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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-25
JOHN MUIR, NOTED
NATURALIST, DIES
Famous Geologist Passes Away at
Home of His Daughter, Near
Los Angeles,
DIscovERER OF GREAT GLACIER
lie Made Scientific InvestIsatIo in
Europe, Asia aud Australia
Greatest Work I'm Noun
tains of the West.

Los ANGELES, Cal. Dec. 24-John
Muir, the naturalist, died in a hospital
here OF pneumonia. He was IS years of
age.
Mr.. Muir was visiting his daughter
Mrs. Helen Muir Funk, at Daggett, a
town In the desert of San Bernardino
county. He was stricken with pneu-
monia last week. Doctors from Los An
geles were called into consultation Tues
day. and it was determined to bring him
60 this city for treatment
When he arrived here last night. Mr..
Muir was in critical condition. He
ssnk rapidly, death coming at 10 o'clock
this morning His daughter was with
him.
John Muir. like John Burroughs with
whom his name often has been linked,
belonged to that school Of naturalists
whose work was so fused with the
writer's personality and so penetrated by
Individual feeling that their output wa s
as much literature as science.
Philosopher and artist, as well as OBJ
server. he took a creative delight in his
work which no mere classification of de-
tails could have brought.
Native of Scotland.
Born I'm Dunbar, Scotland, in 1888, Muir
came TO this country at the age of IL.
and after graduating at the University
of Wisconsin with the class of 1854,
plunged Immediately into his life work OF
geologist. explorer and naturalist,
His descriptions of the Yosemite valley
first brought 1t into national fame, and
his visit there left him with q love of
the west which remained through all his
travels and led him to make his home at
Martinez, Cal. in his later years.
He chose a site in the Contra Costa
valley. sheltered on one side by a
wooded hill, and surrounded on three
others by vineyards, orchards and
streams. confronted by the towering out
line of Mount Diablo. The grounds were
a riot of pines. palms. cacti and exotic
vegetation, for botany was one of Muir $
delights.
To the great glacier Muir discovered in
Alaska in 1881 his name was given, and
as a member of the DeLong relief ex.
petition he made further valuable polar
reports.
Travels in Asia and Europe.
Later his travels, partly in company
with John Burroughs, took him him to
Hawaii. Russia Siberia, Mancnuria.
india. and Australasia, but his life work
was in the mountains OF western Amer
lea, where he made an elaborate classi-
fication Of faunal and floral life. supple
mented by much descriptive writing, both
in book form and in the periodical press
and the newspapers.
Harvard, Yale, Wisconsin and other
universities granted him honorary de-
grees. and he was elected to member
ship in many scientific societies. or re-
cent years his signature was rarely seen.
but he had remained sturdy and active
until his sudden seizure by pneumonia
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-25

LION AND LIoN-KILLER-S. P.
o. A. Officer Beckett and Alico, the
honess he killed. Below is a picture
of Mrs. T. B. Gehedy, who escaped
being cornered in box by a lion by
climbing to the balcony when six
lions escaped from their cages on
the stage of the Eighty sixth Street
theater in New York, invading the
auditorium and creating a panic
among the audience. One of the
lions managed to get to the street
and was finally cornered in the hall
of photograph studio. Three po-
hcemen and four others were shot
or badly trampled during the panic.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-25
DISCHARGES TWO
"JES" PLAYING WITH GUNS

Cornelius Hughey and Bessie Woods.
colored' were arrested at Thirteenth and
Mason streets Wednesday evening where
they we're threatening one another with
large and murderous appearing revolvers.
What's the trouble Bessie?" inquired
the magistrate.
'Nuthin', judge; Cornelius and l ives
Jest a-playin'." replied Elizabeth.
The judge discharged the pair with the
advice not to play so hard.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-25
GIRL NURSES CARE
OF PRINCE REPAID
Interest Taken by French Woman in
Dying Man Brings Boon
to Maubeuge.
KINDNESS OF THE CoNQUERERs
Father of kaiser's Nephew Orders
City Especially Favored BE-
cause of Considerable
Action.

Correspondence of the Associated Press. }
BOULOGNE, France, (via London), Dec.
15.-Because young French Red Cross
nurse took a particular interest in an 49,
year-old German lieutenant who was
brought unconscious into the hospital
at Maubeuge and died three days later,
the little manufacturing city of Maubeuge
has been highly favored by its German
conquerors and is enjoying a greater
amount of freedom than any OF the
French border towns in German terri
tory,
Proves to BE Prince.
The wounded German proved 70 be the
prince of -Meiningen, nephew of the
emperor. He had suffered a fractured
skull in an encounter with a French
chausseur, and died without regaining
consciousness
At the suggestion Of the little nurse.
the local authorities rendered the prince
the funeral honors due his rank, photo
graphed the body and coffin and sent the
photogI apis, together with the personal
belongings of the prince. and a detailed
account of his illness to his family at
Meiningen. This occurred while the town
was still under French control
The young mans father. the duke OF
Saxe-Meiningen, acknowledged the
courtesies in letter expressing deepest
appreciation. and later, when the Ger
mans entered Maubeuge, he proved his
gratitude by directing the troop occupy
ing the fortress town TO treat the in
habitants with the utmost consideration.
The nurse was given a safe conduct
through the German lines and has just
arrived at Boulogne.
Smallest Man of Garrison.
The chausseur, VINO was responsible
for the death of the prince. was known
as the smallest soldier in the Maubeugs
garrison, but in the battle against the
Princes crack cavalry regiment, he ac-
quilted himself with distinction.
Besides placing the prince hors du COM
bat, he wounded and captured the prince
orderly, two troopers and a non-com-
missioned officer, thereby earning special
mention in the official report of the en-
gagement A few days later he was,
himself, taken prisoner by the German
achievements, which occupied Maui
beuege.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-25
PUBLIC LIBRARY CLOSES
TILL SATURDAY MORNING

In Observance OF Christmas. the public
library closed Thursday evening at 9
o'clock and will be locked until the
usual opening hour Saturday morning.
Following the usual custom. every de-
partment will be closed, including the
circulation. reading and reference rooms.
throughout the holiday.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-25
Cotton for Bremen
is Examined With
X-Rays by BritOns

NEW YORK, Dec. 24.-officIal repre-
sentattves Of the British government ex-
smined with the X-ray today 10000 bales
OF cotton consigned to Bremen, Germany,
to determine whether any OF them con-
tanned contraband of war The cotton
was being loaded aboard the steamship
city OF Savannah. which sails tomorrow.
The X-ray machines, according to the
English officials, had been especially de-
signed for the purpose and enabled them
10 inspect the interior of the bulky cot
ton bales, which could easily conceal
arms ammunition or other contraband.
They had decided 10 use this method.
they said. after IL was found that. owing
to the varying weight Of the bales, the
scales could give no certain guarantee
that each bale was honest
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-03
ltaly's New Tax Plan Bears
Heavily Upon the Wealthy

Italy is joining the countries which
purpose placing the burden of the
cost of government on the rich and
take it off the shoulders of the moor.
In the chamber of deputies. during
the debate on the army bill, Premier
Giolitti said:
II 1t became necessary that an ap-
peal be made to the country in the
interest of national defense, it is the
firm intention of the government to
demand nothing from the lower
classes, but to levy the new taxes on
the sole basis of real wealth."
Every year S3O, zoo, 900 is taken from
the poor by the bread tax alone. The
policy declared by Giolitti would in
augurate new system in Italy,
which would be welcomed with re-
joicing by the poorer classes through
out the country.
Italy expects to increase her army
10000 by enforcing the two years
service system, abolishing the one
year volunteer principle, reducing the
minimum stature and abolishing ex-
emption from CONSUMPTION for mon
etary consideration, exemption to be
for only sons.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-03

in Millville and Bridgeton, Cumber-
land County, this State. MAX o.
The Bridgeton Evening News, daily;
Bridgeton Pioneer, daily and weekly;
New Jersey Patriot, weekly, and the
Dollar Weekly News are the papers
published in Bridgeton. The Millville
Republican and Reporter is the only
newspaper published in Millville.
G
j. p. N.
Is there any premium on "a twenty
piece of 1875? I. C,
No premium is listed on your coin.
@
SPRINGF1ELD-Ou authority still
says we are right on your question.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-03
History Gives Little Credit
to Inventors and Others
Who Helped Civilization

History bristles with the names Of
doughty warriors and rulers. de-
scribes at length their struggles and
achievements and dismisses the in
ventors and promoters of the great
agencies which have made modern
civilization possible, with scanty, If
any, mention.
The invention of printing has had
more influence upon the development
of the race than any act of any ruler
that the world has ever known. and
more than half of those who read
this will not know the inventors
name.
The men who invented and de-
veloped the steam engine did more
to tighten human toll and to make
possible to each of the dWellers upon
earth larger mead of comfort and
enjoyment than all the generals who
ever pitted men against their fellows.
Hunt for their names in the indexes
of your histories.
Art and literature have been broad
highways to fame. The high school
scholar can tell you who wrote what
and when he wrote it, but ask him
who built the first railroad in
America and when and where it was.
The magnificent Albert memorial is
covered with the names of authors
and painters and sculptors. but
Michelangelo is there because he was
an artist, not because he was an
architect, and Leonardo Da Vinci be-
cause he was a painter and not be-
cause he was an engineer-Power.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-03
PROTESTS AGAINST
CAG|NG OF BIRDS
Thos. Hardy Champions Cause
of Birds and Beasts, Say
ing It's Unnatural.

Thomas Hardy, in a recent letter to
the London Times, supporting the
agitation against the employment of
performing animals and adding a pro-
test against the confinement of wild
birds in cages. says:
quite possibly some animals. may
be and are trained for performances
without discomfort to themselves. but
there is ample evidence to show that
many trainers prefer short cuts to
attain their ends, and that these short
cuts are by the way of cruelty.
Il have been present at dog per-
formances at country fairs, where the
wretched animals so trembed with
terror when they failed to execute the
feat required of them that they could
scarcely stand, and remained with
eyes of misery fixed upon their mas
ter, paralyzed at the knowledge of
what was in store for them behind the
scenes, whence their shrieks could
afterward be heard through the can
vas.
And there are cruelties of a more
insidious kind produced by drugs. As
to the caging o. birds, the assertion
that a Gagged Skylark experiences none
of the misery of a Gagged man makes
demands upon our credulity. Any
how, Gagged skylark usually dies
soon, while an imprisoned man will
live out his natural years.
There is, or was when was young,
a practise among boys of putting a
nearly Pledged brood of young birds
with the nest into a cage and hanging
the cage in the tree or bush where
the nest was made.
The parents come regularly to feed
their young ones through the bars,
and there seems no reason why they
should not be successfully bred, but
usually the young birds die 1t used
to be the tradition of schoolboys that
the old birds poisoned their young at
finding them imprisoned. However
that may be, die they did.
1T seems marvellous that the twen-
tieth century, with all it's rhetoric on
morality, should tolerate such useless
infections in making animals do what
is unnatural to them or drag out an
unnatural life in a wired cell. | would
also include the keeping of tame rab-
bits in hutches among the prohibited
cruelties of this kind"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-03
Robert B. Ward Talks
on BrOOklyn's Fed Prospects

Robert b. Ward. president of the
Brooklyn Federals, said yesterday
that he had received assurance from
the r1eeting in Chicago, which was
attended by his brother, George s.,
and the latter's son, Walter S. Ward,
that in the distribution of players
Brooklyn had Jared we'll The presi-
dent of the club says that bill"
Bradley is not assured the managers
berth, despite the announcement of
John IT. Ward, business manager of
the club.
TT is embarrassing to name a man
for a flguTehead," said the club presi
dent. Practically all the Federal
League Club owners and Mr.. Gilmore
will be in New York on
Thursday to greet the tourist.
Those who have not signed
contracts will get offers, and / have
hopes that Sam Crawford will ac-
cept terms. 'Matty,' as manager, was
too good to be true. / never seriously
believed he could be signed.
mo matter how strong the opposi-
ton by other club owners the Brook
Ign Federals will not play Sunday
baseball anywhere. That was the
first thing l insisted upon. The prin-
ciple involved is greater than the
money To those who persist in an
nouncing through the newspapers
that I will change when / begin to
realize how much money can be add
ed to the clubs receipts by playing
Sunday games in the West, l want to
make 1t clear that l will quit baso-
ball before agreeing to have my play
ers in Sunday games.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-03
MORGAN CHANGED WILLIAMS" BACK
TO 'LEVINSKY' MAKING HIM A WINNER

When Dan Morgan changed Barney
Williams's name back to something
IKE. his own-Battling Levinsky-he
turned a smart trick for himself and
tighter. AS Barney Williams, Mr..
Levinsky was not much of a success
but us Battling Lavinsky he has
been. big winner-both financially
frs1 otherwise.
Z Dan says he cannot remember his
resf name, but il is something like
Leyinsky and he refuses TO. change
again. The young lighter il similar
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-03
TO CLOSE GOLF LIST

The handicap committee of the
Metropolitan Golf Association, Of
which James A. Tying is chairman,
will meet on Friday of this week to
close the 1914 handicap list. BY keep
ing at the secretaries of the clubs
which were slow in sending in their
reports Mr.. Tying has succeeded in
getting the necessary information
from all but seven clubs. and it is
hoped that the seven clubs which
have not responded yet will be heard
from before the list is completed at
the meeting on Friday.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-03

ra Thomas warns up young pitcher
Connie always manages to get around
back of him and looks over his as
sortment. He talks with the recruits
and youngsters freely, individually
and collectively, and when he UNI
pires some of the Regular Yanigan
games am satisfied that he always
gives the latter all the best of it on
decisions.
Mack Sticks TO Yannigans.
When it comes time to break camp,
! and the squad divides, the regulars
return home first, to play the spring
series with the Phillies. but Connie
remains with his yannigan bunch
and makes the trip back to Philadel-
phia a gradual one. playing exhibit
ton games en- route
In this manner he keeps in touch
with his newer men until the last
minute and so watches them closely
in competition, when the best that is
in them is usually brought out, and
their final disposition is a matter of
Comics own choosing entirely. 1t
is no wonder that the men he has
passed up as hopeless seldom make
good elsewhere.
The regulars are sent back, as
have intimated. under the captains
supervision Connie has put it up to
each man individually; his system
might be compared favorably with
the honor system in vogue in some
colleges; and the fellow who cheats
and fails to get into proper shape in
order to play the quality of ball he is
capable of when the championship
season starts, is only putting in jeop-
ardy his own chances of making a
living. He knows full well the stand
ard which he must maintain, and
that failure to do so means only one
thing-release.
Copyright 1914, by the Wheeler
Syndicate Ipa
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-03

TO Joe ChoynslI in action, although
he has not got the rugged build that
the famous Joseph possessed.
He weighs about 165 pounds and
has been up against middleweights
and heavyweights, always putting up
a remarkably good fight. He has de-
feated most of the white hopes, his
best battle being with Jim Flynn,
the man who fought Jack Johnson,
and from the reports of the New York
papers the Battling one had shade
the best of it.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-03
GOOD BOXERS SELDOM ACQUIRE
CAULIFLOWER EARS, SAYS SKELLY

Did you ever notice that the real
clever champions are never decorated
with cauliflower ears? That is,
hardly ever says Jack Shelly.
Take for illustration such men as
Jack Dempsey, Jim Corbett, Bob Fitz-
simmons, Frank Erne, Jack McAul-
fife, Packey Mcfarland, Charley
Mitchell, Johnny Coulin, Johnny
Kilbane. Willie Richie, Tommy Ryan
and a host of other artistic tistic
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-03

scientists do not carry their profess
sional marks on their ears or else
where.
It's only the smuggling, roughnecli
fellows who stop blows with their
heads who get dishgured ears. In the
old bare-knuckle days, however, the
gruelling warriors were always more
or less marked up for life by their
hard, Furnishing battles, which often
laid them up for repairs for a month
or more
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-03
HOPPE BESTS YAMADA

CHICAGO, March 3.-Willie Hoppe
last night defeated Koji Yamada, 500
to ia, in the first match of the five
man 1872 billiard tournament, The
match ran ten innings, Hoppe having
a high run of 156, and Yamada's best
inning was 81. Hoppe averaged 80
and his opponent 10 SO. Score by
innings:
Hoppe-1, /, 10, 80, l56, 7, 80, SO, AZ,
5000.
Yamada-S, 2, 40, q, s. 0. II, 81, o.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-03
Boston Ruling Helps Central.

Boston schoolboys are no more to
iunket around the country according
to a restriction passed yesterday by
the Hub City School Board. 1t was
voted not to allow the schoolboys TO
engage in athletic contests that re-
ouire their absence over night from
the city. Lack of restraint on such
trips in the past was given as the
reason for the order.
The new order will rob the school
boy events at the Penn relays this
spring of much interest. Boston
English and Boston Latin High schools
of Boston have been among the win
ners in the relays at the games for
the past decade. Boston English High
School won the event in which Cen
trail High School was classed at the
relays last spring. With the Boston
schools out of the way, Central is a
prime favorite for this springs relay.
The Central quartet has outclassed
all of the school relays in the Metro
politan district this winter, and with
the addition of Kim Atha, the New
ark Academy runner, it may be eX-
pected to approach championship
class.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-03
Barnard Games on saturday.

The twenty-fourth annual games OF
the Barnard School will be held next
Saturday afternoon at the Twenty
second Regiment Armory, New York
City. Mayor Mitchell has been invited
to act as honorary referee. Several
Newark Academy athletes. as well as
a relay team, will compete.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-03
Bordentown Gunners still Lead.

With only one more match, Borden
town Military Academy leads the
Glass A shooting for the War De-
partment trophy and the National
Military School rifle championship
Northwestern Military and Naval
Academy, Highland Park, Ill. won
the Glass B trophy as the result of
its shooting last week.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-03
TURNER'S VS.. WINTONS

The National Turner's will oppose
the Wintons, of Hoboken. in a bas-
ketball game at Turn Hall. tomorrow
night
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-03
WELDING WINS

MONTE CARLO, March BIN the
final match of the mems singles in the
international tells tournament here
yesterday A. f. Wilding, of Australia,
beat Gordon Lowe, GO, 6-3, 60.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-03
Central Cancels Game.

The basketball game between Cen
trail High School and Paterson High
School, scheduled for this afternoon
at Paterson, has been Cancelled by
Central The Centra,ltes were loath
to tackle the Silk City team owing to
the proximity of the st. Benedict
game.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-03
Rutherford May Play.

st. Benedict's Prep. is scheduled to
play Rutherford High School at Ca
sino court tomorrow The game is
attracting great interest, as the
schoolboy fans will be able to get
line on the relative merits of the St
Benedict and Central teams. Shortly
after the victory over the Benedicts
Central trounced the Rutherford team
handily on the Central court The
game was probably the best played by
the Central team this winter, as the
players extended themselves in an eff
fort to make amend for the defeat
handed them on the Rutherford court
earlier in the season. Whether or not
the Rutherford team will keep its en-
gagement at the Casino court is not
known. Central was forced to pre-
date its game, as the Rutherford
manager notified CentraPs manager
that the Rutherford quintet was about
to disband. Manager Thomas FULLY
of the st. Benedicts has not been no.
titled as yet of the disarmament.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-03
Central swimmers to Meet Alumni.

Central Swimmers to Meet Alumni.
Central High School swimmers are
to engage in a dual splash with the
Central Alumni amphibians next Sat
urday afternoon at the Newark Y. M.
C. A. natatorium. The meet was orig
inally scheduled for last Saturday,
but the alumni found that it required
more time to get into shape, and
therefore the meet was postponed.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-03

Central High School is getting so
much attention that praise for some
other school seems to leave a sting.
An admirer of Central takes an ad-
mirer of East Side High School to
task for daring to compare the teams.
WE'LL little East Side should feel
proud that she is given such atten-
ton by great big Central High. The
letter follows
j. P. N:
In Mr.. McKiernan's" letter in the
Saturday Evening Star it can be
readily seen that he is a student Of
East Side High School. Now, ''Mr.
MoKiernan," your argument sounds
like a bone" but when you go at a
referee in the manner You do you ex-
coed the limit. The referee acted in
a manner that befitted a referee. /
am not praising him because Central
won, but because it could be seen