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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-01-04
DOOM LATTICE MAST
Navy Men Say They Must Be
Abandoned.
Practically Indestructible, but vibra-
ton Proves Handicap to Range
Finders and DIminishes Ac-
curacy in Gunnery.

Washington.-The skeleton masts
on the United States battleships, dis
tinctly a feature of American war
craft, are said to be doomed for the
scrap heap. There is a great deal Of
discussion in naval circles over the
apparently w%ell-founded report that
the navy department intends to aban-
don the skeleton masts with which.
all b%attleships are now equipped be-
cause they have not come up to ex-;
pectations, and from the viewpoint Of
a experts are a hindrance and a,
handicap to efficient marksmanship.
The vibration of the mast, due to it's
slender mechanism, is said to be the
chief defect. For this reason the
range finder, whose duty it is to pick
up the object and communicate the
distance to the gun pointers, is un-
able to do SO with the celebrity and
accuracy that would be demanded In
a naval engagement.
When the skeleton mast was intro
duced on American %battleships it was
agreed generally a great step had been.
taken In advance of other nations. 1t
was the belief then, and still is, that
the mast is indestructible, which gave;
the ship in time of action a big ad-
vantage, for If the mast could not be
shot away the fire control system OF
the vessel at no time would be threat
ened.
The position of the range finder is
at. the top OF the mast. He is the
pulse of the ship, and mistakes made
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-01-04
TELLS OF CHINESE HORRORS

Gradually the horror of the pres
ent outbreak in unhappy China is be-
ing brought home to us as the news
Sits through the press censor's fin
gers by way of private letters from
officials and missionaries who are in
the midst of the turmoil and blood
shed. To the friends. here who re-
ceive such letters details of the
tragedy of war are brought home
with stunning force.
DIR. Joseph Beech, whose portrait
Is here shown, is one of those who,
through no act of their own, are on
the firing line, so to say, in the rebel
llous provinces of China.
In a letter to a friend here in
America DR.. Beech describes his ex-
periences after the outbreak against
the Manchu dynasty and declares
that the suffering there is beyond de-
scription. He states that over 5000
persons were r%uthlessly slaughtered,
while many women and girls commit
ted suicide at Chentu, West China,
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NOTES Ct
.SPOPIDOM

The 1911 mile in 2:1O trotters mum
Der 46.
Hughie Jennings says he can come
back and pull the grass.
Billy Papke, who said he had retired
as a fighter, has signed for five bat.
ties in France.
Sacramento has sold Southpaw
Thompson to the Albany team of the
New York State league.
Helena, Mont, has signed an infeld.
er named Joe Protto, who comes from
the Spokane City league.
GAINESVILLE club owners have decided
on First Baseman Swartling as mana
ger to succeed Joe Raidy.
Rockford, ILL.,, has signed a Milwau-
kee semi-pro pitcher named Matt
Surges for a trial in the spring.
Fred Clarke, manager of the Pitts
burg National league baseball club
says he will lever play ball again.
Football experts are clamoring to
return to the old rules, just as if
the undertakers are not busy enough.
A government commission to regu-
late baseball in the two major leagues
seems more the part of a sensible sug-
gestion.
Detroit has come into it's own as
the greatest hockey city," says a
dispatch. It's great to be first in
something.
The Yale student who kicked a foot
ball 30 miles to win a bet must be re.
lated to the fellow who rolled a peanut
half a mile.
A Georgia Judge rules that it is a
crime to kill an umpire. Another blow
to the inalienable rights of the Ameri.
can citizen.
Bloomington in the ILL. league
wants to land Harry Bay, former Nap
and OF late years with the Nashville.
for its manager.
Chick" Evans of the Edgewater
club, Chicago, is rated the leading
amateur golfer in America by Critic
Pulver of New York.
Hank O'Day and Garry Herman
have agreed IN a few minor essentials
already, it is said. Does this relate
to fines and banishments.
Sioux City will assist Denver in rails
ing its Western league pennant next
year, thus repaying a compliment ex-
tended by the Sioux City club.
San Antonio has signed a young
catcher named Gus Smith, who makes
his home in Baltimore and has had
some league experience in Ohio.
Chicago experts are the champions
of amateurism in college sports. This
is fitting seeing there is so much do
ing in the A. A. F., the A. A. u, the
/. G. u, the c. c. B. G. A. A, the
A. l.. N. A., to say nothing to the c.
A. A. and the I. A. G.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-01-04
VICTIM OF ACCIDENTS
Hugh Jennings Meets With Many
Mishaps.
Tiger Manager Put Down and OUT by
Fast lncurve Served by Pitcher
Rusie, Formerly With the New
York National League.

Whether the Nemesis that has been
following Hugh Jennings will ever
capture that radiant-haired spark of
radium or not is quite doubtful, but
old "E-Yah" has had three heats with
the grim reaper and has come out
ahead at the wire in each instance.
Jennings recent automobile accident
in which he suffered rather severe
injuries is by no means Hugh's first
experience with rather serious in
juries.
When Jennings was in the heydey
OF his diamond career he had a habit
of what ball players call "crowding
the plate" Jennings was considered
about the nerviest batter in major
league company.
He would hug the plate and any
pitcher who could see a ray of light
between Jennings and the rubber disk
was accounted a man of most wonder
full eyesight.
One day Jennings was leaning over
the plate. and Rusie was on the firing
line. Jennings was with Baltimore,
Rusie was with New York. In that
day Amos was the master of a cata-
pultic delivery. :
Jennings had batted against Rnsie
before and he did not fear Amos
wonderful speed. He had faced it
often, crowded the plate and evaded
accident.
This day. Rusie's speed was mus
ually burning. Jennings was unsual-
ly close to the plate. Rusie let 60,
Jennings stepped up. but he thought
Rusie was trying an outshoot. In
stead Rusie sent an incurve straight
at the heart Of the plate. Pitcher
Rusie o~utguessed Batter Jennings.
and the ball struck Jennings ~squarely
on the head. Jennings fell in a heap
and it was hours before he regained
consciousness. That accident ended
Jennings day as a star ball player.
He continued in the game afterwards,
but his effectiveness as a batter was
lost. He lost his nerve and stood far
from the plate with the result that he
became a weak hitter and dropped out
as an active player.
Later, when Jennings was coaching
Cornell university's baseball squad, he
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met up with another accident that in.
5ured hiW very severely, and from,
which he recovered after a long siege,
In the hospital. :
After taking violent exercise in the,
gymnasium n day, Jennings rushed,
out to the swimming tank and with
out considering consequences dove in:
Those who were standing near the
rail of the tank emitted a yell of hor-,
ror, for the tank was empty and being
put in shape to be refilled with fresh
water.
Jennings struck the cement bottom
of the tank full force, and was unconi
sc1ous for several hours.
The latest. accident to the "Tiger".
leader seems to be but one in a chain
of mishaps. Those who know Jen-
nings intimately claim that any one
of the three accidents he suffered
would have surely killed an ordinary
mortal, but they believe that Manager
Hugh is endowed with mine lives"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-01-04
WINNER OF a NOBLE PRIZE

Prof. Wilhelm Vein, whose pic.
ture appears herewith, was recently
awarded the Noble prize for Physics.
Professor Vein is only AZ years old.
He studied at the University Of Got
tlngen, Heidelberg and Berlin, and is
the author Of a number of books on
Roentgen rays, carbohydrates and
electricity.
The awarding of the Nobel prizes
Is an annual occasion of great inter
est throughout the world. It takes
place on the anniversary of the death
OF the founder of the fund, Alfred
Bernhard Nobel. The fund amounts
to over $4,000, 900 and the five prizes
closely approximate $4,000 each,
Those for physics and chemistry are
awarded by the Academy of Sciences
OF Sweden, that for medicine by the
Caralus Institute Of Stockholm. and
the literary prize by the Swedish
Academy. The peace prize is award.
ed annually at Christiania, Norway,
by a committee of five chosen from
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-01-04
PUTS CONvIcTS ON HONOR

An interesting experiment in the
humane treatment of convicts has
met with the success that it deserves
and its author, Governor West, of
Oregon, at. first regarded as a senti-
mental enthusiast on prison reform.
is now receiving the plaudits of those
who would be doing something for
the under dog"
Salem is the center for a num-.
Der OF the state institutions, all of
which have considerable tillable
ground surrounding them-hundreds
OF acres Of rich arabic valley land
ready to return to it's cu~ltivators abun-
dant harvests of golden wheat. It
was Governor Vests self-imposed
task to bring to this work the hun,
dreds of strong, naturally active men
shut up In the ~penitentiary, and at
the same time to establish a system
which would be OF mutual benefit to
the state and to the convict. The
governor declares that sentiment had
nothing whatever to do with the
honor system"
The Svstom hae uorlxod od-.,,-
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-01-04
Murphy d Far.

Thomas w. Murphy, who was the
largest winning driver over the Grand
circuit this year with R. T. c., Charlie
Mitchell, Lady Isle, Sir R and other
we'll known harness horses, with $73,-
OoO to his credit, rode 295 miles in his
races, not counting the distance trav-
eled while scoring. OF the 295 miles
raced 1855 were made in time better
than 2.10.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-01-04

butted in the eye by Young" Togo
and a big cash was cut over the over
the optic. In his training bouts since
that time the old wound several times
was r%eopened. Seeking a way to rem
edy his trouble, Forbes, while in New
York recently hit upon the novel idea
OF having a mask made which he
could wear in training. The mask,
made of leather, is padded with felt
around the eyes. 1t has proved a sue.
cess.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-01-04
Death Follow. AIcoho, Rub.

Birmingham, Alan. E. Torphy, a
we'll known young man of this city,
was burned to death under unusual cir
cumstances. He was rubbing his body
with alcohol after taking a bath and
the alcohol caught fire from an open
crate, enveloptng his body with
flames.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-01-04

Harry Forbes. Chicago star come
back fighter, is now the man behind
the mask. The former bantamweight
champion who has been stirring
things up by his wonderful return to
form after an absence of four years
from the ring, finally has overcome
what he considers the greatest handi-
cap under which he has been boxing.
but not without the aid of artificial
means. In n Of his first bouts after
his re-entry into the game Forbes was
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-01-04

back" as fast Is ever, so when Garry
Hermann offered $4,000 for the
crack players release the New York
club was afraid to accept it. The fol-
lowing spring it quickly developed
that Keller had seen his best days
and as nobody wanted him he was re-
leased outright. President Farrell told
this story the other day for the first
time.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-01-04
PROSECUTED THE M'NAMARAS

In the quest of the men higher
up" said to be involved in the Los
Angeles dynamiting plot that resulted
in the confession of the Mcnamara
brothers, John D. Fredericks, district
attorney, is pretty certain to be a
looming figure.
All through the trial Of the BROTH
ers Mr.. Fredericks showed an unmis.
taxable brand of judgment and energy.
He and his associates were opposed
by the cleverest counsel that could
be obtained, but the trial was a regu.
lar progress of victories for the prose.
cution, even before the later stages,
when outside events began to under.
mine the case of the defense. Added
to Mr.. Fredericks' legal acumen is a
large fund of personal popularity in
California. !
In addition to being a stern and
rather uncompromlsing individual,
Mr.. Fredericks is a man of .imagina-
ton and distinctive sentiment. A lit
$l4 %hNo - 800 -.I-- d
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-01-04
HOW FARRELL LOST $4,000
Inability to Determine Whether vii.
lie Keller Had Seen Best
Days Proved Costly.

Because it could not be determined
whether Keller had seen his best days
or not the New York Americans three
years ago lost a chance to sell the
little right fielder to the Cincinnati
club for $4,000 cash. Keller had
slowed up, but it was thought that
illness had been a serious handicap.
Keller insisted that he would come
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-01-04

"heren ne Is connected with the Chentu Methodist Episcopal College
He as still penned up there with the refugees in Chentu when thu LET.
was written, but this letter ws smugged through the disturbed area II
some manner and found Its way to the friend here, who has made known it's
contents.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-01-04

attended a meeting Of the Los Angeles "Votes for Women" club. Mr.. Fred
ericks was invited to attend and speak or "Woman's Sphere o. Politics."
nr when the members werea asked to sing a sort of parody n america"
Bertha Wilkins Starkweather declining to sing the recognized version
on the ground that America ws no the "land of liberty" She proposed a
substitute which called for womens votes and other things before admitting
the land of liberty clause.
You are making history here tonight" Mr. Fredericks protested, Gin re-
frsng to sing the national anthem. You are asking the right to vote. but
you'll never get it by that soto of tactics. I am in favor of giving you suffrage
but you'll never get my vote by that attitude. There is a feeling in our atu.
tde that the whole world will resent"
Thai "a a posert to most of the women, who speedily econsidere +"
and the ral anthem was read aloud n then sung with enthusiasm-athoueh
there was a pretty strong mo" vote on the motion.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-01-04

lne Norwegian StOrthfng. "eH 11V"
r,r;o $500 ee eh WARD were: For chemistry Nine. Marie sklodowska
Can nous 1or being witt her husband the codicoverer of radnno En-
meuene rioL AhVar Gulsrand, of Upsala University in Sweden Er IT,
azure Na e aeterhn For peace, Prof 7. M. c. Asser. of tho No+he.
them. Uue Ie prize between
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n system has worked admirably whether he mn have hoo. .--,.-.
AZ 1armfng. roadmakng, brckmaking or rim the shons Tho 49, p p"ose"u
""e carrier lessons IN law-breaking and learning fresh ones in cniva n.s,.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-10-08

them which could not be applied
twentieth-certury Akron or oshkosh
or kalamazoo. quite as We ~ ~
eighteenth-century Philadelphia r
Arthur Mervyn. it is VI thtr. -
occasional touches which almost Ios,
ize the story. Here Brown r44k.s
much OF the street-lish,ing system
which was then n comparatively rcw
scribes the yelIow-fever and its r.--
ages with a gruesome mlnuteu.Ss
which would do credit to q Zoia. R..
his descriptions OF places are few M
very meager. Even the fever res
pital, the most fully described place
in any of Browns novels. might stand
on Robinson Crusoe's island. for AL
the sense We get Of the hospitals
relation to other places III the city
1t is this lack of local color wh,tb
makes Brown SO disappointing u the
reader-I think l am safe in con.
sidering myself as Representative ~
a large class of readers. For MT
reader familiar with the old Uuak.r
City car forgive such sins Of o0.Is-
sion AS Brown commits Where. \
all his work. are the pictures Of n.
straight red streets and ch&-msng-
~ monotonous white dooret,psa
Where is old Christ Church. Or the
Old Swedes' Church, or ST. Peter :
with it's quaint churchvard ana is
m~elodious chimes? Where, too. are
the Friends Westinghouse AND
burving-ground? And where are tho
rows of ancient poplars INC hemlo,k-
spruce trees? Surely we can erv
sigh and exclaim: Would int
Dickens or lola had lived early
enough to have given Brockd.n
Brown some ideas regarding 'atmoe-
phere', And would that Phila-
delphia's rich background possibilities
nae been as evident to Brown as they
have beer to DR.. Mitchell,.'
To sum the matter up. then. It
seems to me hat improbable plots,
wooden characters, subject-matttr #
narrow significance. and lack Of local
color are a few Of The qualities which
explain why the "Gothic r~onn-nees'
Of Charles Brockden Brown have not
"Iived.'
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-10-08

graceful, while Have you heard the
South a-calling?" strikes a tender
susceptible chord in hose southern
born.
The Gates Of Twilight shows a
broader outlook. a greater depth, a
surer touch, but there is ever the gen
tie and artistic Interpretation. Day
break "Rosalind' and The Closed
Door. are probably the favorites in
his volume, yet it is difficult to choose
from such a wealth Of deserving ma
terial.
"Dreams Of Yesterday"
And now comes Dreams Of Yes
terday,' in which the depth Of feel
ing is SO strong that it seems the
veil is lifted on the real yesterdays
Of the one who writes. The influence
Of Poe and Lanier are especially no
ticeable in this volume. The formers
power lay in correct choice Of words
and phrases-the art of conveying his
meaning by the use Of sound-words,
called ALTERATION or III
the poem, Might in the Tropics the
poet wcaves a spell of witchery by
such phrases as Sandaled-footed, ST.
lence soft, silver-crested, storm god,
sand-wrapped shore, dirge singing
pine. dewdrops falling from leaf to
leaf.
80 yOnOeT uOteS I1Se W1oo oiiS div
slow,
Soothing, as when the sleepy south
winds blow
And to the blossom cling
Perhaps n Of the strongest poems
is "A Plea for Peace'-an imEas-
stoned appeal to the men who rule
in council halls Of state. Act now,
It's better than to make and weep
he pleads.
What poem is my favorite. you
ask 2" he says. All, that is hard
to say. 'Rosalind,' The Closed Door,
| Gates Of Twilight Your Absence
perhaps please me best. but | have
| done my best work this year"
And SO the mind, heart and soul OF
the poet goes ON developing and Gre
ating, and we, while enjoying and ap-
preciating his past achievements, will
have further opportunity to be proud
of friend and poet-Henry E. Har-
man.
Close, gates Of twilight; leave me
with the night,
To counsel take and set my sou
Alright
OF errors that beguilded me in the
light,
This, ere I seek, repOse.
Close with the softness Of. an angel:
tread,
! Leaving without no deeds of wrong t
dread,
No spoken word that | might wish
unsaid:
Dear gates of twilight, close"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-10-08
G3h
O. HENRY'S HADES

The name of O.. Henry, whose last
collection of work will appear from
the press Of Doubleday, Page & Co.
this fall under the title Of "Rolling
Stones" is probably one Of the most
mentioned names in American liter
perhaps as significant a fact about O..
Henry which does not accompany the
mention Of his name. This fact is
humorously set forth by Irwin S. Cobb.
in a recent issue Of the Saturday
Evening Post" Mr.. Cobb's article is
entitled literature" and following
the quotation Of what purports to be
a story, he says:
But why should I continue to quote
further along this strain? If you are
a regular reader Of the fiction Of the
hour you must know, ere you lave
got this far, hat you have encoun-
tered the latest brain-child of some
one or another of the forty thousand
bright, observant young men-and
women-in this country upon whom
the mantle of Q. Henry descended. AS
nantes go, this is one of the roomiest
and most commodious mantles we
have. There are forty thousand of
them under it now and there is DON
for forty thousand more. Ever since
O.. Henry died the crop Of O. Henry
lied stories is the one crop that has
never failed us. Were l a critic OF
literature, I would say Q. Henry him
self was a solitary leviathan of the
vastly deeps, while h subsequent
shares of the mantle run in schools
and spawn close to shore. And be-
fore changing the subject l might also
say that it seemed to me lat toe
strong an admixture of the O.. H. es-
sence was likely to result in a decided
preponderance of H. 2 O.. which, a:
any chemist will tell you means some.
thing decidedly thin and wateriSh.'
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-10-08

NEW BOOK.

The publishers Of Or. Maria Murtes-
SORTS w book, The Montcssori
Method" Frederick a. Sto.es 90. an
nounces that within a few months
they will ISSUE a translation Of Hr.
Montestori's latest and most extensive
book, "Anthropologia PedaGoCica,'
which goes deep into the years e ~
Fermentation on which DR.. Monies
sori has based her new educational
methods, and gives to the reader the
scientific bases Of her theories. The
book, which is now being translated
by Frederic Taber Cooper, viii be fully
Illustrated and provided with nunIer-
Gus diagrams.
- The American translation Of The
Montessori Method" which was made
by Miss Anne E. George, a personal
pupil Of MontesSori and the principal
Of the first Montessori school estab-
lished in America, has been horored
by being adopted as the standard cdi-
ton in England. 1t was recently is
sued by william Heineman. the Lon
don publisher. though England IL
several leagues nearer to Italy and 10
Or. Montessori than is America. and
does not ordinarily accept American
translation Of the Italian. Interest IN
the system is growing rapidly in Eng
land, and an authorized committee. IS
hoping to have one or more English
teachers trained by Montessori.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-10-08

MORAL INDIGNATION

happen to be a member Of the So
ciety for the Suppression Of Moral In
dlsnaton. AS such / think that 4 II
ability to moral indignation is one 4
the plain mans most serious defects
AS such, my endeavor is to avoid be
ing staggered and deeply affronted. or
even surprised. by human vaGaries>
mere are too many plain people VINO
are always re-discovering human IA
ture-lts turpitudes, fatuities, unrea-
son. They live amid human nature
as IN a chamber of horrors. And vt
after all these years We surely ought
&c nave grown used to human nature!
In the long course Of the centuries We
ought to have earned to keep our
heads about it, especially as il does
not alter much-only very slightly fer
the better. 1t nay be extremely Ille
that Is not the point. The point ts
mat 1t constitutes our environment,
from which We annot escape alive
Inc man who is capable Of beng
oeeply anronted by his Inevitable en-
vlronment ought to have the pluck #
MS convictions and shoot himself. The
society would with pleasure pay his
1uherai expenses and contribute 10 he
supper OF his wife and children.
Sucn a man is, without knowing il. =
olre enemy OF true progress, which
can only be planned and executed IN
an from which heated
Iiorai superiority is absent.-ATnold
Bennett in the October "Metrcpon-
tan"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-10-08

(Louis Untermeyer, in the Smart Set)
Night is the city's disease:
The streets and the people one sees
Glow with a light that is strangely
inhuman,
A fever hat never grows cold.
Heaven completes the disgrace,
For now, with her Star-pitted face,
Night has the leer Of a dissolute
woman
Cynical, moon-scarred and old. -.
And I think of the countryroads,
OF the quiet sleeping abode
Where every tree is a silent brother
AND h hearth is a thing to
cling to.
And I sicken and long for it now-
To 1eel clean winds on my brow,
where night bends low like an all.
wise mother.
LOOKING for children to sing to.