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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-28
MURPHY U
F TO FIGHT
CHARLIE WHITE

Chicago. Feb. 2s.-Tommy Murphy
of New York. who recently held Ad
Wolgast to q draw, has declined the
offer to box Charlie White before the
Kenosha. Wis. Athletic club, March
10. Word to that effect was received
today. Promoter Heating sent MUIR
ply an offer Of $1,000 to box White
ten rounds. but according to the re-
sponse received, the amount is too
small.
Heating is having difficulty in find
Ing an opponent for White. He seems
determined to have the local feather
weight in the wind-up. as he proved q
big attraction in his last go up there
with Pal Moore. Efforts were made
to rematch him with Moore, but the
latter's manager. Billy Roche. also re-
fused the inducements offered.
Now that Murphy has turned down
the offer made him, 1t is probable the
Kenosha promoter will seek another
star attraction. 1t is likely he will
endeavor to arrange a welterweight
match. The 145-pounders are more
numerous at present than they nave
been for a long time. Kansas City
and indianapolis have been getting
the best fights In that division.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-28
Big Ed Walsh Will Make
His Home in Chicago;
Wants to Be with Bows

Paso Robes. Calf. Feb. 27.-chi-
cago is to have a distinguished gen.
tleman as M Of its own citizens next
fall. Ed. Walsh, famed White sox
pitcher. announced last night that he
has decided to give up his home in
Meridien. Conn.,. and make Chicago
his abiding place.
Z" I have been wanting to move to
Chicago for some time" said the star
hurler. and today I wrote a letter to
Mrs. Walsh and told her to make
preparations to leave the east for
good. I'll sell my home down there,
and ] want to build a home in n Of
suburbs Of Chicago. where the
boys will be almost in the country and
still have good schools.
Il feel now as II ] belong to Chi
cago. and when the time comes that 1
can't pitch any. longer. I would like to
go into business right there, where I
I have a lot of friends and
where l feel SO much at home"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-28
DRISCO[L not
I BOXER OF OLD
Bombardier Wells Says Brit
ish Featherweight Has
Gone Back.

New York. Feb. 2S.-Jem Driscoll.
England's featherweight champion,
has gon back considerably. in the
opinion. Of Bombardier Wells, who
saw the recent twenty-round battle
between Driscoll and owen Moran at
the National Sporting club in London.
Wells. who is a close observer and
boxing enthusiast of the first degree,
said in discussing the bout:
"Driscoll is not. the wonder of f.lr
years ago. but he Is still the best
featherweight in Great Britain in a
twenty-round bout. He hadn't boxed
for more than a year when he met
Moran in n of the cleverest battles
I ever saw. I kept track of the points
in every round, and after the twen-
tieth round ended I figured that Dris-
coll should have been declared the
winner by Referee Douglas. as Jem
had ten points the better of the totals.
up to the twentieth round Driscoll
ed like a sure winner. But Moran,
very strong and aggressive. came with
a rush in The last round and had Dris-
coll in some trouble. Driscoll es-
capped many dangerous punches by
ducking his head and using his feet.
If it hadn't been for his brain work
he might have Jared worse. for his
"p~ L]pA0Ay Ac0t1AS nun. liz
referee called the bout a draw, but
there vas much dissatisfaction. /
would have named Jem the winner.
l think he is the greatest boxer in
the world"
How about Freddie welsh's claim
to the worlds lightweight title?" the
British heavyweight champion was
asked.
Welsh has claimed the title all
right and lots of Englishmen think he
can successfully defend it. 1 don't
believe he will visit this country just
yet. for I hear that he will box the
winner Of the Matt Wells-Hugh Me-
hogan match at the National Sporting
club. Welsh didn't have much on
Wells when he beat the latter for the
English title. 1t was a very even bout
and might have been called a draw.
In England the boxing public regard
Packey Mcfarland as the best Ameri-
can lightweight. for they don't know
much about such men as Richie, Riv.
ers and Wolgast."
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-28
E. SALARY LIMIT
EMBARRASSES CUBS

New York, Feb. 28.-Club owners
Of the International Baseball league
are said to be facing q serious situa-
ton because Of the enforcement Of a
new salary limit of $4,000 a month
for each club as compared with So. 900
last year. With the exception Of the
Newark club. which has signed all its
men, the entire circuit Is reported in
difficulties with players holding out
and demanding more rather than less
salary.
Only eight Of the Jersey City club
men have signed. In Rochester the
situation is such that c. r. Chaplin,
the club owner. has issued. by tclc-
graph, an ultimatum to the players
that unless they come into the fold by
Saturday they will be suspended for
the rest of the year.
The $4,000 salary limit is fixed
by the National Association of Minor
Leagues and approved recently by the
National Baseball commission, against
protests of President Barrow OF tho
International league.
Under the circumstances the club
owners declare they are powerless. as
they have offered the reGalcitrant
players as much as possible.
n Toronto club. pennant winner
last year. had the highest salaried
team In any minor league.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-28
ATHLETICS COME
HIGH, SAYS DEAN

Cambridge. Mass. Feb. 2S.-"1 am
not sure that the enormous outlay Of
money on the athletic teams Of the
college has increased the chance Of
victory. and I am sure that it has
damaged some players declares
Dean Lebaron r. Briggs, chairman of
the committee on the regulation OF
athletic sports at Harvard college. in
his annual report, which was made
public today.
Dean Briggs says further: "In GER
tain things related to athletic games
the college should spare no expense,
Tor example, she should s%tudiously
and at any cost reduce the danger Of
life and limb"
Discussing the Luxurious Living of
College Athletes" the report says:
"a poor boy when he comes, and
poor when he goes. has a bad start in
the struggle for a living II he has
learned to regard costly food, automo-
bfles on the slightest p~rovocation. free
entertainment in hours of leisure, and
refreshments as due from the world
to him."
Much is being done at Harvard to-
ward reducing the expense of main
tanning the athletic teams, Dean
Briggs a and in closing he adds:
Harvard has honestly tried to play
q clean game"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-28
SWEDENDEP[ORES
THE THORPE MUSS
E. Sullivan Receives
Letter from Olympic
Secretary.
BY

New York. Feb. 2s.-The action of
the Amateur Athletic union in moving
SO promptly and vigorously in the
case Of James Thorpe, when It wax
discovered that the winner of the pen
tathlon and decathlon at the Olympic
games had forfeited his amateur
standing, is appreciated by Swedish
athletes. according to letters received
hy James e. Sullivan, secretary of the
A.. A. u, today.
In behalf of the Swedish Olmpic
committee secretary Kristian He'll
strom. acknowledging notification
mat the prizes won by Thorpe were
being returned wrote that the whole
matter would be placed before the
Swedish commission at it's next meet-
Ing. He did not indicate the probable
action OF that body.
He expressed to Secretary Sullivan
his sorrow over "This sad business"
and his admiration for the "promnt
and decisive manner in which you ana
the Amatuer Athletic union have act
ed In this matter, prompted only by
an honest desire to uphold the anna
teur status of your Competitors and
the dignity Of the union, without any
regard to other most regrettable con-
SEQUENCES"
I'm my opinion" he continued.
america and Its athletic organiza-
ton have gained immensely by such
an act OF discipline and justice, and I
sincerely hope that the same spirit
Of the other countries in similar cas-
es where discipline and rules u be
upheld at any cost"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-28

Tampa, Fla.-One OF the big noises
OF the early training of the Chicago
Cubs here has been the performance
of a perfectly good little old last
years bat in the calloused paws of the
notorious Frank Schultz. robber Of
base hits and purloner of bases, now
serving a term with the Bearlets. Mr..
Schultz declares hat he is out to beat
Heinie Zimmerman to the batting
championship of the National league.
this year. and is working the bat over
time. With the idea of perfecting him.
self in the practice Of breaking the
hearts of demon hurlers.
To add to the effectiveness of his
scheme. Mr.. Schultz wears in his nigh
hind pocket the foot of a rabbit shot
by Frank himself in the light Of the
crescent loon. Schultz offered the
foot as an explanation for his tardy
arrival at the camp here. He de-
clared that he had felt it essential
before leaving his Georgia peach
plantation to secure a rabbits foot
by his " efforts. For several days
he roved from end to end Of his plan
tation. but without potting a single
n of the numerous Dummies at which
he directed a vigorous cannonade.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-28
THORPE GETTING
MUCH
FROM GIANT CAMP

Marlin. Tex. Feb. 2s.-John Nc.
Graw, manager OF the New York Ma.
tional league club, is very we'll salts
fled at the showing made by Thorpe
the Carlisle Indian athlete, who re.
Gently became a professional.
Thorpe has improved wonderful,
during the last few days in fielding
ground balls and goes after them in
very good form.
In a practice game yesterday
Thorpe again demonstrated his great
speed by stretching a single into q
three-bagger.
He was compelled to slide into third,
and although Thompson had the bali
Indian got him by a ~slideaway.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-28
McGRAW WE'LL SATISFIED.

Marlin. Tex, Feb. 27.-John Nc
Graw. manager Of the New York Ma
tional League club is very we'll salts
the Carlisle Indian athlete, who re-
Gently became a professional.
Thorpe has improved wonderfully
during the last few days in fielding
ground balls and goes after them In
good form.
In a practice game yesterday
Thorpe again demonstrated his great
speed by stretching a single into a
three Dagger.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-28
TO DECIDE

Chicago, Feb. 27.-It was definitely
settled yesterday that Charley White
and Pal. Moore will decide the matter
OF supremacy in the ring of the Ke-
nosha Athletic club on March 10.
Promoter Heating, who was instru-
mental in having the city council Of
the Wisconsin city grant a permit for
his boxing show. was in the city yes
terday and said there was no danger
of interference from the authorities
this time.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-28
CARD OF THANKS.

We desire to express our thanks
to our kind friends and neighbors who
extended SO much aid during the sick
ness Of u late mother and grand.
mother, Mrs. Rachael Vale. and to ex-
tend thanks for the beautiful floral
offerings.-Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Vale
and Family.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-28
HARGE WITH MURDER.

Newark. N. j., Feb. 27.-William
Overflow, charged with double muir
der, was arraigned in court today for
trial. Overton Is charged with hav-
ing hanged his wife and two-year-old
son from a bedpost in their home on
June 20 last. He is said to have con
fessed the crime.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-28

You v know what to expect,
but the gent who expects the worst
OF 1t may have the best system for
avoiding disappointment.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-28

AS a rule the factories a CONNER
cial club gets for a town are like a
mail d bride or Finnegin's train:
ION again. off again, gone again."
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-28

Secret sessions usually indicate dis.
trust of the people.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-04
TEACH GIRLS TO COOK,

DR.. Wiley, formerly head of the
bureau OF chemistry, agricultural de-
partment, who rendered such efficient
service in enforcing the pure food
law, was one of the speakers at the
Chautauqua at ldt. Pleasant. The
Free Press says he is no orator, yet
he delivered very interesting ad-
dress. Some of his statements are
outlined in the F. P. He is represe
ed as saying that 1t is more import.
ant for woman to know how to cook
a potato than 1t is to paint the great
est picture or play the piano artis.
tically:
"If you put poorly cooked food into
a mans stomach, you give him dis
pepsia and that brings on bad humor
and divorce; half the divorces in this
country. he says, are caused by poor
cooks. Many girls spend five hours
day pounding the ivory and then
comes along a machine which plays
music mechanically better than the
girl can after fifteen years practice,
and she doesn't know a thing about
cooking What we need In this coun.
try said he In conclusion, are more
cook stoves and not so many pianos
Our readers will bear us out In
saying that we have always regarded
DR.. Wiley as high scientific authority
and man of splendid judgment
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-04
Divorce In Iowa.

Cedar Rapids Republican,: The
Iowa lawyers, 1t seems, were not
ready for Judge Deemer's proposed
remedy for divorces His idea is that
In all cases for divorce the defendant
shall appear in court, either through
attorneys or in person, and that in
cases where no such appearance is
made that the county attorney shall
appear and defend the marriage
which is asked to be annulled. The
lawyers in their Sioux city meeting
last week voted down the proposition
overwhelmingly. There is room for
argument on either side. For the
county attorney to appear against the
issuance OF a divorce would be a rad
ical departure from present practices.
1T lis possible that the state, for whom
the county attorney would appear.
has no knowledge of conditions IN.
volved The state could hardly an.
pear and insist that persons who can.
not get along shall still be compelled
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-04

Saloons In Iowa cannot escape the
law which declares that bartender
must know whether customer who
declares he is not minor has attain
ed the age of q years. Size, weight
and appearance may all be In favor
of the purchaser Of drink and he
may declare himself OF age, but 1t is
up to the dispenser of the liquor to
know positively whether he is selling
to a minor. This was emphasized in
an opinion of the supreme court of
Iowa the other day in a saloon case
brought from Charter Oak, Iowa. The
court pointed out a Wisconsin case
In which a man feet / inch tall and
twenty years of age was given drink
upon his declaration that he was not
minor. The court held that the
bartender should have known the
mans exact age.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-04
ARE THERE TOO MANY COL

That there are too many colleges
in the United States with inadequate
equipment and support, attempting
to give full courses for the bachelors
degree; that much duplication of
work is going on: and that there could
be profitable merging OF existing
institutions to the resultant benefit
of the institutions and the commun-
ity; these are differences tina. may be
clearly drawn from the report of DR..
X. c. Babcock, In the yearbook of
the commissioner of education, just
issued.
The problem is particularly acute
at this time in the case Of state-sup-
ported institutions. Many Of the
states have their work of higher edu-
cation centralized In the state uni
versity or agricultural college; but
in nine states there are three or more
state-supported and state-controlled
institutions. It is In these states,
particularly. that conditions are often
found under which "the distribution
and subdivision of what should be a
unified function OF the state as a
whole has led inevitably to waste,
duplication. undesirable competition
for appropriations, and campaigning
for students in order to get more ap-
propriations.
The report comedies that in some
states circumstances demand that the
institutions be distributed In accord
ance with special needs Thus there
is an obvious advantage in the loca-
ton OF the Michigan College OF Min IS
and the Missouri School of Mines in
the mining districts of those states
Furthermore, DR.. Babcock frankly
states that the waste due to duplica-
ton of faculty, equipment and build
ipgs is frequently overestimated
There is no loss of economy or of
efficiency" he says, "in carrying On
In different places the work of the
first year, or the first two years, OF
a liberal arts course or OF course
preliminary to archaeological work,
provided the faculty and equipment
of these two years are fully utilized.
1T is when specialized and tech
nological work is begun in the sec
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-04

trial motors In the city. Within week
it will light ST. Louis and will begin to
nose its way toward other cities
Burlington and Fort Madison in Iowa,
Quincy and Warsaw In Illinois and
Hannibal In Missouri.
The impressive thing about the Keo-
kuk plant is the fact that the power
will be available for manufacture. a
fact which differentiates 1t from most
of the water power produced In the
mountains, which is used chiefly for
electric light and street car power.
Each horse power developed by water
power supports. when applied to In
dustrial ends, about five people, Two
thirds of the horse power available at
Keokuk will draw into the Mississippi
valley and support 100000 people.
Illinois and Iowa are the home Of
cheap coal, but we have no coal that
can touch this Keokuk water power
In cheapness. Factories are bound to
spring up in the valley as never be
fore. The three states served by this
COLOSSUS" may we'll feel sangufne
about their Industrial future for such
a combination OF abundant food sup
plies, plenty Of raw material for manu-
facture and cheap water power is one
rarely found. 1t should spell great
wealth of our men and women, too,
are conserved.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-04
The Great Dam at keok,,k.

Chicago Post: There is no mis.ak.
ing the significance for the Mississippi
valley of the great dam for the gen.
Grafton of water power. which has now
been completed at Keokuk. Iowa, at
the juncture of Iowa. Missouri and
Illinois.
A writer in the New York rndepend-
ent recently called the, Keokuk dam
the colossus of power houses He is
not exaggerating. The Mississippi has
been harnessed and the result is IT,
tanic Electricity generated at this
power house was turned into st. Louis
las. night and drove two-thirds of the
street cars and every one of the indus
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-04
Mississippi Not NavlaabIe at wrI,

mississippi MOT Navtgable at VIII.
Fl. Madison Democrat: The Even.
ing Democrat takes occasion to issue
this word Of warning TO its readers
in Fort Madison In sequence of the
tragedy of the four Keokuk people
Thursday night. The waters of the
Mississippi at Fort Madison are the
waters of river no longer, but are
the waters of an enormous lake and
must be treated as such in precau-
ton. The wide stretch o. still water
allows every wave a long and unre.
stricted sweep. The islands and the
currents are not there to break every
ripple at its very start. Little boats
which have been in the habit Of ply
ing the waters in all kinds OF weather
will have to have a care now Looks
will deceive and what may appear to
be slightly roughened surface may
be batch of waves so big that It
will be risky for small boat to try
to navigate there. Just one word Of
warning, carefulness.
This is not intended to frighten
any from enjoying boating here.
There will be no more danger than
on any other lake of such a size. But
boats cannot now go just anywhere
and everywhere If there is little
breeze stirring. A person who handles
a boat now, and especially a boat
with several in 1t. should be one
versed in the conditions of the waters
and one who knows the river.
The law requires the presence of
life preservers in all boats using mo.
tive power and all used t. carry more
than the owner. Probably ever drown.
ing tragedy Of the season could have
been prevented If the law had been
followed. There is little danger in
being sprawled into the middle of the
Mississippi If there is life-preserver
around your waist, Or near enough
to be grabbed. The law should be
strictly enforced in this respect
launch parties should not venture
forth until they are certain of enough
preseryers for all, and where they
are. The breaking of this law should
be reported to the authorities ire.
spectiye of whom It effects. A little
exertion of legal rights may be the
prevention Of another drowning
tragedy.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-04
to live together, or to remain in the
married state.
Sells Selected Moore.

Davenport Democrat: Newspaper
boys at Washington appealed to Cato
Sells OF Texas. formerly OF Iowa, to
find position in the Indian commits,
sioner's office for AL Moore Sells
didn't consult the politicians at all
but made the appointment AL Moore.
famous throughout the state as the
writer OF railway stories, is beloved
by the Iowa newspaper writer's and
the securing of an appointment for
him shows the influence of the Iowa
writer's, who are now making Wash.
ington their headquarters.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-04

Dean Shaler Matthews OF the Uni.
versity of Chicago Divinity school
says that after a couple of million
years almost any one would get tired
of standing still and playing the harp,
which is the idea of heaven some
times promulgated. Which led one
woman to remark that the children
Of the present day do not sing that
hymn of her childhood. Il want to
be an angel and. with the angels
stand"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-04
oettysbure-Now and Then.

Galesburg Mail: The Blue and the
Gray meet this week on the field Of
Gettysburg where they met fifty
years ago. This time they meet as
brothers, to shake hands and talk over
the scenes which in three days half
century ago determined largely the
results of the civil war AID the fate
OF the nation. AS nearly as possible
the survivors of that deadly three day
battle will take up the positions that
they occupied on the battle field fifty
years ago and the two armies will
move upon each other. There will be
no smell of powder, no blood upon
their bayonets, no bursting of cannon
shell, no tramping over the dead and
wounded. Handshakes will supplace
1t all. Canes, upon which the aged
warriors will support themselves, will
be their only weapons The Blue and
the Gray will raise these weapons
against him who dares take the name
of the nation in vain. Fifty years
have completely wiped out all lines
between the north and the south
Both the boys from the north and
from the south are glad that the war
is over and the stars aud the stripes
are as dear to the one as they are to
the other. This weeks reunion is one
OF the most notable events since the
civil war. It will never be repeated
for In few more years all those
veterans who are attending this cele.
bration will have passed 10 that great
beyond where their comrades, who