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The evening world., 1911-08-22

And 30 IL comes to pass that Oppor-
p~ortunity Is with US again and all we
need to do to keep the old bird for
many moons to come IL to slam a bunch
Of base hits into the ribs OF the anari-
ing Cubs this afternoon and take the
upward jump. once before this season
old Op came around. but the Chants
failed to take advantage OF his presence
and fell back into tho ruck. In fact
they Ignored him. This time. with their
pitchers going like a troop Of thorough.
breds and the batters coming through
with the bingles. there Is no reason why
We should not give the old fellow Q per-
manent lodging.
Getting down to plain. everyday ng-
ures, it's like this:
II the Giants should be SO fortunate
as to trim the Cubs again this after
noon. they will have Won stxty-seven
games and lost forty-two. That will
give them a percentage Of .6l3. On the
other hand. the Chicagos, In that event.
will have won sixty-four games and lost
forty-one. which will give them . per-
The evening world., 1911-08-22

shake hts hand, but one o. too hung
back.
"Sdy," advised old Opportunity,
"vou fellotos had better grab me
,ohtIe you can. You knop Hs the
last time I'm coming around this
season. I came here before and
found ycu out"
We'll. you'll never get a,coy this
cried the bunch, and dragging
him inside they slammed him IN q
locker and shut tho door.
The evening world., 1911-08-22
GIANTS WILL BE IN LEAD
IF THEY BEAT CUBS AGAIN

centase Of 600. Therefore. the oppoe-
tunity 10 here for the Giants to st In
the lead this afternoon. To hold Il
however. they must also win to-mor.
row.
The evening world., 1911-08-22

Jim Flynn. the Pueblo fireman, Il TODAY mad.
ing on his way To New York from CHICAGO n
experts to clash with Carl Morris about thc m,ddia
6 September In this city. NN'
The evening world., 1911-08-22

NJ Giants va Chicago. Adm. 2oG 4 tc. =;
The evening world., 1911-08-22
English Champions Expert.
ment Should Prove Interest.
ing to Students of Boxing.

EORGE MCDONALD. manager Of
Matt Wells. the English oham-
p!on. and Dan Morgan. who has
steered Knockout Brown from obscur1ty
The evening world., 1911-08-22

BUSINESS PROPERTY TO LET,
IfHLhTio 6%LGBsoHG 10 io:..
asa: ss' '2Gaac'A BE-: !. =: ..i e; i.o0S&'' S%sas:is'ii
The evening world., 1911-08-22

Af~ pAns cloesd down for . few weeks the
lmop A. A. q Boston wifi resume brsdne~
gain tonight b. holding the fint Of Its boxing
howe. The principals In the main bout q
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-27
RAFTING Tile Umpire

The warning administered by the
National Baseball commission to John
j. McGraw, manager of the New York
Giants, and the fine imposed on Base
man Fred Merkle for kicking at Um-
pire Connolly's decisions, shows some
disposition to interfere with the ma
tional sport of batting the umpire.
The attitude of the bleachers to-
ward the umpire has been compared
with that of the Spanish crowd that
floCks on holidays to see the victim
of the bull fight. Some have even
suggested that the reason for adding
a second umpire to watch bases was
not so much to cover the decisions
more accurately, but that the crowd
demanded a second umpire to worry
just as the crowd at a Spanish bull
fight wants a couple of bulls.
1t is further alleged that though the
victim at the bull fight is not bound
by any code of rules and is provided
with a couple of horns which he can
use effectively, the umpire is held
down by o code of two score regula-
tons.
More seriously, figures were at one
time compiled showing that in the
season of 1909, 355 cases were report.
ed in the newspaper where physical
violence upon an umpire was attempt.
ed, for the crime of making decisions
against the home team. This took
no account of such playful attentions
as the showering of ginger ale bot.
ties, cushions, or other available mis-.
siles.
The passionate dislike of the visit.
ing team so dominates the heart of
the fan that he fails to stop at legiti.
mate comedy. OF course the senti.
ment of the diamond never banishes
the clown who pits whimsical and
good-natured humor against the nerve
of an opponent. 1t will always be
permissible to shake the self control
of the opposing pitcher by calling him
farmer"
But the people who financial sup.
port makes scientific ball possible dc
not pay down their good money to see
assault and battery. Nor are they
paying the players primarily for such
gifts of wit as they find it better done
at the vaudeville theater. They GO
to see baseball as a spectacle of brain.
work and skill of hand and eye, and
neither of these are displayed by
heaving bad names at the umpire.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-27

the Roosevelt administration. Every
schoolboy knows that President Taft
has been carrying on the work of
building the canal with the greatest
zeal and that when completed this
big ditch will be one of the most i'm.
portant factors in American com.
merce. 1t is equally well known that
the big corporations were opposed to
the canal because they saw in 1t a
powerful rival to the railroads for
transcontinental freight business. If
Dan Stephens has made the discovery
that President Taft is CRATER, then
he owes 1t to the world to produce
the evidence upon which he bases his
serious accusation. Until he produces
proof the public may well set it down
political clap trap
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-27

ota, Cal, built by non.union men, just
before Pre- sdent Taft's special train
was due to pass, may have thought
that mere murder is getting too COM
monplace to attract attention. If q
president OF the United States could
be bagsed, their deed would get just
the right emphasis.
The great majority of labor unions
have grown more peaceful and law.
abiding. Asked If it is possible to
prevent violence in connection with
strikes. John Mitchell says: yes, If
1t were otherwise would abandon
the whole labor union movement"
The trade union men have published
statistics showing that the number of
murders in the anthracite coal strike
under MitChell's guidance in 1923
was but one to 100000 of the popula.
ton involved. In Chicago the proper
ton of murders to population for a
year is about one to 10000.
On the other hand, there is a mi.
nority Of labor unionists who go into
the game to win at any cost, and con
slider that homicide is a fair weapon
to meet the alleged crimes of capital
1t all reflects the Indifference to
life and failure to enforce the laws.
A recent writer compares the results
of homicide in Chicago and London.
London in a recent year had twenty
four murders. Chicago, with less
than a third the population, had 12S
at the same time.
In London all of the alleged musder.
ers were arrested and nine of them
were hung, four going to the insane
asylum. In Chicago out of the 12S
homicides there were thirty-four con.
victions, and only one was executed
Does the English murderer SIT
don police come along to gather him
in? AS you look at our impressive
police in the majesty of their march
through the streets of a pleasant af
ternoOn, the trouble does not look like
lack of physical courage.
The lavish offerings of flowers re.
ceived by our murderers from the
general public, is one symptom. An.
other is that the police officer who
fails to catch criminals is less unpopu
lar than one who uses his billy a lit
tie too frequently in arresting a
drunk.
Wherefore we hope that the officers
who are securing the hills after the
perpetrators of the California out
rage, will be very keen to the scent
and run very fast.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-27
PRISON STRIPES.

The recent announcement that At
lanta federal Jail is to give up the
habit of costuming prisoners in stripes
is one of the many changes taking
place in prison methods.
Lawmakers and prison officials have
tried wide range Of methods of deal
ing with criminals. Some men now
living can recall the days when the
jail at Simsbury, Conn.,, used to chain
the prisoners feet to iron bars, and
their heads to iron beams, the quar-.
tiers reeking with filth.
At the other extreme are the pris-
ons Of Japan, where the criminals
are paid for their work, and given
such happy time that they often re-
turn voluntarily. The Japanese idea
of prison clothing is blue and brown
kimonos of comfortable appearance.
Warden T. ]. lyman of Colorado
state prison. notable figure among
modern prison managers, keeps his
men in stripes for six months. After
that he takes off the hated badge Of
degradation.
IF you will give me a square DEAL"
he then says, "Ill give you one. Be
honest with me and yourself"
Then he puts his men in olive
green khaki, and takes them out to
the prison camps, where they labor
on the road without armed guards.
The men thrive physically, and do
good work. Recently some free men
have been employed on road jobs
nearby, and Tynan's convicts beat
the free men both on the quality of
their work and at baseball.
The matter of clothes may seem a
mere detail of prison management.
Actually it must penetrate a long way
into the consciousness of every pris-
oner of any intelligence and sensitive.
ness.
Humanitarianism in these putty.
hearted days may go too far. Warden
Tynan's idea of wearing stripes for
at least six months is very likely a
wise provision to make the iron of
disgrace scar the very heart of the
criminal.
Under this method, the graduation
from stripes to khaki may be quite
an incentive to good behavior. Inso.
far as the prisoner shows himself
willing to live the normal life of
work and service and harmony with
the state, he may well be allowed to
assume the normal dress of the citi.
zen.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-27

honor upon the supreme bench. All
OF these men-Letton, Rose and Ham.
er-are men high UP in their profes.
sion and certainly to be trusted with
the office to which they aspire When
the republican party OF Nebraska
stamped its endorsement upon them,
1t took into consideration the candi.
dates of the party in the past-who
have proven themselves faithful to
every trust given them by the peo-
pie. The people of Nebraska demand
the highest type of men for their
public offices, and the republican
party, ever mindful of its duty, again
places before the voters men worthy
of their support.
Thomas l.. Hall, of Lincoln nom
inee for the office of railway commits.
sioner-an office created by the re.
publican party-was born and reared
on farm in Richardson county, Neb.,
and has lived in the state for forty
five years; graduated from University
of Nebraska with class of 1890, and
the years following was engaged in
banking business, connected with the
First National and Lancaster County
banks of Lincoln, First National of
Auburn and Verdon State of Verdon /,
meanwhile read law and graduated
from law department of university
MI ole np
dent of Verdon State bank; practiced
law seven years at Falls City; pur.
chased home farm and for five years
farmed and raised stock; and for past
two years has practiced law at Lin.
coin; is expert accountant and fitted
by experience and training for the
position of state railway commits.
sioner.
In the two candidates for re-elec.
ton to the office of regents of the
state university-Frank l.. Haller and
Victor G. Lyford, the republican party
has but to point to their records as
regents of the state university. They
have been careful servants of the
people and have given a good account
of themselves. The voters can make
no mistake by approving of the good
work of these men at the polls on
election day and permit them to con.
tinue the good work. The republican
candidates this year are to be recon.
mended very highly to the voters
They are safe and sane and are to be
trusted.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-27

The commissioner of public works
in Chicago in a recent report of his
investigations Of public buildings,
bridges, water pipes and conduits
says that electricity is eating away
much of the iron and steel founda-
lions on which the city is built, as
well as the water pipes and conduits.
This is a decidedly unsafe condition
of affairs. Here is the opportunity
for some inventive genius to discover
some means of preventing electroly.
sis.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-27
According to its own newspapers

According to its own newspapers,
Italy has 100000 people who live in
straw huts because they are too poor
to afford houses. 1t has not a suffi-
cient supply of drinking water, it's
system of sewerage is inadequate,
100000 have died recently for lack of
proper food, 60 percent are illiterate
and 100000 are annually forced to
leave the country because they can
not make a living there. This is the
dark side of beautiful Italy. Her peo-
pie cannot live on the grand scenery
and the works of old masters.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-27

President Taft has announced his
Alaskan policy, it is not a new policy
but rather a renewal of former recon-
mendations to congress. The coal
lands are to be leased, much upon the
terms used by Canada. Alaska is not
to be bottled up nor denied the bene-
fits of its resources, neither is it to
be exploited by capital on the rule
OF all the traffic will bear. 1t is to be
realized that the people have some
rights in the wealth of this vast terri
tory, and these rights will be recog-
nized.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-27
CALIFORNIA woMEN's PROBLEM

CALIFORNIA WOMEN'S PROBLEM.
California having apparently voted
for woman suffrage, both the advo-
Gates and opponents in the rest of
the country of this revolutionary
change will hope to see the idea tried
under the most favorable conditions.
If the new force in California in
politics is to be sane and wholesome.
its leaders have before them a task
of drilling and disciplining a great
army Of new recruits in the battle of
good citizenship.
One of the most encouraging state
ments about woman suffrage was a
recent analysis of the vote of Pueblo
county, Colo. showing that 80 percent
of the women of what was called the
best residence district were casting
their ballots. This is a good showing.
Many men from localities of this type
would not spare thirty minutes from
their office to exercise an act for
which our patriot fathers endured the
bloody SHOWS of Valley Forge.
On the other hand there is the de-
pressing fact from the same source
that so percent of the women from
the rooming houses in the red light
district were marching up to the polls
like sheep-goats would perhaps be
more descriptive-to cast the votes
that were thrown in in the bargain
sale of their womanhood.
An impartial observer said recently
that Colorado woman suffrage had
made it more difficult for drunkards,
gamblers, libertines, and liquor deal.
ers to secure office, but that there
were just as many grossly incompetent
men in public office. He quoted one
society woman as saying that she vot-
ed for Parker against Roosevelt in
1904 because he was a handsomer
man, and that she voted against Gov.
Peabody because she did not approve
of his wife.
OF course it goes without saying
that the many men VINO vote for the
candidate that gives them the widest
smile of recognition on the street
may offset this type of female citizen
ship.
From any point of view, it will be
admitted that woman's greatest weak
ness at the polls will be from lack of
business experience. The leaders of
California womankind ought to i'm
press on their followers these two
ideas: That they should be suspicious
of mere takers that have demonstrate
ed no ability in some form of product
i've human effort; second, that justice
should be esteemed even superior to
generosity, that a politician does not
atone for graft by giving Thanksgiv-
ing turkeys to the poor
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-27

The death of Justice John NJ. Har-
Ian removes one of the sturdiest and
most impressive from the supreme
court of this country. Unlike many
able judges he regarded justice as of
far more Importance than technicalty
Of procedure. His name will always
stand high on the roll of great JUS
tees who have served their country
brilliantly and we'll
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-27

Should any such misfortune be Wis.
tied upon the country as the election
of Senator La Toilette to the presi-
dency, he would never be able to say
President Taft did that he was the
president of the whole country. AS
president he would be president for
his own faction, his own following,
and fanatically so at that.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-27
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.

The republican party presents to
the voters of Nebraska this fall a
ticket worthy of their support Two
of the candidate for supreme Judge
have already given splendid service
on the supreme bench. Judges Let
ton and Rose of Nebraska's highest
court have been tried and have prov
en- faithful to the trust given them.
F. G. Hamer, also candidate for SUI
preme Judge, is an able lawyer of
years of service in Nebraska. AS a
deep student, unswayed by prejudice
and deliberate in judgment, he is cap
able of doing his duty and rejecting
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-27

In spite of the ridicule that has
been heaped upon the almost blood
less war between Italy and Turkey,
the fact remains that it is not over
yet nor are the difficulties settled.
While all hope for peaceful settle
ment the situation still bristles with
ugly possibilities.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-27

When the price of coffee took its
last upward soar we We're informed
that it was because the crop was poor
and the supply was consequently in
adequate. Now, when it was suggest
ed that tariff of cents pound be
tackled onto the present very high
price of this household necessity, it
has been discovered that few inter
ests have stored away in warehouses
in the great cities, hundreds of mil.
lions of pounds of coffee, all of which
they would be able to sell at an in
creased profit of cents a pound if
the tariff was raised. 1t is said that
more than 100000 bags of coffee
are being withheld from consumption,
and the price is going up in spite of
an exceptionally good crop.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-27

In view of the attendance at the
worlds series games at Philadelphia
1t is evident that quite number of
Quaker Cityites have missed their af-
ternoon maps for several days.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-27

The Hall of Fame directors had
been thinking of putting John Mar
shall Harlan in a vacant niche, but
now that John Franklin Baker has put
n home run over the right field wall,
he is clearly entitled to the place.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-27

New York is stirred over the muir.
derous hatpin nuisance. Recollecting
how we used to handle fishhooks in
our boyhood, why not require the end
of every hatpin to be stuck into a
big piece of cork?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-27

Senator Joseph w. Bailey says he
is going to retire because political
conditions have become unsatisfact-
ory." 1t very often happens that way
before they quit.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-27

Attention is called to the many un-
happy marriages among novelists.
Our experience is that when news
paper man becomes journalist his
morals suffer, and when he graduates
into the novelist's profession, his
downfall Is complete.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-27

Mr.. Taft turned the first spadeful
Of earth for the Panama.Pacific expo.
sition, and then promptly dropped the
spade. How does he expect the job
will ever be done II all the workmen
get tired so quick?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-27

Figures being produced to show that
only one out Of eighty-six murderers
in this country is executed, it is evil
IDENTITY much safer to commit homicide
than the crime of track walking.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-27

1t is reported that an effort is being
made to raise "$2OO,OOO,OOO to estab.
lish an insurgent newspaper in Chi
cago." At least the insurgents seem
TO have some idea of what it costs to
run a newspaper.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-27

The worlds championship baseball
tickets were sold by the spectators
at from Sc to 500, and yet some people
says a family can be raised in COM
fort on $40 a week.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-27

II they can't get jurors without
preconceived opinions for the McNam-
ara trial, they will be able to fill up
the panel by sending to the school for
the feeble minded.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-27

Woodrow Wilson says liquor has
no place in politics, but anyone who
ever observed the crowd at a conven-
ton knows that 1t fills very wide
place in the politicians.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-27

Canada has pleasing toy in the
shape of a new encouragement, and
he will be popular If he doesn't try to
govern anything more serious that the
gold lace worn by his staff.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-27

Mr.. Taft has sent n rolltop desk as
a gift to the sultan of Oman, though
breech-clcut might be "A more fit
ting present
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-27

A New Jersey man has been arrest
ed charged with stealing 800 worth
of barrels from the Standard Oil COM
pany, but John D. may have left them
around loose hoping someone would
carry them off.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-27

Bradstreet's index of the price of
commodities declined in September
from 1851 to $3.50, as the result of
which many families will decide that
they can afford new automobile
next spring.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-27

In view of the difficulty of getting
Jurors as manifested in the McNam-
ara trial, why not require all the
judges and lawyers to take their
turns?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-27

Some more Carnegie heroes get
medals, but we know of several men
who have endured without a murmur
the pangs of fall house cleaning with.
out any public recognition.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-27

The government says the bathtub
trust must dissolve, but this step is
not calculated to make The small boy
like Saturday night any better
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-27

The Austin and Black River Falls
disasters both produced heroes to
warn the people of their danger. This
country seldom lacks hero when one
is needed to perform some special
act for humanity.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-27

While coffee is high, some people
may go without their breakfast appe-
tier, but turn at the wood pile will
serve the same purpose at the same
old price.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-27

Canada is grieving because they
have 100000 less people than they ex.
pected. 1t is evident that they do
not know the elementary principles
of the art of census taking up there.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-27

Flowing matches are popular in
rural Illinois, but no member of the
400 will lower himself by touching an
implement that is useful in support
ing human life.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-27

But we have a clew. We've found
fingerprints, outlined in dots and
dashes, on our typewriter keys and
stand ready to convict the telegraph
man. We almost have a notion to
sentence him to grind out this column
every day of his life, now that he's
climbed the fence and stayed here a
week.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-27

The women are getting so set up
over the California vote that pretty
soon they'll be demanding the right
to leave the house without permission.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-27
STEPHENS ATTACK ON TAFT.

STEPHENS ATTACK ON TAFT.
In assaillng President Taft for the
Panama canal project, charging that
the whole thing is graft executed
by the president and the corpora
tons, Dan V. Stephens is doing more
to make a joke of himself than to
gain confidence of the voters of the
Third congressional district of Ne.
braska.
The Belden Progress says that Mr..
Stephens delivered an address in that
town in which he assailed President
Taft and the whole republican admin
istration, especially the Panama ca
nal project, and stated the whole
thing was a big graft executed by
Taft and the corporations"
Every schoolboy, of course, knows
that the Panama canal project was
begun by Theodore Roosevelt when
he was president and that this was
one of the greatest achievements of
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-10-27

How fortunate that no presiden-
tial election is coming on this fall
to be intererered with by the world
series of ball games