Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 213, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 September 1913 — Page 2

HUNGARIAN ROAD’S INVALID CAR

PATIENT'S ROOM OF HUNGARIAN STATE RAILWAY’S INVALID CAR.

The Hungarian State railroad has an Invalid car which is available at a moderate cost. The patient’B room is provided with a hospital bed mounted on spring legs, a comfortable leatner couch, a desk, lavatory, and two

HIS HORRIBLE MOMENT

SUPERINTENDENT OF RAILROAD SUFFERED IN SHORT SPACE. Fault Really His Own, Though That Did Not Mend Matters With Crowd That Had Come With Him to Be “Shown." “That ‘horrible moment* comes to. every man, If he waits long enough,” said a railroad superintendent over the coffee cups at the Transportation Club recently, according to the Chicago Record-Herald Sunday Magazine. And he went bn to tell about his horrible moment.” It was after a big tunnel accident, in which many lives were lost. To the railroad officials —of whom he was one —it was simply a case of an engineer ' disregarding signals. To the horrified public it was another case of irresponsible directors, and a coroner began the investigation with blood in his eye. All the signals were set, swore the superintendent. There was no excuse for the engineer to run by them. In addition to the signal lights and semaphores, there was a torpedo as further warning. Yet the engineer had run by even the torpedo, the explosion of which in the confines of a narrow tunnel is fairly deafening. A torpedo never misses fire. The rim of the locomotive wheel, with 40 tons’ weight behind it, touches it off. To give the coroner and his jury an object lesson in the art of railroading, the superintendent called out his pony engine, fitted with an observation cab, and invited them to see for themselves. They all climbed into the cab —coroner, jury, reporters, assistant district attorney. As the engine swept along, the superintendent pointed out the signals, which he had ordered set at the time of the accident. "Even if we ran by all of these,” he said, ‘‘we can’t miss the torpedo. There it is, just beyond that green light." The company held its breath and waited as the engine rolled forward. It rolled on the torpedo, rolled over it. Not a sound! The forpedo might have been sawdust, for all the evidence it gave. ‘‘That was my horrible moment,” said the superintendent. “It ought' to have gone off; but it didn't, that was all there was to it. The coroner looked at me, the jury looked at me, the reporters ditto, also the assistant district attorney. The flesh on the back of my neck crawled. *‘lt was my engineer who came to my rescue. That pony engine was the trouble. It was a toy engine. The flanges on the drive-wheels weren’t so long by a half as the flanges on a regulation driver. It cleared the fulminating cap by a full quarter of an inch. The joke was on me. “I did the best thing I could to straighten affairs out. I sent a hurry order to the yards for a regulation locomotive. The , bunch was frosty when I explained the matter to them, and they climbed aboard somewhat skeptical. They didn’t want explanations; they wanted results with the regulation locomotive. I banged a dozen torpedoes for them, just to clean up my record; but to this day the public is sure that that engineer was a scape goat”

Imposing on No One.

A drunken man waa sitting on the ties of a rail load track one night when a train came speeding by. The engineer noticed him too late to give warning. As soon as the train could be stopped the railroad men went back to the victim’s rescue, expecting to find him injured. He looked up and said: "If I broke the engine I’ll pay the damages.” «

At 11:45 P. M.

"I will be as true as steel,” he murmufed at 11:45 p. m- “1 do hope ".replied the sweet girl as she heard the olii man coming down the fttairs and thought of the hard steps outside, •that you will '.ot fall below pa.”

chairs. The car also contains a physician’s compartment provided with a bed, medical cabinet and lavatory, and an attendants compartment. It proved popular from the start. —From Popular Mechanics.

DECIDED AGAINST THE ROAD

t? ■ Rights Walktng-Over Railroad Crossings Subject of York Court Ruling. A new ruling as to the contributory negligence of a person who attempts to walk over a railroad crossing when the gates are down is made by the Supreme court of New Jersey in Samkiwlcz vs. Atlantic City Railroad company. The plaintiff got his foot caught between thg planking and the rail of the track and before he could extricate himself a freight train came along and cut off his foot. There were gates at the crossing, but the evidence was conflicting as to whether the gates were lowered at the time the plaintiff undertook to cross the tracks. In view of the evidence that the gates were lowered the trial judge was asked to charge that if the jury believed the plaintiff went under after the gates were down he took all chances. The Appellate court held that this request to charge was properly refused, therefore holding that it was not contributory negligence to attempt to cross after the gates were down. The weight of authority on this question opposes the ruling. The New Jersey court held that if the crossing was defective the accident would have occurred just ,the same had the gates been open, and that there was no casual connection between the act of the plaintiff and the cause of his injury.

LAY RAILS BY NEW PROCESS

South African Corporation .Uses an Idea Which Would Seem to Make Roadbed a Lasting One. The corporation of the borough of Durban, South Africa, has adopted a new process for laying the car rails of the municipal system. Instead of laying the rails on a bed of concrete and keeping them parallel to one another with light steel ties screwed to.

Method of Laying Tracks.

the web of the rails, sleepers made ot old car rails are inverted, and laid in a bed of concrete. A piece of iron, technically termed a “clip,” of the shape shown at A, is now slipped along the sleeper D; the rail is put into position and a wedgeshaped piece of iron B is driven under the bridge C of the clip and above the flange of the rail, thus holding the rail firmly down to the sleeper. The whole job is now welded into a solid mass. —H. Sinclair, in Popular Electricity Magazine.

Their Manifest Destination.

In an Ohio town the African Metis-odist-Episcopal church of that district held a conference, and for a week the town waß filled with colored pulpit orators. A few dayß after the conference closed its sessions, one of the leading colored women of the town drove out to Pea Ridge to purchase chickens of an 013 mammy who had supplied the family for years. Aunt Hanna, coming to the gate, said: "I’m sorry. Miss Allie. I ain’t got a chleken left Dey all done enter de ministry.”

Earliest Chimney.

The oldest certain account of a chimney places it in Venice in 1347. None of the Roman ruins show chimneys. j The chimney of antiquity was a hole in the roof. A kitchen in Rome was always sooty, and the wealthy Romans used dry wood, which would , burn without soot.

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LOYAL FANS OF WASHINGTON

Never Promise Themselves Much and There Is No Reaction From This Happy Condition. The remarkable success that Clarke Griffith has had with the Washington team this season has set all the experts to doping oat the reason therefor and they are telling that it Is because the “o}d Gray Fox” understands pitchers and knows just when to use them and relieve them; or that It is that he knows baseball and has a fao ulty of imparting that knowledge; or that be has the spirit that inspires young players. And a few other reasons. -However, Griff can’t be presumed to have gained all these talents since the first of April; he must, have had them last year—and he> couldn’t win at Cincinnati. Therefore, if we are permitted, it is suggested that there are two psychological elements in his success with Washington, says the Sporting News. One is that Griffith is back in the company he enjoys and the other is the difference in spirit between Washington and Cincinnati. In Redland they demand and promise themselves a pennant each spring. When the demand is not met and the promise flattops out they “grump.” In Washington they take the other course. They never promise themselves much there and it is a happy condition which has no reaction. Aside fromfhese elements Griffith also has a real ball team, which counts for something in itself.

ERROR MADE BY CLEVELAND

Bill Bernhard and Not Lajole Should Have Been Appointed Manager of Team in 1905. “Had William Bernhard been appointed manager of the Cleveland club In 1905 there is little doubt that they would have.won the American league pennant.” The above statement was made by Charley Carr, manager of the Kansas City ball club, the other day. “When the Cleveland club management appointed Lajoie as manager in 1905,” said Mr. Carr, .“it made a serious mistake to my way of thinking. Not that Lajoie was not a competent man for the position, but because it did not result in the harmony necessary on a team to make It a pennant winner. Ido not want to infer that Lajoie was not able to handle the affairs or to keep the men in line, for every one had the highest regard for Larry, both as a man and a player. “There were angles which caused some dissatisfaction and the players

Manager Charlie Carr.

■were not working together as they should have done. The man who could have had perfect harmony on the team was Bill Bernhard, for every man liked him and would have worked his head off for him. It-was Lajoie himself who would have liked to have seen Bill in charge, for he stuck to him like a brother.. It may not be known outside, but when Lajoie signed up with the Cleveland club for a long period it was with the understanding that Bill Bernard was to be there and never receive a cent less than any other pitcher in the club. That is how strong l arry was for Bill. “To my mind the Naps that year had one of the strongest ball teams ever gbt together, but it was lack of harmony that prevented them from winning the pennant.”

RESERVE RULE IS ESSENTIAL

8o Says John Montgomery Ward, OldTime Ball Player—Needed to Maintain National Game. John M. Ward, who probably knows as much about the workings of baseball as anyone, having been a player as well as a magnate, says: “The reserve rule is essential. It must be kept in effect to maintain baseball. When the brotherhood was organized the fight made by the players was against a salary limit. The contract in those days contained a clause which reserved a player without his consent But things are different now. The modern contract includes an agreement by the player to permit bis employer to exercise an option on his services for the ensuing year. If it weren’t for the methods employed by organized baseball the players would not be drawing such large salaries. The national agreement and the national commission Are bulwarks of the game. Should they be abolished players who are demanding $15,000 would be forced to accept $1,500 Instead.”

Dorey Miller Gets Job.

Dorey Miller is now holding down third base Xor SI McDonald’s Hartfords. ’ ; "" ■ ,■ • .

WASHINGTON’S LATEST BASEBALL IDOL

Manager Clarke Griffith’s latest pitcher acquisition, Joe Boehling, is the latest Idol of the Washington baseball fans. He recently established a record for himself by winning eleven straight games. He is popularly known as “Joe Bowleg” and is one of the youngest pitchers in the major leagues. In 1911 he was secured from an amateur team in Richmond, Va., and after a tryout was sent to the Southern league. This year he came back and has made good. He is only twenty years old.

BIG CLUBS WANT KING COLE

Pitcher, Wh6 Virtually Won Pennant for Chicago Cubs, Has Regained Old-Tlrfte Form. Three years ago Leonard Cole was the most prominent pitcher in the National league. Three yearß ago he virtually won the pennant for the Cubs, working in 33 games and getting an average of .833, which gave him the leadership in the league. He fell. His brilliancy faded. He was Bent from Chicago to Pittsburg. Fred Clarke believed he still had the winning stuff in him. Fred was wrong! He released him to Columbus. That was last year. Now see what happened. McQuillan of the Columbus club was the star of the A. A. until a short time ago. He was grabbed by Pittsburg. Up bobbed “King” Cole. He took McQuillan’s place. He filled it so sat-

Pitcher King Cole.

isfactorily, in fact, that about a dozen major league clubs now would like to grab him. He pitched 58 innings in 17 days and allowed a trifle over an average of two runs per game in six contests. He won five of the six, one 9f which was a 17inning affair. Since his no-hit performance at Milwaukee a short time ago there has been a vast change for the better in his work.

Fans Stick to Tinker.

Joe Tinker stands ready to throw up the job of managing the Reds at any time Garry Herrmann wishes. It is said, however, that despltd the poor showing of the Cinclnnatis the local fans are sticking to Tinker loyally. They believe Tinker is fighting his head off to win, is making very few mistakes and is hampered by inferior support and a lack of the right winning spirit in some of the players. The home rooters recognize the fact that Manager Tinker cannot be blamed for the poor showing of the club. The Red leadpr is having a hard row to hoe, but he is keeping up his courage and may get there in time.

Entitled to Fame.

The fact that Walter Johnson has shut out the Athletics twice this season is sufficient reason for fame being thrust upon him even if he had not proven himself to be one of the world’s greatest pitchers. It takep "some” pitcher to do that to the Mackmen.

Make Groh Their Target.

Heine Groh, the youngster who is cavorting around second for the Reds, seems to be a target for the opposing batters. In 12 games 78 balls were hit to him. He made 24 put-outs and 54 assists in the 12 contests, and but one error. . . '

“Smiling” Joe Boehling.

FANS TO SEE WAGNER’S MITT

Relics of Great Player cf Pittsburgh Wanted for Carnegie Museum on His Retirement. Baseball is at last recognized ha something worth telling posterity about. In fact, it is goiag to be preserved in concrete form for the benefit of unborn eyes to gaze upon. That Is, if Honus Wagner, the highflying Dutchman of the Pirates, will consent to his part of the deal, namely, the tendering of his palmless glove and his uniform to the Carnegie museum when he retires from the diamond. Dr. W. J. Holland, director of the museum, announced the other day that it was the desire of the institution to secure from Honus his baseball accoutrements when he has at last retired from the game, the same to be placed among the relics of other dtfstinguished and skillful men who have gone before. Doctor Holland said that the achievements of all great and skillful men and the games in which they were skilled were handed down to posterity from the past ages, and there was no reason why Wagner should not be so honored.

BASEBALL NOTES

Bill Carrigan, the new leader of the Boston Red Sox, says he has the poorest pitching staff in the league. • * * Pitcher Martin Walsh, Ed. Walsn’s brother, is twirling sensational ball for a semi-professional team in Stamford, Conn. • • • The Providence club has secured from Detroit Walter Pipp, the young first baseman secured by the Detroit club from Kalamazoo. • * * Gonzalez, the Cuban catcher whom Tinker thinks of trying odt and holding for next season, is as tall as Larry McLean, but very slender. • * * Dave Altlzer is leading off for Joe Cantillon's Minneapolis team. He isn’t hitting so hard, but he’s getting on the bases, and that’s worth a lot. • * * New York fans are picking Art Shafer to do great work with the stick in the coming world’s series. “Another Frank Baker,’’ Ib the way they put it. • • * J. Franklin Baker, the home-run clouter of the Athletics, is getting his batting eye into fine order for the coming series with the Giants in the fall. . •• • • The Philadelphia club sure is strong for mascots. They now have two—a hunchbaek and a comically costumed negro, and the African is touted as one of the surest luck-bringers that ever came up from Alabam’. • * • Christy Mathewson has pitched two games this year in which he neither fanned a batter nor presented one with a base on balls. The Phillies and Reds were his opponents. • * • Fred ' Clarke is pleased with the way his pitchers have responded lately. “Hendrix,’’ Adams, McQuillan, Robinson and Camnitz are all in perfect trim now,” says the Pirate leader. * • • Clark Griffith, who has heard the music of the anvil chorus so often, is enjoying continued prosperity at Washington, wbfere he is given credit for making a former candidate sor 1 the cellar position s, pennant contender.

H^R^OWIAND STRANGER THAN TICTION 0 He started in as office boy, He dusted off the chairs; He put things in their places, and He brightened up affairs; He never monkeyed in the hall, He never tried to shirk; He always answered every call And blithely did his work. He never cared to read about The deeds of Deadwood Dick; His parents never sent word that Their darling soft was sick; His grandma never died, and so He worked day after day; He went where he was told to go, Nor loitered on the way. He had no taste for playing jokes. Around the busy place; It was a pleasure to behold His bright and happy face; He never hummed a ragtime air Nor puffed a cigarette, • And when they left things to his ear* They knew he’d not forget. He never practiced dancing Jigs, Nor spoke till spoken to; He never sneajced away at night While there was work to do— Tet of that good boy there is a Surprising thing to learn; The fact is that he’s not today The head of that concern.

Politics and Filial Affection.

“Yes, mother," said the rising politician, “you must come to the convention. I have reserved a seat for. you on the stage. And try to look as old and pathetic as possible.” “Why, John, you know I never took any interest in politics. I should be altogether out of place at such a gathering. And I can’t see why you should want me to look old and pathetic.” “I am going to be nominated, mother, and a committee will find me at my hotel and persuade me to go before' the delegates and tell them how proud I am of the honor they have thrust upon me. I want you there so I can make a hit by turning and kissing you when everybody is looking. The older and more frail you can appear the better it will be for me."

By the Sea.

It was down by the sea that I saw her, By the sea, with Us spray and its roar? I watched her plunge Into the breakers And boldly strike out from the shore. She came from the ocean all dripping, And lovingly looking at me. But I had no wish to be near her On the beach sloping down to the sea. It was down by the sea that I saw her Run playfully up the wide shore; Perhaps she was glad that I noticed The happy expression she wore; But I had no wish to be near her As, dripping, she came from the sea: Bhe was only a collie that wanted To shake herself all over me.'

ALASI

“No, I'm awfully miserable. Of course, It’s nice to be rich, but our daughters, as you know, had all become the wives of mere Americans be* fore we got our money.’*

Foolish Worm.

De eahly buhd he cotch de wuhm— Leas’ ways dat what I hsahd— Which show de wuhm aln’ got no head, Foh If he had he’d stay In bed En fool de eahly buhd.

Too Good to Spoil.

“When I was hero several years ago you were having a lively political campaign. the main issue of which was the erection of <a new city hall. The opponents of the scheme must have been successful.” “No. The ones who favored itweie successful; but it has been one of the best political Issues We’ve ever bad here, hence the new city hall Is still a thing of the future.

Scandal.

"What are those women talking about so excitedly 7** “One of them claims to have seen one of her neighbors sitting In a hammock with an • arm around his owg wife." N.. ' - y '‘prr"~; »**

“How happy you must be, Mrs. Scaddsworth. They say your husband made several million dollars by selling short before the stringency began.”