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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-27
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In Wres sting Bout

MoRGANTowN, W. Va, Jan. q. -
wrestling for the middleweight cham
pionship Of the world, Paul Bowser,
the American Demon, defeated John
|Kilonis, the Greek title hold Ter, in the
biggest and best wrestling bout ever
seen in West Virginia here last night.
BowserS took the first fall in eight
minutes with a supreme effort that
pinned the Greek to the mat. The
next fall went to- Kilonis in AZ min
utes Of hard wrestling, while sBowser,
with HIS famous toe hold, placed the
Grek on the mat after an hour and
three minutes for the third and sdecid.
ing fall. 3. y - Z. 2. z.
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orc Tiny solsr sys.sm.

y
There was d time when men thought
the earth igreater than the sun. Then
there was a time when they thought
the sun greater than any star. But
long ago astronomy began to teach
that the earth Is speck beside the
sun, that the sun % only member Of
Ianfinferiors rank Of stars and that the
lsolar;system, which consists Of the sun
and fits planets. e SO insignificant a
part of the starry ..nniyerse' that "a
destruction would be as unnouced in
the great scheme Of things as the cx-
Stinguishment Of q single tiny candle
In The combined blaze Of nm illuminate
ed city.-Garrett p serviss in New
York journal.
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ST AGE co sSIIPE
potash AND PERLMUTTER"
With THE! BIG NEW YORK CAST

ii d. L.
Manager Deshon takes pleasure in.
announcing that he. has secured for
Thursday, February 4, Potash and,
Perlmutter," the greatest New York
success fmany years, for an en-,
gagement Of one night. No theatrical,
offering in many years has made such,
q pronounced hit with amusement
seekers than, this delightful comedy
based upon the characters and Incl
dents Of, Montague Glass famous
stories in the Saturday Evening
Post. Their quaint humor and quaint
er personalities have made ""Abe" Pot!
ash and "Mawruss' perlmutter ma.
stional Characterization char.
acters in fact. Us they have fully du:
plicated in London the tremendous
success made in New York, and Man
ager a. H. Woods, who presented
them TO the public, has been delugea
with offers for the rights to the play
in every civilized country In the
world. This season, Potash and
Perlmuttern will be presented in
French, German, Italian and Spanish,
while IN the original English IT IS
being played literally around the
world. Tho secret of this universal
success Is the combination Of humor
and paihos that makes the story. Abe
and Morris arc the most loyable OF,
characters, with all the weaknesses
and all thesvirtues of good men. Gu.
pid plays an important role in the
comedy, ind while there are many
thrilling situations, the end Is o hap.
Ply one. Author, producer and artists
have together produced a true atmos:
phere: One lis carried along with the
two cloak and Ssuit partners through
their joys and their ssorrows.
potash and Perlmutter' comes to
us with the same elaborate produI.
ton as seen for two seasons at the
Conan theatre, New York, and with !
company OF artists all of whom have
delighted Broadway audiences. In the
famous roles.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-27
ATEsT sPO RTING NEWS.

fer with the local club officials. II
look for great season. l have been
playing golf throughout the winter
and getting plenty of outdoor exer.
else, SO I think I'll get away to a
flying start"
With Knight in good shape and
.hustling, Cleveland fans will see a
different A. A. club this year at
League park, for the ball players all
like Jack and will be pulling for him
to- make good.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-27

the gritty little American aviator who
has announced that he will enter the
trans.contiIental aeroplane race 10
be promoted by the Panama Pacific
Exposition. Brock, it will be remeni.
bored, Is the Yankee aviator who won
the three biggest aviation events on
the other side last year. Competing
against such flyers as Roland Garros,
the pride of France. Brock flew of
with first honors in the London TO
Paris, London to Manchester and the
Around England races. He express
ed the belief that he will accomplish
the coast to coast flight inside of
three days.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-27
Stock to 3PlaySWith
Pills Or Not At All

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 27.-Milton
Stock may not play wit hthe Phila.
delphia National League club. to
which he was recently traded by, the
Giants, next season, but II he doesn't
he Is not likely to be able to play any.
where else. The Philadelphia club lis
confident that Stock Is legally bound
to It for next season and Is ready to
prove its contentious. {.
Stock was signed by the Giants for
Ia term OF years on : a new contract
which does not contain the ten:day re.
lease clause and the transferal OF this
paper. II is said, does not make Il
void as long as the conditions stipu.
lated in it are not violated. &
Stock, according to word from st.
Louis, has asked the Fed erals toimake
him an Offer and the st. Louis Federal
League club is considering singing the
player. 7. ;S;
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Y MO. A 10 Play
With Clarksburg

The Clarksburg basket bali team
and the Y. NJ. g "a. team Of this city
will meet on Friday night on the
home floor In what Is expected to be
one OF the best games Of the season.
"A preliminary game is on the
sche dule for s clock, and after It Is
finished then the big contest will be
pulled of.
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~ ~ 81 q
Bowling,
PAsTIME LEAGUE.

The Pelicans started on like win.
lners last night when they annexed
three straight games from the Yep.
,pelins. Watkins was the heavy man
for the Pelicans, while Hawkins, the,
did the best bowling for.
HIS team. The scores:
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-27

Doctors who recently performed an
operation on Hank o'Day should be
flattered at hearing that Hank feels
well enough to volunteer his services
as receiver Of the language which
Heinine Zimmerman uses to umpires.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-27
Baseball Briefs

Walter Johnson may be no golfer,
but there is little doubt that his re.
turn to the senators was due to a rub
of the green.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-27
wELcH BEATS eEEcHER.

NEW YORK, Jan. 27.-Willie Bee.
cher aided and abetted by a dozen
slow cows blows. was unable to rufie
the part in Freddie Welsh's hair at.
Madison Square Garden last night.
The light weight champion never had
an, easier bout, even in a training
camp, and won by about 1000 blows
to Q.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-27

Fred Trautman. who pitched 81 con.
secutive scoreless innings for Apple
ton in the Observation-Disclosures league
last summer. stated that he would re-
turn unsigned his Appleton contract
for 1915 and sign an Indianapolis Fed.
eral league CONTRACT.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-27

To Sell Your Automobile
Insert your I'D in The West vifginian.
Want Columns. They bring results
quickly. one cent q word.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-27

The Maps are now the Indians. II 1t
is true that the only good Indian is a
dead one, who can impeach the merits
of the Cleveland baseball club.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-27

Seven cities claimed Homer dead,
but at least twice that number dis.
claimed Claude Derrick while his
health was perfect. Y
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-27

health was perfect. y
There can be no question that Wal.
ter Johnson has lost popularity In
Washington. Woodrow Wilson'S
grandson is to be christened Francis.
81 do not expect to win the penpant
next season. says Charley Iierzog In
a statement discussing the prospects
Of the Reds. Charley evidently has.
a wholesome fear Of the alienists.
u aim to finish in the first division"
continues the Cincinnati manager. The
only trouble with Charley's aim is
that AXE most Germans, he. shoots
from tho hip. 1is
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sPoRToeRAPHY.
BY Gravy" u

t!7'- I'll 81 ~
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-05-05

confined, loyal 10 its own depravity
every minute. To intimate that il is
a taste that may for an instant
wander from the cultivated to the wild
is misleading. There's no such word
as may" in the menu of the insect
He orders only the cultivated, from
soup 10 walnuts.
In telling us the possibilities Of a
backyard garden, professor, the term
may" is not 10 be despised. 10 be
sure. We set out our garden with a
seed book in one hand and that term
in the other. But it is no term to
hand out TO us in directing US as to
the gastronomic preferences OF the
insect. Wen plant. in hill in row or
hole, all the legitimate mays" you
suggest. professor. but darn us if ever
we put in the obsessiOn that an insect
ever even looks at a wild plant
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-05-05

Oakland, Calf. has an election
fraud scandal which gives promise of
running that of Terre Haute a close
second
The Committee of One Hundred"
furnishes a list of $1,000 false regis
trauons. which. for city of Oakland's
size, is a pretty fair showing This
time it is the Southern Pacific stand
pat republicans. Forty-four registra-
tons from the city wood yard where
there are two employees, twelve from
a one-chair barber shop. and "A few
from every bill board location and
vacant lot in the city. are a few of the
charges made.
Now. if Oakland can borrow judge
Anderson from Indiana. there will
probably be something doing in Fol
som ere long
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-05-05
FARMERS WEATHER FORECASTS

The weather bureaus started in the
last OF April TO issue weekly forecasts
for the special benefit of farmers and
dealers in perishable goods
Weather conditions are very deli
cately balanced They are exceed
ingly sensitive to changes in conflict
ing forces. by which they are easily
modified. So the best made predic-
tons are frequently entirely upset.
Farmers and others therefore can not
depend on these predictions too lit
orally.
But it must be exceedingly benef-
cial to the farmers to know in a gen.
eral way that storms and cold and
warm waves are coming toward them.
The farmer needs to learn 20 combine
the government prediction with close
personal observation of his own. Signs
Of a storm are a good deal more omi-
nous if they are reinforced by the gov
eminent bulletin that serious dis
turbances are reported on the way.
Probably the time will come when
most farmers will make it a regular
part OF their business, both TO observe
the skies with a critical and intell-
gent eye. and TO connect with the
newspaper or postofice that has the
latest bulletins
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-05-05

OF scandal, the New Republic
writes:
There are few Of US who do not
enjoy this sense Of really knowing
what's what. 1t extends our expert
ence, and gives us a vicarious import
ance. If we cannot live great passions,
we can at least read about Nine. Du
Barry's bOudoir; If we cannot be smart
we can at least fel that we have an
insiders knowledge OF the smart set
The moral earnestness and deep atten-
ton which people will devote TO dis
cussing other peO~le's dom este affairs
suggests that gossip is perhaps a gen
uine primitive art in which there is
katharsis through pity and fear and
pride and joy. One woman leaves
her husband; a hundred women chat
ter about it, and their passionate in
terest might make a cynic wonder
whether they are not living through
all the emotions OF a great adventure
without the risk of moving from their
own steam radiators. Gossip is expert
ence without responsibility. II Is
means OF taking part in interesting or
important events without any or the
risk that comes OF being an actor in
them. Gossip. in short, is the pleas
ure Of the spectator at the business OF
life /"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-05-05
MEAT PRICES THIS SPRING.

Meat dealers in some places are
complaining that prices are higher
now than they were through the win
ter and are predicting still higher fig
ures. Wholesale dealers deny any
considerable recent advance. But
cattle are scarce, and the probable
continuance Of the war threatens the
steady rise of all food products. There
is no news in high meat prices, but
the problem still worries the house
keeper and the bill payer.
Government reports have much to
say about buying cheaper cuts of
meat. Many housekeepers say they
try to do this. but the markets don't
have these cheaper cuts. They may
be snapped up as quickly as they come
in by thrifty women with market bas-
kets. Or else there is no general de
mand for them.
Almost any butchers shop can build
up a trade in this line by advertising
There are many people who depend
on the butchers bargain counter. Re
cent immigrants learned these thrifty
ways in their own country. where
juicy steak and roast. common places
on the American table. were unheard
OF luxuries.
There is a phrase that "the best is
the cheapest" The textile fabric that
costs twice as much may wear three
times as long. Many people seem to
think the idea applies equally to
meat. They openly boast that they
never buy any but the best cuts. But
meat and textiles are different.
The old timers used to know the
value of many of the less costly cuts.
They would boil and stew patiently.
carefully preserving juice and flavors.
This is too painstaking for the modern
American family. which prefers the
hasty cooking of the grill room. But
the higher cost material, prepared
by an i'll trained servant. is often less
appetizing than the hOmely stew pot
of the immigrant wife. who has sea-
soned her humble meal with kitchen
lore Of old tradition.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-05-05
SIGNS OF PROSPERITY

holidays. The war marked q. slight
retrogression, from which a quick re-
covery was made, and with the advent
of the spring season, business started
with a rush the momentum of which
will extend through the summer and
into the fall months. Building per-
mitS show a substantial increase
over the corresponding period of last
year and indicate clearly that 1915
Will be one of the banner years in the
history of building Operations-ex-
cepting, of course. the year of the
great oil find Even now there is be-
ing planned an institution for Beau
mont which will require an expendi-
ture of perhaps 100000. If it comes
to pass, as seems likely, it will be a
monument to the faith of local ffnan-
ciers in the future prosperity of the
city.
Interest Rates Reasonable.
While practically every city in the
country has retrograded more or less
since the war clouds gathered on the
European continent the city of Beau
mont has felt it's effects little. if any.
Money can be had at reasonable rates
of interest for all legitimate purposes
of investment and of development.
There never has been a scarcity OF
money in Beaumont for such purposes.
Besides local capital supplied through
the banks, many outsiders are seeking
investments, as the feeling is becOm-
ing widespread that an investment in
Jefferson county dirt is as gilt-edged
as a government bond. AS one dealer
expressed it. if a man owns a desir-
able piece of real estate in or near the
city the entire city is virtually work.
ing for him, for every growth, every
expansion and progress in the way of
city development and the approach of
Beaumont to its logical position as the
metropolis of the great southwest
ADDS monthly and annually to his
holdings.
Oil Fields Are Active.
Not only is Beaumont really NOV
ing along at a most encouraging rate,
with thousands of dollars worth
changing hands each month. but
things are prospecting in the oil
fields and in the farming section.
Beaumont realty dealers are faring
better today than in any other city in
the state, with the possible exception
of Ell Paso, and many of them are at
testing their faith and confidence in
the city by making large investments
in homes and permanent improve
ments in suburban additions where
they are promoting residence districts
In every section of the city there is
evidence of this Improvement The
steady growth of Beaumont during the
past year should inspire anyone with
absolute confidence in its future
Enterprise, Beaumont, Texas, April 25,
1915.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-05-05
In this instance oil on the
troubled waters Is not having a
pacifying influence.
TO JULIA.

TO JULIA.
We love her for the part she played.
For the moving lights and shade,
For the graceful debounair.
And her face so fine and fair:
For the lightness Of her feet,
And her smile, surprising sweet;
For the graces Of her dover
For the pleasures Of an hour:
For all these-and then the fun
We love chic Julia Sanderson.
THROUGH the operation Of natural
forces humanity directed a large and
thickly populated territory in northern
Indiana designated on the map as the
city of Goshen has become a Sahara
with the nearest oasis 10 miles away.
The transformation is perhaps the
most remarkable that has occurred in
this vicinity since the option. drainage
system was installed, If we except our
erstWhlle moist neigh borS on the
north, Benton HarbOr and St. Joe.
The humidity in the region of Goshen
has always been so heavy the posi-
bility Of exhausting it seemed exceed
ingly remote, but the result shows
that nothing is impossible, and that
the whole st. Joseph and Elkhart val
legs may become a desert waste in
1917.
WHICH leads us to surmise that
there will be many a slip between
the cup and the lip"
UNION BANNER HUNT, formerly
our secretary Of state for Indiana,
who has just died. was an eXemplii-
cation IN his name OF the heights to
which patriotic ardor ran in civil war
times, during which Mr.. Hunt was
born. Possibly having no son 10 send
TO the front the father of Union Ban
Her did the best he could TO show his
devotion to his country by naming the
boy after the flag of the free. 1t is
Il part of the story that Mr.. Hunts
patriotic name was carried through
life unsullied, which, It must be ad-
mitted, was no mean task.
IN case Mr.. Barnes should win and
the Jury should award him the full
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-05-05
Letters Of the People
OBJECTS TO OPENING
OF WILLIAM STREET.

Editor OF The News-Times:
1 am just another property owner
interested in the William st. opening.
While ] am one of those that should
feel fortunate in having property to
pay taxes for, still with the increase
in taxes right along and the other
added expense the city puts on US
Will consider myself in luck if I can
keep the property ! own.
The excuse they have for opening
William St is indeed poor as / know
girls as we'll as boys pass by streets
and take the alley TO school
Just because a few who have more
money than they know what 10 do
with, wish William St opened we
must, as y. Y wrote in his letter Of
April 16, dig down into our nearly
empty pockets 10 pay the price"
With the high cost Of living many
wage earners out of work, tenant
houses standing empty months at a
time, and 10 rent them the owner
obliged TO make a big reduction on
the rent. Will the present administra-
ton still add this extra burden 10 u.s.
While / was one that was heartily
in favor Of this administration l am
anxious TO see them show some mercy
10 the tax payer that worked so hard
TO put them in office
a TAXPAYER
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-05-05

IThe cleanup, paint-up, swat-the-
campaigns are undertakings based
wisdom We ought to clean. paint
d swat just for the sake of getting
Fpser to goodness but the Servian
[vernment officials declare that
Eolera is bound to come with warmer
ather and it will be a menace to the
. tire world.
|If the cholera gets hold of those
akened European peoples. this
tTld will see horrors such as never
re written or imagined. 1t behooves
peoples To be on their guard.
y ban, Paint. Swat!
but now just as we are getting ready
J go ahead. here comes a Prof. Spade,
| somewhere, TO throw dust in our
es. Many of us were planning a
Iee garden in the back yard-gardens
cultivated plRnts.-but he says, says
| AM we believe sincerely, that AN
beet may like a cultivated plant bet
! than a wild one" and that insects
! great purveyors Of disease we all
ow
And 10 the professor, we answer,
ere is no may 10 ii. From . p. m.
+ I'll 1853 next morning an insect al
Us does like a cultivated plant bet
! than a wild one. and he uses that
her minute for whetting his cutter
picking his teeth.
Egology and have only got as far as
! on sets and radishes in Pathology
we already claim full knowledge
10 the tastes OF insects.
The insect. be he flea, army worm.
lie. or gopher. invariably prefers
cultivated. Moreover. we are al
ST prepared 10 swear that his taste
. exclusively confined 90 the culti-
| ed. We have known him TO travel
Ies through perfectly wild plants
ely to nest in the core of our pre-
us cabbage which we had culti-
ed through storm and sleet. mud
muck, blazing sunshine. hail,
hinder and lightning. We have
bwn him 20 indinerenuy pass by
les OF The most conspicuous wild
nts in order 20 bore a rotten hole,
! rspening time. through a melon
: we'd imported from Senegambia
I long cultivated upder daily pray
land a dollars worth Of mosquito
hing We have known him 90 s,orn
|thoroughly untamed tramp and
BE Il meals of South Bend baby
L was cultivated with brush. comb
bathtub six times e
Frofessor. IL may DE depraved
be but il is a fixed taste. exclusive.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-05-05
roRPEDOING OUR STEAMSHIPS
AND SUCH LIKE.

With reference TO the sinking Of the
merican steamer Gulhight. said 10
|ave been torpedoed by a German sub
(arine-though not definitely so re
|orted.-we believe we will follow
hat was once the policy Of the late
[ditor Nelson Of the Kansas City
|ar:
II being a decidedly foreign
affair regarding which the admin
tstration probably knows some
thing, and we know nothing, we
will wait until the administration
acts. and then support IL. rather
than advise it.
Frankly. we believe. we can write
UGH more intelligenty, with much
IS possible danger. about the re-
|prted landing Of a considerable force
allied troops at Enos. assumed by
Hilary critics in Europe 20 be merely
threat or screening movement. Here
e can differ without fear and with
|npunity. With all due regard for the
IIperior source Of information the
ar respondents who are on the
POUND possess, we are disposed 10
3Rzard a conjecture that il really
resages a movement in force on
tdrianOple.
Enos is a fourishing seaport town
p the Aegean sea. affording ample
|hchorage for a formidable fleet and
most admirable base Of supplies.
is but 20 miles from AdrianOple The
yer Martha (the ancient Hebrus)
bon the banks OF which AdrianOple
located. empties into the Aegean
Enos, anC affords excellent facili-
es for transporting ample supplies
r an invading column.
Next to Constantinople itself,
Idrianople is the most important
rategic point in European Turkey.
hen in the Russo Turkish war Of
t2s. Adrianople fell into the hands
I the Russians. the Turks became
mic stricken and yielded 60 all the
mands of the Russians The cap
re Of this city by the enemy would
Iparate the Turks from their allies;
, Ne the French and British control OF
lrkey's principal railroad, and an
route TO Constantinople from the
bad side. More than that, it would
the compelling influence to draw
T. Balkan states into the war on their
be. and would have a disastrous ef-
ct on the morale of the tempera-
Rental Turkish soldiers.
II would. as we are strongly inclined
believe. mean eventually the sur
nder OF Constantinople. with much
IS sacrifice than the forcing of the
,rdanelles must entail.
Therefore. do not look for inter-
hing developments along that line
= on. but Of course we are merely
essing. a good many military
iters are doing likewise We admit
they don't.