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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-29
Bv ". O. SIcGEEHAN

Offers 20 Les Darcy, the Australian
boxing champion and worlds champion
long distance runner. have passed the
$500 mark. With liberality that
has not been seen in the prize ring
since John L. Sullivan was in his prime,
JEFF Smith has offered TO box Darcy
for nothing, leaving q $4,000 purse to
the Australian. This makes the total
which Darcy stands TO collect exactly
1862 800.
This sum is just about the amount
which Tex Richard has sailed down in
profits out of three boxing bouts-the
Gans-Nelson. the Jefries-J ohnson and
the Willard Moran bouts. Hardly an
hour passes without Darcy receiving a
new offer. The Utica business men Of
fered him mere $4,000 Yesterday,
which deeply wounded the feelings Of
the sensitive pugilist.
The Australian posed for some action
pictures yesterday. In one pose he
showed the remarkable wrist develop
mont which he attained in long drill at
signing checks. lie then showed how he
had developed his magnificent biceps by
Lifting the tape from the stock ticker
for four hours d day. His leg develop
rent, as was indicated by his dash
from the recruiting Office at Sydney.
Australia. TO the hospitable shores Of
Manhattan. is tremendous. With an
even break there is no recruiting ser
geant in the world who could keep up
with Darcy.
Perhaps a few American fnanciers
show signs Of having a longer reach
then Les Darcy, but there are few who
POSSESS his teracity. In one OF his eX-
eicises-dropping a shilling and pick
ing 10 up-he shows greater speed than
was exhibited by Andrew Carnegie IN
picking up the celebrated dime at the
banquet couple of years ago. When
no gets used to the American money
there are few American athletes who
will compare with him in handling n
dollar.
Speaking Of Les Darcy unused
James Jitney Johnston, the Boy Ban
dit OF Madison Square, an bet that
there are lot Of people Who would
have a good word for Benedict Arnold
n he happened to come back. And why
not? At least, Benedict Arnold was no
piker. He tried 10 sell the whole
United States.
What a wonderful fight promoter a
guy like that would have made" added
James. admiringly. "He would have had
Madison Square Garden for sure II he'd
been alive to-day.
"By the way, Tom Cowler's offer TO
enlist Just as soon IS he knocks out
Jess Willard is on the square. Also,
Thomas will give his end of the purse
TO the British Relief Fund. or course,
that does not apply to the managers
dough. Oh. dear me. no. am a.
American citizen. and II would not do
for me 10 violate my neutrality by con
tributing my percentage
Jack Curley called last night to an
nounce that Jess Willard was now re
duced TO a pittsnce Of 100000 and
therefore ready to meet any white man
in the world for reasonable sum,
Carpenter or Darcy or both preferred.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-29
STAR END OF PENN
OUT OF OREGON GAME

Pasadena, Cal. Dee. 2s.-Clem Urqu-
hart. star left end OF the University
% Pennsylvanis's football eleven, will
not be in the New Years game here
with the University Of Oregon. accord
ing 20 an Official announcement to
night.
Urouhsrt has sprained ankle. and
will be replaced By Albert Crsnss Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-29
PENNSYLVANIA TEAM
RETAINS CHESS TITLE

With the final match between City
College and Cornell in the third round
Of the eighteenth annual tournament Of
the Triangular Chess League az the
rooms Of the Manhattan Chess Club, the
championship was decided m favor OF
the University Of Pennsylvania, the
Quakers thereby retaining the title.
Yesterdays encounter was notewor-
thy for the prolonged fight between the
two captains B. p. Gill, OF City College
and II. Berman, Of Cornell. II was
drawn out TO seventy-iive moves, and
ellis fine victory saved City College
from defeat.
The final team standing was the fol-
lowing:
college Won. Los
Pelnsylfa.is ...-...--.-
tlfy college -.t.+.......ss
The individual totals were:
P-rrsvlyani,- Kiln. ?. Homer ?. schimreTiih
I. Jackson, 0 CITY college -EmAn. IN GiN, /.
Mlns, IL Finid, 4. Cornal-Hosen, ~, Chg
SGiu, u Rlssn ~ bGnAh.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-29
OFFERS TO DARCY
NOW AMOUNT TO
QUARTER MILLION
Utica Business Men Bid S1O,0 900
Boy Bandit Praises
Benedict Arnold
Fight Log
TONIGHT

Harlem s. C.-Willie Jackson and
Leo Johnson; Packey Hommey and
Stanley Yoakum.
Village s. Cred Mcdonald and
Jimmy Powers.
SATURDAY
Broadway 5. C.-Hugh Ross and Joe
BOrrcll.
Fairmont A. C.-TOmmy Buck and
Billie De Foe.
greensboro A. C.-Bill Brennan and
Jack Heating.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-29

by GlanLksn0 Rice
Old Doc Time


Doc old Kid, here's one more beaker,
You're Vonder for your age;
You can fY1sk me ho10 you do a.
With your record on the page;
You rcho'Ue beaten al the winners
As alopg the trail you'vc sped;
You tcbo're s7nc0red the blach behind yoV
As youH smcqr the bunch ohcad
Doc old hobo Whof3 the system?
Bhme but I'd Ike to know,
You ,gho haven't changed an cyeLdsh
Since met you years ago;
You rho pike along the highway
Waiting TIL the ripe ones fau,
WITH your nst oil spread and ready
For its scmpttern1l haul
Back around the early Eighties,
We Uere introduced day;
Nom my hair is growing thinner
IND 1chofs lett is turning gray
Yet yoU look az young as erer,
You Cho'Ue kaoWn million yeors.
Where Ire knoU1l O breath Of morning
As the edge Of darkness neors.
Doc, old ripper, heres d tall one,
Here's your bally Health and sucb
Count ms as your keen ddn1er
Ere slip into your clutch;
You toho hare new kid coming
Added TO your mighty pack,
You toho nab em rushing fortcord
And Uho nail en- coming back
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-29
Penn. VS.. Oregon

Sir where lat
vould little nothing
country on the
believed that Penn Thanksgiving Day
East than Harvard Princeton and
latter opinion closer the truth
the date Cornell
place with the best Fowe had developed his
Eastern season Penn
rated Of the best the or West
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-29
SCRATCH PLAYERS VIII
CLUB SQUASH hATCbH

Scratch players worked hsn u.
into the scmi-hnal round OF NV L.,
winter handicap squash tennis .v s,l,,
ment at the Princeton Club yes a,
Armin W. Reilly and John Isys. IN
are expected 70 meet for me
honors, were among the winners
The summary follows: -.s.
Mdsint.r handicap togrnsrcr, .nhss %
r Tiel iplls 10 .cesl de<esei q N,.s. / -
10 sresl. l5-f. Ill. A W. hrny ..s y.
de'eairi r Crc~r-oci hand r.s -
b.. a-l5. les John rgsr mlnus -
f,sted A d. Anti1nt0f iDns ~
lS-i6 W b Chsmoeriin iv'D
n G. Stem lolus 49,. ij-l' ID"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-29

way thinking seriously resolving
put, cup Tor the 36
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-29

Masked Marvel furore
teenscenteen will have This much Of anyway
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-29
The Land of the Fee

able bodied who.
trife Of A. than anywhere
Ish Empire
Freddie
debated and the OF these fighting
profession they fighting
tho fight their country both beat the jump
British whit like this neither Welsh
back They without
the Of their country what think
which respect Colon,
Damon Runn the estit is hard how
Welsh Darcy And all the chatter the world doesn't
cold facts in the case
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-29

Wills Beats Thompson -,
At the Clermont Rink m il
Harry Wills easily defss'sa
Thompson In ten gsup1A
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-29
The Lone Pair

With the release Of Miner Brown there Cubs
Old Guard 1906
Johnny Frank Schultz still holding
believe they only
hythre already years
put n
With Eyers it merely Of elbow boil
his
him along twenty
willing
and
contemporary refers Cobbs
give
boke would give his 0 hit the sospy like Ty
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-29
A Golfers New Year Resolve

hereby resolUe not 70 get of the line
And to carry each trap If I shotter my spi,
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1916-04-06

blasts and snow and ice. They wore
then the skins of deer and other
smaller animals they had caught In
deadfalls. Mrs. Estes, by the way,
was responsible for the first deer cap.
ture. One had run afoul OF their trap
and, when she discovered it, the ami.
NAL was about to escape. Mrs. Estes
flung her arms about its neck in true
primitive style and hung on, too, until
her mate arrived. 81.
The flesh Of the animals they
trapped, with fish, nuts and herbs.
I2ade up their menu for the two
months Mrs. Estes came back to civil.
llzation-centered in Boston in this
case-heavier, and insisting that WON.
an can stand hardships today just a.
well as her superior" mate.
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1916-04-06
OLD TOWER FAST CRUMBLi''
Landmark Of San Juan, Fcrto Rico,
Undermined by ResistIcas action
Of the Wavec.

The famous haunted" watch tower
of San Juan. Porto Rico, which for
half century has fairly reeked with
mystery. seems to be doomed to dis
appear beneath the waves which have
undermined its foundations. This mel
ancholy relic of vanished glory of
SPANS empire in the West now hangs
precariously over the boiling tide rip
which has gnawed ceaselessly at its
foundations for 800 years. Originally
a part Of the outer defense of the great
fort San Cristobal, which was built by
the Spanish conquistadores to guard
San Juan from land attack, the haunt
ed" sentry box is regarded as one Of
the sights of the Porto Rican capital.
The story of this crumbling bit Of
masonry runs that within the last 100
years six men have entered the tower
and were apparently swallowed up.
None Of the seXtet. it is declared.
ever was seen again.. The first three
disappearance of which record has
been kept occurred within the first
half Of the nineteenth century and
we're separated by considerable inter
walls; the last one being in 1910. Ten
years elapsed and the memory OF the
mysterious happenings was growing
thin when three more men vanished
in as many days. Since then the
tower has been stunned as a pesti-
lence. but it's secret has remained I'M
discovered. All the cases were identi-
cal In that the missing one was a men,
Der of the garrison of San Cristobal
detailed for night sentry duty on the
sea wall.
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1916-04-06
LIVE LIKE ADAM AND EVE
Spend Two Months in Maine Woeds
to Prove Man Can Survive
IN Wilderness.

Doston.-rhe weather sometimes
gets cold in the Maine woods. In fact,
1t IS said the mercury hibernates in
the Thermometer bulbs when the
spruce trees start popping. And there
are wild animals there, too-deer, por.
cupine rabbits and even bears. There
is no steam heat and there is not .
delicatessen about the place.
But all these things did not prevent
Walter F., Estes and his 114-pound vito
from proving to their friends that they
could live in the woods for two
months, kill their own food and pro-
vide their own clothing, and come out
In better health than when they went
in.
The lives of Omg and his mate IL
of the paleozoic age were copied BY
the Estes couple. In the warmer
weather when they first entered the
forest their clothing was made Of
leaves and vines. Then came winters
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1916-04-06
Saloons Closed on Sundays.

To the General Public: Sunday is
to the saloon keeper one OF the most
annoyi ing and fretful days of the week,
caused by those who continually
hound and mistakenly hey him not
only to break his own peace and rest,
but to violote the law by letting out
whskey and beer on that day, al
though those who ask this have had
six days and until midnight Saturday
night to provide Tor their wants,
The saloon man and his assistants
would like to have one day of rest
and peace. They would like to walk
the streets unmolested, and they would
like for the sacrcdness of their homes
to remain undisturbed by either tele-
phoning or calling there for the pur-
pose mentioned above.
We believe the general public can
assist us to observe this day in peace
by passing the word around that on
Sundays Hayti is a "a confess town,
and when asked if anything can be
obtained on Sundays, instead of re-
ferring the person to some saloon
man, say MOI
We, the saloon keepers of Hayti,
beg to assure each and every one that
the law will be strictly complied with;
that our places of business are closed
on Sundays, and would respectfully
req uest that no one ask us to violate
the law. or to show any special favors.
Post Script: Since the above notice
was published. certain persons have
sought to misconstrue same into the
meaning that the saloons have entered
into an agreement 10 ''c'ose on Sun
days.. Such miscoLstruction is en-
tirely with the person entertaining it,
groundless and without cause. The
notice means exactly what 1t, says:
800 not ask us, bother us. come to
our homes or telephone to us on Sun.
days"
We merely want to avoid this un.
necessary arnoyan ,e, and ask yon To
| respect us to thi, extent. That is all.
and any one with enough sense to
pour sand into rat hole could under
stand same without throwing Il fit.
Very respectfully.
Advertisement. WIN. YORK
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1916-04-06
The Band Concert.

The band concert given by the
Hayti Hussar Band at the Doris
Theatre Wednesday night was a
complete success. Besides the
concert there were six good reels
of pictures shown.
This was the first public con.
cert ever given ny the band, and
every selection was well rendered
and thoroughly appreciated by
the audience.
iiayti can boast of one thing,
and that is the fact that they now
have the best equipped and the
best band in Southeast Missouri,
with the exception of Cape Girar.
deau. A band that has had all the
impediments that the Hussars
have had is something to be proud
Of. and our citizens should awake
and grasp the opportunity OF
fostering this institution. They
arc now needing some new uni.
forms, that is for summer wear,
as every one knows. and this
concert was held for that pur.
pose. Now that they have started
the ball rolling let us all take
hand in it and see that they real
iZe their purpose.
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1916-04-06
Frisco to Get Busy.

We are informed that the an
thorities Of the Frisco railroad as
soon as the contract can be let
are going to open the drainage or
ditch along the east side or its
main line from Cardinal Streets in
Hayti south. so that the water
rainfall thai has heretofore
flooded the portion Of this city,
will be carried Off and hereafter
we will not be bothered with sur
face water. We understand that
further Improvements are To he
made by the railroad III this city
looking to the drainage of the
town. The people OF this city
will appreciate this work upon
the part of tine railroad, rs we
have always appreciated what
the railroad has done for the
town.
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1916-04-06
TRIED TO WALK ON WATER
Clergyman Attempts to Show His
Faith and Is Rescued by
Fishermen.

Hannibal, Mo.-Hev. Sherman Potts
Of Lovington, H., jumped from the
middle OF the Wabash railroad bridge
into the water of the Mississippi river
to show his faith, as he expressed 1t.
Potts was rescued by fishermen. He
was detained by the police. whom he
told he had unlimited faith and be-
lieved he could walk upon the water,
as Christ did
He said he did not intend to com.
would save him. He probably will
BE taken before the county court for
decision as to his sanity. Potts says
he is a Holiness home missionary.
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1916-04-06
Beware Of Paraifin Cups.

When an Englishman drinks a toast
to his queen, he breaks the glass as
pretty little homage. Girard writes IN
the Philadelphia Ledger.
When you put o penny in the slot
and extract an individual cup you
should smash 1t after using 1t. That
isn't homage, but a precaution that
may save human life
Do you know what happens to
many of those discarded paratiin drink
Ing cups? Picked up by careless peo'
pie and used over and over again.
II you will recall that deadly
germ feels even less at home on. a
glass cup than upon one made OF
paraffin you can easily see why neither
should be used many times by many
persons.
There is one certain way to outwit
the germ: Crush the cup.
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1916-04-06
HITS poland HARD
Land Of Graves Shows Wars
Greatest DesoIation.
Mere Depressing Than Belgium on
East Prussia 10 Picture Of Ruin
and Destruction over Vast
Area Of Country.

Warsaw.-Even more depressing
than parts Of Belgium and East Prus.
Ole. the worst parts, is Poland-a
land Of graves and trenches, Of ruin
and destruction on scale that has
been wrought nowhere else by the
war. The conflict has been waged
back and forth across the ancient
Kingdom 20 long that agriculture has
had but little chance, and, except in
those sections where the German
forces have been In control for some
time, the fields are barren and I'M
titled, SCARED BY miles upon miles of
earthworks.
From the East Prussian boundary
to approximately the old Rawka posi-
lions there 10 visible the maximum
amount Of order and peaceful quiet.
At the Rawka, however, the interm1n.
able graves with their helmet adorned
crosses. the deep slashes in the earth
that once were trenches but now are
the temporary homes" of countless
refugees. the maze Of partly destroyed
bafbed wire entanglements and the
succession Of burned and ruined vii.
lagos begin.
For miles, between Alexandrovo on
the boundary and Warsaw, and be-
tween Warsaw and Lodz, the old
trenches line the railroad, while
graves. individual and common, line
the trenches. Eastward Of Warsaw,
however. the trenches virtually stop.
for the Russians moved fast once they
abandoned the capital of Poland. The
trenches stop. but the devastated viii
lagos do not. Rather they increase in
number. and there is scarcely a rail
road station--and no bridges-.eft
standing.
Tho Poles from time immemorial
have been accustomed to building
their matched cottages-huts would
DO better word-close together. Ac-
cordingly, It was necessary only to set
nre to one structure in order to burn
them oil. In consequence, countless
villages have been reduced to forlorn
rows OF chimneys. which. being of
brick and stoutly built, resisted the
flames.
Unlike the cities Of Poland, the
country seems to have been stripped
Of young men. One sees little else
than peasant women, barefoot. i'll
clad. who struggle under bundles of
wood through the mud, and who gen.
orally avert their eyes as strangers
! pass.
Tho Germans, partly for their own
benefit. partly to give employment to
the Poles. have done much to put the
notoriously bad roads in shape. They
have also altered the railroad from the
Russian to the German gauge-a stu.
pendous work, for all the main lines
are now double track. and at impor'
tant points huge yards have had to be
built to conform to military needs.
Tho destruction in many parts OF
Poland 10 so general that village after
village has no single house standing
Both soldiers and the civil population
have had to rely on their inventive
ness to obtain shelter. and all along
the railroad lines freight cars, Russian
and German. are being used as houses
In tho case Of the Russian cars the
wheels have been removed, the carr
have been set fiat on the ground ard
the interiors fitted up with some de
gree Of comfort. =.
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1916-04-06

Virg p. Adams attended to
business at the county seat this
week.
Business called ID. d. Harbert
over to Charlottesville Tuesday.
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1916-04-06
HISTORIC TREES PASS AWAY
hIssedans and Antiquarians Can Only
Regret, While Entirely Unable to
Prevent Their Loss.

Il 10 too bad that nature will not al
low trees. or some trees. at any rate.
70 live forever. In many places IN
this country. in the East particularly.
the guides or the local historians once
began their holding tales with Under
that tree" The famous colonial and
evolutionary day trees are gone or
srs going. Some of the present day
events which are likely to have patri-
otic or other sentimental interest for
postsrity might be staged purposely
under thrifty trees Of long-lived spe-
Giles.
Tho charter oak is gone, the old elm
Of Boston Common Is gone and the elm
at Cambridge under whose shade
Washington took command of the con-
ttpental army 10 gone. The trees which
Alexander Hamilton planted, one for
each Of the thirteen original states,
have either died Of old age or have
succunbed 10 the encroachment OF q
civilization which takes little heed Of
sentiment or OF natural beauty. And
the treaty tree at the base Of which
the whites signed compact (Which
unQuestionably they broke) with the
WsqusdeQueek Indians is dead. 1t was
under this tree at Sleepy Hollow that
Washington Irving wrote of lchabod
Crane and the Headless Horseman.
The old cottonwood at Eighteenth
street and the lake in Chicago died
many years ago. A part OF it is pre-
served In the building OF the Chicago
Historical society. but bit OF dead
timber 10 ss nothing to the living tree.
The ss0uoiss Of California come pretty
close % living forever. They certainly
live long enough to satisfy for ages
Rsakiad's sentiment concerning deeds
done In their shadow. II is pity that
the ancient eastern and middle west
sru slms. cottonwoods and oaks were
not ell seQuoias. Trees ought TO be
spared for their own sakes, but when
they mark the scenes OF stirring ma
ti0psl events they ought to be tended
wiSt Double care and solicitude.
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1916-04-06
Stray Bullet Kills Deer.

Iron Mountain, Mich.-A stray bull.
let has killed deer instead of man.
John Fry vent hunting with a small
rifle. de shot at stump for prac-
tice. Out darted a deer and then fell
dead with a bullet in his. heart.
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1916-04-06
Red Heads Good Citizens.

Evansville. Ind.-Neal Kerney,
ecrorer,' has added to the weight Of
testimony as to the good citizenship
OF red-headed persons. None OF them
Is in Jail here, or in the divorce courts,
and the coroner says he does not re-
call that any red-headed person has
ever comcaitted suicide here.
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1916-04-06

Nagle Farson, who was wounded by
a splinter OF a Russian shrapnel shell
while flying over the cars lines dur
ing a recent reconnaissance, photo
graphed on his return to America re-
Gently.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-04-18
THE ACHES OF HOUSE CLEANING

The pain and soreness caused by
bruises. o~ver-exertion and straining dur
ing house cleaning time are soothed
away by Sloan's Liniment. NO need 10
suffer this agony. Just apply Sloan's
Iiniment to the sore spots, rub only a
little. In a short time the pain leaves,
you rest comfortably and enjoy a re-
freshing sleep. One grateful user writes
'Sloan's Liniment is worth it's weight in
gold" Keep a bottle on hand, use 1t
against all soreness, neuralgia and
bruises. Kills pain. 25 cents at your
druggist.
For Sale. My residence property