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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-16
STILL SOME HOPE
FOR COMMERCE
Eleven Shows Better as
Game with Clinton High
Draws Near.

II is a long time since the students
Of the High School of Commerce en-
joyed the sensation Of snake dancing
across the gridiron at the close of a
big game. The thrills attendant upon
victory have been rare this season, and
the team was beaten again on last Sat
urday, this time by Manual Training
High School. But, even in defeat. rift
appeared in the heavily banked clouds.
Commerce showed indications of find
ing itself. and Ed Siskind is hopeful Of
living up 10 tradition and defeating
Clinton in the big struggle on Thanks
giving Day.
Shifting Harry Foster TO end and put
ting Mcdonald in TO run the team have
most needed Foster is an end OF eX-
ceptional ability, one of the best of
the year. in fact. and Mcdonald has the
gift of rare football sense. it would
seem, for a boy of his slight expert
ence. Jerry Flood, at fullback. is hit
ting the line we'll and is working nicely
with Dick Feehan and Harry Bloch.
Feehan Is a clever backfield man and
hits the line hard.
The Commerce line. which was so
weak in the New York Military Acad-
envy game. brsced bravely against Man
ual and held it's own for three periods.
For all the improvement in the de
fence, the scoring punch is still miss
ing.
De Witt Clinton is working over
time for the game with Commerce. A
feast long delayed is expected. and yet
there is a feeling that Clinton may
have TO wait for still another year.
For some reason or other Clinton has
seldom shown at its best against the
Orange and Blue. and in eleven games
has scored only 80 points.
Tiger De Boer announces that no
fewer than twenty-six Commerce
alumni have pecified their intention OF
playing in the game against the var
sity team. Frank Scheval. halfback of
the 1905 team, is the latest TO apply
for place Chauncey Hooper and
Speedy Schneider of the 1914 team,
also will don uniforms.
The announcement in this column
that the Commerce alumni have organ
lied has started something. Five chal-
lenges from other high school alumni
teams have been received
Clinton will receive first attention.
then Morris and all other corners.
The fur will fly when Hamilton In
stitute plays the Columbia freshmen.
The Hamilton boys showed their full
power against Horace Mann. and
turned what bid fair to be struggle
into an utter rout. Russ Clapp, the
Hamilton back, was the star OF this
game. His line bucking was fierce and
his defensive play wonderful.
Titus. the Manual Training back. is
OF all-scholastic calibre In addition 20
the usual qualifications. he is a drop
kicker of ability.
Ross, of Commercial High School.
has scored 36 points for his team on
six touchdowns. Frugone is second,
with 81 points.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-16
Ready-Made Football
Eleven for Tigers
Princeton Loses Only Three First
String lien from This Years
Team-Captain Click
Shea and Brown.
By HERBERT.

football this spite OF he
disappointment capped the the loss of the Harvard ana
Yale games Big sounded the right note when he SAID
There can be Speedy Rush No amount of coach
ing organization however strong can prevent mistakes Oh
the hands Ty Cobb makes
II not necessary the fact that the Tigers were
football that could reasonably be absorbed
in the shortsp OF eight nine weeks
II struck Princeton had offensive weapons and
running attack than five put together
balanced and finished but
some unknd fate should at the most critical
times and that should count heavily and neuaze muc
ober,ro nod work
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-16
AMHERST RETAINS RILEY
Signs Contract to Coach Football Team
Two Seasons More.
lBy Telegraph to The Tribune.l


Amherst, Mass, Nov. 15.-Tom Riley
has signed a contract to coach the Am
herst football teams for the next two
seasons. Riley made the announcement
after the victory over Williams last
Saturday. The announcement was hailed
with great JOY by the Amherst student
body. -,
The men have grown to like tho
Michigan man and consider him one OF
the best coaches Amherst ever mad
Early in the year Riley made it clear
that this was his last year, because OF
his pressing business, but the score
made against Williams, the largest
since 1892, and the earnest appeal OF
the Amherst men were too much for
Riley, and ne agreed to come back to
beat Williams again.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-16
Hard Scrimmage
for Stevens Eleven

In spite of the good showing made on
Saturday against Rensselaer,, Rodgers
was not satisfied 10 allow the Stevens
team a rest yesterday. but instead sent
IT through hard scrimmage.
All the regulars. including Captain
rod, who was not in the lineup on
Saturday, were on hand with the ex-
ception Of Gennert, left tackle. who
twisted his bad ankle again in the
X: =. L. game. This may keep him out
OF the lineup for the rest of the sea.
son
There was decided improvement in
the tsckling shown against he Rensse.
laer engineers on Saturday. This weak
ness mas been constant source OF
worry TO Rodgers, but II seems now
TO have been partly overcome.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-16
WiIliams-Burns
Bout POSTPONED

New Orleans. Nov. l5.-The twenty
round bout for the bantamweight cham
pionship Of the world between Kid
Williams. OF Baltimore. the titleholder.
and frankie Burns. of Jersey City, will
be held here December 8. instead of
November 20, II was announced to-
night. The weights will be ils pounds.
ringside. Ed Smith, of Chicago, has
been agreed upon as referee.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-16
JOHN D. MAY HAVE TO PAY
Judge Grants Appeal from Injunction
Restraining Tax Collector.

Cleveland. Nov. l5.-Judge John h.
Clarke. in the United States District
Court here. to-day granted an appeal
from his injunction restraining County
Treasurer +. G. O'Brien from collecting
taxes on 1911. 040.377 from John ID.
Rockefeller, levied By ex-Tax Commits
sioners William Agnew and John ID.
Fackler.
The appeal will be heard before the
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
at Cincinnati.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-16
were expected of him. but surely Bar
retts absence at least Offset this"

were expected of him, but surely Bar
rett's absence at least Offset this
To this ii seems exception can be
taken, as most critics have been quick
to give Cornell full credit The part
that Barrett PLAYED in scoring a touch
down against Harvard within the first
five minutes of the game was quite
enough to show what loss he was to
the team throughout the rest of the
game.
The New York alumni of Lehigh and
Lafayette have chartered a special
train to take them to the annual game
between these two colleges at South
Bethlehem next Saturday. 1t will leave
the Lehigh VALLEY Railroad terminal Oh
West Twenty-third Street at 1850
o'clock in the morning, Liberty Street
at II o'clock and Jersey City at 1l:10
o'clock. 1t will return Immediately
after the game.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-16

On more than one occasion the policy
OF playing only one man in the back
field to receive punts has been ques-
toned in this column. II places far too
heavy a mental burden. In comment
ing on this point Percy ID. Haughton,
Harvard's head coach, said: "The game
on Saturday illustrated the fatal weak
ness of having one man receive punts,
in that should muff occur the ball
inc times out of ten is recovered by
the other side"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-03-22
ANSWER 10 me-. THINK


Mr.. ThinkTight, if 1 am not badly
mistaken, you boil over very quickly.
The city has 121 engine companies
and about SO truck companies. Now
you have a chnace to go into any of
these and the officers will not chase
you out; the men will welcome you.
See if you can find any men painting
ladders or painting carts. 1t shows
you don't know much about your
fire department. Do you know that
the city has its shops at Sibley- and
DespIaines SITS, where you can go
and see the apparatus 81 the fire de-
partment overhauled by union men,
and they have cards. By the way you
talk you have not.
Now, Mr.. Thinkright, don't boil
over any more and don't listen to any
talk from the Helmet club, but do as
l say. Visit the engine companies and
then go to the shops. l am no fire
man, but am for the twO-platOOn sys-
tenn. Now be square. Give these
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-03-22
men a show and quit voting for bath
ing beaches.-CharIes Druy.

COMFORT IN BELIEF-Reading
all these attacks upon the Catholics
often make me wonder:
Suppose we are wrong in all our
beliefs? Suppose there is no God, no
Virgin Mary? Suppose we are fool
ish to go to confession, to abstain
from meat on Fridays and holy days?
What of it? Is not the child who be-
Heves in Santa Claus happier than
the one who knows better?"
Another thing. We don't ask non
Catholics to believe as we do. All we
ask is the right to worship God in our
own way. Even though that way be u,
wrong, we are happier and better
than those who do not believe in God.
where ignorance is bliss, 'tWere
folly to be WISE"
Before 1 Joined the Catholic church
I, for long time, attended M. Man
gassarian's lectures in Orchestra hall.
1 had read and studied the bible and
had noticed many discrepancies and
seeming contradictions therein; and
as l listened to his arguments I said
to myself: There is no God-it is
all nonsense. There is no hereafter
and therefore I will be happy as I
can here and take what few pleasures
come my way" But all the time a
still, small voice" within me whisp-
cred: There is a God and you know
it."
And when l looked around and saw
all the misery and unhappiness in the
world I was glad to listen to that
voice and believe that there is God,
and that, in His own good time, He
will make all things right. And in
that belief am contented and happy,
even when troubles come. Can
science do as much for you? And
after all what is there on earth better
worth having? Take all your science
and all it can do for you, but give me
rn1iOiOn belief in Cod and fbe mower
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-03-22

work one gets paid by the hour and
when there is no work one gets no
compensation whatever. One can't
stay away from the station unless he
gets permission from his superiors.
The only hope that a sub carrier has
at present is the coming of summer.
At that time he is working in the abb
sence of the regular carrier who is
away on his vacation. This work
lasts about months, then the sub
carrier is resting up until the next
summer. This subbing period is
from three to four years. Then it
takes about six years until he re-
ceiVes 500 a month as a regular.
want to know if there is any law
that can bring to justice these pre-
paratoTy schools for making false
statements, for example:
"a grand Opportunity for ambitious
young men who wishes to enter the
government service and receive from
$50 to $1OO upon entering" or words
to that effect. Tried to be as brief
as possible. Will expect to see this
article in "our" valuable paper-A
Substitute Carrier.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-02-02

The most wonderful thing in the world
g love expressed in the helpless infant.
And among those aids and comforts for
expectant mothers is the well known
Mothers Friend"
This Is an external application to
enable the abdominal muscles to become
more pliant,> to expand naturally without
undue pain from the strain upon cords
and ligaments.
In almost every settled community are
women who have enjoyed the blessing of
this famous remedial and helpful embro-
cation. Their daughters have grown up
to learn of its splendid assistance.
Applied as directed upon those muscles
involved it soothes the fine network of
nerves with which all the muscles are
supplied. Thus a great share Of the pains
so much dreaded may be avoided and the
period of expectancy passed through in
ease and comfort.
Anything that adds so much comfort
must be counted as a blessing indeed.
In little book sent by mail much use
ful Information Is given to inexperienced
mothers. 1t tells how to use Mothers
FRIEND and how 10 avoid cal5ing breasts.
Get bottle to-day and write for book 10
BradnelC Regulator Co., 400 Lamar Bldg.
atlanta; Ca Be sure you get Mothers
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-02-02
Druggist Recommends
Real Kidney Medicine

| have sold a great many bottles of
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root during the
past twenty years and it is a prepara-
tion that is very satisfactory to my
customers who buy it. | have heard
a good many expressions of approval
from those who have used it. | think
it a good remedy ana if | were in need
of a medicine | should certainly try
Swamp-Root for any case of kidney,
liver or bladder trouble.
WILLIAM n. WOOD,
Druggist,
Ashburnham, Mass
Personally appeared before me this
9Th of August, 1909, William n. Wood
who subscribed to the above statement
and made oath that the same is true in
substance and fact
WALTON b. WHITNEY,
Notary Public.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-02-02
MONEY BEING
SQUANDERED?
CONTINUED FROM PAGE TWO

and the Canton Bridge Co. got $7304
of it, while in Dickinson county it got
$1O6O0 of the $4,000 spent. Meade
county spent in 'O9, $5,O4957 and the
bridge company got $4,721.97. Norton
county was generous, giving every
dollar to the company ,073. .50-of
course not giving it without returns.
Phillips county spent $24,313,99 and
the Canton Bridge Co. got 1868. 80.
Riley county appropriated $51246.S2
for bridge purposes, and the bridge
company in question got S34,6397S of
broken culvert to repair for it gave
the bridge company S4,lOO out of
$4.4OO In Woodson county the c. b.
Co. got away with $14,5OS of the $17-
500 spent Franklin county belongs to
this preserve also but drew the
curtain. it did not report. All in all,
the c. b, Co. captured 67S per cent of
all bridge money spent in this terri
tory.
Patent" Bridge Territory
The Topeka Bridge & Iron Co., Kan
sas agents for the Luten Patented Re-
inforced concrete arch owned by Dan
iel b. Luten of the National Bridge
Co. of Indianapolis, Ind, operated
quite exclusively in seven counties
Anderson county spent $11,S31.25 for
bridge purposes in the three years,
and the T. b. & |. Co. received ST.
956.25 of this amount Geary county
paid $11,69O out of $13,212 to this
company. Marion county was very
generous. 1t paid every dollar of the |
$49,349.39 spent for bridges to the T. |
B. & |. Co. Usage county had $51, |
33394 to spend and the company got
S32,272.54 of it. In Pawnee county |
the bridge company got $15,7S9 out |
of S15,9S9 spent. In Sheridan county
the T. B. & |. Co. got the whole thing
81 200. Cowley county did no re-
port. The Topeka Bridge & Iron Co.
got 1925 per cent of all the bridge
money spent in these counties.
Paid No Taxes-Took $141,o73o7 Out
The Standard Bridge Co. of Omaha
got away with 1916 per cent of all the
money spent on bridges and culverts
in four counties. Here is the record.
Bourbon county spent $4,000 and the
S. B. Co. got S4,949 Marshall county
spent $103, 1881, and the bridge COM
pany above mentioned got $69.17513.
Smith county turned the whole amount
s54,O5994 to the S. B. Co. Montgomery
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-02-02

! b. Co. got the whole cheese" Nc
| PhersOn county spent $17,3S0.36 anC
the company got $1O,90S.99. Morris
county paid $500 in 19O9-10 of whicl
sum the bridge company got $4,000
Washington county gave $9,977 of its
$26,015.7S to the l. S. b. Co. in 1916
and 1911. Said company got 62.S pei
cent of the whole appropriation for
bridges in these counties.
One More private Grounds" sian
The Blodgett Construction Company
bridge brokers' with offices in Kan.
sas City, Mo, (pays no taxes in Kan
sas) got away with $110,54672 or ~
per cent of all the money spent in the
five counties named below. Barber
county gave it all its expenditures
S16,79320 and Labette county gave
1t S4O,3O9.2O and Labette county gave
it s4O,309.35 out of $57,1S234. Lyon
county spent $36,363.SS and the bridge
jobbers got $4,000 of it. Neosho coun-
ty spent $4,000 and the b. c. Co..
got $4,000 of the sum. Rocks coun-
ty spent $14,O1062 and said company
got $13,S4417 of it.
Mr.. Gearhart says that the differ
ence between the total amount spent
in the counties given on which COM
plete information was furnished and
what the bridge companies received,
was, with few exceptions, largely
used for lumber, repairs and for small
Jobs of local contract work" SO you
see the several bridge companies had
exclusive control of the counties they
occupied
How the Company Gets County
1t has been shown in previous arti-
cles that unless there is genuine com.
petitive bidding on plans furnished all
bidders by the state highway engineer
or some competent person, the assem-
bling of various bridge agents at a
bridge letting is mere farce. 1t is
between the bridge COM
panies before they bid that a certain
one will get the job and the winner
pays so much to each competitor pres.
ent for keeping out of the game. OF
course the taxpayers pay this.
When one campany has exclusive .
-erritory that way there is apt to be
some overcharges or else some very
poor quality of bridges built. You
ant blame the builders, for they are
human. When the county officials are
70 easy as to allow a letting with.
ut open competition and so easy"
Is to allow the bridge company to
urnish the plans and specifications
nd superintend the job without be
ng watched and checked up by any.
me- you can't blame them for taking
slice of business that was handed to
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-02-02

their affairs, even if IL saves taxpayers
half their money. Such men should
be voted back to private life.
It's up to You, Mr.. Voter.
The solution of the problem, the
remedy for the squadering of your tax
money, is in the hands of the voters.
So long as you are satisfied with in,
competent, Indifferent or dishonest of.
ficials, so long will your tax money be
squandered.
There is a bill in the legislature of
almost every state of Successful Farm
ing's territory attempting to remedy
this evil by putting the roads and
bridges under the control of compe-
tent engineers, with either local or
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-02-02
Letter to
Or. kilmer G. Co.,
Binehamton. N Y.

Prove What Swamp-Root Will Do For
You.
Send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer q Co..
Binghampton, n. Y, for "A sample size
bottle. II will convince anyone. You
will also receive booklet of valuable
information, telling about the kidneys
and bladder. When writing, be sure
and mention the Ardmore Daily Ard
moreite Regular fifty-cent and one
dollar size bottles for sale at all drug
stores.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-02-02

them on silver platter. Most any
farmer would do the same in a "hoss"
trade or a land deal. If dishonesty is
invited, then take your medicine. Don t
blame the bridge companies. They
pool their interests, they divide the
territory, they pick your pockets be-
cause you let them 1t is the easiest
thing in the world to stop that sort of
thing.
How to Stop 1t
In every state there is a competent
highway engineer who will furnish
plans and specifications for any bridge
needed, and the commissioners or SUI
peryisors can get these plans to fur
nish all bidders and thus secure sealed
bids. These bids can be submitted to
the state engineer or a competent
county engineer to see whether they
are reasonable, and the county or the
state can have a competent man on
the job to see that the contract is
strictly observed
This will make hot competition and
greatly lower the cost of bridges and
secure good structures for the money
spent.
But some county commissioners
don't want state interference with
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CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-02-02
Another Foreign Preserve"

The Illinois Steel Bridge Co. (brok-
ersl with shops at Jacksonville, ILL.,,
and offices at Kansas City. Mo, pays
no taxes in Kansas, but believes in get
taing all the tax money the Sunflower
state will hand out. Barton county be-
longs to this preserve hut kept
mum when state Engineer Gearhart
asked questions. Ellis county spent
S31,2l2.13 and the bridge company got
$23,S04.34 of it. Hodgeman county
spent $4,SS7 in 1909, and 1911 the l. s.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-06-02
Teacher Dronned the subject.

Not long ago a teacher in one of
the Wright county schools-who, to
say the least, is of rather generous
proportions-was trying to explain
to her scholars the correct measure
ments of the human frame.
For example, she said, twice
around my thumb, once around my
wrist, twice around my wrist, once
around my neck; twice around my
neck, once around my waist. There
she paused, and a shrill voice from
the back of the room exclaimed:
Twice around yer waist, once around
the court house. The teacher drop
ped the subject and marked the in
terrupter's monthly percentage down
to &c.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-06-02
E. r. Acres went to Des

Atty. E. R. Acres went to Des
Moines this morning on business.
&C. j. McMartin, of Lanesboro,
Mimi, was a DEBORAH visitor yester-
day.
Mrs. Fred Reum Sr. went to Os-
sian yesterday to attend the funeral
of Mrs. Stortz.
w. w. Loomis, of Window,
Mimi, is here on visit to his family
and old friends.
DIR. ]. DAILY went to Chicago
last night to attend alumni week elm
les at Northwestern University, which
takes place today.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. M. Hanson and
DR.. and Mrs. E. E. Loomis arrived
today by automobile from GAINESVILLE,
Wis, on a visit to the Richard
Schrubbe home.
Mrs. VIM. Aiken and daughters
who have been visiting friends here,
went to Mabel Saturday for visit
with her brother, VIM. Casterton, be-
fore returning home to California
Mrs. j. G. Lamm and daughter
Miss LuRena went to Ossian yester-
day to attend the funeral of Mrs.
Stortz, a pioneer resident of that
place whose funeral occurred yes
terday.
Mrs. NJ. Ackles and Mrs. Bider-
mann, of Dubuque were visiting De-
corah friends last week. Mrs. Ackles
will be remembered as Miss Celia
Moss, and this vas her first visit here
in twenty-siX years.