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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-07

The Fan Arises to a Point of Order
Baseball is dcadI Then please Explain
The tcUcr that dSSdiLs my brain,
The vedr1iinO that assaults my breast
To sit out trhere the red sun flames,
Wipe peanut huSkS from of my rest
Aud call Bill KLEIN q Jesse james!
Baseball is dead! Then tell me t1hy
I tcdnt the blue back in the sky.
Where CrdtDtord's tDGilop tics the score,
Where ruving thousands in their pride
Emit the good old fdshiondd roar
That echoes 'SLIDE, you bonehedd,
S-L-I-D-E"
Baseball is deddH II this is so
We'pe lost the tUorld tCe used to EnoUi
And all the color that t0dS spring,
The blue aud gold, the green and pink,
Is notO a drdb aud drCdry thing
For many more than you might thtnR.
TF JACK DILLON is sent against Jess
willard why not permit Jack to use
sling? He would have as n precedent the
case of David VS.. Goliath.
Sir Michael as Prophet
Some three or four years ago Mike DON
Inns theatrical journeying took him to
Nashville, Tenn. Mike arrived in town
the same day Michigan played Vanderbilt
early in the spring.
That morning Sir Michael was invited
out by Fielding Yost to "see the best col
leEe ball player in the world" The ex.
Giant went out with Yost, feeling as all
big leaders do about the average college
phenom Mike received the shock or his
life. After the game he turned to fost
with this remark: "That fellow right now
comes closer to being another Cobb than
any player ever saw. If they'll play him
in the outfield he will soon be Ty's clos
est rival" The young collegian's name
was Sisler If Fielder Jones works him in
the outfield, where he belongs Mikes pre-
diction may come true before the odor
of burning leaves heralds another autumn.
The Age Limit
There are now 500 ball players signed
UP or under reserve to the two major
leagues. or these, only four are 40 years
old or over They are Wagner. AZ; La
joie and Plank, Al, and Brown. 40.
At 30 most of them begin to slow up
and fade. At 35 only a few are left. AT
40 less than l per cent. remain in active
service.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-07

Sixty thousand dollars for Commute
match! Who was 1t said the European
war was smashing all records for cost?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-07
Pp Guards an dat 'Em

PIP Guards an dat En-
When the South attempted to seceds
from the Union. 2000,O 900. troops were
called 10 the field to bring the seeding
States back.
Suppose. now. California attempts to
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-07

TF JACK DILLON is sent against Jess
/ Willard, why not permit Jack to use
sling? He would have as precedent the
case of David VS.. Goliath.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-07
Killefer in New York to Have Arm Treated

to
has
thousand efers regain former
er's
predicted several
It is doubtful Deyore will be of much value P
his
hustle his position.
Reports Of the the Eastern
lighted On looking at the summary discovers that Andy
Iou1dha hayeh If
Penns basketball team was beaten by the Crescent Athletic Club in Brooklyn
with Dartmouth Friday and kept ali but
probably
fo star pIayer a this time
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-06-28
STATE TRIES TO BREAK oRPET
STORY BY SHEER FORCE


Courtroom, Waukegan, June 2s.-
Atty Joslyn changed his tactics
against Will Orpet, on trial for the
murder of Marion Lambert, today,
and instead of the sarcastic silky
way in which he opened the states
questioning of the boy, he sailed in
with rapid-fiTe questions.
Orpet, however, didn't seem to
mind this as much as he did the sar-
casm of Tuesday He was slightly
pale, but answered questions calmly,
correcting himself when he thought
it necessary.
Joslyn did succeed in making Or
pet admit he didn't know what pic
ture shows he had attended at Mad
ison the week before Marian's death
and in confusing him a bit regarding
his trip to Lake Forest for the tryst
with the dead girl. Orpet's general
story remained unchanged.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-06-28

MINK SAID ne, TRdT every true
friend of the progressive movement
ought to wish that Col. Roosevelt
might stay just where he is-in At
RIGA"
There were gasps of establishment.
when Roosevelt returns" Fight
ing Bob went on, "the first great Pc
ril of our movement will be upon it.
He will either fight US, or he will
thrust himself in as the creator and
leader of the movement which for
seven years as president he tried to
hamstring by the power of his great
office.
Eve are a happy family of fight
ers. He will introduce disunion
among. us. He will smear over and
obscure the issues. He will make
principles hazy and exalt personali-
ties! He is not a progressive, eX-
cept with his tongue, and never was.
He talks for prOgressivism, but
he has put on guard against us who
were making the fight in the states,
his judges, his district attorneys, his
postmasters and United States Off
Gals generally over whose PROSTATE
forms we have had to march. to every
victory we have won in the past nine
years.
He has tried to stTangle at its
birth every progressive movement
which he could not control. Why
does he want to control them? Has
he any sinister motive? l will not
say, but in all history there is no in
stance of a similar policy except for
sinister motives.
However that may be, the best |
thing we can hope for is that when |
he returns he will fight us openly: |
for if he associates himself with us
openly or covertly he will either rule !
us or ruin us-and if he rules us he |
will surely ruin us"
! cannot tell this story, even |
sketchiIy today. will go on with it
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-06-28
WAR BULLETINS

Paris.-VioIent fighting occurred
last night on east bank of Mouse,
northwest of Verdun. Situation I'M
changed.
London.-Motion to quash treason
indictment against Sir Roger Case
ment on ground that it was faulty
overruIed this afternoon by Lord
Justice Reading and associate JUS
tees after hearing lengthy argument
by both sides.
New York.-Conference of repre-
sentatives of national defense organ
izations adopted resolutions declar-
ing the government blood guilty to
send unframed militiamen" to the
border.
Quonset Point, r. I.-Three mill
tiamen who refused to subscribe to
the federal oath we're drummed out
of state camp.
-O-O-
Philadelphia lawyer named Har-
vey is growing cotton successfully
=
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-06-28

Philadelphia lawyer named Har-
vey is growing cotton successfully
on his Pennsylvania farm. Harvey
has a drying process by which pre-
maturely frosted cotton is artiiciaIlY
dried.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-11-16
THICK, GLOSSY HAIR
FREE FROM DANDRUFF
oIrlsl Try II! Hair gets soft, fluffy and
beautiful-Get a Is cent bottle
Of Oanderine.

II you care for heavy hair that glis-
tens with beauty and Is radiant with
life; has an incompatible softness and
Is fluffy and lustrous, try Danderine.
Just one application doubles the
beauty Sof your hair, besides it imme.
diately dissolves every particle of
dandruff. You can not have nice
heavy, healthy hair If you have
dandrufi. This destructive scurf robs
the hair Of it's lustre, its strength and
it's very life, and if not overcome 1t
produces feverishness and itching Of
the scalp; the hair roots famish.
loosen and die; then the hair falls out
fast. Surely get a 25-cent bottle OF
Knowlton's Danderine from any drug
store and just try It.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-11-16

out in the field, where they discovered
the body, his faithful dog sitting be-
side it, fighting desperately in the eff
fort to protect his dead master. The
funeral services were held from the
Fatland church Saturday afternoon,
Rev. Engerholm officiating. The de-
ceased was said to be one of the best
men of that community and was high
ly beloved by everybody.
The Parshall Leader tells of young
mail clerk whose run was between
Drake and Sanish, being arrested for
monkeying with packages that went
through the mails. A detective was
employed and the clerk, Daley, was
suspected. The detective sent an I'M
addressed package through the mail
and it is said that it was found in the
possession of Daley. He will answer
to the federal court.
Word reached here of the death of
David Kelley, an old resident of the
county south of Roth. He started at 2
p. m. to go to Roth and at about $3.50
Mr.. and Mrs. Mellum of Souris found
him under his upturned car. They put
the body in their car and got to the
doctor as quickly as possible but it
was thought that death was instant
aneous.
Fire broke out in the Plaza opera
house Sunday morning about o'clock
and destroyed the opera house, Aig-
ner's hardware and machine building,
Roy Hands barber shop, Duggan res
taurant and the Dew Drop Inn restau-
rant. The Paragon Farmers club &C.
cupied the building Saturday evening
for supper and dance. The dance
lasted until 4:3O and the fire broke
out shortly after all had gone home.
The cause of the blaze is not known.
North Dakota has brand new coun-
ty named Grant, formed out Of por-
ton of Morton county. Mandan voted
almost unanimously for the new coun-
ty as that city realized that Mighty
Morton was certain to be divided and
wanted the division to be made on the
most advantageous lines. Governor
Hanna will name the three county
commissioners who will name the first
county officers and the temporary
county seat.
In what seemed to be frantic efforts
to get help before he died, horse be-
longing to G. Weiglanda near Dickin-
son, went to a window in the house
and paved the ground. The horse
named Jimmy, which was with the rest
Of the animals, loose in the yard, went
to the house and after looking in a
window, neighed and frantically paved
the ground. He was chased away and
after short time Weiglanda went to
the barn, thinking something was not
right with the animal, and found him
dead in his stall. The family believes
that after being in distress for some
time the horse ran to the house in an
effort to get relief if possible.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-11-16

NOTICE.
Have 80 full blood Shorthorn regis
tered bulls. one to two years old, for
immediate sale at Minot.
Also one black Poll bull and Here
ford bulls, all registered stock.
Must be sold within the next 80
days.
Pedigree Furnished with each ami
NAL.
Prices from $1S5 up.
Attorney Halvor Z. Halvorson,
Owner.
o-1l-H Hinot, N. D.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-01-27

cut with the knife until one Of the
three strands popped and parted.
What are you doing?' Carson cried
desperately. "If you cut I'll never
forgive you-neyer. tell you it's two
or nothing. We're going to get out.
Wait! For Gods saker'
And Smoke. staring at the parted
strand. five inches before his eyes,
knew fear in all its weakness. He
did not want to die. He recoiled from
the shimmering abyss beneath him,
and his panic brain urged all the pre-
posterous optimism Of delay. 1t was
fear that prompted him to compro-
mise.
"All right" he called up. "I'l wait.
Do your best. But | tell you, Carson,
If we both start slipping again I'm 60
ing to cut"
Huh! Forget 1t. When we start.
old horse, we start up. I'm porous
plaster. could stick here if 1t was
twice as steep. I'm getting sizable
hole for one heel already Now, you
hush. and let me work"
A gasp and groan and an abrup,
Continued on Page Four.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-01-27
SYNOPSIS.

Christopher Belew. tenderfoot, starts
for the klondike in a gold rush and pluck
lily works at the back breaking toll OF
packing freight
He meets a beautiful girl. Joy GastelI,
deserts his own party, and he and Shorty,
new acquaintance, hire out to two
wealthy prospeetors. Joy has nicknamed
him Smoke"
Smoke and Shorty befriend man NAM
ed Breck and nearly perish in attempting
to cross Lake Iebarge because of the
uselessness of their employers.
Smoke and Shorty take command by
force and get through to Dawson City,
where they are discharged. On Breck' S
tip they stampede for Squaw creek.
They overtake Joy Gastell and her IA
ther. To help the Sea Lion crowd Joy
treacherously leads them away from
Squaw creek.
Smoke saves the girls feet from freez-
ing. He and Shorty by mistake jump a
miners claim and lose it. Then Smoke
finds Surprise lake, the bottom of which
is covered with gold.
Smoke is shot at. witnesses the murder
of miner by the unknown marksman
and is arrested for murder himself.
Breck shows Surprise lake nugget.
the impromptu court is stampeded. and
Smokes life is saved. Smoke wins money
at roulette.
He continues to win. and the gamblers
buy him off His system was based on
the discovery that the roulette wheel was
warped
Prompted by Joy Gastell, Smoke enters
a race for a million dollar claim against
some of the best dog mushers.
At a critical moment Joy supplies Smoke
with a fresh dog team. and he runs a
dead heat with Big Olaf for the claim.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-01-27

stee'ed Himself With Visible Phys
icai Effort.
feet Of rope cached where we take the
ice. My partner and used it coming
over. 1t will be cinch."
1t was a hard, hot climb. The sun
blazed dazzlingly on the ice surface,
and with streaming pores they painted
from the exertion. There were places,
crisscrossed by countless assures and
crevasses, where an hour of dangerous
toll advanced them no more than a
hundred yards. At 2 in the afternoon
beside pool Of water bedded in the
ice Smoke called a halt
Lets tackle some of that jerky," he
said. ''l've been on short allowance,
and my knees are shaking. Besides,
we're across the worst. Three hundred
yards will fetch us to the rocks, and
It's easy going, except for couple of
nasty assures and one bad one that
heads us down toward the bulge.
There's weak ice bridge there, but
Shorty and managed it."
'1'm lighter than you by forty pounds" I"
Carson said. Let me go first"
They stood Oh the edge of the Gre
vase. 1t was enormous and ancient,
fully 100 feet across, with sloping, age
eaten sides instead of sharp angled
rims. At this one place 1t was bridged
by a huge mass of pressure hardened
snow that was itself half ice. Even
the bottom of this mass they could not
see, much less the bottom of the Gre
vase. Crumbling and melting. the
bridge threatened imminent collapse.
Looks pretty bad" Carson admitted
with an ominous head shake.
But we've got to tackle It," Smoke
said. Eve can't camp here on the ice
all night And there's no other way.
Shorty and explored for mile up. It
was in better shape, though. when we
crossed"
"It's one at a time, and me first" :"
Carson took the part coil of rope from
Smokes hand. You'll have to cast
off. I'll take the rope and the pick.
Gimme your hand so can slip down
easy"
Slowly and carefully he lowered him.
self the several feet to the bridge,
where he stood. making final adjust
ments for the perilous traverse. On
bis back was his pack outfit. AROUND
his neck, resting on his shoulders, ht
coiled the rope. one end of which was
still fast to his waist
I'D give a mighty good part of my
millions right now for bridge construc-
ton gang" he said, bnt his cheery,
whimsical smile belied the words
The pick and the long stick he used
rs an alpenstock he balanced horizon
tally after the manner of ropewalk-
or He thrust one foot forward tenta-
lively. drew it back and steeied him.
self with Il visible physical effort.
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do Is to cut loose. Hear me! There's
no use both of us going. Get that?
You're the biggest little man In crea-
ton. but you've done your best. You
cut loose!'
You shut up! I'm going to mako
holes this time deep enough to haul up
span Of horses"
Several silent minutes passed Smoke
could hear the metallic strike and hack
OF the knife, and occasionally driblets
of ice slid over the bulge and came
down to him. Thirsty. clinging on
hand and foot, he caught the frag-
ments In his mouth and melted them
to water, which he swallowed.
He heard gasp that slid into a
groan of despair and felt slackening
of the rope that made him claw. I'M
mediately the rope tightened again.
Straining his eyes In IN upward look
along the steep slope, be stared a mo-
ment, then saw the knife, point first,
slide over the verge of the bulge and
down upon him. He tucked his cheek
to 1t, shrank from the pang of cut
flesh. tucked more tightly and felt the
knife come to rest
I'm slob!" came the wall down
the crevasse.
"Cheer up, I've got itw Smoke an.
swered
Stay! Wait! I've got lot of
string in my pocket. I'll drop it down
to you, and you send the knife up"
Smoke made no reply. He was bat
tling with sudden rush of thought
"Hey, you! Here comes the string.
Tell me when you've got it,
small pocketknife weighted on
the string slid down the ice. Smoke
got 1t, opened the larger blade by a
quick effort of his teeth and one hand
and made sure that the blade was
sharp. Then he tied the sheath knife
to the end of the string
Haul awayw he called.
With strained eyes he saw the up-
ward progress of the knife. But he
saw more-a little man, afraid and in
domitable, who shivered and chattered,
whose head swan with giddiness and
who mastered his qualms and distress
es and played a hero's part. Here was
proper meat cater. eager with friend
Hness, generous to destruction, with a
grit that shaking fear could not shake.
Then, too, he considered the situa-
ton cold bloodedly. There was no
chance for two, Steadily they were
sliding into the heart of the glacier,
and it was his greater weight that
was dragging the little man down.
The little man could stick like a fly.
Alone, he could save himself.
Bully for us.'' came the voice from
above. down and across the bridge OF
Ice. Now we'll get out of here In two
shakes"
The awful struggle for good cheer
and hope in Carson's voice decided
Smoke
Listen to me-" he said steadily
vainly striving to shake the vision Of
Joy Gastell's face from his brain. II
sent that knife up for you to get out
with. Get that? I'm going to chop
loose with the jackknife. It's one or
both of US. Get that?"
"Wait! Fer Gods sake, waIt! Car
son screamed down. You can't do
that! Give me a chance to get you
out. Be calm, old horse. Wen make
the turn. You'll see. I'm going to dig
holes that'll lift house and barn" ..
Smoke made no reply. Slowly and
gently. fascinated by the sight, he
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-01-27

tom We'll make Rockefeller look like

tom we'll make Rockefeller look like
80 cents.''
But it's yours" was Carson's objec-
ton.
Nothing to it, my friend. You've
got to realize that no gold deposit like
it has been discovered in all the histo-
ry Of mining 1t will take you and me
and my partner and all the friends
we've got to lay our hands on it. All
Bonanza and Eldorado dumped togeth-
er wouldn't be richer than half an acre
down there. The problem is to drain
the lake. 1t will take millions. And
there's only ONE thing I'm afraid Of.
There's so much of it that if we fail to
control the output it will bring about
the demonetization of god"
"And you tell me- Carson broke
off, speechless and amazed.
Am glad to have you,s 1t will take
year or two, with all the money we
can raise, to drain the lake. 1t can be
done. I've looked over the ground.
But it will take every mau in the coun-
try that's willing to work for wages.
Well need IN army, and I'VE need right
now decent men in on the ground floor
Are you in?'
Am in? Don't look it? feel so
much like a millionaire that I'm real
tilnid about crossing that big glacier.
Couldn't afford to break my neck now.
Wish l had some more of those hob
spikes. was just hammering the last
in when you came along. How's
yours? Let's see.'
Smoke held up his foot.
"Worn smooth as a skating rinkv'
Carson cried. "You've certainly been
hiking some. Wait Il minute, and I'll
pull some Of mine out for YOU"
But Smoke refused to listen. BE
Sides" he said. I've got about forty
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-01-27
CHAPTER XIII.

The Adventure With the Little Man.
- W1SHT you wasn't so set in your
ways" Shorty demurred. I'm
IL sure scairt Of that glacier. No
man ought to tackle it by his
lonely"
Smoke laughed cheerfully and ran
MS eye up the gIistening face OF the
tiny glacier that filled the head Of the
valley. Here it is August already,
and the days have been getting shorter
for two months" he epitomized the Sit
uation. "You know quartz. and
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-01-27
By
JACK
LONDON

Copyright, 1914. by the Wheeler
Syndicate
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-12
NeDLOan to
Allies BEING
Raised Here

New York, Aug. 12-Expectation
was expressed in financial circles to-
day that within a fortnight official an
nouncement would be made that ,nego-
tiations had been completed for a new
loan, reported to be $250,000,000 to
Great Britain. This loan would run
for two years, according to summary
published here today, with interest at
five per cent and the notes, to mature
in two years and to be offered at 80,
would be obligations of the American
Foreign Securities company, which ad-
vanced 500, 100000 to France recently,
or of a new corporation with which the
same interests would be identified.
Securities for this loan, it is re-
ported, would include deposits of about
$500 900, 900 of Canadian, Argentine and
Swiss government bonds and stocks
and bonds of American railroad and
industrial corporations; and principal
and interest would be payable in gold
in New York. AS in the case of the
French loan, the proposed one to Great
Britain would be distributed among
banks and the public by debenture
notes.
The main purpose Of such loan is
said to be to provide funds for pay
ment for munitions purchased in the
United States.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-12
ANARCHY REICNS
IN MEXICO CITY

Ell Paso, Tex, Aug 12.-Conditions
in Mexico City are bordering on an
archy because of food shortage, ac-
cording to arrivals from the capital
here today.
The refugees, all Mexicans, said ri
oters had seized the electric lighting
and power plant outside the city and
that as a result the town had been
without lights or street car service
for more than a week before their de
parture.
Poems throughout the country north
OF the capital are suffering from hun
ger, they added The situation in
Zacatecas was described as pitiable.
At railway stations in that state men,
women and children beg travellers for
scraps of bread or bits of fruit peel.
Garrisons on both the American and
Mexican side of the river were aug
mented by the arrival of fresh troops
today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-12
DECLARES TEUTS
ARE BARBARIANS

Paris, Aug. u, 6 a. m)-Sir Ed
ward Carson, in an interview in to-
days Matin, declares that the Ger
mans are barbarians and should be
treated as such.
''In peace as in war" Sir Edward
is quoted as saying, 1.-The German is
barbarian, and we should treat him as
such Let all the allied governments
declare forthwith to the German peo-
pie: Even when we shall have signed
peace we shall not send any diplo-
matte representative to Berlin nor re-
ceive any diplomatic representative of
Germany in our capitals, as long as
you Germans shall not have your
selves punished, all those who have
been guilty of murder, all those who
have violated those international laws
which were set up in the interests of
humanity.
Neutral powers have passively
looked on at the violation of customs
of law established by all nations. They
have been powerless or unwilling TO
protest. If then a special penalty does
not show clearly that these laws can
not be transgressed, that these usu-
ages cannot be violated with impunity,
we must renounce in future all hope
of introducing into war rules of hui
mainly and henceforth no nation in
the world would see any use in send
ing Representatives, TO a Hague con-
vepfion or any other diplomatic con-
ference"