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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-13
JUDGMENTS

"HB Rou-kes last trip abroad Is their
best this season They PLAYED SIX
games and won -four. two ont o.
- three from each St Joseph ana
Sioux city They left home tied
with Sioux City for the fifth place they re-
turn in fifth place three fun games ahead
q Sioux City and but one and une-half
games behind 81. Joe la fourth place They
should pass the JOsies in the present
Omaes series with them il is worth
Mn % note here that Omaha has taken
seter ont Of the last nine games played
with sioux CITY. the team thai has always
been hard Tor us 10 beat Another fact
that calls for special mention here is that
the team was deprived OF Gus Williams
services ON its late trip and a. Gus had
been setting his two and three long hits
CAV. that meanth something Though
Pick played q very fair right. he did moi
DO much haTtinE. The RourEes are nov
81 home for a stretch OF twenty-one games
and. counting on them 10 continue the clip
Of the last month or So they should be
much further up the ladder when the
-s-lsTty-ons games are over than nov.
There is no EainsEying that The team Is
going good, az good az any and better
than most, in the league. its pitching
staff, led by Dusty Rhodes, is dangerous
one Tor any set o. batters TO lace. Dnder
the quiet heady management Of Arbogast,
the men have settled down TO a fine line
of team work Nothing has Gone more 10
balance the team and give IT effectiveness
than placing Nieboff at third and
Moore al second. That gives Kneaves, the
husiling younEser, a finished veteran on
each side OF him and plugs I'd the holes
where most Of the games had been lost.
SurmOunttng the longest train Of hardships
and difficulties nearly any Rourke club
has ever had 20 face, the boys are now
giving great promise. They still need one
thing bssrtisr and better home support.
Give II 10 them and Pa Rourke and watch
results
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-13


LAjoie has returned to the game after
3 long enforced absence with q vengeance
ID unless Cobb gets = move on, he viii
be evartAken At the bat by the ing French
man. Cobb has done mighty wen. though
10 bat and field and run bases with such
fierce abandon all season for he hEA not
been snriresly q well man and some of his
friends have urged him 70 take fewer
chEDoas- But because he has not heeded
the advice. largely. his team is still tug
EinE away for the top notch.
Il is not exactly an indictment Of q fan 10
say that the average one prefers TO see the
hume team win To sesing = hGng-up good
game Of ball. but II IL a slight reflection
On his senAs Of lair play. when Il II the
home team that losaH- as well MS
quality OF EportsmanshiD.
Jack Holland has eight players 70 sch
10 the majors why not make II the
whole team. Jack and be done with III
Az soon as Lott communicates q few
Of those tricks from his arm 20 his head
he viii be q top-iiner-
with Tennsy, Killing and D0nln. Boston
surely ought TO be ahis 10 pick a man
AEar for next year.
Al that rate Das MONIES WI scarcely
he ready for the faster company when
the wzr breaks
Nrty o'Tools must have loaned over.
kbdsing from those two ba4tanEE from
f-ths AanerA
Pank soueh0w does not bat a. well whEs
playing 0Ut1aAd a. he did when ~
third
Duuver's Lad Is entirely mo large Tor
the pUposes af Eyumnexy-
lsEns Wagner viii Be giAat % veloorns
aoumf1ymen. Herr orTonle
NrI1- "a h cot sorurtnE and Arbogasi
and he haSA are hoIHs gsrkia1E
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-13

The sporting News points out the one
big lobstRcle 10 the American Bssocis-
tons much-mooted invasion of big league
territory on an independent basis. This.
OF course. would make the association an
outlaw and IL could not expect surplus
players from the two majors, nor recruits
from the leagues below. True. But per
haps MessrE. Tebeau and others have
coma little further than that in their
csl fations and perceived the possibility
of breaking into the ranks Of organised ball
above them. setting Up conditions inviting
TO stars in the majors. That would precip-
itate real base ban war But there is
no need for II to come TO this. The theory
on which many people proceed IL that
there is room for another major league
IN organized ball. VIII the National and
American league 30 view It? Also as
TO Jke idsa that the outlaw league wound
- itself shut of from all base OF supplies.
VIII Of the American league which came
init existence just that way? II man
Ag 90 get enough supplies to keep soul
- body together and grew into rather q
erobust youngster. We shall see what we
shall see.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-13
Team work.

City, Z74; Lincoln. .261; Omaha .25S; ST.
Joseph, 80; Topeka 81 Des Moines, .21s
sacrifice hits: slo1L CITY, ltoi L,enS yer
ST Joseph, 400, Topeka, 81; Des Motnes u
Fielding: Denver, .S64: Ilncoln. .S61; ST
Joseph g54; Pueblo, $50; Topeka, Sac; Dee
MOines .Sz3; Omaha. .g3S; Sioux City -922
Stolen bases Lincoln. 231: st Joseph
81; Omaha 20; Denver, 202; Sioux CITY
157; Des Molnss ii; Topeka, III; Pueblo, 90
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-13

Fans are never bonehsads but II they
were here would be a case in hand II
came off at ROurke park 1ust before the
team left home for this last trip Kane
was on second, q bunt wRs laid down near
third. Kane rounded that corner a few
seconds later and, with 3 pitcher up in
tht air and a sub catcher covering first,
u very properly kept on going for
heAa He was thrown out by a few inches.
but il took n perfect throw and 3 perfect
play O. the plate TO get him. The sub
Junctive bonehead fan yelled. "oh, you
bOneheRd," while real bah fans cheered
Kane for his heAdy work and daring ef-
fort, attempting the very play that Ty
Cobb has been astting the country on fire
with Rll season. Yet he was 4 bonaheAd
because he failed by fraction OF a second
u make it, II all spectators understood
Hhs game it would be more pleasant for
the player.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-13

One Of the sensations Of the week was
the Chance Tinker case. which ended IN
Tinkers winning Mondays game from
the Giants. One who knows Of the In
side Of this affair, says that Tinker had
come to q time when reprimRno from the
big boss was necessary. though IT Is open
TO debate whether the measures Chance
took and revoked were wisest. They seem
10 have brought results and that il what
the manager was after. Chance once made
this remArk-perhRps he has made ii more
than once When ] cant manage the
team ] will resign the sob We DO not
have internal strife on the Cubs, for the
reason that ] will not stand for IT, The
troubSs maker quits making trouble or
NSlIits the team. one or the other and that
ina hurry" Mr.. Murphy was right in
saying that the Chance management stood
FOR discipline and because II did the Cubs
had won four pennRnts In five years.
Lack of as efficient discipline has kept
other good teams out Of such honors and
1t VIII do IL every time.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-13

flames 8N OmAnn1-
At Fort Omaha one of the best double
bills of the season viii be put on this aft
ernoon. In the first encounter the Brode-
gard Crowns will battle with the r. E.
Long Plumbing outfit. These two teams
have been anxious 10 meet each other,
but the out-oT-town dates that were sohed-
ulsd were the tnterposing rocks, 80 today
viii mark their first meeting. The plumb
ers will have Nelson ON the mound 10 rep
resent them and the jewelers. viii have to
have their eyes peeled very sharply II
they wish 10 dent the home plate. 1mme-
diately after the first encounter the Holly
Red sox and the Hsnscom Parks will bury
themselves in the heat and excitement OF
a terrible conflict Animosity exists be-
tween these two teams and they are very
hostile when questions Of ability arise.
This afternoons battle will settle for the
season the superiority of one or the other.
Big John Hickey viii dash the sphere for
the Omaha boys, while Bddie Bogatts will
pitch for the sheely Merchants. Last Sun
dty Eddie Bogatts pitched for the Town
sends against the Hollys, but be was poorly
supported.
TSwnsends at south Omaha.
After returning from the Randolph tour
nRment, the Townsend Gun company bri-
gade will journey down 10 South Omaha
where they viii play the ShAmrocks IN
the second game Of a scheduled double
header. Dyck or Lewis viii probably pitch
for the Townsends. while smith or Mason
will be on deck for the South Omaha
merchants. At their last nesting the gun
nsrs were not a. strong Rs they are now
and 20 the shsmrocl1s won easily. Now
de
we'll prepared to contend their ability with
any team.
Game on Creighton FtelA.
The Bteinbergs of South Omaha viii
meet the Athelerics on the Creighton
ground this afternoon at twenty-Eixth and
California LtDeupEs
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-13

10 the majors why not make Il the
whole team. Jack ana be done with n7
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-03-24
WAS 1T ALWAYS so2

The Punta Gorda Herald assures US
that w. Al. Blount is zone of Floridas
great men" We freely grant it, and
we insist that he is great in himself,
his mind and his character, while some
others are only great because they
have been clothed in greatness as a
cloak that may be stripped from the
shoulders by a blast of wind or sud-
den revelation of that which has been
covered by the cloth of Office. But
does it follow that we desire the great
to serve us? Is it not plain We rather
prefer the little and those of plant
will and pregnant knee? III fares the
people that prefer those depending
upon circumstances for greatness;
poor is that land which must make
the greatness of its sons-the truly
great make themselves. Times-Un-
ion
We also experienced a great disap-
pointment in the defeat of Mr.. Blount.
We may console ourselves by recall
ing the fates of Webster, Clay, Cal
houn and other great men who were
denied the attainment of their ambi-
tions.
AS long ago as 1885, the distinguish
ed and able Frenchman. DR.. Tocque-
vile, who found so many advantages
and so much to admire in our form of
government, said:
"On my arrival in the United States
was surprised to find so much dis
tinguished talent among the subjects
and so little among the healds of the
government 1t is a well authenti-
Gated fact that at the present day the
most able men in the United States
are very rarely placed at the head of
affairs. The race of American states
men has evidently dwindled most re-
markedly in the course of the last fif-
ty years. hold it to be sufficiently
demonstrated that universal suffrage
is by no means a guarantee of wisdom
of the popular choice, and that what
ever its advantages may be, this is
not one of them"
Perhaps so, but we hope not.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-03-24

Perhaps in talking of the waning
influence" of newspapers Mr.. Bryan
had the Commoner in his mind. But
he should remember that the Com.
moner is not an average newspaper
He is paying no attention to it and in
not doing so he is doing his sub
scribers wrong for the prestige OF
his name causes the most of them to
subscribe for it. In giving it absolute.
~ no attention he is obtaining money
that his big subscription list gives
him him under false pretenses. He
should stay at home and edit his
paper and then the waning influence
of the Commoner viii not be so mott
ceable.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-03-24
THE ABOLITION OF POVERTY

The words poor" and ''rich" mean
different things, of course, to different
people Men with fairly good incomes
may feel that they are poor when they
consider their relatively high stand
ard of living. 1t was not in this sense,
we take it, says the New York Times,
that Prof. Jacob H. Hollander of the
Johns Hopkins University used the
word poverty in his address in Balti-
more, and predicted that the time
would come when civilization would
do away with poverty. The time will
come-when or how soon it is child
ish to conjecture wherein mankind
will look back with wonderment to a
period when it was thought inevita-
BILE that large numbers of the human
beings must remain in state of pos
tive indulgence, inadequately nourish-
ed and sheltered, and unable to obtain
those things essential for a decent
life for themselves and their families.
Professor Hollander meant this, not
that economic inequalities would
cease to exist in this or any succeed
ing stage of mankind's existence.
Professor Hollander clinches his ar
gument for the hope he expresses by a
reference to life in the times of the
ancient Geeks and Romans. The in
stitution of slavery then seemed to
represent as fundamental and immuta-
BILE law of nature as INDECENT power
ty seems today. Plato in constructing
his ideal of what commonwealth
should be could not conceive that I'M
der the best possible arrangements
the state could do without slavery,
yet the world has so far outgrown
this view that we find it difficult to
believe that it was ever entertained.
We suppose there is no good political
economist of the standing of Profess
sor Hollander who will gainsay him in
his belief that it is not economically
necessary that any human being
should want for the decent accommo-
dations of food, clothing and shelter.
The abolition OF. poverty is an object
which society may reasonably strive
for.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-03-24
WILLIAM D. BLoxHAM

The newspapers of Florida are pay.
ing beautiful tributes to the memory
Of the late Governor William 2. Biox
ham His was the sweetest character
in our public life. This distinction :
universally accorded him he was
pleasing insinuating and fascinatihs
in his manners and was magnlncent
and kingly in his character we nrs'
became acquainted with him IN IooV
Never before nor since was politics In
tbis country at such a severe tension.
Ours was whig county, ana Dig ei-
forts were made to turn the tide TO
breckenridge and Lane, the pro-slavery
democratic candidates. To help IN TINS
direction Bloxham WAS appealed 10
and consented to deliver an address.
i IT was his first entrance into politics.
He was the idol of his party IN MS
home town, and his popularity was
something wonderful We can remem-
Der his long, raven locks and the Inn
petuosity of his eloquence. Women
rayed over him, and he was socially
! lionized. Pitt nor Peel did not nave
more homage paid them. But the pop
ular applause did not spoil him. Tne
friends that he made in his initial en-
trance into the political arena were
his friends through life. There was
no office within the gift of the people
that was not his for the asking. He
was in the public service for period
of twenty-four years, and through all
those years he became more and
more grounded in the affections of the
people, and this popularity remained
with him after his retirement to pri-
vate life. He was TO Florida what
Gladstone was to England grand
old man. He was first in the hearts
of his countrymen.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-03-24

The diamond exports from Amster
dam to the United States have in
creased very considerably during the
first months of the new year. Elk
ports for 1910 having fallen little
below those of 1909, this rise shows a
wholesome outlook for 1911. 1t is
said that no safer barometer of bust
ness conditions in the United States
exists than the varying receipts of the
precious stones. The unusually large
shipments at present would indicate
most satisfactory conditions in Amer.
lea.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-03-24

The first number of the Fort Lau
derdale Sentinel lies on our table. II
is in every way creditable publica
ton. After glancing over its pages
one cannot resist the conclusion thai
Fort Lauderdale is destined to become
a great city. The Sentinel is a bright
breezy, classy newspaper and will
help along the growth of Fort Lauder
dale, and make it town of destiny
We are pleased to note that our good
friend, Hon. George G. Mathews. is
part owner and editor of this new and
splendid candidate for public favor.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-03-24
ALL OTHER PREACHERS
WOULD DO LIKEWISE

The ministers of the Methodist
churches in Cincinnati have gone on
record against the policy of their fell
low townsman, President Taft, in re-
gard to fortifying the Panama canal.
This movement, the clergymen
there declare, is intended for all the
congregations in this country. They
will give their reasons for opposing
the Notifications, and from pulpits in
every state Notifications will be at
tackled
The ministers say it would be
wrong morally and politically wrong
to have the canal stand as an invi-
tation for war The great work, they
insist, should stand for the promo
ton of peace. With the Hague Tribu-
nal well established and the people
brought to regard their national af-
fairs as things which will admit of ar
bitration, the time has gone by, the
'clergymen insist, for war prepare
tions.
The Rev. DR.. G. w. Dubois, pastor
of the Price Hill Methodist Episcopal
church, cited the Hague agreement,
which forbids the bombardment of I'M
fortified places as being indicative of
the way in which nations will in the
future carry on severe wars that may
arise.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-03-24
Baron d'Estrournelles de Constan

Baron d'Estrournelles de Constant
|of France, member of the Hague
court, and one of the worlds most dis
tinguished advocates of international
peace, is on visit to the United
States to create spirit of Cancellation
between all nations He comes none
too soon. AS it is he sees this nation
under arms and the war spirit nursed
and fostered by even those who pre-
tend to follow in the footsteps of the
Prince of Peace"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-03-24
A terrible tragedy was enacted a

A terrible tragedy was enacted al
Waycross, Ca, last week. A Mr.. Johr
Johnson. in fit of temporary insan
ity. shot and killed his wife and ther
turned his gun on himself, inflictins
fatal wound, dying almost instantly
Mrs. Johnson was sister of Mr.
Bert Newbern of Leroy, who is son
in-law of Mr.. C. Y. Miller of this city
and at the time of the tragedy the
children of Mr.. and Mrs. johnson
were visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Newberr
at Leroy.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-03-24
THE FLORIDA SHIP CANAL

Some friend has handed the editor
of the St Augustine Meteor a copy of
the ST. Johns Weekly of 1881, which
contains an extract from the Memphis
Advance of that year, containing the
following article on the proposed ship
canal across Florida, the extract says:
Judge Fry has been in the city for
several days, during which time many
of the leading citizens have called
upon him to obtain information in re-
gard to the proposed enterprise. The
idea of building canal across the
isthmus of Florida is not a new one
1t was suggested many years ago, not
only on account of the vast saving of
time and distance, but also by the fact
that the navigation of the straits of
Florida is attended with so much per-
il that the reefs of that coast enjoy
the unenviable reputation of having
wrecked more vessels than any other
sea line upon earth. Surveys were
made by the government in 1924, 1855,
1856 and 1873, and the Mobile board
of trade made an examination in 1875.
Although different routes were select
ed, the result in each instance demon
strated the practicability of the
scheme. The surveys of 1855 and
1856 were made under the direction of
Jefferson Davis, then secretary of
war
THE new company was organized
about year ago. It's capital stock is
fixed at $4O,0OO,OOO.
"The route selected for the canal
extends from at or near the mouth of
the St. Johns river, on the Atlantic
coast, to the mouth of the Suwannee
river, on the gulf. The channel of the
st. Johns will be used for considera-
BILE distance, necessitating a cut
through sixty-five miles of land across
the peninsula. It is intended to make
the canal 200 feet wide at the top, $50
feet at the bottom, and 80 feet deep.
The estimated cost is $20,000,000, and
the canal can be completed within
three years.
1T will shorten the distance from
the gulf to the Atlantic ports S14
miles, or 1923 miles on each round
trip, besides making it unnecessary
for vessels to encounter the dangers
of the present route. 1t gives New
Orleans and the gulf ports almost di-
rect route to Liverpool, and a straight
course to the Mediterranean.
Judge Fry took up map on which
the great currents of the Atlantic and
Pacific oceans were marked, and after
pointing out the locations of the pro-
jected ship canals, which are intended
to connect the two oceans, said: "You
will observe that the great Gulf Sream
in the Atlantic, and the grand West
ern Current in the Pacific, seem del
signed by the Creator to serve as aids
in transporting the products of the !
Mississippi valley to Europe on the
east, and Asia on the west. The COM !,
pletion of any one of the three pro-
posed ship routes between the two
oceans, together with the Suez canal, !
and the building of the Florida canal. !
will make circle around the world, |
and the great water highway of the
United States flows directly past
Memphis and reaches this circle.
With the accomplishment of these
great projects, the commerce of the
Mississippi valley will reach an impe-
tus which will increase it's resources
beyond the dreams of the most enthu-
siastic"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-03-24

What's the cause of those great bat
tie ships, bristling bayonets and heavy
engines of destruction at the ports
and near the borders of friendly
nation in time of peace? are ques-
tons the people are asking and are
demanding an answer.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-03-24
?. '. Lsavsnao0d, business Managsr

Eod bless the flag! Let It foat and
I'LL
The sky with it's beauty; our heart
strings thrill f
TO the low, sweet chant Of its wind
swept bars,
And the chorus Of all its clustered
stars. 81 ~ N
Embrace it, o mothers! and heroes
shall grow 81
While it's colors blush warm on your
bosoms of snow.
Defend it, o fathers; there's no sweet
er death
Than to float its fair folds with sol
dier's last breath!
And love it, o children! be true to the
sires
Who wove it in plain by the old camp
fires.
Samuel L. Simpson.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-03-24
Representative Underwood Of 4

Representative Underwood of Ala.
bama, chairman of the ways and
means committee. says the purpose
of his visit is conference on tariff
revision plans. We wish it were pos
sible to revise it out of existence. Just
the other day rich and respectable
party of Savannah people, men and
women, We're stripped naked and
searched to their very stockings. A
system that encourages and fosters
these outrages should be hewn out
root and branch and cast into the mid
die of the sea.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-03-24

The tramp of troops in time of pro-
found peace have a strange sound and
need some sort OF explanation. The
country is naturally excited and so
are other countries and full and sat
isfactory answer should be forthcom-
ing. The democratic congress has
something to do at once.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-03-24

More visitors have ben registered at
the hotels in st. Augustine than ever
before in the history Of the Ancient
City. The Alcazar has had record
breaking year.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-03-24

With the hip pocket pistol so much
in evidence we seem to make great
TODD about fist-fight in prize ring.
But we suppose the world will con-
tinue to be blinded by the cob-webs
on the ceilings to hide worse condi-
lions under a much closer range.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-03-24

Champ Clark says go south But
that is not an original utterance.
Everybody is saying it these days and
thousands are taking the advice .
Tampa Tribune. This paper pleads
not guilty. For forty years this paper
has said almost imploringly: Come
south. young man. come south, and
grow up with the country!a