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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-17

the exceptional methods Of acquisition:
by inheritance and purchase. Neither
Of these is practised frequently enough,
or on large scale.
Christmas brings books. John is a
great reader" reason ones female rela-
lions. I'VE must find a nice book for
his Christmas present" And they send
you either the latest work OF your
worst enemy or a tawdry reprint OF
somebody you have dog cared in the
editio princeps.
The pleasantest way Of acquiring
books is at an auction. | don't mean
the South Clark st. book auctions, or
those which take place during the noon
hour in the cross streets OF downtown
Boston. 1t is at these that the tired
business man" bids for limited editions
Of Poe, or Maupassant, or PAU DE
Kock. along with Illuminated texts OF
the Constitution, and beautifully etched
Arabian Nights" No, | assume that
all OF us are above being interested IN
this kind Of auction. And for me the
really tempting sale is that where the
library Of some great man-some cele-
brity, at least-is disposed OF. Your
first thought is: What pity that
his collection should be dispersed like
that! Princeton ought to buy it UNI
broken" And your second thought:
"I must bid on some OF these items!
Now, which association books shall L
mark in this fascinating catalogue?"
For, there is no doubt about 1t, cata-
logues have an attraction all their own.
Have you never felt it? Then you can
never have sympathized with NJ Ber-
eeret in Anatole Frances novel. What
is more, you can never have had any
deep sympathy with me.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-17
LEARNED EARLY THE NEED OF
SELF-PROTECTlO

But let us consider in more detail the
remarkable history OF this magnetic,
two-fsted man.
From an early age until he was
fifteen years old Kelley alternated be-
tween backing boots and selling news
papers in the streets OF his native
Whitechapel. Gle was born on No
vember II, 1861 one writer has said
of him at this period: "He could scrap
in a flash-hght for a sale, fight for a
shine, fight for fun or for principle"
Just so long as mind body and ap
petites remain wholesome such a school
should provide an excellent training
for success in any field of human ac
tivity. It should give one a directness
of vision unclouded by sentiment ex
actly, in fact, what it gave James
Kelley. He learned practically moth
ing that he had later TO unlearn.
AT fifteen he became enamored of a
fy-specked transatlantic ticket reading
to Leavenworth, Kan, displayed In the
show window of a booking agent. 1t
took almost his entire savings, but he
bought it, and emigrated with the idea
that Leavenworth, Kan, might be one
Of those numerous Jersey towns on the
left bank OF the Hudson. If 1t had
been two New York papers instead OF
two Chicago papers might now be his.
AS it is, he has been too busy in the
region Of prairies TO do more than pay
us short visits.
His first real lesson in geography
came with that long, dusty ride to
Leavenworth in an immigrant train.
And. once in Leavenworth, he con-
firmed an old suspicion Of his, that sill
Yer dollars were not among the most
conspicuous of those objects lying
about in the cutters of a Western town.
He had more than half prepared him
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-17
ATHLETICS UNDER DIRECTION
OF "OlD DOC"

Under the direction of "Old Doc" as
gan to whiten, the athletic equipment
Of the institution was increased a hum
dredfold. In 1877 a field for outdoor
sports was obtained, and Amherst
played its first intercollegiate football
game with Tufts, winning by score or
two touchdowns to one. The Pratt
gymnasium now in use was given 10
the college in 1884 and six years later
came the Pratt Field and grandstand
for varsity teams. The swimming
pool, one Of the largest in the East,
came eight years ago, and was ioi-
lowed in 1908 by the ice hockey rink.
With a natatorium Amherst lost no
time in compelling q student TO learn
TO swim before he received degree.
Through all these years DIR. Hitch
cock fought the fight for the health OF
the student. often in the face OF bitter
hostility, until physical education was
placed on an enduring basis. not only
In Amherst, but in every other coliese'
II il now as much Of the curriculum as
Latin or Greek or mathematics.
He was a vigorous old man. with a
heart big enough to hold the warmest
affection for every one of his boys
whom he numbered by the thousands.
on those wondrously clear winter
mornings when the mercury cuddled
close TO zero and the peaks of the pur-
ple mountains were cut like canoes In
the skv "Old Doc" was the first up the
hill TO chapel, while more pampered
generation chung to the coverlets- HIS
hie black hickory cane tapped sharply
on the sidewalk as he walked along
bundled up in a heavy muller.
The time came when "Old DOCS
voice was heard no more at College
Hall and his STOPPING figure was not
seen any longer around the campus.
But after a big victory they always
would 90 down TO his house TO give MN
a cheer. Then the day came when they
could only stand in silence few min
utes under his window. He was too
weak 10 be allowed 10 hear the voices
that he loved so well. II was not long
before they learned that he had gone
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-17
PUSHED A BILL THROUGH TO
COAX TEDDY"

After this Kelley even found It pos
sble TO force the Illinois Legislature to
pass direct primary law that he might
convince Theodore Roosevelt the Re-
publicans OF the state wanted him TO
run for President. This was In 1912.
Roosevelt won over Taft in the pri-
maries and won over him again In tho
election, with The Chicago Tribune"
figuring as the oracle of the Illinois
Progressiyes. 1t proved tremendous
circulation feature for the paper.
Kelley is a martinez, a man who
does not heed personal appeals when
they conflict with the strict interpreta-
ton of his duty. He has been accused
Of ruthlessness. OF hardness Of heart,
but he calls It conscience They say
he has a mere handful OF intimates
and almost no friends in the casual
sense. but that he has developed
host OF the bitterest sort of enemies.
And yet we learn that out OF respect
and admiration for Kelley. the mer-
chants Of Chicago doubled in the first
issue OF the consolidated paper last
Monday the advertising space they had
been accustomed to buy in the Rec
ord Herald" and Inter Ocean" sepa-
rately.
Let us. in closing, ask that hack
neyed question: Is personal Journalism
dead? Not for one moment, II James
Kelley has anything to do with It, and
it looks very much as if his activities
in the future even more than in the
past would profoundly color the pro-
fession in this country.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-17
GYMNASTIc SOCIETY A CENTRE
OF ACTIVITY.

For fifteen years the athletic activi-
ties Of the college centred in the gym
nastic society. Swings and a rude horse
OF wood and springs were built in the
grove. Jumping, running, round ball,
loeeerheads. quoits and association
football were the popular games of the
day The equipment was steadily In
creased until parallel bars and a run
ming track appeared in 1910, with
swinging rings a few years later.
Wrestling. boxing, fencing and weight
lifting were added to the exercises.
1t was in 1859 that the Amherst ball
club was organized, and on July l Of
that year Williams College was en-
countered in the first intercollegiate
baseball game on record. The battle
was waged on neutral ground in Pitts
field. Mass. Amherst winning by a
score Of 78 10 80, after playing all one
afternoon. The balls used in the game
are TO be seen in the trophy room OF
the gymnasium.
The success Of physical exercise in
the grove was so marked that greater
recognition from the authorities was
demanded Consequently, in lo0o, the
first college gymnasium in the coun-
try. known as Barrett Gym, was con-
structed.
With the advent of the gymnasium,
the gymnastic society was merged
in the department Of physical ed
ucation. In 1861 DR.. Edward Hitch
cock. OF the class of 40, was
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In newspapers. He became carrier
I'm Wyandotte for THE Kansas city
Journal" When the local correspond
ent OF the paper became Ill and de-
parted he appropriated the job, and be-
gan sending items in clouds from this
Kansas City suburb. He had no false
impressions of his ability as writer,
however, and with the object OF learn
ing both how to write and what 10
write he used to keep carbon copies
of what he sent in TO the paper 10
compare later with what the paper
printed. This, it may be said in pass
ing, is the only road to knowledge ana
skill on a newspaper.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-17
SOON HAD WRITTEN ENGLISH
AT COMMAND.

Kelley had, of course, natuiai
nose for news" as any boy VINO had
supported himself by selling newspa-
pers might be expected to nave Anu
with a perfectly good. if somewhat un-
cultivated, mental equipment. 1t took
him only a short time to acquire
working knowledge Of the written Ian
guage. He soon promoted himself to
place on the city staff Of The Kan
sas City Journal"
Now. the job Of reporter may not
seem TO the majority of newspaper
readers the easiest way OF making a
living. but 10 a former newsboy 1t APP
pears very exalted and comfort
able berth indeed. And yet having
reached this pinnacle, the hero OF our
sketch had no idea of resting on his
laurels. He not only became report
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-17

worked alone that is. his object was
always twofold-to get the news and
to prevent his fellow reporters from
getting II or reporting It, And II the
thousand and one legends enshrouding
his personality have any basis in fact
the methods he used to beat his TEL
lows lacked a great deal OF being
Chestertieldian and they earned him
great many enemies. A story Is told OF
his first big out -of-town assignment
designed to illustrate his manner OF
getting the news:
The cattle rustlers' war was on IN
wyoming The city editor handeo
Kelley 5000 and told him to eaten the
next train for the front, leaving IN
twenty minutes It was in March, 1897,
and Wyoming was in the grip OF oiiz-
zard Kelley had no overcoat; ne ola
not have time to get one or to ma out
70 what particular town in Wyoming ne
had better buy a ticket. He neverthe-
less bought a ticket for Douglas TOOK
the train. and two days later jumped OIL
into snow drifts over one hundred miles
south of the scene of conflict.
THE Chicago Herald" had CORE
snondent, Sam Glover, already on the
spot. His first story had come out over
wire running south to Douglas. The
rustlers had cut this wire, but four
companies Of federal cavalry were mas
tening to the rescue and might De eA-
pected to repair It in short order
Kelley travelled north in a buggy
along the line Of telegraph poles, dis
tributing a large part of his 500 IN
such a way that by the time he reached
his destination he had established a
splendid courier service to Douglas ana
had the telegraph operator there ach-
ing to do him favor. And at the
same time some mysterious agent no'
the weather, had destroyeds most oil
what remained Of that wire leading
north. The Tribune thereafter for a
while monopolized the STORY"
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err. but a very demon Of a reporter,
plunging into the very depths OF life
after facts and coming back with them,
running his short legs off on clews.
City editors have a way Of giving
such a one all the work he wants.
Having great faith in his industry and
ingenuity. they send him on as many
intricate missions as they can crowd
into his waking hours. But Kelley
thought this was simply one of the
idiosyncrasies Of the city editor or The
Kansas City Journal" so when he con-
sidered the habit had become too In
grained he babe Kansas City farewell
and dropped down the river to Mem
phis.
From Memphis he went TO Louisville.
In each OF these cities he rose from
extra reporter to city editor and took
a hand himself in driving reporters.
Then he sighed for a broader sphere.
The metropolis OF the Middle West
bcckoned, and he answered the sum-
mons.
Once in Chicago it is probable that
he took his choice in the matter OF
newspapers to work for, though this Is
only conjecture, based on his known
characteristics In any case, he be-
came reporter for THE Chicago
Tribune" That was twenty years ago
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-17
MARKED readjustment of ath-

I n
n many colleges and universities
to-day. A we'll defined movement Is
under way to encourage the so
called intramural sports which engage
the TYNE Of student who is not proficient
enough physically to earn place on
one Of the big teams which have mere
tofore absorbed all attention. RAY
grounds are being laid out for the men
,,.bo ,iko tn season their studying with
a little physical exercise in game Oh
some sort. and some institutions are
making such activity compulsory IN
stead Of elective.
Probably the most extensive plans
for a field devoted to the exclusive use
OF those not qualified for place on
varsity team have been made by Am
horst one of the small New England
colleges. up in the hills Of western
Massachusetts. Here a forty-acre tract
oF land is being developed at cost OF
S75 600 as a playground for the STU
d.,ts who do not aspire to fame and
glory.
plans have been drawn TO utilize
every inch of the big field Shielded
bv the hill where the college buildings
are grouped. the land slopes to the
south. An elevation of 100 feet at the
highest point provides for three broad
terraces on which thirty-six tennis
\ourts are TO be laid out. On each ter
race there are turfed plots, large
enough to accommodate classes Of two
hundred in calisthenic drills.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-17
Forty-Acre Playground at Amherst
for Men Who Never Make Team

chosen professor of hygiene and
physical education. He introduced uni
forms and class drills. with dumbbells
and Indian clubs. For nearly fifty
years he held the post at the head OF
the department, gathering vital stats
tics on the physical growth of college
students under the influence Of required
calisthenics.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-17
A SIGHT WORTH SEEING.

II. Hamilton Fyfe. the English journal
list, was talking at the Press Club In
New York about Mexico, whence he had
just returned.
Among the Mexican Indians" he said.
two things astonished me-irst the early
age at which the children begin TO smoke,
and, second. the late age at which they
continue TO be nursed by their mothers.
Frequently the Indian babies are
sucked till they are four years old. BY
that time they have learned to smoke,
and it is not uncommon, in the Indian
villages. TO see child leave its mother
breast and Immediately light up COM
Portable after dinner cigar
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-17
James Kelley Has Clambered in
Three Decades from the Estate
of a London NewSie to
That of Owner of Two
Chicago Journals.

"The Chicago Intcr-Ocean' were pur-
chased yesterday by James Kelley. The
two papers will be consolidated as
THE Chicago Record Herald and Inter-
Ocean" Mr.. Kelley will be editor and
W. w. Chaplin, recently publisher or
"The Seattle Post-Intellgencer' and
THE San Francisco Call" will he pub
Usher
The Record Herald" and The In
ter Ocean" were purchased free of all
debt and obligations of every kind. The
consolidated paper will be independent
in politics and every other phase or
activity. II win endeaVor TO he con-
structivc force in Chicago and the great
Central West. Ii will work for the
upbuilding - physically. commercially
and morally-of the city i'm which il has
its home. and in national affairs Will
strive to uphold the hands Of those who
are labOring for the welfare Of the peo-
pie as whole.
Cleanliness and accuracy, in so far as
is humanity possible, will control its
news and advertising columns, and
sanity Will he the governing factor in
the editorial treatment Of men, women,
measures and affairs.
The publication office OF the COM
bined papers after Monday will be 163
West Washington St, the present loca-
ton Of The Record Herald"
Bing There you have the whole
legend in a nutshell.
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~ HE bottommost rung OF the
newspaper ladder is undoubted-
" that occllpied bv the news

r>HE bottommost rung Of the
newspaper ladder is undoubted-
" that occupied by the news
boy in the street The topmost rung is
that on which the proprietor Of the
metropolitan daily sits and mops his
brow. James Kelley. who was born
only forty-seven years ago, has climbed
that whole amazing distance.
on May Mr.. Kelley. who had been
for a number Of years managing editor
OF THE Chicago Tribune" took his
last great step upward. He bought
The Record Herald" and Inter
Ocean" of that city. Last Monday he
consolidated them. calling the combi-
nation The Chicago Record-Herald
and Inter Ocean" On last accounts,
however. he was beseechng his readers
10 choose for his new paper one from
among the names of bygone journals
which this merger represents.
shall IT be the Herald" he wrote.
"Shau il be the Record? Shall 1t be
the Times? Shall it be the Inter
Ocean? Which is the name that ap-
peals most strongly TO you? What is
the reason why you prefer It to one of
the others?
Write like one OF the home folks 70
q member OF the family, for we are all
OF one family, associates in the home
every day. and we must fix on the
name that is TO bind us more and more
closely together. Write early. because
il will never do TO be late with the
christening. Address your letters TO
'Tha Name Editor When the name Is
choseh then we'll have a christening"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-17
BOOKS DO ACCUMULATE, IN SPITE
OF FRIENDS.

And yet, in spite Of eating now and
again. and having friends and moving
in our uncivilized American fashion, /
find that books do still accumulate. IL
&c time to discover how this happens.
One may as well leave out OF account
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-17
VIGOROUS IN THE BATTLE FOR
BEATS"

Since then, until a week and half
ago. when he acquired his own news
paper, James Kelley had given every
thing he had to The Tribune AS
reporter he was one OF those who
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-17

Briar pipes are made. not of briar but
Of bruyere heather growing on the
Riviera and in Corsica.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-17

And they bore his body away to the
hillside.
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self for the sad truth that one may 90
hungry and cold in America without
half trying, unless, in fact, one more
than half tries not TO.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-17

Bingl There you have the whol
legend in a nutshell.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-06-05
MOTORCYCLE RACES
Second Speed Contest Of Season on
Fair Grounds At Elma Next
Sunday Afternoon

For the second speed contests this
season Of the Aberdeen Motorcycle
club will be held on the half.mile
race track on the county fair grounds
at Elma, next Sunday. The track
has been placed in excellent condi-
ton. and provision will be made to
carry a large crowd on the Northern
track will permit the spectators to
Pacific noon train. The circular
see the races along the entire course.
The following entries were made
up to last night: No. 1, Carl Bruce;
No. 2, Ralph Bergland; No. 3-.Leon
McNeal; No. 4. Ed. French; No. s,
Jess Devendorf; No. 6, Arvid Ander-
son: No. Z, George French: No. 8.
John Damitio: No. 8. Ole Lindgren,
and No. 10. Earl Anderson.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-06-05

AOtot SZ,1GS,lxZ
Analysis of public school finances
discloses the surprising fact that up
to June 80. 1918, the tax payers paid
in interest on progressively increas.
ing school debts, during % years, the
neat sum Of $8,242,046.
OF this amount $2,475,763 was paid
as interest on warrant debts issued
in excess Of all moneys derived an
nually from state, county, special and
district taxes; from the annual parti-
tion of the permanent school fund
revenues; and from all other sources.
In no county, and in no year during
statehood, have the managers of the
public schools failed to add a debt to
the revenues. The shrinkage of school
attendance and the abandonment. of
many small districts during the popu.
list period in politics had discourage
ing effect on the output of bonds, but
the pyramiding of tho public school
debt continued, until the interest pay.
ments Of 1918 were thirty-fve and
eight-tenths greater than in 1889,
when the system was taken over from
the territory.
The following is a segregated re-
port Of the interest payments on out
standing warrants and long term
bonds from 1890 to June 80, 1918:
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-06-05
OTTO MILLER
FOUND GUILTY
Murderer of Frank Asche-
berg Found Guilty Of MUIR
der in the First Degree.
QUICK VERDICT GIVEN
Convicted Man Acts in In
sane Manner. Refuses to
Eat Since Conviction.

MONTESANO, June 4.-The jury
in the trial of Otto Miller for the
murder of Frank Ascheberg at Elma
brought in a verdict Of guilty OF
murder in the first degree, Tuesday
afternoon, after a deliberation not ex.
ceeding a half hour. Miller plainly
did not know the full meaning Of the
verdict, as soon after being taken
back to Jail he told some of the pris-
oners that he would be free in few
days and was going back to Elma
The only time Miller showed any
concern during the trial was when
Mrs. Ascheberg was on the stand.
While she talked he kept his eyes
down and did not once look up at
her.
Mrs. Ascheberg gave her testimony
clearly and seemed strong. but later
she broke down in the court room
and was removed by friends. While
passing Miller going from the wit
ness box to her seat, she trembled
like a leaf and clenched her hands
as though about to strike him.
The jury retired to their room at
4:20 o'clock. The testimony was
finished about o'clock, and though
for the defense there was little more
than Miller's own story, Attorney J.
A. Hutcheson made q strong plea. He
showed the states own witnesses had
shown Miller was suffering from de.
lusions and then pleaded that civiliza.
ton taught sympathy for the weak
and sick. It was plea that brought
tears to many eyes.
Miller told his own story in detail
and in such q straightforward, ear.
nest manner that no one could doubt
he thought he was telling the truth.
Later, when his attorney was plead
ing mental incapacity. he broke down
for awhile and cried with his head
upon the table, for Miller insists
that he is sane and that his story is
correct. Under cross.examination he
still stoutiy affirmed every detail OF
his story was true, though there was
witness after witness to prove the in.
juries he was telling Of never exist.
ed.
Yesterday and today he seemed to
realize his predicament, and remain.
ell covered up in his bed. refusing
al efforts to induce him to eat. Up
TO T. O'clock tonight. he had taken
no food since his trial closed. A
physician was called in twice. and
every known means has been adopt.
&C t. have him eat without avail.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-06-05
MURDERER, REALIZING HIS
FATE, Is NEAR COLLAPSE

MONTESANO, June lotto NJ
Ter. convicted Of murder In the Arue
degree, for killing Frank Aschebesy
of Elma, has eaten nothing sinee
the verdict was given last evening.
At first the verdict did not seea
to interest him and he told frfenhs
in the jail that he would be out In =
few days and would have e. saloon II
Elma. Later, possibly through ths
talk Of the other prisoners, he seer
ed to realize that he had been cor
victed of murder. and since then ~
has been unconsOlable. Il win nu
be surprising If Miller srends ira
balance Of his days in an insane vars
at the penitentiary.