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TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1916-09-08
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TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1916-09-08
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bsm Rsporteraimmer, IN bem iifl
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fDrmli4 itiir5ten.
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fiat ii6er ben Jau bOren', iprad Der
cine.
Der .Ssralb" be5a5ft Sbnsn iebcs
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5aG, unb 5tpar gu ieber 3eit, no :s
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sd bebaure", pe6rte 9libtons&irt
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be. 9ie polissi pirb Shnen aber gs>
fpib ale Ieutgteiten mii!beilen, ios
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Die s3eitunasleute ma9ten ent.
tduidts Sefidier unb elmer bon ibne1
fasts: Die goIis.i osrIteift iid auf
ibre Sbeorie nit bem itaIienifhen
GtrabenFiebler unb bdlt ibH fir BEL
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Der anoers, yuub pesbab 1T Osborne
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idleppten mebrere @efangene nit fih,
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New Britain herald., 1916-10-11
Cornell Has Huge Center.

Ithaca, N. Y, Oct. 1.-THE usual
day off after a game was omitted
on the Cornell field yesterday after
noon and the regular Varsity team,
with the exception Of Captain Mueller
and Quarterback Shiverick, lined up
against the scrubs in a hard scrim-
mage. The VARSITY men as a whole
are in good shape and the drive for
the Williams game is in full swing.
A huge new candidate for center
appeared yesterday in the person Of
Huntington who tips the scales at 225
pounds. He seems to know some
thing about football although he did
not report for the freshman eleven
last year. Cornell already has in Mil
Ter and Anderson, guards, and Gillies
and Jewett, tackles, four forwards
whose average weight is about 1875
pounds 1t looks as if the rush line
would be the most powerful in years.
New Britain herald., 1916-10-11
Hard Work For Tigers.

Princeton, N. j., Oct. 11.-Head
Coach Speedy Rush gave the Prince
ton football squad an unusually hard
drill yesterday keeping all his charges
on the field until darkness descend
ed and prevented any further prac-
tice. The VARSITY came in for a
large share of the hard work, for the
coaches kept them on the defensive
almost an hour.
About the only two positions over
which there seem any doubt now are
the quarterback and one Of the wing
positions. Ames and Eddy are both
being used at the pivot position, but
with each days practice Eddy seems
the more likely man for the job. The
main advantage which Ames has over
him is that he has had greater ex-
perience. Eddy is learning the work.
ings Of the position rapidly, however,
New Britain herald., 1916-10-11
Charley TAFT At
CENTER FOR YALE
Son Of Former President to Play
Position Against Lehigh

New Haven, Oct. lin search
] Tor a permanent center rush, which
has been three times made fruitless
@thls season by injury of the occupant,
the Yale coaches yesterday seized up
on Charley Taft son Of ex-President
graft He has been kept at tackle
Sslnce the present season opened, but
played halfback and end last year.
During his school career he played
kcenter regularly, but yesterday he did
mot keep his feet we'll, though he I'M
xproVed as practice progressed As
BCalahan, Vorys and Maurice Smith
Will be out Of football another week,
Taft will be the nominee for the Le-
1 nigh game next Saturday.
Rex Hutchinson, who played full
pack against Lehigh last Saturday.
] mas gone to the college infirmary with
sore throat, and jacques, who has
oeen fuIlback till lasr week, will be
kstarted Saturday. Mosely was as
Rslgned to left end because of a slight
New Britain herald., 1916-10-11
HaughtOn Starts Work.

Cambridge, Mass, Oct. 1.-THE
Harvard Varsity football team de-
feated the scrubs, IA to 7, in an hours
practice scrimmage at the stadium
yesterday afternoon. Most notable
of the days developments was the
appearance Of Percy D. Haughton, 80
head coach of the Harvard team.
Quickly following the defeat of the
Crimson by the Tufts. Haughton ap-
peared on the field for business for
the first time this year. About a
week ago Haughton took an after
noon off from his duties as president
of the Boston Braves and watched
the Varsity team scrimage with the
scrubs. Yesterday, however, he ap-
peared in football toys and took &C
tive part in charge as usual Haughton
will take up his old duties as head
coach from now on.
E. L. Casey and r. Horween did
New Britain herald., 1916-10-11

the scoring for the Varsity After
T. c. Thatcher had intercepted
scrub forward pass on the scrubbs
twenty five yard line. a couple of line
plays brought the ball to the fifteen
yard mark, and Horween plunged
through the right side of center for
the first score Again with the bail
on their opponents thirty-fve yard
line Casey slipped off left tackle
and planted the ball behind the goal.
Robinson kicked both goals Brown,
end on the second team, made the
scrubs score.
New Britain herald., 1916-10-11

injury to Gates in practice recently.
Captain Black was out Of yesterdays
practice because Of a slight injury re-
ceived Saturday, and Zenner was at
left guard
During more than thirty minutes
scrimmaging yesterday Halfbaclz
Bingham, who hurt his hand, was the
only player compelled to retire.
The Varsity was put through a
rugged afternoon on both the offense
and defense. Four touchdowns were
sent over the scrub line, while ten
minutes of defensive play found the
scrubs unable to score from the Var
sity tWenty-yard line.
New Britain herald., 1916-10-11
ODD FELLOWS BEATEN.
Mechanics Win From Three Link
Men at Carpet Bowls.

New Britain council, 0. U. A. M.
and Lexington lodge I. o. O. F., were
the contestants in last nights play in
the Fraternal Carpet Bowls league,
the former emerging the victor, score
SO to 80. The three link men were
outclassed in every rink, failing to
keep within hailing distance of their
opponents. The results were as fol-
lows: Rink /, O. U. A. M. skip Fair
banks "a, Odd Fellows, skip Curtis
Il; rink 2, o. U. A. M, skip Wilcox
New Britain herald., 1916-10-11

Is, Odd Fellows, skip Croker IL;
rink 8, O. U. A. M. skip Bull 20, Odd
Fellows skip North 10.
This evening Washington Camp, P.
O. S. of A. will meet Clan Douglas, O..
New Britain herald., 1916-10-11

S. C. There will be a meeting Of
league representatives at $50 Thurs
day evening to make arrangements
for an individual contest among the
members for a handsome cup.
New Britain herald., 1916-10-11
LEONARD BEATS NELSON.

Philadelphia, Oct. 11.-Benny
Leonard of New York had an easy
time defeating Tommy Nelson, local
lightweight, in six round bout here
last night. Nelson had all he could
do to last the six rounds.
New Britain herald., 1916-10-11
EMPIRES WANT GAMES.

The Empire A. G. has organized
for the season and are ready to give
battle to any teams in the state
averaging 110-115 pounds. Any team
wishing to meet these warriors can
do so by communicating with F.
Aldrich 101 Willard street, New
Britain, Conn.
New Britain herald., 1916-10-11

Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer S. Babcock
have gone to Pennsylvania to visit
Mrs Babcock's former home.
New Britain herald., 1916-10-11

for Rush is continually training him
in the various tactics of the game.
Evening star., 1916-06-11

H1 HE value Of fruits as food has
been known to man since the
human race came upon the earth
and the oldest records that have been
dug from age-long buried cities con-
tain references to fruits that still
bloom and ripen in the world.
The date, the fig, the grape, the al
mond and a score of other products of
the tree and vine were esteemed by
those men who lived in an antiquity SO
remote that the most venera BILE records
do not extend back so far. The apple
is one of the ancient friends of man.
kind, and it does not matter whether
the apple of the garden of Eden was
the fruit which now bears the name of
apple, or whether it was pomegranate
or an orange The apple of the an
clients was probably not as good the
fruits that come from the orchards of
the moderns. but it was "a good and
ing recently of the antiquity of cider,
said: Cider Is among the very oldest
of our alcoholic beverages. In Saxon
times it was known as aeppelwin,
while some kind of fermented drink
from the juice of wild apples seems to
have been popular even when the Ro-
mans were here"
The peach was n we'll known and
popular fruit in the ca st as early as the
making Of the oldest human records
and references TO il is found in the
Evening star., 1916-06-11

of the virtues of the grape. said: The
natural sugar of grapes requires no
Digestion but is taken almost at once
into the blood, the phoSphoric acid
acting favorably1 on bodily functions
and on the BRAIN
The food value of the date for gen.
eral table use is gaining wide recogni-
tion and date cultivation is being car
ried on successfully and with great
promise of immense success in South
ern California and Arizona.
In the old date growing countries,
as for example in Arabia. where the
date palm has been cultivated for un-
numbered thousands of years, the fruit
is not only staple food, but the chief
article of foreign trade. The natives
use the tree for timber in building,
the leaves as the thatch for houses.
and the stalks are spun into cordage
or used for fuel. These uses of the
date palm were also made by the an
cient Assyrians and Babylonians. who
were cultivating date palm orchards
at least 1000 years aGo, and how much
before that no man KNOWS.
The cultivation of dates in the United
States was instituted mainly If not
solely through the efforts. of the De-
parentn of Agriculture, which several
years ago instituted a study of the
trees in Africa and an Investigations OF
the soil and climatic conditions in the
southwestern part of the United States.
Efforts were made three centuries
ago my Spanish missionaries to intro
duce the date palm into Mexico. but
though the trees themselves lived and
apparently prospered the fruit did not
ripen on the trees. -. =.
Evening star., 1916-06-11

earliest Persian literature. Even the
cherry must be very old fruit, for it
is recorded that cherries were known
in England 1000 years ago, but their
systematic cultivation dates only from
the beginning of the sixteenth century.
1t is known that the cherry tree was
introduced into Italy about 10 B. c. by
Lucullus, who obtained both the fruit
and its name from the city of Cerasus,
in Pontus.
Nobody needs to be reminded that the
olive, the fig, the date and the grape
are exceedingly old forms of food.
The grape has been cherished for
centuries not only as food and as the
source of wine. but as medicine, and
many modern physicians have sung
the praises of the grape IN no feeble
and uncertain tones. 1t is recorded that
the Greeks. and Romans valued grapes
and preserved them as far out Of sea-
son az possible. .......
Men who lay claim to knowing a
good deal about the properties and the
virtues of the grape allege that it is
valuable in increasing the appetite i'm
proving the digestion and reducing
acidity. 1t is held to be especially use
full in anemia. chlorosis dyspepsia, con-
stipation, rheumatism, chronic affec-
tions of the liver, stone. gravel and
gout. One medical authority. writing
Evening star., 1916-06-11

Mexico. The United States subsequent
ly accorded him recognition as such.
This act started a new ball OF trouble
rolling.
Francisco rilla. the peon leader Of
the insurgents of Mexico. had his eye
on the presidency of his turbulent re-
public When the United States recog-
nized the government OF t,nn his rival car; snd
ordered his followers to capture ana
destroy the property of Americans
wherever they came across it.
Consequently all America was stirred
at the news that Villa had actually
been able to carry out his threat In q
shocking manner. Fifteen Americans
were murdered on their way to their
mine in Chihuahua by band OF Wins
ia outlaws. This party was returning
to the Cusi mine with passports issued
by the officials at Juarez VIVA openea
FIRE on the train in which they Travelled
His action resulted in an antt-Mexi-
can demonstration in FL Paso winch
had to be quelled by martial faw. The
citizens Of Ell Paso distributed $4,000
cards with the words Remember the
Alamo-did we watch and wait? Re
member the Cusi-shall we watch and
waltz" printed upon them.
The federal government then took a
hand and sent the troops under the
American flag into Mexico with the or
turbances in the form of murderocs
raids have taken place since the troops
began their punitive expedition.
The great question before the Amer
lean nation today is to bring peace and
civilized order to Mexico and forever
sound the knell to future disagree
ments. People are asking if the Mex
ican anarchy must be eternal. and IL
the beautiful land must forever go TO
waste. The wealth of the country lies
in it's mines, fruiteries and cattle
ranches, but these are utterly demor-
allied at present. Industry is par
alyzed. A country rich in natural re-
sources is producing nothing for Amer
lean and European capital can no long
er be invested there with safety.
Evening star., 1916-06-11
Humor in State Paper.

TT is not often that a public oficial
u goes far to evince his sense
of humor in a state paper, for, doubt
less, most of them believe that the
peace and dignity of the governmental
system are not to be impaired by
humorous comment.
Not long ago, however, there ap-
peared an iconoclast in this relation,
in the person of John E. Garner OF
Winchester. KY, at the time chairman
that state. Mr.. Garner managed to
inject considerable fun into what was
usually the most dignified report of
his office. He chaffed various persons
and conditions, but the farmers and the
city taxpayers got the brunt of his
humor.
Here. for example, is what he said
about the farmers:
From the testimony of the average
witness who appears before this board
there is very little good land in his
section of the state. and what is there
is mainly in adjoining counties In his
particular county there is poor streak
extending the length and width of the
county from which all the timber has
been cut and marketed, and the process
of erosion has carried all the fertile
soil into the Gulf of Mexico: 1t further
appears that a peculiar and unpre-
cedented condition exists in regard to
bottom lands in his county, unlike the
conditions along most streams that en-
Ticn tne iand, Tor the currents of the
stream change and wash it away. and
II. by accident, there is a deposit. il is
always of sand that destroys its future
productiveness; that there is here and
there an occasional oasis Of small area.
on which the tireless farmer can eke
out an existence and by the addition
OF a small mortgage pay his taxes"
Ana this for the city folks:
Inc cities do not labor under exact
~ the same difficulties. but their dim
cuities are just as difficult. It seems
that IN all the cities the railroads have
secured quantities of land for terminal
facilities that are withdrawn from as
sessment; in addition to which the
smoke. noise and dust have DESTROYED
the value of the property for blocks an
either side. Schools and churches have
also acquired valuable property which
is exempt from taxation, and this also
lessons the total. The money in banks
is owned by non-residents. county
banks and the federal government Tbe
remaining few dollars left among tho
citizens are mainly for the purpose of
paying car fare. Business has been re-
moved from the principal streets and is
yet INDICATED. In fact, the city. would
go into the hands of a receiver il there
were anything to receive or anybody
who would receive it,"
The report concludes:
The final action of the board has
been reported to the auditor, and while
not claiming that ii is infallible. II is
the result of arduous labor and un-
prejudiced judgment"
Evening star., 1916-06-11
Puppy Love

mont laugh at him 1t is real and it hurts Call it PUPPY
~ choose down your heart know
that he passing through the saddest gladdest JOY of all
He's An old the first morning wax
his blood Off of the earth where Arabian
Nights cold civilization the
would him adult and his father
would grave1y for the maiden of his choice.
Newa lands customs; but old human
walked the locusts That first sweetheart
you forget? In all the
beyond what hour held stars And his has
right hoard phntom Time always Sits the
fragile steals precious thought
spend happiness Reality quick break the loom that
Spring of the mind and
short. Don't laugh at him.