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Little Falls herald., 1913-01-17


He started. -Ransac acking my rooml'
he cried. What the devil for"
What fort" I reiterated. bitterly
I felt bitter toward him. Even II be
spared my life, ct least I knew that
my career was over. I could never
face my sovereign again. And here
he was mocking me.
II ransacked your room," replied,
ito find the treaty. Why do you sup
pose I came?" I saw him start. The
pistol quivered in his hand. do you
think followed you for q Jest, or to
play puss-in-the-corner?"
do not know what he would have
done. He seemed to take deliberate
aim at me. Then I heard wild, des'
perate cries from the deck above. A
blast Of icy air seemed to strike me-
and suddenly there came a tremen'
dous shock which flung us from ou1
seata with terrific violence. l heard
the pistol explode as it left stapfhaus'
fingers. Then. stunned and dazed,
picked myself up from the floor, to
dnd that the sea was pouring through
the portfolio and that I was wadine
In foot Of water, which swilled from
side to side Of the cabin as the ship
rolled heavily in the trough of the sea.
Above me I heard orders being shout
cd, hard and clear; heard the stamp
ing Of feet: then stapfhaus and were
running along the passage side by
side, and making for the deck.
Water was pouring down the com
panionways. Passengers of either sex.
IN night attire, were screaming, pray.
ing franticaly, and rushing hither and
!hither in widest terror, which gradu.
lily yielded before the orderly preci.
ZION of the officers and the sailors.
When we had forced our way to the
ieck we found that the vessel had
struck an immense ice foe, clearly
liscernible in the bright moonlight,
md topping like drunken thing 200
'ards on the bow side, rolling heavily
the surge, and almost split in twain
~ the force of the impact.
What damage we ourselves had sus.
aimed was uncertain. The engine
DOM was flooded, the engines had
eased working, the electric lights had
zone out. Everywhere through the
'ast, black hull resounded shouting
md screaming. From beneath, pas.
'engers, with a few hasty wraps
round them, were running up to the
leck, their numbers constantly aug.
Little Falls herald., 1913-01-17

clear, descend 70 the water head ,flrs,
||and grind against the ship, spillins
out its helpless occupants among the
waves. Cries Of horror arose. All
this passed before my eyes like 1
panoramic vision. MY brain was back
In the little cabin, and Stapfhaus was
threatening me with his pistol. Then
I looked down and saw the weapon IN
my own hands.
What for?" I cried again.
To defend yourself" he cried back
to me. You are man Of honor. !
give you equality with me. I have
lost my advantage. Afterward we will
fight out our quarrel"
Then, seeing that I still did not un.
derstand, he shouted:
I'VE will fight our way toward one
!: Of the boats. We must live. It is our
duty to live. I want you to uve-so
that can get that treaty"
"What?" I cried, astounded.
1T isn't in your cabin. And you
brought it on board. Therefore 1t ia
upon you. I will not lose sight of you
as long as either Of us lives"
Had the disaeter unhinged his mind.
that he, the treaty bearer, should ao'
cuse me of being In possession Of It!
Stay! Why had he ransacked my
room? Was 1t credible that Stapfhaus
was under the delusion that l, too, had
2 treaty? Before could turn my mind
to the consideration of this problem
the vessel lurched forward and side.
wise, her stern rising until almost per.
pendicular. It was evident that she
might sink at any moment. I can hard
ly describe the terror and the confu-
sion-the plunging waves that covered
US with spray first, and then drenched
! us, the formidable foes that ground
against one another with a noise as of
colliding trains, the black heaving wa
ters, and the pandemonium of confu-
sion and evil passions aroused by fear.
saw women clubbed and struck down
upon the deck, men fighting with tooth
and claw for admission to the boats,
which hung all ways in the air and
either never reached the water or
were launched only to be pounded to
fragments against the vessels sides.
And. even as I watched this final
scene, with a final shudder the vessel
began to sink beneath the waves. I
stood still, clinging to the stern rail,
In kind Of lethargy. no longer
felt the bitter cold of the icy blows
Little Falls herald., 1913-01-17

that roared, waist-high, around me.
Suddenly I felt stapfhaus grasp me
by the: arm. could not hear his
words amid those awful cries Of do
.spair: that wont up toxsthes heavens.
Nmly I felt that his will, stronger
than my own at this supreme crisis,
demanded that / should plunge with
him into those =: foaming,' churning
depths. With aelast despairing shrek
I leaped; * felt the ablacksswaters close
over my head. and;went down. down.
for An intermtnable period, until the
breath, ,pent in my lungs sesmed about
to rEends me- 1Then--Ts felt my head
strnclgsytoleutlys BY esomsadoating OBJ
jectss.Is emerged above the surface.
gasping and choking. and found my
self :clinging to a*deck: chair, soae oi
those which had been :ina oepupation
only. q short hour :before, In thu LED
Of 20 deck shelter. u. The: current:cr
ated i by the sinking ship :hady4most
luckily. acarrieds:me,zsway instead Of
drawing me- under. All around me, un.
der the full NEON, was the black,
heaving sea-: rimmed. with ice does
that seemed to have withdrawn to
leave clear space in which the YES.
sci might sink to her:ocean bed. Now.
where she had been there was no
ripple to show, nothing but the dark.
leaping waves, spume-hecked beneath
the wind, and on their breast there
aoated spars, chairs, debris Of every
kind.
clung to my chair and shouted
wildly. No call came back across the
waters. II any. had escaped, they
had pulled away from the danger spot
The entire company and crew seemed
to have perished. ] felt that I could
not keep my senses much longer. Be.
numbed by the Icy water, spent, ex.
hausted. my strength fast leaving: me.
l put all my powers into one last. des.
perate cry. Then came an answer. ]
knew the voice. !. plunged Onward des-
perately through the waters. The hail
came more loudly. Al g once thsrs
Little Falls herald., 1913-01-17
r. N. A. AND M. W. A. INSTALL,

The Royal Neighbors and the
Modern Woodmen held joint installa-
tion at Maurin 3 hall Monday evening.
The R. N. A., with Mrs. G. H. Brown
as installing officer Installed first and
the Woodmen held an installation
Immediately after with Ed. Loucks in
charge Of the ceremony.
A dace was given after the installa.
tion and refreshments were served by
the r. N. A. ladies.
Little Falls herald., 1913-01-17

Chas. johnson of Darling had his
leg broken at the ankle Saturday
while scuffling with a companion. The
break is not very, serious but it will
be some time before he will be able to
use his leg.
Little Falls herald., 1913-01-17

German Evangelical Lutheran Church
Lutheran lions congregation, Rev.
F. J. Oehlert, pastor, 400 Third avenue
northeast, Sunday services 10 a. m.
Randall $3.50 p. m.
Little Falls herald., 1913-01-17

Frank Kiewel has purchased the NJ.
V. Wetzel lot on Third street and
Third avenue southeast, directly south
of the G. F. Kirscher residence. Mr..
Kiewel plans on having modern
residence erected there in the spring.
Little Falls herald., 1913-01-17

/
COMPANY .s
The Pierz Farmery' Mutual Fire II
surance company held their annual
meeting at Pierz last week. An -
sessment will be levied June !. ~
/ F. o. Bolster and Theodore Ortma1
were appointed delegates to the. staa6
insurance association meeting al
Henry Muellner and Emil Troehnses
alternates.
Directors elected: Herman Terhaar,
P. j. Gau, Emil Froehner, j. P. Ian.
ger, Frank o. Bolster, Magnus Rauch
and John Mischke, directors. .s5s
The directors met and elected the
following officers:
Herman Terhaar-president
P. J.. Gau-vice- e-president.
F. 0. secretary
Emil Froehner- treasurer.
Little Falls herald., 1913-01-17

Dell Leonard, L. j. Clouse and Al
bert johnson Of Ft. Ripley and Harris
Hourd Of Randall witnessed the wrest-
ling match at the Milo Tuesday night.
Little Falls herald., 1913-01-17

AS Frank Hoffman and Miss sophia
Bollig secured !; maria g SneensesA Non
day.
Little Falls herald., 1913-01-17

FOR SALE OR EXOHANGE-1 Wm:
sell my residence located at the
corner Of Third street and Second
avenue south in the city Of Little.
Falls for $4,000 and will make
terms to suit purchaser, or will e1-'
change for good farm lands. This is
one Of the finest residence properties
in the city. The house is finished u
hardwood, has hot water heating
and is thoroughly modern in every
respect. The property has frontage:
Of 200 feet and depth Of 100 feet,
there il 2 good barn and chicken
house on thu property. q. =. David
son. For further part rticulass'scahl 1! oA y :
or address j. &. Martin eashief
First Natiolal bsn1 title ssl a!ls,
ll1nn. !. 1ssR e ls3: lEsS: s sSsf's i ~
New-York tribune., 1913-12-30
FEDERALS READY TO BUILD
Chicago Club Asks for Bids for
$4,000 Grandstand.

Chicago. Dec. 29.-The Chicago Federal
League Club advertised to-day for bids
for the construction Of cement and steel
rrandstand to cost $4,000.
Grounds have been purchased AT Shelf
field and Addison streets, on the North
Side Bids for the stand will be opened
immediately and tn contract will be
awarded in forty-eeht hours. it was an
nOunced.
Joseph Tinker, former manager of the
Cincinnati Reds, who signed a three-year
contract on Saturday to manage the Chi
cago Federals, is away from Chicago. Il
was made known to-day, on mission to
obtain players for his team
Tinker, il is authoritatively stated, has
nine regular players engaged, of whom
five are big leaguers. He is after others.
Charles Weeghman, president Of the
Chicago Federals. stated to-day that
Tinker would make no attempt TO sign
any player under contract TO play in any
other league Tinker Is not trying TO
get Heinie Zimmerman, Of the Cubs,
Weeghman declared.
The new Federal League grounds here
are GO by 52S feet The situation is in the
most populOus centre Of the North Side,
which has been without "A baseuall park.
The grounds Of the National League are
on the West Side and the American ball
park is on the South Side. both OF them
miles distant from the new field.
New-York tribune., 1913-12-30
Baseball Problems for
Fans by Billy Evans
Written Especially for The Tribune by the
American League Umpire.


considerable discussion Similar plays have both
thoroughly sd
both and Insists
in the right all opinions the
out II
the NINTH home needed to
third
the
happened that the touch
The mistake
touched third The
ha Of
portion o a the time
batter had technically
m
had OF
ruling? Wv ''''''
Copyright Evans)
New-York tribune., 1913-12-30
First Blood for Cornell
in College Chess Tilt
BECKER AWARD is UPHel n
National Commission overrul.,
Decisions of Board

Cincinnati. Dec. S.-The National w..
mission overruled decision Of ,ho
tional board in disallowing the CLAIM :,
NJ. II. Becker for % per cent OF tho n,o,.'
received for his transfer from the K.,.
mazoo baseball club. Of the sou,hs,,
Michigan Association, to the New Iordo.
club, Of the Eastern Association, here ~
day
The players claim that his contrac, "a.
1912, calling for % per cent OF the nm,
chase price In case he was transferrsd q,
sold, was also binding in 1913 was uph.,s
and the Kalamazoo club was instruc,ad
to settle the claim for 800.
The commission also reversed tn. n,.
tional boards decision which declsrA
that the Western league was entitled "a
the services OF Jack OToole. the umpIr.
during all Of the season OF 1919. Tn.
commission declared that the umpire was
a free agent The commission, however
upheld the national board In its decision
that the player was not entitled to ,zs,
from the Western league for salary and
transportation, alleged 10 be due.
New-York tribune., 1913-12-30
Captures Three Games-Pennsyi'
vania Comes Next and Brown
Is a Poor Third.
SEE DRAWS WITH PERKINS
Additional Entrants Necessitate
Changes in Triangular
League Schedule.

Cornell. Pennsylvania and Brown meet
ing for the fifteenth time as members or
the Triangular College Chess League, be-
gan their annual. championship tourney
at the rooms Of the Brooklyn Chess Club
yesterday morning. AS result OF the
days play, Cornell carried off the honor.
with total OF points out Of 4, her repre-
sentatives winning two games and draw
ing two. 20
Pennsylvania. with two victories, de-
feat and draw, scored 2iz points, while
Brown, with only a draw, brought up the
rear
AS the onditions under which this
tourney is oelng played are entirely new.
there being a total OF twelve contestants,
il was necessary TO holdS preliminary
meeting II was decided TO have the play
ers at the third and fourth boards play
together In a round robin tourney in the
same manner in which the first and sec
ond boards class have counted In former
years.
After four rounds the totals made by
each college in both classes TO determine
the championship.
The pairing openings and results OF the
first round are shown in the appended
table:
New-York tribune., 1913-12-30
FAIL TO AGREE ON
AN AMATEUR LAW
Athletic Research Society Far
from Settling on Defni-
tiOn of Statute.

The Athletic Research Society met yes
terday for two sessions At the Hotel As
tor and found after the end Of long
DAY that ID was as far as ever from an
appropriate wording OF the amateur law
which IL has been struggling 10 define FOR
the last TWO years The society is com
posed OF college athletic directors and ad-
ylsers. directors Of public recreation cen
tres and Young Mems Christian Associa-
tion physical directors. and was organ
lied for the purpose of placing amateur
athletics on higher and sounder plane.
Dr Luther H. Gulick presided. and had
H difficult time steering the sixty athletic
directors who were present through the
two long sessions The committee on the
amateur law. the most important of the
standing committees. which had been re-
considering FOR a year the amateur law
which II presented az the last meeting,
put before the society practically the
same definition. with several explanatory
paragraphs.
After two hours of discussion the law
was adopted 10 read. An amateur Is one
who engages I'm phl sport from tn"
sport was defined as meaning any prompt
ing which did not include economic or
monetary gain Of any kind. although ben
eft To health. morals or culture would
not he go defined
The committee was instructed. how
ever. 10 reword the law. and after lunch
con reported back TO the body. when there
was another session of wranSlng with
Dr. George W. Ehler. Of the University
~ Wisconsin, and Dr. James Naismi;h.
Of the University Of Kansas. leading the
opposition against the wording, on the
ground that college students I'm many in
stances would be barred because there
were many cases in which men played
football and took part in other sports.
not for love OF the game, but because
they thought II was the best way TO show
their college spirit and support their Alma
Mater
By the, wording Of the law such men
would be declared professionals. and Dr
Ehlers arguments had such force that
the society decided to reconsider it's morn
ing vote and turn over the whole matter
again to the committee for n report next
year
New-York tribune., 1913-12-30
CHIP MAY BOX A
FEW BOUTS HERE.
Middleweights Are Clamoring for
Matches with the One. Time
Coal Miner.

Jimmy Dime, who guides the pugilistic
destinies OF George Chip. the middleweght
Of Newcastle, Is thinking OF bringing his
man to this city 10 engage in few ten.
round bouts before sailing TO Europe. lie
has received offers from local promoters.
while clubs in Milwaukee. Philadelphia
New Orleans and the Pacific Coast have
made fiattering bids Cor his services In
fact practically every man with preien.
tions to the throne OF the late Stanley
Kctchell has challenged him. and II he
climbs 70 the top OF the ladder il will Be-
only after campaign full Of terrific
fighting.
Chip is a coal miner. and worked at his
trade until four years ago. when he be-
came imbued with tine idea that he
might become a fair sort OF a boxer
The idea was result OF many terrific
free-for-ali hghts I'm the mines. where as
a rough-and-tumble expert he was alone
in his class. He entered the roped arena
and did fairly well until he encountered
one Buck Grouse, who knocked him out in
three 70 lnds. On two other occasions
Chip fought Grouse and held him even IN
six-round affairs. Jack Dillon also de-
fcated Chip, as did Jer Smith. VINO CAV.
Georges Carpenter such hard battle not
long ago.
New-York tribune., 1913-12-30
LObert Tells of the
Storm Tossed Giants

yentured from their staterooms during
the storm. looked out of my cabin win
dew and, believe me, those angry waves
were $50 feet high. If not higher.
Not only were the women frightened
but several OF the boys were scared even
worse. Mike Doolan tells funny story
OH his roommate. Ivy Wingo, or sunny
jim" as Mike has dubbed him. Wingo Is
the ST. Louis Cardinals catcher. Mike
saws that sunny Jim slept with one eye
and one ear open. like a fox. Every time
huge wave would strike the side OF the
ship Ivy would duck lis head under the
pillows. Doolan .swears he heard him
murmur many times: "Oh, how ! wish |
was back IN dear old Georgia"
Germany" Schaefer hadn't been seen
for several days. and it IS said that he
had slowed himself away under the
heavy canvas in one Of the lifeboats,
ready for the big splash
on Sunday night a heavy snow fell and
the decks were covered to the depth or
several inches. The players tried out
their arms regular snow fight being in
dulged i'm. II reminded me of the good
old winter days when ! was boy at
$ hool. Several OF the women had their
faces washed. giving them red cheeks
but that wasn't necessary, as the checks
Of all OF them are aglow. ! want TO say
right now that 2 finer looking coterie Of
checked jolly and good-natured
women was never aboard any ship before.
Owing TO the severe storm we passed
through, we will in all probability be four
or five DAYS late in reaching Yokohama,
but a. we all feel right now, Better late
than never" Steve Evans says. however
that he is having so much fun aboard the
ship that he wouldn't care If he did not
reach Yokohama for two wears.
so far as I am personally concerned |
trust that when the folks back home are
reading this / will bc in q hotel in Yoko-
hama. or some ether port. where YOU can
sleep and eat in comfort and take your
morning walks on firm and solid earth.
New-York tribune., 1913-12-30


The openings. from board ! to ., follow:
PetroH defence. Ruy Lopez, kings Eamoit,
Scotch opening. Evans samtlt and Petron de-
fence.
SEE and Perkins played the best game
OF the session. The Chinese student. VINO
made clean sweep year ago, found
more than his match IN Perkins. who
PLAYED splendid middle game. In the
course OF which he annexed a pawn, and
at one stage had two passed pawns on
the queens side OF the board. SEE played
the ending with remarkable astuteness.
and succeeded in saving his side from de-
feat by drawing after forty-seven moves.
Ehrlich, BY giving up q pawn at the
sixteenth move, led his opponent into
neat little trap. the result OF which was
that he recovered the pawn with the su-
perior position. Both OF Durfee's rocks
we're I'm the middle OF the board at an
early stage, which gave him a difficult
game 10 play. At the twenty-third move
Ehrlich captured a pawn, later on two
more and after fifty-one moves the game.
A selection OF tho games follows:
New-York tribune., 1913-12-30
KNABE ISSUES A DENIAL
Philadelphia Player Has Not
Joined Federal League.

Philadelphia, Dec 29.-Otto Knabe, Sec
ond baseman of the Philadelphia National
that he mad signed a contract TO manage
the Baltimore team Of the Federal League.
He Ceolined to say whether he had re-
ceved an offer from the Federal League
or whether he would consider such an
OFFER.
II cannot put il too strongly that
save not accepted the management OF the
said Knl5s. Il do not know anything
about it,
New-York tribune., 1913-12-30
B0sebaN y CoNege hc Il Boxing 4 Yachting Other Sports
No OUTLAW Team
for NeW York

Baltimore. Dec 99.-Edward Hanion'
OF this city. former manager oil the ba'-
timore. Brooklyn and Cincinnati ciuos'
pronounced untrue to-day the report 'ha'
Nev york would be taken into the Fed
eTal League.
There will he no turther cir'u'
changes this year. said Mr.. Hanion' VINO
is now actively identified with the new
organization. and the league. made up or
clubs at Chicago, ~. Louis. Indianapolis
Kansas City. Pittsburgh. Buffalo. Toronto
and baltimore. will remain intact.
New-York tribune., 1913-12-30

Although Joe Tinker ought to know the
color of money when he sees it, Garry
Hermann still insists that the Federal
League has no financial backing. For
long time. too, they laughed at Columbus
when he intimated that the earth was
round'
New-York tribune., 1913-12-30
Answer to Yesterdays Problem.

When Niles and
All ne dd he
he
was out Inc
wa" u and
got back
ac mat he standing
O"N''"s
New-York tribune., 1913-12-30
PARTING
SHOTS e:

/ . SHO1S |
Although Joe Tinker ought to know the
color of money when he sees It, Garry
Hermann stin insists that the Federal
League has no financial backing. For
long time. too they laughed at Columbus
when he intimated that the earth was
round'
More in sorrow than in anger Ban John
son watches the departure of Brown ana
Tinker from the fold. lie says he has al
WAYS regarded them highly. However a.
between the esteem Of the American League
Crar and SS6.OOO no hcsi,ancy in choosing
was noted.
II the reserve clause really holds Tinker
under contract to the Brooklyn Superbas'
why does not Ebbets sue for damages?
II looks like the grip of organized base
ball on its stars is more or less fgment
OF the Imagination
The jumping Of prominent players like
Tinker and Brown cannot help but have
great influence on all the dissatisfied
lesser lights in the same. The indications
are that the hold-outs this year Will pros
per greatly. and the owners Will have TO
dig deeper than ever before 10 pay the
salaries demanded. With the Federal
League waiting with Outstretched arms
to welcome the wanderers player can
~. 49,, o,,i,o co,virci,p argument for
Jim "aTney stiil insists 'ha' ''nher
blufins-with a royal -tra'sh' husn' pe'"'p'
III. u.ord hIun is doomed among Ma
tiora, Ieapue owners Garry Hermann
i,eisted on calling Charles Ebbets's bluff
in offering 81. 900 for Tinker and started
all the trouble
,rho o,,Iovs are angling for Pat RaCon
,,.,l 80 bool,ed loo Tinker Brooklvn's
. .,,..., which hosmcd so
-, .,... -. ,,.,,,,. .,,o aro already
10 w. ,.r..-,, ,ha sohed,,le fo.
7''''''e =, .,,.,,,r.,,,
Dummy Taylor, the mute P'tCheI'
formerly with the Grants wants 10 oe ~,
umpire. \ verbal cIash between "'''' anu
Johnny Evers in mld-season form "oulu
be worth going miles TO see
80, -. ,.,,,., ,i.
~"'>1N' e'. l.. .tJ. ,o
aa,ne,. 1, ,he tournament in the Garden
next month. u l. nara 10 "e''''' '''' "'
one would want l" s'd"" !" wv WY
wrestler leaving country
..pot,i,c,, Ievinsly has arranged FIVE
- e,,,.h, =, tho snace NJ twelve
I'm. Dt,chio Gcb,s about once In
u'' rh.,.,' ,he .l;0crerce bo-
t"t'N' ''o''''''
New-York tribune., 1913-12-30

More in sorrow than in anger Ban John
son watches the departure OF Brown an"
Tinker from the fold. lie says he has al
ways regarded them highly. However ~
between the esteem Of the American League
Crar and $50 900 no hcsitancy in choosing
was noted.
New-York tribune., 1913-12-30
Rain Halts Golf Tourney.

Pinehurst, y. C., Dec 2.-Play in the
holiday golf tournament was postponed
to-day on account Of rain.