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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-16
AVERAGE FOR TEN
GAMES over 200
Salzmann and Nicolet Bowl on
the Rock Island Club
Alleys.
ISLANDER IS THE BETTER
Hildebrandt Is to Lead His Stock
Leaders Up to Clinton to Cele-
brate St. Patrick's Day.

Averages of more than 200 for 10
games on the Rock Island club bowling
alleys were made last night by A. W.
Salzmann and A. Nicolet, the latter
Chicago bowler who pounds the timber
with the Brunswicks. Salzmann won
seven out of the ten games and aver
aged 203.5, while Nicolet rolled an av-
erage of 200.3. The highest score was
made by Nicolet and was for 247 pins.
He won the second high place, too.
with 236. Three of the 10 games that
Salzmann rolled were less than 200.
Here are the scores which were made:
Salzmann pol. EOS, 222. 1913. 206,
16s, 235. 21o, 20S, 1872; total. 2.0S5.
Nicolet-1s5, 165, 1872, 247, 236, 21S,
220, ISL, 1919, 165: total, 2,00S.
GO TO CLINTON.
Hildebrandt's Stock Leaders are to
go to Clinton tomorrow to roll with
the Clinton team. Those who are to go
are Steinhauer. Hildebrandt, Bleuer,
Wilson, and Herman WITCH.
The Stock Leaders desire to explain
that the scores for the last two series
were not withheld from the public
through any fault of theirs. In both in
stances they were left to be delivered
to the league secretary early each
morning. In both instances. late sleep
ers were chosen, and it was their fault,
nobody else's, that the scores failed to
come to life the day after. The boys
state that while they have not scared
sky high in their games, they have not
broken any low records either.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-16


Charles Klein's "The Gamblers will
receive its first local presentation at
the Illinois tomorrow night. In this
play Mr.. Klein has taken gambling as
his theme, not the petty kind, but that
which is done in seven figures on Wall
street John Emerson, an old-school
financier. who hitherto has been salts
fed to count profits by the thousands,
is induced by an ambitious son to raise
the stakes to millions. The big finan-
cial interests of the country, seeing a
new competitor, try to crush the Elmer
sons. The young man in his effort TO
resist the powerful enemy breaks a
federal law and both father and son
and their partners face prison sen.
fences. All but the son are saved by
the Intervention of a woman. She
symbolically. is gambling for happi
ness. Here are some of the strong
lines from The Gamblers"
The woman who loves a man is not
afraid of him.
A reformer doesn't hesitate to cor
rupt man in order to prove that cor
ruption exists.
The instinct for mercy is strongeI
than the mere desire TO do right
! Whether life is tragedy or coined.
( TO me depends on the way look at il
You are stern, strong. unbending ant
unyielding. Fine qualities for a statue
James. but not for husband.
i
always right; even if you are not. yo
+ have the horrible faculty of being abb
to prove that / am wrong That is IN
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-16
AtteII Sues for $50, 900.

San Francisco, March 16.-Abe At
tell has brought suit for $4,000 against
James Buckley. manager for Harlem"
Tommy Murphy, for alleged defamaJ
ton Of character. The suit Is the out.
growth OF charges made by Buckle.
that Attell had approached him with a
proposition to fake" the recent At
tell-Murphy fight. Attell, according
to Buckley, wanted to enter an agree
ment whereby he was to win in the
seventh or eight round on foul. Buck
ley is now on his way to New York
and the papers will be forwarded there
for service.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-16
LEAGUE PROJECT
WATSON MOLINE
Representatives of Four Cities
Get Together and Discuss
Organization Plans.
FIVE OTHER CITIES READY
Local Men Who Were Identified With
Old Association, to Take Up
the Game Again

Uniess Moline baseball promoters
fan TO mako arrangements for a ball
team to Join the proposed six-team cir
cult, Rock Island fans will hear that
welcome little story, baseball today"
when the summer time rolls around
Yesterday afternoon representatives of
Waterloo, Clinton, Rock Island and
Moline met at the New Harper, dis
cussed the proposition Of the new
league. and decided TO postpone &C
ton tn Wednesday when another
meeting is TO be held in Moline.
The Pillow City enthusiasts present
at yesterdays meeting, give every as
surance that they will be ready and
willing to take up the burden OF base
ball by Wednesday. Waterloo promot-
ers brought assurance from Iowa City
and Cedar Rapids that they will be
ready 10 join with any movement for
the six-team circuit. II is the plan to
form a nucleus for an eight-club league
for next season.
THOSE WHO ARE ~ 1T.
Identified with the movement thus
far, are w. A. Reed. William Ewald
and William F. Parrot OF Waterloo,
Frank Boyle OF Clinton. many promi-
nent Moliners and members Of the old
ThreeEye league Rock Island associa-
ton. As they stated a few days ago,
the Rock Islanders are willing TO pro
vide baseball for this season in the
siX-club league, thinking that IL is the
solution for the baseball situation for
future seasons. They have learned
that the fans stin want baseball. In
fact. had league baseball been lost for
the coming season, a merchants ANA.
teur league was 10 be formed. That
shows how keen the fans are for base
bail here in Rock island. The Iowa
cities we're endeavoring to form an
Iowa state league. but gave up that
project when the one under consider
alton now, presented itself Moline
has wanted baseball since the time
that Rock Island gave up its franchise
In the Three-Lamp league. The dele
gates from Moline who attended yes
terday gave every assurance that Mo
inc Mbulu W lFdAN Ul " cbutsudA Il
go ahead with plans
LOOK At THE HILEAGE.
Plans for the organization Of tn,
league we're discussed at length at yes
terday's meeting. The important ques
ton Of mileage presented itself. !
was shown that the mileage for eacl
team for the year would be 200
miles per man. approximately 2.4o
miles less than that Of the Three-Ey
az constituted last year. The cite
which are proposed for membershi
are so situated that teams can retur
home on the same day as they play
game in any other city. The promo
ers are TO profit by the mistakes G
others, sand II will be through riyalr
that interest will be maintained, nc
through fights and sqUabbles. Fror
all appearances. harmony will renal
supreme and the fans will be give
baseball which shall be ample to r,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-16
MCFARLAND TOO
FAST FOR BURNS
Referee Cuts Ring Fiasco Short
to Save Eastern Boxer
Further Punishment.
DISAPPOINTS THE FANS
Neither Fighter EXerts Himself at
the Start but Packey's Jabs
Count.

Kenosha, Wis, March 16.-Packey
Mcfarland of Chicago got even last
night. He did more than that. He
forced Eddie 'Santry TO stop his bout
with kid" Burns of New York, once
styled decorator" to save said
Burns from needless punishment. The
highly touted eye-polisher from the
east did nothing. He failed even to
try TO fight. Packey was exceptionally
clever. He danced about Burns con-
tinually and landed wherever and
whenever he pleased. Burns failed to
try to reciprocate.
The fight was too one-sided to even
interest the fans present, many of
whom left in the sixth and seventh
rounds in order that they might find
better amusement Burns was little
better than novice. and possibly
would have been stopped had not San
try interfered when Re did.
McFarland's victory was too one-sid-
ed to be creditable Packey landed
at will, tented Burns into foolish
moves and then punished him. The
New Yorker did not show even the
Irudimentary principles of the game. 1t
may be that he was so far outclassed
by Packey that his work did not show,
but it is certain that he was left sad
ly at the post.
BURNS GOOD INTENTIONS.
Several times Burns tried to carry
the fight to Packey, but Mcfarland
failed to wait for the well-intended
punch. and the times usually ended
with Burns getting a beating for his
pains. That the New Yorker was beat
up goes without saying. His eye was
closed, his lip split and his nose batter
ed out of shape. Had Packey possess.
ed a knockout punch he surely would
have stopped Burns early in the affair
Several times the easterner drop
ped his guard, stuck out his jaw and in
vited Packey to land the punch, but
the south slider failed even to score g
knockdown let alone a knockout. II
may be that this bout will be claimed
by Packey's boosters as a *. o." but
Burns was not so far gone that he
could not continue.
Santry said he had stopped the mil
because Burns was so far out-classed
The able referee, having been fighter
by profession once. decided that tht
crowd had enough of one man hammer
, ing at another and unable to retaliate
; 1t was a mighty poor fight for the
spectators. Packey's work, of course
were par excellence. He seemed t
have acquired speed and clevernes
since he fought Eddie Murphy recently
: There were many present who de
clared that the promoters made mis-
take in not putting Packey and the al
, legged fighter from New York on in th'
lsemia~indup. and Walters and Barret
in the final act. There might hav'
been a more amused bunch.
Billy Walters was given big hant
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-16
AT THE EMPIRE,

Manager Dolly has for the first
three days of next week Maurice Free
man, the well known actor. Mr.. Free
man is to be assisted by Nadine Wis
ton and company, in the character
comedy playlet, Tony and the Stork. y
There are four people in the cast and
each one a talented performer. Other
acts are Carita Day, singing and
dancing comedienne; Gus Henderson,
THE Bounding Rube"; bonita, sing
ing comedienne, assisted by Jack Grip
pen, at the piano; The Three Marvins
in sensational gymnastic act There
are to be two new reels of motion pic.
lures. ? The strong bill featuring the
aviator girl and the Five Musical Las
sizes closes tomorrow night.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-16

when he appeared for the semi-wind-
up of eight rounds with Lee Barrett
of Milwaukee. The boys weighed in
at 145 pounds and neither tipped the
beam. The bout was entertaining,
both boys exhibiting a cleverness and
GOODNESS seldom seen. Barrett proved
a rough and ready battler, who forced
Walters always, but the navy champion
was the more methodical and his blows
were cleaner and carried the sting.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-16
o'NeiI Wins from M'Mahon.

Youngstown, o., March 16.-In con-
test here last night at the Auditorium
Tim O'Neil of Chicago so completely
outclassed Tom Mcmahon of Spring
Valley, H., that the referee, Battling"
Nelson, disqualified Mcmahon in the
ninth round for continually holding on.
Mcmahon refused to@heed Nelson's
warnings, and as a result lost the con-
test In no round was Mcmahon not
O'Neil's master. Battling Nelson stat
ed that he would fight until he was in
condition to meet Wolgast, whom he
says he will defeat. He is here con-
sulting "Bonesetter" Reese about his
damaged left hand.
Boston-John F. Hill, acting chair
man of the republican national COM
mittee, who is i'll of heart trouble at a
hotel, is reported agining.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-16

at some portions of the season thou
sands fed there.
Possession has been given to the
new owners and they will make GER
tain alterations and otherwise improve
the property. The club house will be
enlarged and preparations made for
occupancy when the northern fight OF
birds commences.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-16

Laredo, Texas-ConviCted of killing
G. J. J1evytansky, a jeweler, for $751;
900 in diamonds, J. B. Compton was
hanged at noon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-16

Harlem" Tommy Murphy. having
boosted his stock by virtue of his
victory over Abe AttelI at San Fran
cisco last Saturday, is now asking
for a chance with Wolgast. One of
the pug impressarios on the coast
is expected to make an offer for the
battle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-16
The Theatre
ILLINOIS.

March 1.-THE Gamblers" John
Cort).
March 24-F7ora De Voss Co.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-16

penalty l pay for being the wife of
clever lawyer.
All the government asks is victim.
Politicians at Washington are satisfied
If they can show reformers, informers
and muck-rakers that they do send a
rich man to prison now and then.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-16
THE EMPIRE
AT THE ILLINOIS

Daily vaudeville performances at
8 100 and S:15.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-02-24

about half an hour before 1t reaches
one, and as 1t approaches the foam
looks like white line extending
across the bay. In places where the
tide dashes on the sand fats one can
see how the bore In It's rage at these
opposing distractions filings up the
mud In huge black masses twenty feet
high. On 1t comes, making a peculiar
dull roar which Is awesome and i'm
presses one with a sense OF great
force. The highest part is in the cen
ter Of the river. where it Is about ten
feet high. whereas near the wall on
the shore 1t is only about six feet
high. The bore has a sloping front.
and this is agitated into foam extend
ing a long way behind. Behind the
bore there is no declivity but a contin-
uously increasing depth of water, and
within quarter Of an hour after the
passing Of the bore the tide Is about
fourteen feet high, and in three hours
reaches its maximum Of nineteen feet.
This huge volume of water only takes
three hours to fill the estuary, and Is
then nine hours running out in a
strong current This strong outgoing
current Is actually running at the time
the bore arrives and impinges against
the bore. and 50 forms the curved ap-
pearance in the center. The bore trav-
els about ten miles per hour, and trav-
els thirty-flve to forty miles before
losing it's height and strength.
A remarkable point is that the coun-
try to the north Of the -Tsientang river
Is two to six feet below high-water
mark, and the Chinese In ancient
times built huge embankment to
keep out the tides. This embankment
extends distance of 120 miles, and
further inland there are previous and
much older embankments. These are
made of mud. but in order still fur.
Their to resist the force of the tide
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-02-24
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES
They Are Closely. Observing Public
Health Conditions.

An examining physician for one OF
the prominent Life Insurance Com
panies. In an interview on the subject,
made the astonishing statement that
the reason why 80 many applicants for
Insurance are rejected Is because kid.
ney trouble is so common to the
American people. and the large major
lty Of applicants do not even suspect
that they have the disease.
He states that judging from his own
experience and reports from druggists
who are constantly in direct touch
with the public, there Is one prepare
ton that has probably been more sue
cessful in relieving and curing these
diseases than any remedy known. The
mild and healing influence OF DR.. Kill
mer's Swamp-Root is soon realized. It
stands the highest for its remarkable
record of cures.
We find that Swamp-RoOt Is strictly
IN herbal compound and we would ad-
wise our readers who feel In need Of
such remedy to give 1t trial. It 10
on sale at all drug stores in bottles OF
two sizes-fifty cents and one-dollar.
However, II you wish first to test it,
wonderful merits, send to Dr.. Kilmer
& Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for SAM
pie bottle, absolutely free. When writ
Ing be sure and mention this paper.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-02-24

dered him to commit suicide. He did
this. but gave his son instructions to
throw his body into the Tsientang
river, SO that he could come to Hang
chow with every bore and gaze on the
downfall Of WI.
The mid-autumn festival, on the
eighteenth day Of the eighth moon. Is
a Chinese holiday, and immense
croYds visit Haining to see the bore.
and also to worship at the temples.
Most of the people arrive by boat. and
they worship at the Hal Shen Mas, or
Spirit Of the Sea temple. This year
a temporary pavilion was also erected
on the buttress to enable the local off,
Gals to sacrifice to the Spirit of the
Sea- In this pavilion was erected
table or altar on which were the vari-
GUS sacriflcial dishes and wine. and at
the side a cooked sheep and a cooked
hog. On the sea wall there was
crowd Of about 10000 assembled. wait
ing for the bore, and about half an
hour before the bore was due the off,
Gals arrived and performed the sacri-
fee. The ceremony only occupied
about five minutes. and was simple
but impressive, for here was force
of Nature which had hurled itself for
ages against the land. Man has erect
ed a shield to protect the land from
the fierce, roaring. rushing and over
whelming torrent, but instead Of show
ing pride in his victory he kneels down
and worships Nature still unsubdued
and powerful. The highest official In
the locality; the father of the people.
as the Chinese call him; the most sue.
cessful man: the most learned man:
the man who has had more honors.
titles and degrees bestowed upon him
than anybody else: he too must kneel
down in the open air and worship the
Spirit of the Sea, and while In the act
be snap-shotted by a foreign devil"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-02-24
ID. L. KILLIAN.
Awful SUSPICION.

Freddie had been sick for some
time. and when his father came into
the room to see how he was the
youngster surprised him by his ques-
tons.
"Why do you ask II l owe the doc
tor anything?" inquired his father.
Because" replied Freddie. "ths
medicine he's been giving me lately
is something fierce, and think he's
taking 1t out on me."-Judge.
The motto of grass widow: Once
stung, always shy"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-02-24

the Chinese In A. D. gil built the pres
ent sea wall OF stone. The top Of the
wall Is 23k feet above the river at
low water. In order to facilitate load
ing and unloading junks. platform
has been made on which the tunks
rest during low water and float after
the bore has passed. This platform
is eight feet high, and the junks are
floated at the first rush of the water.
when there is big bore, /. e., high
tide.
To protect this junk platform, how
ever, the Chinese have erected huge
buttress at the east end, about 200 feet
from the pagoda at Haining. and this
breaks the full force of the bore as it
rushes along the wall, and so saves
the hawsers holding the junks from
being broken. This buttress is 30 feet
high, and Is built Of mud, enclosed
by fascines. This formation is in
some places made In front Of the en-
bankment. Twigs are stacked up.
and these are then pinned down into a
solid structure by poles about twelve
feet long being driven down into the
mud and sand. It only takes five min
utes to drive a pole in. There are
eight coolies on the frail scaffolding,
who jerk up the stone by means Of
ropes, and two coolies there catch the
block of stone in their hands above
their heads. and then throw 1t down
on the pole. These coolies say they
get 800 cash day for this work
(about sixpence). and there are said
to be about 1000 always employed ex-
ecuting repairs.
The Chinese have q legend about
the Hangchow bore. In the fifth CEN
fury B. c. q general. WI Tzu Su.
warned his sovereign, Of the feudal
state of WI. of coming danger. but
the prince Of WI was annoyed. and or
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-02-24
Not q Lively Fish, at Best

j. NOT q Lively Fish, at Best.
One OF the porters on the train out
Of Salt Lake City was an impassive-
looking negro. who had a ready. If in
accurate answer to almost any ques-
ton put him by the passengers. It
was hard to tell whether he believed
al that he said or whether he was
having fun with his passengers.
One man. on first catching sight Of
the lake. asked II there were any fish
in 1t.
mo. sah." said the porter, "ders
Amt no fishes In dat lake. sab. Dey
done tried ter see ef dey couldn't have
fishes in dare, but dey wouldn't stay
alive. De fishes dat stayed alive do
longest was salt mack'r'l, but dey
want very prosperous. sah."-Youth's
Companion.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-02-24
When tho Flag Looks Good.

II have been In countries where the
laboring man had meat once a year:
sometimes twice-Christmas and East
or. And have seen women carrying
upon their heads burden that no
man would like to carry, and at the
same time knitting busily with both
hands. And those women lived with
out meat: and when l thought of tho
American laborer l said to myself:
After all, my country is the best in
the world And when I came back
to the sea and saw the old flag flying
In the air. 1t seemed to me as though
the air from pure Joy had burst into
blossom Robert G. Ingersoll.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-02-24

HE Great Bore OF Hang
chow. which is reckoned
among the three won
ders Of China, Is caused
by the great flood tides
from the Pacific surging
up the funnel mouth OF
Hangchow bay and into
the swift-flowing Tsien-
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-02-24
Comlno Elnancier.

In q certain country village, whore
cooperation has a firm hold on the
inhabitants. and where the trading
sheck' habit also fiourishes, one lit
lie girl proudly called to another:
We've got q new baby at ouI
l0use!"
Where did you get it," was tho 70
ply.
"Oh, tho doctor brought It,"
Now why" Queried the thrifty lit.
10 sympathizer gravely, didn't you
buy It at the store and get either a
dividend or q trading stamp? The
aoctor doesn't give either, does he!''
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-02-24
PILES SATISFACTORILY
TREATED WAY DOWN
T. IN TENNESSEE
Reslnol tho Secret-Sold Everywhere.

There seems to be no end to tho
uses to which Resinol is put. Here Is
a man who first used it for piles, then
local troubles, and lastly for persptr-
Ing feet. All experiments have proven
successful. Read what he says:
II began the use Of Resinol Oint.
ment about ten years ago for piles:
results satisfactory: finally used IL
for all local troubles, and lastly for
perspiring feet, and 1t was more than
satisfactory, and that after had spent
over a hundred dollars for different
remedies and medical fees without re-
suits. Since then have recommended
1t to dozens Of people, and 1t has never
failed to cure.
ID. L. KILLIAN,
Memphis, Tenn"
Not only Is Resinol Ointment good
for piles. but 1t Is unsurpassed in re-
lieving scalds and burns. chilblains,
cracked lips, itching, blackheads, boils,
or any form Of eruptive skin disease,
as eczema, letter, ringworm, BARRIERS
itch, etc. Resinol Ointment can be
purchased from your druggist in fifty.
cent and one-dollar sizes, but II you
prefer to try free sample, write to
Department SO. Resinol Chemical Co..
Baltimore. Md,
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-02-24
A Stab In Il.

Hic jacet.' quoted Miss Pechis.
as they strolled through the cemetery.
what does that mean on all these
old tombstones?"
"Why-er-you see." began Buffer.
that's an abbreviation for hickory
Jacket that is to say. hickory cof-
IN That's the kind they used In
old times. see?"-Catholic Standard
and Times.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-02-24

Master-0o you have friendly doings
With your brothers people once morsf
Pat-Yls. Dir. His family and our'n
10 b scrappin' agin - U they'd nives
hin ported.-I1arpoy's Hasae
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-02-24
SMILES

At Last.
BILL" said his long suffering sweet.
heart. I'm tired OF your shiftless
ways. Got a Job YETI"
Nope" he grunted: I'm still wait
in fur somethin' to turn up"
"Wel4, here It ia. Bill. Take good
took at 1t and clear out"
Whereupon she turned up her nose
at him.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-02-24
A Broken Tale.

Miss Dc Style Is looking very bad
IT,"
YES. She went to pieces at the
end OF the season"
Then NO wonder she iooks ali bro
zen W"