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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-11
CHARITY IS REPAID
Meal for Beggar Wins Two Sis
tiers $25, 900 Requests.
III Wanderer From Bohemia Rewards
BeneFactresses in Chicago -
Promise to Remember Them
in Will Was Laughed At.

Chicago-Four years ago young
man, Ill and hungry. applied at the
rear door of a house in South Marsh
field avenue for food. The maid called
her mistress and the latter went to the
door
Come in" she said. You are cold.
Warm yourself at the fire.
The young man was touched by the
woman's kindness and nearly broke
into tears.
You are a Jew, are you not?" said
the woman. Don't be afraid to talk.
You are under the roof OF a Jewish
family"
The young man recovered himself
He told a story of coming to America
from Prague, Bohemia, and of finding
himself homeless and penniless. He
was too proud to let his people know
his condition.
An hour before he appeared at the
house in Marshfield avenue he was
discharged from the county hospital.
He had fallen in the street from ep-
ilepsy, and the hospital kept him
three days.
The woman, greatly moved by his
story, gave him a warm meal and let
him sleep that night in the basement.
An old suit of clothes belonging to
her husband was given him and he
was sent to a boarding house by his
benefactress and her sister.
His health became so bad that it
was found necessary to deport him.
He returned to Bohemia in September.
1911
The woman who was kind to the
Jewish boy received word from a
firm of lawyers that by his death she
was left $4,000. The same amount
was bequeathed her sister.
Mrs. Jennie Wolf of sol South
Marshfield avenue is one of the bene-
ficiaries of the will. Her sister, Miss
Bessie Gordon of 3O59 Jackson boule-
ward, is the other.
They were notified by l.. o. Theme
& Co., Rector building. who were
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-11
INITIATION FEE IS ONE HOG
Knights of PythIas Lodge Now Has
New Member and Fine
Porker. .-..

Albany, Ore.--A pig was the unique
initiation fee which Walter Miller, Jr.,
paid to join the knights of Phythias
lodge. So, as the result of an offer
and an acceptance in joking spirit,
the lodge now has a good hog which
is worth more than the customary
initiation fee.
Miller had expressed a desire to
join the lodge and was signing an ap-
plication for membership when he
asked the amount of the initiation
fee.
"I've got lot Of good hogs and Will
trade you one of them for my inltta-
ton fee," he remarked jOkingly, and
members of the lodge promptly ac-
copied the offer. He volunteered later
to keep the hog and feed it free or
charge until the lodge desired to sell
it, and this he is doing.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-11
MEAT CLOGS KIDNEYS
THEN YOUR BACK HURTS
Take a Glass Of Salts to Flush Kid
neys II Bladder Bothers YOU
Drink Lots of Water.

no man or woman who eats meat
regularly can make mistake by flush
Ing the kidneys occasionally, says a
well-known authority. Meat forms
uric acid which excites the kidneys,
they become overworked from the
strain, get sluggish and fail to filter
the waste and poisons from the blood,
then we get sick. Nearly all rheu-
matism, headaches, liver trouble, ner-
vousness. dizziness, sleeplessness and
urinary disorders come from sluggish
kidneys.
The moment you feel dull ache in
the kidneys or your back hurts or ID
the urine is cloudy, offensive, full Of
sediment, irregular of passage or at
tended by a sensation Of scalding, stop
eating meat and get about four ounces
Of Jad Salts from any pharmacy; take
q tablespoonful in a glass Of water
before breakfast and in a few days
your kidneys will act fine. This IA
nous salts is made from the acid OF
grapes and lemon Juice, combined
with lithia, and has been used for
generations to flush and stimulate the
kidneys, also to neutralize the acids
in urine so it no longer causes irrita-
ton, thus ending bladder weakness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive and cannot
injure; makes O. delightful efferves-
cent Whitewater drink which everyone
should take now and then to keep the
kidneys clean and active and the blood
pure, thereby avoiding serious kidney
omplications.-Adv.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-11
MISCELLANEOUS

Procrastination, instead Of the thief
of time, seems to be the A. A. U.
Homer Baker, the national half-mile
champion, has been incapacitated from
performance by illness.
= If Duke Kahanomoku really swan
100 yards in So rs, the day of the
hydro-aeroplane is past-man can beat
the blamed thing himself.
During the Panama-Pacific exposi'
ton in San Francisco forty-two differ
ent sporting events will be run off be-
tween February % and October y.
An amateur is one who cannot run
100 wards under IL seconds. shoot 10
holes of golf under SO, advance ball
five Yards in ten downs, hit better than
1875, ETC.
The A. A. u. claims that the Mere
dith squabble Is all much ado over
nothing and refuses to take the posi-
ton of the Middle Atlantic and Penn
sylvania seriously.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-11
Business of Baseball.

The extent of the industry of uro-
fessional baseball was revealed In a
bit of testimony submitted by j. f..
Farrell, secretary of the National as
ISOLATION. to the Federal court In Chi
cago.
Mr. Farrell testified that the minor
leagues alone paid to bail players In
salaries last year $3,095.35O.
This sum is made up almost en-
tirely OF stipends running below
1000 a season, and in the case OF
most of the leagues running far be-
low that sum. According to the fig
ures of Mr.. Farrell tie sum or ap-
proximately $4,000 day is paid to
the players in the little leagues DUR
ing the season.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-11

The Buffalo Feds are going to sue
Ray Caldwell for damages.
Marty O'Toole, released by Puts
burgh after being turned back by NC
Graw, is to get trial with the Boston
Red Sox.
The Chinese University Of Hawaii
baseball nine will again tour the
United States this spring and sum-
mer, playing college and club teams
Manager Charlie Herzog of the Reds
has selected Alexandria, La, as train
ing camp for 1916. This is the old
stamping ground of the Cleveland
Maps.
The official batting averages OF the
Southern league show that Harry Nc
Cormick of Chattanooga hit for 33S
last season, and he wasn't pinch hit
ting, either.
Athletics Is an aid to Christianity,
remarks professor who probably new
err has heard the remarks made by
the guys who buy worlds series tick
cts from scalpers.
The Brooklyn club was elected to
membership in the National league
away back in 1890. From that time
through 1902 the Superbas under va
rious leaders did various things.
st. Louis American league pitching
staff for the 1915 season will include
IL pitchers, whose combined height
is 1902 feet, and whose average height
is a fraction over six feet to the man.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-11
BAKER is A SPEED MARVEL
Vouna Athlete, Native of Buffalo, NJ
T., Is Entitled to Wear Winged
Foot of Mercury.

II ever there was a runner VINO
was entitled 10 wear the winged foot
CT Mercury the God of Speed, It is Ho-
mer Baker, who was born in Buffalo.
n Y. June 8, 1899. When nine
teen years old tie Mercury-Foot mar
vel won the national senior half mile
Championship of the United States and
lust had reached his majority when he
completed one of the most successful
European campaigns ever waged by an
American athlete. On July 4, 1914, he
won the British half mile champion
ship In the fastest time the classic
event ever was won in. making the
distance in one minute, fifty-four and
two-fifths seconds On he same date
he came home third in the one-quarter
mile event. While in Europe he de-
fested Wide. the toopnotcher OF
Sweden. and then beat Braun, Ger
1Eianys fastest runner. On Septem-
her 2G. 1914. at Trayers Island, N. T..
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-11
EVERY MAN TO GET OFFICE
Kansas Town to Hold Election in
Which All Males Will Land
Something.

Kansas City MO.-~The glory of
Nickletown, Kan. is now like the
glory that was Rome's-gone. Time
was when Nickletown aspired to be
the county seat of Woodson county
and to be rated among the flourishing
county towns of Kansas. But those
aspirations, along with nearly all of
Nickletown's population have de-
parted.
Nickletown, however, refuses to re-
linquish its identity as a real town. It
is going to hold a town election next
spring and select regula- officers.
There is one cheerful feature in it
for the male residents of Nickletown
all of them will get Offices
There are now only four families
left in the town., 4. Q. Allen, Frank
Willis, George Cowles and Oscar Null
SOW are the men now remaining.
Cowles is at present police judge. He
says that office suits him and he wants
to keep it. The other. three have
agreed to let him have his little within
gratified. So the trio all plan to run
for mayor and the two losers will con-
stitute the town council. It's up to
the women to cast the deciding vote.
as all three men say they will vote
for themselves. 1t is considered like.
ly that the man who treats his wife
best in the time between now and
election will stand the rosiest chance
of getting to sign Mayor" after his
name.
Nickletown is in the northeast part
of Woodlawn county.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-11
Riddles Hard Lot.

For some time the six-year-old boy
of q Philadelphia man, the third in
the family, had found it his duty to
sift the family ashes, as his brother
did before him. One morning the kid
die was told that a baby had arrived,
whereat the youngster looked very
much pleased.
and" continued the father, as he
observed the pleased expression of his
sons countenance, tits a nice little
girl"
The boys smile vanished instanter.
"a grill" he exclaimed, disguised,
"Must l always sift ashes?
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-11
GIVE HIM A GOOD SPANKING
Chicago Official Advises Mother Of
Fifteen-Year-Oid Boy Who
Got Married.

Chicago. Madam just take your
son home and give him good spank
ing; then send him back to his wife,"
advised Juvenile Officer Michael
Lotus to mother who complained
that her son, James O'Malley, fifteen
years old, had without the knowledge
or consent of his parents acquired a
wife seven years older than himself.
1t was related that Master James
had married Miss Selma Arndt in Man
itowoc, Wis, last September, and
broke the news when he came home
for the holidays. His mother desired
to keep him here, but he protested that
he could not desert his wife.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-11
SOLDIERS SEND MONEY HOME
Amounts Handled by the German
Postal Authorities Are
Very Large.

Berlin.-The soldiers in the field are
sending home all the money they can
spare, and the amounts handled by
the postal authorities are in the aggre-
gate very large According to state
ment of the postmaster of Dresden
one single division of the Saxon re-
serve sent home during one month 20
600 postal orders amounting to S0O.-
900 marks ($200O00). The same au-
thority computes the amount paid out
on such orders during that month by
the various offices within its district
at 100000 marks, which, at the same
ratio for the whole empire, would give
sum approximately 1OO.000O0O
marks.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-11
HORSE RACING

Etawah and Anvil will make the
season at Mr.. Looks Castleton farm
near Lexington.
Mr. Billings contemplates exhibit
ing the Harvester and Uhlan at the
San Francisco fair.
DR.. ]. A. Scott of Jackson recently
bought Loretta Woodcliffe CD. 2:2SA,
winner of the Michigan breeders
stake in 1913.
Of the trotters which entered the
2:30 list last year, 200 were ten or
more years of age, the oldest being
Gertrude, by Elyria, that mare TAX
ing her mark of 1927 at the age OF
twenty-one.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-11
Wholesale Ventilation.

A few days ago was in downtown
building in which one of the largest
corporations in the country has its Of
fees. The hall on that floor was crowd
ed with men and girls. chiefly the lat
ter, without their hats and outside
wraps. What is going on?" I asked
the elevator nan. "a fire or a striker"
Neither" he replied "The com
pany turns all its employees out of the
offices for five minutes each hour of
the day and opens all the windows to
ventilate the rooms. Boston Record.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-11

commissioned by a Prague attorney
to find the two women
Mrs. Wolf is the widow of Harris
Wolf, wholesale dealer in notions.
William Pepper was the name of
the young man who knocked at the
kitchen door of the Wolf residence. He
was the son OF Prague art dealer,
and had run away from home.
HE used to often tell us that when
he died he would remember us in his
WILL" said Mrs. Wolf I'VE would
laugh"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-11
COFFEE AND" CHURCH LURE
Topeka Baptists to Provide Rockers
in Addition to Lunch at
Prayer Meetings.

Topeka, Kan.-Coffee and dougn-
nuts will be served after all weekday
prayer meetings of the North Topeka
Baptist church, it was announced.
Alsa rocking chairs will be provided
that members might be comfortable
during services, and motor cars will
carry cripples and invalids to and from
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-11
Safety First.

In a certain valley down South
there was a physician noted for his
reckless automobile driving. One day
when he answered the telephone, a
woman's voice asked him if he were
going out driving that afternoon.
mo; l hardly think will have time
this afternoon" replied the doctor.
"But why do You ask?"
"Well, replied the anonymous ques-
toner, Il want to send my little daugh-
ter downtown for some thread if you
are not"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-11
PUGILISM

Bill Papke's brother Jack will try tc
win fame and fortune in the squared
circle.
Jess Willard had to shovel snow 70
help out a stalled train in Texas. prov
ing that there Is some good use for
everyone.
The New York state boxing commits
sion Is investigating the Reich-Flynr
fight in which it was alleged that Jim
Flynn was allowed to win.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-11
FOOTBALL

Ray Eichenlaub, the Notre Dame
star, may be coach of the st. LOUIS
University eleven next fall.
Our idea of a hot little gridiron ar
gument is scheduled for Gotham next
fall. when Fordham ties into the Car
Isle eleven. When the Red Man
meets the Irish there'll be something
doing.
Charles Brickley, captain of Har'
wards 1914 football team, will have
his first chance at coaching next April,
when he will be assistant to head
coach, Percy d. Houghton. in the
spring practice.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-11
Players Threaten to Jump.

Third Baseman MCDONALD, Pitcher
Fargrove and Pitcher Johnson OF the
birmingham (Southern league) club,
have threatened to jump to the Fed
eral league if their salaries are cut in
accordance with the new salary limit
rule. Second Baseman Marcan, who
also rebelled, has been traded to the
San Francisco club of the Pacific
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-11
SELF SHAMP00lNG
With Cuticura Soap Is Most Comfort
ing and Beneficial. Trial Free.

Especially if preceded by touches
Of Cuticura Ointment to spots of dan
druff and itching on the scalp skin.
These supercreamy emollients meet
every skin want as well as every
toilet and nursery want in caring for
the skin, scalp, hair and hands.
Sample each free by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. Ky,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-11
National League Forty Years Old

The National league will celebrate
its fortieth anniversary this year The
league was organized in the old Broad
way Central hotel in New York city
in 1875. Ex-Governor Buckley of
Connecticut, who is still living, was Its
first president Two Of the other three
former presidents are living. They
are A. G. Mills and N E. Young.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-11
Newspaper Appeal Brings s25e.ooo.

Leipzig. Germany.-In response to
an appeal made by the Leipzig Tage-
blatt, 1897 persons have brought
total of 1,023.000 marks ($256.OOO) in
gold to that newspaper to be ex-
changed for bank notes. The gold has
been turned over to the Reichsbank.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-11
Coombs After Job.

Jack Coombs. who is spending the
winter in Texas, says he means to
work out with the hope of being able
to pitch again next year. II he can
make good he would like job as play
ing manager Of some minor leagle
team. preferably In New England.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-11

he defeated Meredith, the Olympic
champion and holder of the worlds
half mile record, in a 660-yard event.
making it in one minute and twenty
and two-ffths seconds.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-11

cision reached at meeting OF club
officials and baseball writer's. The
name Maps" it was felt, had become
obsolete when Napoleon Lajoie went
to the Philadelphia Americans 1t
was also decided at the meeting to
agree on Spiders" as a name for
the Cleveland american association
team
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-11

the church. Members of the congre-
cation decided upon these innovations.
acting upon the theory that the
church should be the social center
of the community and that church Is
most successful which offers pleas
ant place in which its members and
strangers can meet.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-11
Grab All Stray Cats.

Constantinople.-A stray cats in
Lebanon and Damascus have been
Communicated by the Turks to pro-
tect army stores from rats.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-11

American
served the
1907 His title
Governor Hill of New York
regiment National Guard That New York will have
resembling ComisKey
Hghlandes passed from the
hands of the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-11

Cleveland TO BE Known as Indians.
The Cleveland American league
baseball team will hereafter be known
as the Indians" according to de-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-11

Probably nothing makes woman SO
angry as to ask man for his candid
opinion of her-and get It.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-11
Magee Strengthens Braves.

The Braves addition of Sherwood
Magee strengthens the champs out-
field, which, by the way, was it's only
weak point.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-11
Playing Poker

Does the doctor play poker?"
"Yes, he specializes in INDIAN
apolis Star.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-11
important to Mother

Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORIA, safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that Il
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-11

Coast league, and the others are lilSe-
! Iy to be traded also in order to save
| them from the Feds.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-11

Signature usI s1 Of I<AzzMw
In Use For Over 80 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria
The Washington herald., 1915-04-25
DANGER IN A RECIPE.
u Made Good Angel Cake, but GOT
Woman I'm Trouble.

New York. April PA little slip of
paper, containing the recipe for an
English angel cake. gave Mrs. Lueh-
ming. wife of a business man of San
Francisco. a deal of trouble recently
in crossing the border between Ger
many and Denmark. Mrs. Luehning.
with her three children and a maid,
arrived on the Oscar II of the Nor
wegian- American Line, and are stop
ping at the Hotel McAlpin. prior to
leaving for San Francisco Mrs Lueh-
ming told of her experiences in the
war zone.
When the German officers examined
our baggage as were about to pass
into Denmark" said Mrs Luehnine.
everything seemed to meet with their
entire approval. until one bright young
Teuton after minutes search of nv
handbag brought to light slip of
paper which 1 had almost forgotten
was there. Take six eggs cup best
butter. pound American flour. beat
eggs. mix. etc, il ran in it's harm
less fashion: written. I must admit. in
rather poor chirography. but to my
self and most any other housewife.
entirely leEible. with a CLEAN of pa
triotfc enthusiasm in his eye the
young officer dashed up to his SUI
perior. Dernberg Uber Allies he
exclaimed. or something to the eff
feet. The result was PSYCHOLOGICAL.
We were hustled bag and baggage into
the detention room OF the station. And
II was some hours before we coufd
explain our way out. and then only
when. with an interpreter. college
professor or two, and chef who had
been in America. we finished a COM
plete angel cake. This. when stolidly
The Washington herald., 1915-04-25

were always the same from the begin.
ming. but how could / contradict this
Queen. who was born among them, like
the rare and pretty flower among thistles
and thorns.
Letting loose Of their latest barbarism
We are now Witnessing. what is the work
of the King of Prussia" the true sue
cessor of him whom the great Marie
them the .!swelIed head in the bitter
and just American expression.
"An Is Over Between U.s."
But they were always thus, and to
judge of their falsehoods. murders and
rapine 1t suffices to read their authors
and thinkers. whose cynicism confounds
us.
After moments of hesitation, during
which We heard only the sound of the
wind outside, l remembered the young
martyred queen was a princess of Ba-
varia and ventured to mention the dis
tinction we drew. more in 1870 than now
adays. between the almost complete hu-
manity of the Bavarians and bestial mad
ness Of true Prussians. l ventured also
to recall that the Bavarians in the Ger
man army were uneasy about the per-
secution of the Queen Of the Belgians of
their race, and indignant when the mon
ster who leads the racket sought to get
their princely children within range and
drench them with shot.
But the Queen. slightly raising her
small hand. which rested . on the silk
mesh of her gown, made a gesture which
signified something inexorably final, and
in a low. grave voice she pronounced this
phrase which broke the silence with
solemnity of judgment without appeal:
IAN is over. Between them and me an
iron curtain has dropped forever"
At the same time. doubles, at the
recollection of her childhood and those
she loved in Germany, two clear blue
stars looking at me became completely
dimned and l turned my head so as not
to seem to have witnessed her distress.