
Picked UpAround
Sporting Circuit

OWING TO THE FACT THAT THE
olympic Committee OF Sweden has se-
lected next June for the closing OF en-
tries for the olympic games to be held
at Stockholm. sweden IN July. 1912, the
American olympic Committee has de-
cided to file a protest with the games
committee claiming hat the early clos
ing of the entries will prevent them from
selecting a team by that time James
The evening world., 1911-04-17

E. Sullivan. secretary-treasurer OF the
Amateur Athletic Union, says It Is an
outrage to close the entries At 90 carly
a date. n he hopes that the Ameri-
cans protest will be the means OF In
iuencing the olympic Committee OF
Sweden to change the time TO a later
late. Mr.. Sullivan says that. no matter
whether the date IL changed or not. this
country will send over q winning team.
OF THE sEvENTY-sEvEN &C"
men from last yeas Cornell teams and
those given the letter up to date this
year. thirty-nine came from the State
Of New York.
JOSEPH FOGLDR, THE SPEEDY
h,rvrlo rider. won both the big events
The evening world., 1911-04-17

THE ALBANY BASEBALL CLUB
Of the New York State League II at
present without q manager. William J.
Clarke. the old time catcher OF the
champion Baltimore team. who has
been the manager OF the team for
years. sent In his resignation and the
club officials accepted 1t. Clarke re-
signed because he has secured a posi-
ton to coach the Princeton University
team for three Years
The evening world., 1911-04-17
Wanted Cans Licked.


Cans had beaten every fighter. black
ana white. they'd been able to put
against him, and the entire trouble
was race feeling" They wanted Cans
licked, and he wasn't to be given any
show of winning.
told Joe to 60 ahead and night Pc
terson and that I would protect him.
Every time they'd get into Peterson's
corner I'd have TO separate them and
start them over again In the middle
OF the ring. II was now plain that
Cans would win II the night was not
interfered with. but the trouble had
been growing. and IN the sixteenth
round 1t began to look 70 II the heel
ers would succeed in breaking up the
bout. Near the close of that round
Cans dropped Benny in the l%atter's
corner. and IL looked like tho finish.
I stood over Peterson counting. When
ia Reached five Wilmington Jack" Daily
and another husky fellow put their
arms through the ropes and lifted Pc
terson to his feet. ! was IN the act Of
disqualifying Peterson when II &C.
CURED to me that Daily was not one Of
Benny's seconds. Instead I took a
punch at Wilmington Jack"
I ordered the men TO continue. and
at the bell Peterson was again on the
floor,
The evening world., 1911-04-17

Tomorrow will be another banner day for bargains inths gganuc
sale Of Drugs. Medicines. Toilet Articles. Toilet Soaps. Rubber Goods; etc
Many Of these prices are below wholesale cost.a and to prevent dealers buy
ing aud getting the benefit OF the bar gains We intended solely for our custom
cy quantities will he reasonably limited.
The evening world., 1911-04-17

at the opening Of the cycle racing sea-
son At the vailsours track In Newark.
Fogier o the one-mile professional
handicap and the nve-mile event FOR
professionals. Frank Kramer dropped
on, at tho end OF the fourth mile from
exhaustion.
The evening world., 1911-04-17
k q! 4!
~ edt 4 Fighters
Charley MkiR.

him with bottles and chairs. n
r~ough-looking fellow saoved a big. shiny
black u up to the edge Of the canvas.
A big tough oysterman stuck his head
between the ropes and remarked to me:
There ain no niger agoin' lick no
white man In de South no NOAH
Then l suddenly came to q full real.
ization OF what my friends had meant
when they a told me that ut would
be a mighty hard lob refereeins the
BATTLE
The evening world., 1911-04-17
Had a FeU Hairs Then.

Brushing my Alir-I had n few IN
those days-I strolled around and report
ed to the promoters OF the fight. The
matchmaker. Harry Jay. called me to
one side and said: Look a-here! This
Ia goin' to be some fight. and | want
both men to get fair treatment. There's
big betting or y, and as there's bad
feeling you'u have TO have your nerve
with you"
Jays remarks nettled me more than
had the others. ! returned To town. but
every here ! went some one handed me
a warming. Not having ever been In the
South. | didn't get wise.
found out that Cans had cleaned up
an OF uhe local featherweights. includ-
ing every white boxer in the city. The
~nagem OF Keirnan's Theatre. a
place where boxing was held most every
night after the show had closed. had
even imported Fingers in an effort TO
beat little Cans. But he'd beaten every
thing they'd stacked him up against so
far, and they had brought Peterson on
because he was considered the best
white boy IN the country. they wanted
70 have Cans beaten in the worst sort
Of way. -.
The night was held m a biz dock that
,utted out into Chesapeake Bay. The
ring was n three-sided affair. built up
against the outer side OF the pier. SIN
locomotive headlights illuminated the
ring.
At dark the crowd began to arrive.
Some came by trolley, some by Z
and others IN small boats. The fellows
in che small rowboats didn't pay-they
1uet climbed up the waterway ladders
and took seats along the top OF the
board fence. There were about nifty OF
them and they were all cclored. Evil
dently they wanted to be in a position
to make a quick getaway in case OF a
rumpus. Al the place filled l saw that
II was a tough. queer looking crowd.
p Little Joe Cans entered the ring. II
va the first time ia ever seen him.
Peterson, followed ny numerous Sec
onds. entered the ring and received I'm
applause. Benny also had sew
erai mon stationed outside OF the ring,
but 7 didn't notice them until later in
the evening.
The men were given Instructions. l
old them ia d~isqualify the man who
didn't fight fairly. For three rounds !
admit know what to make OF Glns's
actions, and I decided he was either
holding back or pulling the fight FOR
some reason.
The evening world., 1911-04-17

Cyclone Johnny" THOMPSON, the Western mid.
Is going over to England and France TO
fight. lie received a cabl,gram from Hugh Nc
intosh. ts English and australian fight pro,
moter. asking him TO sail fr The other mde a. soon
Before quitting this country Tionlson Will meet
Hugo Kelly Of Chicago in a tsn.round bout, before
the Drexel A. c. Of Racine. Wis. ON April IS.
The evening world., 1911-04-17
Americas Premier Referee
Tells OF ihe Neyve- Testing
Circumstances Under
Which lie First Saw Joe
Cans.
NO. S-JOE CANS.

(Fourth Lightweight Champfon.)
oopyrxhk. 1911. by The Pres Publishing Co.
(The New York World.
4 odALL never forget the first time I
put my eyea on Joe Cans. nor shall
forget the exciting incidents pom
nsctsd with the occasion on which I
rcfereed my nrst fight in Baltimore.
1t was back in 1896. l had made quite
. reputation around New York as Q ref
erss, but had never officiated out Of
town. One day l received a telegram
Offering me a certain amount of money
to referee a bout between Joe Cans.
colored. and Benny Peterson, white.
The battle was to take place on a wharf
just across the river from Baltimore.
ID never heard OF Cans, but knew
Peterson was an exceptionally good
feAtherweight who had just boxed little
Dixon a hard eighteen round draw.
Benny had bee Dixon's sparring part
nr for . long time. ana I knew he wa
good.
That wire tickled me almost TO death.
I grabbed at the chancs to show the
Baltimore people that l was some ref
ere. In fact l was so anxious to Ian
the lob that I cut down the price sos to
make sure ia land Il. The fight was
to be on Monday night. but l couldn't
. and left a couple Of days before,
dressed In a new suit.
A. l hoped Off the train a New Fork
friend came up to me and said: Hello,
Charlie. What are you doing here?" to
which l replied: "Oh. I just came over
TO referee the fight between Peterson
and Cans"
My friend rave a low chuckle. Gee,
you've got q tough Job" said he. I
didn't make any answer and was sort of
hurt. as l thought he doubted my abil.
lily as a referee.
I put up at Nixon's Hotel. where all
the white sports ~congregated. As I
walked UP to register the clerk asked:
you the fellow whats going TO Judge
that ftght?" and ! told him l surely was.
"Old man, l wouldn't be in your boots
for n whole fleet Of oyster boats You're
up against a mighty fierce job" said the
clerk.
The evening world., 1911-04-17
MA7Ty BALDWIN
TO MEET CLEVER
FREDDIE WELSH
They Will Box Twelve
Rounds at Armory A. A. of
Boston in Two Weeks.
By JOHN
FATTY BALDWIN. the crack light
IVI weight u Boston, who IL matched

DHi<DN L~s INC CRACK nknl-
w weight q Boston, who Is matched
se TO meet Leach Cross. the local
fighter, In q ten-round bout at the Ma
t,onal Sporting Club IN April Is. has
just been signed up for another impor-
tant battle. His opponent IN this bout
will be Freddie Welsh. the English
lightweight. who Is now trying to get on
a bout with Packey Mcfarland for ten
rounds before n OF the local boxing
ciuba Baldwin and Welsh win come to-
gether In a twelve-round contest at the
Armory a. A. OF Boston In two weeks
Bald Mn Is getting into shape at North
boro, Mass, for both battles.
The evening world., 1911-04-17

Jimmy Gardner. the crack mi~dileweisht o.
Lowell, Mass, has been signed up TO meet Bob
Mona. the prcmi sing m%iddleweisht Of Milwaukee.
in q ten-round bout before the New Star A.. G.
Of Milwaukee on the night Of April ~. Gardner
recently gave Frank Klaus. the Pittsburv bearcat,
a great battle for six rounds In Pittsbnrg. which
Young Ahean 10 one EnGlishman who Is doing
some grta. fighting IN this country. He has taken
part In fourteen baths since the beginning oil
the year. and has won al OF them. Ahearn Will
hattle twice this week. meeting Tommy Carey oi
Philadel phia for ten rounds a, the Knickerbocke,
A. C.. Of Albany tomorrow night and Jack Good,
man for ten POUNDS at the Whirlwtnd A. {. Of
Prooklyn on Thursday night.
The evening world., 1911-04-17

Double Liberty Stamps for Soap Wrappers, To-
bacco Tags, Coupons, Etc. Again This Week.
The evening world., 1911-04-17

Another big boxing club In. town win throw
open its doors with a show on Friday night. This
club is the rgenti,th Century a.. c. yhich .tl
be located at the st. Nicholas Rink. IN W@. Six.
Pollok is the manager. and for the big event he
has secured Tom McMshon. the husky Pittsburv
10 Tor ter rounds. This will Nv MeMahou's debut
In this vicinity.
The evening world., 1911-04-17

JOSEPH FoGLpR. THE SPEED
rider. won both the big event
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-11-16

The Anti-SaIoon league Of South
Dakota has won a victory in what il
known as the Winner saloon license
case, which has been pending several
months.
Judge Williamson has decided that a
special election called at Winner To
vote upon the license question vas
illegal, for the reason that the board
Of county commissioner bad no auth
ority TO call IL. The special election
was IN favor Of license for three
saloons. But Winner had not yet been
incorporated as = city having the right
10 manage is own affsirs.
By the decision the county commits
si0ners Nil De required 70 cancel the
licenses. Winner 10 the seat Of
The nsw eOgbty u Trip, which was
formed from . ceded portion of the
iSosebD1 Indian reservation.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-11-16
Poor crop.-Good Prices

The decreased production in crops
uus year. ~ compared with last year,
~ being compensated TO the farmer Of
~. country BY the larger prices they
are receiving, as shown by figures
given out by the department of agri-
eoltGre. The aggregate production of
crops IN 1911, it is estimated, is approx
ImateIy 10 per cent less than the crops
Of 1910, and about four tenths of / per
cent less than the average production
for the preceding five years.
Corn was worth 12.1 cents more per
bushcI on November / than on the
same date last year, wheat ] cent, oats
SO cents, barley 29.6 cents, rye, liz
cents, buckwheat IL cents, and potatoes
20.6 cents, while the value of hay was
So. &c a ton greater. Flax seed, the
only grain in which an increase was
reported this year, is 10 cents cheaper
this year that last.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-11-16
swung Himself Up

Hanging to a rope suspended from
one of the beams in the basement of
the Square Deal hotel, the lifeless body
of F. NJ. Grant was discovered shortly
after room, Friday, at Watertown. He
was missed at dinner time and Mr.. o..
Barrett, landlord, instituted a search
with the above result.
No reason is known for the rash deed
and he leaves no message explaining
his action. The presence of a chair,
taken from one of the rooms, explains
how he got the desired tension on the
rope. He was found with his pipe in
his mouth.
He has no relative except a daugh-
ter, whose residence is not known. He
was about 70 years old.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-11-16
Mrs. Eddy's VIII Again

Geo. w. Glover, of Lead, has filed
a petition in the supreme court of Con-
cord, n. H., for permission to appeal
from the will offered for probate of
his mother, Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy.
The petition states that Glover did
not contest the probate of the will
within the time limits of a right to
appeal because information and belief
that requests made to the First Church
of Christ, Scientists, in Boston are
illegal and contrary to public policy,
and were secured by fraud and undue
influence, " did not come to him until
after the right to appeal had expired.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-11-16
Martins Announcement

-
81 shall support the nomination and
recollection Of President Taft. He was
called TO the presidency four years ago
AZ the uninamous choice Of republicans,
and nothing has since occurred to
Justify his desert;oa by anyone who
desires the supremacy Of republican
policies.
The big questions Of the next admin
i~stration are the tariff, the regulation
of corporations, and and the promotion
Of universal peace. On all Of these
questions the president is sound and
aggressive.
Gle insists upon schedule by schedule
revision Of the tariff, upon a scientific
basis representing the difference in
cost Of production at home and abroad.
This is the most advanced republican
doctrine on the tariff. Only by hold
ing 10 this position can republicans
hope TO win before the American peo-
pie. This is a totally different propo-
sition from a democratic revision
framed up for political convenience TO
put somebody in a hole. The presI-
dent il the foe Of private monopoly
and uphOlds the law Of free competi-
ton and equal industrial opportunity to
all men. While Taft is president, cor
pOrations must operate lawfully or
cease TO do business in interstate com
merce. Taft's arbitration policies,
like the Peace Of Portland Of the Roose
welt administration, will mark an epoch
in our progress towards universal
peace.
THE president IL a great conscien-
tious, strong American. His heart is
in full sympathy with the cause Of the
people. He Is the only man whom
republicans car hope 10 nominate and
elect in 1912.
1.-THE great body Of South Dakota
people are fair minded and just. They
will have full opportunity TO assert
their loyalty 70 the president and his
administration. State and county Taft
clubs should soon be organized through
out the state. The uudercurrent Of
Taft sentiment Is strong in all parts Of
the state and will be manifest in the
June primaries.
"My opinion is that the delegation
from South Dakota Ia the next repub-
Iican national convention will be for
Tnft.b
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-11-16
Robbed In MinneanOIis

With head and hands cut, Albert
White, an aged resident Of Lead, was
found unconscious at Park avenue and
Eighteenth street, Minneapolis. early
Saturday and told a strange story of
being followed many blocks, beaten
and robbed of $81, which he had saved
up 10 visit his friends.
John Wickstrom and Harry Nelson,
living at Columbus and Franklin ave-
nues, found the man partly conscious
on the walk. They called the police
ambulance and he was taken to the
hospital and then to the police station.
There he said he had gone TO the saloon
of David Barry, 225 Washington avenue
s. after getting off the train at the
Milwaukee station. When the saloon
closed he left TO look for a man who he
thought lived on Park avenue. Two
men followed him, he said, and over
took him at Eighteenth street, struck
him on the head and robbed him.
Barry said he saw the man in his
place just before closing time, but did
not notice anyone following him or
talking with him.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-11-16
Electric Road In Hills

Articles Of incorporation were filed
in Pierre with the secretary of state
Saturday or the Belle Fourche and
Spearfsh Electric Railway company,
with headquarters at Belle Fourche,
and a capital Of s., 900. The incorpor-
aters are, A. A. Noodle, Bruce Sebas-
tian, Fred f. Harris and F. E. Duba,
all Of Belle Fourche. The purpose of
the company is the construction of an
electric line fifteen miles in length in
the counties of Butte and Lawrence.
Several of the parties interested in the
new line are also interested in the
Belle Fourche electric light plant.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-11-16
All Records Broken

All records for shipments to the
United States assay Office at Deadwood
from the producing mines Of the Black
Hills, for July, August, September and
October have been broken. Six and a
quarter tons Of gold bullion were sent
from the assay office to the mint a;
Denver. The total valuation was a
little more than So, $50, 900. 1t is
expected this average will be main,
tanned, If not exceeded, for the remain
ing two months of the year and vii
establish a new annual production
figure.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-11-16
Would Keep Her Children

Mrs. Taubert, widow of Fred Tau
bert, a Iaborer who died last summer
in Aberdeen, is fighting the efforts of
the Odd Fellows lodge and the Brown
county authorities to send her three
small children TO the state children's
home at Sioux Falls or to the Odd
Fellows home at Dell Rapids. Taubert
Vas an Old Fellow. A representative
of the chiIdren's home, after investi-
eating conditions, and upon request of
the local committee, applied to the
county court for an order committing
the children to the home until such
time that the mother can again care
for them properly.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-11-16
Will Take Her Medicine

Eva May Kreiter, convicted at the
recent term of circuit court of Brown
county at Aberdeen of having killed
her husband, and who was sentenced
to serve four years in the state peni-
Tertiary at Sioux Falls, is likely to
accept the sentence instead of per-
tecting an appeal. The four years may
be reduced by eleven months, or three
years and one month, for good conduct,
and from the attitude of the prisoner
it is believed she thinks she has not
been unduly punished.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-11-16
Lied To Get Her

Because William H. Stone, a Lead
youth who has just turned II, misrep-
resented his age and secured a mar
riage license, he must either give up
his newly-wed wife or, with his witness
face a charge of perjury. At least that
is the ultimatum of the boys father,
who has instructed States Attorney
Hebron to draw up the necessary
papers for an annulment of the mar
riage. The bride was Miss Ruby A..
LLOYD, of Lead.