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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-05-19
SKETCH OF JAMES l.. VAUGHN
Bio Left-Handed Pitcher of Chicago
Cubs Attracted Much Attention
at Start of Career.

james Leslie Vaughn, the big left
handed pitcher of the Chicago Cubs
was born in Weatherford, Tex, April
9,-1888, and had one of the most sen
sational minor league careers on rec
ord.
The first time he ever saw ball
ground with a fence around it was IN
Hot Springs, Ark, when he Joined tn8
local team of the Arkansas league 10
1908. One month after reporting 20
Hot Springs, Vaughn had attractea
the attention of almost every MAJOR
league club, and was purchased by 'nsI
New York Americans on May 10. Lack
of experience sent him to Scranton Oh
the New York State league, but ~
was recalled in a month
In the spring of 1900 he was SEM !
Macon. Ga, but was then recalled anu
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-05-19


the Cardinals Meadows pitcher
his spectacles missing
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-05-19
BY GABRIEL DELAeARDE.

Correspondent Chicago Daily News)
Amiens, F'rance.-He is a captain
who comes to Amiens from time to
time for a few days of rest Here
he has comfortable quarters, where
his wife impatiently awaits him; in
the small village near Albert all he
has to go to is a subterranean cabin
the ceiling of which is of earth.
This, his permanent residence, is
on a crest 500 yards from the enemy
The narrow space, with its wall of
clay, measures perhaps four yards
in length by one in width. Entering
and seeing the owner of the place, his
back to the wall, a shapeless bundle
of animals skins, one might imagine,
were it not for a telephone in the
corner, that one had been carried back
to prehistoric times.
Sleeps, Eats, Works in Cave.
1t is here the captain sleeps, eats,
writes and gives and receives his or
ders. 1t is here that, through the en-
, brasure which overlooks the plain, he
constantly surveys the little wood to
the left, and, in the distance, those
narrow lines of yellow earth, the
enemy's trenches. 1t is from this cave
that he regulates the firing of the
French batteries so that their shells
will hit the real trenches filed with
men, not the counterfeit ones which
are masses Of earth.
A narrow, zigzag passage connects
the small hut with the first line
trenches. Three or four times a day
the captain splashes through it. In
spite of the trunks of trees, with
which the bottom is covered, the wet
clay is slippery.
This is why my coat is so thread
bare" he says. Constant brushing of
the mud wears away the cloth. And
what is more annoying even than fall
ing fiat in the clay is being splashed
on the head by wet earth hurled by
a she'll"
Thus slowly and cautiously one ar
Tfves at the advanced trenches.
Real Duty of Leader.
do you know the most difficult part
of a chiefs duty?" the captain asked
me. ut is not so much directing a
combat. At times attacks are rare /:
we have not had a single one for two
months The real duty of the chief
is to sustain the morale of his men:
watch over them; talk to them famili-
arly of their families, their affairs. as
it is that which interests them most
It is to improve the quality of their
food, prepare what I hardly dare call
a social evening, when they can drink
a cup of tea and eat few cakes or
dered from Amiens In short. one
must be constantly watching them,
talking to them, encouraging them.
For instance, recently, one of our
sentinels at the entrance to a small
wood was killed one night. Our patrol
found him at the foot of a tree with
his throat cut. A second sentinel met
the same fate. A third likewise.
Captain Called to Calm Men.
AT once my men became uneasy.
What was to be done? No one had
heard anything. Sentinels are sta.
toned there at night only, to prevent
a surprise in the trenches. They are
stationed near an isolated oak, whence
they survey the path which is the
ouly outlet practicable through the
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-05-19
BIG RETURNS ON SMALL LOAN
Joe Connolly Receives $4,000 for $50
Advanced to Semi-Pro Player
Who Bet on Boston.

! Renewed agitation against gam
bling at ball parks and on the results
of games has brought out story by
Chicago sporting celebrity, who
quotes Frank Schultz as his authority.
He says a young semi-professional
player named Jake, who hung around
the Boston Braves clubhouse, bor-
rowed $50 from Joe Connolly very
soon after July 4, when the Braves
made their wonderful squirt.
AS soon as he got the loan, Jake
started betting on every game in
which James and Rudolph pitched. He
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-05-19

"Hippo" Vaughn of Chicago 'u''
sent to Rochester, N. Y, IN july n
Griffith, then managing the !" vi.
claimed him, but the national cub I'm
sion set aside the claim and sem ,oi,.
to Louisville of the American a'''
ton. - tbs
In 1910 he was rerurchased " =
New York American CLUB, aH' sus
NAMED with that team until NV nt b
of June, 1912, when he was ser ne
the Washington Americans We Tasp
waiver route. He remained VIII TssI
ington until August rs, when -
traded to Kansas City. =, KsrI
Vaughn twirled great ball ~ abassd
sas City in 1913, and was puas .or a
by the Chicago club in mldSs'
1873.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-05-19
MOTIFS OfMe
DIAMOND

DIAMOND
Detroit fans are raving about the
work of their second baseman, Pep"
Young.
Bunny Brief has shown so far that
he can hit ball about as far as any
one in the game.
Norman (''Kind") Elberfeld, former
Yankee, has signed up for another
year with the Chattanooga club.
The veteran Pug Bennett has drawn
his unconditional release from the
Vancouver club of the Northwestern
league
Harry Niles, who was once one of
the feetest members of the st. Louis
Browns, is now with Mike Kelly's St.
Paul sluggers.
Pitcher Rufus Molly and Catcher
Harry Haight battery considered
good enough to stick with Fort Worth
last year, have been released.
Tommy Mcmillan, for two years an
outfelder with Charleston in the
South Atlantic league, has quit the
game to take up the practice of law.
offxx ;aRoId for,,,o,Ix, -,,;&L,
the Pittsburgh Pirates and last year
with San Francisco, has signed with
ST. Paul of the American association.
Marty O'Toole is said to be showing
something of his old self with the Co
lumbus American association team
and talking of getting back into the
majors.
The Memphis club of the Southern
league has insured it's players for
$4,000 under one of those baseball
accident policies that are popular in
the majors.
President Henry Berry of the San
Francisco club has again pledged him.
self to have new ball park ready for
Seal fans before the opening of the
1916 season.
Bobby Stow won the second base
job with Fort Worth, but Joe Kneaves
being too valuable man to let go, Man
ager Nance decided to transfer him to
third base, thus letting Ray Jansen
o~t.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-05-19
CAPTAINS MAIN
DUTY NOT To
LEAD CHARGE
Keeping Men Cheered Up Is the
Vital Point, as French
Officer Tells 1t.
SOME SOCIAL EVENINGS"

Artillery Lieutenant Ventures to Say
the Famous "75" Is "of Little Use"
Fire Is Too Direct-Surprise
Ahead for the Germans.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-04

ROUGKING 1T DE LUXE. BY Irwin s.
Cobb. author of Back Home. etc
Illustrated by John T. McCutcheon.
New York: George H. Doran Com
pany.
In this journey. which extends from
the level Of farcical humor to the
heights of a literary excellence but one
stop this side Of genius. the reader gets
a sense of joy-riding with a spontane-
ously scintillating fellow traveller
rather than with the astral body OF an
author who has sandpapered each
sparkle before trusting it to print. Mr..
Cobb has been likened to Mark Twain
by friendly reviewers. who have seemed
to consider the tribute rather as COM
pliment than a comparison-and until
the newspaper reporter had promoted
himself into the super-writer class the
little jolly had its value because OF the
announcement il stood for, but: In
this book Mr.. Cobbs description OF the
Grand Canyon of Arizona measures up
to the ability of any other description
Of any other place by any other writer
Mark Twain counted In. For those
who have not seen tho canyon 1t is
visioned with the realism OF motion
Aim in natures colors. For those VINO
have seen the canyon 1t is not pic
ture; 1t Is the real thing. Chuckles ana
thrills frolic together from the nrst
page to the last, and for illustrations
there are sketchy exaggerations by
John T. McCutcheon, each as alive as
a pulse beat and all worth going the
traditional mile to see.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-04
BOOKS RECEIVED

DESTINY's DAUGHTER. BY Alice
Birkhead. New York: John Lane
Company.
THE CODE OF THE MOUNTAINS.
BY Charles Neville Buck. author OF
The Battle Cry" etc. Illustrations
by G. w. Gage. New York: W. J.
Watt & Co.
THE NEW WORLD. BY witter Byn-
ner. New York: Mitchell kenner-
ley.
OUTING HANDBOOKS HOW TO
PLAY TENNIS. BY James Burns.
New York: Outing Publishing Com
pany.
THE STATE FORBIDs, \ Play in One
Act. BY Sada Cowan. New York:
Mitchell Kennerley.
ABUSED RUSSIA. BY Dr. c. c. Young.
New York: Devin- Adair Company.
CREAM TOAsTs. BY Fred Emerson
Brooks. Chicago: Forbes & Co.
WHEN MOTHER LETS Us MAKE
CANDY. By Elizabeth Du Bots
Baehe. B. S; instructor in domestic
D. c.. and Louise Franklin Bache,
children's librarian, Rosenberg Pub
lie Library, Galveston, Tex. New
York: Moffat. Yard & Co.
THE TREASURE OF HIDDEN VAL
LEY. By Willis George Emerson.
author of THE Builders etc. Chi
cago: Forbes & Co.
THE FASCINATING SIN. BY George P.
Dillenback. author of The Mills OF
the Gods" etc. Brooklyn: NJ. p.
Publishing Company.
RUNAWAY JUNE. BY George Ran
dolph Chester and Lillian Chester.
authors of THE Enemy" etc. IL
Illustrated from photographs. New
York: Hearst's International Lii
brary Company.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-04

sion engaged the services Of the
writer of this volume to make an in
vestigation of the subject as it present
ed itself on the Pacific coast. This book
covers the results of that study. In 1t
the author describes the present con-
dition of the Japanese in that locality
He makes a record of their progress
of their relations to one another, and
of the attitude that is held toward them
by the white population of the district
Separating the work into two parts,
Mr.. Mills discusses the question of ad-
hitting these immigrants on the one
hand. and on the other he goes into a
full analysis of the treatment accorded
the Japanese to the labor problem OF
California is carefully drawn, and the
various legislative measures operating
in this direction are analysed in their
nature and described in their effects.
This is a comprehensive survey spring
ing from a prolonged and thorough in
veStigation. 1t is, besides, notably
fair-minded treatment of the subject.
HISTORIC HOMES OF NEW ENG
LAND. BY Mary H. Northend, author
of Colonial Homes and Their Fur
nishings." With numerous illustra-
tions. Boston: Little. Brown & Co.
New England again contributes of
her wealth of historic picturesqueness
to the making of delightfully."- written
and artistically illustrated book de-
homes. To The Pickering House"
boasting the unchallenged dignity of
being in the direct line of a family
for nine generations" is accorded
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-04

frontispiece honors. and additional
Photographic plates picture the interior
Of a home which, built in 1650-51. is
considered one of the most important
landmarks of Salem. Mass" The genius
of Hawthorne makes THE House Of the
Seven Gables" of interest alike to
students of Americas early home life
and to the average tourist. whose hop.
skip and jump to cherished shrines is
say" he had been there. This famous
survival of a long-ago past retains.
with its historic values. the literary
atmosphere" of Miss Hepzibah's tiny
shop: the mahogany furnished room
where Col. Pyncheon died, and its Sc
cret staircase (restored) which led to
Clifford's room in the attic. Historic
instances memorable traditions and
Photographic views make up another
chapter descriptive of THE Longfe1-
low House,. land that Governor of New
Hampshire who. having lost his wife
and children and been refused by a
girl who preferred to marry a me-
chanic, dared to marry his servant
maid before his surprised guests
clergyman included-is recalled in
pages concerning The Wentworth
House" near Portsmouth. where Wash
ington was once entertained. Twenty
one of these historic homes are de-
scribed and pictured in as many chap
ters, each more captivating than the
other, and throughout the book, which,
incidentally, bears gilt etching of
the house of the seven gables on It's
forest-green cover, one catches, some
how, the fragrance Of colonial gar
dens and the crash OF breaker4 against
a rock ribbed coast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-04

while. the house. standing high above
the sea and open to it's raking winds
and soaking mists, had become more
and more tumble down and lonely and
uninviting. Moreover, as neglected old
places are wont to do. it had taken on
ghost to whose reality more than
one veracious Cape Coder had borne
cautious testimony. This is the situa-
ton to which Mr.. Lincoln Introduces
Thankful Barnes and then inspires her
with the plan of turning the old place
into boarding house. This done. the
way Is clear for another Cape Cod story
which rounds up the down-east type
of man and woman in this writer's best
style. A couple of romances develop
from this experiment. One is of the
traditional down-east sort, with Widow
Thankful herself and Capt. Obed as the
parties of the first and second part.
The other is of the merely current kind,
with nothing particularly distinctive
attraction of this story lies. as it does
with all of Mr.. Lincolns work. in the
sense of fun that controls it and in the
pictures of a New England life and
character that trolley lines and good
motor roads are fast bringing around
to the conventional order.
WHAT PICTURES TO SEE IN AMER
ICA. By Lorinda Munson Bryant,
author of Pictures and Their
Painters" etc. illustrated. New
York: John Lane Company.
Without such evidence as this book
contains one does not realize that the
United States possesses art works of
such quality and measure as to illus
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-04

gan to get down to real business, set
ting aside gradually the spectacular
and relatively futile methods of hand
to-hand combat between knights and
their retafners. From this time on the
story of warfare is that of the develop
ment of explosives and the evolution
of mechanical instruments for project
ing these, or the evolution of firearms
and other projectiles. Acting as a
the invention and improvement of
armor plates and other means of de-
Tense against these measures Of Of
Tense. This book gives the full story
of that progression in the gentle art of
slaughter. From the introduction of
firearms to their perfection at the pres
ent time the steps are set down here.
There Is a chapter on protectiles and
armor. and another on the application
of these to the development of the
battleship as it is today. There is a
chapter. also, on torpedoes. mines and
torpedo boats, and another on warfare
The study is clear and sufficiently full
to make useful handbook for readers
of such current news that deals with
this feature of the conduct of the war.
THANkFUL'S INHERITANCE. BY Jo-
seph c. Lincoln, author of Part
ners Of the Tide" etc. illustrated
by H. NJ. Brett. New York: D. APP
pleton & Co.
The inheritance that fell to Thankful
Barnes at Uncle Abner's death was the
old homestead at Cape Cod. A long
time ran by before Thankful took
possession of her legacy. In the mean
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-04

the next century appear traces Of a
formal secular civic organization with
the adoption of q communal constitution
Prof. Albert Bushnell Hart of Har-
ward several years ago wrote OF the
history of the San Marinese and said:
1T has been a singularly united. cour-
aeeous, honorable, philosophical and
prudent people," He recalled that when
Napoleon Bonaparte in 1897 offered
them adjacent territory they declined
IAN enlargement which might in time
compromise our liberty" and Prof.
Bushnell also recalled that they gave
refuge to Garibaldi and his "red
shirts after their defeat in 1849. and
successfully protected them.
One of the many things set down to
the credit Of the little old republic is
that when the Prince Of Monaco leased
his hereditary domain to gamblers the
San Marinese showed their moral fiber
by refusing any such dealings when a
similar proposal was made to them.
Not long ago a writer in the London
Chronicle recalled something of less
credit to San Marine than its refusal
to follow the example of the Prince of
Monaco. He wrote that San Marine
has supplied the world with more
birthday honors' than probably any
other country, however large. For San
Marine. until she reformed herself a
few years ago, sold titles to any bidder
on a fixed tarin-from knighthoods to
dukedoms. So that when one is intro
duced to some prince or count with an
American accent one may reasonably
guess he has at one time taken a holi.
day In San Marino."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-04

trate the history of painting from
Giotto to modern art by way of Fra
Angelica, Botticelli, Raphael Titan,
Rubens. Rembrandt and Velasquez
This painstaking and competent study
makes this fact clear by a summary of
the contents of our various art CEN
tiers. Beginning with Boston. the
study ends at San Francisco. with
twenty-five cities lying in between.
that offer inducements to the art lover
and to the student of the history of
of these galleries. museums or insti-
tutes are fully described and placed in
the particular niche of time and fame
to which each has been assigned by
public approval. More than 200 Illus
trations supplement the text Valu-
able at any time. this study possesses
additional worth in the present. when
European galleries are out of the
question. The reader will find this
book as useful as the traveller. and per-
haps more so in view of the prodigious
of interest in matters of art
THE JAPANESE PROBLEM IN THE
UNITED STATES. BY H. A. Mills.
professor of economics, University
of Kansas. New York: The Mac
milan Company.
At the request of missionaries in ia
pan, the council of churches in America
appointed a commission to make a
study of the relations of this coun-
try with Japan. Believing that it's
most pressing need was body
of correct information, the commits
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-04
Past and Present.

e ECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE
- HOUSTON said in Washington the
other day:
What improvements We see in the
country when we go there on our va
cation! We sec automobiles. tele-
phones, player pianos. monographs
and even. among q few wealthy young
farmers. biplanes.
How different Is this prosperity from
the hardships Of the past-from the
days when q Haunt farmer would en-
ter the general store Of the district
and pant. hungrily:
Gimme an eggs worth O. sugar
an ye mout weigh out an eggs worth
O. salt. too. The Plymouth Rocks
a-cluckin'.'"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-04

ter" was all / caught of one end of
the conversation.
| Harry Tate-comical cove" was all 1
got of the other.
| Just then some word passed down the
| line and every man stepped forward
from the sheltering dugouts and bomb
| proofs and took his position along the
front wall of the firing trench. Rifles
rested in the inches and 1oopholes left
| in the breastwork of sand bags and
| railroad ties. Only the senior officers
remained walking up and down the
ditch. In front of me a young lieuten-
grizzled sergeant, using rifle like any
| private In the ranks.
| By this time the air was SO thick
with dust and gaseous smoke that one
could not see more than dozen yards
up the trench. I wondered If the men
could see anything over the wall. and.
curiosity getting the better of judg-
| ment, / jumped up beside chap and
peered with him through the loophole.
| There was nothing to be seen through
| the smoke and dust cloud. and l no
| tfced that none of our men was mr.
ing. Evidently they were still waiting
| for something.
Then that something came. AS though
| by the turning of a switch the ex-
plosion Of shells up and down the line
ceased, leaving only the tremendous
thunder of the British guns behind us.
| The mist began to thin. to swirl and
tear apart as though driven by great
| fans. Dull red flashes good distance
| off stabbed the air. The whine and
crash of shrapnel sounded nearer and
nearer. Then through the thinning
cloud of dust and smoke a vague. in
definite moving body began to take
| form. Over it the red flashes seemed to
burst venomously, while the long.
shapeless mass itself seemed to be
! splitting an irregular line of fire in
our direction.
"Them's them" shouted a voice in my
ear. I'VE gotta begin shootin' now
Better git down"
took one parting survey of the
spectacle. The dust cloud was almost
gone. and now. clearly outlined against
the smoky skyline. came those COM
pact masses Of gray-clad men. Firing
from the hip as they ran, those solid
front ranks swept on toward us, while
over and about them burst a very hell
Of shrapnel fire. Then came a new
note in the concert-a terrific clatter
and roar all about US as the whole of
our line spit forth an incessant stream
of rife and machine gun fire.
I made room for the man at my side
to fire through his loophole. Overcome
by the excitement of the moment, /
| raised myself on tiptoe and peered over
the breastworks. l could see those gray
masses. now only couple Of hundred
yards away, whitening under that blast
of steel. On they came. but slower.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-04
SAN MARlNO REFUSED TO
BECOME SECOND MONTE CARLO

rHE frequent mention Of San Marine
az the oldest republic, il not the
= Oldest Independent state in the
world. has caused many persons to turn
to their Biographies and their histories
in quest of facts about this little nation.
which came into great notoriety when, a
short while ago. it declared war on Aus
ria-Hungary.
It Is a small state, covering only thirty
eight square miles Of territory. roughly
about half the size Of the District Of
Columbia. Its population Of 10000.
about per cent of the population Of the
District, is composed mainly Of shepherds,
vine dressers. quarrymen and few trad
ers. 1t Is a mountain republic. and its
chief town, the city of San Marino. oc-
cupies the summit of Monte Titano. four
teen miles by wagon road southwest from
Rimini, In Italy. Tho people Of San
Marine are Italian in blood and language.
and the neutrality of San Marine might
operated adversely to tho interests Of
Italy, military strategists holding that
Austrian aeroplanes could cross the Adrt-
attic rest on Monte Titano. and then ter
rorize the central part OF Italy. San
Monte Titano is fortified, and San
Marinos army numbers $50 men and
thirty-nine officers. but all males between
the ages Of sixteen and sixty are subject
to military service at the call OF their
country. There Is 4 general assembly Of
the representatives Of all the citizens
twice each year Although surrounded by
Italian territory, 1t pays no taxes to
Rome, and its people are under no per-
sonal obligation Of military service. but
it has a treaty Of alliance with the nation
whose territory surrounds its own. by
which It's people bound themselves to do
their part should war endanger Italy.
San Marine was an Independent state
under q republican form Of government
when tho Normans invaded England.
moro than four hundred years before tho
discovery Of America by Columbus There
seems to be no authentic data as to when
San Marino was created. but the tradition
Is that 1t was founded by Mar1nus .
Dalmatian priest. during the persecution
Of the Christians under the Roman en-.
peror Diocletian- The monastery founded
by or named for this Marinus, whom after
ages have honored as a saint, shows rec
ords going back to the year sS5, and in