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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-10-19
ROBERT B. WARD
CALLEDSUODENLY
rIea President If Federal League, IT,
Chief Backer and Climb Owner
Dead I'm East.
Y4S uL ONLY THREE DAYS
HaFfBs King Spent Over 81 100000 i'm
Baseball Last Year-Hay Effect
Outlaw Circuit.

Sew York. Oct 10 Robert Boyd
ward president Of the Ward Baking
company. vice president Of the Federal
Baseball league ami president and
chief owner Of the Brooklyn Fed team.
sf.a suddenly last night of heart
.r1sa t Homewood. his estate al
Eaa Rochelle. IS f. Mr. Ward vas
So ~s 1t age.
Che death Of Mr. Ward, who has
been considered the real hacker of
the Federal league. may have consld-
cradle 30 do with changing the base
bali mop Nr Ward has been an un-
compromising foe of organized base
bali since the Independents came into
the a.E and if has been largely
through his nhe~aHty that the new
feaea has been able 10 wage the
aeh. MR. Ward was at all times will
ink % make an agreement, but only
o. condition that the Federal be rec
aeu.za# rs q major league.
Fayed Huge Salaries.
Pres dent Gilmore Of the league is
credited with having interested Mr..
ward ID baseball. which was about
Two years ago. The Federal league all
ter one year was on the rocks. Presi-
dent uora saw the nucleus for a
ra7 organization and put the pro
fae- before Ward and others. The ans
war of fhe Brooklyn magnate was the
building Of one of the finest baseball
plants p ting country and the signing
oE players regardless Of salary
At a time Of his death Mr. Ward
was credited with having one Of the
most expensive teams i'm baseball The
par r.Is it was said. approached the
slzaH1a mark but the Investment
was practically dead loss. as Mr..
Ward Ha# his own ideas about how
team should be conducted He would
not permit his men to- play Sunday
baseball either east or west. and on
TOP a- this labor unions instituted
boycott against his team Oh account
Of certain troubles in his eastern bak-
cries This however. did not feaze
bin In the slightest. and last spring
he organized the Colonial league
which cost him mint Of money.
auauf e1.0a2.H00 I'm 1915
at the end of the season of 1914 ft
was claimed bat mr. Ward had spent
IN -. narHnorboad Of Sl,0000o5 ON
baseball. although this never was CON
fruaa However, conservative estf-
mates ar his brother magnates put she
figure at $3.50 500. His bank roll helped
Ia carry Buffalo. Kansas City and In
aiaaarrHs through the strenuous
months Of laL4. and even this year. it,
is claimed that he has been the angel
for several clubs.
VIVA. effect the death of Mr. Ward
v1 ...a .r .ra Federal league AT the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-10-19
Yonne Indenendents 90.

The Young Independents were de-
fested by the Young Cyclones in a
hard fought football game Sunday aft
ernoou. at Twenty-ffth street play
grounds by o score Of 80 to II.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-10-19
Members Of Team.

Besides Captain Carroll the follow
ing players are enrolled. Lued-ke,
Gehrig. Altman. Erie5s. SPAIN, kuuz,
Rath. Hayes Breitbach. Fahricus Ehm-
ers. Gruuo. AIbers. Bartles, Curtis and
Drake They represent the cream OF
Dubuque's independent football ranks.
The Hawkeyes have been practiclng
faithfully under Captain CARROTS guild
ance for the past week and fine foot
ball machine is being built up. The
Hawkeves Will meet the best independ-
ept football elevens in Iowa and llLl-
uois.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-10-19

All the news ali the tims--Tho
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-10-19

Ely & Bush. lis Attorneys.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-12-04
Artificial Limbs.

A recent number of the Berlin
Medical Weekly notes the excellent
quality of work done by United States
manufacturers Of artificial limbs. One
cas- is cited of a subject who eight
years ago in America had suffered am
putation of both arms and both legs
as a result of gangrene following Sc
we're electrical burns. "The man."
says the medical journal, latter six
months practice in exercising the
stumps vas supplied with four arti-
fetal limbs by an American manufac-
turer. He became able then to earn
his living; could walk without a limp
and had covered without a cane
eleven and one-quarter miles in a day.
He was able to feed himself, to dress
and undress and in fact seemed to
show no great incapacity." It was
proposed to show him for moral Of
feet to soldiers who had lost limbs in
battle.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-12-04
MORSE CODE

another to the top to protect the wood
from the candle fame. Bore holes
through the top for ventilators.
The cover board c Gigs 2 and 81
is hinged with three strips of leather
or tape. Strip D Zig. q provides a
place for attaching the wooden but
ton e.
The lantern is now ready for signal
ing.
The operating key is shown in Figs.
/ and 4. Cut it about eight inches
long and of the shape of r Gig. ~;
then nail a block G to a box Gig. ~,
and screw the end of the key to this
block. Tie the operating cord to the
key, allowing Just enough length OF
cord to operate the shutter properly.
Fig. z shows the Morse alphabet
code. Cut out and paste this diagram
upon a piece of cardboard. and tack
the cardboard to the box on which the
key is mounted SO the code will al
ways be before you. Practice will en-.
able you to memorize 1t.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-12-04

Helps
ADD TO VALUE OF PROPERTY
Cleveland Landscape Artist Makes Il
Clear How Trees Give Substantial
Return to Owner.

"If trees do have an effect on real
eetate, what is that effect?" says Fred
erick Noble Evans, landscape artist Of
Cleveland, Ohio.
1T would be an assumption OF the
real estate mans total lack of obser-
walton to argue the point, that the eff
feet of a well-grown tree or tree group
on a lot gives somehow a substantial
appearance to the whole OF the prop
erty. The of permanency at
taching to the tree seems in mind
to spread to the house also.
"The household itself, our magma
ton suggests, must be founded on
something substantial. That house a
little farther down the street, built
in the same style, and Just as large,
with no tree on the lot, seems tran
silent, of sudden growth and about to
take sudden departure. OF the two,
II we are prospective buyers, we
would choose the property with the
tree near by, for we cannot but feel
that life would be just a little more
worth living here. / once heard a
commercial traveller say that in choos-
ing the house that he finally pur-
chased he had let his imagination
do the deciding.
HE had merely shut his eyes and
considered which one he would rather
come home to. The property which
he bought had trees on it. II one of
us had been the broker, we would
probably have felt indebted 10 the
arboreal specimen for the sale."
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-12-04

Head wraps, with muff to match,
made of velvet and trimmed with fur,
are among the most fetching of novel
ties. They are soft turbans, with their
velvet drapery extended into a scarf
or muller. The scarf portion is lined
with silk and usually tapers to a point
which terminates in a tassel or a ball
of fur or some other ornament that
will serve to weight it a little. The
muff to match is small and usually
barrel shaped.
Besides those of brilliant colors, all
white caps and mufiers and maybe
sets, like those shown above, look well
on the ice. They are good examples
of current styles, and their usefulness
does not begin and end with the skat-
ing field. 1t covers all the outdoor
recreations of the wintertime. They
are of knitted yarns, and similar ones
are made in an endless variety Of color
and color combinations.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-12-04

Skating, like all other outdoor
sports, happily finds its number Of
devotees increasing from year to year.
The interest in the pastime for those
who skate and to those who are sim
ply onlookers increases in proportion
to the variety and fitness which is evil
denced in skating costumes. The skat-
ing field makes a background for color
which the sport-loving have not failed
to appreciate, and the adoption of
beautiful colors for skating clothes
will make it as fascinating as the
dancing floor.
With these things in mind costum-
ers present a number of sport-coats,
sweaters, skating costumes, caps, muf-
flers, and 'headwraps" to meet the re-
quirements of those fortunate women
who take to the ice. Opportunity to
look her prettiest knocks at the door
OF every n of them.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-12-04
GA &AzmA
A Bit of Red.

1t peeps out of the pockets Of a
Scotch plaid frock and lines the cuffs
and collar as we'll. 1t emphasizes in
braid the very military closing of a
blue serge frock and matches the
shiny belt of red leather and the wrist
straps of the same. A red flannel
vest and much-wrinkled collar are to
be seen in a very stunning blue gaber-
dine suit. A turban of shirred red vel
vet lights up an otherwise somber
costume. Altogether, for the woman
who can stand it, the bit of red is in
d~ispensable for the dull colorings
which fashion is forcing upon mi
kind this season.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-12-04
PLEA FOR BETTER GARDENS
Out Defects That Exist in Most
Pleasure Grounds.

We should make our gardens livable
and then live in them, to an extent
equal with the English, who pass a
greater portion of their time in the
garden than any other people, says a
writer in the Los Angeles Times. 1t
is largely a matter of attitude. AS a
nation we seem to think that whether
one has a garden or not is a mere In
cident or a matter Of taste. We
should learn to regard it as a neces-
sity; necessary to the preservation
and enjoyment of perfect health, both
collectively and individually. DR..
Wilhelm Miller says: I'VE cannot be
a pink-cheeked nation until America
is one great garden, as England is"
We must first make III garden com
Portable, and in gaining this most i'm
portant point will come the true gar
den. For it will never do to seek com
fort in a garden that every day looks
as though it had just come from the
barber shop and Turkish bath. One
of our greatest American park and
garden builders, after being shown
through Southern CALIFORNIA; most
spectacular garden, said it might be
likened to a freshly-trimmed French
poodle. No rest and relaxation, spir-
itually, may be found in such gardens,
not matter how many seats, benches
and arbors may be provided for phys
ical rest, for heartfelt comfort and re-
taxation, both mental and muscular,
will still be lacking. We need more of
comfort, less of Journalism and If we
make our garden comfortably beauti-
full in the fullest sense of the word,
we cannot choose but to love it.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-12-04
Vines for Concrete House.

A correspondent wishes to know
what vines she should plant to com
pletely cover a concrete house of
rough exterior finish, the enyeloping
process to be as rapid as possible.
Plant alternately, about six feet
apart all around the house vines of
Ficus Repens and Bignonia Tweedi-
ana. The former will spread laterally
and cover the lower parts, while the
latter will rapidly ascend to the high
or parts. 1t may be as well to cut on
the lower shoots of Bignonia in order
to hasten it's upward growth. for the
Ficus will surely cover all below.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-12-04

cradle, and cut a slot in the lower end
Of uprights B Just vide enough to
receive their ends. Figure 1 shows
how the uprights should be stitched to
the sides of the cradle.
The doll rocker in Fig. 4 is another
of the many pieces of berry-box fur
niture that can be made. Remove one
side of a box, and about one-third of
each of the adjoining sides and the
bottom, and use the remainder for
the seat, back and arms of the chair.
By selecting the doubled sides of the
box for cutting, the upper parts of the
rockers can be slipped up and fastened
between the doubled pieces Gig. ~.
Cut the rockers by the pattern of
Fig. 8, making them long enough to
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-12-04

It is the privilege of women to wear
all sorts of pretty accessories of dress,
and there are all sorts of airy and al
Turing fabrics that inspire them to
make these luxuries of apparel. Laces
and ribbons, nets and metallic gauzes,
and other transparent materials
are translated into neckwear, head
wear, and other finery that bespeaks
the dainty oma Interest in these
things is more keen than ever when
the holidays get e Anything that
promises an easily made and pretty
gift is welcome.
The breakfast, or boudoir cap, has
more than %prettiness to recommend it.
1t is a cheerful and most becoming bit
of finery that any woman may own,
and is always an acceptable gift, like
a pretty pair of slippers. Besides the
boudoir cap there are those for trav-
cling and those that are worn at
night, and the most essential cap of
all-the busting cap. This last one
is made of washable cotton finished
with a rutile Of the material. Travel
ing caps are made of washable silk
or of dark colors o easily soiled.
They are usually gathered over elias
tic cord or fulled on a ribbon run
through a casing about the edge of the
crown. The ends are drawn through
a slash in the casing and tied / n
a bow. This allows the cap to be
tiattened out when it is pressed.
The picture shows a group of three
breakfast or boudoir caps Two OF
them are of lace and one of net and
lace combined. A wide net top lace
forms the body of the first cap. The
embroidered edge is turned back
about the face and the straight edge
is gathered into a narrow lace inser.
ton. This insertion borders a circu
lar piece at the back, forming the
crown. The lace is extended into 9
tab, which hangs under a bow OF soft
satin ribbon. at the back.
The second cap is very simply con
structed OF a band of shadow Lace
edged with val, and a pulled crown O.
net with a frill of net across the bacl
at the neck. The lace band is extend
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-12-04

lantern, and Fig. 3 shows the box be-
fore the door has been put on.
One side of the box becomes the
front Of the lantern. In the center Of
the width Of the front, a little above
the center Of the height, cut a slot one
inch wide and three inches long,
through which to flash the lantern
light GA, Figs. 2 and 81; and make a
shutter block (B. Figs. 8 and 81 by
which to regulate the lengths of the
flashes. Screw a couple of screw-eyes
into the top edge of the shutter, and a
third screw-eye into the center Of the
bottom edge; and loop a heavy rubber
band through the upper pair of eyes,
and tie a strong cord to the lower eye
Gig. 81. Then tie the free ends Of
the rubber-bands to a pair Of screw
eyes screwed into the under side of
the lantern top, in the right positions
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-12-04

All the southern states have sepa-
rate schools for white and colored
children. In 1913 there were 426 sep
arate Negro schools in the South, viz,
156 public high schools, and 270 pri-
vate high schools, normal schools, col
leges and other schools. The follow
ing states had separate high schools
for Negroes, viz: Alabama, g.; Arkan-
sas, 4; Delaware, 1; District of Column
bia, /; Florida, 6; Georgia, IA; Ken
lucky, 8; Louisiana, l; Maryland, l;
Mississippi, 10; Missouri. IA; North
Carolina, 3; South Carolina, 10; Ten
nessee, 8; Texas, 81; Virginia, A;
West Virginia, 5.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-12-04

ed into tabs and the net crown is
plated about the edge and sewed into
the band. 1t is trimmed with little
bows and flowers of narrow satin rib
bon.
The third cap is of lace s%calloped
on both edges, such as is made for
corset covers The scalloped edge
about the face is turned back, and
satin ribbon is threaded through the
slashes woven in the lace. The full
ness at the back is gathered over ar
elastic cord.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-12-04
A SIGNAL LANTERN.

You boys car easily communicate
with one another after dark by means
of homemade signal lanterns similar
to that shown in Fig. 1.
You will need a small box for the
lantern. The dimensions are not i'm.
portant, but ten or twelve inches is
about right for the depth, width and
length. Fig. 2 shows the completed
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-12-04

The exposition at Chicago, August
% to September 16, in celebration of
the fiftieth anniversary of the eman-
cipation of the colored race, included
an exhibit of more than a thousand
patents which have been granted to
those of that rae &c. Manifestly the list
is incomplete, as it is impossible to de-
termine from the patent Office records
whether an applicant and patentee is
white or colored, but much effort wal
mHde by Henry F. Baker, who wasNde-
tailed by the commissioner of pat
ents in charge of the patent exhibit
to make it as complete as possible.
Nj. Baker, himself a colored man, is
an assistant examiner in the patent
office, having entered such office in
January, 1876, as a copyist. He was
appointed to the examining corps in
March, 1888, and has been promoted
from time to time to his present po-
sition as second assistant examiner.
Another colored man, Edwin o..
Clarke, was appointed to the examin-
ing corps in August, 1898, but resigned
to accept a professorship in a college.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-12-04

project about an inch in front and
back of the seat.
made of a berry basket. You may
fasten another basket over the end
for a hood, If you like and thus con-
vert the wagon into a doll-carriage.
Get a pair of large ribbon spools for
wheels Gig. y, and cut two sticks to
the diameter of a pencil for axles, and
a pair of uprights "a, Fig. y for con
Meeting the axles to the basket. Make
holes near the ends of the uprights
Just large enough for the axles to fit
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-12-04

to come directly over the pair in the
shutter when it is placed over slot A;
and bore a hole through the bottom of
shutter to pass through Gig. 81. Then,
by pulling the cord, the shutter can
be opened so light will pass out of a
small portion of the slot, for a dot"
of the code. OF all the way open. for
a dash" of the code.
The lantern may be lighted either
by a candle or a bicycle lamp. If you
use a candle, tack a can cover to the
lantern bottom for a holder, and tack
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-12-04
Aa Ha understood n.

A Bible teacher among the south
ern blacks. DESTROYS OF waking the
dormant powers of a scholar. asked
the question: What are we taught
by the historic incident of Jacob
wrestling with the angel?" The eau.
dous reply anne Dunno 'zactly, but
l s'pose twas to tell us we mustn't
rRstle."
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-12-04

in. cutting very carefully SO as not to
split the wood.
The castle in Fig. s may be built
as high and wide as your supply Of
berry boxes will permit. The win
dows are cut at the corners of the
boxes, because there is less danger OF
splitting the wood by cutting them at
that point. Cut a doorway In each
box of the second tier, to lead out on
to the drawbridges. The drawbridges
can be made either of pieces of a berry
box or cardboard.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-12-04

HANDICRAFTF FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
p / By +,
{ A. Nicely HALL and DOROTHY PERKINS
49, hAHHANH
BERRY-Box AND BASKET Toys
(copyrieht, by A. Nicely Hail)

More toys than you would imagine
can be made out Of the little berry
boxes and baskets.
The little cradle shown in Fig. 1 10
made of a berry box with a basket
hood. Open the side of the box that
has the Tapped ends, and fold down
and out the doubled pieces Gig. ~.
Then set the box inside of the basket,
with the opened side pieces against
the basket sides, and sew securely to
the basket.
Figure 8 shows the rockers (A) and
the upright supports for attaching
them OBJ. Make the rockers two
inches longer than the width of the
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-12-04
AFRO-AMER|CAN CULL|NCS

coins proclamation Booker was put
to work by his stepfather in a West
Virginia salt furnace. Schooling was
intermittent. He learned his first
written symbols on a salt barrel. He
obtained work in a coal mine and later
made his way to Hampton institute,
where he worked his way through and
was given q place on the faculty.
Then Tuskegee institute was started
by the Joint efforts of Col. George W.
Campbell, ar ex-slave owner, and
Lewis Adams, an ex-slave. both of
Tuskegee. They conceived the idea
of establishing a normal and indus
trial school for Negroes. They wrote to
Hampton institute for a man to take
charge of the work. Booker T. Wash
ington was sent. This was in 1881,
and Washington began work with a
dilapidated shanty and an abandoned
church as the school structures and
only 80 pupils.
Mrs. Ida B. Wells Barrett said:
Our race has lost its greatest lead
ing man. Booker T. Washington was
6lpdb nut Ouly as d TdCS lCdu6I DuL
he was one of the greatest orators-I
mean oratory in it's broadcast sense,
and he was the peer of any publicist
before the country today.
"As a constructive force on the
lines Of industrial education he was
the equal of any living educator. We
are wonderinw where we will find
his successor. There is no Negro be-
fore the public today who has the
confidence of the influential white
people that DR.. Washington had, and
that is what makes our loss so great.
The natural separation between the
two races can be bridged only by one
who is in ready communication with
both Sides"
Col. Theodore Roosevelt made the
following statement on the death Of
Booker T. Washington:
II am deeply shocked and grieved
at the death of DR.. Booker T. Wash
ington. He was one of the distin-
guished citizens Of the United States,
a man who rendered greater service to
his W ace than ever had been rem
dered by anyone else, and who. in so
doing, also rendered great service to
the whole country. l mourn his loss
and feel that one of the most useful
citizens of Jul land has gone"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-12-04
Ereshenlnn RIhhons-

Ribbons and silks can usually be
made to look fresher IL they are
washed in soapy water. dried and
ironed. If they are desired stiff they
should be ironed while wet. II they
are to be soft they must first be dried.
and any wrinkles which refuse to iron
out without water can be moistened
with a sponge wrung dry.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-12-04
Changing Fashions In Yards.

Fashions in yards change nowadays
along with fashions in gowns, hats and
husbands. Large flower beds in con-
spicuously central places must be done
away with in favor Of landscape
gardening, preferably in orner of
the yard or where the massing will
have it's full effect.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-12-04

Monel metal, an alloy resembling
will probably replacs Steel and
bronze for the construction of yachts.
is tougher than nickel steel. does
not corrode. and retains its bright
ness. Aluminium. the lightest OF
yacht plates, lasts only a short time
In contact with salt water.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-12-04
FRANCE FIRST WITH MOTORS
Used Automobiles In the Field on the
Day That the Great MAJ
Started.

To the French belongs the credit
for the first use OF motor transport
In the present war. according to the
Fremdenblatt. which says that at the
very outbreak of hostilities the French
general star seized 500 Paris motor
buses and sent them on. packed with
soldiers. to the Belgian frontier, and
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-12-04
rho uncertain step.

when / put my foot down l mean
IT," exclaimed the positive man.
Il used to feel that way" answered
Uncle Flopsole. But since I took
dancing lessons Pm compelled to re.
consider"