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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-18

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= old days" began Billy Roche, the
referee. to a group of men gathered in
the office Of Jimmy Johnston. manager
Of Madison Square Garden. Saturday
afternoon. do you remember'-
The door opened. interrupting Biuy's
discourse. An old negro slowly entered
and stood blinking his ewes at the
group He was squat built and he car
! ried his hat in his hand. displaying a
considerable eNDause of badness on
the top Of his head
do we remember whom" inquired a
newspaper man. as Roche eyed the new
conner very thoughtfully.
We'll I've forgotten who ] had 10
mind when I started" said Billy, get
ting up from his chair and extending
his hand to the old negro. but as long
as I was talking about good fighters Of
1 the old days-do you remember this
aged bird right here2 Here's one that
could go few, Gentlemen. Bobby
Dobbs!"
The old boy nodded his bare bean and
chuckied.
Yes. suh." he said. its Bobby. all
right; but whyfor you put me I'm with
ole people? Bobby ain so ole. Ah'm JUS
49,"
Who'd" yelled Eddie CurIey. who
had reached for a record book as soon
as he heard the name Of the visitor. ut
says here you were born in 1859, fin
Nashville. Tenn. That would make you
close to 81"
DO ito" asked Bobby. innocently.
/ AT book mus be mistooken. All don't
feel at ole, nohow All nevah felt so
young i'm NAH life. You shuah at book
ain mistooken?"
You bet it's mistaken" said George
Lawrence. manager Of Sam McVey.
You're 80. if you're day
"Fohty-eight" insisted Bobby. COM
placently. "Ah didn't begin fightin' un-
til 'S7: You-all know at Mist Dial
ain no oldern Mist Dial. Al fought
puhlim'na'ies' to Mist Dial Hawl1inses'
stab bouts"
Bobby Real Vet.
Whatever BObbys age-and there is
reason to believe that il is closer to 81
than il is to 4S-he probably has seen
more ring service than any other Ameri-
can-born boxer in the history Of the
Queensberrv game. He had his last
fight in PRAGUE, Austria. about two
years ago which, even accepting 'Sl as
the date Of his fistic start gives him
a record OF about 26 years I'm the roped
arena.
Some old timers say they recall him
as a fighter before 49, so it is likely
that Dobbs put in over 30 years at
fighting. He was doing 2 bit of Wrest-
ling around Dodge City, Kans., and 9TH
er western towns when they We're re-
Earded as the outposts OF the Tar IRON
tier Bobby himself says he has had at
least a thousand ring battles and the
most he ever received for one fight
was about s25O0. which he got when he
beat Dick Burge on the other side
It was on that occasion that Dobbs's
hackers before the fight displayed an
other negro man who looked something
like Bobby to BUrge as the real Dobbs,
causing Dick 70 get the impression that
he had a sucker" Bobby himself was
not let in on the plot That was his
first trip abroad, but after that he spent
nearly an his time in Europe
Bobby says his first fight Of any inn
portance was with a fellow named
Montana Kid Mt ogden, Utah. It was
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-18

y YEW YORK. Feb. Speaking Of
M some Of the good fighters Of the
1 old days" began Billy Roche, the
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-10-03
The Pronress Of the War

The various European war fronts are
settling down as they will probably
continue during the winter The leu
tonic defence on the whole has held
well against the concerted drive in all
quarters. The gains of the Allies in
the west have not been material, in
view OF the tremendous efforts put for
til. There is no breaking through the
German lines in prospect. The italian
advances are slow and costly, meeting
with determined Austrian resistance.
The big Russian movement in Galicia,
for time very threatening, has been
checked. The Allies along the Mace
DOMAIN border are accomplishing little.
Rumania, the latest entrant into the
war is getting her full taste of it. Her
army has been practically rousted from
Pennsylvania, while in her own Do
brudja she is invaded and barely able
to hold her foes at bay No definite
news comes from Asia OF important
movements. 1t is checkmate all
around. The advantage of being on
the defence is abundantly shown. A
crashing. crushing offence at this stage
Of the war looks like an impossiblity.
There can be no quick cleanup.-Ran-
dolph Herald and News.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-10-03
Political Vendetta.

Two observant newspapers, the
Waterbury Record and the Morrisyille
Messenger, have served notice on some
of their contemporaries too exultantly
on having buried" Allen NJ. Fletcher
politically, or any other way. They
both insist that he is the Invest polite
al corpse Vermont has seen for some
time.
However that may be, and The Her
aid is inclined to think its respected
contemporaries are right( it brings up
a phase of the past campaign that is
worthy of passing notice.
Just because a man Is a political op-
ponent does not argue his unfitness for
citizenship. The fact that Mr. Fetch
er was defeated does not effect his
standing as a Vermonter. When a
campaign is over, campaigning should
be dropped, and denominations are UNI
wise. AS to political vendettas, they
absolutely and invariably consume
their promters in time.
There has been an attempt to pun.
ish" every man actively identified with
the Fletcher campaign. The removal
of W. II. McFeeters as state commit
teeman by handful vote was the first
visible evidence of that vendetta. 1t
was an unwise and dangerous act.
Now comes a wellknown attorney " it'll
the statement that Frank c. Williams
is to be similarly punished on ac-
count of the disclosures made from
his official files. the property of the
state of Vermont
No doubt the next announcement
will be that a similar drive" will be
made on c. A. Plumley for his alleged
activities in connection with the Flet-
cher campaign, all of which is highly
interesting as throwing a light on the
mental processes of some men who are
calling themselves political leaders.
The Herald is fairly sure that moth
ing OF this kind would be tolerated by
Senator Page for a moment If he were
in a position to stop it, and it is abb
sure that persistence in such
a course will bring upon the instigat.
ors the most complete public condem-
Herald.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-10-03
POST MISTRESS ROBBED
Was Carrying Office Cash to Her
Home.

Was Carrying Office Cash to Her
Home.
North Ferrisburg, Oct Miss
Kate Mooney, posImistress, was held
up and robbed of a sum between 5000
and $500 Friday evening as she was
on her way home from the postofiee.
The office closes at eight and Miss
Mooney has been in the habit of TAX
ing the money home with her. the safe
in the Office never having been replac-
ed since it was broken by burglars a
few years ago. She was about half
way to her home, which is on the
main street, when suddenly a man
jumped out of the shadows, grabbed
her about the neck and snatched her
handbag. The man darted off into a
lot. AS soon as she recovered from
the shock of the attack, she ran back
to Preston's store, in which the post
Office is located After giving a des-
cription and the direction taken by the
thief, men from the store ran out in
pursuit but were unable to find any
trace. Since the robbery postoflice
inspector has been here.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-10-03
USE ORRlNE
DRINK HABIT GOES

Don't wait for the drink habit to get
too strong a hold upon your husband,
son, or father, for it can be broken up
quickly if Orrine is given him. This
scientific treatment can be given in
the home secretly and without loss of
time from work.
You have nothing to risk and every
thing to gain, as Orrine is sold under
this guarantee. If. after a trial you
fail to get any benefit from its use.
your money viii be refunded.
Orrine is prepared in two forms:
No. l, secret treatment; Orrine No. 2.
the voluntary treatment Costs only
$l.00 a box. Ask us for booklet. b.
A. Quinlan North ST., bennington, Vt.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-10-03
AGED SISTERS suFFocATED
TWO Women Die From Effects Of
Smoke During Fire.

New York, Oct 1.-Two sisters,
Mrs. Sarah Veeder, 70 years old, and
Mrs. Caroline Cutherbeck, 6S years
old, both widows, tonight were suffo-
Gated by smoke from a fire which
caused nominal damage in a three
story frame building in which they
lived in Brooklyn.
The aged sisters, it was said, appar-
entity were sulfocated while seated at
table in the dining room OF their
home on the top floor of the building.
The firemen found them lifeless.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-10-03

WANTED-PupiI Nurses, male and
female, wanted at the Taunton State
Hospital Training School for Nurses.
For particulars, address DR.. Arthur "
Goss. Supt, Taunton State hospital,
Taunton, Mass. s4ts
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-10-03
FOR SALE

FOR SALE--Farm 100 acres, 2
miles from North Bennington, VT, on
good road. Fine house, new horse
barn, both slate roofs, COW barn, is
keeping seventeen cows and four
horses, plenty of fruit Ralph H.
White, Agt., North Bennington, VT.
Price $500. 97tf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-10-03

FOR SALE-One 1916 Ford Run
about body, top and windshield and
one touring car body, top and wind
shield. Bennington Garage, II. w.
Williams. 32u
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-10-03

FOR SALEL-License place on troll
ley line from Bennington to Hoosick
Falls, 2 miles from North Bennington.
Doing $500 business n day. Inquire
of L. A. Hathaway, Chicken Coop Inn.
21tf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-10-03
FIND HUMAN SKULL
Workmen Make Gruesome Discovery
on Farm in Berlin.

on = arm III bCTTTH.
Montpelier, Oct. 1.-While loading
gravel on farm in Berlin near the
Montpelier line yesterday morning,
city workmen uncovered a human
skull and bones and an investigation
will be pursued to ascertain If possible
whose skeleton it is. States Attorney
Gleason and the Berlin selectmen
were notified and took charge OF the
workmen's find The skull will prob
ably be sent to the State laboratory at
Burlington for examination.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-10-03

: WANTED-To rent small farm OF
not more than 60 acres on trolley line
between North Bennington and
North Adams. Ben Lewis, X. F. d.
No /, Bennington, VT 99t6*
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-10-03

FOR SALE-A team of horses, well
matched, good workers and good
readers, one 6 and the other years
of age, weight 2,400 pounds. Inquire
at 143 Mill street. S4t25.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-10-03

FOR SALE-Number of extra large
and small heating stoves and a num-
Der of kitchen ranges that will be
sold very reasonable for cash, also
household goods of all descriptions,
James Fox, second hand store, 200
River street. 9lt6~
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-10-03
LOST

LOST-A black and buff tiger Kit
ten. Reward If returned to Mrs. j. f.
Burke on Grandview st 1t2
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-10-03

FOR SABE-One 1915 Ford Touring
car equipped with shock absorbers,
robe rail. and other extras. Benning
ton Garage, q w. Williams, 32tt
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-10-03

FOR SALE story 10 room house,
good cellar and shed, hen and hog
house, "a acre land. located in Man
chester Center, village water in
house, buildings all new. Also q
acres heavy timber, mostly hard
wood. For particulars write Charles
e. Dunbar, Manchester Center, vt.
1926
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-10-03

FOR SALE-The Amos Aldrich
homestead at Woodford Hallow. Suit
able for residence or summer camp.
Running water in house. Apply to
George Aldrich or George A. Mathers,
administrators. 76tf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-10-03

FOR SALE-A few secondhand
sewing machines in perfect running
order at bargain prices, Singer Sew
ing Machine Co., Griswold's Store.
QQtG
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-10-03

changes, done some really good or big
thing for Vermont in material way
and then come up for the senatorship
which in 1920 viii undoubtedly go to
new man.-Randolph Herald and
News.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-10-03

FOR SALE-Pigs five weeks old.
Y. C. Woodwork, South Salisbury.
S9t12*
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-10-03

WANTED-A competent cook, coed
wages. Apply Box 3S7, Bennington.
9Stf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-10-03

FOR SALE-Horse, carriage, spring
wagon, single harness, heavy harness,
cutter, heavy sleigh, cultiyators.
plow, shovel plow, moving machine,
wheel harrow. A. Bruso, 245 Silver
ST.. Tel .369-M. 97t6
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-10-03

FOR SALE-Dwelling house and
building lot on Park street. Apply to
Bridget Gunshannon, 206 Park st.
72t25%
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-10-03

WANTED-Man at once to work on
farm, must be good mixer. Good
wages. Also boy wanted to work a
milk cart before school. Apply to
Louis A. Briggs. Telephone 347-J.
9StG
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-10-03

TO RENT--stores, oMcss. tene
nents, shops, stables, individual
garage. individual storage lockers, fur.
nished apartments and rooms all cen
trally located Geo " HAWSR t3b
Main st. f2tf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-10-03

FOR SALE-Horse, II years old or
will exchange for young colt. Antoine
Fischer, II. f. ID. 2 96t6~
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-10-03

TO RENT-Rooms suitable for Of
fee or small business at 542 Main
street Inquire Mrs. e. Norton, $40
Pleasant st. 73tf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-10-03
WANTED

WANTED-A maid for general
house work. Mrs H. NJ Richie, GIG
Main st. 9Stf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-10-03

WANTED-To buy heifer calves or
yearlings, j. H. Peters, North Ben
nington. Tel. 1915. 94t25
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-10-03

TO RENT-A large barn fitted for
automobiles or storage purposes.
Two stories and basement. Apply to
Miss j. A. Valentine, 3O2 Pleasant
Street. Tel. 255-M. S7tf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-10-03
TO RENT

TO RENT-Small house, five rooms
rent eight dollars per month. Geo. IL.
Dewey, Agt. 96tf
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-02-10

long as it doesn't happen to US. Wee
are for enforcement of the law on
the other fellow with much more en-
thusiasm and respect for the law
than when he wants it enforced on
us. .
If failure to obey ALL of the laws
is criminal, then practically all of us
who have outgrown childhood are
criminals.
How is it with YOU, Brother? Do
YOU religiously obey ALL laws?
Neither do l.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-02-10
The

SNSIINO lE-INVNs nS
Daily News objects when States At
torney Hoyne attempts to enforce the
tax laws against rich, influential and
philanthropic taxdodgers, but is high
ly in favor of enforcing the law that
prohibits bandits or others from rob-
bling banks. But that only indicates
that the publisher of the News is
human like the rest of us. We only
holler for protecting the majesty of
the law when we are thinking of
some law we haven't violated, or
which our friends haven't violated.
When we yell ENFORCE the Law
we don't mean exactly what we say.
l don't know anybody who honestly
demands that ALL laws be enforced,
because don't know of anybody who
at some time in his life hasn't vio-
lated some law. There are. fool laws,
of course, but we don't all agree on
which laws are the fool laws. Saloon
keepers think that Sunday closing
laws are fool laws, but officers of the
Anti-Saloon league think they are
good laws. Lawson thinks the tax
laws of Illinois are fool laws when he
says the system of taxing personal
property lis absolutely unavoidable
and obsolete" But there are others
who think the system would be all
right if it would make Vic Lawson
and Julius Rosenwald pay their
taxes. It's the personal equation
that counts. In general we humans
don't care much what happens so
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-02-10
ATExAs STRAW

ter audience in Dallas Kissed W. ].
Bryan's picture when it was thrown
upon the screen and went wild with
enthusiasm over Roosevelt's. And
Texas is the Democratic rock of Glib
raltar.
There are going to be some amaz-
ing political acrobatics in 1916, q
we miss our guess. $
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-02-10
DO THE PEOPLE RULE? =

w ] TIE TGOTLE nOEE - SuI-
cago's government is SUPPOSED to
be democratic. The mayor and alder
men are SUPPOSED to be represen-
tatives and servants of the people.
But that's about all. It's mostly sup
position. A majority of the aldermen
don't represent the people. They
represent the rulers of Chicago-the
rich and powerful-those who are
powerful only because they are rich
or control wealth. Watch that Auto
matte telephone deal. There is abb
solutely no public sentiment in favor
of council consenting to the sale of
the Automatic phone plant to the
phone trust. Yet the lineup in coun-
Gil indicates that only small mi
nority will represest the people.
The loop newspapers are playing
the game of the phone trust by shut
ting their eyes and keeping quiet
while the phone trust goes through
the peoples pockets. In the mean
time, the phone trust sends its month
Iy check into the newspaper business
offices in payment for advertising.
What's the answer?
Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-03
Chalmers Company
Moves Back Greek

When anything stands in the way
OF an advance OF the great motor car
manufacturing business of Detroit,
the street opening committee of the
common council, backed by the con,-
Gil itself, moves the obstruction
promptly. Nothing must be allowed
to interfere with the growth Of an
industry which has grown so great
that Detroit is today the best ad-
vertised city Of the world, Colonel
Charles Clifton, president Of the Ma
tional Automobile Chamber Of Com
merce. told the members and friends
OF the Detroit section OF the Society
of Automobile Engineers, at their an
nual dinner last year, that every one
in the world who looked at an auto
mobile thought Detroit.
Surely that is advertising, with
several million advertising vehicles
travelling over the worlds surface"
said the colonel. So il came about
that the Chalmers Motor company.
entering upon the greatest year OF its
history, with an output scheduled
showing vast increases over other
years, wanted to expand to the south.
Connor's creek, in reality a small
river with lighthouses and homes
along its shores, stood in the way.
and the street opening committee OF
the common council was appealed to.
Move the creek, said the committee,
and the matter was passed to the
council to act upon. OF course, this
is the first time in Detroit that re-
quest has been made by an automo-
bile company to move a river, but
then things do happen daily in Detroit
that are surprising, and the removal
of Connor's creek to point 500 feet
away will provide the Chalmers COM
pany an opportunity to increase its
already large plant and at the same
time will improve the creek, which
lies south Of Jefferson avenue. For
some time it has been known that the
Chalmers Motor company planned
certain additions and the news Of the
action Of the council confirmed these
reports.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-03
AUTO DEALERS PLAN
FOR new LOCATION
Working on Scheme to Aban-
don Farnam and Move to
Howard Street.
CANVASS IS BEING MADE

Building activity is expected to be
begun before long on Howard steeet,
if the automobile dealers go through
with a plan they have outlined to
move the auto mart to Howard, be-
tween Sixteenth and Eighteenth
streets.
The Automobile Dealers associa-
ton has had committee working for
more than two weeks on this propo-
sition and it is now pretty definitely
settled that big movement of auto
row from Farnam to- Howard is to
take place.
The movement is prompted by a
desire to escape what the auto deal
ers say have been exorbitant rental
charges. They assert that they made
upper Farnam street what it is, and
that the owners Of the ground have
taken advantage of the industry and
hustle of the auto men, which created
the value there, and have raised rents
accordingly.
Out Getting Signers.
Now a committee of the auto men,
is out getting the various dealers to
sign contracts to go over to Howard
street and take financial interest in
the auto buildings it is proposed to
construct there.
Much of the ground on which the
proposed buildings are to be located
is owned by the Kountze interests,
but it is said the auto men have their
options in such. shape that they can
handle the deal all right. The auto
men propose now to erect their own
buildings, just as they want them, and
to own both ground and buildings so
that they will cease to have the worry
Of constantly increasing rents.
just how many OF the dealers will
go into this new deal is not known,
and will not be known until the COM
mittee completes its canvass. 1t is
thought pretty certain that enough of
them are willing to make the change
to make it certain that the heart Of
the auto mart will be moved, and that
that section of Howard street will in
the future be known as the auto row,
instead Of the present stretch on
upper Farnam street.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-03
Electric Traffic Indicator
Invented by Omaha Bows

When Mr.. Autoist wants to tell the
traffic officer which way his car is
heading or to warn the driver in the
rear which way he is going to turn, he
needs no longer wave his arm fran
tically from the side of the car. C.
T. Cremer and c. II. Shackly, both
Omaha boys. have invented device
BY which the autoist merely presses
an electric button and lighted signs
tell the policeman and the man be-
hind Of your intended route. They
call il the traffic indicator and expect
to have Jew in use in Omaha within
. few days.