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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-31

country. AS previously stated there
is nothing like having a good press
agent.
The fact that Heinie Zim wanted to
fight the whole Boston ball team is
further Indication that he is truly a
German.
If Mordecai Brown is really going
to retire from baseball, he should join
the Cincinnati team.
We have a faint suspicion that the
Athletics are going to win another
pennant in the American league.
Fielder Jones was enthusiastically
greeted on his first appearance in St.
Louis. Both fans were out to the
game.
If this war continues it may be like
this at the worlds series:
Ladies and gentlemen! The bat
teries for today's game are (censoreO
and (censored) for (censored). And
(censored) and (censored) for (cen-
sored)"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-31

evened up the play and when they
went in for the third set both played
hard. AS a result of it Miss Hass
came out ahead, rs. This gave her
an edge on her opponent and she ap-
peared to have struck her stride it
was apparent that she would win the
next set. She did so, 81.
The doubles will be played this
week, with the finals next Saturday.
This will include mems doubles, wom-
ems doubles and mixed doubles.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-31

That there IS a jinx following in
the wake of the Giants. who travelled
with the speed OF a meteor before the
said jinx wished himself on that
great aggregation OF ball players.
has at last been discovered. Poor
Fred Merkle, the former idol OF the
Polo grounds, who has never gotten
over his alleged mistake which II is
said cost the Giants a worlds cham
pionship a few seasons ago, is now
blamed for being the jinX carrier.
That's the reason why Fred is now
warming a seat on the players
bench instead of being where base
ball enthusiasts who follow the game
would naturally look for him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-31

nicka, sitting on the bench. tainted
him. Words were exchanged and in
a second the two were fighting. Sub
stitute Kelleher of the Indianapolis
team, Pitcher Irving Young and sever
al other Milwaukee players tried TO
separate the combatants, and during
the excitement a roOter leaped into
the diamond and hit Lewis, second
baseman OF the visitors.
Players Reilly of Indianapolis and
Lewis and Slapnicka OF Milwaukee and
the excited fan were arrested and lat
er released on bond.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-31

Runs-Davenport: Becker. Koep+
ping. Wakefield 2. O'Brien, OLeary,
Lakaff. Dubuque: Higginbotham,
Wheeler. Daschbach. Schlueter. Two
base hits-Becker, Wakefield, Schluet-
er, Lakahf. Home run-O'Brien. Dou-
BILE plays-Lakaff TO Bromwich to VII
son; Schlueter 20 Isaacs. Time: so.
Umpire-Donnelly.
Second game:
Davenport ....O2401 %. 10
Dubuque OOOOOOOO-6 4
Batteries-Cooper. Wells. Middleton
and MARSHALL; Lamline, Carroll and
Sullivan.
BIoomers Take Two.
Bloomington. Ill. Aug. 31.-Bloom-
ington won both games of a double
header from Decatur yesterday, Marks
being ineffective in the first, while
Schlansker was hit hard in the third
and fifth innings. The second game
went II innings. Richmond, a semi
pro. outpitching the veteran Myers.
The fielding of Oberta, Gurta, Conger
and Brown featured in both games.
Score of first game:
Bloomington ..OO3O2 90 s l
Decatur -. .OOOOOO1OO-1 s 3
Batteries: Marks and Anderson;
Schlansker and O'Brien.
Second game:
bloomington
...OO1OOOOOOOOOO1-2 ?
Decatur
..1OOOOOOOOOOOOO-1 6 o
Batteries-Richmond and Anderson;
Myers and O'Brien.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-31
NEW YORK TAKES
LAST FROM CUBS
pierce and Cheney Unable to
Stem Bevy of Swats by
League Leaders.
cgIFEOS ON TOP IN 18TH
,,,s. Holds Jenes' Crew Safe From
s,srs-sex Players Happy Over
pefest Of Johnson

chicago. IL, Aug 31.-McGraw's
Giants whipped the Cubs in one inning
vss,ersay at the West Side park. the
al OF the series going 10 the cham
ions by 10 I. The round which beat
- Chicagoans was the first and was
oss OF several bad sessions which far
f-o-n satisfied $1,000 patrons who were
-ot even rewarded with any of the side
attractions for which the West Side
h, * becoming famous. The score:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-31
SLUGGERS DEFEAT MILAN
Favorites Show Up Well in PreIimi-
nary Practice.

The Rock Island Sluggers jouneyed
to Milan yesterday afternoon and met
winning the game by the count Of to
8. The home club came near tying the
count in the final session, when
Smith poked a drive over first with the
bases full and one down. Wilcox. On
first for the Island city boys. leaped
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-31
SoH OverJoyed With Victories.
THREE PLAYERS AND FAN
ARRESTED FOR FIGHTING

indianapolis, Aug. 31.-Indianapolis
won the first game OF a scheduled dou-
Die header IN the 10th inning yester-
usy BY score OF 20 4. The second
game was called in the fourth irning-
a general night took place in1the
-lnth- Outhelder Kelley Of the is
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-31

St. Louis, Aug. 31.-George Tyler
Welded but one hit, a long single by
Magees in the seventh inning. while
Boston hit opportunely in the first and
nth. winning the last game OF the
series with ST. Louis. 2 10 o.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-31

Two base hits-Kane. Gleason
Three base hits-Sexton. Home run
James. Struck out-By Reeves. IL;
by Miller, IL. Bases on balls-On
Reeves. L; of Miller 2. Time OF game
las.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-31
PLOW BOYS SPLIT
TWO WITH PEORIA
Eller in Great Form, Blanks
Pennant Chasers in
Opener.
81 UE S0X WIN BOTH GAMES
[ akatf lnvincIbIe In All but One In
nins-BIoomers Win Two-Sec-
ond Goes II Inning.
BLUE SOX WIN BOTH GAMES

Peoria, Ill, Aug. 31.-Peoria and
Moline split a double-header yester-
day, Moline taking the first game, TO
o, and Peoria the second game, II to
l. Score of first game:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-31

Runs-Moline: Staley, Main. Stol-
en- bases-Johnson 2, Staley, Main.
Two base hits-Staley, Wooley. Three
base hits-Erloff Sacrifice hits-Oh-
lin. Struck out-By Eller, s; by Hen
Dirk, 4. Hit by pitched ball-Wooley.
Umpire-Wright Time-1:35.
Moline :. IL 0 900 o O-1 . 4
Peoria -. ..3 0 8 0 +-12 10 .
|. Batteries-Miller and Erloff; Tim
norman, Romine and Yelle-
Blue Sox Increase Lead.
Dubuque. Iowa, Aug. 31.-Davenport
won a double header from Dubuque
yesterday, to + and 9 to 6. Gregg
was hit hard in the first game and was
given poor support. In the second
came Dubuque scored six runs in the
first inning, but Davenport overcame
the lead through errors by Higginbot, =
am in left field. Score of first same:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-31

high in the air and speared the drive
barehanded, completing a fast double
play and winning the game for the
Sluggers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-31
Altar Of Roses,

Persian altar of roses is quite differ
emit from the Bulgarian product. The
roses of the Persian district of Ears
have been famous for many centuries
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-31

of that late Peoria-Moline series, Is
that Manager Neal of the Plow Boys
is a former Islander, and we hate to
think of a former Islander helping
Davenport to win a pennant.
And still everything is going up
except our salaries.
Charley White, for the fourth con
secutive time has started for home.
But there's nothing like having a good
imaginative press agent.
Moline claims that Earl Henderson
is a Moline man; Muscatine says he
is Muscatine lad; Rock Island claims
he is a local boy. Who shall be blame
it onto, Earl?
Foolish question No. 67S,9S7, 1885, 23
Has Heinie Zimmerman been fined
again? with proper apologies).
If Heinie Zim gets a salary large
enough to pay all those fines, he must
have John D. shaded a mile.
Carl Morris a Hero" is the infor-
nation recently impaired in headlines
on sporting pages throughout the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-31
HENSLEYSRETAIN
LEAD OF LEAGUE
Defeat Western Electrics by
Score of 2 to 0-Desaul-
niers Drop Game.
STANDING OF CLUBS.

The Hensleys continue to retain
their lead in the Merchants baseball
league. Saturday afternoon at the city
park they defeated the Western Elec-
tries by a score of 2 to o. The Central
Trust & Savings bank won from the
Little Gems, to I, in a game feat
ured by good pitching and poor field
ing.
AT the Watch Tower, the Central
Unions downed the Desaulniers by
top-heavy score OF IL to IL.
The score: X H. T.
HenSleyS '---- q
Western Electrics ...........O 2
Batteries-Larson and Baker; Ma
son and Cowley.
The score: r. II. z.
Central Tr. & Saw. Blk. .......6 4
Little Gems ......1 o
BatteriesLHarder and Swanson;
Reeves and England.
The score: X. II. T.
Central Unions ..............l2 :
Desaulniers .........-.......l d
Batteries-W.lson and McQuade;
Baxter and Widerquist.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-31

lor Davenport IN the thirteenth.
Chicago ......OOOO1OO OOO2-3
81. Louis 100000 OOOO-1
Two base hit-Simon. Three base
hh-Wicklaud. Sacrifice hits-W. NIL
Ief' Fritz, Beck. Stolen bases-Flack
% ". Miller. Kirby. Double plays
1leto 70 Boucher; Davenport 10
boucher. Bases on balls-On LANCE,
. OF Groom. 1 : off Keupper. 3; of
herbert, 2; Off Davenport, l. Struck
oat-By Groom, 2; by LANCE. 8; b.
davenport, z: Pitching recOrd-Off
he1pper, ! hit. I run IA l inning; on
Herbert, 8 hits IN innings; off Day-
slport, hits. ? runs in s innings. Left
- bases-St. Louis. 6; Chicago. 8.
4lne-2:f5. Umpires - Mccormick
and Shannon.
soH oVerJoyed With Victories.
Washington. Aug. 31.-With the
n1gaboo OF them all removed from
tneir path. Callahan's White Sox will
welcome their meeting with the Ma
uonals today. Annually since the ad-
vent Of Walter Johnson the pale-hosed
Datters have dreaded the day when
tAey had 20 face him, but that time
mas passed. and hereafter the speed
king will work minus the charm that
iOfmerly suppressed the south siders.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-31


grass. SAFER. Zimmerman, Schultz.
Three base hits-F1etcher, COrriden.
Struck out-By Pierce, Tesreau.
Grant; by Tesreau, Pierce, Safer. Good
~, Bresnahan. Leach. Bases on balls
OF Cheney, l. Double plays-Mey-
ers 10 Fletcher; Fletcher to Merkle.
Hits-Oh Cheney. 3 IN one inning. Hit
b. pitcher-By Cheney. Fletcher.
Wild pitch-Pierce. Left on bases
Chicago. 5; New York. :. Time-2:OO.
-mpires-Klem and Emslie.
Tinx Win in 10 Innings.
S. Louis, Aug. 31.-Joe Tinker's
Chifeds concluded their sojOurn here
By taking the final game OF the series
from Fielder Jones men, 10 I. In 13
innings Inability 20 solve the deliv-
cry Of Pitcher Erwin LANCE, when hits
meant runs. was responsible for the
result The score:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-31
GpPOPT...
OGOHGM.EN
BY n, E, POD,

Every team in the National league
wants to see the New York Giants wiz.
another pennant, with the exceptions
of Boston, Chicago, st. Louis, Cincin-
natl, Philadelphia, Brooklyn and Pitts
burgh.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-08-07
CHAPTER XVIII.
Disturbing News.

He walked home swiftly through
the early night, his brain seething with
tumultuous thoughts. The revela-
tons of the day were staggering; the
whole universe seemed to have turned
topsy-turvy since that devastating
hour at Burton's inn. Somehow he
was not able TO confine his thoughts
to Hetty Castleton alone. She seemed
TO sink into the background. despite
the absolution he had been so ready,
so eager to grant her on hearing the
story from Sara's lips. Not that his
resolve TO search her out and claim
her In spite Of everything was likely
TO weaken, but that the absorbing fig-
ure OF Sara Wrandail stood out most
clearly in his reflections.
What an amazing creature she was!
He could not drive her out OF his
thoughts, even when he tried TO con.
centrate them on the one person who
was dearest TO him of all in all the
world, his warm-hearted, adorable
Hetty. Strange contrasts suggested
themselves to him as he strobe along.
head bent and shoulders hunched. He
could not help contrasting the two
women. He loved Hetty; he would
always love her. of that be was posi-.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-08-07

has taken life with her own hands.
Can you take her to your bosom. can
you make her the mother OF your own
children? Remember. there is blood
on her hands"
"Ah, but her heart is cleanl"
True" she said moodily, 'her heart
IL clean"
mo cleaner than yours is now.
Sara"
She uttered short. mocking laugh.
"lt isn't necessary to say thing
like that to me-"
II beg your pardon"
Her manner changed abruptly. She
turned to him, intense and serious.
She is so far away. Brandon. On
the other side or the world. and she
Is full OF loathing for me. How am
to regain what have lost? How am
to make her understand? She went
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-08-07

a few days TO settle some beastly
squabbles among the tenants. Next
year he wants me to come over for
the shooting. He isn't going back to
India for two years, you may be In
terested TO hear. Two years leave
Lots of influence, believe me! We've
been expecting him back In London
since day before yesterday. l dare
say he found matters worse than he
suspected and has been delayed. He
has been negotiating for the sale OF
some Of his property In Belfast-fac-
tory sites. believe. He is particularly
anxious to close the deal before he
leaves England. Had to lift a mort
gage on the property. before he could
think OF making the sale. | staked
him TO four thousand pounds to tide
him over. OF course. he 10 eager TO
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-08-07

I II thank God for you, for her and
for everything. thank God that she
found him out in time, that she killed
him. that you shielded her, that you
failed to carry out your devilish
scheme, and that your heart Is very
sore today"
"You do not despise me?"
"No. / am sorry for YOU"
Her eyes narrowed. II don't want
you to feel sorry for me-"
You don't understand. ! am sorry
for you because you have found your
self out and must be despising your
self"
"You have guessed the truth. de-
spise myself. But what could be ex-
pected of me?" she asked ironically.
"As the Wrandalls would say. blood
will tell"
Nonsense! Don't talk like that!
II is quite unworthy of you. In spite
Of everything, Sara, you are wonder
full. The very thing you tried TO do.
the way you went about 1t, the way
you surrender, makes for greatness In
you. II you had gone on with 1t and
succeeded, that fact alone would have
put you in the class with the great,
strong, virile women Of history. It"
with the Medicis, the Borgias
and" she began bitterly.
"Yee, with them. But they were
great women, Just the same. You are
greater, for you have more than they
possessed: conscience. wish
could tell you just what ! feel. !
haven't the words. l."
II only want you TO tell me the
truth. DO you despise me?"
again ! say that / do not. ] can
only say that regard you with-yes,
with ave."
"As one might think OF a deadly
serpent"
Hardly that" he said, smiling for
the first time. He crossed over and
laid his hand on her shoulder. Don't
think too meanly of yourself. Iunder-
stand it all. You lived for months
without heart, that's all"
you put it very gently"
II think / am right. Now, you've
got 1t back, and it's hungry for the
sweet good things Of life. You want
to be happy. You want to love again
and to be loved. You don't want to
pitied. understand. It's the return
of heart that went away long months
ago and left an empty place that you
filed with gall. The bitterness Is
gone. There is something sweet In
its place. Am not right?"
She hesitated. IF you mean that
/ want to be loved by my enemies,
Brandon. you are wrong" she said
clearly. 81 have not been chastened
in that particular"
"You mean the Wrandalls?"
1T Is not In my nature to love my
enemies. We stand on the same foot
ing as before, and always shall. They
understand me, understand them.
am glad that my project failed. not for
their sake, but for my own"
He was silent This woman was be-
yond him. He could not understand a
nature like this.
"You say nothing. Well, can't ask
you to understand. We will not dis
cuss my enemies, but my friends.
What do you intend to do in respect
to Hetty?"
II am going to make her my wife,"
he said levelly.
She turned away. IL was now quite
dark. He could not see the express
sion on her face.
What you have heard does not
weaken your love for her?'
mo. 1t strengthens it."
you know what she has done. She
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-08-07
Why She Mourned.

"Boo-hoo!" sobbed the lady.
What are you crying about?" the
man asked.
you know the bread and the jelly
I sent TO the fair?"
Yes. Didn't It take a prize? Well.
cheer up-those Judges"
But IL did take a prize-they both
took first prizes-boo-hoo!-"
We'll, what are you crying abouty-
The bread took first prize as the
best specimen OF concrete. and the
Jelly as the best china cement"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-12-21
.BY Jane Whitaker

90 Over three months ago told the
story of number of girls who had
been selling their birthright for a
mess of pottage" by doing work that
took tremendous toll of womanhood
and doing that work at wage from
one-half to one-third less than was
paid workers in the same industry In
any other factory in the state.
The conditions under which these
girl broom and whisk tyers had Ia
bored at the factory of the United
States Broom & Brush Co. and the
wage they had been paid for their
labor was so extremely bad that 1t.
seemed when the International
Broom and Whisk Makers Union
took pity on them and organized
them that the battle would be short
one. 1t seemed that it would only be
necessary to show how unfairly the
girls had been treated to make the
company realize that decency de-
manded remedy.
The battle, however, still goes on.
And it is being marvelously fought.
The girls are not English speaking,
they are Polish, Russian and Lith-
uanian, and to hold them together, to
inspire into three different national
tiles the spirit that means self-sacri-
fee of the individual for the good of
the many, is a wonderful task to ac-.
complish.
It is more wonderful in view. of the
conditions these girls face. In the
coolest weather we have had, when
the thermometer was around zero
and none of us wanted to loiter a
moment longer than necessary out of
doors, these girls have been silently
picketing the factory from which they
are striking They have picketed it
in the coolest hours of the day, in the
early morning and in the evening and
still they haven't the least intention
of quitting until they win. They
have spurned all attempts to have a
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-12-21

W. SOtNOI IONS
Perhaps some of their courage
has been due to the loyalty of or
gained labor Women from the
Women's Trade Union league have
been teaching the girls English twice
a week in the restroom on Milwau-
kee avenue.
Organized labor has contributed
SO far more than $4,000 to carry on
the fight. At the last meeting of the
Int. Broom and Whisk Makers Union
No. 20 they voted to assess each
member SIS to help this fight.
On the Thursday before Christ
mas the Women's Trade Union
league will have Christmas party
for the girls to give them few hours
OF happy forgetfulness.
And all the while every attempt
has been made to. show the United
States Broom and Brush Co., who
formerly manufactured in the Joliet,
ILL.,, and Jackson, Mich, prisons I'M
der prison contract labor, that it is
their duty to pay these girls the same
scale of wage that workers in every
otner factory are paid, but the, eff
fort has been in vain.
At the last conference held with
E. c. Jones, manager of the COM
pany, and his attorneys, Genchan
and Gruver, Jones declared they
could not pay the same wage with
out losing money, despite the fact
that his competitors are able to
pay it.
He declared that the only way he
would consider arbitration would be
if he were permitted to include in
his expenses all overhead charges,
rent, machinery, supplies and every
other expense, instead of on the ba-
sis of the scale of wages in effect not
only in organized shops in the same
industry, but in unorganized shops
as well.
There doesn't seem to be much
! L. L
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-12-21

GIRLS OF THREE NATIoNALTEs STILL WAGE UNITED BATTLE
..-.- FOR BETTER WORKING CONDITIONS
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-01-13
BURGLARS BREAK INTO
EIGHTH STREET GROCERY

The grocery store of Joe Fudold, an
Assyrian, at the corner of Eighth and
Sycamore streets, was entered by bur-
glars sometime Saturday night or
Sunday morning, and large quantity
Of goods taken, besides about $50 In
cash. An entrance was gained by fore
ing window at the side of the build
ing. The burglars left no clue that
would lead to their apprehension.
Yesterday shortly after noon, Chief
of Police Link placed under arrest
John Williams. Williams was taken
into custody in Connelly's alley, and
when placed under arrest admitted
having taken the goods, large guam
tity of which was found under the
house and returned to Fudold, who
identified it as being that which was
taken from his store.
Williams implicated another negro,
who he said accompanied him to the
place and assisted in the robbery. A
few hours later Patrolman Collins
placed Louis Hawkins negro boy un.
der arrest, charged with being the
accomplish. He was arrested in a
house on Fest High street and before
he was placed in Jail told the police
he was implicated in the burglary
Johnson, alias "Jack the PEPPER" is
well-known in. police circles, having
previously been arrested on similar
charges. None of the money taken
by the negroes has been recovered.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-01-13
BOURBON GARAGE MAKING
EXTENSIVE PREPARATIONS

The Bourbon Garage e Supply Co
is making extensive preparations
looking to the opening of the trade
this spring, and with the view of
meeting the demand of every branch
of their trade, will soon fit out one of
the most complete supply and sales
recently secured by lease the large
and commodious livery stable of Mr..
d. w. Peed, on Main street, known
as the middle stable" and with ex-
tensive improvements it will be con-
Verted into garage suitable to ac-
eommodate a large number of ma
chimes, and will be fitted with the
most modern appliances for the pur-
pose Of handling repair work of any
character.
Mr.. John w. Yerkes, formerly a
member of the firm of Yerkes &
Prichard, engaged in the same bust.
ness in this city, but who has for
some time been in the employ of q
firm in Nashville, has been engaged
by the local company, and will as
sumo his new duties on Feb. 1.
Mr.. Yerkes has had a vast amount
of experience in this line, and is a
valuable man in the capacity in
which he will be gagged. Mr.. Chas.
Weber, one of the owners Of the
concern, will be in charge of the es-
Enlistment.
In addition to number of high
class machines which the company
will have on sale, it will also be the
local agent for the REQ car, and have
received two of the cars for demon
strating purposes, which will be
placed on their sales floors together
with other high-class models. The
company will be in its new quarters
about the first of March.