davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-06
ROAD DRAINAGE.
Necessity Of Replacing Plank culverts
Win Proper Pipes

Pcnnsylvania's state highway com
missioner gives the following advice
on the question Of road drainage.
"Whcrc water must be diverted from
one side 10 the other of n road II
should be- carried beneath the surface
by means OF pipes or culverts of CA.
pacity adequate To carry the maximum
amount OF water which ever will dc.
mund passage. Pipes OF suitable ma.
terial when properly laid cost little
or nothing 10 maintain beyond an oc.
casional cleaning out. Water breaks
require constant attention and are fire..
quently inadequate to prevent the food
water from overlooking down the sur.
face Of the road. They are also seri.
Gus obstacles TO travel. increasing very
materially the steepness of the hills
where they are used and making nee
essary the hauling OF proportionately
smaller loads.
"ln the majority Of the townships in
which any attempt is made to carry
water across below instead Of above
the road surface II Is done by means
of plank culverts. usually constructed
in the most primitive manner. while
the large water courses are spanned
by structures consisting in part, II not
wholly, OF wood. In some instances
stone has been used In a very com
mendable manner, but It is found that
many of the bridges, culverts and
drains which have been built of stone
have been laid up in an inefficient
manner, which has led in few years
to the necessity Of expensive repairs.
For the smaller culverts and drains In
which smoothness of interior surface
is desirable four kinds of pipe are
available-vitrified clay, cast iron, cor
rugated iron and concrete. The use Of
wood for such purposes Is to be dis
Couraged, and all existing plank cul-
verts should be replaced by some 9th
er material rs rapidly as practicable.
Vitrified clay pipes are much cheap
er than iron, but unless very carefully
protected are very liable to breakage.
Except in rare cases this material is
aot recommended by the department"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-06
YOUNG GOTCH WINS.
Throws Henderson of Norfolk Twice
CHALLENGES Sullivan.


Young Gotch of Chicago, light
weight champion wrestler of the west,
won in straight falls from Clint Hen.
derson in the Auditorium Saturday
night. He secured both falls with a
head lock and further arm hold, the
first in twelve minutes and the second
in eleven minutes. Twice Henderson's
shoulders were close to the mat but
he wriggled out of danger. Henderson
is a local wrestler and showed his
skill is by no means bad. He was
hughly praised by Gotch, who said:
Henderson is big husky boy and
he is a good wrestler. He can show
many men his size good contest"
After his victory over Henderson.
Young Gotch in a brief address to the
audience said:
Il like Norfolk and would like to
make this city my headquarters. |
now challenge Dan Sullivan of O'Nein
whom | understand has a reputation
as wrestler on the western coast.
will wrestle any one at 1875 pounds
and do not bar anyone at $50 pounds. >"
Although the contest was of short
duration it offered much sport to the
small crowd which was we'll satisfied.
Max Brenton and Stanley Ford are in.
cluded in GOtch's challenge.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-06
DID PAPKE HOLD THE TITLE
II So. Dave Smith is Now the Middle
weight Champion,

New York, Jan 3Some persons
say that under the rules of the ring
Bill Papke has lost the worlds middle
weight championship, which he as
sumed at the death of Stanley Ket-
chel. Papke proclaimed himself
champion before he entered the ring
with Dave Smith at Sydney, n, S W,
on Monday and agreed to let the title
go with the result. Smith won foul
in the tenth round and thereby cap.
tured Papkes assumed title.
But 1t Is an open question in this
country whether Papke had a right
to defend the worlds middleweght
championship and ring records are
used as proof that he has been mas
querading on the other side of the
globe, Papke. 1t is true, stopped
Ketchel once, but he was also knock.
ed out in eleven rounds and twice
beaten on points, once in ten and
again in twenty rounds by the late
middleweight champion. There was,
no doubt as to the mastery of Ketchel
He had the Indian sign on Papke and
was universally regarded as great
er fighter in every particular
But after Ketchel's Ground bout
with Sam Langford in Philadelphia
it was generally conceded by ring
sharps that Langford in longer fight
would surely have won. In fact, Ket-
chel was broadly accused of sdestep-
ping LangfOrd after that, and because
of such action Langfords prowess in
creased. Furthermore, Papke abso.
lutely refused to fight Langford at
1853 pounds ringside, giving as an eX-
cuse that he had drawn the color line
When Ketchel died Langford claim
ed the middleweight title and an
nounced that he would make l5s
pounds for any man in the world. AS
both Ketchel and Papke had refused
to fight him Langford's claim under
the rules was pronounced reasonable
by many sporting critics who still be
lieve that the Boston tar baby is the
best pugilist at middleweight in the
ring today.
But eliminating Langford for the
sake of argument, 1t may be said
that Papke has never been regarded
as a champion by Jack Twin Sullivan
of Boston, Frank Klaus of Pittsburg.
Hugo Kelly of Chicago and other mid
dleweights. Sullivan, who is prob
ably the best of this lot, has been IN
able to secure match with Papke, al
though ready to meet him at any
time. Klaus year ago stock Papks
off in a rough Ground bout in Pitts.
burg, while two years ago Kelly
fought twenty-five rounds to a draw
with Papke at Vernon, Calf, although
several months later Papke knocked
him out in punch at Colma. In view
of this controversy it is asserted by
American sporting men, therefore
that Papke was not the recognized
middleweight champion of the world
or of America when he got into the
ring with Smith.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-06
Surgery Saves Puppies.

Spokane, Wash, Jan. 3.-Caesarian
surgery was resorted to in the veteri-
nary hospital, conducted in Spokane
by the Washington state college, to
save three puppies. The operation
was performed by Frank H, Mason,
V. s., assisted by DR.. Walter Fergu-
son, on a blue-blooded Boston terrier,
owned by John L. Matthieson, head
of a department in a local paper
house, who bought the animal in Chi.
cago several months ago, The opera
ton was successful and it is believed
that the pups will live. The dam is
getting along nicely, but is unable to
feed the pups, who are being raised
on bottle. Matthieson was so elated
over the news of the recovery of his
prize dog that he invited the stan
of the hospital to banquet in the
leading hostelry in i,pokane. He de-
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-06
Arch Hoxsey Also Killed.

Arch HoXsey and John B. Moissant,
aviators extraordinary, were killed
Saturday. Both fell out of the treach-
erous air with their machines - nei-
Their from vast height - and Mois.
SAINTS remaining minutes of life were
so few as to count as naught. Hoxsey
was killed instantly.
Moissant met his death at 9:55 a.
m, attempting to alight in a field a
few miles from New Orleans, La.
Hoxsey, who went into the air early in
the afternoon at Los Angeles, lay at
2:l2 p. m. crushed, lifeless mass, in
view of the thousands who were watch.
ing the aviation tournament. Thus
the last day of 1910, in bringing the
total number of deaths of those who
have sought to emulate the birds to
thirty-two, capped the list with two of
the most illustrious of those airmen
who have been writing the history of
aviation in the skies of two cont.
nents.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-06
PRESIDENT kids" PRESS CLUB
Tells Them They Are Very cubsbe
Set OF Men.

oct OT Men,
Washington, Jan. 3.--ln order that
the reporters may keep in their usual
place, a little ahead of the procession.
as he said, President Taft held a New
lear's reception at the National Press
club.
II sincerely hope that the next year
will be full Of prosperity and as much
happiness as can come to us all in
this country" is the greeting sent to
the people of the United States by
President Taft through the club. He
did not know of a more clubable set
of men, he said, because he was
speaking eX.tempore. A roar of APP
plause greeted his words, because Just
before he had said something about
some being nice to him and some
otherwise.
Just before that involuntary remind
err Of the big stick the president evok.
ed roar Of applause by saying that
he noted with pleasure that the news.
paper men had the good sense to re.
elect their president.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-06
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,
OLD TIME MISSISSIPPI
METHODS OUT OF DATE.
Captain Formerly Waded to Locate
Elusive Channel.

Steamboatmen who have been con-
tending with low water in the upper
Mississippi river should consult with
the more ancient mariners In the Mis-
sissippi for pointers on the movement
OF boats on low water and then start
out to restore navigation on the
stream.
Captain William Kelly, secretary Of
the Mississippi and Ohio River Pilots
society, says this Is the first season
since 1856 to his personal knowledge
that steamboats, have ceased to run
during the open season.
In the summer Of 1855, Captain KEEL
ly says, he was plotting the steamer
Stella Whipple when the water was
four inches lower than this years rec
ord. The boat was towing two barges
but got stuck on the crossing at Rob
inson's rocks, fourteen miles below st.
Paul.
Captain Kelly says he waded into
the river ahead Of the boat to locate
the best place to drop the anchor and
pull the boat over the bar. The water
was sixteen inches deep, and the best
channel was located by wading, and
Captain Kelly returned to the boat
without wetting a stitch Of his cloth
ing.
The method Of pulling the boats
over shoal crossings was to carry the
anchor out in yawl ahead OF the
steamer. drop 1t to the bottom of the
river and pull the boat over by line
attached TO the anchor and to the cap
stan on the boat.
When all was ready the passengers
were transferred TO the barges to light
en- the boat The run was then made
without difficulty till the next crossing
was reached, when the anchor and
capstan process Of pulling the boat
over might be repeated.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-06
THREE TO QUIT THE CABINET
Besides MacVeaah, Knox and Ballin
ger Will Resign, It's Said.

Washington, Dec. 31.-Rumors of
changes in President Taft's cabinet
are being discussed. According to
these rumors at least three cabinet
officers soon will resign. 1t is said
that Secretary of State Knox is like.
ly to retire any day in more or less
of huff. Secretary MacVeagh will
retire March 4, because of i'll health
and on that date the stories have it
that Secretary Ballinger also will step
out by common consent.
The cabinets slate makers have not
selected anybody for Mr.. Knox's
place, but the other prospective va
cancies have been filled. The report
is that Representative James A. Taw-
ney of Minnesota is to succeed Bal
linger and that Charles d. Norton,
secretary to President Taft, is TO step
into Secretary MacVeagh's shoes.
There is one important element lack
ing in all this interesting gossip. 1t
is not confirmed by any reliable Off
cial source.
If Secretary Knox had retired from
the cabinet two months ago it would
have occasioned less surprise to those
on the inside than If he had done so
today. 1t is a matter of general
knowledge here that Mr.. Knox mas
been dissatisfied for long time.
He expected to be the real premier
of the Taft cabinet. This role has
been usurped by Attorney General
Wickersham. Knox and Wickersham
there has been no break openly, it
has been known that Knox was far
from satisfied with his cabinet place.
He did not speak for Tener, the re-
publican candidate for governor in
the recent Pennsylvania campaign,
but at the urgent request of the presi-
dent he made two speeches for Hard
ing, the gubernatorial candidate in
Ohio.
Knoxs friends believe that if he
Is ever to reach the presidency, to
which he aspires, his chances of land
ing it will be improved by cutting
loose from the Taft administration,
and he has thought seriously of do
ing SO. However it is said that lately
he has found a few grains of comfort
in the success of his dollar diplomacy
policy and the movement for Canad-
ian reciprocity, and that these COM
pensate him for failure to realize his
hopes of being the right hand adviser
of the president. 1t is also fact
that efforts were made to have the
president appoint Mr.. Knox chief JUS
tice instead of Justice White.
Influential republican senators are
responsible for the story that Balling-
er and MacVeagh are to go, and that
they will be succeeded by Tawney
and Norton, respectively. Tawney
will be out of a job on March and
some of his friends are looking about
for a place for him. Ballinger shows
no disposition to go back to the prac-
tice Of law in Washington, and is not
likely voluntarily to make way for
Tawney. Mr.. MacVeagh is no long
err young, but he has shown surpris-
ing activity in overhauling the treas
ury.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-06
GOODWIN ON THE WARPATh.

New York, Jan. 3.-If Nat Good win
comes across a certain young man
whom he describes as IAN actor. in a
way in the Lambs club or on Broad
way, or anywhere else, within the
next few days, there's going to be
trouble. The comedian, tired and out
of humor after a Christmas celebra-
ton with his folks-that is, all his
folks except his wife-in Boston, and
with long tour in vaudeville ahead
OF him, arrived in New York and init.
mated that what he proposes doing
to this young man will not all be &C
cording to Marquis of Queensbury
rules, for it is because of this Der
sons tale bearing, he says, that the
fourth Mrs. Goodwin, the beautiful
Edna Goodrich, has had papers in an
action for divorce served on her hus-.
band.
This trouble is all due to a man,
who was in my employ for fifteen
years" he said. IF could catch him
think I'd break his neck. He's been
going about repeating all kinds OF
stun on me and he's got Mrs. Good.
win and her mother all worked up.
No, won't tell you his name, but
think you'll hear it if find him"
Would Mrs. Goodwin believe him
and not give you a chance to ex-
plain?"
God knows" he answered. with a
line disregard of whatever experience
may have taught him, the much mar
ried Who can diagnose a woman's
mind or tell what she'll do?
It's all bosh, that story OF Mrs.
Goodwin coming on to spend Thanks.
giving with me in Toronto, and sud
denly entering my room in the motel
and finding me in a compromising DO
sition. She did come to Toronto ana
we had our Thanksgiving dinner to-
gether, but there was no scene like
that. No, sir. 1t is impossible that
there could be correspondent In this
case. That story about an actress be-
ing named is just another fabrication
OF that young man l told you about"
Mrs. Goodwin's lawyer, Herman l..
Roth, who used to be Mr.. Goodwin's
lawyer, said the disagreement had
started over money matters.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-06
FARM HANDS UNION AGAIN.
Labor Organizers Work In PEeihs
Northwest States.

Taking advantage Of the shortage OF
harvest labUrrrS in the Pacific north
west several organizers not affiliated
with any OF the recognized labor bod
les are working IN eastern Washington
and Oregon to form farm hands
union tn raise the minimum wage of
laborrrs Ia $50 for day OF eight
hours. The scale for sack sewers and
forkcrS is fixed ut 50 day. while the
pay Of machine men will be increased
from $3.50 and 81 to from so to ST. u
day.
Efforts are being made by ranchers
and Orchardists TO bring men into the
country from eastern, central and
southern states. and In addition to
these 1t is likely that students from II
dozen or more colleges in various parts
VI the country can he enlisted.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-06
W0MEN'S RISE o. K, SAYS
KAISER, BARRING POLITICS
Suffrage indication Of country's Hope
less Decadenee His Belief.

The kaiser recently seized an oppor,
tunity Of rentilating his views on the
feminist movement, and the substance
of his utterance has been made pub
lie, presumably with his permission.
The kaiser used to be credited with
limiting woman's sphere to three de-
partments-church, children and kitch-
en-but If that was ever true he seems
to have changed his opinions, for 1t
Is said that he views with profound
sympathy the general movement pro-
ceeding in all the civilized countries
OF the world for the amelioration Of
the position of women, including high
er education.
He believes In technical education
for women and the invasion Of differ
ent businesses and professions by
women, holding that in the present
numerical proportion Of the sexes this
is inevitable and could not be denied
to women without grave injustice to
them.
Consequently women lawyers, wom-
en- doctors. women dentists and women
In many other branches of activity
may count on the kaiser's approval.
In brief, the kaiser is a supporter Of
every phase of the new woman move
ment, with the single exception Of its
political aspect. He is a resolute OPP
ponent of woman suffrage. He abhors
the idea Of women in political life.
nj %
in any country appears to him TO be
an unmistakable sign Of hopeless de-
cadence and decay. Women in poll
ties would. he thinks. be the beginning
of the end Of any country
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-06
A WOMAN GUIDED LA FARCE.
In His Business Affairs the Artist
Trusted Grace E, Barnes.

New York, Jan. 3.-John La Fargo,
artist, died several weeks ago, and in
his will, which was opened for pro-
bate today at Providence, r. l., no
member of his family is mentioned.
All of his estate is left in the hands
of Miss Grace f. Barnes, his secre-
tary, to be disposed of as his tesla
trix.
From the unusual manner in which
! the will was worded the implication
was at first gained that the document
came as the result of family breach
in which theh young woman, who had
acted as his confidential agent for
many years, was preferred over his
wife or children. This report soon
was dissipated by statement from
Mrs. La Fargo, the widow
From these sources it appears that
La Fargo was actuated in drawing
up his will by the knowledge that
Miss Barnes knew more about his af-
fairs than he did himself-far more
than any member of his family did
Miss Barnes had been for fifteen
years his secretary, amanuensis and
confidential agent.
She had been living at Larchmont,
but moved last October Her home
now is at 104 East Thirty-fourth
street. She was not at home to call.
ers today. Friends say that she had
agreed with members of the family
that all statements would come with
better grace from them.
Miss Barnes is described as a wo.
man on the sunny side of 40, who
appreciates deeply the honor of oc-
cupying such close relations with the
man she always regarded as the head
and front of American art. According
TO these friends-and they are sup.
ported by the family-she was indie
fatigable in her duties to her chief;
she seemed to make it more of la
Dor Of love rather than mere work.
In recent years Mr.. La Fargo grew to
depend entirely upon Miss Barnes.
He leaned upon Awaki, his Japanese
valet, for his personal comforts. The
valet is mentioned in the will.
-. vi dnI Id al &c, elueSl SUI vi
John La Fargo, explained tonight
some of its unusual clauses.
"The reason why my fathers will
was so unusual" said Mr.. La Fargo,
was that he had no estate to dispose
of except his paintings, drawings and
royalties from his books. Miss Grace
Edith Barnes, who is given sole
charge Of this estate, for many years
acted as his confidential agent in dis.
posing of his output, and he chose
her as executrix because she is the
enc person best able to realize the
highest prices on the estate. The
family was not cut off, nor will there
be any contest of the will. We all
agree that father did exactly right"
That there was anything in the ma.
ture of romance between the artist
and his secretary is secuted by all
who knew the details. To the end,
they say, it was matter of business
and never more so than when she was
named instead of a member of the
family who was unacquainted with
Mr.. La Farge's business affairs.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-06
Ed Howe Leaves the Globe.

Atchison, Kan. Jan. ed. Howe.
for many years owner and editor of
the Atchison Globe, one OF the most
widely quoted papers in the country
owing 20 the quaint philosophy of It's
column called Globe Sights" has re.
tired from the newspaper business to
"A country home which he calls "Po.
tato Hill" He will write play, as
suggested to him twenty-five years
ago by Mark Twain. lie has given
half the Globe to his son Eugene, sell.
ing the other half To employees. IL
is Sc years old
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-06
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
PRESENT DAY PIRATES.

. We were crowded in the cabin.
Not passenger could sleep.
II was midnight on the waters,
And storm was on the deep,
4 But no word about the tempest
3 Oozed from out our pallid lips
D We were all too busy banning
The iniquity of tips.
= TITS a fearful thing in winter
4 To be shattered by the blast
3 And TO hear the rafting trumpet
0 Thunder. "Cut away the mast"
. But this poem of our childhood
Paints scene that's somewhat
tame.
3 Far more fearful are the stewards
D And their wholesale holdup game
, Everywhere a fellow wanders
Smiling stewards haunt his path,
; Table stewards, stateroom stew
3 ards,
> Stewards OF the deck and bath.
, Stewards meet you. stewards greet
you,
From the time you step aboard.
: Planning how 10 separate you
5 From your much depleted hoard.
, Men may talk about old Black
beard,
Men may talk OF Captain Kidd,
: But to neither OF those worthless
) Need the steward lift his lid"
} They were more or less successful
, Terrorizing old time ships.
? But the modern ocean terror
Is the steward seeking tips!
) Dennis A. Mccarthy in New York
) Sun.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-06
TAFT is IN THE RACE.
A denomination in 1912 Being Sought
by the President.

Washington, Dec. 31.-As plainly as
president may, Mr.. Taft has indi.
Gated that he is a candidate for re.
nomination and expects to receive it.
That Is the statement of the presi-
dents friends who gave out the in
formation regarding the correspon-
dence that they say has been passing
between the president and Colonel
Roosevelt, but which Colonel Roose-
welt says in an interview in New
York does not exist.
The administration stand on the
question of a denomination has not
been reached without some wobbling.
The president is said to have suffer
ed a change of mind when he went
to Panama. When he left right af-
ter the election he was convinced that
the tide against his party could not be
lose the presidency. Charles p. Taft,
the presidents brother, who accom-
panied him on the trip, is credited
with having changed the presidents
views, and he came back to the
white house to begin course Of con-
Citation toward the insurgents of his
party and to sound the old chords
that used to bind him to Mr.. Roose-
welt, to see II they could be returned.
The statement is now made by the
presidents friends that the strings
resound as tremendously as ever and
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-06
Zbysko Throws Swiss.

Buffalo, ~ Y, Jan s. Stanilaus
Hbysko, the Polish wrestler, defeated
John Lemm the Swiss, in two straight
falls, the first in minute and 80
seconds and the second by default
In the first Lcmm lifted the Pole clear
OF the floor but lost his balance and
fell backward with his bulky oppo-
nont on top of him, He was stunned
and apparently injured about the
chest When they came together for
the second bout Zbysko said Lemm
offered no resistance and appeared to
be badly hurt. The referee declared
Xbysko the winner.