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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-04-02
Sporting Ne1Us
''RUBE" WADDELL
DEAD IN TEXAS
Famous Pitcher Loses in Fight Agatns
tuberculosis Professional Ball III
Player 'lT Years IF

George Edward Waddcll, the lannon's
- Rube,' as he was known wherever
baseball is played, died at sanita-
rum nj San Antonio Texas. yesterday
victim of tuberculosis after long
fight for life. Waddell, once one of the
greatest baseball players, came to Tex
as four months ago already weakened
by pulmonary trouble. but buovant and
hopeful that a few months would see
him restored to health and back in the
game
Waddell was professional ball play
er for II years. He shared with Robert
Glade the strikeout record of the
American league. On July 29.s 1908,
pitching for the st. Louis team to
which he had been released by the Ath-
letics, he struck out 10 OF his former
team mates. He was erratic in char
acter and not even his best friend knew
what he was liable ito do. The story is
told of one game when his team was
only one run ahead and the three
| heaviest batsmen of the opposing team
up in the last half OF the ninth inning
with one man on a base that he signal
led his outfielders to leave the field
and struck out the three men on II
pitched baIlS.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-04-02

Mrs. Charles H. Kelsey spent last
week with Mrs. Alonzo Y. Stratton.
Cecil G. Stratton left Tuesday for
Springfield. Mass, 10 remain a month.
The scripture reading for this week :
Sunday school lesson IS Luke l4:7-2i.
Miss Gladys Burch is with her grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles +. Ing
ram, fer the week.
Mrs. Maud Kendall and family were
at f. c. Gotta 5 in Brattleboro from
Saturday to Thursday.
Miss Matte hIetcaIf went Saturday
TO George Roberts 5 in East Dover 10
care for Mrs. Roberts.
The spring term of the village school
will begin next Monday, Miss Daisy
Barber of l.yndorille teacher.
Mrs. Alonzo Y, Stratton has sold her
farm to Wallace Johnson OF Marlboro,
who will take possession May /.
Mr.. and Mrs. carl Snow of BIattlc-
horo came Monday to he guests OF
Mrs. Snow 5 brother. Claude Reed.
SIR. and Mrs. Ernest Wade, who lived
at Albert GoodeI's place. have re
turned to their farm on Stratton hill
| The Ladies Benevolent society will
meet in the vestry next Wednesday af-
! ternoon. \ short program will he fur
nIshed by the mission circle.
In some places the snow is off the
| roads. Wheels appeared Monday, al
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-04-02
Sporting Notes.

Harvard undergraduates are elated
that Pitcher Rex Hitchcock has passed
his exams and is eligible to play.
1t seems almost unnecessary TO ask
but we would like to know how many
YOU caught in New Hampshire waters
yesterday and was the water cold?
Ambie Mcconnell, once a big league
star. is now with Atlanta and is hit
ting well. He is a native of Pownal
Joe Harrison, who saw service with
the Bellows Falls club OF the Twin
State league last season, has signed
with Hugh Duffy at Portland, Me, for
a trial in an infeId Position.
John MeGraw, manager of the
Giants, is trying to purchase the Ious-
ton franchise in the Texas league and
plans to make his brother manager if
he succeeds in buying the franchise.
In nine games Maranvilc, the Bos-
ton Braves shortstop, hit for All and
in the next game failed to connect
safely. Evers is low man IN the Braves
infeld so far as batting average goes
having only 90.
! Victor MacAuley, hailed as tn,
greatest Marathon runner Canada ever
turned loose, is to compete in the B
/ \. \. run April 20. He is said rs b,
7 a better man than Shcrrin@, Cameron
/ Duffy, Homer and Lon9boat, all o
whom have sported the CANADIAN col
/ ors.
Now we have the third and List o
the names of the yachts building 70
competition before one of thenr7 be
comes the cup defender. 1t is Faniti
and is tile only one OF the three no
to have eight letters in the name an
also one not to he owned by.a sYndi
cate. Alexander Smith Cochrahe o
the New York Yacht Glib owns thi
one.
The four American Athletes zwh
composed the team that has been#tou1
ing Australia have returned with fou
Australian and Il state records. jame
\. Power, of the Boston Athletic a
sociation, returned with the new Az.
tralian record for q milezof four nil
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-04-02
BROOKLINE.
Large Attendance at AIlbee Auction.

Large Attendance at Allbee Auction.
There was a large attendance at ii.
l.. Allbee s auction Friday, and at
evening the sale had not been con
Guided. His fine herd of cattle sold
quickly and for high prices. 1t is to
be regretted by this town and the West
River valley that this enterprising
young farmer is 10 move away. His
farm is the pride of the valley. Mr..
Allbee : grandfather came from Rock
,ngham in 1865 and bought this farm,
then known as the DIR. William Perry
place DR.. Perry was one of the lead
inc men of the town in those days and
was a friend OF DIR. Wilson, Thunder
bolt. The grandfather Allbee brought
with him his two sons, Timothy NJ and
Warren L. The sons married and Tim
othy took possession of this farm, the
other moving away. Timothy remodel
Ell the buildings to their present con
dition and lived on the farm about 40
years. He then sold to his son, Hugh
L., and moved to Newfane, then to
West Brattleboro. Hugh L., previous
to buying his father 5 farm, was but
ter maker in Michigan, where he mar
ried. They propose to return to that
state.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-04-02
Ed Custer Sold.

Foreign buyers secured another of
Americas greatest stations when Asa
Danforth of Washington, H., sold Ed
Custer (2:10) to go to Vienna. Austria,
for $4,000. and incidentally this means
the winding up of the horse breeding
affairs of the famous Melbourne stock
farm, one of the oldest and most sue
cessful breeding institutions in Ili-
nois. Ed Custer at ten years of age is
already the sire of thirty-six standard
performers, Il large number of which
took their records as two-year-olds.
and very few are older than four years.
He was a sensational colt trotter as Il
three-year-old, a magnificent individ-
ual. and will make a name for himself
as the sire of good race horses on the
European turf.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-04-02
WILLIAMSVILLE.

Mrs. L. c. Hale left Yesterday for
Saratoga Springs, \. y, to visit her
brother and look after repairs in one
OF her tcnements there in which there
was n fire early Sunday morning. She
expects to return next week. She was
accompanied by Mrs L. NJ. Randall Of
Newtane
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-04-02


a. c. Fellows started April l on
canvassingfsstrip that will take hin.
TO AlontneaL7 4,
The sugar season develops slowly.
Thefe EeFe-s But three days of sugar
weather last week. c. p. Stiekney has
been in the sugar camp upwards of 20
years In his boyhood days the iron
kettle was hung on poles in the woods.
Thirty-s six years ago he erected com
modious building and designed and had
made from heavy tin an cvaporator
divided into nine sections, which he has
used annually, and it is in good con
dition today. Last Saturday he rode
TO the sugar plant, unable to walk in
a snow path, started his fire at s
o clock and at p. M. he had put up
t2l1a gallons of syrup. He reports that
he has no desire to change his boiling
outfit. -
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-04-02

The famous Death Valley in Califor-
MIA is the lowest point on the CONT
nent Of North America. being 276 feet
below the level Of the sea.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-04-02

The state of Colorado has passed a
law requiring the use of portable cleo
tric lamps, except safety lamps, for
testing, i'll all local mines This law
was effective Oct /. 1913.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-04-02

utes, Is - seconds, breaking Alfred
Shrubb 5 mark that has stood for nine
years
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-04-02

In most parts of China wood is very
scarce and costly. Most of the trees
We're cut down long ago, and every
year dry leaves and grass are racked
and gathered with the utmost care.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-04-02

Common sense can prove an ahbi in
most eases
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-04-02

which never causes a
headache
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-04-02

Cured by muscular action.
can he discarded. We
have cured thousands of their
foot troubles. Come and see
this patented shoe. The arch
takes care of itself.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-04-02

Cornell Expert Asserts That Present
Severity of Races is Lowering the
Standards of the Students-Valuable
Time Wasted In Long Training
Operations, Etc.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-09-11
Mr.. Brown Was There.

Some twenty to thirty fishermen were
engaged in an angling contest on the
Severn when one Of them who had
brought with him stone gallon bottle
of beer suddenly bethought himself of
a friend who was sitting some distance
along the bank out Of sight. In a mo-
ment of generosity he called boy and
handed him the jar. with instructions
to take it to his friend. Mr. Brown. and
to tell him ito have a pull" The boy
departed. and some time elapsed before
bis return The angler seized his bot
tie and eagerly raised II to his lips-to
find 1t empty. He hid not realized
that his friend had such cubic capac-
ity and asked the lad If he had found
Mr. Brown and why the jar was emp
~. please. SIR" came the reply, they.
was all Mr. Browns when | asked, so
went along the bank till the beer was
finished"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-09-11
Cordially Endorsed. -

Bayard WELLER, the playwright, says
a candidate for citizenship came to the
naturalization bureau in New York to
take out his final papers. The apph-
cant spoke broken English and was
apparently eager to become voter In
the shortest possible time. With him
was friend and sponsor from the east
side.
Under the examination the candidate
betrayed tremendous lack OF knowl-
edge of national history and institu-
tons and public men. Finally the ex-
aminer turned to his companion.
Here" he said testify. this mans
ignorance is appalling Fake him away
and explain something to him about
the government of the United States
and Of the state of New York. Don't
bring him back until he Is better quail
fed"
The east slider led his crestfallen fel-
low countryman away. Within twenty
minutes they both returned. Hello"
said the examiner. Back so soonT
Everything is all right" stated the
east slider. 81 took my friend out and
read him the constitution, and he says
he likes 1t first Saturday Even
Ing Post.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-09-11
The Canny Scot.

In the differences that would some
times arise between members of bis
tenantry the Duke Of Argyll was often
invited to arbitrate upon the matter In
dispute. and he used to tell charac-
teristically Scottish story of one Of the
occasions.
Two tenants having waited upon him
and asked him to decide the question
at issue, the duke put what he always
regarded as a very necessary prelimi-
nary question. "Will you abide by my
award?"
"Well, your grace" was the reply of
one of the hard headed old disputants.
ard like to ken first what it is."-Lon.
don Chronicle.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-09-11
HAD A VIVID IMAGINATION.

An Absentminded Lover Who Lost 3
Charming Bride.
A good many anecdotes have been
printed of the extreme absentminded-
ness of learned men. but none is more
amusing than that told Of Herr Lud-
wig Wilhelm Bruggemann. whose
vivid imagination helped to put him In
a very embarrassing situation.
Bruggemann, scholar. who was In
1917 councillor of the consistory at
Stettin, had got some reputation by his
clever work with statistics. For many
years be had been widower, and
since he found single life lonely he
began to look around for wife. When
the thought of marrying again first
came to him he Immediately conf1ded
It to one of his friends. The latter
gave him every encouragement. and
even went so far as to mention q GER
tain charming little widow. who was
certainly attached to him and would
make him a most devoted wife.
That night Herr Bruggeman went
to bed In happy state of mind. think
ny VI InC iOFCiJ "iuO"s III LAS
dreams he still saw her. and even pro
posed to her. Did she refuse7 How
could she! And he spent the remain
der of the night dreaming of the hap
piness they would enjoy as man and
wife.
When he awoke II was a glorius
Sunday morning; bis vivid dream Of
having proposed and been accepted
apparently impressed Itself upon him
as realty: be dressed himself In his
very best clothes and wasted no time
in handing to the minister the an
nouncement Of the engagement. to be
read In due form at the morning serv-
ice. The announcement was made
without a question. Hardly had the
words been uttered when little
scream was heard In the rear Of the
church. The widow. shocked at hear
ing herself so Unexpectedly disposed
Of. had fallen In a swoon.
The blunder could never be satisfac-
torily explained and the visionary en-
gagement remained visionary. The
lady might not have refused an honor
able proposal from the councillor, but
she could never be convinced that he
had not made intentional game Of her
Youths Companion.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-09-11
RIGHT TO THE POINT.
LineoIn's Question After tho Commit.
tee Had Finished.

tee HAD finisneo'
Just after the second battle Of Bull
Run the Boston chamber of commerce
decided that President Lincoln was
not prosecuting the war with enough
celebrity to conserve the interests Of
business, and so 1t appointed a COM
mittee to go to Washington and re-
monstrate with him upon his dilatory
tactics. The committee was headed by
Mr.. Pierce.
1--WE found" he said. "a man who
looked as If he had lost all the friends
he ever had In the world, who invited
us to take seats and inquired our bust
ness. AS was the spokesman. open
ed our case, and as | proceeded the
presidents face relaxed. BY and by he
smiled and betrayed actual interest,
and by the time concluded he was al
most In broad grin. After had fin
ished he inquired II that was all had
to say. and on my saying that l
thought 1t was he asked IL some Of the
other gentlemen wouldn't like to say
something. They replied that they
thought had fully covered the
ground.
"And then," continued Mr.. Pierce,
what do you suppose this solemn man
did? Well. he Just moved his chair
over to mine. smoothed his trousers
over his knee, then reached over and
smoothed mine down. too. and then.
with a queer look. which none Of US
will ever forget. he said, Mr.. Pierce.
did you ever notice what a difference
there Is In legsT
what did we dof We grabbed our
hats and took the first train for Boston
and we never dared to report"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-09-11
R. N. A. Social

Last Friday afternoon the Royal
Neighbors were entertained at four
o'clock luncheon at the home Of Mrs.
Mabel Hutchings, Those present were:
Mesdames A. J. Beardsley, ]. Egan,
S. ]. Anderson, H. Krondak, F. H.
Hutchings, ]. Wunder, w. Studebaker,
L. Lingley; and the Misses Evangeline
Peterson, Fern Bartlett, Goldie Stude-
baker and the hostess.
The next social meeting will be held
at the home OF Mrs. ]. Violette Friday,
Sept. Is, from D to D. m.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-09-11
THE STATES INCOME FROM
FISH INDUSTRY GROWING
The Receipts are Practically Equal to
the 1914 Appropriation

During the II months Of the present
biennium ending August 81, 1914,
collections OF State Fish Commissioner
L. H. Oarwin's Office totalled 1884,
so7.35, within S2.65 OF the total APP
preparation Of S154,600 for the Office
in connection with the food fishing for
the entire biennium OF d months, is
shown by a report prepared for the
state fish commission.
Never before in the history Of the
state has the fish commissioners Office
been self supporting. During the re-
manning seven months Of the present
biennium, however. Commissioner Oar
win expects to collect sufficient money
which will revert to the general fund,
TO show a handsome balance next April
first.
Collections during the first year OF
the present fish commissioners term
were in excess Of $4,000 or SO per
cent greater than the collections made
during any year by any predecessor.
During the first FIVE months Of this
year some $50, 900 has been collected.
Helping to swell the revenue of the
fisheries department for the first year of
the biennium was $6,750.87 received
by the state as its share of fines assessed
last year by reason Of arrests made by
the fish commissioner Office for law
violations. This was greater amount
OF money than had been received from
this source during all previous years OF
statehood, and resulted from the vigor-
Gus enforcement Of the laws, directed
by Governor Lister as chairman Of the
state fish commission.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-09-11

State Labor Commissioner E. w.
Olson is preparing, for recommends
ton to the next Legislature, bill pro-
viding for establishment in this state
CT small debtors courts" The mea-
sure would allow laborers to proceed
to collect wage claims Of $50 or less
without the necessity Of employing an
attorney or mourning heavy costs, the
proposed bill providing that when oral
complaint is made before justice oil
the peace, the latter is to proceed at
once to summon the defendant, by
telephone if convenient, try the case
without intervention Of lawyers, and
render judgment.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-09-11

Returns from county assessors. tab
ulated by the state tax commission,
indicate that farmers and stockmen
during the past year have been keep
ing their calves instead of slaughtering
them for veal. A large number Of the
counties show from 25 to so per cent
more yearlings assessed this year than
in 1918. Increases in the number
Of dairy COWS and hogs are also no.
ticeable, while the prosperous condi-
ton Of the sheepmen is indicated by
the fact that an increase Of more than
IS per cent over 1913 is shown by
the number Of stock sheep assessed.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-09-11
Lutheran Church

Owing to the inability Of Rev. F. E.
Stearns to be here the 18th Of Sept,
there will be no services at the Luth-
eran church on that day. The next
services will be held the second Sun
day in October.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-09-11
The Chess Player.


I played at chess with Lasker. but to lose.
Beaten from the beginning; yet the
game
Wavered awhile in seeming. and no
shame
Possessed me. II was mine to check and
choose.
To marshal. menace. try this sudden ruse
And that side ambuscade. with hope
ahame.
Hailed to be as he that overcame
The laurel once at least not to refuse.
Vainly! He sat before me patient. still.
His dark eye searching out each secret
plot.
And by his brooding. stern compelling
will
The game was guided. though knew II
not;
Yet find strength in failure as In strife
As i played Lasker, 90 / challenge hfei
George Herbert Clarke's AT the
Shrine and Other Poems"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-09-11
Methodist Church

Sunday school 10 a. m.
Preaching II.
Epworth League 7 p. M.
Preaching 8 p. m.
Rev. c. A. Huff.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-09-11
Church Services
Congregational Church

Regular services in the Congrega-
tional church next Sabbath morning
and evening. Preaching at Peshastin
at 8 O'Clock. w. V. Davis, Pastor.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-09-11

that the general fund levy will be
lowered materially. The public high
way levy. which last year was LIS
mills, will be reduced to one mill this
wear.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-09-11

The benefits being accomplished by
the Safety First" campaign of Labor
Commissioner E. w. Olson and the
industrial insurance commission are
evidenced by the fact that during the
first eight months Of 1914, January to
August inclusive, there were but TO-
06o accidents reported to the indus
trial insurance commission, as COM
pared with 11,149 during the same
months OF 1918. This is decrease
of / ,080 accidents or nearly 10 per
cent. SHOP safety committees" OF
employees have been appointed in prac-
tically all shops and factories to organ
ize the other workers along accident
prevention lines, complete instruc-
tons being furnished by the state au-
thorities.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-09-11
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
HOW TO TREAT YOUR TOWN.

, Praise It
Improve 1t.
Talk about II.
Trade at home.
Be public spirited.
Take a home pride In It
Tell Of its business men.
Remember It is your home.
Tell OF its natural advantages.
Trade and induce others to
trade here.
When strangers come to town
use them we'll.
} Don't call your best citizens
frauds and impostors.
Support your local institutions
that benefit your town.
Look ahead of self when all
the town is to be considered.
Help the public officers do the
, most good for the most people.
Don't advertise In the local
paper ito help the editor" but
advertise to help yourself
Atchison Globe.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-09-11

The state board Of equalization con-
vened at Olympia Tuesday, September
g. for its three weeks session. Al
though the assessed valuation OF prop
er,v in this state. as returned by county
assessors, will total approximately the
same as last year, it is confdentalIy ex-
pected that the state tax levy will be
reduced considerably.
The general fund levy was raised to
the extreme statutory limit Of three
mills last year, to meet the extraordi-
narily large appropriations made by the
1918 legislature, and then fell some
$500. 900 short Of providing enough
revenue. This year the board must
take the former shortage into consider
alton. but in spite Of this, it is expected
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-01-03
Ofriclnl Mashington Nnnroycs


WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.-Official
Washington today seemed to approve
the action Of j. p. Morgan and com
pany i'm scyering connections with
other corporations, but II was not be-
heNcd Il would prevent am attempt In
congress at the present session to en-
act legislation to prohibit interiook-
| ing dircctorates.
There was a general impression
that while the action was step in
! the right direction it did not signal
. lzc the break up Of the so-called
money trust.
Lawyers who followed the course
Of the money trust investigation by
the house committee pointed out
Chat the connections severed for the
most part were with railroads So
! far as these officials could see from
the Information at hand, the relations
between some of the big financial in
stWuons in New York have not been
broken, though this might follow.
Representative Lindburg Of Mime
sofa, author Of a bin TO prohibit inter-
locking directoratcs, said tonight
- doubt If the action Of Morgan
ana company viii have any effect on
legislation. 1t is In line with the cvi-
dent purpose of big business TO try
to meet the demands Of the people
and is in anticipation Of legislation "
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-01-03
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