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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-11-14
Champion Looked Like Sure
Winner Of 1872 BaIkIine Bill.
lard Match Until .Yamada's
Run Of IS in the Twentieth
Inning.
BY BOHEMIAN BULCER.

VvY HETHER there were any JAP
" anese fireworks In New York
" last night Is an open ques.
tion, but It's . cinch there 10 nothing
doing to-day. The Japs were still
celebrating when II came time to open
the bric-aJbrac stores this morning.
When Yamada. the billiard champ
OF the Flowery Kingdom, clicked of
an easy carom In the corner for his
500th point and defeated Willie
Hoppe In their first meeting for the
1872 championship an Oriental dem.
onstration started In the Astor Hotel
and In fifteen minutes thereafter q
cablegram bearing the glad tidings
was clicked on It's way to Toxic.
where Ysmadas father will keep hts
restaurant open all night. It's still
night over there. SO KodJi says.
The laps victory over Hoppe was not
only surprising, but II furnished the
spectators with the most halr-raising
game Of billiards ever seen In q cham
piohship tournament Doxehs OF Ameri-
cans were pu''ihg Tor famaoa' ana eV-
cry snot toward the hnish was watched
Win nreathiess interest When Il Ii re.
membered that the score ut the end
stood 500 to t97, It can he understood Just
now near that crowd OF billiard ishs
came 10 heart disease
| The real excitement began In the TWEEN
1 al-s -. -.
ueth inning. when, with the sco6Osiand
ING w 10 I'll against him, essHuta go
| the balls IN open territory and manipu
lated line nurse 80 dexterously that b'
piled up run OF 80. This was the pref
test spot OF the thrilling game. va
mada's delicate stroke and perfect Judg
ment OF speed and distance had the old
timers gasping. On his eighty-ffth sho
he was within Ave OF being out, In tn
centre OF the table he executed a mar
vtllous masse. This looked as ~ he ha,
escaped from tight place. when h
for got to chalk up and niscued. TIL
balls rolled In perfect position Tor Hopp,
Mu,,r uoooe ,.,oero uA.,
"N"'
eUo' of HA'H'
Again II looked as II the game wa
over, The American champion clicSe
| the balls around until he had got With
three points OF being out. At the en-
OF the table the red ball lay close to tn
, side rail, with the white almost acros
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THE SCORES.
Evenlnu,


Hoppe white balD-l7. 2. 100, Q, 81. Al. Is.
22. p. 10 o: Q. 0. q. 9: a. ~ o. z, o: 10.
Yamsa. 1s,ot b.n)-s. SO. O. lss. s. 20. s. o.
9, OF. 3 10. o, 10. Q. 20. a. 3. 81; {. :.
TSa 200 soa Deis'. average % 1872 high runs
81 s s. j. 5. Il soGss s g.
s = ft T. 20 e q lS sss. h'sS
'01 6.snsres 70 white Viii b.D.s %. a. L. O. o. 4.
g. IA 70! 70 4! b. r. r: / q 81 4 q g.
'af Rsfs II, i sna ~ j. GALLAGHER.
Afternoon.
II. c T. a. 4 e. e. q B. 4 b. at / / Il !
81 - s0i q az. SSc Roint'' average 10 1880 high
q sHt,SH %; o. 70 e aSS2.sl.oS,s5io o. & g.
4 !o,al: ~ points; average. 2''3o; high run'.
VI hc q s" ,ttibiert @. Cutler. :, -.
%! s| Is. r. 3; r e. 90 o. Ia es7,s d !
~ ga Jos ssass: ss g i0-o4S; Slss
3. T s,i,s ~ %is q s.
total. ~ points: average. 1o+o; high runs, 63
Ref rec Thomas J. Gallagher.
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CeIe Managing Barber shop.

CHICAGO. <or liking Cole. former altar
psscAr far the chiraso Nstiossi League Baseball
0ub. dsns1 a coat.ast to-day - manager OF =
661CS Nsdoas,s In 1910 lie VA tsdsd 70
f p 1872 II rscently vas announced
- s. 6ssssr y iess vEa = Ssna Sls
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the game as Hoppe. but knew enough
to take advantage of a snisgblay when It
was offered. His perfect stroke saved
him.
the JAP KNOWS HOW TO "oIL"
HIS OPPONENT.
One thing the jap has learned since
he came to America and that is to rive
his opponent the oil" when he has
doubts about making an open shot.
"Oiling' an opponent, a. II Is called in
billiard circles, 10 nothing more nor less
than leaving the balls 10 that he cannot
score. Early m the game Hoppe gave
the Jap the OH and caused hbm to
miss. Taking a lesson from this. little
Yamada handed It right back to Hoppe
In the latter part OF the game. while the
crowd OF old billiard sharks laughed
heartily.
I'm . few moro gamssr said
George Slosson, "hs VIII have All 2
the tricks down fine ana he'll make
any Of them 20 some 70 bsas him.
Con must remember this young
fellow 10 only twsnty-four years
old ana has not been playing but
five years. In few more years he
ought to ss one Of tn Creatsst
After Yamaja had shaken hands with
Hoppe he waited until the crowd had
Dispersed and then he went over TO
Hoppe and began to ask him for some
advice. .They talked in French Yamada
thinks Hoppe the greatest of all players
and considers himself lucky to have got
away with this game. He Is so modest
, about his playing that all OF the vet.
Grams have taken a fancy to him.
SO great was the interest In the
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-11-14

Johnny summers. who Ia the weerweight cham
Iton of England will he called TO defend his
TO meet sid Burns. another English fighter. in a
lwenty-ond bout before The National sportin 4
Lord Ionsdale belt. Eugene Corr viii referee the
contest.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-11-14

Johnny Dundee. the focal Italian festherweish,
fans OF Los Angeles. who have seen him in training
for HE twenty round bout with Franhs Conley
the Western fighter, at Vernon Gal. ON Nov, 10
that they have made him the fs,orite In tle
batting AZ odls Of 10 IN a
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-11-14

Hecior MeInnes. manager % Eddie Murphy.
the fast lightweight Of Boston. has accepted an
Jack Britton In a len round bout on Nov. 25 II
The men are signed up u Win be the second time
IN eleven rounds at the Pilgrim A. A. OF Boston
several months ago.
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Battling Jim Johnson
Knocks Out Black Bill

ready TO make a match with Ch:rles Ledoux. the
champion haniamweish OF France, al l11 pounds,
wcisi in at the ringside. before the eiuo that OF
fers the best Inducements. After Johnny gets
through with his ten round bout with Charley
Goldman at the Royale a. C.. OF Brooklyn next
Wednesday night" said unclY Fred. Johnny win
name prepared 70 make TIE match"
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Score at End Of Game, In Which
Oriental Executed Some Re.
markabIe Masse Shots, 500
to 497, and Outcome Causes
Great Surprise.

Hoppe Yamada match that little atten-
ton was paid to Demarest and Morn
ingstar. who were playing In the other
room.
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Jap Beats Hoppe in Most Thrilling
Game EUer Seen in O. ChanpiOhs shin
STANDING OF PLAYERS u
BILLIARD TOURNEY.

the game as Hoppe. but knew enough
to take advantage of a misgslay when It
was offered. His perfect stroke saved
him.
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Mcfarland, by mail HIS man
ayers letters choke the post
once. Mcfarland. IN the West. ism
making much noise. Packey has a for
tune Of nearly a quarter OF million,
they say. and the hghtlnE game doesn',
attract him as It used to. Funny how
they all become cautious when the fu-
turs ID guaranteed by a good bank &C
count
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there were any Jap.
NJ anese fireworks In New York
w last night il an open ques.
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Copyright 1912. By The Pres. Publishing Co.
The New York World.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-07-26
CAR OF DYNAMITE IN BLAST
Explosion Near Manitowoc Kills Man
and Wrecks Buding-Body
Blown to Bits.

Manitowoc.-A carload of dyna-
mite in a small wooden shed, half a
mile west of the city limits, exploded
from an unknown cause, killing Jo-
seph Mlada, who owned the explo-
sive ,shattering the shed into splin-
ters and tore up the earth to a depth
of ten feet.
Trees in the vicinity were uprooted
and several plate glass windows in
the city were blown out by the
shock. In addition to this, the Win
dows in twenty or thirty homes were
shattered.
The explosion created a short lived
panic in the city, it being feared that
one of the quarries located near the
ciey, where number of workmen are
employed, was blown up.
Mlada was a we'll known business
man. At the scene of the accident
all that could be found of his re-
mains were bits of human flesh scat
tered over considerable territory adj
jacent to the shed, and remnants of
clothing.
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TO IMPROVE WORKERS LAW
State Industrial Commissions Report
Makes Suggestions for Am
endments to Act.

on.-Amendments to the
workmen's compensation law of 1911
are recommended by the Wisconsin
industrial commission in it's first an
nual report. After recounting the
substantial benefits accomplished for
Workmen and employers in the year
from July 1, 1911, to June 80, 1912,
the commission advocates several
changes looking to greater ease in
administration.
Compensation under the Wiscon-
sin law is based on loss of wage. Of
this phase the report says:
Theoretically this is the correct
principle, but in order to secure a
simpler administration it may be
we'll to adopt the New Jersey plan
for certain defnable injuries. For
instance, the New Jersey law pro-
yides as compensation for the loss
of great toe SO per cent of the daily
wage during thirty weeks; for the
loss Of an eye so per cent of the
daily wage during 100 weeks, and so
on through a complete list of defin-
able injuries. This provision makes
it easy for the employees and en-,
ployer definitely to ascertain the
compensation, without reference to
the administering board. We sug-
gest that both employers and en-
ployes consider this matter with the
view of possible amendment to our
law"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-07-26
STATES RISK PLAN
TO AID COMPANIES
Undue Competition improbable,
Says Commissioner Ekern.
NEW LAW IN EFFECT SEPT. |
Four Different Life Insurance Policies
Will Be Issued 10y State at Outset
System of Annuity to Be introduced
later-State Liability Limited.

Madison.-That the new state life
insurance plan which will become
operative about Sept I, instead of
doing harm to the private companies
now engaged in business in Wiscon-
sin, Will be a distinct benefit in edu-
eating policyholders to better I'M
derstandipg and d more liberal pa
tronage of private companies, is the
opinion of Insurance Commissioners
Ekern. Mr.. Ekern points out that
under the new law no person can
take out a policy for more than
$4,000 and thinks that this provision
alone would be sufficient to protect
private business.
The Wisconsin state insurance idea
is the result Of the investigation by a
state Legislative committee several
years ago of the life insurance situa-
tlon IN Wisconsin. The following
legislature passed laws under which
practically all of the big outside in
surance companies left the state and
have never returned.
AT the outset, four different poll
cles will be issued, and the number
may be increased later as the state
becomes proficient in the insurance
business. These four policies will be
the ordinary life, twenty-payment en-
doWment, ten payment endowment,
and term, to the age of 65 years.
Later a system of annuities, some
thing like the French peasants
tavorite system, will be introduced,
the annuities to begin when the bene-
ficiaries reach the age of 60 years.
The liability Of the state in the new
order of affairs is limited to the
amount of money in the insurance
fund, this fund being derived from
premiums, interest, earnings and
other sources of revenue. AS the
policies are limited to $4,000, the
annuities will be limited to $500 a
year, when the annuity plan goes
into effect.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-07-26
ANNOUNCE NAMES
OF 7. R. DELEGATES
Thirteen Wisconsin Men to Al
lend Chicago Convention.
STATEMENT TO VOTERS OUT
Says Taft's Nomination Was Stolen
One Half as Many Badger Dele
gates as in Regular Republican
National Convention.

Milwaukee. - Thirteen delegates
from Wisconsin will attend the ma
tional convention of the Roosevelt
supporters in Chicago on Aug. 5.
Their names, as announced at local
Roosevelt headquarters, are: Col.
John Hicks, Oshkosh; Charles X.
Lush, Madison; Wheeler Bloodgood,
G. A. A. MCGEE, John A. F. Groth and
Norman L. Baker, Milwaukee; w. A.
Titus, Fond du Lac; G. Q. Croty,
Tomah; Capt. George Rickerman,
Racine; W. NJ. Cowles, Whitewater;
W. F. Kisow, Racine; E. J. Wander
noon, Marinette, and James Cavan-
agh, Kenosha.
A statement issued to the voters
of Wisconsin on the third party
movement says in part:
Associated in this movement are
all the progressives of the country
outside Of Wisconsin. In spite of an
agreement on principles, a clash of
personality has cut Wisconsin off
from an onward and upward move
ment which was born on her soil and
- ~ az W ~ llCl S3lSIdIlOu
ITO give to the voters of Wiscon-
sin equal suffrage with the voters of
other states it is essential that the
parent state Of the progressive move
ment should be represented in the
national progressive convention To
restrict the Wisconsin progressive to
a choice between a republican reac-
tionary, with a stolen nomination,
| and democratic candidate of per-
sonal purity but questionable aff1lia-
lions, is not in full accord with either
the theory or practice of representa-
| tive government"
Whether or not there will be a
Roosevelt state ticket in Wisconsin
will be decided by the convention.
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he too good to last long. Another said he
might be Government spy who would get them
all in trouble. That he went to mass regularly
admitted, but there were some who remarked
that his manner of blessing himself revealed the
amateur worshiper. The conjecture that he might
be Government spy came to Bartley's own ears.
and at once he set about to explode it.
'The first thing BARLEY did to go to a
liquor sellers and get drunk. When he was told
to get out he became abusive, cursing everybody
in authority especially the Government, the Lord
Lieutenant, and the Queen. Rolling in the gutter
he called for three cheers for an Irish REPUBLIC
and Parliament in College Green When the
police came, BARLEY become more abusive. AT
the station house he assaulted two of them, and
challenged any miserable hound that ever wore
the Queens uniform to stand-up fight When
he APPEARED before the magistrates he was fined
heavily, and, in accordance with the part he was
playing, would have gone to Jail instead of paying
the fine, had not crowd Of syrnpathizing Ma.
tonalists in the body Of the court subscribed the
amount Of the fine between them. After giving
this incontestabe proof that he was a genuine
Nationalist and no Government SPY BartIeys
reputation was re-estabshed
Work at the forge now became more brisk
But whereas previously the brought spades
shovels, and plowshares to mend, they now
brought pixies and muskets. BARLEY was trusted
as he had never been before. The week after his
encounter with the police he was sworn in as a
regular member OF CnS secret society ready to
take the field against the Government when the
rebellion was announced. He had however stipu.
lated that he should not be asked to leave the
forge until actual had broken out and his
wishes were respected. Many firearms were
mended and many pixies We're made for the mem.
bers of the revolutionary society BARLEY knew
the name of every member the name of every
who had a rife; the name of everybody who
committed outrage for five years previously,
and the name of every person on whom an out.
rage intended to be committed BARLEY
made reports Of these particulars to the central
office In Dublin He was thanked and told to
keep cool When the Government thought the net
was full they drew it out, and presto the whole
town and district of Tubbercurry was thrown
into state of the widest confusion. Summonses
were issued for all the names on Bartley's list.
Those who felt that their were light attend.
ed court and were let OFF with fine
BARLEY took the first train for Dublin as soon
he heard that the first summons was issued
Had he remained few hours later, he would
have been assuredly assassinated"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-07-26
CHAS. COON TRIES SUICIDE
Former Deputy insurance Commits
sioner Shoots Self in Breast
Calls His Life a Failure.

Milwaukee, A Coon,
deputy state railroad commissioner
in 1897 and 1898, and for many
years connected wit hthe state ad-
ministrations at Madison, attempted
suicide in the offices of the Wiscon-
sin Advancement association, Cas-
we'll block, by shooting himself in
the left breast.
He was found by A. D. Campbell,
former state immigration commits
sioner, lying on the floor with blood
streaming from gaping wound il
his breast Mr.. Campbell had lef.
him in the office only a short time
before. A revolver with one empty
shell was gripped in Mr.. Coon's right
hand.
Mr.. Coon was removed to Emer-
gency hospital, where an operation
was performed in an attempt to save
his life. The bullet was extracted
His condition is regarded as critical
Mr.. Coon makes his home in the
Carlyle flats, $50 Belleview place
He is married and has three children,
Marcy, aged 4 Alice, aged 2, and
Charles, aged 6 months.
The following letter was written
by Mr.. Coon and addressed to the
coroner:
Greeting will not or must
not be much of a case. Just a weak
man gone. Cause-fooIishness
Another letter addressed to the
public gave history of the writer S
life and stated as a reason for Coon s
desire to die that he had never had
a definite calling in my life, but
have been content to be a general all
around man, fairly good at al
things, but not proficient at any one
thing"
Mr.. Coon was executive clerk IN
der Gov. William H. Upham in 1895
1896. When Gov Upham left office
Mr.. Coon was appointed deputy state
railroad commissioner under Duncan
j. Mckenzie. He served in this Ca
pacity in 1S97-1S98, and was then
appointed deputy game warden I'M
der James r. Ellarson. He served
as a game warden until Gov. Peck
was elected in 1901.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-07-26
DaYlight Rohhers Escane

Kenosha.-One of the boIdest day
tight robberies ever known in this
section occurred just west of Keno
sha, when four men, concealing their
identity by tying handkerchiefs about
their faces, broke into the residence
OF o. Sorrensen and managed to get
away with $28. The men escaped
and although pursued by a posse of
farmers and deputy sheriffs no trace
of them was found.
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latter forces are popular at least are treated
with some federation, whereas the police are de-
tested. 1t may be that recruiting reasons were
back Of Engand's policy of keeping the army and
militia out of Irish agrarian troubles Ireland
used to be good recruiting ground for these lat
ter forces and it is important to England that it
should continue so. This consideration would die
tate the wisdom of keeping the military force
neutral in Irish internal affairs.
One of the allegations made by Nationalist is
that outrages have often been manufactured" by
police agents at the instigation of the Government
ITSELF in order to furnish excuse for coercive
laws. | asked this police veteran if there
any truth in this statement.
1T is no longer true" he said. But" he added
Il can we'll remember when there were some very
queer methods employed by the Dublin Castle
authorities to get evidence about outrages. Did
you ever hear Of the Tubbercurry conspiracy" he
inquired.
l told him l had not. He thereupon told me
the story of how a Government spy, disguised as
a blacksmith, settled in a Western town got in
to the confidence of the people, became sworn in
as a secret society man, and ended by making
things so hot that nearly one hundred young men
had to fee the country.
1T was" said he, Gin the early Land League
days when the famous, infamous, Jimmy
French was at the head Of the detective depart
ment in Dublin Castle. | was a recruit in the
constabulary depot then Tubbercurry is little
town in the west, and many outrages were COM
mtted around that spot, but not was pun
ished for them, any word Of information
given to the police. Secret societies ruled the
place. Going among the raw recruits one day
and questioning them, Jimmy French picked out
a young man. named Morris, 'blacksmiths son.
who had also learned the trade himself, and in
structed him to repair to Tubbercurry, set up
blacksmith's forge there, make himself popular
with the people, keep his ears and eyes open, and
If he got any bit Of important information to take
it himself to Dublin. He not to divulge his
identity TO the local police for this would ruin his
chances. They We're to be kept in the dark as
much as the peasantry OF course, Morris was to
have plenty of money for the job, but he to
live poorly and dress poorly on the profits Of the
forge
Morris carried out his instructions to the
letter. He took the name of Billy BARLEY. Bart
ley's forge became a rendezvous for the
idle or half idle youth of the neighborhood The
kind young blacksmith would only charge few
coppers for shoeing horse, OF mending a spade
and smaller jobs he often did for nothing espe-
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-07-26
AUTOPSY REVEALS MURDER
Body of Peter Olstad, Found in Lake
Monona, Shows Evidence ofFoul
PlaY-Money Is Missing.

Ma4son.-An autopsy on the body
of Peter Olstad, which was found
floating in Lake Monona, showed that
he was murdered and the body
thrown into the lake Robbery is
believed to have been the motive, as
pocketbook containing large sum
of money, which he had when last
seen by his relatives a few hours be-
fore his death, is missing. The au-
topsy showed that he was dubbed
over the right eye and temple. Oh
stad left London, Dane county, for
Menominee, and as he had to wait
two hours here for a train, the police
believe he was lured from the depot.
Olstad was widower. So years old.
Until year ago he lived on a farm
at Brodhead.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-07-26
Sees Danger in Lights.

Prairie du Chien.-Judge Clement
son of the Fifth judicial circuit rem
dered an opinion directing payment
of fourteen months salary to former
County Judge Long of Crawford
county. The county board refused
to pay the salary because Long held
the office Of assemblyman while act
ing as a jurist. Long resigned the
county judgeship last March, but no
one filled the vacancy. Long con-
tinued the affairs of the office, for
which the circuit court held he must
be paid.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-07-26
ROGERS DECLINES TO SERVE
Law Partner of La Toilette Turnq
Down Appointment on Republican
National Campaign Committee.

Madison.-Alfred T. Rogers, re-
publican national committeeman for
Wisconsin, law partner and close DO
litical and personal friend of Senator
La Toilette, has received notice of
his appointment by Chairman HiIes
to the national campaign committee
He at once telegraphed Mr.. Hiles it
was impossible for him to accept"
an appointment upon thi scommit-
tee. Mr.. Rogers refused to make any
comment upon his appointment, and
declined TO state his reasons for re-
fusing to serve.
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wives and families and the money sent
regularly to the commune of the
prisoner In this case the butcher is
a native of Nyon and the authorities
have taken charge of the children. and
as they grow up will find them posi-
tons. If after two years, when the
butcher is liberated, he desires To re-
start his home and work he is at ub-
erty to do so, but II he repeats his
o1ense he will be sentenced to longer
term among the "work-shy." Every
large canton has one OF these estab-
nshments, which have proved very