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Tensas gazette., 1913-07-04

Reigo is owned by Philip J. Arms
ley, an electrical engineer. Business
calls him here every few months, and
he remains at the WaldorfAstoria
from six to ten days on these trips.
AS a result. his dog. wherever he goes.
knows the way around the hotel as
well as his master. 1t is the animals
kEack of making himself useful that
has made him popular.
Every morning at eight o'clock
porter goes to the basement where
Reigo Is CHARTERED, and leads him up
to the main lobby, The dog Is then
Tensas gazette., 1913-07-04

behind him. In fact, almost every
outfielder has his own regular pat
rons, who attend games and seek
seats as near to him as possible, and
who defend him against all comers
To them he is the best in the world.
a Greater than Cobb" nor do they
forget him: the player who finally dis
places an idol has a hard time.
have known them to follow a player
around the field when he was shifted
from one to another position and to
battle for him with the retainers Of
the other fielder who dared criticise
him.
Biased. prejudiced and distorted in
their views as most of them are, they
are very human and very lovable in
their blind devotion to the game, and
in their unreasoning hatred And a
word Of warning: Never try to ar
que with a real, dyed-in-the-wool,
thirty-second-degre fan. In the first
place the chances are he is right, but
even If he is wrong there isn't a
chance to win the argument
Tensas gazette., 1913-07-04

so long ago a more astonishing error
than this one crept into book review
of ours-a very solemn and scientific
book. 1t consisted of the substitution
of the word caribou" for the word
carbon" in a paragraph dealing with
the chemical composition of the stars.
In that case the writer's fierce self
explanation is at least highly plausi-
BILE, as 1t seems hardly possible thai
he wrote caribou" when he intended
to write carbon" but even he was
cautious enough to make no deep In
quiry into the matter.
Tensas gazette., 1913-07-04
By Hugh S. Fullerton
(Copyright, lgl2 by W. G. Chapmanj

song of the Sox rooters when they
scent victory.
One of the most dramatic displays
of loyalty l ever saw was in 1907,
when the team, beaten and displaced
from the championship, came home to
close the season. They had gone
away in high hopes, and failed. 1t
was Sunday, and as the defeated
team marched down the field 1900
men and women stood silent and un-
covered for a moment, then broke
into applause that swept the stands.
1t is small wonder that team back
ed always by such loyalty won even
during years when it seemed much
weaker than it's opponents.
/ have heard opposing players de-
clare they would rather face anything
in the game than the grinding root
ing" of the Chicago south side fans.
The only duplicate l know is the
rasping. nerve-racking, long Yale yell.
Not all players are frank enough to
admit that the roofing has any effect
Indeed it is a common pose to pre-
tend that they do not even hear. But
they do. Even among themselves
they pretend they do not care; but
once in a while they tell their inner
feelings. They know that half the
men who quit the major leagues are
driven out by the voice of the fan. |
have seen men break and go all to
pieces, rave and swear and abuse
everyone after suffering a cruel grill
ing by a crowd.
Walter Wilmot, one of Anson's IA
nous old Chicago players, came to a
game on the old grounds fifteen years
after retiring He looked across to-
ward the left field and said:
There's some of them out there
now I'd like to choke"
Yet the roar of the crowd does not
break them as quickly as does some
sharp thrust of sarcasm or biting wit
from an individual. Perhaps that
shaft is only the last straw, but when
a player is in a nervous collapse he
usually RACES at some individual who
one of the merriest, happiest players
| ever knew, blew up" one day and
had to be restrained from assaulting
three or four thousand men in the
bleachers.
Did you hear what he said?" de-
manded Reilly as the other players
tried to restrain him.
What did he say?" inquired some
one.
He said: Reilly, you're a disgrace
to the Irish" and then he ragged
again.
One of the quickest things l ever
heard was a remark from a Wash
ington fan which upset Frank Isbell,
the veteran, completely. Isbelps head
is as bald as a concrete pavement,
and usually he kept his cap plastered
tightly on his head to shield himself
from the gibes of crowds. This time
he tried to steal second and made a
desperate, diving slide around and un-
der the baseman only to be called
out. He was so enraged that he ran
at the umpire, grasped his arm, ar
gued and raved and finally in sheer
anger. jerked off his cap, hurled il
onto the ground and jumped upon it.
His bald head glistened in the sun
light and the crowd roared. Then,
above the roar came a voice:
Put on that cap. They pinched
Mary Garden here for less than that"
Possibly more trying than any con-
certed roofing is the incessant nag
ging to which players on the Polo
grounds, New York, are subjected
The one great bit of rejoicing among
Tensas gazette., 1913-07-04

the world, but sorrowful experience
has taught post of us that it's safer
to get that sort of editorial disclaimer
OF responsibility into print before
looking up the copy. and perhaps
the world-enlightener who knows"
that he wrote unfortunate" because
that is what he intended to write.
didn't rashly chance the discovery of
his own guilt before he convicted the
composing room OF 1t.
Be that as it may, the meaning of
the sentence was cruelty changed, and
a friend was grieved or offended. Not
Tensas gazette., 1913-07-04
DOG ACTS AS A MAIL CARRIER
Boston Bulldog Calls Regularly Every
Morning for His Masters
Newspapers.

New York.-As a rule dogs are
about as welcome as.stray cats in and
around the corridors of the Waldorf
Astoria. bat Reigo, a handsome Boston
bulldog hailing from Omaha, is an ex-
ception and a sort of a privileged char
acter around the hotel.
Tensas gazette., 1913-07-04

Wow! Wow.! Great eye, Eddie!
Make him put 1t across! Bust
fence! You can do it! Wow! Wow!
Wow!!. RO9BER! All right. Tough
luck. Eddie. Two and two. Make
her be over. Home run, Eddie, old
scout Break the gate. Wow! Wow!!
Wo-"
The red-faced, apoplectic young
man in the front row made trumpet
of his hands and yelled until the
veins in his neck turned purple. In
the middle of the final Wow" he col
lapsed, looked dlsgusted and turning
to me said:
What do they keep that hunk Of
cheese for? He can't hit Never
could. Striking out in a pinch like
that"
The fan, bowling encouragement or
bawling abuse at the ball players is
the spirit of the town. Just how
great an influence this spirit exerts
upon the playing strength Of the team
representing the town or city Is i'm
possible of calculation, but it is GER
tain that II is part of the national
game. He and his fellows exert al
most as much influence upon the team
as does luck, and this spirit is so in
extricably mixed with the element of
luck that It is impossible to deter
mine cause and effect. There are
cities in which the loyalty of the fans
has waned and turned to gibes. and in
these cities no player does we'll
There are crowds that remain loyal
in victory and in defeat. These in.
spire the players to give their best
efforts to win. Ball players will tell
You that teams invariably play bet
ter with friendly crowds applauding
The fan invariably will respond that
he would be loyal provided the club
would win games enough to justify
loyalty. The players accuse the fans.
the fans accuse the players, and both
are In a measure right. The major
ity of patrons will root" when the
home team is winning Any team will
play better ball and win oftener If
the patrons are loyal. The fan. voic-
ing the spirit OF the town, is a pow
er for victory or defeat.
Conditions in different cities com.
prising the circuits of the major
leagues assert a powerful influence
over their teams. Players will tell
you they would rather play for the
Chicago White Sox or for the New
York Giants than for any other teams.
They will assert that twenty Cobbs
could not win a pennant for Cincfl-
natl under conditions which the man.
agement is now striving to change.
The fanatical loyalty of the White
Sox rooter and the Giant patron, the
angry abuse of players by the an
nually disappointed Cincinnati pub
lie. the sarcasm and raillery of Wash
ington crowds, trained for years to
expect nothing but defeat, have an
immense effect upon the players and
teams. They make or mar players,
and weak men win for one type while
brilliant ones fail and lose for the
other
The baseball fan is an unique Amer
lean species and the most rabid of all
enthusiasts. Compared with him the
golf fan, the bridge fan, even the
bowling fan are mild. Baseball is
the most serious pleasure ever in
vented
Probably the most blindly loyal
crowd in the world is that which fol-
lows the fortunes of the Chicago
American league team, and to one
who is dislnterested the Chicago sit
uation is acutely funny. The White
Sox park is located on the south side
Tensas gazette., 1913-07-04

freed, and he Immediately runs os"
to the key and mail counter ana "
gins to jump into the air and bark ur
til he receives recognition. Then ny
clerks give bin Mr.. Arnsleys man a"'
two morning newspapers.
With the mail and papers held tignt
ly in his mouth Reigo runs to ~
elevator and shifts about nervously 81
til the thirteenth floor is reacnso.
Once he is turned out in the bail ?.
seeks out Mr.. Arnsley's room ans
barks and scratches outside the oo0s
until II Is opened.
Tensas gazette., 1913-07-04

the National league players last year
when they saw the wonderful Brush
stadium was that the crowd could not
make itself heard on the field as it
did in the old stands. The Polo
grounds crowd is odd. Somehow
fans who occupy box seats either are
not as rabid as those in the cheaper
seats or they are on their good be.
havior, and a fringe of box seats is
an effective shield for players.
Strangely enough the crowds on the
New York American league park. al
though quite as noisy, are much fair.
er, than the crowds at the Polo
grounds.
One would think that visiting play.
ers would like to play on grounds
where the home team is unpopular
through defeat or other causes. but
they do not. They rather resent the
home crowd abusing the home men.
Tensas gazette., 1913-07-04
MISS BOOTH QUELLS BURGLAR
Daughter Of Salvation Army He,s
Finds Thief In Room and
Converts Him.

London.-Captain Mary Booth
daughter Of General Bramwell Booth
head of the Salvation Army, discov.
cred a burglar in her bedroom Al
two o'clock in the morning. Instead
of calling the police she confronted
her visitor and talked seriously to him
about his wickedness. Learning that
he was driven to crime by hunger. she
Tensas gazette., 1913-07-04

Changes Name-lnherlts s2,oooooo'
Seattle, Wash.-Judge Frenchs a.
cision In the suit brought by Henry
Wharton Shoemaker, millionaire poet
against his former wife. Mrs. Beatrice
Shoemaker Perry, to annul the adop
ton of his five-year-old son, Henry
enables the boy to change his lac.
name from Perry to Shoemaker ana
thereby inherit s2,OOO,OO0 Of the estate
or his grandfather, Henry +. snoe
maker, who lived in New York
Tensas gazette., 1913-07-04
SOMETHING TO CAUSE LAUGH
Typographical Errors, Not lnfrequent
Seldom Give Rise to Feeling Of
Maliciousness.

typographical errors come only too
frequently from even the best regu-
lated newspaper presses. They are
always humiliating. often a cause OF
anger. and occasionally dangerous, but
now and then they are distinctly
amusing. This latter quality they are
most apt to have when they are made
Tensas gazette., 1913-07-04

Wanted No "sky Pilot" at Death
New York; want no pageanliy
or discourse from paid sky pilots
So reads the will Of Philip s. StaAn'
an actor and song writer, for proDa's
here. The will ended with an iteranoh
Of a curse upon anyone attempting y
break the document
Tensas gazette., 1913-07-04

promptly took him to her kitchen and
gave him a good, square meal While
he ate she continued to talk to him,
and when the meal was finished she
knelt down and prayed with him. She
insisted on the man praying for him
self. Then he promised to turn over
a new leaf, and. with the counter
promise to be his friend If he would
live a better life. she saw her guest
of the premises.
The Detroit times., 1913-01-10
MOTHER And TWO
WIVES SEEK CASH
Many Claimants for Compensa-
ton for Death of Mar
tin Rouse

Martin Rouse, bricklayer. was killed
Nov. 8, In q cave-in while working on
foundation wall between the Nor
gan & Wright plant and the Detroit
Stove Co. His mother and three chill
dren OF his divorced first wife, his
second wife and the woman with
whom he lived for four years proceed
ing his death are now claiming COM
pensation, under the workman's CON-
pensation act. The largest amount
that either OF the three parties can
receive Is $4,000
Mrs. Clara Rouse. the second wife,
says that she is employed as a domes-
tic at No. 20 Beacon-st She claims
that Rouse married her IL years ago
In Upton, Ia They had one child.
which died. Gradually he drifted
away from her. she says, and finally
left her; but she saw him, she claims,
few days before he died, when he
suggested that they take trip back
home TO see the old folks
Mrs. Louise Rouse lives at No. 266
Mt. Elliott-ave. She claims that Rouse
lived with her for four years, and in
troduced her as his wife. She has n
son II years old, who, she claims was
pal" OF Rouse. She claims TO have
pay envelopes, work checks and books
OF installment-plan furniture houses
to prove that Rouse supported her.
The Detroit times., 1913-01-10
ByJ0HMBRENElRfD@EHH

, all this make you feel just wee bit
different about me?"
1T makes me want to kiss you.
Fran"
1T makes you"-she gasped--
want 10 do-that? Why, Abbott!
Nothing can save you"
I'm afraid not" he agreed.
The car was swinging at the high
est reach OF the wheel The engine
stopped.
She opened her eyes very wide. I'D
think you'd be afraid Of such q world
famous lion-trainer," she declared,
drawing back Some have been, !
assure you"
I'm not afraid" Abbott declared.
drawing her toward him He would
have kissed her, but she covered her
face with her hand. and bent her head
instinctively.
"Up!" cried Abbott up. Samson.
up"
Fran laughed hilariously, and lifted
her head. She looked at him through
her fingers. Her face was garden
OF businesses. She pretended to roar
but the result was not terrifying; then
she obediently held up her mouth.
somewhat indistinctly, you haven't
told why you ran away To leave poor
Fran guessing where you'd gone. Do
you know how love you. Abbott"
81 think | know"
I'm glad-for could never tell
you. Real love is like real religion
you can't talk about It, Makes you
want to Joke, even II you can't think
OF anything funny to say-makes you
chatter about anything else. or just
keep still. Seems TO be something
down here-this is my heart, isn't it?
hope l have the right place, left
school so early-seems even when l
refer to 1t ought to-well, as said.
make q sort Of joke. -
but this Is no joke said Abbott.
kissing her again.
Yes" said Fran. happily, we can
talk about 1t In that way. Isn't Bill
Smookins dear TO keep us up here
so long?"
It was q good while later that ADJ
bolt said, "As TO why left Little
burg: Bob knew OF private schooi
that has Just been incorporated as
college. A teachers needed, one with
ideas of the new education-the edu-
cation that teaches US how to make
books useful TO life. and not life TO
books-the education T that teaches
happiness as well as words and hg-
ures: Just the kind that you didn't ind
at my school, little REBEL Bob was
an old chum of the man who owns
the property 80 he recommended me,
and went. It's a great chance, q
q
30 pleased with the way talked,-he's
new to the business. 20 that must be
his excuse-that 1 am TO be the presi-
H.
The Detroit times., 1913-01-10
BOYS AND GIRLS
In RUSSIAN PLOT
School Pupils Under Arrest as
RevolutiOnists and School
Searched for Explosives

ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 10.-A rev
olutionary plot organized by children
has been discovered, II was declared
by the police today. when they arrest
ed more than so boys and girls, pupils
In secondary schools. The ofhcials
say the plot was directed against
Minister of Education CASIO, whose
administration has been bitterly crit.
cised, and whose reactionary meas
ures against the universities have
caused many OF Russia's leading In
structors to resign.
Most OF the children under ar
rest are from middle class working
families, and the police are energet-
icaily raiding working mems homes
and interrogating entire families, re-
CARELESS OF age or sex. A school ad-
Joining the minister's residence was
emptied and thoroughly searched for
explosives.
The Detroit times., 1913-01-10
BLACKHANDFIRE
CAUSES DEATH
OF TWO HORSES
Another Outrage Takes Place in
Sicilian Colony, Gus De-
desca Being Victim
REGARDED BY POLICE
AS RETALIATION STROKE
Fire Follows Announcement
That ALI Suspicious Italians
Would Be Arrested

An alleged BLACK Hand" fire. which
destroyed the frame barn OF Gus De-
desco, No. 1853 FOREST east, and
burned two horses TO death. at A
o'clock, Friday morning. is believed
to be retaliation to the work of the
detectives, sort Of counter-play TO
the effort to strike terror to the hearts
of the terrorists by locking UP all sus-
picious Italians and holding them In
cells, for investigation.
That the fire was OF incendiary or
igin and was carefully planned, Is In.
dicated by the report of Patrolman
The Detroit times., 1913-01-10
STORK BOARDS SPEEDING
TRAIN AND LEAVES BABE

The stork boarded a Pullman sleep
er as It was rolling along as part OF
the Wolverine fiie at the rate OF 30
miles an hour. between Jackson and
Ann Arbor. Thursday afternoon. and
left baby boy with a young woman.
giving her name as Mrs. Lydia Rob
inson. Of Kalamazoo. Mich. The lat
ter was on her way to Ann Arbor. ac-
companied by her mother, but was too
III to leave the train on reaching the
university town. When the traiD
reached Detroit, an ambulance was IN
waiting to take her and her infant to
Grace hospital. Inquiry at the hos
pital, Friday, elected the information
that the mother and baby were both
doing well.
The Detroit times., 1913-01-10

John T. Cunningham. who passed the
barn only few minutes before the
blaze was discovered. and found every
thing all right He had hardly disap-
peared around the corner when the
whole barn burst into flames. and II
was impossible TO rescue the horses.
Periodical fires OF the sort have been
relied upon by the blackmailing gang
to keep the Sicilians In a state OF
dread that causes them TO turn over
their hard-earned money on receipt OF
threatening letters.
AS Is usual in such cases, Dedesco
shrugs his shoulders and insists that
he has received no threatening letters.
The Detroit times., 1913-01-10
MAPRIED 90 TEARS, ARE BURIED SANE DA

NEW YORK, Jan. 10.-They do II IN
Paris. So Park Commissioner Slower
proposes putting ostriches. llamas.
camels. etc. at work hauling children
In carts.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 1o.-His
mother would not see him. Peter
Kinler backed his mule up TO the door
tickled him; he kicked the door into
kindling. and Peter got 30 days.
o
NEW HAVEN, Conn. Jan. 10.-Foy
being called a rotten Cad Warren
q. Demarest. prominent manufacturer
brought suit against Mrs. Elizabeth b
Colt. OF Ridgeheld. for $4,000.
o
NEW YORK, Jan. 10.-Mrs. Ermine
Drah. wife OF wealthy clothing man
The Detroit times., 1913-01-10

ufacturer. was fined 5000 for stealing
a innocent bottle OF milk.
NEW YORK, Jan. 10.--Poison from
Christmas cards may cause Lewis ID.
Ryno. letter carrier, TO lose a hand
or an entire arm.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Jan. 10.-The
Harvard union has introduced old
John Harvard TO bis first Official cab
aret show
o
PARIS. Jan 10.-A Judge, In fixing
husbands liability for his wtfe's
bills, held that a woman's annual ex,
penditure for dress should not be more
than the family paid for rent
o
LONDON, Jan. 1o.-The discovery
The Detroit times., 1913-01-10
Shirts-2O% Reduction
HIRSCH- WICKNIRE co.

the worlds best clothes sold under q guarantee
that assures you comfort Of body and mind while
wearing them.
The Detroit times., 1913-01-10

Fran's voice came rather family
"Hurrahi But you are to be far. far
above my reach. just as I prophesied.
Don't you remember what I said to
you during our drive through Sure
Enough country"
And that isn't ALL" said Abbott,
looking straight before him, and pre-
tending that he had not heard. I'm
that town-Tahlelah, Oklahoma
discovered, out In the suburbs, cot
tage-the dearest little thing-as dear
as as Mr.. Smookins; just big
enough for a girl like Fran. | rented
Il at once-of course, IL oughtn't to be
standing idle-theres such fragrant
flowergarden-I spent some time Ar
ranging the grounds as / think you'll
like them. l didn't furnish the cot
tage, though. Women always like TO
select their own carpets and things,
md"
Frans face was a dimpled sea Of
pink and crimson waves, with starry
lights in her black eyes for signal
lights. "Oh. you king Of hearts," she
exclaimed And shall we have a
church wedding, and just kill emf"
Abbott laughed boyishly. "No-you
with show-life is ~ an end"
"But--and then-and So" cried Fran
rapturously, I'm to have a home az
ter all, with howergardens and car
pets and things sure-enough home
Abbott, home with you! Don't
you know, It's been the dream OF my
life Toto"
Abbott was inexpressibly touched
Yes, l was Just thinking OF what I
heard you say, once-to belong 70
somebody"
Fran slipped her arms about his
neck. And what a somebody. To
belong to you. And to know that my
home Is our home. :"
Abbott, with sober sense OF his
unworthiness, embraced her silenuy.
From far below came q sudden
sound, making Its way through the
continuity OF the street-uproar. II
The Detroit times., 1913-01-10

was the chugging OF the engine.
The wheel began TO revolve.
Down they came-down-down
Fran looked up at the moon. Good
bye" she called. gaily. Tho world
Is good enough for mel"
(The End)
The Detroit times., 1913-01-10

ST. CATHARINES. Ont. Jan. TO-
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Sharon Seger OF
Crowland township were buried side
by side in one grave here. Mrs. Seger
died Saturday. aged so. and her flu
neral was arranged for Monday. On
that day her aged husband, grieving
for his wife. passed away. so 1t was
decided to hold the body OF Mrs. Be-
ger and have a double funeral
Mr.. and Mrs. Seger had lived In the
township all their lives. They had
bean naarEiad- 60
MILAN, Jan. 10.-The chef OF Coun-
tess Wellert killed himself by jump
ing from the roof OF the villa. after
attacking his employer with knife.
because she criticised a roasted
chicken.
The Detroit times., 1913-01-10

that there was a corporation for the
manufacture OF gold by alchemy was
made when two men were convicted
and jailed for stealing $2,260 Of the
alchemic metal.
The Detroit times., 1913-01-10

PARIS, Jan. l0.-Spring millinery.
with its fruits and flowers and no
feathers. will follow the ''futurist"
school, the modistes hope, with more
success than the painters who tried
that brand Of fad.
o
LONDON. Jan. 10.-Vioar Stogdon.
OF Holy Trinity church, said that
there was not a bathroom In his par
ish, and Related how he had seen some
OF the 5000 people there, In bathing
In cisterns.