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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-02-04

States welcomes fact have already let in such flood
undesrabes in the past that the percentage of eracy
United States greater than the majority OF the coun
tries above named.
The above nationaties desire The undesirable come
southern Europe Italy Greece Austria Hungary and the
other adjacent them have percentage OF leracy
which extends to beween 30 and 8 cent OF their popul
TONS Here the ones could well do without II you
the proof the undeabty of OF the above
trip through foreign settlement OF large
made up of the above people and judge if you
would live in their midst and to whether they are
adopting American customs swiftly at all And the most
desirable of the natives of these countries must admit are
capable being able to read and write and these
would not be excluded by literacy test.
writer has termed America the melting pot So
lit We benefited largely by the migration of the
frugal and sturdy German the resourcefu rsh the ndoma
bile Scotch the proud English and the hardy
But of late years the immigration of these very desirable
natonae has fallen off for and have had
greater flood than ever southern European countries
Melting metals together makes alloy With the proper
proportions of the proper metals the result alloy which
greater usefulness and durability than either OF the parent
metals Substitute inferior metal for OF the above and
what the result? The alloy than the best Of the two
metals and the merging has destroyed the best and de-
precated in the product Our melting pot cannot well
be used merge superior and inferior nationality thus
producing deprecated American
Criminalty, insanity and imbeciity predominates IN
Southern Europe their northern European neghbor
They the by products of eracy Enlightenment and IL
eracy opposite day and night Ignorance supers
ton and depravty soumates And why should admit
hoard of mental ncompeens and assume the responsibility
of enlghtenng them without We have had fooo
of undesrabes of late and result find greater
percentage of crmnaity insanity and imbecity in ane
around cities and through which the foreign mi
grant flood pour the Atlantic seabord And this has beer
ever on the increase of late years.
The teracy test would exclude most of these especially
the imbecles those who from families which
becy has been generic trait for generations These
desrabes standards of living and drive Ameri
can laborng back This the greatest evil There
be halt American will change to 'mongre' Tn
teracy will all of the ndesirables but it will be
step towards progress and will exclude desirable foregne
: who would be asset
The iteracy test must and will Congress ma
pass bill the and it desired by the major
of American citizens And teracy test only first STEP
better and efficient method will be added in the future
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-02-04
1TORIAL PAGE OF THE FREE PRESS

o,;no their admission are pending before the board
mperfecons will be remeded and 1t is to be hoped
that this session of the state Legislature will make move IN that
direction although there little indication OF such en as e'
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-02-04

The republican party would have you believe that they
are favored by God In they not unlike Gods favor
ed people the Jews who when Moses leading them out of
bondage often tempted by the devil and worshpped
strange Gods If Borah is slated for the Moses job he has
many tribulations in store.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-02-04

The special housekeeping committee still to be heard
from query from the gallery ntimaes that slipped
away from the scrbbng job the back porch whewash
the banyard encebu that is very impertnen suggestion
Boise Capital News.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-02-04

Some Phadelphians appear to class the Rev Billy Sun
day one of those nut Sundays-Coumbia Star
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-02-04

Colonel Roosevelt is who neither having born
peaceful having achieved peaceunes has had peaceful
ness thrust upon him-Washington Star.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-02
Firemen Did Fine Work
With Difficult Blaze

The work of the Harrisburg fire.
men was highly commended. Many
obstructions faced the local fire fight
ers at the start. The Derry street
approach to the Sylvan Heights Or
phanage is rather steep. and it was
necessary to take some of the ap-
paratus over the Mulberry street via
duct and through Crescent street
The flames had gained much head
way before the alarm was sent in.
The building is located on a high ele-
vation. A high wind was prevailing
and had a clean sweep at the big
building. But for the wind the fire
men could have lessened their efforts.
Another handicap was the low water
pressure at the start. The firemen
also had difficulty in getting to the
buildings because of the narrow path
ways and to the fact that there was
not much space for more than one
piece of apparatus on the roadways
at one time. Most of the ground
slopes and this made handling the
hose carriages and ladder trucks
rather difficult.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-02

were reported by General Gales as 40
killed and rs wounded, although un-
! official reports stated his casualties
were 250. Villa dead and wounded in
| large number were scattered over the
desert outside the barbed-wire en-
tanglements which surround the Mex
lean town.
The battle continued practically
without intermission from yesterday
afternoon at !. AS o'clock until 6 o'clock
this morning. At 3 o'clock Villa
launched his tiercest attack with the
combined fire of rifles, machine guns
and cannon. American army officers
who. with their men, were in the
trenches facing the border all night.
pronounced the firing the most violent
they had ever heard.
When the Villa forces drew off after
daylight 1t was reported they were not
In retreat. but had ceased their attack
in order to procure water. Their can
teens were empty and many had not
tasted food for twenty-four hours or
more, according to Mexican officers
who approached the border Villa.
still intends to take Aqua Prieta, these
officers declared.
Three Hundred Yaquis Killed
Mines exploded by Gales west of
Aqua Prieta killed 800 Yaquis, accord
ing TO reports from the Mexican town
Twenty-three hundred refugees were
concentrated at camp at PirtIeville, a
suburb of Douglas. They were prac-
tically without water last night.
Daybreak showed that little damage
to the defenses of Aqua Prieta had
been done in last nights battle. The
barbed-wire entanglements, with the
exception of one gap of about twenty
feet, appeared intact, while the earth
works showed little effect of the rain
OF shells
After the last heavy bombardment
the Villa forces which at some points
had approached to within a few hun
dred yards of the wire entanglements,
fell back about a mile and began en-
trenching. The right flank of the
Villa forces rested squarely on the
! boundary fence.
villa soldiers. although weak from
want of food and water, expressed
gnlm determination to force their way
into Aqua Prieta. no matter at what
cost. Unless In the serious attempt
made last night to break through the
wire entanglements Villas losses on
the east were comparatively small,
notwithstanding the terrific fire to
which they were slIbiected
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-02

sition on the bay of San Francisco.
They were the first authentic pic
lures of the fair to be shown in Har-
risburg and they gave correct idea
of the great spectacle as 1t was un-
folded before the thousands of tourists
from the East this summer and fall.
The grounds. the buildings, the flow
ers, the lights, even the crowds and
the amusement features of the zone
were all reproduced in the most deli
catelY colored dissolving views and
realistic motion pictures.
England and the War
To- nights subject is England and
the War" a portrayal of the might
of one of the nations taking a leading
part in Europe's great conflict. Mo-
ton pictures will be used literally in
showing Britain's great fleet, her
troops in training and on the way to
the front. the men in charge of affairs
and the people and country gripped in
war. Among the most interesting films
will be the Lusitania on q last voyage
across the ocean, torpedoes exploding
at sea, the manufacture of Britain's
greatest gun in the Woolwlch arsenal,
the great military camp on Salisbury
Plain and Canadian and Scottish
troops entraining for the front.
wednesday evening Is France"
Thursday evening. Ireland and Scot
land" Friday evening, Yellowstone
Park" and Saturday evening. Around
the Mediterranean and Through the
Dardanelles. The first of the special
school matinees will be given at 4.15
Wednesday with yellowstone Park
as the subject.
Admission for any travelogue,
through the arrangement between the
Telegraph and Mr.. Robertson, is 10
cents with the coupon on the first
page of each paper. Seats in the re-
served section are 25 cents, these be-
ing on sale in advance at the Tele-
graph office from IL to p. m. daily.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-02
Bishop Thanks Firemen

The Rt. Rev. John w. Shanahan.
bishop of the Harrisburg diocese
and president of the board of man
ayers in charge of the Sylvan
Heights Orphanage, this afternoon
issued the following card of thanks:
II desire to express my most
heartfelt thanks to the members
of the Harrisburg fire department
for their heroic efforts to save
Sylvan Heights Orphanage from
destruction this morning.
During the progress of the con-
Migration l beheld deeds of daring
and superb courage that would do
honor to any fire department in
existence.
IT trust that the citizens to-day
will one and all cast their votes in
favor of providing adequate motor
fire apparatus for this band of
heroes which any city should feel
proud Of"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-02
RESTING CoNiFoRrARIY

Joseph Ball. the retired builder, OF
Pine street. who was struck by an au-
to-l.i-.Ie in Front street yesterday
and received severe decorations of the
scalp and arms, and also to some ex-
tent injured internally. passed a COM
Portable night, and is resting COM
fortably to-day. No serious results
are anticipated.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-02

Yes, the Quaker Health Teacher is here, and what is
more, he proposes remain in Harrisburg until the
most skeptical people have been convinced of the
velous curative powers of that wonderful of all
dies Quaker Herb Extract. This remedy contains
opates it is safe it is 1t the
and the system Startling here and else
where the proofs of it's power. If you suffer from
rheumatism, catarh and stomach troubles, call the
health teacher Coll Kellers drug store No. 405 Mar
ket street, just you 1t costs nothing to
talk to him. he will tell you all about these great remedies
Should you decide to try them you also be
Ige the remedies fresh from the laboratory full strength
not delay
In his sincerity prove what Quaker Herb Extract
will really do the following most generous proposition
lis made:
IF You Suffer From Indigestion Dyspepsia Constipation
Extract
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-02
WOMAN BADLY HURT IN FALL

Mrs. Helen Sherlock. 423 South
Cameron street. fell down the stairs
from the second floor of her home this
morning, sustaining a deep cash in
the back of her head. The wound
Vas eight inches long. requiring more
than>a dozen stitches to close It
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-02

Any person who might be afflicted with tapeworm,
by calling this week. obtain treatment of Quaker
Herb Extract absolutely free. This remedy will expel
the worm in few hours complete with head. Could any
person suggest airer and honorable offer?
Certainly yet that is how the health teacher proposes
to prove his words. If Quaker Extract can do such
things, if it has the qualifications to remove the cause
surely it does real curative work And all these facts
have already been proven in Harrisburg that has
already become the avorte remedy in the best families
in all parts of the city.
Thousands of children annoyed pestered and even
tortured from pin stomach worms Do you
wish to relieve these children? Give them Quaker Ex
tract and watch for results Harmless yet effective and
easy to take. Make your visit possible. The
health teacher can be daily from a. to p
Catarrh in Any Form You Need Some Quaker Herb
at Once
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-02
Stop! Look! Listen! The Quaker Health Teacher Is Here!
Great Results From Famous Quaker Remedies Have Already
Startled Harrisburg and Will Continue to Do So

Morning
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-02
TOURISTS TAKEN
TO EXPOSITION

[Continucd From First Page.l
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-02
8 AMERICANS HURT
In MEXICAN FIGHT

[Continued From First Page.1
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-04
ODDS SHIFT TO EVEN MONEY FOR
 WORLDS SERIES

New Y ork. Oct. 4-Since Alexander the Great cIincheds the National league pennant for the{ PhiIlies by holding the Braves to one hit, odds on the Worlds Series have shifted consider ably. Not long ago many of the fol- lowers of the Red Sox were offering as high as 10 to that the Boston team would triumph over Pat Nor ans National league champions in the big series.
 A few days later these odds drop ped to to 2, and then suddenly down to $ to 5. After Alexander's wonderful performance against the Braves, odds at to 5 was a thing of the past, and the best one could get on the Phillies was even money.
 This shift in the betting sh ows that the fans and admirers of the Red Sox fear Alexander can pitch the Phillies to three victories over Carr rigan's bunch. Not only this, but these same fans are beginning to realize that Moran has more than one pitcher to depend upon in the series. Either George Chalmers of the Bronx or Erskine Mayer of At lanta, Ga, is likely to trim the Amer ican League representatives So much has been said and written about Alex ander the Great that both of these two pitchers have been almost en- tirely overlooked.
 Mayer is one of the best underhand pitchers in the country today and when right is almost as hard to beat as the great Alexander.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-04
THIRTY ONE YEARS SINCE
 WORLDS SERIES WAS STARTED
Clash Between Giants and Red Sox in
 1912 Was Greatest of all

sion and to the merest detail every thing was done to the satisfaction of everybody interested.
 Under these new conditions the post season games were resumed and they have been played every year regularly since 1905. In the fall of that year the New York Giants defeated the Athletics of Philadelphia four games to one and scored the first winning of the worlds title under the new regime. The rival Chicago clubs had the issue between them in 1906; Cornislxy's White Sox winning the hon orsiby four games to two. The Detroit Tigers won the American League pen nant for the next three years in sue cession but failed to add the worlds title to their string of victories as they were beaten in the post-season battles of 1907 and 1908 by the Chicago Cubs and the following year they lost to Pittsburgh when the Pirates nailed both the worlds championship and National League pennants to their mast. Connie Mack and his Athletics were dominant factors in the two fol- lowing years, they scored a four to one victory over the Chicago Nationals in 1910 and in the 1911 series they squared their defeat by the Giants in 1905 by taking McGraw's players into camp four games to two in the battle for the worlds title.
 Then followed the great eight game series between the Boston Amer jeans and the Giants. Probably for long time to come 1912 will be renem- bered as the banner year. as in addition to a tie game the Red Soxl players several of whom are still in the Boston lineup, went the limit and forced Manager McGraw to a fourIto three defeat. Philadelphia Connie Mack and the Athletics scored third worlds victory in 1913 with the Giants s%I, ming only one game out of five. Last year the Boston Braves made clean sweep in~tfle past season-ganes. talk ing four straight from the Athletics, after a sensational splIrt and final Vic- tory in the National League race. }ti
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-04
M'FARLAND WON'T MAKE l42 POUNDS
 FOR RiTCHlE BOUT

New York, Oct. 4.-Willie Ritchie appears to have taken a leaf from Packey McFarland's book of roped square tricks, and is verdant enough to think he can give the Chicago
 Ritehie makes the proposal to Me Farland to box match at 142 pounds. As Mcfarland was only barely comfortable at 147 and would be as weak at 142 as Gibbons was at TAT, it is not difficult to imagine the smile with which Mcfarland heard of. the challenge.
 There is not a possible chance O. the match being made at 142, for it is McFarland's una1terab1e procedure to get the other fellow into the ring at a weight sure to sap his vigor.
 If Packey makes any reply to the challenge it will be to ask Ritchie to make 1S3 ringside while the Chi cagoan comes in at catch weights
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-04
REMARKS DEFEAT
 YOSTS IN HOT GAME

The. Rem-Arms team beat the Yosts in ae~-weH played baseball game at Yost field yesterday by to 1 before good sized crowd. Both teams were scrappy and two lively argu- ments with the umpire helped to eX- cite the fans. There was a loud roar in the ninth when Berlin of the Y osts was called out for being hit by batted ball. The Yost roOters said the ball simply rolled over Berlin's foot. Umpire Silva reversed his de- cision twice.
 In batting Corkins of the Arms team started with a triple and two dou- 'b1es. Al Oden, the old Bridgeport third baseman, led the ;Yosts with two singles. John Tillerman, who was giV- en a trial by the St. Louis Browns this season, held the Yosts to six hits and famed II. Speed Finn was going we'll for the Yosts.
 The Arms team scored in the first when Cerago walked and scored on Sherwood's double. In the fifth Corkins tripIed and counted on Cera- go's single. The Yost's only run was made in the third when Finn singled, stole second and scored on Hurley's drive. The same teams will play next Sunday. The score:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-04
CHICAGO CAPTURES FED LEAGUE FLAG
 BY SINGLE POINT

chcago, Ill, Oct 4-Joe Tinker's s Whales won the Federal League penz nat yesterday by defeating Pittsburgh in the second game of a. double-header by 3 to o. Chicago lost the first game 5 to 4, after an exciting eleven-inn- ing engagement. By winning from Kansas City, St.sIouis, Fielder Jones's team, Jumped up within a point Of Chicago, while Pittsburgh went down to third place. NQnly four points se- parate the three Neams, the Whales leading St. Louis by a, single point.
 The margin of Chicago's victory is probably the smallest ever known in a big league pennant race. Chicago has S6 games won and 6 lost, percent age of .566. St. Louis won 87 games and lost 67 and has a percentage of 565, while Pittsburgh's standing was 86 won, 67 lost and a percentage Of 562 Another remarkable state of af- fairs for big league race is that only 59 points separate the first five clubs. Such a blanket finish has never been seen in the National American League.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-04
Cornell to Open New
 Athletic Field With
 Williams Game Saturday

Ithaca. N. Y, Oct 4-Cornell will celebrate the opening of, the new NSchoellkopf football field Saturday, when the team plays Wil1ia ms The program which has just been compIet- ed includes a parade of the trustees, faculty, and undergraduates from the quadrangle to Schoellkopf Oval George w Bacon of New York, Chair man of the Alumni Field Committee and Paul Schoellkopf representing the Schoel1kopf family. which contri- buted the funds for the field and sta dium, will make addresses. President Scnurnnan will accept the field for the university.
 Corne1PS coaches are fairly we'll sat, isfied with the showing made by the men in Saturdays game against Ober- lin, though the team as a whole is still slow and crude Shiverick, the regu- lar right half. who has been out for a week because of injuries.s will resume pra ctice tomorrow
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-04
Wagne1''s Watch Tower

various cities on the way to the coast and the players will pick up a little extra coin. It's a bad year for the baseball slaves.
 Dick Tuckey, the former Bridgeport twfrler, pitched for Waterbury against the New York Americans yesterday and beat the big leagucrs by to 3. Tuckey allowed eight hits and famed three.
 Even if they didn'tNcapture the pen nant the Detroit Tigers closed their season yesterday with 100 victories, something no club which finished in second place had hitherto done. Ty Cobb also smashed a record for steal ing 97 bases this season. You can see the difference in the National league baserunning when you reflect that Max Carey of Pittsburgh, who leads the older organization, has pilfered only 27.
 Neither the Navy nor West Point football eleVens came up to expecta- tiops in their games Saturday. The Holy Cross and the Navy lost to Georgetown. It was recognized that Georgetown was a strong team but the critics think West Point showed weak ness in not overwhelming Holy Cross.
 The New York Giants played at Lighthouse Point yesterday and beat the Colonials 6 to A. The bad weather kept the attendance down to less than 1000.
 The Yale crew has been presented with new boat by Major Louis E. Stoddard. The race with the Columbia crew will be held November 12 at New Haven.
 The Harvard daily paper, the Grim son, says most of the conversation at the students dining hall consists of blasphemies against Yale. There will also be a lot of bIasphenaies against Yale when the coaches take the play CTS in hand at New Haven this week.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-04
WILLIE MCLEAN DENIES
 CONDON DEFEATED HIM

Sporting Editor of The Farmer:
 I would like to take exception to an article in a Sunday paper which stat ed that at the recent show of the Acorn A. c. Willie Condon of Brook lyn punched Willie Mclean all over the ring What I would like to say is that the only thinssCondon punched was the atmosphere. After he did that for three rounds I started to do a little punching on my own hook and started in by making his nose bleed. I followed this with an assortment of hooks and jabs that made him vince and slow up He looked pretty much relieved when he heard the final bell If you were at the show I think you will agree with me. However, I am going to try to get matched with him again at the next smoker
 WILLIEMeLEAN