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The Ely miner., 1914-01-23

point the big crowd too much. He
back the Turks arm until the crowd
gasped, then relinquished the grip.
Then he placed full nelson, bent the
big Turk almost double, but let him
escape. Other holds followed in rapid
succession. 1t was a splendid work
out-for Gotch, but not for Karakanof.
The Turk was looking around for
nice spot on which to flop" He had
had enough. Gotch, however, saved
him that humiliation, forcing his
shoulders to the mat with reverse
body hold in II minutes.
The officials had trouble persuading
the Terrible Turk to come back.
He had been convinced. He was look
ing about for his clothes. His mana
ger finally showed him back into the
arena and he came up as though
walking to his doom. Gotch went in to
in the second bout, and slammed him
to the mat with resounding thud.
Karakanoff was too frightened to
wrestle. He was looking for some
avenue of escape. Gotch sat up and
the Turk leaped to his feet.
1--WE had enough" he beckoned, as
he walked away.
Gotch caught him by a foot and
tried to drag him back. No, thanks;
no more for him. He was thoroughly
convinced.
Gotch sat down and smiled. He
beckoned the Turk to return, but Mr..
Turk did not pause in his flight. He
was hunting his clothes. Gotch
could have the match, the money and
the honor, but Karakanoff wanted to
live in peace and quiet. He wanted
his hands for future use. That was
the last Frank Gotch ever saw of Mr..
Karakanoff.
Is 1t any wonder there have been
few Terrible Turks since Gotch be-
came champion? There il only one
who deserves the name and he came
several years later. He is a Bulgar-
ian and his name is Mahmout
Copyright. 1913, by Joseph B. Bowles.)
The Ely miner., 1914-01-23
MOT A PENNY"
ANSWERED ESSAXAN.

man having foiled their attempt to
kidnap him in their machine, sue
ceeded in drawing his whistle and in
warning the police. Officer Z270 gave
chase upon his motorcycle and follow
ed the burglars as far as the Common,
when he was struck by some missile
and felled unconscious. The thieves
succeeded in escaping and so far have
not been traced, though 1t is thought
that the identity of at least one Of
them is known to Mr.. Essayan-who
had, In fact, been led to expect just
such an attempt. 1t is believed that
Mr.. Essayan's art gallery was the OBJ
ject of the attempt. However, a care
full examination by Mr.. Essayan re-
vealed the fact that the gallery was
never entered"
A month later Nikolai and I were in
London, in the guise of art agents
from the Levant. We interested Mr.
Berg in our new statue.
Dug up near Gambia, Crete" said
Nikolai, in broken English. ''The mu-
tilated condition is ascribed to the
fact that the statue was demolished
and buried by an earthquake about the
time Of Augustus"
1T has been pieced together credit
ably" said Berg, examining it with ex-
traordinary interest. "A truly remark
able piece of work. l should say that
it had been made experimentally by
one versed in the various schools Of
the civilized world about the time of
Christ. Other statues. for instance,
show the influence of some special
school, but this head seems to have
been modelled after the school of Phi
dias; here we have one leg of con-
temporary Cretan sculpture and its
fellow of Roman work Possibly a
composite, prepared by pupils in the
local school. AS a curiosity it should
be Of vast interest; but l am not pre-
pared to offer an exorbitant amount
How much do you want for it,"
1.-TWO hundred thousand dollars.
American" Nikolai answered.
Call it hundred and fifty thousard
and I'll purchase it," saiG Berg
Nikolai agreed reluctantly.
''By the way" he continued. yhen
Berg had signed In Essayan's uame,
"is that the Mr.. Essayan wao received
the mysterious empty mummy case
last month. as reported II, the art
papers? l think have q clue to the
sender. Tell him to look inside and
find whether there is not something
written in English upon piece of
papyrus."
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lating ourselves that we had shaken
of our pursuers. We were premature.
l heard chug, cbug, chug behind US.
AS turned my head saw the police
man leap upon the watchman's motor
bicycle and shoot in our direction.
Now followed pretty chase The
motor bicycle was as swift as the au-
tomobile. Time and again the police
man caught us; but one turn of the
wheel and our huger bulk turned in
upon him dangerously, threatening to
shake him from his perch. He whist
led all the while. Crowds came pour
ing out of side streets. Once he drew
his revolver, but a deft movement in
his direction caused slight collision,
and, in saving himself, our pursuer
lost his weapon. BY now we were
speeding through Boston's streets, the
city streets, which were as light as
day and filled with theater crowds.
Soon we should be compelled to halt.
Multitudes took up the chase. We
turned off along the Common. shot
across the grass, and sped along the
deserted glades beneath the old trees;
and all the while the policeman follow
ed us, riding now behind, now at our
sides. We could not shake him off.
Suddenly desperate expedient oc-
Cured to me. / turned, and, cropping
among the fragments of the dismem-
bered statue, l found the leg. l seized
it by the ankle and, taking aim, flung
it with all my might at our pursuer.
It struck him squarely beneath the
chin. He swerved and toppled from
his machine, and went crashing with
it upon the ground. Nikolai pulled
the machine to standstill sprang
The Ely miner., 1914-01-23

IN the season of 1866 Gotch had
some thrilling and at times humor-
GUS experiences in Canada, winning
the international wrestling tourna
ment at Montreal, Quebec and Ottawa
An incident he will never forget was
his encounter with a Turk grappler
by the name of Karakanoff.
This Turk had been hailed as about
the fiercest thing that ever happened
in the way of wrestling demon. He
had defeated several strong men in
the tournament before Gotch appear
ed on the scene. Gotch had heard of
the dire things that would happen to
him when he faced this mountain of
graphing Drawn from the Bosporus.
1t was not the Gotch habit to back
away from danger, SO he agreed to
meet the Terrible Turk" to see
whether this wrestler were really half
human as alleged. There was rumor
afloat that he would strangle Gotch.
On April 6, 1906, they had it out in
a packed pavilion at Sohmer's park.
Montreal.
The trouble for Karakanoff lasted
just ii minutes.
When DR.. Gadbois blew his little
whistle announcing the start of hos
tilities the Turk advanced in menac-
ing fashion as though he might belong
to the carnivorous species of the hu-
man family. Gotch, however, was not
there to be eaten up. In just about Is
seconds he discovered what the Turk
did not know about wrestling. Then
he dashed in, side-stepped fierce as
sault and brought Karakanoff to the
mat with a waist hold.
The Turk possessed one redeeming
uuality-great strength. He lacked
expert knowledge of wrestling, but
was powerful He could lift ton,
Gotch thought, but Gotch was not
there to be lifted.
After Karakanoff had struggled in
vain to rise, he stretched out and
waited for something to happen.
Gotch decided to have some fun. He
toyed with his victim, not to disap-
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The next object that came down to
me was a single hand. l looked up:
l thought saw Nikolai smiling
Don't cut 1t up 80 fine." whis-
pered do not know whether he
heard. A single finger next came
down; but an instant later / was stag
gering under the weight of torso
and the hind part of head, which
seemed to me to be the compliment
tary piece of the first one that had
descended. Again l sought the safe
ty of the bottom of the automobile.
The watchman paused SO long this
time that thought best to crawl out.
Its the carbureter." l explained,
with a very dim understanding of the
meaning of the term. And | think
my spark plugs fouled. Do you know
of any repair shop In the neighbor-
hood?"
mot at this time of the night" an
swered the watchman. gloating. as 1t
seemed to me, over my misfortune.
This wcs his revenge for my previous
reception of his sympathetic inquiries.
"Oh, well. I'll start the blamed thing
somehow" answered, and began fum-
bling the mechanism again.
He passed on upon his beat and l
looked up to Nikolai. A forearm came
whizzing through the air; an arm; a
second leg; then the greater part of a
trunk; finally two ears. And then,
aS I still waitod caw Nikolai porch od
upon the windowsill. / motioned him
back and crawled beneath the automo-
bile again.
This time the watchman hardly look
ed at me. Whec hf. vas gone l bundled
the itenls ikSc the machine. look.
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dealers part rather than suggest that
1t had been used as medium for bur
glary Having done this Nikolai en-
tered the statue gallery.
81 had already formed my scheme.
Summers" he said. "but what struck
me at once was the very mutilated
condition of Essayan's statues. Hard
ly a one but lacked some member of
the body. And then remembered
Es1ayan's comment upon this fact, and
how he had boasted that he did not
know one from the other-knew only
that he had paid out twelve million
dollars for them.
"Now, this was my scheme. / did
not intend to steal statue. planned
to steal parts of several statues; to
chop leg from one that had two legs,
an arm from one that had two arms;
a torso from statue that was other
wise complete; fingers and legs and
ears and other members to make up
my complete art object.
Summers, my plan succeeded be-
yond expectation. l have robbed Es-
sayan of an entire statue; yet so Skill
fully has it been done that the ignor-
ant fool will never discover that he
has lost anything"
To this the papers bore witness on
the following day. l Gull this extract
from the Boston Record-Mirror.
"A daring robbery was attempted last
night at the house of Mr.. ESsayan. the
well-known banker. The thieves made
their appearance in an automobile,
and had almost succeeded in effecting
an entrance when they were surprised
by the night watchman. A desperate
struggle followed, but the night watch
The Ely miner., 1914-01-23

ed up. Nikolai was throwing out a
rope. l caught the end as he sig
nailed me and waited, my heart beat
ing fast, for his descent. He came
down at terrific pace and landed
heavily upon the ground, his hands
bleeding from the contact with the
rope. A filmy white dust had settled
all over him, giving him the appear
ance Of a miller He sprang into the
machine.
Let her go, Summers" he cried,
and, even as he spoke, the watchman
came back before his time and in an
opposite direction. He had evidently
suspected something. One glance at
Nikolai was sufficient for his suspic-
ions to leap into full activity. He
snatched whistle from his neck and
placed it to his lips.
Before he could blow Nikolai had
seized him by the throat and grasped
his hands. Into the auto with him,
Summers" he cried in a low, pene-
trating whisper. Give a hand" 1
pulled the struggling man inside
Now let her co. Nikolai cried,
Hurry, man."
And then a lamentable aspect of our
situation made itself manifest The
automobile had actually broken down.
l had disarranged the gear in some
manner. 1t would not stir.
Crank her, crank her." cried NJ
kolai, still struggling with the watch
man, whose powerful strength was al
most a match for his own. Here!
Take him and I'll start the engine"
He forced him into my arms and
leaped out again. The moment that
he had left the automobile my antag-
onist disengaged himself with ease
and blew shrill, prolonged blast up
on his whistle. A moment later heard
the thump Of policeman's night
stick upon the pavement, two or three
blocks away.
The watchman's strength was more
than mine. The only fortunate cir
cumstance was that as yet he had
not seen the broken pieces of the
statue in the tonneau. In front, Nj
kolai was cranking furiously. The
watchman called and shouts re-echoed
from the street. Then the engine be-
gan to chug and Nikolai leaped in,
just as the watchman gained the
street.
A policeman had darted up and, as
the wheels began to move, he grasped
at my collar. shook him off. We
left him and the watchman behind.
A moment later we were traversing
the street at full sDeed and congratu-
The Ely miner., 1914-01-23

in 1903, played short for the varsity
nine in 1904, and captained the team
in 1905. During the early part of the
season of 1906 he played with the Rut-
land (Vt) team and later was given
i trial with the Athletics under the
name of Sullivan. Collins returned to
Columbia in 1907, received his degree
and rejoined the Athletics under his
right name. He spent most Of his
time on the bench that season, but in
1908 was given regular job at the
second station, which he has held ever
since. Collins has hit over 800 for
the last four seasons. His batting av-
erage for 1912 was .348 for 153
games.
The Ely miner., 1914-01-23
Southern Mlchioan Dates.

The Southern Michigan league will
open it's 1914 season May IL and close
September 13. It is planned to play
a post-season series with the PEN
nant winners of the Michigan State
league.
The Ely miner., 1914-01-23

If Tom Jenkins goes through with
his plan to come back to the mat,
Gotch may come back also
Wild Conroy announces that he will
play third base for the Elmira club,
which he happens to manage
John Henry, catcher of the Washing
ton American league ball team, has
been appointed coach of the Amherst
hockey team.
Fristenski, the latest Bohemian to
come to America in search of Gotch's
crown, is the best looking mat speci'
men of his nationality ever seen in
Chicago
The board of athletic control of the
University Of Minnesota has decided
by a unanimous vote that there will
be no football game with the Carlisle
In 1914.
Jess Willard of Kansas knocked out
George Rodel, South African heavy
weight boxer, in the ninth round Of a
scheduled twenty round bout at New
Haven.
Bandsman Blake, the champion
English middleweight pugilist, defeat
ed Dixie Kid" the American negro
boxer, at London, on points in a twen-
ty-round bout
Arthur Chapple is suing the Brighton
motordrome for $4,000 damages for
circulating reports that he had shown
the white feather and had sidestepped
an important match.
George Carpenter may not be the
best heavyweight in the world, but out
side Of Jim Jefferies he has amassed
more money at his chosen profession
than any other fighter.
Jack White knocked out "Cleve"
Bridges, Memphis youth. in the
seventh round at Memphis in what
had been a one-sided affair until White
put over the finisher.
There will be racing in New York
city next year on four days q week
and possibly five, with parks open at
Aqueduct, Jamaica and Empire City,
in addition to Belmont park
Miller Hugins has his choice of eth
er catchers Grover Land, formerly of
Cleveland, or Block from Kansas City.
Block is the old Texas Lacquer, once
with Washington, later with the Sox,
and more recently with Minneapolis.
Garry Hermann is leading in the
winter league by something like II 900
columns.
Oxford university Of England will
send team to America next April
to compete in the annual relay carni-
val held on Franklin field by the UNI
versity of Pennsylvania, according to
plans recently announced.
The Ely miner., 1914-01-23

Wild Conroy announces that he will
play third base for the Elmira club,
which he happens to manage
The Ely miner., 1914-01-23

John Henry, catcher of the Washing
ton American league ball team, has
been appointed coach of the Amherst
hockey team.
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T
SPOPTDOxl|

The new rules are taking the place
OF speed trials in the hot stove circuit
II Tom Jenkins goes through with
his plan to come back to the mat,
Gotch may come back also
The Ely miner., 1914-01-23

Fristenski, the latest Bohemian to
come to America in search of Gotch's
crown, is the best looking mat speci'
men of his nationality ever seen in
Chicago.
The Ely miner., 1914-01-23

The board of athletic control of the
University of Minnesota has decided
by unanimous vote that there will
be no football game with the Carlisle
In 1914.
The Ely miner., 1914-01-23

Oxford university of England will
send team to America next April
to compete in the annual relay carni-
val held on Franklin field by the UNI
versity of Pennsylvania, according to
plans recently announced.
The day book., 1914-06-27

Company, the largest dry goods con-
Germ in the world, is simply strik-
ing instance in the mercantile world
of the same methods which wrecked
the New Haven in the railroad world.
1t is an instance of the curse of
mere bigness.
1t is another Illustration of the
failure of the Morgan methods of
financing.
In this instance we see John
Clafin, the friend and protege of
The day book., 1914-06-27
VIOLATED POSTAL LAWS

VIULA Ed POS Al LAWS
Washington, June 27-Report by
inspectors of postoff1ce department to
Postmaster Gen. Burleson finds Tru-
man G. Palmer, sec'y and treas U. S.
Beet Sugar Industry Ass'n-guilty of
violation of postal laws and regula-
tons when he mailed throughout the
country under frank of Sen. Henry
Cabot Lodge, Massachusetts, copies
of pamphlet entitled Sugar at a
Glance and that the government has
been deprived of $57, 500 in revenue
through the misuse of the franking
privilege.
The day book., 1914-06-27
BIG DRYGOODS SMASH EXPOSES INEFFICIENCY
...%-= =...E.- OF BIG BUSINESS


Morgan, gathering together all of
these great stores until the organiza-
ton came to a clear state OF inetfi-
cheney. 1t is a sample Of Morgan
lied industry; a warning of what fol-
lows when business exceeds the unit
of greatest efficiency; an indictment
of the whole trust system. ~
John Claf1in may have been an ex-
cellent man to run one store, but
when it came to managing many all
over the United States, he and his
management utterly fell down.
1t is no evidence of bad business
conditions in the country. It is no
evidence of tight money, because
money is not tight. What it is evil
dence of is the economic mistake-of
undertaking to link together large
number of businesses under single
financial management.
Morgan sacrificed efficiency to
monopoly in the New Haven Rail-
road. The New Haven has been Nor
ganized into physical and financial
bankruptcy. The same thing hap
pened in the combination of the San
Francisco and Rock Island railroads.
The Clafin Company tried to do in
the mercantile world what Morgan
did in the railroad world, and the re-
suit is an exposure of the funda-
mental fallacy which underlies the
whole trust movement-the ineffi-
cheney of merely big business.
o-o-.
The day book., 1914-06-27

lis it true that bad business con-
ditions in the country and tight
money were to blame, for the big H.
B. Claflin dry goods failure in New
York. The Day Book asked Louis D.
Brandeis to explain what, in his opin-
ion, were the reasons and he replied
as foIIoWs:)
BY2EoUIS D. BRANDEIS,
Americas Greatest Expert on Big
49,, 49,. Business.
Washington, D. c., June 27.-The
financial crash of the H. B. Claf1in
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-05
ELOPING HEIRESS CAUGHT.
Miss italian aud Chauffeur tpprc-
bcnded In Portland. Ne.

PoRTLANp. Me. July AFTER eiudlng
the police of three New England states
for four days. Miss Rosamond Fern Hal
Han OF Hun. Mass. and Louis Flsen-
man, chauffeur for III" Hallau family.
fen into the hands Of the polic- here
this morning as they were wandering
aimossly about the stre,,s of the city.
They were recognized by a telephone
operator In the Falmouth Hotel. where
the missing hsiress had gone 10 send a
telegram 80 her parents concerning her
safety IN Portland,
Word was sent 10 HUI, and Miss
Italians father and Chisf OF Police
Reynolds came here.
Questioned as To her love for Esen-
man, Miss Italian said that upon her
return home she would. IL allowed. marry
him They said they had been In Port
land since Thursday spending their time
shopping and attending the theatres They
engaged rooms IN an apartment house
and had resided there since coming to
this city, knowing that It would he I'M
possible 10 be married here They had
planned on going to Vermont
Miss Hall!an left the police station
'ar the railway in q taXicab with her
father while Eisepman with Chief Rey'
nolds went I'm the patrol wagon. The
warrant for EIsenman's arrest chars $
abduction.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-05

the other man with Senator Lewis on the
programme for long talks praised
Tammany Hail. saying that It was ''the
only Democracy in NV York worth
while"
He attacked the Republican policies
and shouted that the greatest mountc-
hank. excepting William Sulzer. who ever
1isgraccd this country Is Theodore Roose-
Welt :"
He referred TO the !. W. W. and sad
there will be a parade o: the industrial
loafers with Theodore Roosevelt at their
head"
Reprcs n .ativc Flood was down for n
short talN lie said | am an admirer
VI Tammany Han. All Democrats In my
country admire Tammany Hall. APP
plause | am del GIFTED to be here to-
day have nothing hut good wishes
for tins organization notice that
Charles + Murphy IL still on the job
loud applause have heard IL pre-
dicted often that he had been relegat ed
20 the scrap pile, but my opinion IS that
4 leader who has led YOU TO so many
Victories AMI so few defeats viii be on the
Job when those who have made that pre-
diction are politically dead and buried
The other speakers were Samuel A.
Witherspoon of Mississippi and Represent
alive Henry Vollmer OF lowe.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-05
GIANT CRACKER BURSTS
And GODDESS APPEARS
Fair SuffragiSt Causes Sensa-
ton. Gets n Proposal
and Is Tilted.

\ suffi1 e. Goddess OF Liberty emerged
from a hVe-foot ilrecrackcr on Columbus
Circle Yesterday noon and got pro
posal The goddess was q complete sur
pms. TO the crowd, which saw only n hg
red frecracker on the scat Of n taxi.
When Or. Mary Halton lighted tho fuse
after suffrage speech. mothers hastily
gathered M their children and retired TO
a safe distance But Or. Halton put out
the fuse before 10 left her hand. though
its smoking end was drawn MP and into
tho top Of the red giant.
Then came a deafenng crash that made
even tho men in the crowd jump for it
was like no explosion they had ever heard
before There was metallic ring about
1.-THE sort OF sound the can OF floor oil
makes when 1t falls down from the top
shelf on the head OF the investigator The
crash was triumph Of feminine inven-
ton. fer Or. Halton has found at the last
moment that no explosives OF any sort
would be allowed within tine city limits
to-day. That put caps out OF the quss-
ton An appeal to the Columbus Circle
policeman brought the regretful reply
that the firing of a blank cartridge In his
pistol might bring out the reserves But
Miss Marie Murphy rose. or rather sank
10 the occasion, and conceallng herself
among wraps and feet on the floor Of the
taxi she produced the crash by hitting a
dishpan with A mammoth spoon.
While the sound was still echoing the
hrocracker was rent asunder and the god
dess appeared in a golden robe with gold
crown above her long flowing yellow hair
She took an American rag from the hand
OF DR. Halton and iecitej n woman's
Declaration Of Independence. para
phrase OF the original document, which
the crowd applauded vigorously.
Just AS she finished and stepped down.
young man appeared from the other
side OF the street.
May be your god" he asked soberly
Are you Wiling to work for suffrage
In lol5?" asked the goddess
Gods don't work "
Suffrage gods have to-" averred the
goddess SO the young man sappeared
refusing to give his name.