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Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1915-11-05
CHAPTER v.
The Encounter.

Meanwhile, during the interview Kit
ty Gray had with the American consul,
a scene of other import was enacting
elsewhere in the Gretzhoffen capital.
In the interior of white marble
fronted palace, perhaps mile or so
distant from the humble quarters Of
the American consulate, tall, dark,
imperious man was pacing up and
down restlessly, his eyes now and
again turned upon the door of the
great apartment, as though he expect
ed someone to enter. At length the
door did open. A soft.footed servant
appeared.
Monsieur Roleau. excellency," he
announced.
What, Roleau!" exclaimed the tall
man impetuously. as the visitor en-.
tered. what has kept you? The ship
locked hours ago. And have you got
IL? Come, come, mani"
The individual addressed as Roleau
bowed deeply. "Excellency," he said.
l"I came as soon as I could be sure I
would not be watched"
1 He was a man Of dark complexion,
IN strong and sturdy build, Of broad
shoulders and deep cheet--s man half
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ID gu, seine Of the ether large hotels

cd out seme Of the ether large hotels
mansioz houses OF this or that court
Official, the hall Of justice. the city
hall. the great cathedrals, the royal
palace. the palace OF the Count Fred
erick
Yes exclaimed Kitty Gray, 1T
was here that found you yesterday.
The hotel OF the Count Frederick !
know, yes, but why--how did you
Her companion suddenly raised q
hand touched her arm gently, request
ing silence
A great car. splendid, equipped
and driven at rushing speed. came
out OF the very side street on which
Kitty Gray had found her companion
on The previous day In the car, his
gloyed hand resting on his stick. sat
II tall man, erect, strikingly handsome
In his own way. imperious OF air aud
bold OF gaze
Kitty Gray did not notice that her
companion had shrunk back low into
the seat Her own eyes met those
OF The occupant OF the advancing car
Kits Gray was young and more
than little handsome she had
taken pains 10 turn herself out we'll
az she might Ia View OF the possible
surroundings She might meet on her
stIanse quest 10 the bold eyes VI
the Tall stranger she must have seemed
taif enough 10 look upon Tor suddenly
AS he passed he stared al her direct
~ bowed laised his hat yes. even
smiled
." " no Was that man demanded
KITTY Gray Hereby OF her companion
lie doesn't know me And yet how
like he looked to pictures have
seen There Was man--an interna-
tional spy, they said in our country
some strange foreigner-at the time
Of the Gretzhoffen loan tiasco Yes,
the two faces are strangely alike Who
is he
"Of the other know nothing re-
Joined her companion but thls-he
Is the Count Frederick
Count Frederick the pretender''
Hush, mademoiselle. for Gods sake
hush We do not dare you must not
dare
"Fcll.io'" said Kitty Ora, sharply.
~ ,., TON ma mora
trU Be CONTINUED
The Motion Pictures Of The Broken
Coin are shown at the Peoples Theatre
and Rosemary Theatre
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The Broken Coin
Continued from Page 3

pun, perhaps a little silver---nothing
more. Her real treasures-she knew
where they were now.
The captain was outraged at what
he learned when at length she gained
admittance to his cabin. With marine
precision, he acted at once. From
that time on all through the voyage, 4
boat detective stood at each end of the
passageway which led to kittys state
room.
No trace OF any other robbery could
be found, nor any clue by which the
intruder could be identified
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giant VAlG nOAlN 2afS saAA--AAb Las
eyes dropped as tney net rbs sterr
gaze of him he addressed, as though
he might have been his master
You found t--you succeeded. then
tell me
"Excellency sire-yes
The newcomer extended hand
which trembled slightly i swear il
was in this bag he VAS Offering a
little chamois bag tied with ribbon
at the top-a bag which apparently
had been once suspended by the
broken silk cord attached 10 H.
You say II vas III this bag then
SHY not now r
The tall man caught the little re-
eeptacle from the others hands
ripped II wide-shook out the con.
tents There fell into his hand upon
the table near which he stood only
few trlnkets OF Woman's toilet-a
little dainty handkerchief coin, yes
coin
The tall man held TINS up IN his
hand, his face disto\ I'd with rage
What a halfdollaf Of their cursed
money Curse sou la hall shrleked
and as he dl1 SO tldua die piece fuli
III the othel 4 face With e4lh violence
that the SKIN broke audsi lis I'M
pact
The CONT went On The enIased
speaker What do YOU mean 70 you
mock me. Frederick your real mon
arch lon shall die tof tins lou
have failed you have not found II
you have lost II
His own eyes half starting from his
head in his anger, he STROBE forward
and caught the throat Of RoIeau IN
his two mighty hands. shaking him
as he would have shaken child
Got" he said. and flung him toward
the door
It was as Kitty Gray, after leaving the
American consulate. was speeding to-
a her bd moe
N gbt II aau STAG
u ..# ia Side entrance OF a
,...5r .ou.. of N.at, marble
.,4nad ta H#.l. ,,,p-a
,.. a.s... tr#t III attyuy.
"a r,hner, ~ muIdrg Without puus
n, IN nonaar upou proVripN she halt
ID har vehicle ana spr4us out hasten,
In, aver 10 the sufferer who stood
- thp edsA az ma curb
oWb,t /. vrango" s,id shp You
no n tr,nhl. ynu are hurt shall
tpn 90, b,n,, IA soma hospital
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Notice

Advertised mail at the Roanoke
Rapids Postoffice
Fred A Lewis, Thomas G.
Lewis, jim Pearson. l.. j. Will
liams, Taylor Williams.
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Mrs. Bacon How many bis
cults would it take to make 10
pounds. John.
Mr.. pacon Well, it all de-
ponds on whose biscuits they
We're, dear. Yonkers Statesman.
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BaSe Seban s Greatest
 Jester Is Released

GERMANY SCHAEFER has received
 his unconditional release from the Washington club. Alas, poor Schaef! He was a fellow of infinite Jesti
 Perhaps it was the very infinity of his hurnor which caused his departure. In the case of Walter Johnson the manager had only to look at the figures to know his worth. He could tell how many games Johnson had won. how many ba5ters he had famed. how many runs he had allowed per game. But there was no way of Checking up Schaefer. Germany was a. jester. His place in the sun was the coaching line. Once a. fine hitter. he was not of much use with the bat for the last few years. Yet he could crack out a auip in any crisis.
 Unfortunately. there are no official league figures on jests. Probably no one ever stole as many laughs as Schaefer. He brought as much joy to the fans in a. season as any home run hitter, and the hits of Schaefer were sure. There was no fooIing him. He had no weak ness. High or low. broad or narrow. ran his humor. He needed no groove ball to score a safety.
 And so Schaefer is gone and some man who cannot tell a funny story to save his life or cut a caper or make a grimace will stop the runners at third. No one will maintain that the Wash : ington club would win the pennant if it kept Schaefer on it's payroll, but it seems certain that it's victories will bring less joy and it's defeats more sor- row than they did in the days when Schaef was on the lines.
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get to work and I sweat 1t all out be-
 fore 1t has chance to soak into my
 system But plenty of sleep is what
 we alT need.''
 Many have tried. but no man. with
 the possible exception of William MuI :
 doom, has ever been able to reach the
 wrestling perfection or Bothner. His
 own phrasing of wrestling is embodied in three words balance. quickness and headwork- in this he leaves out the essential which has contributed so largely to his success. Other men have had those qualities, but what they lacked was the ability to use their legs so that they were almost as formidable as arms. That is what Bothner can do. and 1t Is what has caused a more general fsar Of hin1 than any uther quality. and tt Is an asset that was almost forced Upon him.
 Bothner was never a very strong man. and his play on the mat was in large part defensive. He soon learned that he must have qualities which the others could not match. and the leg work began to come to him almost in Istinctiyely until it reached the point Of perfection. That it is an inbred quail
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ty Of his wrestling IS shown by the fact that. while he has been an instructor in the art for years. he has never been able to teach any of his pupils the point which is his strongest. whether it be on offense or defense.
 Championships are indefinite things, and in wrestling is sthts particularly true. Bothner is called the lightweight champion by practically everybody who is a follower Of the sport. even though he is no more in that class. Most of his bouts, however. were at the light weight limit. and the tendency still to consider him in that class persists. During his thfrty-five years on the mat he has taken part in more than 2.5Oo bouts. and be has not always stayed in his class. He has wrestIed heavy
 weights as well as ligl1tHeights, and by going against the big husky fellows who agreedsto throw him within a spe- cided time he was5 known as the han dfeap king. He was king beca1se they failed, and il was this that made his defensive work such an important fac- tor in his plans of campaign.
 Fear never entered Bothner. About seven years ago jtujitsu wrestling first
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commanded attention in this country. and a number of Japanese came here to demonstrate how they could break arms and legs and demanded a recog- nition of their work asS a decided ad- vance over our old style of wrestling. Many of the wrest1ers of the day were scared by the tales and would have nothing to do with the new science of self defense; and the Japanese talked to their hearts content Bothner, how ever. went to a New York theater and tried to get bout with one of the laps who was offering to put any one out in i've minutes ar forfeit a money Consideration. The manager would not accept Bothner during the perform
 ance, but consented to a match after the theater was closed. Two nights Bothner went to the theater. but tn e laps slipped away without trial of skill At the time Bothner was an in-. structor at Princeton, and Higashi. one or the jiuJitsu wrestIers. came there once a week to give lessons. A bout was finally arranged between the two to be held at Grand Central palace.
 The Japanese demanded that Bothner wear a kimono and also that he sign a
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paper which would exonerate the Jap should he seriously inJure Bothner. Bothner was bound to have the bout. but as precautionary measure he took out the night before the event $1000 insurance policy. The bout was prob ably the only one of its kind ever held in this country. There was no hold that was barred One man could stran- gle the other if he wished. Bothner finally won two straight falls, which were long drawn out, for the Jap was the victim Of one of Bothner's toe holds. by which the first fall was gained. and was wary thereafter.
 Bothner was started in the wrestling game when he was thirteen years old. He had inherited liking for athletics from his father, Carl Bothner, who was Ia gy1nnastic Instructor in Germany and later at the New York turnverein. It was at the latter place that he started his career. He had been wrestling but a short time when he got into par- ticularIy hard bout which came near being the cause of his death. He was taken with q severe hemorrhage the next morning, and when he recovered his father tried to induce him to give
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Where rizea alate1.s Wee Bor.n

REEoyv ss a list of 100 bozers. with
 the places of their birth. Or these boxers 4orty-eighf were born. In the! United States. thirty four in England. Ireland, Canada, Australia and other parts Of the British empire and eight on the continent Of Europe. As the birthplace Of star boxers. San Erancis- co easfIy takes the lead among cities ehe list Including seven who made their earthly debuta in the Golden Gate city.
 BantannvVeig George Dixon, Hali- 9ax, N. S.. Casper Leon, Palermo, Sic- fIys Jimmy Barry Chicago: Harry F'0xoess Rockford. l1s Frankie Neil, San Eranctsco: Joe Bowkers Stafford. England: Jimmy Walsh. Newton, Masa: Harry Harris, chicagos Digger Stanley. Norwich. England Johnny Coulon. Toronto. Canadas Eddie Carn- p1s San Francisco; Kid Williams. Co., penhagen. Denmark
 Feafherweigh hts-To1 o1nrrly W arren. Los Angeles; Ike Weir Belfast Ireland: Frank Murphy. Ireland; Billy Murphy. tree. Mass.s SoIIy Smith Los Angeles: Dave Sullivan. Cork. Ireland; Ben Jor- dan. Bermondsey, England: Eddie Sam try, Aurora, ILL: Terry McGovern. Johnstcwn, Pa- Young Corbett, Den- yer: Abe AtteI. San Francfscos rom my Sullivan Broo1lyn; Johnny Kil- bane. Cleveland. Q Johnny Dundee. Shargaf ItaIys Pedlaf Palmer, Cam ningto own England: Johnny LaXack, Montreal: Jack skellyss Brooklyn; Billy Trimmer, BirminghaIn Ens1 land.
 Lightweight lack McAuliffe. Cork. Ireland; George La4lgne, Saginaw. Mich, Frank Erne Zurich switzer- land Joe Cans, BaItitnore: Jimmy Britt, San Francisco: Battling Nelson. Copenhagen Denmark; Ad Wolgast. Cadillac Mich Willie Ritchie. San Erancisco; freddie Welsh Pontypridd. Waies: Packey 14eFarland, Chicago: Jack -Britton Clinton. ". r. Leach Cross. New York; Charlie White. Ltv- erpooi Englands Joe Mandot. New Or leans, Young Grlffo. Sydney. Anstra- ia; Joe Rivers, Los Angeles; Kid Her. man, Montrea1s Charley Neary. MiI- waukee. Wis: Jem Carney England: i: Tommy Murphy. New York
 Welterweigh ghtarB1II IIy smith East port. Me: Tommy Ryan Redwood, N. Y.s Kid Mccoy Rush county, Ind: George Dawson. Dark Corner, Austra- Ha; George Green (Toung Corbett1. san Eranciscos Rube Ferns. Pitts burgh; Matty Matthews, New York; Joe Waacott. British Gulanas Dixie Kid. Fulton Mo. Honey Melody. chazlestouTns 1fasss Mike S-1Eta,'l sul-
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1iyan. Cambrfdge Mass: Jimmy Gard- ner. County Clare. IreIands Ray Bron :: son. Webster City. Ia
 Middieweights Jack Dempsey, Coun- ty Kildare. Ireland: George LaBIanche Point Levy. Quebec; Jack O'Brien, Philade1phia: Jack (''Twinssl Sullivan. Cambridge. Mass; Stanley Ketchel. Grand Rapids. Mich: Billy Fapke, Spring Valley. IT,; Johnny Thompson, Olge county. ILL: Frank Klaus. Pitts burgh: George Chip. Scranton, Pa; Jimmy Clabby. Norwich. Conn. Eddie A1cGoorty. Eureka. Wis., Mike Gibbons St Paul. Minn.: Jack Dillon, Frank fort. Ind: Hugo Kelly. Florence. Italy; Jack Root. Bohemia. Austria: George Gardner. County Clare. Ireland
 HeavyWeights John L. Sullivan, Boston: James J. CorDett, San Fran cisco: Peter Jackson. West Indies: Charlie Mitchell. Birmingham. Eng land; Robert Fitzsirnnaona, Helston. Cornwall England, James J. Jenries, Carroll. O.: Marvin Hart, Lsouisville. Ky; Tommy Burns, Hanover, Ontario: i: Jack Johnson Galveston. Tex; sam Langford. Weymouth. N. S.. Georges Carpenter, Lens France; rom Shar- key. Dundalk. Ireland; Gunboat Smith, Philadelphias Battling Levinsky. Phila- Idelphia; Joe Jeannette, Hobolxen, \. J.: Luther McCarty. Hitchcock county, Neb-: Frank SIavin. Maitland. Austra- iiaI Peter Mahers Galway Ireland. [
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up the sport. but that was far from Che boys idea
 csnstavus T. Bdgue, then instructor at the turnv verein and later at Coluua- bia. university. coached the youngstes for three years. When he was eighteen he Joined the PastiEne Athletic club ana in 1885 came under the notice of Jim my Hughes then a national title hold CT who gave him many of the fine point of the game. He won several tourna- ments and captured the 125. 1s5 and 15s pound titles. the first and second the same year.
 In 1Ss6 Bothner took position at the New York Athletic club as assist ant to Hugh Leonard, thus entering upon his professional career. Re was there two years, then went to the old Knickerbocker A. c. and was with thas four years he was an instructor at Princeton and since then has been ae "a New York gynnnas siszzn.
 Bothner won the lightweight cham pionshtp when he defeated Tom Riley in 1899. The latter had come to the England where he won the Lord Lons- dale belt. The two wrestIed n New York for a belt emblematic Of the ehampfonship of the world. the last to be offered, and Bothner won. with two straight falls.
 + lie twice EuccGSS1al1y 0eL94QsQ1 at- once against Max L1ttbeg of St Louis i in a bout at Scranton and again against
 Harvey Parker of Brockton in bout
 in New. York. In the latter Bothher fsays he received the worst punishment
 of his career. Parker being an adept tn. the rough work Of wrestling.
 In 1912 Bothner defeated another
 Lord Isonsda1e belt holder. Henry IT, singer. The first bout was a handicap event. in which Irslinger agreed to.
 throw the American twice in an hour
 Ee could not get one fall, however.
 The second was at 15s pounds r1ngsIde and was declared a draw by Johnny OsBrfen after nearly four hours Q1
 wrestling. Bothner never lost a handi- 1 cap bout and met such men as Tom Jenkins. gonn Peining. Parde1lo and bGaIIagher.
 | Bothner never wastes his strength in T a contest. He usually lets the other
 fellow do the heavy work and, being q
 WonderfuI leg worker soon has his ops I ponent either very tired or pewildered Then, like fash Rothner takes 1be off fensive with his famous scissors, hold
 and it is all over. Bothner's weight at ipresent is about 150 pounds
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-09
PENsloNs FOR PuoILIsTs.

dier Wells, the heavyweight cham pion of England. writes the startling and unexpected information that the officials of the National Sporting club of London, which is the oldest organi- zation of it's kind in Johnny Bulls country, have decided to grant pen sions of s5 a week to all champion hold CTS of Lord Lonsdale belts after they have arrived at the age of fifty years.
 While this offer is the first of it's kind ever announced. the generosity of the donors is an honorable deed. even if they have to pay many of the old "champs" who live to that age. It is likely that Lord Lonsdale, who has been offering belt to the champion in each class in England was the proposer If the offer.
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1ss pounders. a4 which weight he held
 the title for years, the promoters tfot- ted out niddleweights. heavyweislats and some times men that weighed over 250 pounds. but the wiry Bothner took care of them all. He was thrown once
 by Eugene Tremblay in a championship contest, and on two other occasions. men weighing more than 200 pounds
 have managed to pin his shoulders to the mat because of their great strength and weight
 For about seven years. as an anna teur. Bothner never lost a contest He held the title in the 125 pound. l85s says that the hardest battle he ever was in was twelve years ago at Men trea1 when he wrestled against Eugene 1zenablay for the champ inuship. At that he had to take TrenabIay at catch weights to get the match. and they were on the mat for eight hours and seventeen minutes without either man gaining a fall
 For the past fifteen years Bothner
 has wrestIed at least six men every
 day except Sunday saThat is what
 keeps me in condition answered Both
 ner when asked to tell how he always manages to be ready when called upon to work. q never get out on the road. Some days have as many as twelve pupils They come all sizes and EWeights. and this gives me all the ltraining need.
 q have never lived as strictly as oth- CT athletes never diet my self or Icourse don't oxerea4 of food that Is
 likely to be harn1fui. But [ like drink l Of ale or beer and drink quite bit at times. and I am very fond of smoking black cigars. and inhale every pun. It never has affected my breathing nor have suffered from nervousness. s1 always have believed that an aeh- Iete in good condition could take a few drinks of ale in the evening Tn my ease set out early the next day and
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HERBS AN ANSWER TO TIE VALUE OF A BUNT.

seVVHAT is the value of a b1nt ?'s
 Have you ever stopped to think over this question? We'll no. Is 1t in the first attempt or in the following?
 Many argue that there is nothing to bunt, but to lay the ball down with a runner on base and advance him by sacrificing yourself. That's not the value of bunt, according to Manager Hickey of the Browns.
 The value Of bunt does not lie in the first attempt, but in the foilowing.s says the leader of the Browns
 Most players, when they are told to lay it down with man on base, get in there and run it out. This is the mis- take many of them make. But now to show that the value of a bunt is with the succeeding attempts: If a batter bunts once. Of course the first and third sacker will draw in the next time he comes to the plate. Then all the hitter has to do is hit 1t a little harder. and nine times out of ten he will own base hit.
 And right there is the real value of bunts
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FOOTBALL IS THOUSANDS O
 YEARS OLD.

EFIIERE are different kinds Of footban
 "a kicking kind and a 'sban totines' kind--because grass grows longer in the south of England than it does in the north. That is a strange assertion. but it is true. At least certain searcher after knowledge. who dlscoV- cred this interesting fact while deivins through nusty volumes for Information on the question of whether football IS the result of factor in our 'spsyehol- ogy and ethicss's vouches fer it's S-.sss D.
 Football is a few thousand years oic. but rules were made and the game ae= quired sone definite form only s few hundred years ago Then it was play~ ed at Rugby and the other famoug English boys schools.
 At Rugby the boys dropped into the habit Of trying to run with the ball in- stead of kicking it and imnediately some one was tackled.
 The soil is soft and the grass long ae the meadows in that part Of old Albion and the tumbIes did little damage,
 Soon they found kindred spirits ln the part of England where grass grows long and tumbles are painless. and che Rugby game gradually reached itr present form.
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the American league. Then, in com pany with Clark Grin1tIl. he went to the White Sox assuming the manage ment of Conaisl1ey's club in 1903. when Grif1th went to New York to take charge Of the Yankees. In the middle of the season of 1904 Callahan resigned the Sox management in favor Of Field CT Jones.
 From 1906 until 1910 inclusive CaTa- han owned and managed the Logan Squares, making them famous iu tha semiprofess1onal world and getting inbo trouble with organized baseball ih Var1- ous ways. The difficulties finally were smoothed out by Comisley, who gave Callahan an unconditional release. When Callahan had opportunities to return to professional basepan in 1911 one of the openings being as manager of the St. Louis Browns, he gave Co- Trliskey first elsjEn on his services. and the masterspf the Sex retained him. Tt was said at the time that Callahan was in line for an exs scutiye position but
 Manager Duffy needed an outhelder Of experience and Callahan got into con dition. filling the left field berth suc- cessfully in 1a11- The following year he succeeded Duffy as manager and oc- cupied the position for three seasons,
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Jimmy callahar1's Long BasebalI Career

JIMMY CALLAHAN. recently super
 seded as manager Of tde Chicago White Sox by Clarence Fl. Rowland, has just completed twenty y-one years active service in professional baseball, starting in 1894 as try out pitcher for the Phila- delphia Nationals. In the following sea son Callahan was obtained by the late Tom Burns for the Springfield team of the then Eastern league and assisted in winning the pennant that season. He was drafted that fall by Kansas City