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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-21

AS a rule we are nor strong Tor Lne
writings of C.. Webb Murphy, even
when our tastes are humorous, but
he clicked off one last night that is a
real gem. Lamp it:
bill Brennan's decisions caused
riots in the National League, and if
he works in the future in some or
ganization which does not draw suf-
ficient pectators to make riot, the
peace and tranquility of the COM
munities by him will be helped"
I: That's nice bit of irony, but again
tween Charles and Ban. Ban says
/ the Feds won't even start, and
Charles, by inferring they won't draw
enough people for a riot, says they'll
start, but will finish quickly.
Get together, men.
tAd Brennan and Bill KiIIifer are in
Philadelphia today, and will meet
with officials of the National League
club of that city. There was no ap-
parent worry around Federal League
headquarters, however, as Weegh-
man said he had the two players Sc
curely hooked; III
Connie Mack has signed all of his
team but Eddie Plank, Jack Coombs,
Danny Murphy and Ira Thomas.
BASKETBALL SCORES
Heavyweight.
: N. Division, 16; Wen. Phillips, II.
= Hyde Park, 10; Parker, IA.
Lightweight.
Englewood, II; Bowen, 10. ,.
Hyde Park, 26; Wen. Phillips, 8.
Lane, IL; Lake View, 8.
The signed contracts of Shortstop
Owen Bush, Outfelders Robert
Veach and Demmitt, and Catcher
Mckee were received today by the
Detroit club
Ray Fisher, one of the New York
American League clubs veteran
pitchers, was added today to the list
The Dermott news., 1914-09-03
PLAY NECESSARY FOR CHILD
Most important for His Proper DeVeI-
opment and There Should Be
Safe Places Provided.

And the streets of the city shall be
full OF boys and girls playing in the
streets thereof" Thus Zechariah in
$40 b. c. But there were fewer motor
cars in Zechariahs day than there are
in ours. The children now need. for
their play. some place safer than the
street. declares the Craftsman.
More important than the play
ground. however, is the play. 1t "
we'll that children should play in a
safe place, but it is absolutely neces-
sary that they should play somewhere
If they are to grow up at al For
there is no doubt now. ! thiEk. in the
minds of educators that play builds
the child 1t is the method that ma
ture has provided for his development
The Dermott news., 1914-09-03

" had Grown on t. 4 scientific sys-
n Of irrigation and drainage VAS laid
L. under direction of Lord kitch-
.er. at cost OF 500 an acre. and It
as then handed over To the tellaheen
i five-acre plots for cultivation. Last
ear the land was washed, and crop
( rice was grown. giving a satisfac-
org yield After the rice crop the
salt distribution was measured. and
the percentage was considerably re-
dueed To the great establishment of
the fellaheen cultivators. a permanent
result had been achieved In one year,
The Dermott news., 1914-09-03

submarine. which was n dream in
smallest power. II is true that single
submarines are not expected TO ac-
complish much In a real struggle. so
the larger nayies OF the great powers
have fleets OF submarines. The aero
plane and the dirigible balloon are 10
be found In the possession of all arm
les in Europe today. yet they, too. are
only expected to be OF real service
when they are possessed in large mum
bers.
The airships and the submarines are
the wasps OF modern warfare Like
the little insect, while they have a
powerful sting, they are very vulner-
able. and may be easily crushed and
rendered powerless
Aeroplane and Wireless.
In the recent smaller wars. aero
planes have been used 10 a limited ex-
tent, and this use has been SO much
limited that their real efficiency is ex.
pected to be finally determined by
the present war.
Ii Is much the same with the wire
less telegraph. While II Was used in
the Russo-Japanese war OF ten years
ago. the apparatus Was still rudimen-
tary, and the installations too few.
while the range OF the apparatus was
too limited 10 show the greatest eff
cheney In the intervening decade, how
ever. great advance has been made In
wireless II is now POSSIBLE and. in
deed, Is custom every day. TO send
and receive messages from "A distance
OF more than 1900 miles This. then.
is a new aud important factor in naval
operations. as VAS seen by the censor.
ship put over the great sending sta
tions on this side OF the Atlantic by
the United States authorities.
Wireless has also been successfully
attached 10 aeroplanes.
The submarine Was in existence In
1904. but IL was very different sea
wasp 10 that which England. France
and Germany are using today, Yet it's
real value is Yet 10 be- determined. and
1t is expected that this demonstration
will come during the present conflict.
Rapid increase OF Submarines.
At the time of the Spanish American
war there were only tive submarines
in all the navies OF the world.
The latest edition OF Brassey's Naval
Annual for this year gives the number
OF submarines in the various navies.
and shows what interest Is being
taken In the wasp OF the sea Great
Britain has 16 built. and is building 20
more, Germany, Who only began build
The Dermott news., 1914-09-03
To RE CONTINUED

Play indeed is the positive side OF the
whole phenomenon OF infancy. The
reason the higher animals, and man
above all, are born so helpless and un.
formed Is that they may be finished
by this special method. II is for the
sake Of play that infancy exists. that
there is such a thing as child at all.
The child who is deprived OF his
chance to play is deprived OF his OPP
portunity to grow up.
The Dermott news., 1914-09-03

Ing 4 few years ago. already las -.
20 aud is building / more, France has
20 and is building - additional onces:
Russia has %, and is building Is;
while the United States has - and Is
building 81 Austria has Is. and has
four under construction. white Italy
owns is and is building two. Yet the
submarine is still an unknown guam
tity in warfare.
Submarine In War.
Many OF the early submarines are
small and probably Of little efficiency.
and France has numerous types about
which little is known by the outside
world. The German submarines are
said TO be built along the Holland
lines, while the Russian submarines
are said 10 follow one or moro OF the
French types.
The submarine. from romantic
viewpoint, should be a great factor in
deciding naval engagement, but the
fact remains that UP to the present
time II has done nothing TO prove its
value 1t was believed that the moral
effect OF the submarine would be al
most as important as its physical eff
feet upon AN enemys warship, but
this belief has not been justified up TO
the present moment.
There were notions that there would
be terrific fights under the seas by
submarine meeting submarine and de.
stroying each other. But IL has been
found that when submerged the sub
marine is as blind as the traditional
bat. Its crew cannot see any object
under water, and is compelled to re-
sort to the use OF the periscope. which
energies unostentatiously above the
water. in order TO see its own course
II is known that the periscope Ia
the eye of the submarine. and natural
ly attention has been paid TO the best
way of destroying this vital part OF
their boats.
The designers OF the submarine did
not count upon IL being seen. 1t was
believed that IL would go upon Its way,
dealing death without observation, al.
though its periscope does make
slight wake on the water. and when
submerged there are telltale bubbles.
/ But II has been discovered that from
"A certain height an observer may trace
the course OF IA submerged submarine
with as great accuracy as II IL was
running on the surface. The dirigible
balloon and the aeroplane now can
ferret out the sneaking submarine. and
they both are supposed TO be armed To
destroy the warship that moves like "a
fish
The Dermott news., 1914-09-03

We are too apt to underrate the
moral quality OF mans regular voca-
ton. his daily task, his business to
look somewhere apart from this for
his opportunity for achieving charac-
ter and doing good But there Is moth
ing else that is SO determinative of
a mans character. nothing else that
SO furnishes hands for his benefcence
and feet to run his errands OF food
wilL-John w. Chadwick.
The Dermott news., 1914-09-03
WASTE LAND MADE FERTIl
Remarkable Results Have Follows
Experiments Only Recently
Undertaken in Egypt.

AS an indication Of the ultimate out
come in the great delta of ,Egyp
where 100000 acres OF wash sail
land awaits development, toward the
end of 1919 about 500 acres Of absolute
ly waste land at Biala were taken in
hand The land was so heavily i'm
pregnated with salt that for ages moth
The Dermott news., 1914-09-03
CHAPTER K.

lerine was just as much amazed
seeting Hayes as he was at find
ler at the door.
didn't know you would be here.
crime apologized, otherwise /"
lbs expression silenced her She
never seen such an expression in
eyes before. Katherine was radi-
beautiful today. She knew it.
e than that, she had taken par
dar care to gown herself in an
uisite afternoon dress of duh blue,
own that had been draped accord
to her own fastidious design. But
Bob's eyes there was no response
her beauty or her clothes or her
Sc. He didn't even attempt to dis
his disgust at her effrontery in
aiding LIS. SHADES retreat
4 want to see Mrs. Slade." kath-
ne finally announced
Upon my word" his voice was
y, but hoarse Il never heard OF such
thing as your coming to this house.
nat do you want here? Want TO tell
at little woman you're after her?
hat do you want here?"
"Win you kindly tell Mrs. Slade that
I'M here?" katherines eyes were
70 and her mouth thin strip of
animation.
irst, | want to know what you're
to say to her." Hayes demanded.
ether l say it today or tomor-
,esnt matter" Katherine an
Ftquietly. IN say It, So you
JetN well let her know I'm here
claj
'cbht. but do you think you had
risk les You look out! When
a.Scovers-" Marys entrance at
- moment checked Hayes warning.
She looked questioningly. first at kath-
srine, then at Hayes,
"Ill be back. auntie. in very few
ninutes," Hayes remarked I've got
% work on my car. This is Miss
strickland and ne shut the door
"Oh - Miss Strickland" repeated
Mary. very much pleased but very
much in awe of the senator's daughter.
you called on me once before, but
| had headache. I've often wished
since | hadn't had It, Won't you take
off your things and sit down. It's very
Kind of you to call
Katherine thanked her and sat
iown. She had not expected to find
'uch q sweet little woman in Mrs.
,lade. The woman was SO little, so
ragile, SO. Larmless and helpless In
Even the oldfashioned
Sttage made it's appeal to the girls
sensitive spirit; the shabby furniture
ave her vision of what Shades ear
lier life with this woman must have
been. Instead of her usual pose. she
found herself quite little at loss
o'know what to do or say before the
frank, sincere gaze of SHADES wife.
The questions she had meant to blurt
out soon after her arrival remained
mutely on her lips Instead she found
herself answering the Questions that
Mary Slade was asking
She found herself telling the woman
OF her own struggles against iAcreas
ing poverty. talking of her own hopes
and ambitions.
Mrs. Slade. | don't say thisfis a
social call" catherine found heyseli
frank as the woman at the oAhei
- If the table.
sp know all about my
) Strickland"
aat's what Id like to talk a
The Dermott news., 1914-09-03
t1APTER Ix-Contlnued.

Slade," Merritt began, and
'ck, apprehensive look in the
the kitchen. Take hint
Vou give 1t TO him! Soak
NGe's used you like a dog
re today to find out If you
fight him l had an idea
j. I'll help you do him up"
talking against the man |
most of my life," and she
kOEkye on him. You get
house. sir"
sted Merritt, rising.
ng, sir, Go along
russ her voice as her tenn
aeer of her
g the loud tones. ap-
itchen door munching
u" he heard Mary eX-
can't abuse my husband
p,ked once at Hayes and
II Then he went.
a,d taking large bites out
foil cooking at Mary with
want about Slade,"
But l wont let any
The Dermott news., 1914-09-03
Now Inferior Grades Cost Double

About the only crude rubber available now
for many makers is Inferior In ordinary times,
the best tire makers refuse II. Much of 1t had
been rejected Bat that "of rubber now sells
for much more than We paid for the best
The results are these:
Tire prices in general are far in advance OF
Goodyears And many tire makers, short of
supplies, will be forced to use second-grade
rubber
The Dermott news., 1914-09-03

which under the ordinary system pre-
Willing in the country would have
taken thre or four years TO accom-.
plish. Cotton is now. therefore. being
satisfactorily grown on fair proper.
tion OF this area. and it is expected
that IT VIII bring from $40 to 500 an
acre
The Dermott news., 1914-09-03
Be Careful Now

In Goodyears pledge you the same grade
tire as always. And that grade won for Good
years the top place in Firedom-the largest sale
in the world.
And, for the time being, our prices are the
same as before the war. We shall try to keep
them there.
We accept no excessive orders bat dealers
will be kept supplied. And We charge them,
until further notice. only ante-bcllum prices.
That mean. that Goodyears the best
tires built-are selling way below other tires.
The Dermott news., 1914-09-03
Counting Up Fines.

Are the running expenses OF
automobile very high7" ~
Not II the motorcycle cop
get your number" u
The Dermott news., 1914-09-03
I Tres al
Before-War Prices

storage an almost record supply Of this extra
grade Of rubber.
And we paid about June prices.
The Dermott news., 1914-09-03
Goodyear Prices
1t is Folly Today to Pay More

There exists now a new, compelling
reason for buying Goodyear tires. 1t re-
suits from War conditions
These leading tires built Of extra fine
rubber, in the same way as always-are
selling today at June prices.
You will find today very wide difference
between most tire prices and Goodyears.
The Dermott news., 1914-09-03
A|RSH|PS AND
SUBMARINES
WASPS OF WAR
Both Are Getting Their First
Real Test in This Con-
flct in Europe.
MAY FIGHT ONE ANOTHER
Each invention Now Is Prepared TO
Pull the Others Sting. but Their
Actual Value Is Yet to
Be Demonstrated.

Every modern war has been fought
with new weapons and for the last
century there have been countless in
ventions for the carrying on OF war.
fare in a particularly destructive man
ner. with the philanthropic intent that
war was fast becoming SO horrible and
terrible thta II must soon pass away
from the face OF the earth. says the
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
But IL happened that az soon as
particularly horrible contrivauce was
invented and introduced into armies
and navies inventors Immediately
busted themselves by offsetting and
discounting its probable effect Con.
sequently war not only has not passed
away. but we stll have 1t with us
Thus 1t is that each big war. after be.
ing heralded as the worlds last cen.
Migration. is found upon examination
10 be false. and the end Of war is not
yet arrived
Trying Out inventions.
In the present war in Europe there
are being tried under the conditions OF
actual hostilities many improvements
and inventions that previously have
been tried only under laboratory con
dtions Their real worth win only be
discovered at the close OF the conflict.
No army or navy engaged ia the
present conflict in Europe but what is
possessed OF nearly all OF the modern
improvements made since 1870 The
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-06-11
scGLY PSORIASIS ON LIMBS

Troop H, 9Th U. S. Cavalry, Camp
Mccoy, Sparta, Visit was troubled
with psoriasis for nearly two years.
Portions Of my arms and limbs were
affected mostly with it. 1t appeared
in sealy form, breaking out in very
small dots and gradually grew larger
and white scales formed when about
the size Of an ordinary match-head.
The looks of it was horrible, which
made it very unpleasant for me. 1t
itched little at times.
Il tried several treatments which
cured me for a month, but it always
broke out again. One day friend
saw the advertisement of Cuticura
Soap and Ointment in the paper and
l sent for a sample. They helped me,
so I purchased two more boxes of
Cuticura Ointment and some Cuticura
Soap and they completely cured me.
It took three months for Cuticura
Soap and Ointment to complete my
cure" (Signed) Walter Mahony, Oct
p, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston. ADV
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Maoiclzns SIT Down TO Dinner

The Magicians' club, which is COM
posed Of all the most celebrated trick
makers on the English stage, recent
ly held its first annual dinner,
followed by an entertainment, at the
Hotel Cecil in London. It was a mar
velous evening. The dinner itself was
shrouded with magic effects difficult
OF discernment, but one got an impress
sion OF new potatoes that turned into
forks, and of walters folding up the
thick soup and putting it neatly into
their breast pockets.
After dinner wonder grew. After
speeches real journalists conjured
with words, and then Mr.. S. c. Maui
rice daZzled one with kaleidoscope
card-turns, a trio sang quartette, the
Zomahs told the secrets OF all the
watches and other concealed articles
in the room, and then Mr.. Houdini-
Mr.. Houdim took a bag and took an
egg, and smiled, and the world seemed
a simple understandable place. When
Mr.. Houdini had finished with the bag
and the egg, the solid ground had
faded beneath ones feet.
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who failed in his courtesy there, sab,
was called to account for it. He was
mighty apt to find himself standing in
the cool dawn at the butt-end Of "a
He broke off and coughed. There
was an awkward pause in which he
set down his glass noisily and rose
and stood before the open bookcase.
Il envy you this, sah,' he said with
somewhat of haste. "a fine old col
lection. Bless my soul, what curious
volume!"
AS he spoke, his hand jerked out a
heavy-looking leather-back. Valiant,
who had risen and stood beside him,
saw instantly that what he had drawn
from the shelf was the morocco case
that held the rusted dUeling-pistol! In
the majors hands the broken box
opened A sudden startled look darted
across his leonine face. With smoth-
cred exclamation he thrust it back
| between the books and closed the
glass door
Valiant had paled. His previous
finding of the weapon had escaped his
mind Now he read, as clearly as if
it had been printed in black-letter
across the sunny wall, the significance
of the majors confusion. That weap-
| on had been in his fathers hand when
| he faced his opponent in that fatal
duel! 1t flashed across his mind as
the doctor lunged for his hat and stick
| and got to his feet.
Come, Bristow," said the latter irri-
tably. Your feet will grow fast to
| the floor presently. We mustn't talk a
new neighbor to death. I've got to see
! a patient at six"
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treading on q path Of rose-leaves.
down which the increasing melody
flowed crimsonly to him, calling, call
ing.
He stopped stock-stin. He had been
skirting a close-cropped hedge of box.
This had ended abruptly and he was
looking straight up a bar of green
yellow radiance from a double door
way. The latter opened on a porch
and the light, flung across this,
drenched an arbor of climbing roses,
making it stand out mass Of woye,;
rubies set in emerald.
He drew a long sigh Of more than
delight, for framed in the doorway he
saw a figure in misty white, leaning to
the gilded upright of a harp. He
knew at once that it was Shirley.
Holding his breath, he came closer his
feet muffled in the thick grass. He
stood in the dense obscurity, one
hand gripping the gnarled limb of
a catalpa, his eyes following the
shapely arms from wrist to shoulder,
the fingers straying across the strings,
carved wood She was playing the
melody of SheIley's Indian Serenade''
touching the chords softly and ten
| derly-and his lips moved, molding
themselves soundlessly to the words.
The serenade died in a single long
note. AS if in answer to it there rose
a food of bird-music from beyond the
arbor-jets of song that swelled and
rippled to a soaring melody. She
heard it, too, for the gracile fingers
fell from the strings. She listened a
moment, with head held to one side,
then sprang up and came through the
door and down the steps.
He hesitated moment, then a sin
gle stride took him from the shadow.
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MEANT TO GIVE INSPIRATION
Old Man Could Not Understand How
Orator Could Make Good Speech
Without a Drink.

William Jennings Bryan as young
man visited q small place in Illinois
for the purpose of showing the voters
exactly how to vote. Shortly before
the psychological moment came for
young Bryan to let loose the floods of
oratory an old count-yman approached
him mysteriously ard silently led him
around to the back of the schoolhouse.
There he drew from his pocket a
bottle Of whisky and pronounced the
classic command, Have drink" No,
thanks" said Mr.. Bryan. The old
mans eyes widened, and in their
depths was the shadow of fear Just
little" he said persuasively. no,
not even a little" Mr. Bryan declined
again politely. The old mans eyes be-
gan to bulge. Just one drop" he in
sisted. Mr.. Bryan declined for the
third time. The old mans chest grew
fatter. his shoulders sagged, and he
was the picture Of melancholy as he
said with indescribable pathos: well,
do the best you can. anyway"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-06-11
CHAPTER XVIII.
Beyond the Box-Hedq

AS he greeted her, his gaze plunged
deep into hers. She had recOiled a
step, startled, to recognize him al
most instantly. He noted the shrink
ing and thought it due to stabbing
memory of that forest-horror. His first
words were prosaic enough:
I'm an unconscionabie trespasser,"
he said ut must seem awfully Prov
ly, but | didn't realize was on pri-
vate property till l passed the hedge
there"
AS her hand lay il his, strange
fancy stirred in him: in that wood
meeting she had seemed something
witch-like, the wilful spirit Of the pas
sionate spring herself, mixed Of her
aerial essences and jungle wilder
nesses; in this scented Iim-lit close she
was grave-eyed, subdued, a paler pen
sive woman Of under --alf-guessed sad
nesses and haunting moods. With her
answer, however, this gravity seemed
to slip from her like a garment She
laughed lightly.
4 love to prowl myself. l think
sometimes l like the night better than
the day. l believe in one of my in
carnations I must have been a pan
Their"
They both laughed. I'm growing
superstitious about flowers" he said.
You know rose figured in our first
meeting. And in our last"
She shrank momentariIy. "The cape
jessamines! I shall always think of
that when I see them!"
"Ah, forgive mel" he begged. 'But
when l remember what you did-for
me! Oh, know! But for you, must
have died.
But for me you wouldn't have
been bitten. But don't let's talk of it"
She shivered suddenly.
(TO BE CONTINUED
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eGICO.

These Mexicans, for all their boast
ed Spanish polIteness, are laugh.
Why, New York subway guard could
give a Mexican cards and spades in
the politeness game and beat him
hands down"
The speaker was Yngve Lungstrom,
the noted railway engineer of Denver.
He continued:
I'm block once in the traffic Of the
City of Mexico my cabby shrieked at
the man ahead Of US:
q had a beard like yours once,
but when I found what it made me
look like, Santa Maria, cut it off,
YES answered the other cabby,
and had face like yours once, and
when I found 1 couldn't cut it off, by
the holy st. Christopher, I raised a
beard"