Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 176, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 July 1919 — Page 2

FRENCH SOLDIERS IN BULGARIAN TOWN

French soldiers having their shoes shined. In Kustondel. a typical Bulgarian city. Most of the children havg no shoes, while others have them so badly worn that they are practically useless. Their clothes are literally hanging from their bodies in rags.

SWISS ARE TIRED OF EXILED KINGS

Poor in Funds and Spirit and Moodily Waiting for Something to Turn Up. TINO’ SPECIALLY OBNOXIOUS Kaiser’s Brother-In-Law Accepts Invitations to Banquets and Then “Cuts” His Hosts—Old Ludwig Saddest of All. Chiasso, Italo-Swiss Frontier. — Switzerland is getting tired of exiled kings. They seemingly cause a rise in food prices, already toned up to breaking point, and give a good deal of trouble in international relations owing to >their craze for political Intrigue. Their faithful friends plot to get them restored to their former thrones. Switzerland is now the favorite resort of dethroned anti crownless monarchs. Many of them, unhappily for Swiss hotelkeepers, are fortuneless as well. Ex-King Constantine of Greece, known to his foes as “Tino." has not been paying his bills with regularity of late. Since Kaiser Wilhelm, his Wrother-ln-law, hastened into Holland, help from Germany fails to come. So,i hard up is “Tino” and his family, who live at the Hotel National, Lucerne, that he has had to borrow from former subjects, notably a courtier named Streit and the once fire-eating Thestokis. The weekly .bill !s 2,400 francs ($480), a modest sum for even an exsovereign, with a following of 60 people, all told. But even this bill (the entire family and entourage are on regular board rates) is paid with great difficulty. • . Had to Cut Him Out Then, “Tino” is no longer the little god of all: those war profiteers who still flock to Switzerland from the excentral empires. They are tired of him. His way of accepting sumptuous banquets and then cutting his hosts and hostesses of yesterday when another dinner-giver had arrived, has finally bored them and invitations are •few and far between. • No longer do his German, Austrian and Greek admirers give balls for him. where lights were turned out at two in the morning, though the party did not break up till several hours later/ The orgies of “red balls” and "pink balls” and even “black balls”' (so-called just because the lights went out before the party broke up. and everybody wore black w hen the lights were on. and all the decorations were black) began to shock the decent health or pleasure-seekers at Saint Moritz. Lugane and other resorts, so that the Swiss police had to intervene, and "Tino” was cut off from these lurid joys for the sake of public decency. To crown all, the exchange is so bad for his dearest friends that they no longer have the money to spend on his amusement. And so he has to walk up and down the shores at Lucerne on foot, for he has not even a motor nowadays. Kaiser's Sister Sees No One. The rest of the family pass their time as best they can. His granddaughters and nieces, for the lack of a carriage or a car, go about on bicycles. People turn round to look at them, not because they are exiled princesses, but. because they happen to be very pretty dnto the bargain, with fair hair and dazzling complexions; and beauty is not among the list of Swiss women’s good qualities. “Tino’s” wife, Sophia. Kaiser Wilhelm’S sister, goes nowhe-e and sees nobody. She is clothed In melancholy silence and takes her place at Ifce •head of the family* table in the public dining room of the hotel with an expression of settled melancholy. They simply can’t afford to dine in their .rooms, because it would cost at least

20 per cent more, and goodness only knows how long they will be able to pay the weekly bill as it now stands. “Tino's” one extravagance nowadays consists of very strong co.cktails. He quite recently asked Germany for a loan of murks, but was curtly refused. Prince Nick and His Monocle. His brother. Prince Nicholas, walks a good deal dn the lake side, with a huge fnonocle in his right eye—his one extravagance. The crown prince’s cousin, known as the duke of Sparta, shares these melancholy walks. Prince Paul, his younger brother, kills time wltlwt pretty little girl from Vienna; but Is his whole income is S2OO a month he cannot paint Lucerne red, and is content to listen to the public band, or to take coffee in a public garden where popular prices prevail. None of the family is popular in the little city, however. The Swiss say they are rough and disagreeable. They certainly all look bored to death. Old King Ludwig. The ex-king of Bavaria has taken a home in Switzerland, too —an old feudal manor, half convent, half fortress—at Zizers, in the cattton of Grlsons, not far from Chur. Ludwig 111, now seventy-four years old, looks the saddest and most depressed of all the dethroned royalties now on Swiss soil. Karl, ex-emperor of Austria-Hungary is almost turbulently gay in comparison with him, and even the “Tino” family look cheerful by his side. The old king is all alone. His son, Ruprecht, who till lately intrigued for the Polish'’throne, is supposed to be somewhere in Germany. He spends most of his time* studying botany in the garden of Ids somber home, with an old Bavarian general, the one and only person of his suite who reads books about hunting to him when he is tired of the garden. The prince of Llppe, who lives not far off, leads much tlie same kind of life. New Arrivals Daily. Every day new refugees of distinction arrive in Switzerland. Tirpitz is at Lausanne, to the disgust of the citizens, who declare they will turn him out. Hindenburg is expected at Locarno, where '’there is a beautiful late and almost an Italian climate. At Clarens, amid mountains, lives the exiled Prince Windisschgraetz, who, gbssip says, has a secret mission—-

MRS. MORTON F. PLANT

Mrs. Morton F. Plant, an active Red Cross worker who was married to Col. William Hayward, commander .of the Fifteenth Infantry, the famous negro regiment

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that Is, to prevent the union of Au* trta with Germany. Berchtol’d and Andrassy are in Zurich. But lc the list of exiled monarchs, ministers, field marshals and notabilities of yesterday now eating pension food in hotels of various grades and killing time best' they may on incomes which the average New York business man wouldpltjls too long to go over in full. They all have the same characteristics, They are poor, shabby, look bored tq death, older than their years, grouchy and dyspeptic. And they all keep as far away from one another as they can. Some Swiss recently remarked that It would he enough punishmentfor Kaiser Wilhelm to bring him to Switzerland and make him live In close touch with these faljen idols and heroes. They would give him such a bad time of ft, blaming him for their fallen state, that he would clamor to be tried for his sins by the enemies within a week of his arrival among "friends and colleagues.” and honored on both sides of the water. The family of each dead hero will receive letters regularly from one small protege who during its whole lifetime will hold the name of their boy in reverence. The Clarinda citizens have paid $36.50 —10 cents a day—for each child’s support for a year, through the Fatherless Children of France, an American organization with headquarters al 410 South Michigan avenue, Chicago, co-operating with fl similar one in France, of which Marshal Joffre is the head. The organization will see that the adoption of each child is made in the name of and as a memorial to a dead soldier of Clarinda. The town plans to repeat this sum annually for each child until It is capable of caring for ifself. It has been demonstrated that 10 cents a day, to supplement the pension of the same amount which the French government, straining its resources, granted its war orphans at the time of the early disasters, will suffice to keep soul and body together in a little victim of the war and enable it to remain with its mother or other living relative instead of being placed in an institution. From the prayers of such a child the name of tfee brave American soldier who died for France and the world will never be absent.

RICH, BUT DOESN’T KNOW IT

Sailor's Farm in Texas Turns Into OH Lake While He’s Gone. Eastland, Tex. —Somewhere on th« Seven Seas Eli Perkins is by ail odds the richest man in the United States naval service. Knowledge of his big fortune has not yet come to him. His father has been trying to locate him, but what warship he is on has not been learned.. When Perkins enlisted in the navy more than two years ago, he owned a farm of 80 acres north of here. The soil is poor and has an Intrinsic agricultural value of perhaps S4OO. When Perkins entered the navy he left the farm in charge of his father, with full power to act in all matters connected with it. With the first indications of an oil boom the elder Perkins leased the 80 acres for 25 cents an acre, retaining for his son the usual oneeighth royalty of any oil that might be produced. When the field began to develop onehalf of the one-eighth royalty was sold for $40,000 cash, which sum was deposited in a local bank to the credit of young Perkins. Now the big thing has happened. The Sinclair Gulf OH company, which has a lease on the 80 acres, has brought in the largest well upon the tract that there is to be found in any of the central west Texas fields. It Is producing crude petroleum at the rate of 10,000 barrels a day, each barrel valued at $2.25. The present income of the young man is about $1,500 a day. and with the* bringing in of other wells upon the farm it may be increased several times this sum. He could easily dispose of his royalty rights for $3,000,000.

Bears Third Set of Twins in Third Successive Year

Mrs. Annie Chollck, 24 years old, of Shamokin, became Pennsylvania’s champion mother when the third set of twins, in three years made their advent at the Shamokin State hospital. The first twins, two boys, were born in 1917, the second pair, a boy and a girl, in 1918, and a few days ago two boys arrived, giving ..the woman a record of six children in three years.

LIVING MONUMENT TO DEAD

Town to Care for One French Orphan for Each of Its Dead Soldiery. Chicago. —Twenty-one little French war oi'bhans constitute a living monument which Clarinda, la., has planned for its soldier dead. A fund has been contributed by its citizens to care for one little war waif for each Clarinda boy who died in France, that their names may be kept alive, to be loved

Two-Headed Trout.

St. Paul, Minn. —A two-headed trout, one of the nature freaks at the Glenwood state fish hatchery. Is thriving, according to. Ebeh W. Cobb, state superintendent of- fish hatcheries. The baby trout is new about 1% Inches long and gives promise of attaining ripe old age. Mr. Cobb Mid.

M’INNIS ONE OF BASEBALL’S WONDER MEN NOT BUILT ACCORDING TO STANDARD

Nifty First Baseman of Boston Red Sox.

John (Stuffy) Mclnnis, first baseman of the world’s champion Boston Red Sox, has been for many years now past one of the striking wonders of the game. If one were looking for a baseman among a crowd of uni-t. formed men on the bench Mclnnis is about the very last man he would suspect of class for the position. Physically he is a living refutation, in appearance, of everything a good first sacker is supposed to be in these times of highly developed specialties. , To begin with he is a chunky looking fellow who belies his five feet ten inches.. He is somewhat deliberate of action off the field. His arms are short and he does not appear possessed of the reach or “stretch” which has. come to be associated with the fifcst' base type. He is a right-handed thrower in a day when southpaws are in demand for the position. Class of First Basemen. Yet Mclnnis comes very near to being the class of first basemen of the American League, a circuit which boasts of a number of rare professionals of exceptional merit, Wally Pipp and George Sisler among them, the last tw’o mentioned of the southpaw variety of course. : To begin with Mclnnis is one of the niftiest and surest infielders of the game, for if he lacks any way in physical handicaps he more than makes up for the deficiency in agility. And if he foozles a wild throw now and then that a bigger man—a Chase or a Pipp—might get he more than makes up the difference in the deadly punch he carries at bat. For Mclnnis is a .300 hitter in every accepted sense of the word.

HOW SISLER LEARNED TO PLAY INITIAL BAG

“Pitching came natural to me; batting, too; but I was positive that first base would not be so easy. I didn’t ask many questions; simply watched the other fellows In the league. I thought if I could catch them with one hand like Stuffy Mclnnis I’d be satisfied. I saw how Walter Pipp shifted his feet and stretched for yards, and I saw how Chic Gandil went in the dirt for the low throws. Mclnnis, Pipp and Gandil taught me hojv to play first base. I studied them and used them for my teachers.

BIG ED SWEENEY RELEASED

Pirate Catcher Who Was Thought to Be Most Capable Backstop Is Let Go by Pirates. Big Ed Sweeney, former New York Vankee catcher, who was purchased by the Pirates last winter, and who

Ed Sweeney.

has been with the club ever since it spring trained in Birmingham, was hapded his unconditional release. “Merely reducing our expenses, and we figured Sweeney could be spared,” was the excuse given by the management when questioned as to why Sweeney was let out. > »

In the last nine campaigns, since he first gained recognition as a regular player in fast company, Mclnnis has failed but twice to bat better than .300. His successful campaign last season with the world’s champions witnessed his lightest hitting performance. He batted only .272 in Boston. Once before, only, he failed to qualify in the charmed circle. That was in 1916. He clubbed for .295 that year as a member of the Athletics. But it was only a remnant of the old machine with which Connie Mack had won four championships and three world championships. Mclnnis at the time was the sole survivor of the Illustrious “hundred thousand dollar Infield.” Best Hitting Year. Tn 1912, the year Jake Stahl’s Red Sox nosed out the Athletics, Mclnnis had his best hitting year, a .327, and that year, too, he stole the most bases, 27. The next year, when the Quakers beat the Giants for the second time in the world’s series, Mclnnis hit .326. In 1911 he clubbed .321. He hit .314 in each of the seasons of 1914 and 1915, and .303 in 1917, his last year with the Athletics. "It can be seen, then, that Stuffy is a consistent as well as a brilliant hitter. Mclnnis was one of many brilliant phenoms unearthed and schooled by Connie Mack for the purpose of reconstruction after his great team of 1905 —which was beaten by McGraw’s Giants in the world’s series —had gone to seed. The list included such other illustrious personages as “Home Run” Baker, Jack Barry and Eddie Collins, all of them still in the game and going strong as ever, apparently.

SPORTING WORLD

Louisville finally gave Southpaw Ad Thomas his unconditional release. Bill Brennan has consented to stay on as an umpire in the Southern league. ' . * * ♦ Caruso Fred Beck, lately back from France, has signed to play with the Peoria club. • • Freshwater Is the name of an umpire who has been calling them in the Three I league. * * * Art Ewoldt, former Des Moines third baseman, has arrived from overseas, and the management plans to use him in the outfield. * * * Lefty Bill James, as a pitcher for Galveston, shows signs of coming back to something like his old form. * * * C. E. Stevens, former Coast, Western, Northwestern and Texas backstop, has been signed by Evansville. ♦ • * Pete Adams, the Fort Smith first baseman, is playing great ball for Oklahoma City and seems to be a real find. • • • The western league is not the batters’ paradise this season it used to be. There are frequent games with low scores. The Oakland club has taken on Pitcher Harry Weaver from the Chicago Cubs on the recommendation of, Rowdy Elliott. * • • Danny Murphy, who is handling the Hartford team this year, says that the Eastern league is going to play faster ball than ever before.* Jimmy Cooney, returning to Providence, is making a great hit, and Cooney himself shows no disappointment that he failed to stick with the Red Sox or catch on with the De troit Tigers. • • • Los Angeles is elated over the acquisition of Ray Bates, for he was a ■star when with Vernon before he went to the Philadelphia Athletics, and it is figured he has not gone back any.

LIKE MATTY, LANNIN IS CHECKER EXPERT

Magnate One of Most Capable Players in Country. Long Before Owner of Boston Red Sox Ever ThJlght of Becoming Owner of Champion Baseball Team He Was Checker Fan. ♦ Baseball fans have heard so much the expertness of Christy Mathewson in checkers they have been led to believe that Big Six is without a rival in the ranks of organized baseball. Such is not the case, however, for Joseph J. Lannin, erstwhile owner of the Boston Red Sox and leading spirit in the International league, when he is in practice can give Christy the game of his’life at the checkerboard. Long before Lannin became identified with baseball he was a checker fan. Not only did he indulge in the game for his own amusement and pastime, but he backed with his bankroll some of the leading checker players in the United States. Long before Mr. Lannin ever thought of becoming the owner of a world’s champion baseball team his thoughts were on checkers. He w T as only eighteen years old when his interest turned to the game up in Massachusetts. He soon perfected his play to such a degtee that he vanquished all the so-called country, store champions in the locality. Then he set about to conquer the champs of the towns in the immediate vicinity._ As a member of the Boston Checker club he took part in a j*reat number of club matches and often traveled long distances to see matches, played. Less than ten years ago he traveled from Boston to Toledo to watch a match in which a player he had backed was engaged. He was rewarded for his pains by seeing his player lose. Mr. Lannin has always believed that checkers were in no small way responsible for the success of Mathewson on the pitching mound. Big Six realized from his experience at the checker board that a ball game is not over in one inning; the score at the end of the game is what counts in baseball just as it does in checkers. Checkers helped Matty to plot and plan at the beginning of a ball game, as he had done many a time at checkers, and taught him many other lessons of strategy on the ball field.

JOSH DEVORE IS NO VETERAN

Has Played in Four World’s Series With New York, Boston and Pittsburgh—3l Years Old. Many baseball fans speak of Josh Devore, Indian outfielder, as an old veteran. Josh is a veteran in baseball, and he has a record of having played in four world’s series with New York, Boston and Pittsburgh, but he is not an “old” veteran. He is only thirty-

Josh Devore.

one years old, as shown by the official dope book, which yearly prints his record from the time he broke into baseball in the Cotton States league in 1906. Devore shows earmarks of making a great comeback. His pins are steady again, he is a good fielder, a good base runner and he has been knocking the stitches out old apple since he joined the Indians. Josh was married last winter, and his more settled habits since that time appear to have given him new life.

REGRET PASSING OF CRUISE

St Louis Fans Sorry to See Outfielder Go to Boston—Had Sprung Charley Horse. Many St. Louis fans will regret the passing of Walter Cruise from the Cardinals to Boston as Wally has played great ball from time to time, especially in 1917, when he led the league in hitting for several months. Miller Huggins picked up Cruise in the spring of 1914, while the Cardinals were training in Jacksonville, Fla. Wally was with the Jacksonville club at that time and made such an impression on Hug that he brought the outfielder* home with him. Wally failed to stick, Huggins sending him_to St. Paul. Cruise made good there and was recalled. He sprung a Charley horse this spring and has not been at his best