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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-07-23
Experts Suspect
Dillon Does Not
Always Do His Best

New York, July 22,-Jack billions
quick victory over Jim Flynn has
strengthened the suspicion that the
Giant Killer has not always tried as
hard as he might have done. Dillon
seems to have been under the impress
sion that If he did his best at all times
his supply Of opponents would be cut
off.
If Dillon entertained any such idea
it was the biggest mistake he could
have made. 1t has caused him to
waste the best years of his ring career
lighting for small purses when he
might have been earning big money.
No fighter ever need worry about be-
coming so feared that he cannot find
plenty of men willing to take him on.
Fitzsimmons, the greatest knock
out of all time, never had to remain
idle for want of match. Neither
did Terry McGovern, although he was
looked upon as being practically in
vincible. AS rule victory for these
men was conceded in advance, yet
they were in constant demand, and
they always were we'll paid for their
efforts.
Ring followers love a knockerout
and are always with the man who
hattens his opponents for the full
count. II was the decisive and spec
tacular way in which he won that
made Stanley Ketchel so popular. No
man was ever more feared BY his
rivals than Ketchel was, yet he was
not forced to complain for lack OF
work.
Dillon is not a champion, so that
in his case there was even less reason
to hold anything back. There is no
doubt that he is being sidestepped by
several prominent heavies whom he Is
anxious to meet but it is because he
tailed to stop so many dubs that
these timid ones are able to ignore
him. II Dillon had fattened ali his
opponents there would be such de-
mand for him that none Of the pron,i-
nent contenders could afford to avoid
him. They would have to fight or
quit the ring.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-07-23
AL MAMAUX REAL
HURLING WONDER
Pirate Pitcher Gives Johnson
and Alexander Tussle With
Poor Team Behind Him.
JOE WOOD STILL JoBLEss
By FRANK q. MENKE.

New York, July 22.-Al Mamaux
ranks as the greatest pitcher ever un-
covered since Walter Johnson and
Grover Alexander answered the call
Of the majors. Some folks, pointing
to the relative merits of the trio, as
sert that the record of the youthful
Pirate phenom is better than that of
any gent that ever Tipped fin on
ball field.
In 1915, his first real year under
the big canvas, Mamaux won twenty
one out of twenty-nine combats, for
an average of .724. He accomplished
this remarkable feat despite the fact
that he was III with appendicitis and
frequently worked when he should
have been on q hospital cot. The most
amazing feat Of Mamauxs perform
ance Is that he accomplished it with
second rate team behind him--a
club that finished with an average Of
~.
And now in 1916, with team no
better than that of 1915, this 22-year-
old wonder it pitching beyond his
great mark OF year ago. He won
fourteen out Of his first seventeen
starts this season, and with each game
he seems to improve. He has firm
hold on the hurting leadership in the
league and, barring accidents, 1t seems
certain that he will sweep on into the
stretch an easy winner.
Outpitches Great Rivals.
With championship team back Of
him last season, the mighty Alexan-
der was able to beat out, the kid Pirate
by only thirty-one points. Alex won
thirty-one games and lost ten for an
average OF .756. The best previous
year turned in by the Phillie pitcher
was in 1918, when he won twenty
two out Of thirty battles, for an aver
age of 1888. This was nine points
beyond that made by Mamaux last
season, but Alex had a far better team
behind him than Mamaux did, and,
furthermore, Alex wasn't handicapped
by illness.
Walter Johnson's two greatest
years were in 1912 and 1918. In the
former he won thirty-two out OF for
ty-four games, average ,727, and in
1918 he reached his crest, winning
thirty-six out Of forty-three games for
an average of .788. Both marks beat
that OF Mamaux for iois, but one
must remember that Johnson was sup
ported by pennant chasing club and
Mamaux was with hopeless tail
ender. And now
II Mamaux can pitch for q .724
average in his first year out with a
punk club behind him, and then pitch
around the 300 mark during the first
part Of next season, with an unim-
proved team to support him
What would Mamaux do II he was
laboring for hard hitting. all around
club like the Red Sox, the Tigers,
the White Sox, the Dodgers or one or
two other Of the pennant chaserss
SHOW Me" Wood Jobless.
The case Of one Josephus Wood,
late Of the Boston Red Sox, is very
strange one, indeed.
Last year the Smokey. person led
the flinging bunch to the October
wire. He was the premier hurier in
the Johnsonian circuit; quite notable
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-07-23

Rcmy Dorr, born and raised in New
Orleans. has come to the front as a
prize fight manager in his native city
and is a favorite with all the south
ern fight fans. although not so well
known in other parts of the country
He is % years old and was engaged
in the mercantile line before becom-
ing manager
Remy DORIS entrance into the fight
field is rather unique. A local prize
fighter with whom Dorr was rather
friendly had been having bad luck
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-07-23
others are good at figures and
others have poor memories.

others are SOOQ dt llSuieS anu
others have poor memories.
SUNG BY c. MATHEWSON
AS HE BEATS 1T
FOR CINCY
Iknow / throw q fadeaway,
Whene'u the game Of ball ! plU,
Bat, heG me as sing This lay,
Why, Try to fade me clear away!
Stranger Lewis home town In
Wisconsin, we see, has welcomed
Mr.. Lewis home with much eclat
after the Strangers great sue
cess at Omaha in his match with
Joe Stecher." If Mr.. Lewis
home town will only succeed in
keeping Mr.. Lewis home it will
receive the heartfelt thanks OF
Omaha.
Frank Gotch has broken his
leg. Not getting morbid, or any
thing, but you don't see any
mourners in Omaha.
Lay him gently on his back.
Clothe him in a suit of black,
Place his hands across his breast,
Take him to his final rest.
Who, you query, is this gent,
Who 50 suddenly has wents
He's the guy, the flooey latch,
Who went to see a wrestling match
With apologies to Howard Mann
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-05-11
JOKER PLAYS HIS LAST JOKE
Famous Japanese Prepares Surprise
for His Friends, Who Gather
Around Funeral Pyre.

1kku, the Japanese joker, author of
what are described by Saito Man as
books of immortal humor," lay dying.
He called friends and relatives to him,
and, addressing them in a~ffectionate
phrases, and now that his going was
coming, he had a last requisite Gre
mate his body just as it lay. If they
did that he would show them his
gratitude. They did so, and gathered
sadly around the pyre. 1kku in the
thin coffin into which he had been
lifted.
AS the flames cracked there sud
denly began a weird tattoo inside the
coffin. The crowd was filled with hor-
ror He's alive, trying to get OUT"
Just then the coffin took fire, and
there was an explosion, scattering red
embers in a shower over the mourn
ers, who turned to run, but presently
a pillar of fire shot Up from the now
visible body, and at it's shimmering
summit they saw a beautiful pyrotech,
mic flower expand and disappear. 1t
was his last joke. He had hidden
the fireworks i'll his kimono.-East and
West News Bureau.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-05-11
GRETA's GRoUcHY GOBLIN.
copyright, 1916. by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.l

Copyright, 1916. by the Mcclure News
"Greta. G paper s%y Sasisa e.s ro,ce
from the bed. Little Greta, who was
busy in the kitchen OF the cottage, ran
10 her sick mother with a drink of cool
water.
Then she went back. to clean up the
pots, build a fresh fire, and set the
tnash on the stove for supper. On a
unY tray she set a wee teapot, q plate
OF cakes and a bit of honey, all ready
Tor her mothers evening meal.
"A bunch OF wild laurel would look
SO pretty on the tray" she sale to her
Sell. Il think / will have plenty of time
70 run down in the woods and get a
Dit before the mush is done"
So she ran down to the grove, which
was at the foot of the hill. Then she
stopped suddenly, for she remembered
thai in these very woods and just
where the prettiest flowers grew was
the magic mound, where, folks said,
the COLLINS played.
Well, l am not afraid of goblins,"
SAID Greta. Besides, mother says there
are no such things. Anyway, goblin or
not, am going to get the laurel"
She went IN until she reached a
laurel bush, on which hung beautiful
clusters of the pink blooms. Just as
she put her hand UP to break a bough,
she head a squeaky voice at her feet
eXclaim, ouch! Get off my toe!" and,
looking down, she saw in the grass a
little man about a foot high.
He was a very funny looking little
a for he had on nothing but his
undertaking, and was shivering with
cold. Greta could not help laughing
at the sight. 81 don't see anything fun
ny in almost freezing to DEATH" ex-
claimed h goblin, hopping about in
his anger.
Then why don't you put on your
clothes?" asked the girl.
Il can't, can't" he screamed; my
wife has away and taken them all
with her-she says l am so cross she
won't live with me any longer
Now, Greta did not blame the COB
Inns wife for leaving such a grouchy
man, but she was a very kind hearted
child; SO she took off her jacket and
| wrapped it abou the little nan until
| he was warn again. But he never said
even, "Thank you" He just began
scolding again. Il am just s~tarving!"
he cried, breaking into tears. my wife
locked the cupboard and took the key,
Come into my room n see And he
| took the girls a M n led her into
a beautiful room, hidden in the mound.
! It's sides We're Of pink coral and the
furnishings in emerald green velvet
with silver trimmings. Then Greta say
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-05-11
THE WHITE HORSE.

Copyright, 1916. by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate)
In a town across the seas, which Dor
dered on a forest, the people were
frightened by seeing a very large,
white horse, with flying tail and name,
lash through the streets and across
the fields and gardens, trampling the
vegetables or whatever grew in his
path.
After a while some of the young
men in own decided to put an end
to his visits by catching him, but he
was no sooner caught and mounted
than he dashed away with his rider
into the forest, until seven young
men had been carried into the forest
and never returned.
At last the people were filled with
terror and the burgomaster of the
town offered a large bag of gold to the
one that should capture the white
horse and hold him
One day a horseman rode through
on a beautiful black horse. and, hear
ing the story of the white horse,
| he volunteered his services.
; The people warned him of the fate
| of the seven young men, but when
| night came he rode to the edge of
the forest and waited.
white horse came out, and he
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-05-11

ter's jealousy, and seeing something
put into his brides cup by the sister.
knew it was for harm.
When Sura had finished, Oba
thought to Guido her sister, SO h
started again in a mad whirl. AS she
came by the bridegroom he took up
her cup and offered it to the tired
girl.
you are weary with the feasting,"
he said. Drink and refresh yourself"
Oba turned up the cup n drank
thirstily. But hardly had she swal-
lowed it's contents when she uttered 4
scramble charm was beginning to
work and she realized that she had
made a mistake.
She commenced to shrivel up in the
legs, her body grew short and fat, her
neck pulled out into a long, ugly thing,
with a tiny head, to which "a stuck
a red bill. Two long, thin legs reached
to the ground-in short, the wicked
sister had turned herself into a crane,
Then she began to dance. Around and
around she whirled, bowling and sway
ing in all kinds of figures, her bony legs
skeeping in time to the music, while
her harsh voice was raised in a scream.
So Waiting, and bowling, and side
stepping, she vanished from view III
the swamp Of the green pool, but nc
one was sorry, for all felt she had got
ten what she deserved.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-05-11
asking.

of the tower came a voice, asking.
"Have you brought a~nother?"
The stranger looked VI and saw a
large head looking at him with fiery
eyes. Run with him, white horse"
commanded the voice, but the stranger
held the reins tight, and the white
horse did not move.
Th castle door opened, and out
came a giant 50 tall that he reached
the top of the castle.
Where are the seven youths that
you and your white horse carried
away?" asked the stranger.
The giant @ughed and the horse
trembled, but his rider patted him,
and he grew quiet.
The stranger raised his sword and
struck at the giants arm, and it fell
limp at his side. The giant raised
his other arm and the stranger struck
at that.
"Now show me where the seven
youths are kept" he said to white
horse. The horse walked back of
the castle and there the stranger
saw seven rocks in a row and a dragon
watching them.
The stranger drew his sword and
after a hard battle he slew the dragon.
The rocks began to move, and from
a ave under each rock came a youth.
They were very fat and could hardly
Walk.
You have saved u.s. they said to
the stranger THE giant was fat
tening us for his feast. We were
given all kinds of nice things to eat
that we might grow fat and then he
intended to eat us
Why did you not hold the horse?
asked the stranger. why did you
| let him carry you into the forest 2"
we could not hold him." replied
one of youths, "and we did not
think to take a bride as you did. He
dashed away with US and when he
reached the castle he obeyed the giant
and brought us here behind the castle
and threw US into a hole which had
been made to receive us. The giant
sends this horse through the country
to gather youths from each place that
he visits
When they went to the front of the
castle the giant had disappeared. "He
has run away" said the stranger, "but
his power is gone, for / ave killed the
dragon and l ave tanned his white
horse. 1t was as you thought. If you
had thrown a bride over his head you
could of tanned him as l have.
Everyone in the town had given uI
the stranger, n thought he had fared
as the others, but when they saw him
and with hin the seven youths, they
could not say enough in his praise.
"All I ask is the white horse" he
said. Il nave been looking for one tc
drive with my black horse"
When the horses were side by side
they We're of the same height, anC
the town people were glad to have
him take the horse that had caused
SO much trouble.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-05-11

you must speak to the Landlord about
putting in new floors before your hus-
band signs the lease for the house for
another year. Your chair tips back.
There! A castor has given way. You
must have it repaired. You wonder
whether the castors in the tool box will
do or whether you had better buy new
ones. And so you worry on. You
have almost forgotten what it means
to relax in your own home.
You don't need to be told that this
is a wrong state of affairs. You know
it. And o probably resent being told
that it is absolutely useless. Still, why
should you let the men of you family
enjoy his health giving relaxation
when you don't have it yourself? Just
try for a day or so. to call a halt to
the activities of your ~housework, at a
certain time in the evening. just as
your husband closes his worries in the
roll-top of his desk. In the daytime it
is YOU fault if things don't run
smoothly. But there should be an
eight-hour day for the housewife as
well as for the woman who works for
wages. and it is the housewives own
fault if she doesn't insist on getting it.
The work you do after shutdown can
hurt you. You seldom do
enough for that. Still you might, if
you didn't put a check on it, worry
! yourself into a sanatorium.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-05-11
GLASS OF WATER
Upset Her.

People who don't know about food
should never be allowed to feed per-
sons with weak %stouachs.
Sometime ago a young woman who
lives in Me. had an attack Of scarlet
fever, and wien convalescing was per-
mitted to cat anything she wanted.
Indiscriminate feeding soon put her
back in bed with severe stomach and
kidney trouble.
There j stayed" she says, three
months, with my stomach in such con-
dition that / could take only a few tea
spoonfuls CT milk or beef juice at a
time. Finally Grape-Nuts was brought
to my attention and | asked my doc
tor if / might eat it. He SAID, yes,
and I commenced at once.
"The fcod did me good from the
start and was soon out of bed and re-
covered from the stomach trouble l
have gained ten pounds and am able
to do all household duties, some days
sitting down only long enough to eat
my meals. l can eat anything that
one ought ta eat, but / still continue
to eat Grare-Nuts at breakfast and
supper and like it better every day.
Considering that / could stand only
n short time, and that a glass of water
seemed so heavy l am fully satisfied
that Grapc-Nuts has been everything
to me and that my return to health
is due to 1t.
Il have told several friends having
nervous or stomach trouble what
Grape-Nu.s did for me and in every
case they speak highly of the food"
There's q. Reason" Name given
by Postum Co, Battle Creek, Mich.
Ever rrs.' the above letter? A new
.ac nnnca,a from time 40 time. They
Rnt~rtss.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-05-11
If you Suffer from Backache, Lum-
bago, Kidneys or Rheumatism,
Take Hot Water and nANURlCu

American men and women must guard
cause we eat too much and all our food
is rich. Our blood is filled with uric
acid which the kidneys strive to filter
put, they weaken from overwork, be.
come sluggish; the eliminative tissues
clog and the result is kidney trouble,
bladder weakness and a general decline
in health.
When your kidneys feel like Jumps OF
lead, when your back hurts or the urine
is cloudy, full of sediment, or you are
obliged to seek relief two or three times
during the night. when ypu suffer with
sick headache or dizzy, nervous spells,
acid stomach, or you nave rheumatism
when the weather is bad, get from your
druggist-"ANURIC." Because of uric
acid in ~overabundance IN the ; system,
backache, pains here and there, rheuma-
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-05-11
WHY He Was Happy.

Peters father was a shoemaker
when he was a young man, and now
he is d minister, but never forgets to
tell how happy he was as shoemak-
er. One day at the table his father
was talking about the bishop OF his
church.
He is one of the happiest men l
ever met he said.
"N'as lie once a shoemaker, papa
Peter asked, as he had come to asso-
ciate the idea of happiness with his
fathers trade.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-05-11

tis'n, govt, gravel, neuralgia and ~sciatica
result. 1t was DR.. Pierce who discovered
a new agent. called 'Anuric,' which viii
throw out and eradicate this uric acid
from the system. DR.. Pierce believes
.Anuric' to be 81 times more potent
than MAia, and consequently you need no
longer fear muscular or articular ricuma-
tlsm or govt, or many other diseases which
are dependent on an accumulation of uric
acid within the body. Send DIR. Pierce.
Invalids' Hotel, Buffalo. ". Y, l0c for
trial package or $l.00 for full treatment
"Anuric."
DR.. Pierce's reputation is back of this
medicine and you know that his "Pleas.
ant Pellets for the liver and his "Fa-
vorite Prescription" for the ills OF wons-
en- have had a splendid reputation for the
past SO years. Adv.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-05-11

neighbor told my mother about Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and
I took it, and now / feel like a new
person. / don't suffer any more and |
am regular every month. Mrs. HAZEL
HAMILTON, S22 South 18th ST..
When a remedy has lived for forty
years, steadily growing in popularity
and influence, and thousands upon
thousands of women declare they owe
their health to it, is it not reasona-
bic to believe that it is an article of
great merit?
lfyou want special advice write
to Lydia e. Pinkham Medicine
Co. (confidentiaD, Lynn, Mass.
Your letter will be opened, read
and answered by a woman and
held in strict confidence.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-05-11

glass bottle" said the goblin. That
water is magic and came from Fairy
land-it will urn all it touches into
gold. So be careful"
Greta handed him a spoonful of
mush, but he was so greedy that he
did not wait for it to cool, and gulped
it down at one swallow.
Wow. wow!" he screamed. Il am
killed, killed." and in his blind rage
he ierked up the bottle of magic water
and threw it at the girls head. 1t
missed her. but crashed right into the
pot of mush. Out of he room she flew,
with the pot of mush dragging after
her. and she never stopped until she
found herself safe it the kitchen at
| home. Then she looked at the pot,
and saw that it a turned into pure,
glistening g~old-mush, pot, handle and
ALL
SO poor little Greta was very happy
at this, for she vas now rich enough
to buy her mother a beautiful home
and give her every comfort, and in a
few weeks she vas strong and we'll.
| And, though they lived for many years
very happily in their new home. Greta
never again saw the grouchy old COB
! lin or his ave.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-05-11
None But Pro-American Letters.
Editorial 10 ST. Paul DISPATCH

Editorial IN st. Pau Dispatch.
The broad latitude permitted heretofore
to correspondents of the Mail Bag in dis
cussing the international situation was
undoubtedly right, in view OF the neutral
attitude of America and the advisability
of an o~pen-minded debate of the questions
involved.
But the situation has changed. The
United States has laid down, in behalf Of
civilization and humanity, a distinct pol
icy that becomes the American policy. All
patriotic Amerlcans-and we are all pa
triotic Americans-will agree that 1t is
their duty to support their government in
i the nig also viii agree rpo chat fg the Mali II isas:
should exclude all letters written from
other than a distinctly pro-American point
Of view.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-05-11
Murdocks Still Espoundina.

From the Christian Science Monitor.
Forty years ago an advertisement Of T.
Murdoch reading, II Will bore wells or
drain cellars, or saw wood for cash or
stock, or expound the scriptures at any
time or place whenever wanted. free APP
peared in the Fort Scott Kansas) Tribune.
and the editor of the Emporia (Kansas)
Gazette discovers in that typically ener-
getic. enterprising and versatile western
pioneer the grandfather of Victor Muir
dock, former progressive member of con-
gress, Marcellus and Alice Murdock, Brock
ind Murdoch Pemberton, VIII Stoller and
Mrs. Frances Woods-all peo-
Pile in ACTIVE service. The Murdocks arc
st1ll e~xpounding.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-05-11

this was the king Of the COLLINS him
self.
Every soul has run away and left
me- he moaned; not a ervant left,
and / don't know how to COO q bite"
Wait q minute" exclaimed kind
Greta; Il will run home n bring you
some mush."
well hurry up" replied the goblin.
you big people are so slow!" and he
kicked the crown across the floor
Greta ran home, and returned in a
few minutes with the steaming pot of
mGsh, which she held by a short chain,
as it was very hot.
Don't put it on that table by the
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-05-11
CUTIcURA COMFORTS BABY
Suffering From Itching, Burning
Rashes, Eczema, etc. Trial Free.

Give baby a bath with hot water and
Cuticura Soap, using plenty Of Soap.
Dry lightly and apply Cuticura ONT
ment gently to all affected parts. In
slant relief follows and baby falls into
a refreshing sleep, the first perhaps
in weeks. Nothing more effective.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.