Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 185, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 August 1911 — Page 2

MEWPORT, R. I. —Mrs. Elsie French Vanderbilt gave the largest and most brilliant dance of the season rets cently, at her home, “Harbor View.” The function was in the nature of a house warming to mark the opening of the new ballroom of the mansion. The decorations and the furniture of the room are in pure white throughout The guests were many and socially prominent and the function tn general was notable in the annals of Newport festivities.

LOTS OF WILD GAME

Southwest Coast of Mindoro Is Paradise for Hunters. Tamarao, Fierce Animal Resembling American Buffalo. Found Only Here —Plenty of Carabao, •oar and Doer. Manila, P. I—“A paradise tor hunters,” is the way Judge Liddell describee the country in the vicinity of his home and plantation on the southeast coast of Mindoro. One game Mindbro excels in Is, the tamarao rarest of animals, and one which is found only In Mindoro. This fierce animal, much like an American buffalo, Is held in universal dread by every native on the island, who looks on him as a far more formidable creature than the maddest of wild carabaos. The tamarao is seldom seen tn clearings because he sticks to his native wilds. When be does come near a clearing the natives in that vicinity make for the nearest shelter. For the tamarao does not wait to attack. He takes the initiative himself, charging every one and everything in sight Hrs. Liddell, wife of Judge Liddell, is, perbaps. the only white woman who has ever seen a tamarao. A few weeks ago one came within fifteen feet of the window of the Liddell kitchen, where she was instructing the cook, and peered in. The natives in the neighborhood took to their heels and then the tamarao quietly walked off. But if the tamarao is the piece de resistance among the game of Undoro it is not the only game to be found on the Island. There are myriads of deer, wild chickens and game birds of all sorts. There are also plenty of wild boars on the island, some of them of extraordinary size and none of taem noted for tbetr docility. Judge Liddell has one tusk fully eighteen inches long. This came from a monster boar, which charged the hunters repeatedly before he was shot down. Wild carabao hunting is another pastime of the Mindoro planters and' one that is not destined to soothe the nerves of weak-hearted men. These Mg animals are at all times dangerous, and when once wounded or angered

Mice in Cancer Research

Foreign Animal* Resist Attacks of Disease Until They Are Aoclimated—36o From Japan. London. —Three hundred and sixty waltzing mice hare Just arrived on the Japanese steamer Tango Mara. en route for the National Cancer Research fund. The mice were sent to Prof. E. F. Bashford, the director of feetahd. by Professor Higucbi of Toigo, who recently completed a course of research work tn the fund's laboratories on the Embankment rTbe mice will be used tn research work to determine the effects that acclimatization and dieting have tn increasing or decreasing the susceptibility of mouse tissues to mouse can- , “We have already proved.” it was explained at the fund's laboratories the other day, “that if wo implant Oring cancer tissues from "English mice on to the newly imported for algn mice there, is a certain amount of resistance to the growth. Only a dUhal! percentage of the inoculated mice will develop tumors After a Use. however, this degree of protec Mon wears off and Anally the foreign Mice become as readily susceptible to Implanted tumors as our home mice *H»s mice sent to as from Japan

SCENE OF FESTIVITY AT NEWPORT

will charge their hunters with all the ferocity of an '.frican buffalo. James Liddell, a son of the judge, bad an experience with one of them recently that will not be forgotten in a hurry. He was hunting and shot the big fellow, knocking hlrt off bls feet As the carabao lay still he approached him and when not a foot away the carabao leaped to his feet and charged. There was no time for a shot, so young Liddell did the only thing open to him—grappled with the infuriated beast Three times the animal gored him and finally the boy made, his escape. What the Filipinos tn his party regarded as them fraculous feature of the accident was the fact that the carabao had permitted him to escape.

New York. —There was a wild scramble at the Fourth avenue grounds at Asbury Park. N. J„ when a porpoise appeared among the 2,000 bathers. The crowd, thinking tt was a shark, made a rush for shore, the men leading the women. The porpoise. undisturbed by the clamor, swam leisurely around and then made his way northward, but tt was some time before the bathers again got into the water.

Mars Game of Smuggling Across Line From Detroit to Windsor—Women More Clever Than Men. Detroit, Mich.—Hobble skirts and small crowned hats, now very much in vogue, are having a depressinr effect on the Windsor export trade. The walking skirt Is made to fit the form rather closely and a number of Detroit women have found that when the tubular symmetry of the hobble is disturbed by a few bulky bargains, the sharp-eyed customs officers are very quick to criticize. It would be rash and desperate venture for a hob-ble-skirl ted traveler to attempt to smuggle over a woolen blanket, for instance. Only the other day the customs officers at the foot of Woodward avenue stopped a woman and later tt was discovered that she concealed a

are an example of the international free trade existing among research workers on cancer. At times of mouse famine tn other countries we have sent English mice to our fellow workers In those countries. Because of this international exchange in European mice it is not easy at the present time to get from Germany or other near countries mice which one can be certain are pure-bred foreign stock. These Japanese mice will be of great value to us. because we know that we have in them an entirely new Held for research. Our object, broadly, will be to see whether these mice will become more susceptible to English cancer as they become acclimatised to English conditions and accustomed to English food.”

Plainfield. N. J.—After a month of work, first by an expert In tbe Farmers' State bank of Tulsa. Okla., and later by other experts In the big safe frctory here, a strong box supposed te contain >25,000 vas opened In this city. A lone dime waa all the steel chest contained. Tbe safe was used by L R. Tubner. cashier of the Tulsa bank. Tubner killed himself recently In Florida.

Porpoise Scares Bathers.

Hobble Skirt Is Hindrance

Work Month for Dime.

DYE HAIR TO MATCH MOTORS

Lawsuit Reveals Peculiar Ways of Society Women of East—Photographer Wins His Case. New York. —That society women in New York are dyeing their hair, not only to match the interior fittings of their motor cars but even to match the changes of the seasons, was the statenient made by William P. 8. Earle. Mr. Earle was delighted over winning a suit for |6O brought by him against Mrs. Louis* Balfour in payment for coloring a photograph made for the defendant Mrs. Balfour Is said to be a relative of the British premier.. The photographic artist bad colored the picture to show brown hair. Mrs. Balfour wanted her hair Titian in the picture. "I told her," said Earle, "that her hair was brown, but she insisted on Titian. “Then I charged her for the work and she would not pay. . “The hair among the women of the 'four hundred’ changes with the seasons. When 1 tinted the picture of Mrs. Balfour her hair was brown. When she sued her hair was Titian. Formerly the women of society were willing to let It go at matching their hair to suit their gowns, but now they must match their hair to suit the fittings of their limousines."

half dozen napkins under her skirt “The unfortunate lady doubled one of the napkins twice and I couldn’t help but notice it," said the officer who spied her. Catching female smugglers is difficult work. The women seem to be cleverer than the men at smuggling and they will take longer chances. When they are caught they weep and go into hysterics. “Oh, the women are certainly the clever smugglers.” said Miss Daisy Zuckriegel. who is staticmed at the Woodward avenue dock to watch the women who go back and forth on the ferries. Eight years* experience has made Miss Zuckriegel an expert at spotting smugglers. “How do I spot smugglers T* “Well, there are several ways. For instance, I watch the people going over the river and I generally remember them when they return. If they attempt to smuggle anything over it is an easy matter to catch them. Then we are familiar with the favorite methods employed by smugglers and we know Just Where to look. When two women get off the boat, eating candy with much gusto. I ask them to step into the office without any preliminaries. The chances are 100 to 1 that stuff will be found con cealed about their persons.” “What do they smuggle?** “Why, the smuggle anything tba is movable. Blankets, linen goods, hardware, laces, butter, egga and fowl are brought over by women unObf their skirts.”

Banish Hard-Tack.

New York. —Word comes to military circles here from Washington that hard-tack has been banished in favor of a new ration to be known as “field bread.” Hard-tack will be used in the future only when an organisation is cut off from a supply train or is on a forced march. The new field bread is composed of flour, water, salt and yeast

Stole Collection Plates.

Hartford. Cons The Society of the Park Congregational church of this city Is looking for the person who stole all but two of the collection plates. The loss was discovered when a collection was about to be takas.

MANY PLAYERS FROM COAST

Last Year’s Crop of Recruits Hat Kept Big Leagues Going Quite Lively Thio Season. California is noted for its big trees, line climate and gold; also, "hardly a year goes by that the Pacific coast does not turn loose to the big leagues a crop of ball players who make good. In fact, very few of them are turned back. What Is more, the Californians who are shipped to the big leagues get in the limelight right off the bat They seem to develop into the kind of stars that the fans want to see every time they appear in any city. Scouts skip about to all kinds of leagues .and. get ball players, who are tried out only to be sent back, but the golden west sends them on and they stay. Twenty-six players from the coast are now in the American league dr-* cult, and all are making good. The New York Yankees have five. Chase started out there where they have fine oranges and all kinds of other fruit Harry Wolter, who covers right field for the Yanks, is another. Otis Johnson comes from out that way. Then the Yankees have Wilkinson and Fitzgerald, also from the Golden Gate city. Lynch was another who came from that country, although he has been turned over to the Bridgeport eiub. • ... . The Boston Americans have Harry Hooper, Lewis, Madden, Pape, Moser and Hall. ....ConnieMack is not very strong with California players, but has just secured Leonard of St. Mary’s college, .and it is rumored that the player will surely make good. Washington has Johnson, who is one of the star pitchers in big league baseball. In addition to Walter Johnson the Washington club has Street, Groom and Gray, and they are all making good in the American league. The Cleveland club Is well supplied with players from the coast It has Gregg, who has been touted as one of the best pitchers ever turned over to the big league from the minors. They also have Krapp, Olson, Easterly, Fisher, Gratffcy and Harkness. The Naps think all of these players will be the goods. Ping Bodie, who is getting a great big send-off in the American league as some swatter and from the coast. He is with the Chicago club, as are Zeider and Dougherty, who were also in California and come from that baseball country. The Tigers can only boast of one player, but Jennings thinks he has a fine young pitcher in Lively from the coast, who is making good for the Detroit nine. Bobby Wallace has Meyers, W. Hogan and Halliman with the Browns, and seems to be well pleased with those players, and, what is more, Stanage is well known in that part of the country.

BRAINY PITCHER BIG ASSET

Star Flinger Can Render Signals and Inside Play Worthless —Good Common Sense Counts. Otto Knabe, who is one of the brainiest players in the National League, says this about signals: ...... “Signals and inside play are great things for a ball club to have, but plain common sense, quick thinking and Intelligence have signals beaten to death. “What use have signals and inside play been against Mathewsop, Brown, Moore, Camnltz and other star flng-

Otto Knabe.

era? Put a pitcher in the box who has brains and he will smash all the team play you ever saw. Base runners will be pie for the catcher and hit-and-run plays will be jokes. Give me a pitcher In there with the old noodle, and I want to see some of these machine?. work.”

Rights of Married Men.

Judge Hugh Grimm in the St Louis circuit court the other day told Cornelius Campbell that "married men are entitled to some rights in this world, and when a wife objects to her husband attending a ball game or any other innocent amusement he should assert his rights and go any way.” He gave Mrs. Lillian M. Campbell of 3447 South Second street a decree of divorce because Campbell did not contest the suit. Campbell said they could not agree about anything. Judge Grimm asked for some specific incidents as to their disagreement and Campbell said: “She fussed when I wanted to attend a ball game.**

Cobb Surpasses Everybody.

Leading the American league in batting average, in number of base hits, in run-getting and base stealing, Cobb of Detroit sure shows conspicuously bls superiority over all players in the major circuits. The only worlds left for him to conquer in baseball activities are the records of past seasons, of which he bolds quite a number, and toward which be is now rapidly heading.

GIANT KILLER EASY FOR SOUTHERNERS

Ball players said this spring that they would "get to” Covaleskie, the big Pole whom Chattanooga is carting along as one of its star attractions, and it looks like they are making good. The "Giant Killer" is no longer in the bearcat class if the scores that have been made against him recently give a fair idea of the work he is going to do this season. ▲bout the only, reason ball players had for saying they would hit Covaleskie this season after woefully failing last season was that they would play the same kind of a game against him that they played against any ordinary pitcher. "We’ll test his control,” they said. "He used to get away with fcost anything, because he had us buffaloed.” Whatever was the cause there is no doubt that Covaleskie put the jinx on many good ball players In the Southern league last season. They dropped their little angoras just as soon as he came in sight. Some of them were bewildered with bls speed, others feared his lack of control would result

BALL AND BAT NOTES

The unexpected makes baseball. Hyatt, of Kansas City, is a slugger. He has poled 11 home runs this year. Both Merkle and Marquard have ceased to be butts for the humor of the Cubs. Umpire Mai Eason discovered Knetzer when Eason was manager of the Lawrence, Mass., club. Baskette, of Toledo, has pitched six games in which the opposing team has made less than six bits. Hugh Nicol, famous old time player and now coach for Purdue university, is acting as scout for the Cincinnati Reds. Indianapolis has a new pitcher in Charles Overman, who won fame as an all-round athlete with De Pauw university. From all reports Umpire Mullen is improving steadily under the tutoring of Umpire Evans, with whom he is paired. Washington is so taken with the first base play of Germany Schafer that his work is compared to Hal Chase’s. President Horace Fogel is willing to pay >7,500 for another gbod pitcher and an outfielder that can hit as well as Magee. Jimmy McAleer, it is said, may quit the Washington Senators, owing to the poor showing of the club in the present race. Red Nelson, the grand pitcher of the Browns, is a man of iron. He works all the year around so as to keep his muscles in trim. Louisville denies that it ever had any intention of selling Fisher to Mobile. He expects to release one catcher soon, however. Although one has not heard much about it, the Athletics seem to be having a little more than their share of hard luck this season. Umpire Egan believes Ban Johnson's decree abolishing the warming up of pitchers is to be obeyed at the discretion of the official. Fred Parent,former White Sox player, still leads the batting order for the Baltimore Orioles. Parent is hitting and fieldlrg at a good dip. Pitcher McAdams of the Dallas club, who has been purchased by the Cardinals, has made a wonderful record in the Texas league this year. Grover Cleveland Alexander declares that with himself and Moore alternating the Phillies would run away from other teams in the National league. Chester Thomas, the young catcher the Boston Red Sox turned over to the Sacramento team last spring, is playing wonderful ball on the coast. Enoe Kirkpatrick, the star third sacker of the Dayton Central league team, will Join the Brooklyn club at the end of the season. Kirkpatrick is a heavy hittar and a fast man on the he—

Pitcher Covaleskie of New Orleans.

In Ms slamming them on the bean, others gave up trying to hit him simply because they didn’t think they had a chance. —*—-i——When Covaleskie went back to the big circuit a lot of Southern fans thought he would keep Up his spectacular work, and when he failed to do this they began to wonder whether he was the pippin pitcher that he had been cracked up to be. When Ms return to the Southern league was announced, ball players started* contriving bis downfall. There is no doubt that Covaleskie is some pitcher. He has speed enough to singe the atmosphere between the ’box and the plate, and when Ms aim is good he is pretty sure to set a pace that only a good team can keep up with.

Milwaukee’s New Record.

The record of 19 men left on bases, made by Milwaukee in a recent game, is said to be a new mark in a year being made famous for strange performances. ,

DICK EGAN WANTED CHICKEN

Scrappy Little Cincinnati Second Baseman Not Satisfied With Lunch as Served. Dick Egan says the hotel cooking is all right, but has its faults, just like any other brand. The Cincinnati second baseman ordered chicken pie at lunch, and, when it was set before him, could find nothing but dough and

Dick Egan.

gravy. Hailing the waiter, Mr. Egan made expostulation. "Say, George," walled Mr. Egan, "there's no chicken in this chicken pie." “Aw, say, now," replied the waiter, "you wouldn't expect to find any dog in a dog biscuit, would you 7” And Mr. Egan is still studying.

The Grandmother Game.

President Johnson of the American league was pointing out to a sporting editor the wonderful money-making possibilities of the baseball - business. “Baseball is ingrained in our people,” he said. “They give their time and money to baseball, though the heavens fall. "There's a spice of truth in the story of the boss who said to his office boy: “'Well, Henry, 1 don't see how you’ll get to any of the games this season, as your grandmother died twice while football was on.’ •“You should have known better than that,* he replied. 'My grandfather has married again, much against the wishes of the family.’ ”

Fogel Enters Protest.

Horace Fogel, president of the Phillies, has issued a statement in which he made known his intention to protest a recent game, which waa won in Cincinnati, on the ground that Dooin was out of the game unjustly. Dooln was barred from the game because five dollars, which he was fined on July 4 for discoloring a ball, had not been paid. Before the game the money was offered to the umpire, who refused to accept it, declaring the money must be in New York before Dooin is eligible.