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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1916-10-26

On the first day of September
of the present year three million
automobiles and motor trucks
were in operation in the streets
and highways of the United
States.
Statistics recently compiled
show an increase of $685. cars
in the last six months. Iowa still
leads with 4 motor car for each
thirteen people, babies included.
California has one to each fifteen
people while New York has only
one car to every thirty-nine in
habitants.
New York with 259, los cars
leads the States in number and
Nevada with 5000 is the lowest
among the States. Kansas Is the
thirteenth in the list of States
with SO, 223 cars in use. 1t has
come to be that in all the more
prosperous rural districts of the
country a gasoline vehicle nova.
days is just about as standard an
implement as a moving machine.
The day has long gone by when
good roads agitation could be dis
credited by ascribing it to bloated
city autocrats who wanted to ride
comfortably. The farmer also
wants to take his case in the
modern way.
The whole country is now
spending we'll on towards two
hundred million dollars a year on
rural roads-perhaps twice what
it was spending for that purpose
ten years ago. Faith in good
roads has probably increased dur
ing the decade in an even greater
ratio and it will not be surprising
if the expenditure ten years hence
is not double two hundred millior
dollars.
Notwithstanding this large out
lay for good roads less than ter
per cent of the highways ia thu
country are of a permanent char
acter. Many of them are kept il
fair condition during the summer
months by dragging and filing
washouts from rainy periods, but
the road ways are only dirt a
that. The time made over thes'
roads is something remarkable
Last July S. B. Stevens, an au
tomobile enthusiast of Rome
N. Y, made a coast to coast rul
in which he beat the former re
cord forty-one hours and thirty
two minutes. Stevens made tn
run in a Marmon "a driving frou
New York to San Francisco il
five days, eighteen hours AM
thirty minutes. The car wa
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1916-10-26

them are beginning to expand.
The tavern at the crossroads
has been re-painted and is serv-
ing chicken dinners, the general
store thrives anew on its sale Of
gasoline and oil. But best Of all,
the folk iE adjoining villages
visit back and forth. They mix
and broaden. The intercourse
they were denied by the railroads
has been given them through the
agency of the automobile and
good roads.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1916-10-26
PROVISIONS OF FED
ERAL ROAD LAW
How Cherokee County for Dis
lance Can Share in the
Distribution Made by
Uncle Sam.

On July 18th, of this year q
bill called the Federal Aid Road
Bill which appropriated a sum Of
$a5, 900, 900 became 4 law. Its
object and purpose 10 the con-
struction of rural roads under
cooperative arrangements with
the highway departments of the
various states and the expendi-
ture will cover 4 period of five
years. The money available for
the period of 1916-17 is 100000
of which amount something less
than $15O,OOO comes to Kansas.
The appropriation for the next
ensuing twelve months will be
$40, 900, 900 and Kansas share
will be double the present avail.
able sum.
The class of roads to be built
and the method of construction
are to be mutually agreed upon
by the secretary of agriculture
and the state highway depart
ments. Project statements setting
forth the proposed construction
of any rural road in q state are
to be submitted by the state high.
way department to the secretary
of agriculture and upon approval
by the secretary all necessary
surveys, plans. specifications and
estimates must be furnished. The
roads projected must be of 4 sub
stantial character and items
covering engineering, inspection
and unforeseen contingencies are
not to exceed 10 per cent of the
total estimated cost of the work.
Upon completion of the work az
approved by the secretary, the
amount set aside for the project
is to be paid to the proper state
official.
The secretary of agriculture is
given authority in his discretion
to make partial payments as the
work progresses, but not in ex.
cess of the Federal governments
Ipro rata share of the labor and
material which have been ctual'
~ put into construction work
nor in excess of $4,000 per mile
Exclusive of the cost of hedges Of
more than 20-foot clear span.
All construction work is subject
to the inspection and approval Of
the secretary of agriculture. The
various states securing aid under
the provisions of the act are
charged with the making Of
needed repairs and the preserva-
| ton of a reasonably surface, con.
sisting the type of the road, but
are not obligated to make extra
ordinary repairs or undertake
new construction. If after due
notice state fails to maintain =
Federally aided road properly
the secretary is required to refuse
farther aid until the road has
been properly repaired at the
states expense. The Kansas
counties which first get their
road projects into proper shape
and have provided for their share
Of the expense of building will be
the ones to receive Federal aid.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-07-06
CITY WHARvESlARE
HEAVILY DAMAGED

Practically all the city wharves are
heavily damaged, and when dark
cine last night all the slips along the
water front were scenes of piled up
wreckage. Palafox, Central, Baylen
and other wharf sites will have to
be rebuilt, and considerable repair
work will be necessitated on the L.
q. N. and the G., F. & A. piers. If
the storm had continued many hours
IN the same velocity as it was report
ed during the early part of the aft
ernoon, there was no disputing the
assertion that considerable more
amount of damage would have been
the result.
Each slip between the wharves is
mass of wreckage. This is partic-
ularly true between Palafo xand Bay
len wharves, where there was yes
terday dozens of craft of all types.
There were four or five fishing smacks
several ChoctaWhatchie schooners,
launches, two of the visiting yachts,
barges, steam tugs, all in a conglom-
Grated mass, and about one-half of
them suffered more or less damage.
At the head of the slip, pounding
ava yon the pilings and the wharf,
was the launch Penrose.
The steamer Florida, of the Aiken
fleet, had a full head of steam on,
and kept her wheel going at about
half speed, keeping the big steamer
headed into the teeth of the gale.
Just ahead was the Sea King, with
steam up and ready to respond to
any reasonable call for assistance.
At the city wharf were moored the
steamer Allie R, the launch Owl,
the water boat Viking, and barge.
The Owl went to the bottom, but
sank in shallow water. 1t was claim
ed she had been sunk on purpose, to
act as sort of a breakwater to the
other vessels, owned by the same
man, on the opposite side of the
wharf.
Baylen wharf was awash early in
| the day, In fact, both Palafox and
Central wharves, like Baylen, were
demolished by the heavy seas at an
early hour, and as the water and the
seas continued to get higher and
higher, the Gulf Machine company's
wharf also was demolished.
Hundreds of people were on the
water front practically all day watch
ing with intense interest the prog
ress of the storm. Ladies as well as
men braved the weather, and the
driving rains had no terrors for
them.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-07-06
THE SCRATCH PAD
By THOMAS EWING DABNEY.

The American Bank corner was
the Bloody Angle of the day. A
horse was blown over; Punch New
man, advertising manager of The
Journal, was coming along at
great rate wen the wind picked
him up and set him down sudden
ly. Another man tried to cross the
street but fell down and the wind
rolled him about fifteen feet. Sew
eral ladies were knocked down and
almost--well, it is a good thing res
cue was so prompt.
Boys on bicycles scudded before
the wind like racing motorcycles.
Judge Zelius enjoyed mad dash
up Palafox street in an automobile
under wind power, the engine being
entirely cut Oft.
1t was an awful bad storm, but
no storm at all.
The stores didn't deliver yester-
day, but The Journal carrier boys
were on the job, as usual.
Wasn't it a blessing, though, that
the storm didn't come on the 4th?
But, then, Pensacola weather is
made to order.
1t must, indeed. be an i'll wind
that can blow no good, everybody
said when the Palafox street sign
boards went down.
The rain was coming down in
binding sheets as she called at the
grocery store. 'sLet me see" she
said, meditatively. ''Oh, | know; |
believe I'll get a nice watermelon. :
W. E. Ziebach, machinest of The
Journal, and his l9-year old boy
we're in the upper story of Their
home at SOB E. Main street. Came
the waves leaping over their con-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-07-06
Ul|e 39ensarnIs Journal
Thursday. July 8. 1915.
SPIRIT IN PENSACOLA

That a larger percentage of our
population marched in the great
preparedness parade than any 9TH
re city of the United States, is a
matter of pride, indeed.
In St. Louis, which held the rec
ord, one-sixth of the population
marched. In Pensacola 5000 out
of a possible $4,000 white men, wo-
men and children, raised our per-
centage to one in four.
The important part The Journal
took in the inception of the idea,
as well as in working for its aston
ishing success, will go down as one
of the proudest traditions of
paper that for nearly two decades
has worked to boost this region and
develop civic pride.
All honor to the carnival COM
mittee, whose unremitting efforts
made Pensacola's parade the big
thing of the year. No need to tell
their names-they are in every
body's mouth.
But the greatest encouragement
of all is the wonderful enthusiasm
the unanimous eagerness with
which our citizens of high and low
degree, white and black, rich and
poor, men, women and children
native and foreign-born-all united
to make July 4, 1916, forever mem
orabIe. They are the same people
who not SO long ago subscribed S.
900 for the Y. M. C.. A., and two
weeks later raised $4,000 to build a
highway.
Go to any merchant, banker, la
borer, professional man, and you
will find all imbued with the same
idea of progress.
This is the spirit that has reclaim
ed land from the sea, made fertile
fields out of deserts, harnessed the
lightning, and created wealth out of
nothing.
G. M. Query, for the past seven
years connected with The Tribune
in the capacity of managing editor,
has severed his connection with
this paper and will assume re
sponsibe potion with the Jackson
vile Metropolis. Mr.. Robert Bent
ley, for a number years managing
editor of the Tampr Times, sue
ceeds Mr.. Cuerry.-Tampa Tri-
bune.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-07-06

loader engineer; rnfIlwright; invoics
ter; lbr. inspector, 800; sand pump engI.
neer, 800; gang fler and helper; store
clerk; track foreman, fler and foreman.
800; amateur winder, $3.50: stationary
engineer and other high class openings
Write Mack's, Little Rock, Ark. 2 juIgt
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-07-06
SHADE TREES ARE
LAID To THE EARTH

Shade trees all over the city suf-
fered, sycamore and the umbrella
chinaberry trees mainly being the vic
tins referred to. All over the resi-
Dental district trees were fattened,
and this was the case especially along
paved thoroughfares where the trees
had been beautifed nv heing kept
trimmed neatly and in many cases
carefully boxed. Giant oaks, too,
went down, one on West Government
street having the appearance of be-
ing twisted off, possibly ten feet from
the ground. On East Gadsden street
another very large tree, a sycamore,
went down, practically blocking the
street at the Seventh avenue inter
section.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-07-06
FINE PILOT BOAT IS
HEAVILY DAMAGED

Moored on the west side of Baylen
wharf, the pilot boat Shepherdess
held to her lines until late yesterday
afternoon, when they parted and she
drifted to the rock bulk head just
south of the Warren company's fish
house. The fine vessel was said to
have la1 great hole torn in her
side, and IS ow on her side. Capt.
Chas. Langford was reported aboard.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-07-06
FUNERAL Of MRS. P.
F|LETTE Be TODAY

Because fthe storm of yester-
day afternoon, the funeral of Mrs.
Petreas Filette was postponed from
yesterday at o'clock until this aft
ernoon at the same hour. Friends
of the family are urged to remem-
Der the date.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-07-06
LOST. AND FOUND.
TRIMMING.

TRIMMING-An kinds of trimmings;
Automobile, buggy and baby carriages
az FoA g. Hume
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-07-06

fines, and undermined the founda-
tons, and without a word of warn
ing the house slid off its pillars, and
sat down in the vast expanse of
water. Papa said the boy, lets
get out of here while the getting's
good"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-07-06

ANY intelligent person may earn
good, steady income corresponding fo1
newspapers. We suggest tho sub3ects
No experience requird. Address Pres.
Correspondence Bureau, Washington. n
=. Sjuly7ts
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-07-06
CHIROPODIST

CHIROPODTST-Corns Bunfons. Cal
Iouses. Ingrown Nails, Sweaty Feet,
troubles: DR.. Young. Expert. s06 THE
sen 0ullolhg' 15apr
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-07-06
AGENTS WANTED

AGENTS make big money selling photo
novelties. Write for free sample and
particulars. f. Hohner, Woodhaven,
N. z. s{uiys
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-07-06

WANTED-Traveler in Florida Age ~
. 30, Experience unnecessary. Salary
.l>.~on and expense allowance to
~. J. =. McBrady, Chicago.
2iuYs
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-07-06

W. E. Ziebach, machinest of The
Journal, and his l9-year old boy
were in the upper story of Their
home at SOB E. Main street. Came
the waves leaping over their con-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-07-06
HELP WANTED-MALE

U. S. GOVERNMENT WANTS CTRprg
Men, women, IS or over. SIS rnnnt3
List Of positions now obtainabla, frsa
Write Immediately. Franklin TnstIfnta
Dept. 58-R, Rochester, N. Y. tuly5toSssTs
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-10
HOCKEY CLUBS
SLATE IS CLEAN
Defeat by Crescent A. {.
Ends Season With
out Victory.
By FRED HAWTHORNE.

The seven Of the Hockey Club o.
Now York defeated the Crescent Attn
lctic CLUB hockey team at the 81 Mich
olss Rink last night for the cellar
championship, losing TO the New Moon
ers by a score Of 4 goals 20 >, in one
Of the toughest games Of the season.
The Hockey Club went into the game,
the last on its schedule. with the de-
termination 20 keep is slate clean Of
victories. II succeeded. for ii finished
tho season with no games won and
eight lost Lightning calculating proves
that this is a record of 1000 per cent.
The Crcscents ended their season in a
tie for fourth place. with the Harvard
Club Of Boston. each having won and
lost four games.
In last nights game there was about
ono part hockey aud three parts fight,
with the Crescent having an edge in
both departments. Britton. the red
headed terror OF the Hockey Club. was
the first TO score. cseing the puck I'M
? aided. after little less than two min
utes Of play. White evencd the tally
ten minutes later by rushing through
the Hockey Club defence and slamming
home the disk for neat goal.
The second period began with an era
Of rough playing that did not cease un-
I'll the end Of the game. The Hockey
Club was the agGressor in the battling
stuff. but the Crescents met them cx-
actly half way. and the thumps and
bumps were loud and frequent. Nc
Carthy. kiemmer and Smith being sent
70 the bench 10 cool of.
Macdonell. the Hockey Club rover.
placed his team in the lead. after
seven minutes OF sruelling work. scor-
ing a pretty goal from the side. but
big Heferman. the Canadian centre.
tied the score up again when he took
sashing pass from klcmmer and
crashed the disk into the net. Three
minutes later Stubby Smith added an
other goal from a scrimmage. and less
than minute afterward Heffermsn
farmed his way through the entire
Hockey Club team and made the fourth
goal for the Crescents and the last OF
the game.
Tomorrow night the final scheduled
game of the Amateur Hockey League
season will be played. with the cham
r'ro - Nicholas seven facing the
strong Boston 4. A. team Should the
St. Nicholas aggregation lose. they will
be tied with the Hub team. and an eX-
ira game will be necessary. A victory,
however. will give the local seven the
championship again.
Tho Imam folloU-.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-10

Hemple. All three Of his spsrrinc
partners reached the champion, but not
with any force.
jess was about 70 give an exhibition
with the bag. but tho rope was knocked
out Of kiltcr before he could show
his skill. cr lack of II. with that ap-
paratus. The punching bag always has
been an elusive and bathing piece of
mechanism TO tho champion. lie ia one
of the few champions who cal not
play the simplest tunes on the punch
ing bag.
The boxing gloves which the cladia-
tors arc 10 wear on the night of the
battle arrived yesterday. all the way
from san Francisco. Sol Lcyiuson, VINO
forged the cauntets for every big
battle since the Corbctt-Fitzslmmons
bout At Carson City, made the gloves
with his own fair hands.
Lieutenant Colonel eastman. IN
charge OF the Madison Square Arsenal,
has placed the gloves in the safe and
stationed Private Harry Thomas as
sentry over them. All precautions will
be taken to sec that no emisssry from
either the Willard or Moran camp VIII
get chance to slip a brick. horseshoe
or other foreign substance INTO either
init.
The gloves will he exhibited on Dr.
mand 20 any member OF the BoNlnG
Commission. Commissioners Fraync
and Dwycr arc expected TO take another
trip from Albany in order TO look them
over.
The Chancellor Of Tex Richards EA-
chcqucr reports that Approximately
100000 has been taken in on the adj
,..,co rsios nf this so 000 rCurc-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-10
.KAUFF TO JOIN
M'GRAW'S GIANTS
Report Is He Has Settled
Differences with PreSi-
dent Hampstead.

Il was understood last night that
Bonnie kauf, the lone Giant holdout.
had recapitulated and would start for
Marlin Springs next Sunday. lie rs
supposed 20 have received a $4,000
bonus and a years contract at figure
in advance of that which was written
INTO his Brooklyn Federal League con
tract.
KauF led the Federal League In hit
ting last season, with a mark OF .344.
When the Federal League was dis
solved the hard hitting and eccentric
outhelder was sold 20 the Giants by
Harry Sinclair. vino took over the
Brook-Fed interests.
Kauf. who had Jumped the Brook
Feds 20 join the Giants in the miGdle
Of the summer, but who had been set
adrft by the National Commission
who refused % allow the ants 20 use
him, had planned legal action against
the local National League club a. a
result of that episode.
When he became the property Of the
Giants he stanchly averred that he
must have a $4,000 bonus # he were
20 play with McGraw. The settlement,
II is understood. is less than $4,000,
but this deficiency. u Is said, is rectiied
bv his new contract.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-10
Rathernots Have the Best of
a Smuggling Bee with the
Almosts.
Ry FRANK O'NEILL.

Marlin. Texas. March "a fight for
place that is bitter As gall is being
waged for Two positions in the inheld
OF the New York Giants here this
spring. Arthur Fletcher. for several
wears first string shortstop OF the team,
finds himself forced 20 the last notch
b. Fred Brainard. the youngster who
was up with the team last year. while
Hans Lobert. the veteran Of many 4
gruelling campaign with the Phillies
and once rated with the foremost third
basemen. is fighting grimly TO hold his
place against George Schepner. The
last named s boy Just of the lots
around Pittsburgh. but has all the sp-
pearances of real ball player.
Schepner will undoubtedly travel
northwsrd with the first string men,
and stick around long enough 20 see
the Polo Grounds, at least. In the eX-
hibitior games he has been peeling off
more than his share Of hits. and they
have been clean and healthy too. They
could not well be otherwise for he
meets the bal clearly with free
swing. putting plenty of body in be-
hind it. He is not Of the smuggling type.
exactly, but ne punches his drives over
the llllf4u vi lllAt. anu Will ktA III
safe blow where the home run or
nothing man will come a croppor
In the field. too. Schepner is show
ing well He is fast on his feet. judges
foul balls keeniy and is sure death
when he grips them. He has the sbil-
itv TO travel 10 either right or left as
the occasion demands. and can throw
with great accuracy from almost any
position. he has made many pretty
throw N the practice. coming in on
bunts at top speed and shooting them
over. lie has hands that are big and
strong. with fingers long enough to give
him complete control over the sphere.
MeGrsw evidently likes the way this
boy conducts himself on the field. for
he is sparing no effort 70 teach him, the
in,ricacies OF guarding the far turn.
The Giants will play two exhibition
games on Saturday and Sunday. The
regulars will 60 to Dallas and grapple
with Harry Welcomes Greys. while
the Youngsters will 20 on to Waco 70
try their hand against the team of that
city. The colts will have chance to
lace Ed Donald. who was with the
Sunerbss for few weeks last season.
The United Daughters of the Confed-
eracy were the bcneiicisries OF a special
exhibition game this afternoon between
Art Fletcher's Almosts and Larry
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-10
BANKARD IS AT
TOP OF FORM
Goes to Golf Finals at
Palm Beach with II. l..
WiIlOughby.

Palm Beach, March O. Thrilling
semi-tinal round of the Florida cham
L. II. Bankard. Midlothian. and Hugh
/. Willoughby. Wynwood. came through
and will meet i'm the finals tomorrow.
Bsnkard played the same splendid golf
that has marked his work all through
the present tournament
In fact, he had 70 do IL. as his Oppon-
ent, young Reginald ". Lewis, Wy
kagyl fought him on even terms until
the tenth. when he missed short putt
for a half
Lewis faltcred on the next green in
the same way and Bankard made the
best Of this By holding the lead until
he took the sixteenth and the match
by holing 3. after long drive and a
fine approach on the 310-ysrd hole
Both finished the eighteen, Bankard
making it in II and Lewis in -.
The other semi-fnal was sensational.
as it was even az the eighteenth and
necessitated an extra hole. which Hugh
L. Willoughby. the Philadelphia golfer.
negotiated in par, taking the match. his
third extra hole. one in as many days,
from II. b. Bend, the Northwestern
champion.
Extra holes were required in the
scmi-hnals Of two other flights. In the
third, Douglas W. Paige, Rockaway
Hunt, beat A. +. Poehler. Minikahda,
on the nineteenth. and in the first beat
On eight ID. {. Murray. Yahnundasis.
eliminated b. J. Rosenthal. Ravisloe. in
the same manner. The summaries fol
low:
Fir,t slrieen-H EankarI Midlothian defeated
Reginald VI Levi. Wyksgyi aud q. Hugh J..
Wi'iousA by WyuUooI beat a. Il. Bend. Town
snd County. ! Up l9 holesl
Second siK;ceu-A J. Cary Pine NsIey he,t
G. j. Morse. Rutland. and Nilmot " Smith
oakland. beat Hem Lppet' Asswsm AUD Q.
Ilirl sNteen-Dousla, vs.. Page. Eooksuay HI o.
heat A H. Poehler Minikahd4 ! - no ho'c.I.
~ J. Rjan. NeDon.et beat 7 Reynolds. lHfel
uc,s. and J.
Fourth siI,een-P T. Craig oaimout beat G.
Ieibcf Lacrosse. and }. 4 T. Huston. -.
Dsvlls. beat y. r Ilubb,il. knoilwcod. All
Beaten eight fHfst fishu-E :. Be,dau '.'-
lngswood. test AeI Julian. Cincinnati 4nl B..
-. {. MurISy. lshuuuIasis. beat u. D ko--f fla..
Rs'isloe. ! VI 10 holes.