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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-08-09
Advise investments in Russia.

a .corps Of American experts Just ar
the Immediate expenditure Of 100000 In
that country by eastern capitalists whom
they represented. The men reached San
9 : tran.-Pacidc liner and LETT
for their homes In the east.
They went to Russia 40 agents Of an az.
9anixation Of financiers known. a the
Among the projects to be repoIn1nsnded
40 FOOD government e to perfect and
equip the Rus1lan railroad system. at an
estimated cost Of S1,Soo.0oo Supplemental
to It, surveys are being made for q canal
system to cost <sco.ooo.6o. on which motor
boats will be used.
"A great steel manufacturing plant near
the extensive Russian fields Of coal and
ore 2 one Of the proposed Industrial
would repre.ent q e~xpendItnre Of ap-
proxfmatay $4,000 900.
Investment Of $4,000 600 in exploiting the
great platinum deposits in Russia. the
largest known mines ofsthat Kind N the
world also win be advised. the experts
n: 4. Hamilton. an electric uppfy az
pert: 1sid !, he e.s se ~ "A = field in Russia. TOR
made electrical supplies.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-08-09
Poets Have Neglected Coffee.
Henry Dwight Sedgwick, in the Yale
RoNioN

REVIEW.
II the ancients had known 1t, there
would have been q tumultuous cult of
the goddess Coffee, and the choruses of
Euripides would ave been sung by sof-
ferantes Coffee has the romance Of wine.
and caffeine is far less maleficent than
alcohol.
! cannot believe. I admit, that Aphro-
dite would have beenSas lovely among
coffe plants as in the vines Of Ida
-. . n DER her rounded form
Between the. shadows Of the vine
punches,
F1oated the glowing s%unlights. a.
she moved.
than the grape clusters. and the coffee
grinder is less romantic thar the wine
press, but there all inferiority ceases. The
Of Chateau.Yquem: its color-"dark I am
but comely''-fS less glorious than the ruby
Of %urgundy or the tints Of Rhine wine.
ton.
Poets have neglected coffee; partly be-
cause cause poets are greatly under the influ-'
IS q hard oa fr word To- fRia na = 1 asean's sos coffee ass
had hoped that yers libres would give
s siS1eft,t ta s coffee lovers; But the vers-
ae1ees,S. ana anq a HSsies-' MSe Mrite G 1oessv ss snr
the y and the ear rather than for the
n@teslligs1csl have been equally negligent.
morning meal, and, II we were to inqui
into h habits of the extremely modern
arc equally reckless Of breakfast. 1 sus-
pect them OF cruel or mutton broth.
To return, as l have said, no poet has
celebrated coffee. Shakespeare came too
soon. Pope has a mere reference
Coffee, which Ike the politician
wise,
And see through all-things with his
half shut eyes.
But in Pope's day coffee was an affair
of afternoon and company did not appeal
fee does.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-08-09

~ w ~
is his purpose? Whence did he
comet Whittier has he gone? L
he a madman-an anarchist9'
Delcasse al his fingers through
his fingers through his hair with
a despalring gesture. "He as
tounds mel" he added. "My brain
falters at thought of such a mani
But Marbeau, to whom much Of
this talk had been incomprehens.
ible, began at last to understand.
and shook his head in violent pro.
test.
Whoever the man may have
BEEN" he broke out, cor whatever
his business, it could have had
nothing to do with the destruc.
ton of La Liberte."
Delcasse wheeled upon him.
why do you say that?" he de-
manded.
Because, sir, it is absurd to
suppose that the magazines of the
ship could be exploded by wire
less. Wireless has no such power.
And, in this instance, it is quite
easy to prove that they were not
so exploded"
"Prove it, then" said the min
lister, impatiently.
lin the first place, the signal,
which we now know came from
that hut up yonder, were first
noted on Saturday. They con-
tinued for half an hour, and yet
no explosion occurred. In, the Sec
ond place, we caused them to be
repeated today, and again there
was no explosion"
LA Liberte was no longer
there to explode" Delcasse OBJ
jected grimly.
"True; but there were other
ships near by-La Patrie, La Re-
publique, La Verite. These ships
and others were also there at the
time of the explosion, yet they
were not affected, although all Of
them had precisely the same sort
OF powder in their magazines that
La Liberte had in hers"
but you have already said that
the waves could be intensified in a
certain direction" Delcasse
pointed out.
so they can; but they cannot
be confined to a channel nor d.
rected at a mark, as a bullet it.
The hut in the grove is fully three
miles away from the harbor, and I
assert that every ship in the har-
Dor felt the waves with the same
Intensity as La Liberte."
And what is. your deduction
from all this?' inquired Delcas,e.
My deduction is that those
signals did not and could not
cause the explosion"
Then what was their purposes
How do you explain themi"
Marbeau made a gesture Of
helplessness.
II do not know what their pur-
pose was / cannot explain them
he said; "but / am confident that
they could not have destroyed La
Liberte."
II agree with General Mar
beau, said CrOchard auddnnlv
They all stared at him, aston
ished that he should admit himself
defeated.
But / would add one word to
his deduction" he added. "The
word alone.
Alone'f" echoed Delcasse.
II would make the statement
thus: Those signals alone did not
and could not cause the explo-
SION =
Delcasse looked at him with
puzzled eyes, and again ran his
fingers impatiently through his
hair.
Il do not understand, 6 he said.
You are getting beyondSme.
What Is your theory, theni,
The line in Orchards brow
deepened.
IT i assthing al, Z he answered
slowly, which i find difficult to
express in words. There Is. at tho
back d ny mind, al idea, vague,
misty, 81 which asyet Icatch only
the dim outtineG. Nv process nf
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-08-09
CHAPTER SEVEN (C%onttnued.)

Ihere Is some doubt on thai
point, answered Crochard slow
ly. That little road is used but
seldom, for a better n now leads
around the base of the hill and
few people ever have occasion to
enter the grove. 1t was, of course
for this very reason that the hut
was chosen for this installation
have found no n who saw any
man at work there. On the other
hand, a friend of mine, who has a
cabaret on the main road just out
side the city gate, has seen pass a
number Of times within the past
week a man who, from his face and
dress, was evidently not a French
man, and whose actions appeared
to my friend to be suspicious"
Delcasse smiled.
"You seem to have many
friends" he remarked; "and un-
usually observant Ones"
Eyes" agreed Crochard; 81
am fortunate in my friends; and
they find it greatly to their in
terest to keep their eyes OPEN"
Did you secure a description
of this stranger7"
Yes. but there should have
been much more than a mere de-
escription. Some Of my friends are
more intelligent than others. Still,
1T may be of service. This stranger
was a small man, slightly built,
with grey hair and bright, dark
eyes. His complexion was also
rather dark, and my friend
hazarded the guess that he was a
.Spaniard. He was dressed in
dark clothes, cut after a fashion
not French, and wore a soft, dark
hat"
But that is a splendid descrip-
toni cried Delcasse. "What
more did you wants"
All, SIR" replied Crochard, IF
It had been some of my friends,
they would have managed to meet
this man they would have en-
gagged him in conversation, have
discovered his business and place
of abode; instead of which, this
friend in question merely sits at
the door of his cabaret and
watches the man pass He was not
doing his duty-but he will not
make such a mistake again!"
His duty'" echoed Delcasse.
His duty to whom?"
His duty to me,' replied Gro
!. chard.
"But | do not understand, said
! the minister, more and more
amazed. why should your
friends have any such duty to
youi"
Crochard hesitated. Lepine's
face was fairly saturnine.
!. q cannot explain that to you
now, SIR said Crochard, finally.
can only say that it is part of a
assystem which has existed for a
I very long time, and Of which |
now happen to berthe head
Delcasse pondered this for a mo-
ment, his eyes on Orchards face.
| Then he turned to Lepine.
You must learn more of this
stranger, Lepine," he said. M.You.
also aro ~ fha hnnI oe . S...a.-
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-08-09

'.e Poss!ule consequences, de-
cided to forbid the atrocity, to
which he had, perhaps, been per-
suaded against his better judg-
ment, or in a moment of passion"
"And if the message had not
been delayed, La Liberte would
have been saved?n
Precisely that, sir"
Delcasse's lips were twitching.
you may be right" he said
thickly you may be right; but
it seems incredible. After all. it is
merely guesswork!
"You will pardon me, sir, but
it is not guesswork," protested
Crochard. I'M. Lepine will tell
you that, in a case Of this kind. it
must be all or nothing. Every de-
tail, even to the slightest, the most
s. significant, must fit perfectly, or
they r all worthless. If I am
wrong in this detail, l am wrong
in all the others; if l am right in
the others, 1 am also right in this.
They stand or fall together. And
believe they will stand!"
The great minister was gazing
fascinated at the speaker; for the
first time, he caught a real glimpse
OF his tremendous personality.
You mean, then," he said,
finally, "that if any details we
may discover hereafter fail to fit
this theory, the theory must be dis
cardedf"
Discarded utterly and without
hesitation" agreed Crochard.
"More than that"
A tap at the door interrupted
him.
Come in," said Delcasse-.
His secretary entered, followed
by a courier, carrying a portfolio.
"From Paris, SIR" said the Sec
rotary, and the courier, with a
bow, laid the portfolio on the min
ister's desk.
Delcasse took from his pocket a
tiny key, unlocked the portfolio,
drew out a package and glanced
at the superscription.
"Ah," he said; "the photo
graphs!" and ripped the package
open.
There were some two dozen Of
them. together with q lonp tvne.
written report, which Delcasse
glanced through rapidly.
"These are the result of the
first report from Berlin" he said,
"of officers who are absent from
their commands and whose present
whereabouts is not definitely
known. A supplementary report
will follow"
eve can begin with these"
said Lepine, and looked them
over.
Crochard had risen and was
looking at the photographs over
the detective shoulder.
eve shall have to shave them
first" he remarked.
"Shave them?"
"Divest them of those orna-
ments," and he indicated the up
turned moustaches, a la kaiser,
with which nearly all the pictured
faces were adorned. "A brush and
tablet of water color will do it."
M. Delcasse arose.
. will leave that in your hands,
gentlemen" he said. 81 must
meet the board Of inquiry almost
at once. General Marbeau, I think
you for your assistance. You will,
of course, say nothing of all this
to any one. AS for you, SIR" he
added to Crochard, 1T shall think
you better another day. Till this
evening, NJ. Lepine," and he
bowed the three men out.
Half an hour later, Lepine and
Crochard were closeted with
Monsieur and Madame Brisson in
the formers bureau at the du
Nord. The little inn keeper and
his wife were inarticulate with ex-
element, for they had guessed Lee
pines identity from his resem-
blance to the pictures which every
illustrated>paper published at fire.
quent intervals, and they sus-
,pected, from his bearing, that Gro
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CONTINUED NEXT WEEK.l
New Britain herald., 1917-03-12

the circuit. Then, Eddie Collins is in much better form now than he was this time a year ago. With Edward going good 1t means a whole lot for the White Sox. I am much pleased with the way the team shapes up at tke training camp. and we expect to set a sizzling pace right from the start Photo shows Manager Clar. ence Rowland, manager of the White SNx. ,
New Britain herald., 1917-03-12
Head 0 Fan
 
COLGATE ATHLETES
 PRACTICE ON ICE.
Jack Rourke's Charges Give Great
 Promise for 1917 Season

The Colgate Maroon in a recent issue. has the following to say regard ing the track team, which is beina coached by John F. Rourke of this city:
 The candidates out for the trach are working in the open as much as weather conditions will per- init. Last week the sprinters were put through g. series of dashes onl the ica on Taylor Lake. Motley, 20. as the winner of his heat and Davern, 20, succeeded in defeating the field lined up with him. The latter is new man in the sprinting} department who shows much. promise. The middle dis tance men. who were the first to bA sent outdoors by Coach Rourke, held daily races on the paths around Taylor Lake last week. Starting from the willow path past the Y. M. c. A. down Broad street and then up the college entrance path to the gymnasium Loss IT, Doyle and Hayes, IS, all veterana are slowly rounding into shape. Among the new material out for places in the quarter. half. and naiis runs are Callahan, 20, Davis, 20. Howard 20, and Van Bree 20. Van Bree has been showing exceptionav form for so early in the season.
 The distance men take the outdoor practice over the same course as the
 middle distance men. Under the al. rection of Captain Hartman they arc making rapid progress Osterheid, yS and True, '19, are counted on to ngurs
 strongly in the spring meets. Othera
 out in this department are Callahan
 Belden, Gallo. Elverson, Anderson.
 Riggs and Norman, all first year mon
 The murders. jumpers and pole
 vaulters have not yet had an oppoMN tuhity to work outside the gymnasinn CoteraL of last years squad has rey ported for hurdle practice but hat | been hampered with q bad kne4 Scott, another experienced man. ias being given easy work until he hal fully recovered from the operat(pn for appendicitis which he had thi4 win. l ter. Noble '18. recently reported st0 Coach Rourke along with some new material. the most promising of which ]! is Hamilton, 20. K. I Marsh and Johnson, both new meH; are going we'll in the high jump. Tho i former has cleared the bar indoofDs Dsatl
 5 feet. z inches and the coach expects l him to better this mark by more than three inches in the spring competition. I The pole-vaulting department ia 1 still weak. Several freshmen. amons them Frye, 20, are out for places on' the team. Coach Rourke desires mOrss candidates for this event. The weight squad is the largest ID years. The men hurled the discus and put the shot i'm the open several daya during the past week. Giilo. ISs
 showed old time form. Barton lS Grotemat, 20, woodnnan, '1s, Nolan l'2O. and Laird, 20. are all showing up1 l we'll in the first outdoor practice.
New Britain herald., 1917-03-12
FEN. CHANGES MADE IN. PLAYING SCHEME
Baseball Opening and Closing
 Dates Same As in Past Years

New York, March 12.-Judging from the various major and minor league baseball schedules made pub lie to date there is to be little change in the general playing scheme for the season of 1917. A majority of the leagues have selected opening and closing dates which correspond close ly to those of the past few years.
 The chief changes are to be found in the schedules of the International league and the American association In round figures these two organiza- tions have cut six weeks off their regular seasons in order to provide dates for the inter-league series of forty-eight games to be paved at the close of the pennant races in the two associations.
 The National and American leagues will open on Wednesday April II and close on Thursday, October 4, which will permit the initial game of the worlds series being played on Satur- day, October 6, by Eastern or Western teams are competitors, or Monday. October 8, in case the series proves to be an intersectional contest. Iii other respects there are few novelties, the Pacific Coast league having the longest reason while one. or more of the class D. leagues will stage the shortest pennant races! The list of opening and closing days as an- nounced to date from official or semi-officiai sources are as follows:
 National league-Opens April III, closes Oct. 4, games, 154.
 American league-Opens, April Il, closes, Oct. 4, games, 154.
 International league-Opens, April IT. closes, Aug. 5, games, 112.
 South Atlantic league-Opens April 19, closes, Aug. Il, games, 100. Western league-Opens, April IS, closes Sept. 3. games, 14O. Southern association-Opens, April 12. closes, Sept. Is, games, l54. Texas league-Opens, April 5. closes Sept. 3. games. 154.
 Pacific Coast league-Opens, April 3. closes, Oct. 2S, games, POS. American association-Opens April II, closes, Aug. 5, games. 112. Blue Ridge 1eague-Opens, May l, closes, Sept. IS, games, 98. Southern lcague-Qn April 12,
New Britain herald., 1917-03-12
lNE WORK KEEPS |CUTLERS IN FRONT
lnders BoVlers Head Race for
 factory League Championship

3he Landers. Frary & Clark com |ny bowlers are setting pace for
 e other members of the Factory
 swllng league. that is making. tic 'ee for championship honors very in-
 kesttng. Totdate the Cutters have
 Aexed seventeen victories and four Heats. with the percentage of sos III average of 4O9. Two members of {e quintet are also setting the pace lr high individual average, Freeman n J. Wright, who are. tied at 100 |ch. The Stanley Rule & Level 3aapany quintet are much'in evidence the fight for first place, being but |ur games in the rear of the league hdcrs. The complete standing and kerages of the league are as follows:.
New Britain herald., 1917-03-12

Alaska, was won yesterday from five competitors by the team driven by Fred Aver, who also won in 1914. The distance was GA miles and the time was 5 hours and 57 minutes, ten minutes slower than the record made in 1915.
 Englehorn, former Dartmouth tackle and for the last few years foot ball coach. at the Case school in Cleve- land. will be the line coach for the Colgate football team next fall. He will also act as first assistant to Enery C.. Huntington, Jr.. the 1913 quarter back, who has succeeded Laurie Bankhart as field coach.
 The managers of Tommy Carson of Lawrence, Mass, and Sammy Waltz of Hartford, have signed articles for a fifteen round battle to be staged in Neriden March P before the Lenox
 e.
 Yale defeated the Harvard hockey septet Saturday evening, to 0. It was the first victory for Yale over Harvard at the game in many years.
 .
 Saturday was a great day for wes- leyan athletes, the basketball team winning from Union, score 20 to 19 while tho swimming team defeated Williams natators. 34. to 19.
 Hugh Rorty has announced his re- htirement from baseball as an umpire. which causes wag to ask, When was he ever one2" '.
 Princeton swimmers sustained an other defeat Saturday evening, when the Brown team administered q 2s to 25 defeat.
 William R. Johnston and John B. Strachan representing the West, de- feated Harold Throckmorton and George M. Church the eastern repre- sentatives in the tennis tournament. Saturday at Los Angeles, Cal, 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 13-11, 6-4.
 T. Henry Clarkson secured third place in the national amateur billiard championship in the Boston tourney, Saturday, conquering Edward w. Gardner the former champion. The Nutmegs had a rather easy time defeating the All-Stars at bas- ketball Saturday night at the Y. M. c. A. gymnasium. the final score being 31 to 20. Pickop and Miller feat ured for the winners.
 The final batch of regulars and try outs for the Athletics team left Phil
New Britain herald., 1917-03-12
OYERToN SETS NEW RECORD.
Yalc Runner Clips 1-5 Seconds From Indoor Milo Record Formerly Held by Kiviat-Loonaas Wins.

Phiiadelphia, March 12.-Yaie'i sterling runner, Johnny Overton. wop the one-mile run at the eighth an- nual indoor carnival of the Meadows brook club Saturday night, in the fast time of minutes, 16 seconds, break-s ing the worlds indoor record of 4:1a, Is made by A. R.. Kiviat of tho Irish American A. O., at New York on February 15, 1913. Overt0n wal pushed to the new figures by the runs ming of Ivan A. Myers of the Illinoh A. C., who finished second, two feet behind the Yale runner. and N. A. De- vaney of the Millrose A. A., of New York, third. Two watches caught; Overton in AIS and one in 4:l6 4-b.l
 Ovarton took the lead at the start and held it to the fifth lap when Dc vaney pushed to the frOpt for q lap. The pace was too hot for him. how ever, and the Yale man again took the lead entering the seventh iap.s Myers here cut loose and on tne eighth lap passed Devaney. The race was then between Myers and Overton to the tape.
 Oyerton's time by quartrs was:9 1.01 a.5. 2:O9 3-5. SIP 4-5, 4:16.
 Earl Eby. the phenomenal freshA. man of the University of Pennsylvania running under the colors of the Chi- cago Athletic club, finished second. two feet behind the wonderful Mere; dith. Joseph T. Higgins of the Irish American A. C.. New York. was third.' and David s. Caldwell Boston A. A. a poor fourth.
 Eby took the lead at the crack oI the pistol and held it for half 2 lap: when Meredith went out in front and set the pace. Higgins, who ran last in the first lap. worked into third ,,laca at the beginning of the second iap, but was unable to overtake Eby and Meredith. s.8
 !. e. Loomis of the Chicago A. ~ brought the spectators to their feee by winning the 50 yards low hurdiS handicap race from scratch anA eouallinr the worlds indoor recos1 of 6 1-5 seconds. F. J. Thompson of Dartmouth college, also scratch man was a close second.
New Britain herald., 1917-03-12

Chicago, March 12---Clarence Row land, manager of the White Sox, IS happy over the outlook for his team chances in the fight for the pennant In the American league this season. Tn talking about his team recently Row land said: 'I believe I have the strongest team in Ban Johnson'S cir- cult, and with an even break Tn luck I am sure we will breeze In. nave one of the strongest pitching stans Tn
New Britain herald., 1917-03-12
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
Yale and Princeton to Decide Titln Wednesday in Elm City-Kinney Has Chance for HOnOrs.

New Haven, March 12.-Yale and Princeton will fight 1t out for the intercollegiate basketball champion ship when they clash in the final game of the league season here on Wednesday night. Pennsylvania, Dartmouth, Columbia and Cornell all wound up their seasons last week.
 Ortner, the Cornell captain, holds his lead In the race for individual honors by . slender margin. He scored 12s points in the league sea- son. one more than Sisson of Dart mouth. Kinney of Yale. however, with one more game to play will probably pass both, because he al- ready has 116 points. .ass.s 's,
 Individual Sc0ring.Ia
New Britain herald., 1917-03-12
, Ez,d iii sigllt.

% End in Sigilt.
 ie f3nal games in the Berlin Con- [etion company league, will be 4d Wednesday evening. The
 ntng of the four teams. is as fol-
New Britain herald., 1917-03-12
Averages.
! Games This Week.

5e various league games and other
 shes for the coming week at the
 Sia alleys, are as follows:
 Skaay--Landers vs. Paper Goods, &63Aners vs. Stanley R. and L., Stan Gey Works league. E Iuesday-New Britain Machine vs. E. z F., City Engineering league. | Wednesday-Berlin Construction Dngue klast games). Elmwood league. EDtiday-FAfnir vs. Union Mfg.. &Anlsy Works vs. Berlin Construc-
 6n Girls match.
New Britain herald., 1917-03-12
Local Mechanics Win.

The Danhury Junior Mechanics Tourney to this city Saturday evening, st0 engage in a match with the local s36echanics, and as a result, the wis., l3Ors were forced to accept three- Sine defeat. The scores: New Britain.
 aupold ....-.,1 ,168 141 145--- 454
 J1Aams .154 11s a 131- 297