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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-12

berain under Van Wyck Said Patrick
to Kennel:
Mind your own business and say MOTH
| ing. Above all, don't talk politics"
Did you ever try to interview Kennel
on politics?
There Is something. too, of romance In
| his job When Miss Gladys Vanderbilt
and Count Laszlo Szechenyi obtained
their license, Kennel was the man in
trusted to get them through the corridors
without attracting attention.
| He was so successful that few days
| after the marriage the lieutenant received
! from the young couple a present of anne
ttyst dress waistcoat buttons. shirt but
/ tons and cum links-thirteen pieces In all
| No wonder he is considered valuable
man for the post, because. In addition
to his many natural qualifications, he
| speaks German, French. Italian. Swedish
and a smattering of Russian and Chinese
and can converse fuently in various Yid-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-12

has to crawl in back Of the boiler and
work along with the draft. Otherwise
he would be blinded. Goggles are worn
and sometimes a veil over the mouth.
Working back OF the boiler Is intensely
, hot. and often the sweep is wringing wet
with sweat or perspiration. It's fine for
cold. Better than Turkish bath. And
It's a funny thing. but the men that do
this underground work have splendid
chest development
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-12

NOW DIV 1KO-nedQeQ JdNusf
Nature hath framd strange fellows In
her time.
Merchant Of Venice, II.
MIR JOHNSTON FORBES-ROBERT-
son is good, but into the reading Of
~ these lines he cannot inject quite
the emphasis that Lieutenant William
Kennel does In golden notes the English
trsgedian has something on Handsome
Bill" maybe-although not much. What
Kennel lacks in musical cadence he more
than RECEIVERS in the moving sincerity Of
his cultural tones. The explanation is
that Kennel for nearly nineteen years
las been the official guardian Of New
York Mayors, IN short, he has suffered.
The unbalanced, the teeble-minded, the
Nfeted and disheartened are drawn 10
The Mayors Office like moths TO the flame.
Is often kind of instructive hero wor-
ship which brings them. Sometimes 1t
runs into doglike devotion 10 the great
nan or the man holding the great Office.
A pathetically large number are
osnk, who pursue he Mayor of New
iork City as assiduously and relentlessly
a. Wellington complained that they did
lin Doubtless one reason why the routed
saNngs OF humanity have such fond
tsss Tor the society Of our Mayors is that
ey think such eminence the result OF
Mck. poor creatures! They overlook how
hsd man must work before Tammany
VIZ place him there.
mere are many persons in this city who
view The Mayor as the father Of his peo-
We as a potentate of limitless power
s'a as their natural refuge in time OF
trouble. The slightest untoward incident
y NE careers Of these people suffices 20
suggest to them resort to the Mayor.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-12
THE FOREIGN CRANKS.

many Of them-perhaps most-are of
'''esn extraction. and they probably de-
ave tneir conception OF the Mayors func-
'0ns from the patriarchal position Of the
.asi omctrs IN towns and villages i'll
europe only they believe our Mayor to
ave much greater resources and 10 be
wore minutely interested in their affairs.
lucy get this idea by listening to the
.npaga speeches OF the candidates.
a' Whatever variety the callers may be,
AAsusl and diplomat at the outer door
;" paramount Importance IL we would
w our rulers with us. Kennel is seven
'uOs Of diplomat, and can talk in three
sues and the sign language at one ana
assane time.
"'h tnfre are the liars.
SVhfary to the general impression
IS VI real genius, Kennel finds, are
rare. He has encountered and con-
seO with liars Of more variety and
ne, 'ss OF capability than you would
~ mad existence. Instead OF being
nhsnt
different to define the term
The story is told by Comrade
.,, very scholarly and learned
h a. and q constant worker in
eaoing room OF the British Museum.
49,. which place ne suffered repeated
ADJ Because he would arrive clothed
~ ~ In loose blanket. which he
ZIG ZIG hand in at the cloak rooms, de-
aadins check.
A. As are not separately classified in
"a shsus. But We all know one when
t,.ss set MIN Kennel thinks that crank
~, pnent In the last few years has
n. Intensive as we'll as quantitative.
tai. man who can demonstrate that the
INV nat the investigator who can
ssIyh, 'ns' the atmosphere has no
&c. the chap with a remarkable
n,nA. LOT extracting sunshine from Gu
anss', s' or using lightning bugs as au-
= e headlights, are among the call
iak ' ''nee OF the Mayor Of New
They a..
lnss,. are unhampered by logic and
ssss 'us 10 argument. They are al
A,n "a hurry, but not Hurried by agi-
~s TO less OF Kennels time.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-12

had happened to him In the course OF
chimney cleaning, and. summoning one
~ HE sweeps, went to the roof OF his
osta hl,sbment to show tho reporter just
ho,, the lob was accomplished. The
sweep a tall old colored man, posed on
the chimney and lowered his corsef
cleaning brush into its murky depths.
"Bllly." said Smith. as the sweep took
his nosition, put your cap on at the
most rakish angle for the gentleman ID
going TO take your photograph for the
paper"
RiIlv stood like the Statue OF Liberty.
Even when the picture was taken he
continued to stand motionless'
'"He wants to make sure that you've
got him certainly" said smith he
wouldn't take $1,000 for seeing that piet-
ure in the paper and showing 1t to the
boys
TROUBLES OF THE PROFESSION.
.r,.s not an easy job sometimes to
work on chimneys' the au'''oiS
on. 1T climbed on top OF one once anu
the bricks were rotten ana gave way
nearly costing me my HE. "heh .he
COPING broke my feet went down IN 'he
ob,r,n.v and threw myself forward.
Thai threw me out on the roof, which
was sloping. and ! slid Into the ram gut
tor One or two bricks had got there
ahead OF me and they gave me foot-
hold II they hadn't l would certainly
have pitched over, for it was winter ana
the roof was covered with ice and there
was nothing TO hold on TO-
But what's even worse for the boys Is
the wav that some people treat them" he
said. "rye known people to leave pocket
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-12

steps Of the City Hall, seemingly for the
purpose of killing the Mayor. Roosevelt
was Informed OF II. He hurried to Ken
mel, who, as usual, was on guard in the
outer office. and told him to arrest the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-12
MISTAKEN FOR BURGLARS.

Several times my boys have been
stopped early in the morning ~heh
they've been chimney cleaning at night
by cops who mistook them for burglars.
They've had to open their bundles and
show the tools. In hotels and big restau-
rants the only time the boys can work Is
at midnight or in early morning. when
the fires I'm the kitchen can be put out
And It certainly is dirty work, Tor the
boys have to crawl into these big under
ground flues and clean them out by hand
Cleaning the regular chimney is in itself
a simple matter. The fue Is stopped be-
meath. the brush is lowered by ropes and
weights and the SCOT is then taken out at
the bottom. When a wood fire has been
burned we have to burn out the chimney
before scraping 1t, and 1t sometimes takes
several hours. There's nothing hard
about that. though. But when you work
underground in one of the big hotel fiues
it's different matter.
In the underground chimney the sweep
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-12

books In the room where my boys were
working to see II they're honest once l
was at work I'm a house here and we
found pocketbook swept In with some
old rubbish into the CRATE we nave
rule not TO touch anything, and besides
was suspicious. So / told the boys to go
ahead and light the ire Inc way the
housekeeper came running Into the room
was something to see She went straight
to the crate and pulled out the pocket
book. Yes, sir do certainly agree with
you-that was a useless trick to play on
a hard working chimney boy who's not
got much money.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-12

Now, BY two-headed Janus,
Nature hath fram'd strange fellows in
her time,
-Mnrchant Of Nanice II
The Washburn leader., 1913-11-07
q Marx Tvyaini ! . .sltor,

s- A. Mark Twain Story >
A friend Of Mark Twain once asked
him IL he remembered the frst money
he earned.
EYES," he said; ut was at school,
and very painful recollection it Is
too. There was rule in our school
that any boy marking his desk, either
with pencil or knife, would he chas-
tlsed publicly before the whole school
or pay a fine Of s.. Besides the rule,
there was ruler. I knew it because l
had felt It. It was darned hard one
too.
zone day l had to tell my father
that had broken the rule and had to
pay a fine or take a public whipping.
and he said:
" Sam. It would be too bad to have
the name OF Clemens disgraced before
the whole school. SO I'll pay the fine.
But don't want you 20 lose anything.
30 come upstairs. 1s
"a few minutes later came down
with a bad feeling and the IS, and !
decided that as had been punished
once and got used to 1t 4 would not
mind getting the other licking at
school. SO I did and Kept the IS. =
The Washburn leader., 1913-11-07

the Office Of a ply
sician. The doc
tor examined the
wrist and then
took q small bottle
from a shelf, but
found it empty.
James," s al d
he, turning to an
assistant, "go up
stairs and bring
me down a couple
Of those vials."
whats thaty'
exclaimed the pa
tie mt, suddenly
8 h o W ing large
signs of emotion.
The Washburn leader., 1913-11-07

Nesmtth, who was
a member, possess
ed himself of a
copy of a book on
parliamentary pro-
cedure. This work,
which was at the
time probably the
only one of its sort
west Of the Missis-
sippi, he studied
diligently and by
the time of the first
session was we'll up
in the rules of de-
bate.
The Washburn leader., 1913-11-07
Wanted Il to Keep On.

Richard Mansfield, the actor. had not
much hair, and this fact was COM
mented on to the actor by lady
whose friendship permitted personal
illusions.
.Why, Mr.. Mansfield" said the lady,
;.'you are losing your hair all the time.
You'll be bald II this keeps on"
Keeps on. madame" queried the
actor, putting his hand on what re-
mained of his hair. my daily prayer
Is that this will keep en-, eess q I-:s.; ~:
The Washburn leader., 1913-11-07

II was merely asking my assistant
to bring me down a couple Of Walls
from upstairs" answered the doctor.
'F'iles! cried the blacksmith with
look Of determination. "No, you don't,
doc! If that hand has got to come of
you will use knife or q saw"
The Washburn leader., 1913-11-07
AZ Untarnsd Marquis.

The father Of the Marquis Of Rute
had an amusing experience In the
neighborhood Of Rothesay. He met a
cockney traveller who asked to be d.
rected to a certain place. Deceived
BY the marquis accent. the visitor took
him for q solithron and took occasion
to make snpercilions remarks about
the barbar0,is Islanders OF Butte. Il He
said, '.Blime me, suppose you're like
me. an Englishman 77'',sE n N 4 iiE
's NO responded the marquis; I'm q
native4of Bnte. this island. N
o0d gracious! r xclaimed the Lon:
doner, An amazement.s ''Th hen who IN
Efhe sdooce tanned yer sa s II:
/ lord Butte assumed a fierce expres-
sion and. raising as pond derous cudgel
!, ,he was carrying said angrily Who
I'm me heS ssts
.ney turned and He'd. Pall Mall Gazette.
The Washburn leader., 1913-11-07
1 n COBB BBU'n'1rIlIxllaE'. ..

1, TY COBB BUNTING.
year he battedI 40 and two years ago
.41O. ;jEs 3 5s35
Cobb is easily the base running and ind
batting phenomenon OF the times. He
steals third more times than many
players manage to steal second base. E
ss Il He forged to- the top Of the league
batting list this year in q close race
Tor supremacy with Joe Jackson of
The Washburn leader., 1913-11-07

begun recently, when the gymnasium
classes met on South field. At least 600
students will be required to play the
game twice IL week, and from this vast
number the university athletic authori-
ties hope to be able to select varsity
squad which will be Of championship
caliber.
Fifty candidates. one-half Of whom
are freshmen. started training under
Coach George Orton for the varsity
and freshman. cross country teams at
the University Of Pennsylvania. In
cluded among the varsity men were
McCurdy, the intercollegiate two mile
champion; Ted Meredith. the Olympic
champion; Madeira, the star miller;
Captain Langner and Humphreys, the
star freshman two mile runner of last
year.
Manager Tinker of the Reds has no
titled Marsans that the Cuban must cut
out playing ball in Havana during the
winter or suffer a cut in salary. Joe
thinks the trouble with Marsans is that
he is worn out by constant exertion.
He plays ball in Havana all winter,
managing club there and playing
first base and outfield. This is too
much of strain on fast. man, who
uses his speed constantly, and Man.
aper Tinker informed him that he must
play either for Cuba or Cincinnati. but
not for both.
The Washburn leader., 1913-11-07
Record Price Is Refused For
American Race Horse.
SOCCER FOOTBALL GROWING
English Form Of Gridiron Sport Popu.
lar Here Among Colleges - Yale
Crews Will Continue to Use Forsisn
Style Of Rowing Stroke - Psnn's
Many Runners.
BY TOMMY CLARK.

BY TOMMY CLARK.
The American tour of Harry Vardon
and james Ray, the two noted British
golf professionals, has turned out far
differently from what they and their
countrymen had anticipated owing to
the sensational victory over them In
the open championship at BroOkline.
Mass. by Francis Oufmet, the young
Boston star.
The Brltishers will soon return home
and be faced by the necessity Of ex-
planning how a twenty-year-old strip
ling, an ex-caddy boy, came to defeat
them in the blue ribbon event Of the
year in the western hemisphere.
Probably the only real answer is that
youthful confidence and enthusiasm.
backed by cool nerve and rare skill, al.
ways stand a. chance to win q sport
z ing contests. q MI I
The 80 called English stroke will be
continued by the Yale crews during
the next year, and w. Averill Harrf-
man, head coach last season. again will
continue in that capacity. assisted by
j. O. Rodgers. former head coach.
Hartman has returned to college to
complete his course. Announcement
Of the plans for the fall and winter
practice are expected in few days.
when the crew men are called out.
August Belmont has refused $500 600
for Tracery. This is the greatest
amount ever offered for an American
bred and raised thoroughbred. It was
made by cable by W. Allison Of Eng
s land. Allison IL q breeder and q com
mission agent He probably was acting
in behalf Of one Of the wealthy patrons
of the English turf. Allison asked to
J have the offer remain open until the
end Of the year. The only condition Of
\ the tender was this that Tracery re-
\ main unbeaten until the end Of the
racing season. s. \. 8sgs I'll. /, 4
Il Tracery ii by Rock Sand Topiary.
tIesis 4 four-year-old bay colt. Heswyas y
foaled at Mr.. Belmont 81 Nursery stnd
farm ii Kentucky. IN his first start
!, last year ne finished third to Tagalie
TOR the Derby. Later he defeated
Sweeper III. winner Of the 1000 Guin-
eas. for the st. James, Palace stakes
and Tagalie for the DOncaster 81.
Ieger. VI 4 X. ,.j
Since his nrst start he haS never
/ been beaten except III the Ascot Gold
4 cun when he was pulled down by q
Il militant suffragist. At the time Ira-EE
cary was I'M front BY three lenst sths -
sthe home, stretch. Behind him ~ the
4 time was Prince Palatine.
s!ssoccer football n rapidly ma king Il
ssheadway among lean colleges.;;
Columbia has ficially made soccer
football u part sof Is regti tilaF' training
si,s fxNlnasi sium work hich sis required
off in ssslnen,b ll d
/ soril iloiaore Glasses 4. The 9rst work waisll
The Washburn leader., 1913-11-07
COBB LEADS AGAIN.

Moses Out jackson In Race For Bat
ting Supremacy
Ty Cobb Of Detroit is again the bat
ting champion Of the American league.
almost reaching the 400 mark. Last
The Washburn leader., 1913-11-07
The
Scrap Book
The Previous Question.

Old Senator Nesmith Of Oregon, one
to tell this story: At the time when
Oregon was admitted as state and
the first legislature of the state met
The Washburn leader., 1913-11-07
Guiding the Doctor.

Guiding the Doctor.
The blacksmith, who was long on the
wisdom of his trade, but short on medi-.
cal lore, sprained his wrist one after
noon and lost no time in hustling to
The Washburn leader., 1913-11-07

ing of the new legislature motion
was introduced and speedily carried,
but on the second measure dispute
arose, and for three days the state leg
islators wrangled and debated.
Finally on the third day Nesmith,
who had watched the proceedings with
out even opening his mouth, decided
it was time to use a piece Of his par
liamentary procedure, SO he rose and
moved the previous question"
There was a moment of silence fol-
lowing this motion, and then amid a
shout of derision the speaker cried:
"Sit down, you fool! We passed the
previous question three days -ago!''
The Washburn leader., 1913-11-07

game
week typical occurring in games under the
gdron on nave
= doing away with the old un0e
"bfutalm plays"
scmmage shown abvs
following old guards back play or TO
volving wedge or tackle through the line
abolished several Of the once pop
attained
several other colleges had more men
practice than occurred
IN the same
The Washburn leader., 1913-11-07
Rest In Flight.

Rest IN FII0ht.
The flying arrow. knowing its path II
made.
Goes singing softly at the bows behest,
Taking its destined journey unafraid,
In every moment Of its flight at resi-.
So speed. o soul, to your divine abode;
Go singing through the shadow and the
light
Go bravely on your high appointed road,
At rest in every moment of your flight.
Edwin Markham in Nautilus.
The Washburn leader., 1913-11-07
Methodist Church.

Few nights are more terrible
than that Of q mother looking on
her child choking and gaspinG for
breath during an attack Of Group,
and nothing lin the house to re-
lieve it. Many mothers have
passed nights Of terror in this
situation. "A little forethought
will enable you to avoid all this.
Chamberlain q Cough Remedy is
q certain cure for Group and has
never been known to fail. Keep
liz at hand. r or sale BY all deal
erss Adv.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-13

will assist solution, he will give ear
nest consideration to suggestions;
that suggestion appears to offer a
practical way of coordination ann
improving the governments facilities
for graphing these questions, but
that he hesitates to commit himself
until he had studied the subject more
fully as to method; in shore, the pres
ident has an open mind the same
suggestions have been made durlns
the two preceding administrations
The situation is simply that the pres
ident would prefer to investigate rec
ords and consult his advisors before
advocating SO sweeping a change.
Secretary Garrison is now preparing
a report on ways and means OF coping
with floods This may have bear
ing on the presidents course"
In reading this telegram before the
congress President Francis, comment.
ing on the final sentence, said: =,
notice BY the morning papers that
the secretary of war is investigating
the Dayton and Ohio food situation
only"
The following officers were elected:
President, Edmund T. Perkins OF Chi,
cago; first vice president, H. j. Wat
son of Columbus, S. c.: second vice
president, Colonel VIM C. Gorgas. q.
s. A. Panama; third vice presiden.,
Edward Wisner OF New Orleans.
fourth vice president, D. E. King Of
st. Louis; fifth vice president, ]. T..
Craig, Stockton, Calf; treasurer, A.
NJ McLachlen Of Washington, D. c.;
honorary vice president at large, Sir
VIM. Wilcox.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-13
PFANsCHM|DI IS
A GOOD WITNESS
Accused Youth is the Star Witness In
His Own Behalf In Big Murder
Trial at Quincy
Yesterday.
MAKES NO ADMISSIONS
FIatIy Denies That He Killed His
Father Mother, Sister and Girl
Last September a. His
Home.
MAKES NO ADMISSIONS
Especial to The Gate CITY. I

T. ~.
QUINCY, ILL.,, April 12.-Ray Plan
schmidt, testifying in his own behalf,
was placed on the stand almost all
day, making an excellent witness fol
the defense and blocking the efforts
of the state at every turn in their
endeavor to secure some damaging
admission from the defendant.
Under grilling cross-examination
by the state, the defendant was coool
and composed throughout the ordeal
and not once did he falter in his an
swer to the direct. blunt questions Of
Che attorneys. He identified the
clothes taken from the vault few
days after the murder, but depied all
knowledge of how they got there.
The climax of the defendants tes-
timony came when Attorney Wall
asked the prisoner. without prelimin.
aries. If he had killed his mother,
father, sister and Miss Kaempen.
| With the utmost nonchalance Plan.
schmidt answered, IT did not" and
| followed it up With the remark that
|. if he had killed them, he would have
gone on the stand and said So
Pfanschmfdt continues to present a
stoical mein to the public and seems
I to be in no way worried over the out
come of the case His story, as told
on the witness stand is plausible in
! every way and his attorneys are jubi
| liant ever the fact that they allowed
/ him to take the stand in his own be
half. as they believe that he has ma
| terially strengthened his case.
So far It has no. been evident upon
what grounds the defense are expect
! ing their case to rest, but parts of the
! evidence introduced at today's SEES
sion would indicate that they will at
tempt to prove an alibi for Plan
schmidt.
When the states attorney finished
with the defendant today, the witness
had not made a single admission thai
would tend to incriminate him, had
4 outwitted the lawyer at every point
/ In the battle of words. His faulty
memory was brought out however, as
| the defendant had completely lost all
recollection OF any instance that
would have damaged his case. had he
testified to It.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-13
DRAINAGE CONGRESS
ENDS SESSIONS
Next Meeting viii be Held In savan
nah and in San Francisco
in 1915.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
ST. LOUIS, April 12.-Resolution>
calling upon congress for the creation
of new department. department
OF public works with cabinet mem
Der as its head-to take charge of the
prevention Of food disasters by means
of prisons for the regulation and con
troll of streams of the low and the rec
lamation of swamp and arid lands
was today adopted by the third an
nual session of the national drainage
congress.
Following the election OF officers
Savannah, Ga, was selected for the
1914 session to be held at a date tt
be later fixed early in the year. Res
olutions were also adopted recon
mending that the congress meet In
San Francisco in 1915.
That President Wilson was vitality
interested in the recomm endation OF
the congress and that he intends tc
study the question thoroughly befor.
he acts was the substance OF mes
sage from his secretary Joseph Tum
ulty, which was read by President
francis as follows:
Washington, D. c., April ~, 1919
Mr.. Tumulty authorizes the fol
lowing as being substantially an ex
preston of the presidents opinion a
this time:
THAT the president hopes TO Sc,
and will strive 10 bring about SUP
stantial progress during his admins
tration toward solving OF food, drain
age, river navigation and other sucl
problems That If the national drain
age congress concludes creation of /;
special department Of the government