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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-01-17
FIGHT WAY TO SLAVE GIRLS
Immigrant inspectors Find Four In
Old Gambling House at San
Francisco, Cal.

San Francisco, Cal.-After thread
ing a labyrinth of dark passageways.
battering down two heavy doors, and
finding themselves blocked by an i'm
passable steel barrier, Capt. Frank
Ainsworth and a squad Of United
States immigration inspectors found
four Chinese slave girls immured in
an improvised prison, formerly used
for a gambling house. The raiders
we're brought to standstill by steel
door, but found passageway enter
ing through two secret panels, which
led them to the room where the girls
were concealed.
10y zee, Chinese of local promi-
nence. was arrested on charge Of
having harbored the women. 10y zee
is a leader of the Lui Don tong,
which recently had trouble with the
Hop Sings, and the police believe the
girls were being concealed not only
from the inspectors, but from the
watchmen of the rival tong. To pre-
vent threatened tong outbreak the
Chinese district is being policed with
unusual vigilance.
1t was learned that since the re-
cent raids the price of slave girls
has risen, and that the price as high
as $4,000 apiece Is being offered for
women.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-01-17
ROBBERS PASS BY DOGS
They Stop Chase and Meant Well, but
CANNES Attack Wrong Persons
In Excitement.

Chicago-Two dogs frustrated the
capture the other night Of three rob-
bers, who added the latest crime to
the long list Of recent months, and
probably prevented the obtaining Of
information which might have led
to the apprehension of the band,
which is thought to be organized for
depredations in Chicago.
The dogs, instead Of capturing the
thieves, as brave CANNES in the
movies" are shown to do, allowed
the robbers to pass them unmolested
and turned their attack on the pur-
suers.
The robbery occurred in a jewelry
store in West Twenty-sixth street,
when display window was broken
and gold rings valued at $500 taken.
Two passengers on a Twentysixth
street car leaped to the pavement
and gave chase to the robbers, only to
be stopped within few feet by the
onslaught Of the dogs. The CANNES
are owned by Peter Dreyje.
The pursuers were forced to turn
back and were chased for more than
block before Dreyje called his dogs
off.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-01-17
Woman Nine Miles From Neigh
bors for Years.
Pioneer, as Of Old, Goes to Town and
Proves Title to Her Land After
Six Years In the Forests
OF Oregon.

Enterprise, Ore.-Pioneer days were
brought to mind in Enterprise the otn-
er day when Mrs. Belle Ben made
Anal proof on her Snake river home
stead. e
Her land Is on Cash creek. a tribu-
tary Of the canyon Of the great river
She has lived on 1t for six years. In
which time she has been away only
three times-twice to Enterprise aad
once to Lewiston.
Mrs. Ben came to Enterprise on
horseback. With her came Jean r.
Baldwin, who also made proof on his
homestead on Garden creek, and John
Gebert and T. s. Blanc. witnesses.
Proof was made before United States
Commissioner Carl Roe.
MY nearest woman neighbor," said
Mrs. Ben, rs Mrs. Roy Favor. Mr..
and Mrs. Favor live nine miles away
on Birch creek.
Mrs. Ben lives alone on her canyon
farm She is and for years has been
woman-of-all work, attending to every
detail of homesteading.
Il build my own fences and split my
own wood" she said. II plant my gar
den and gather the crop In the fall.
| l haven't much stock-only few ca
yuses.' raise hay for them and cut
1t myself"
She was asked If she had now
ing machine.
NO." she answered. ~ cut the hay
! tC Enpn a
| but she was lots of trouble, and now
haven't any haven't any hogs, eth
err had some not long ago, and
wanted to butcher them. So l called
on a man living in the district. He
came, but he hadn't the nerve to kill
them, and | had to shoot them. Oh!
l had raised them just like pets, too.
After that l haven't had any hogs.
don't like to kill them
"A little while ago the bobcats got
to bothering my chickens, and | shot
two of them. There's lots OF grouse
down in that country, too"
Mrs. Ben, whose home Is hidden
away in the canyon far from railroad
lines, gets her mail through the Aso'
| tin pCstOti1ce.
1t Is taken up Snake river on the
launch Prospector, and is put off at
] Cash Creek bar.
River navigation Is uncertain and
the homesteader occasionally goes
down to the river and waits all day IN
vain for the little boat
In the bottom land along Cash creek,
Mrs. Ben has 70 acres of tillable land
No irrigation Is needed, as the ground
is kept moist from underground
springs on the hill. There Is wagon
road to these springs, about seven
miles from the homestead.
Mrs. Ben was asked If she was 60
ing back to the isolated claim. She
said:
Sure am wish I was there now.
That's my home. There's no snow
there, and l can raise just anything
on my place. I'm going back just as
soon as l can"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-01-17
BASEBALL

All members of the Boston Red
Sox team will be presented with beau
tiful gold watch fobs by the Boston
management.
Honus Wagner has joined the Nc
Keespurt basketball team, and the
fans OF the local city have planned a
reception for him.
Some baseball scribe has dared to
come out with story saying that
Deals Becker would be sold to Indian
apolis next season.
The Montreal club, it is said, will
pass up the Virginia training camp
next spring and go farther south. Per-
haps to Wilmington, N. c.
Pitcher Cram of Brown university
may lose his arm, it is said. He is
suffering from blood poison and an
amputation may bs necessary.
Sam Crane, the sporting writer, says
in Buck" Weaver the White Sox
have picked up one Of the most prom.
Using youngsters to fill the gap.
Washington plans to return from
its training camp in Virginia the last
week in March and stage an exhibition
series at home for two weeks prelimi.
nary to the opening Of the American
league season. Dates have been
booked with several teams Of the
International league.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-01-17
LAST WORD IN PLUM PUDDING
AZ II 10 Made In England, Tho Real
Home Of This Somewhat lndl.
Qestible Dainty.


Two pounds Of beef suet. 2 pounds
bread -four. 2 pounds sugar, 2 pounds
seeded raisins, 2 pounds currants. n
pound citron, Mix with water. milk
or fruit strip. Chop and shred the
suet Il put 1t through the meat chop
perl, and mix It thoroughly with the
sifted -four, in which has been sprin.
Killed. tablespoon OF salt. then add the
sugar The fruit is added next and
then the wetting. which, you must use
sparingly. only enough to make bat
ter thin enough to just drop from the
spoon slowly. Put in dish and cover
with coarse white cloth loosely, having
first wet cloth In boiling water and
dredged with flour. Tie the cloth Sc
curely, and drop the pudding into boil
Ing water to cover, and keep covered
with water and boiling for at least
four hours, or six hours Is better. This
recipe can be halved or CHARTERED. !
usually put mine into pint bowls In
stead of making one large pudding, as
like to remember my friends at this
time Of a year with a plum pudding
for two" And find the pudding Is
appreciated fully as much as other
gifts would be. for they all know that
! have no time to make or select 9th.
er things. and they seem to think the
hardest part Of making the pudding
Is the boiling. Well, that Is the secret
OF 1t. ! boil mine at first about three
hours (evenings). Take off and cover
kettle after removing puddings. and
the next evening boil them q couple
OF hours. When | want to use the
pudding boil 1t another hour or two
and serve with both hard and liquid
sauce.-Boston Globe
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-01-17
TENNIS

Abolition Of the rating Of tennis
players in the United States is being
considered by the officials Of the Uni
ted States National Lawn Tennis as
ISOLATION, which will hold its annual
meeting. 1t is declared the rating
committee finds the work too great a
tasks because players fail to cooper
ate by sending in the data required
for the ratings.
George Standing, champion recquet
player of the world, retired from com
petition, according to announcement
at the Racquet and Tennis club, where
he is instructor. With the exception
of Tom Petit Of Boston, Standing Is
the oldest racquet and court tennis
player in the United States.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-01-17
WORKED AS A man i'm THE WILDERNESS
Sex Of English "Longshoreman''
Is Disclosed by Accident.
"Rather a Quiet Lad" Say Fellow
Workers Of flames Palmer" Toll
Ing With Thorn ~ Lighter.
man-Husband Tells Story.

Newcastle-on-Tyne, Eng.-"Rather a
quiet lad" This was the description
given the other day by the employers
Of James Palmer" the victim OF an
accident that resulted in the astound-
ing discovery that he" Is a woman.
She underwent an operation at New.
castle infirmary and afterwards was
visited by her husband. a sailor. from
whom she had been separated.
For six months the woman, whose
name Is Margaret Nielsen, has worked
on the Tyneside as q man that sne
might support herself and two chill
dren.
During summer It is known she
slept on wherry or In the cabins
of other boats-working during the
days as a lighterman.
1t was while she was helping TO
load wherry with steel plates that
one Of the plates fell on her, causing
severe injuries. Then she had to re-
veal her secret and told the doctor
that her husband was German sailor,
whom she had left
Both the employers and fellow
workers of James" express the great
est surprise at the startling disclosure
of her sex. They said James" kept
much TO himself"
Where the woman lived Is still un'
known, as she declines to give any
further account of herself and the po'
fn
dren she mentioned.
After identifying his wife, Nielsen
gave some astonishing details OF her
life. He said he had not seen her
since February last.
This" he remarked, lis not the
first time she has figured as boy
For some time, years ago, she was
liftboy' at one of the big houses
in the West End Of London"
Nielsen stated that he met his wire
while he was a steward on a Tyne
side boat running between London
and Newcastle, and they married nine
years ago. He became chef ano
she linen maid at temperance hotel
but owing to financial difficulties they
decided to return to Newcastle.
Then they quarreled and his wife
summoned him for persistent cruelty
The charge was dismissed, but on
later occasion she obtained an order
and since then, he said, his wife hao
had him arrested for maintenance ar
rears.
He added that he was German
subject, and his wife became German
on her marriage. He had sued in the
German high court for restitution o.
conjugal rights and obtained an order
for his wife to pay costs, which she
had not done, nor had she obeyed tn
order
In February last he met her casual
ly, and, as she refused to return, NJ
instituted divorce proceedings. These
were to have come up on the day be
fore the accident. The children were
being looked after by his wife's PEG
pie
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-01-17
"SEA LEOPARD" HALTS SHIP
Caught on Bow, Big Fish Checks
Speed Of LIner-Said to Have
Been Forty Feet Long.

London.-A strange occurrence
happened to the Elder Dempster liner
Tarquah recently. At nine and
three quarters hours run from Secon-
dee, on the Gold Coast, a big fish.
which the sailors described as a sea
leopard" got caught on the bows Of
the ship right in the middle. the head
being on one side and the tail on the
other The bows OF the vessel cut
through the flesh to the bone. hc!d,ng
the creature there SO firmly that it
could not get free. The speed of the
Tarquah was checked, and 1t had to
go astern before the fish was re-
leased. The fish then came to the
surface and sank. The passengers
on the boat say that it was forty feet
in length and twenty feet in width,
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-01-17
lndjA's Demand for Gold.

The important effect of India pros
perity on the demand for the precious
metals is we'll known. The remark
able feature of the present year is that
the Indian demand, which has been
very large, has run rather to gold than
to silver For the ten months to o.
tober 81 India has taken from London
total of e10,947.463 in gold, an I'm
precedented amount, while the total
value of it's silver purchases has been
9S,95O,5OO. or about 100000 less
than the gold The silver takings
have not fallen of, but are greater
than for several years past. The ap-
proximate quantities represented by
these values are 2,816.100 ounces gold
and 7727O,50o ounces Of silver, being,
respectively, about Is ger cent. and
IS per cent of the worlds production.
The important question is what effect
the growing demasd for gold may have
on future takings Of silver. and con-
sequently on the future price. An i'm
portant point is that the gold and sill
yer taken by India is nearly all alb
sorbed. little being exported.-Engi-
neering and Mining Journal.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-01-17
Cremafion in GERMANY.

Berlin recently opened its first cre-
matorium. The building is the second
of its kind in Prussia, and its prede-
cessor was completed only a couple Of
months ago. AS matter Of fact, Gre
nation is thought to be a question
able proceeding by large part of the
population, as the regulations as to
the formalities exacted before permis'
sion for cremation clearly testify. In
Prussia a man may be cremated only
if he states it as his emphatic wish IN
his will, or when he signs separate
statement attested by a commissioner
If oaths The first cremation in the
Berlin crematorium took place only
a short time ago. and the occasion
was taken to point out In the press
that incarceration is a cheap and be-
coming ceremony The fee is $3.50.
and the cost of shelf for the urn 10
onlv IS, which is much cheaper than
the rental OF a grave in any public
cemetery.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-01-17
GOLF

There Is every possibility that an
other notable invasion of English golf
by American cracks will take place
this winter, the matter having been
preached by Douglass, the metrcpoli-
tan champion. Among those who may
cross the water are Herreschoff, By
ers, Kirby, Fownes, Perrin. Witte-
more, Watson and Ward.
If the opinion Of an official OF the
Metropolitan Association is to be
valued, Jerome Travers. the greatest
comeback of going history, will be the
only player rated at scratch on the
association 1913 handicap, despite the
fact that Travis, Kirby, Herreschoff,
and Seclel all receive that rating now.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-01-17
CART ONLY HOTEL FROM TOWN
County Attorney Asks Santa Re Resi-
dents to Shelter Jurors Frosty
Sleeping Outside.

Santa Fe, Kan.-Because of a muir.
der trial that opened here the. other
day in the district court and the fact
that the only hotel in Santa Fe was
carted away on trucks to Sublette, a
new town, last month, many villagers
prepared to sleep in the postofflce
and livery stable.
The following notice was posted in
the public square:
People who have spare beds are re-
quested to report to the county at
torney in order that the Jurors, at
torneys and others interested in the
Hartley trial, may be taken care Of.
We have no hotel now, and 1t is a lit.
tie frosty sleeping on the buffalo
grass"
The trial was that Of B. F. Hartley,
a wealthy cattleman, charged with
killing e. o. Balla, another cattle
dealer.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-01-17
WRESTLING

Harry Ordemann, heavyweight
wrestler, defeated Hercules" Johnson
In straight falls at Minneapolis, win
ming the first in 1917 minutes and the
second in 81.
George Lurien, one of the greatest
Of all the European wrestlers, is In
Chicago prepared to meet any of the
heavy fellows now in this country.
Constant Lemarin won two falls out
of three at Ottawa, Ont, in wres-
Ting match against DR.. Roller Of Seat
tie. 1t was mixed style. Roller won
the first fall, catch-as-catchtcan, and
the Belgian took the next two, Graeco-
Roman style
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-01-17
Accommodating.

Mr.. Levi is a kind-hearted, conscien'
tious man, an example of what Maefer.
linck calls "our anxious morality"
Rut he is also German, and spends
tho nennies hard He has hired man
who says. "Mr. Lewis queer; he wants
mo to work all the time he has me
hired for" Mr. Levi also has a young
horse that balks.
The other day the horse stopped In
Tho midst Of a furrow. with weeks OF
work ahead.
III you would just let me take =
whin to him once!" the hired man
exnostulated, exasperated and yet
dominated by the others point OF
view.
Mr. Levi looked around him un-
easily: stood first on one foot, th"n
an the other. Amt there nothin' else
YOU could be doin'?" he asked. It'll no
gets ready to start!"-Harper's Maya
zine.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-01-17
PUGILISM

Joe Thomas, the California middle
weight, handed Willie Grupp, St.
Louis boxer, beating in a ten a
ten-round bout at the New Orleans
Polo A. c..
George Cheney Of Baltimore STOP
ned Babe Davis Of New York in the
second round at the Fairmont A. c.
The referee stopped the bout to save
Davis from further punishment.
Johnny Kilbane Of Cleveland, feath-
er-weight champion, and Johnny Dun
dee of New York has been matched to
fight 20 rounds for the feather-weight
title at the Vernon arena, where Kill
bane won the championship from Abe
Attel. The fight will take place in
April.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-01-17
FOOTBALL

Cornell football players at banquet
elected James ]. Munns captain of the
1913 team. Munns played left guard
during the last season and is junior
He was the only Comedian mentioned
by some writer's for the all-American
team. His home is in Pittsburgh.
Bill Roper, former Princeton head
coac oh and chief adviser to the present
foo4ba officiary, will recommend that
the football rules be changed to make
the attack still stronger. The onside
kick. he believes, should be restored.
and the forward pass should be re-
stricted. with the exception that it be
from behind the line of scrimmage.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-01-17
Petitions In Golf Holes.

The amir Of Afghanistan has taken
up golf keenly and has had good links
laid out in the neighborhood Of Ka.
bul. The natives we're much puzzled
by the well-kept green's, but, recog.
nizing the game a. royal one, they
[put the holes to a practical purpose.
They got into the habit of placing pc.
titions into the holes at night, in the
hope that they weird reach the amir
when he was putting next day But
his majesty's temper apparently was
not improved by the royal game. He
resented this attempt to take advan-
tage Of his recreations and ordered
that all such petitions be burned I'm.
read.-London Mail.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-01-17
Fiber Cutter for Steaks

Meat, as everyone knows, has its
tough fibers and sinews. some OF them
quite thick. BY the use OF the fl Der
cutter these fibers and sinews are
cut thoroughly into bits, at the same
time making the meat porous The
juices circulating through these pores
make the meat perfectly tender, allow
ing it to cook quickly and with fine
flavor. This applies to porterhouse
and loin steaks with their finer fibers,
as we'll as to the cheapest round
steaks with their heavier, coarser
fibers. Steaks treated in this way re.
main fiat while cooking and do not
curl
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-01-17
AVIATOR VS.. EAGLE
,,,,o,,e Idea Put Forward by
French Army Officers.
u.v. Birds Can Be Trained to A.
.,ek Occupants Of Airshlps-Wh
Be Difficult to Ward on +,
e Such Assaults. TaH

r,o nroblem of how to combat air
.,;ns ia one which nations are very
nucb concerned about at the moment.
and il Is no exaggeration to say that
fortune awaits the man who can In
,ent a really effective weapon by
whieh armies will be able to cope
9TH this new force in warfare. In
.ho meantime some French army Off,
sers who certainly cannot be accused
~ lack of originality. have been con
ducting experiments with q view to
,rov,ng that eagles can be trained to
destroy air fleets.
The idea was first suggested to
.hom by the tragic death Of the late
/ Galbra,th Rogers. a very brilliant avia-
tor who Is said to have met his death
because a seaguli accidentally few
/ ,eainst him and disturbed his control
~ his machine: and 1t has been sub
seouently proved that a very slight IN.
iury to the driver of an aeroplane will
destroy his equilibrium and send him
topping to the earth.
See Possibilities In Eagle.
II argued the French officers, a
modest sized bird like seagull could
wreck an aviator, what would an eagle
which is powerful enough to carry on
a sheep or child. do? The conse-
mence was that the French aviation
officers stationed at Nice. which Is
within a few miles of the Alpine
home of the Swiss eagle-recognized
as one of the most powerful birds
set to work to train six eagles to at.
tack aeroplanes.
Machines resembling aeropianes in
shape, but supported by balloons, to
which were attached pieces Of meat,
were sent up and the eagles let loose
With fierce cries and Tapping OF their
wings they attacked the aeroplane and
tore the meat from them. In their
eagerness they fight one another. and
the aeroplane is sometimes turned up
side down in their struggles. 1t Is
inconcevable that any men in an aero
plane. even If there were three or four
Of them, could retain control Of their
machine in face Of such an attack.
One after another the eagles attack
all the aeroplane balloons until they
are wrecked. and their trainers feel
certain that they will now attack aero
planes with men In them with the
same ferocity.
b. Formidable Foe In Air.
{ In its natural realm, the upper air,
an eagle will be capable of upsetting
any flying machine. 1t can fight with
beak, claws and wings at once, and
can swoop down on the aviator from
above or attack him from any direc-
ton.
d How will the aviators meet the at
tacks OF the eagles? They will. OF
course. carry firearms of some kind
revolvers or short repeating rifles. To
shoot bird in the air is, however,
VIGOROUSLY difficult, but to shoot half
dozen of them while they are claw
Ing at you and you are seated In a
! trembling areoplane is well-nigh an
impossibility.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-01-17
Dark Fruit Cake.

Half cupful Of butter, three-quarters
CUP brown sugar, three-quarters cup
raisins, seeded and cut into pieces:
three-quarters cup currants, half cup
citron thinly sliced and cut In strips,
half cup molasses, two eggs, quarter
cupful milk, two cups pastry -four,
half teaspoonful soda. one teaspoon
full cinnamon, half teaspoonful al
spice, half teaspoonful mace, quarter
teaspoonful cloves, half teaspoonful
lemon extract. Bake in deep cake
pans one and quarter hours, mod
crate oven.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-01-17
SWIMMING

In the most thrilling and spectacu-
lar mid.winter aquatic event ever held
on the Pacific coast, and possibly in
the world, John McMurray, a STRIPPING
Of 20, won the annual Christmas day
100 yard swim in the Willamette riv
er at Portland in the remarkable time
of :55 Is. setting a new worlds anna
teur mark.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-01-17
BOWLING

1t was asserted in the New York
Supreme court on the hearing of an
application on the part of the CORN.
THAN Bowling club of Brooklyn for an
lnjunction to restrain the New York
Bowling association from expelling
the club from membership in the gen
eral organization, that Billy Helm, the
star bowler, had used loaded ball
In the 1912 tournament.