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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-01-19
IRIS SPEAKER THE ENGINEER.
CleveIand's Great Player Wants to Pilot
Locomotive-Roth to Be Fireman.

Locomotive-Roth to Be Fireman.
In order to be in tiptop form to start
the Cleveland Indians off in the lead
next spring Iris Speaker and Bobby
Roth are about to don overalls. Be
ginning about the middle of this
month, Iris is to be an engineer and
Bobby Roth his fireman, both working
for James Dunno, president of the
Cleveland club, who also builds rail.
roads as side issue.
President Dunno stated he recently
received a telegram from Speaker say
ing iris would be ready to go to work
shortly. Roth, who lives in Chicago
and finds nothing to interest him in
winter, is ready to go to work.
At present Dunno is constructing a
road near Frankfort, Ind. When the
season was over Speaker went there
and watched the gang at work and ap-
piled for a job. In his earlier days he
learned how to run locomotive. Roth
always has known hOwstO shovel coal.
Consequently both are equipped to ac-
cept the positions. The job will be to
run the engine which hauls the gravel
from the borrow pit to the main line, a
distance of seventeen miles.
It doesn't matter that Iris received
S17,5OO for his years work in baseball
last year. He's going to be three
dollar a day guy for month or six
weeks before the training trip starts,
and when the boys begin playing ball
in New Orleans the leading hitter of
the American league will be in shape
to start right in at his customary .375
clip.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-01-19
A Told Tale
Of Interest To Our Readers.

Good news bears repeating, and when
it is confirmed after a long lapse of
time, even if we hesitated to believe it
at first hearing, we feel secure in ac-
cepting it's truth now The following
experience of an Edgerton man is con-
flrmed after two years:
John Koch, Lawton ST., Edgerton,
Wis, says: 81 had a lot of trou-
BILE with my back. 1t was 50 lame
and sore that | could hardly stoop. My
kidneys didn't act regularly and the
kidney secretions were unnatural.
Doan's Kidney Pills relieved the lame
ness and pain and did me whole lot
of good. My kidneys were fixed up
in good shape and caused me no more
trouble" Statement given September
18th, 1900
"DOAN'S PUT NEW LIFE IN ME-. "
Over two years later Mr.. Koch said:
.'Doan's Kidney Pills put new life into
me and | am glad to confirm my former
endorsement
Price SOC, at all dealers. Don't SIM
ply ask for kidney remedy get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Kock has twice publicly recon-
mended. Foster Milburn Co., Props,
Buffalo, N. Y
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-01-19
FOOTBALL HAS IRON MAN.
Heinie Miller of Penn Has Never Been
Injured on Gridiron.

Heinie Miller of Penn Has Never Been
Injured on Gridiron.
Baseball had "Iron Man" McGinnity
and number of other iron men, If we
remember correctly; but, not to be out
done by the diamond pastime, football
has come to the front with an iron man
who is more or less of bear.
This exceedingly husky young iron
man is none other than Heinie Miller
of Pennsylvania. Miller has been play
ing football for some seven or eight
years, including, of course, his years in
high school and at Mercersburg acad-
envy. In all that time he has never
been lifted from a game on account OF
injuries. Miller is an end, and the duty
of an end has to do with cracking in
reference by headlong dives at the
ankles of opposing athletes. At this
game Miller is past master, and yet
he refuses to wear a headgear, because.
he says, headgears are too hot and he
isn't afraid of getting hurt anyway.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-01-19
JOHNNY NLBANE TO RETIRE,
Wants a Crack at Freddie Welsh Be-
fore He Quits.

tVEO EIG ~AtSos
Irrespective of what happens to him
between now and 1913 Johnny Kill
bane, featherweight champion. is go
ing to retire.
That is why am so anxious to get
a crack at Freddie Welsh" said Kill
bane, when he was in Chicago the 9th
er day. II have accumulated enough
from my fights and investments to en-
ter business, and 1 want to get into
the real estate game The day that |
announce my retirement will mean
Just what it says. I will not be open
to challenge if l still am champion
when quit 1 won't try to come
back, and what say goes. There isn't
a man left in my class capable of Civ
ing me good fight since [ beat George
CLANCY. That is why have to battle
lightweights if / fight at ALL
II believe am as good as any legit-
innate lightweight in the ring today
that is, men who can make 1873 pounds
ringside. Naturally, if am compelled
to let them in at 1873 pounds | cannot
be expected to whip them. I have the
chest, the legs, the arms and the back,
and believe / have the stamina l
want to prove it on Freddie Welsh
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-01-19
Ohio States New Stadium.

The phenomenal football playing of
Chick Harley and the consequent sue
cess of Ohio States football team SO
fred the enthusiasm Of the alumni and
friends of the institution that at din
ner given the team by the Columbus
chamber of commerce sufficient pledges
of money were made to insure the con-
struction Of a stadium to seat $4,000
spectators. Work on the new play
ground viii be begun in the spring and
finished before the football season OF
1917, in which Harley is again expected
to distinguish himself.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-01-19
Herllo Is More
Than Matted Milk

DO you suffer from Indigestion,
s.ceplesSncss or nervousness?
DO you feel distressed after eat
ing or weak upon arising in the
morning?
HEMO, a palatable food drink,
has helped to supply energy, to build
health for thousands and will do the
same for you.
Makes delicious food drink by
simply adding water.
We suggest that you try a SOC
package with our guarantee of
satisfaction.
MARTIN E. TITUS
Druggist, Edgerton.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-01-19
A GENERAL SURVEY OF
The WAR.

Friday, Jan. 12.-The loss of Goo
battleship Reina Margherita is report
ed by the Anzeiger of Basel, Switzer-
land, according to the Overseas News
agency.
A British cruiser of the Juno type,
5,600-ton vessel, has been destroyed
by Turkish gunfire, it is announced in
the Turkish headquarters report of
Jan. IL.
The Roumanian town of Laburtea
was captured by the invading Teuton.
ic troops The Russians were driven
back toward the Sereth, between
Braila and Galatz.
The British in the Ancre region
and the French in the Vosges carried
out successful raiding operations.
Saturday, Jan. 13.-Further success
es by the Teutonic allies on the low
er line of the Sereth river, near it's
junction with the Danube are partly
offset by Roumanian advance and
the capture of trenches of the Austro-
German forces along the Moldavian
frontier, north of the Slanic valley,
The invading army delivered strong
attack and drove the Russians from a
height, capturing some machine guns,
mine throwers and 174 men.
Aside from the Roumanian war thea
ter activity was developed in the Riga
sector of the Russo-German front and
no in
France. A German attack by heavy
forces south of Lake Babit, at the
northern end of the Russian fl ont, was
repulsed.
Capture by Turkish troops of the
Roumanian town of Mihalea, north
west of Braila, and 400 men OF its gar
rison is reported.
A Russian squadron raide6 the An
atolian coast of the Black sea and
sunk forty Turkish sailing vessels
carrying food to Constantinopie.
Sunday, Jan. IA further with
drawal of the Russian forces along
the Sereth river, southwest Of Galatz,
is reported in the Russian official
communication. Attacks by the Ger
mans in the region west of Riga and
at several points in Roumapa were
repulsed.
The capture of two Austrian sub
marines is reported in an announce
ment from the Rome war Office.
Monday, Jan. 15.--The Teutonic al
lies now are in full control Of Vadeni,
six miles southwest of Galatz, Rou-
mania, and Galatz is under the fire of
the Bulgarian artillery from the right
bank of the Danube After the Occupa-
ton of Vadeni, the last town south OF
the Sereth held by the Russians and
Roumanians, the Russians made Wig
orous counter attack. The Turks, how
ever, put down the attack, according
to Berlin, which also reports the re-
pulse of Russian offensives near Fun
deni, on the lower Sereth, and be
| tween the Kasino and SuchitZa rivers
near the Moldavian frontier.
Petrograd, as regards the Kasino
| river sector, says the Roumanlans
| here forced back the invaders, and
| that heavy casualties also were inf1lct
ed on them northeast of Fokshani.
| According to London, the right bank
of the Tigris river. except for small
strip northeast of Kut-el-Amara, has
been cleared of Ottoman troops.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-01-19
ideal Combination.

MAY both races forgive us. said
the California philosopher, "yet if the
lords of Karma grant us our will, we
shall in our next incarnation be half
Irish and half Hebrew. For the Irish
man is happy as long as he has a dol
lar, and the Hebrew always has it."
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-01-19
CRACK HURDLER FOR HARVARD
Billy Meanix, Former Colby Star, to
Wear Crimson.

Bill Meanix, the former Colby ath-
Iete, will have a chance to win an in
tercollegiate championship. The for
mer English High, Colby and Boston
Athletic association athlete is back at
Cambridge and is doing all right in his
studies. Meanix Will probably compete
for Harvard in the three cornered meet
which Harvard and Dartmouth and
University of Pennsylvania will have
at Mechanics hall, Boston, Feb. II.
He will not represent the Boston
Athletic association this year. Meanix
will probably stick to the 22O low hur-
die game during the spring outdoor
season and should add greatly to the
strength of the Harvard hurdlers.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-01-19
When Your Child Cries

at night and losses restlessly, you feel
worried. Mother Gray's Sweet Pow
ders for Childrean Break up Colds in
"a hours, Relieve Feverishness, Consti
patton, Teething Disorders and destroy
worms. Used by Mothers for 30 years.
All Druggists, Csc. Sample FREE.
Mother Gray Co., Leroy, N. 7. 9w4
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-01-19
Aliens Foot-Ease for the Troops

Many war zone hospitals have order
ed Aliens Foot-East, the antiseptic
powder to shake into the shoes and
sprinkle in the foot bath, for use among
the troops, because it gives rest and
comfort to tired, aching, swollen, ten
der feet and makes walking easy. At
druggists everywhere, Csc. 9w4
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-01-19
BERLIN ASKS II QUESTIONS
Circumstances Leading Up to War
Covered in Catechism Style.

BERLIN, GER. - Twenty-one peril
nent questions regarding the circum-
stances leading up to the war and
about the main issues that have come
up since its outbreak, are asked in
statement given out by the Overseas
News agency, semi-official bureau,
for the dissemination of news to neu-
trail countries.
The statement is believed tc have
been inspired by the German govern
ment in answer to the charges made
by the entente reply to President Will
son.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-01-19
Not What He Wanted.

I had taken my little nephew to a
restaurant for dinner. When the waiter
put the menu down in front of him,
he picked it UP and handed it back to
him, politely, 1--WE don't want any
thing to read, thank you, we want
something to eat Chicago Tribune.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-01-19
Berry Will Be a Busy Man.

Howard Berry of Pennsylvania says
he is going to study hard all winter,
as he is going after the pentathlon title
and viii play baseball, therefore will
1--we a busy spring. What with being
on the Mexican border, then football.
then books, he also will have had a
fairly engrossing summer, fall and win
ter. Mr.. Berry viii not make the all
drone team.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-01-19
She Gave Him the Limit.

Willie Woo-'lf you will marry me
will go to the end of the earth for
YOU The Widow Grass-"Yes, and
leave me there. Not much. If be-
come your wife you stay where you
are and hustle. st. Louis Globe
Democrat.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-01-19

"A teaspoonful of fresh herbs and
leaves in cup of hot water and you
have natural medicine for stomach,
liver and bowels. Relieves headaches,
sour stomach and constipation. Hol-
listers Rocky Mountain Tea. Not
drastic, does not grippe. M. E. Titus.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-01-19
Reasonable Idea.

LIE Roy was being leased by his
aunt, who told him that his father
liked his baby brother better than he
did him. He was almost ready to cry
when he looked up hopefully and said:
Il think daddy should like me better,
cause he knows me longer"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-01-19
When Plants Do Not Thrive.

Bury small piece of beefsteak close
to the roots, or lay piece of raw po-
tato on the surface of the ground near
the roots, they will come to the meat
or potato to eat, and may be easily
removed
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-01-19
ALI Eenenrent on Will.

Nothing is impossible; there are
ways which lead to everything; and
if we had sufficient will we should al
ways have sufficient means.-La Ro-
chefoucauld.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-01-19


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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-22
Secretary Hugo May
Cancel Any Ieeax

Albany, July 2l.-Secrs.ay o. "a,
Francis NJ. Hugo is not limited ! =
power of suspension and reyocats' !
automobile licenses and rsgslnt''ia
greater New York in the sdrilristr''n
Of the Cromwell-Kelly act, seeertiii :
an opinion just rendered BY The Ava.
ney General. Mr.. Hugo's authority :
the matter of suspension ana nreo
ton is held TO be state.xids' ~.
now on New York State ranks sa'sils
New Jersey and Massachusetts = =
regulation of operators Of motor VII
cles.
Hearings will be held in various ~
of the state in dealing With u' ;s@
of the law for which an aatone9.
license may be revoked. RISE 81
necessary for the Secretary o. saa
await the recommendation o. :.
court upon a conviction before 40 :.
away the license OF the dri,H -.
presence on the road is neg -,
peril the lives Of Others. seas-'
Hugo now has the authority y ). :,
mon such persons before bin I. 49, =
deputy on ten days notice, sh'' ). y
giving the defendant q ehaaa . !,
heard, he may suspend or r'''" "
license. .,
Under the automobile Law, pnIs =,
this amendment twelve Licenses ~
been revoked this year-seyen ~ s...,y
York City, the remainder from W.. We
Ten of the twelve were fof ii ~
ton and two for speeding, tsirs s.', :.
In 1915 the licenses OF f9r'!.l'. ..,e.
sons were revoked, intoIiesu0' '''
tuting the chief cause.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-22
Reports of l20-1A Miles
an Hour on 1r'a

Some wonderful speed perez d
are reported 20 have been o n'y .s
week at the Sheepshesd D.s Va
Speedway by Packard, sa.,p +
a 12.cylinder aviation tns,. ..i, %
stated that a mile in 20 80 s. ~. |,
miles in So seconds, four nv la )
minute. 81 is seconds ana ~ 80, .i-s
exactly three minutes ". ~, ~
achieved there. These are =; "a ~
marks for cars Of more tns ~, ry.;t
inches piston displacement. I s.
The speed attained rags rs. y" ,,e =
TO I2a miles an hour. IL s,.i -
ported that the car had eo' sosr. ls
At the rate of 1870 miles an NV .sI,s.rs.
J. Wagner is bringing on ~ !, i.nts,
trials at Sheepshead this s's,i,a y
tires can be got to hols W ip,iTrssrsi'f
terrific speed, some resi''
records are expected.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-22
New Wrinkles for Car Ozvmers
Of The Tribune who know where any thing
may addressing request Automobile Editor

When you need q shovel for digging
out, il is handy to be able to reach
into the tool box or a side pocket OF
the automobile and get out one that
folds into small compass when not in
use. II is built up of three sections.
The grip and part Of the handle is one
piece, the rest Of the handle is the
second and the blade is the third. II
is jointed up readily. The price is
$3.50.
A safety step plate for automobile
running boards, which acts also as a
foot scraper, can be had for 3l.b0. II
is made Of rubber moulded on a per-
forsted metal plate, with twenty-four
projecting ribs. The plate is 8 inches
wide and III inches long. II Is read
lily applied.
A handy small stove that operates
for six hours on q quart Of gasoiene
Is offered TO automobilists at $40. II
Is claimed that the stove will produce
as much heat as an ordinary fve-ineh
gas burner, without odor, smoke or
dirt. II may be carried safely from
place 10 place while in operation. The
heat Il, regulated by a valve. The stove
weigh az pounds, Is inches tall and
6 inches In diameter. The stove 10
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-22

packed with pump, funnel, alcohol bot
tie, lighter and full instructions.
Ford owners will be interested in
transmission bands and fan belts that
are made with cork inserts. II is
claimed for these that in the transmits
sion they insure smoother operation,
avoiding grabbing and slipping of the
bands. Belt slip is provided against
by the fan belt so made. Circular
pieces Of cork are inserted into tanned
and stretched strips Of leather and are
backed by heavy fabric. The trans
mission Innings sell for SO for . set
Of three. The fan belt is 81 for the
1917 Ford and IS cents for earlier
models.
A spark plug attachment which gives
constant vision of the color and in
tensity of the fame is made in the
form of a small cylinder Of thermo-
static glass. sealed gas-tight into a
perforated steel she'll. II is threaded
top and bottom, so that II takes the
spark plug opening and the plug, too.
The color and intensity of the flame
indicate combustion conditions. The
price 10 81 singly or $l.76 In sets. All
sorts Of motor ills may be detected
through the use Of this device.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-22

you may be sure, and of nature that
will be extremely interesting. These
men, and other motorcycle men, have
been the complaining witnesses whose
word has always been taken against
that of any motorist, however reputable.
In an issue of fact the magisterial
custom has been to take the policeman
against the motorist. What must
magistrates think noY, when they real
ize the standard OF men upon whose
word they have been convicting auto
mobilists?
If out of the motorcycle police muss
comes chance for an ausomobilist to
get fair deal in traffic court, 1t Will
be worth the smash it makes. Fair
minded and honest policemen and
magistrates want to clear up the sltua-
ton for their own benefit. But most
will be accomplished if they both come
to realize that motorist ought to get
a living chance in court.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-22
Bending Headlight
Brackets Simple
Way to Obey Law

The near approach Of August l. the
day for the enforcement of the new
state headlight law, brings with it no
further official announcement as to the
availability of specific types of lights.
1t has been learned, however, that the
law may be obeyed by Automobiles
without even providing themselves with
special headlight glasses. IL the head
lights furnished with the car are sus-
ceptible of adjustment it is possible
to bend down the headlight so as to
make it conform to the provision of the
law which calls for no beam above
forty-two inches from the level road
at sevsnty-fve feet distance from the
car. If not readily adjustable it is
possible by using a large wrench to
bend down the whole bracket so as to
make the light o. X.
A New Jersey car observed on Fifth
Avenue the other day used method
all its own to comply with the law. The
regulation headlights were covered as
to the top half with a leather hood.
This was held with spring catches at
the sides Of each lamp. Simple and
presumably in accordance with the law
The failure of the intercity team re-
liability contest which was to have been
run from Buffalo last week was due
partly to the action of the Chicago
team. First of all, the New York team
was broken up at the last moment BY
various considerations, some public
business, others private engagements.
On hearing that the New York team
would not compete the Chicagoans
wired to Buffalo to say they wouldn't
60 if New York didn't, and recon
mending" that the run be called off
The withdrawal of Chicago left only
Rochester and Buffalo, so the recon-
mendation was followed. 1t would have
been far better to have held the run
with two teams and get the thing start
ed. Now the idea is to try 1t again in
September.
Bad road conditions are exasperatine
to all motorists, whether their cars be
large or small. Little cars are tossed
about as il they were riding waves
when uneven highway surfaces are en-
countered. Bigger cars may ride along
with less discomfort to the passengers
but the cars themselves feel the shock
Of bad roads and repair bills pile up
not to mention accelerated tire depre-
citation.
All of which is preliminary to saying
that Automobiles feel they ought to
be getting something for their money
out of the fees they pay for motor We
hicle licenses in New York State. They
feel that the roads over which they
ride should be maintained in good con-
dition. Half the amount Of fees col.
lected goes to the counties of residence
Of the motor car owners for highway
work.
1t is clear from this that the cost OF
registering automobiles is nowhere neal
what is charged by the law. For in
stance, to register car Of thirty-sis
| horsepower the owner must pay thu
state SIS. II half that sum goes to the
] county of his residence it is merely 4