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The Springfield herald., 1912-11-15
EnterprjRjno.

In section OF Washington, says
Harper's Magazine. where there are
number OF restaurants, one enter
prising concern has displayed in great
Illuminated letters, open All Night"
Next to 1t was restaurant bearing
with equal prominence the legend:
I'VE Never Close"
Third in order was Chinese laun-
dry, in little, lowframed, tumble
down hovel. and upon the front of this
building was the sign. in great
scrawling letters:
Me Wakee, Too"
The Springfield herald., 1912-11-15
Paid MInl.ter In 1lnfoll

The meanest man In the world has
been found. He Is the man who gave
the Rev. Thilo Gore. pastor of the
German Lutheran church, an envelope
filled with tinfoil for marrying him.
The bride and groom rang DR..
Cores doorbell late one night and
asked him to marry them. As they
had license. he did So After the
ceremony was performed the man
handed the minister an envelope
which was supposed to contain the
fee. He found 1t contained nothing
but several pieces of tinfoil.-Chicago
Tribune.
The Springfield herald., 1912-11-15
Scotch Query.

A BLUM. consequential gentleman
from the south. with more beef on his
bones than brain in his head. riding
along the Hamilton road. near to
Blantyre, asked herdboy on the
roadside. in tone and manner evil
IDENTIFY meant to quiz, if he were half
way to Hamilton" Man." replied the
boy. 81 wad need to ken whar ye hae
come frac, afore l could answer your
question. n."-EXchange
The Springfield herald., 1912-11-15
On an Ocean Liner.

Maud-My neighbor at table doesn't
lok very rich. and yet she constantly
growls about her trouble with serv-
ants.
Beatrice-Perhaps she keeps an in
telligence office.
The Springfield herald., 1912-11-15
DENVER & RIO GRANDE-WEsTEHN
PACIFIC
~ar,,a ITo,tbor

Taken together form the most beautl-
full line of continuous travel Denver.
Salt Lake, city, San Francisco.
The marvellous scenic attractions OF
the Rockies the Great Salt Beds of
Utah and the wonders of the sierras
can be seen from the car windows
Without extra expense for side trips.
SUPERB DINING, CAR SERVICE,
For illustrated descriptive matter;
write Frank A. WadleiCh. General
Passenger Agent. Denver * Rio Grand"
Railroad, Denver. COLO.
The Springfield herald., 1912-11-15
Some Heat Required.

Kitty-My brother Cornelius has
been calling on Miss Chilleigh for
over a year
Marie-Is he going to marry her?
Kitty don't know. I'm afraid
she's rather too cold to make Corn
pop.
The Springfield herald., 1912-11-15
Forum ate.

"This is the third time you have
been here for food" said the woman
at the kitchen door to the tramp. Are
you always out of work."
"Yes'm," replied the itinerant 81
guess I WAS born under lucky star"
The Springfield herald., 1912-11-15
THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION.
President Designates November 2sth
and Tells Of Prosperity
of Nation.


Washington.-Presid Taft has is
sued proclamation setting aside No.
vember 28th as Thanksgiving Day.
The proclamation follows:
BY the President of the United States,
A Proclamation.
God-fearing nation like ours owes
1t to its Unborn and sincere sense of
moral duty to testify Its devout graft
tude to the All Giver for the countless
benefits 1t has enjoyed. For many
years 1t has been customary at the
close of the year for the national exec
utive to urge upon his fellow country
men to offer praise and thanks to God
for the manifold blessings vouchsafed
TO them In the past, and to unite in
earnest suppliance for their continu-
ance.
been notably favorable to our fortu-
nate land. AT peace within and with
out. free from the perturbations and
peoples. rich In harvests so abundant
and Industries so productive that the
overflow Of our prosperity has
in the steadfnst conservation of the
heritage Of self-government bequeathed
firm in the resolve, to transmit our
nrdYsd n"ritadye ev SnmPaired rna6 but inn
come, the people of this country have
abounding cause for contented graft
tude.
Wherefore. l. William Howard Taft.
America. In pursuance of long-estab-
llshed usage and In response to the
wish of the American people, invite my
countrymen. wheresoever they may so
1ourn. to join, on Thursday, the 2Sth
day of this month of November. in ap-
propriate ascription of praise and
thanks to God for the good gifts that
have been our portion. and in humble
prayer that His great mercies toward
us may endure
The Springfield herald., 1912-11-15

THE CRIMINAL Tells
= How He Planned the
Deed and Sought to Close
Every Avenue of Knowl-
edge Leading to His Guilt.
The Detective Shows How
Futile These Efforts Were and
How the Old Adage, Murder
Will Out, Always Holds Good"
The Springfield herald., 1912-11-15
HOWARD E. BURTON, ASSAYER & CHEMIST

LEADvILL.E. COLOKADO.
specimcn prices: Gold silver. lead. 81: gold.
silver, 76c: gold. SOC: zinc or copper. IL
Mailing envelopes and full price list sent on
appiicatfon Control and umpire work So
iicited Reference: Carbonate National Bank
The Springfield herald., 1912-11-15
Quite So,

Most of our so-called good inten-
tions are base limitations.
The Springfield herald., 1912-11-15
AWFUL REVENGE OF A THIEF. Il

! + !: =: : !: !; : !:
- LIFE DEMPSEY was one of
AMk the peculiar characters
I'M among thieves who have
NIX been puzzle to the police
&DA10 because of their kindness OF
~ heart and willingness to
help any one who was worse than
they were themselves. Cliff made
more money out Of the business
than most thieves. but. as he had
no bad personal habits, the money
never was squandered. He distrib-
uted thousands of dollars in char
ity. Cliff was raised in the old Ninth
ward of New York city and hundreds
of families of that ward still look upon
him more in the light of saint than
thief because of the help he gave
them in time OF need. But all was not
goodness in Cliffs heart, and any one
who ever harmed him except In
manly hand-to-hand conflict had rea-
son to know that his hatred was devil
ish,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-29
Hal Chase Out
 Of Yankee Lineup
More Hard Luck Strikes New York Americans When First
 BaSeman is Taken HI

Washington, April 29-The disorgan- ized Yankee craft had another sail ripped off yesterday by the sudden indisposition of it's most brilliant star. Hal Chase, the greatest first baseman in the game, left the Capi- tai city yesterday afternoon for his home in New York City. He is un- der a doctors care, suffering from chills and high fever. How long Chase will be kept from active playing by his latest malady is not known.
 Chase began to complain of a slight cold and requested Manager Wolver- ton to excuse him from playing. Sim mons was sent in to take his place. Chase's condition became worse to- ward evening and his temperature was up to 103. It was thought best to send him home where he could re- ceive proper care and he braced up sufficiently at noon yesterday to start for New York. A rash had made it's at that time.
 The absence of Chase will greatly weaken the team already handicap ped by the indisposition of four of it's stars The Yankees are running the unfortunate Phillies a close sec ond in the matter of having their lineup shot to pieces by illness and injuries. Cree, Wolter, Hartzell, Street and DoIan have been on the sick list the past week. Hartzell and Street may be able to get back in the game tomorrow.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-29
Dan 0'NeiI Just. :: Saves Minister
 From Angry Fans
Crowd Tries to Mob Clergyman Who Prevented New Britain
 -H0ly0ke Game

Hartford, Conn.,, April 29-When the law and the church, in the persons of Sheriff Albert P. Marsh and the Rev. F. L. Grand. of the Congrega,, in the ball park of that town yester- day to put a stop to a baseball game three thousand fans" became angry. The result was that the clergyman and the Sheriff were driven from the grounds by a large crowd, and the Rev. MT. Grand was forced to barrl- cade his home against the hootlng .'fans''
 Blue laws do not appeal to the base ball fans of Plainville, and they decided that no matter what the deci- sion of County Prosecutor Frederick E.Fuller, there would be a game be- tween Holyoke and New Britain.
 Word had been sent to the clubs that if ball was thrown on Elec- trfc Field it would mean immediate happened before and the game had not been stopped.
 Tickets had been sold, the players took their places and the fans were comfortable in the warm sunshine. Just as the umpire called play ball'' Sheriff Marsh stepped to the plate
 Immediately the three thousand fans were in an uprOar. Then one of the angry players said in loud voice:-
 He says we'll be arrested if ball is thrown
 The players started to walk from the field.
 "Piay ball and blow the law!' shouted one of the fans.
 Al that instant the Rev. MT. Grand. who Is known as the prime mover axainst Suaday baseball, was seen talking to the Sheriff, and three thou sand baseball enthusiasts sprang from their seats, jumped over wooden rail- ings and made for the two men.
 The sheriff and the clergyman were aware by that time that they were in peril and they ran from the field. The clergyman got into an automo- hile, as his hat was knocked off. The machine. owned by Dan O'Neil, man. a9er of the Holyoke team, was driv- en to the parsonage. Sheriff Marsh afterward returned to the field with a warrant, but no arrest was made.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-29
CHANGES IN LOCAL
 CHOIRS NEXT WEEK

AS compared to former years, few changes will be made in the organi- zation of local church choirs. Most radical is that at the First Universa> list church where choral singing will supplant the quartet. Mrs. Sarah Simpson will direct the singers and Miss Ethel M. Pigg will be the or ganist. No changes will be made in the North and South Congregational churches, Christ Episcopal church and the First Presbyterian church.
 The organization at the Washing ton Park M. B. church will be as fol- lows: Miss F. A. Blackstone, Greens Farms, organist; Miss Ada Tuck. for merly of the Fairfield Congregational church, soprano; Mrs. Thompson, con- tralto; Asa Pond of Providence. R. l., tenor; John Knox, Wethersfleld, bass: Joseph Hutchinson, former or- ganist, has planned to retire from ac- tive duty.
 H. H. Whitaker, organist at the Park Street Congregational church. has resigned. He will be succeeded by Norman H. Hovey. Clarence O. Mills. bass and Sidney Colborne, ten- or will succeed John s. French, bass, ana William V. Walsh, tenor, at the First M B. church. A successor has not yet been chosen for Miss Ethel M. Pigg, who resigns as organlst at the Grace M B. church to go to the Universalist church.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-29
Lee Denies Any
 Boxing Agreement
Manager of All Ketchell Says Bout With Brown Will be Strictly on the
 Level

4 number of local boxing enthus1- asts will go to South Norwalk tomor. row night to see the Knockout Brown Al Ketchell bout. The boys are sched- uled to go ten rounds. Manager Ter. ry Lee was very indignant this morn ing at the statement in a morning paper that there was an agreement whereby Ketchell will be allowed to stay ten rounds.
 You cannot make it too strong to suit me- declared Lee. There is no such agreement. During my long ca reer in the ring as referee and as a handler of fighters I have never stood for anything that was not strictly on the level It is pretty rough 10 make cracks like that about young fighter who is on the eve of an important fight. Ketchell has been training hard and will go in there to do his best. He is confident that he can beat Brown and so am I. Ketchell made a chopping block out of Joe Hyland, who had previously fought a draw with Brown and Ketchell has also beaten Eddie Smith, who recent. ly beat Bert Reyes. A fighter like Brown who rushes in, just suits Ketchell. You can say for me that the bout is to be fought on it's merits and there are no agreements of any kind''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-29
West Ends And Yost Game Stops
 In Big Dispute Manager Keenan Denies His Team Left Field and Re-
 fused to Play
(By Dunigan.)

A ninth inning rally by the Yosts in the Yost-West End game yesterday ended in an unsatisfactory way. Ro- packer opened the ninth for the Yosts with single and scored on Noonan's S double. Reilly was hit by pitched ball. Sawyer singled, filling the bases. Kerr caught Reilly off second and Noonan was forced off third be- ing nipped at the plate on D'Andrea' s return to Kerr. Graham was safe at first when he hit, the play being made on Reilly at home, but by good slide he scored. ScanlOn was fast losing control and hit Dubee. filling the bases.
 Then occurred the play which broke up the game. White hit a fly past Cunningham who knocked the ball down and threw White out the first. Nelson instead of tagging Dubee threw to second, but as first was then un- occupied Dubee slid back to the base, Sawyer scoring. The West Ends thinking that a double play had been made ran off the field and the crowd began to cover the diamond. After lengthy argument Umpire Farrell ruled that Dubee was safe and that Sawyer had scored, tieing the score This ruling was correct and the only one possible on this play. Cunning nam caused the blunder. He should have played first to second and then to first completing double play, but by playing to first base it was neces- sary to tag Dubee. Nelson lost his head and threw to second, thereby allowing Dubee to get back to first
 This inning was not the only ex- citing inning, as heavy hitting and spectacular plays abounded. Dubee made a enchanted catch of ball off Nelson's bat just as it was going over the fence. Horkheimer played a great game at short. Casperack came near throwing man out at first on a sin gle to center, his throw being perfect. Sawyer came across with a home run with a man on the paths.
 Manager Keenan of the Yosts after the game denied the statement that his team left the field. He declared his men were on the field but the West Ends refused to return after they had been notified by the umpires to fin Ash the game. The Yosts' manager said the ball which caused all the trou- ble should have been called an inf1eld fly. He maintained that with runners on first and third and one out, Gun ningham of the West Ends tried to trap the ball and thereby make dou- ble play The Yost manager says it was the West Ends who quit and not the Yosts.
 The score:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-29
(By Wagner.)

The catching problem is worrying Manager McCann just now. The Me chanics have four backstops and the puzzle is to find one steady man who is capable of going in there and hold ing up the pitchers. Eddie Bridges, who was with New Haven two sea- sons ago, has been released by Mon- treal and he wired McCann for job. The local manager was tipped thc Bridges has a glass arm and he is afraid to take a chance on the veteran
 He hopes he has landed a good catcher in Foye, who was sent here by Jersey City. F'oye played in the Canada, last season. He did so well there that the Boston Red Sox grab bed him and sent him to their farm in Jersey City. The Skeeters decided Foye was not ripe for the Interna- tional League. The newcomer is a big fellow but until he has had a chance to show his ability it is better not to say much about him. Prev ious to entering professional ball he played with St. Anthony's college team in New Brunswick.
 Manager Tom Connery and his Hart ford team went home this morning after the rain made a game this af- ternoon out of the question. The Sen ators did not know there would be nc game at the Island yesterday and con- sequently they made the trip here They had to spend Sunday at the At lantic Hotel. which is ball player S idea of nothing to do.
 "We have had only four days prac- tice,'' said Manager Connery this morning, "and our club is in bad shape. can't tell anything about the players because I haven't had a chance to see them in action enough This rain will soak the Hartford grounds so that the chances for a game tomorrow look slim. I think Hartford will have a strong club when get the boys started Baker looks good at second and Crother is a conner at short. From what I hear Bridge port will be in the running again. Mo Cam picked up two good players in O'Rourke and Norris.''
 Dan OfNeil must have torn out a few chunks of his gray thatch after his bad luck Saturday and Sunday There were 5000 people in Springfield Saturday to see O'Neil's team play the Ponies, but rain stopped the game in the fourth. If five innings had been played ONeil would have been entitled to 50 per cent. of the admis- sions, but when it rained the Holyoke boss got only the guarantee of $30. Yesterday there were 1000 people in New Britain when the ministers put the rollers under the game. O'Neil got 80 instead of $250. He wasn't a bit sore. Of course not.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-29
Tho Stoics.

'sMucianus made great number of remarkable statements to Vespasia GA. D. 7D against the Stoics-as, for an- stance. that they are full of empty boasting, and if one of them lets his beard grew long, elevates his eye brows, wears his fustian cap thrown carelessly back and goes barefoot he straightway postulates bravery, right eousness as his own. He gives himself great airs, though he may not under. stand (as the proverb says) either let ters or swimming. They vieeV every body with contempt and call the man of good family mollycoddle, the i'll born dwarfed intellect, handsome person licentious. an ugly person come ly, the rich man an apostle of greed and the poor man a servile groveler."- Dio's Roman History.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-29
THIS WEEK IN SPORTS

Several more baseball leagues will start the pennant chase this week, in cluding the Tri-State, Wisconsin-Illin ois and Blue Grass leagues and Cen Day, and the Three-I league on Thurs day. The widely heralded outlaw or ganization which bears the ambitious name of United States league, has al- so set next Wednesday as getaway day, but that remains to be seen" /" Within the last few weeks it has been reported that Witman's league was On it's last legs, and would never start the sea son, and also that the promo ters have more money than mint and will drive the major leagues out of business in short order. The cities to be represented, at last reports, were Chicago, New York, Cleveland, Cill- cinnati, Pittsburgh. Richmond, Wash ington and Reading. The Illinois Iowa-Indiana or Three I League and the Tri-State League are the last of the Class B circuits to begin the sea- son. The Tr1-State, one of the most prosperous of the minors, has the same circuit as last year. The Three-I, which was almost disrupted by civil war among the magnates in 1911, has shifted two franchises.
 The big automobiling event of the week will be the Santa Monica road race, to be held over the California course next Saturday. The coast con- test is considered one of the greatest of American road races and many of the crack drivers of the motoring world will compete. Another event of interest to auto race enthusiasts is the reinstatement of the famous dare devil, Barney Oldfeld, whose crime was racing against Jack Johnson, the colored pugilist. The contest board of the American Automobile Associa- tion has announced that Oldfe1d may re-enter the racing game after next Tuesday. An aviation event of gen. eral interest will be the hydro-aero- plane meet In New York next Satur- day, under the auspices of the Aero Club of America. Speed races and a bomb-dropping contest are included in the program.
 A series for the worlds professional racquet championship and $2,500 begins in New York between George Stand ing and Charles Williams. The final series will be played at the Queens Club, London. Williams is the pres ent title holder, having won the honor by defeating Jamsetjii last year in Lpndon.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-29
GROSS AND DOOLAN MUST
 PAY PLAYERS SALARIES

Cincinnati, April 29-Monte Cross, of the St. Louis American League base ball club, and H. J.'Doolan, shortstop of the Philadelphia National League club, have been ordered by the Ma tional Commission to pay s1, ,019 in back salaries due to players of the Steuben- ville club in the Ohio and Pennsyl- vania League, of which they were the owners.
 Cross is directed to pay $1,O0O of the amount, and in case he does not do so by May 10, deductions of $50 are to be made from his salary until the claim is satisfied.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-29
BROOKLYN CLUB TO
 HAVE NEW PLANT

It will be just fourteen years tomor- row since Washington Park, the home of the Brooklyn club of the National League, was inaugurated with elabor- ate ceremonies. It was then thought that this magnificent" plant, one of the finest in the country, would serve for a century to come to accommodate the Brooklyn patrons of the great American game As proof of the growing popularity of baseball, Wash ington Park has already become in- adequate and a new field and grand stand is now in course of construction in New York city's big borough. Eb- bets Field, the name Of the future home of the Superbas, will have a grand stand of steel and reinforced concrete which will be eighty feet wide and masure nearly 400 feet on Sulli- van street and a little more on Cedar Place. Fine club houses for both home and visiting teams, ornate en- frances, folding opera seats and the finest of appointments throughout will give the Trolley Dodgers a home of which they may well be proud. With the new plant of the Highlanders and the reconstructed Polo Grounds, the home of the Giants, the American metropolis will have three of the best ball plants in the world Neither of the others, of course, will quite come up to the Polo Grounds Stadium, than which there is no finer pavilion de- voted to purposes of popular amuse- ment to be found anywhere. It has been compared to the ancient coli scum of Rome, and not unjustly. The entire population of such cities as Montgomery, Ala, Sacramento, Cal, Racine, Wis, Lincoln, Neb., or To- peka, Kan, could be comfortably seat ed in the Brush Stadium-and on big days just such crowds are to be found within the Polo Grounds enclosure
 The grand stand, built entirely of steel, marble and reinforced concrete
 is as fireproof as any such edifice can be made-which is probably just about as near as a ship can be made "un- sinkable." New York is not the only city, however, in which the fans have been given or will soon be in posses sion of new palaces of pleasure. De- troit dedicated the new stadium of the Tigers not long ago. and within a year or two it is probable that every
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-29
THIS DATE IN
 PUG|LISTIC ANNALS
April 18th

1891-Bob Fitzsimmons Knocked out Abe Cougle in rounds at Chicago.
 1S92-Mysterious Billy Smith and Tommy West, 10 rounds, draw, at Portland Ore.
 19O3-Jimmy Britt defeated Willie cisco
 19O3-Jack O'Keefe defeated George McFadden in 8 rounds at Boston.
 191O-Owen Moran knocked out Tom Mccarthy in 16 rounds at San Fran cisco.
 1911-Matty Baldwin defeated Leach Cross in 10 rounds at New York.
 1911-Hugo Kelly outpointed Johnny Thompson in 10 rounds at Racine.
 1911-Sammy Smith and Johnny Me- Carthy, 20 rounds, draw, at San Fran cisco.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-29
OVERALL NOW
 WORKS FOR BREWERY
Former Star Pitcher of Chicago Cubs
 AbandOns Gold Mining.

Los Angeles, Cal, April 29-Big Jeff Overall, formerly pitcher for the Chi cago Cubs. has come to Los Angeles to accept a position with the Maier brewery in the sales department He has been at work for over week.
 There is no chance that Overall will play ball with Vernon, because of the opposition of the Chicago club to any proposition contemplating his rein statement. However, he vii play with independent teams and pitch for the Maiers. He retains his interest in the gold mine at Angeles camp, but will not dig for gold any more him. self
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-29
Odd oriain of an Epidemic.

In a house in the English town of Exeter, some years ago, sat two men. One of them informed his companion that the last time he was in the town he suffered from smallpox in that very room. Tn that corner" he said, twas . cupboard where the bandages were kept. It is now plasteced over, but they are probably still there" And he took a poker, broke down the plaster and found them. From their '-find' the two men contracted the disease. and 1t spread through the town and worked fearful havoc.-London Telegraph.