Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 309, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 December 1919 — Page 2

Vhn Amerrcnu tffimn; wtach was for years the prey of ruthless hunters. has turn -practically beemne extinct and a last effort is-being made by American rangers to preserve the few remaining specimens. I his photograph shows the herd which is roaming our western plains. J ■ ■

YANKS ARE MAKING GOOD IN FRANCE

Have Not "Americanized" Country, but Meet Success in Business. SOME HAVEBECOMEWEALTHY Several Thousand Discharged America* Soldiers Remained in, France to Try Their Fortunes— News- '* paper Men Land on-Feet. Paris— Several thousand discharged American soldiers who remained in France to try their fortunes are faring as must fare-all pioneers. A few have become- reasonably wealthy; some are “reporting progress;” the majority, however, are flying rather lower than they were when they set out to '‘Americanize France.” Nearly 9.000 American expeditionary force men were released here, and it estimated a fourth of these have settled down to -Work here. The others ajre visiting-, sightseeing or have gone home after a discouraging look at business prospects. ~ ’"t Several hundred found employment with large concerns, chiefly American firms preparing to do business in devastated regions.. Another group took various small places to pay their way while studying. The majority, it was said, started to make good’ by capitalizing “American methods. But most of them agtee that easy money Is not one of Jjte natural resources of France, but a few have proved that it is. A negro made francs (normal value. $25,000) buying and ceiling army and navy supplies at Brest. His case is vouched for by a well-known American commercial executive, . , Chicago Press Club Driver Wins. The most striking success reported is that of “the fox-trot kkigs of Paris,” •8 they term themselves, Gerald Kiley, who drove the Chicago Press club ambulance, and Harold Fitch of St. Paul, who was at the wheel of one of Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt’s ambulances and later went tothefront. Kiley and Fitch, the former said, got their start over here when the wife of an American banker “pressed 500 francs (about $100) on us" when they played in a three-man xjazz band at a dance «he gave. They’ organized a Wilfeon welcome ball at ti leading hotel when the president arrived in Paris and netted more than 10U00 franc's on the affair. This success, they said, they often duplicated, at “the Dixie club” dances they organized Knowing that good things must not be overworked, the men took over the ice. cream .waking: equipment.. .of the Y. M. CT A., which “has sT" capaclt y of a thousand gallons an hour, and lace in October begun wholesaling “Dixie” .ice’.cream. . - Some of the most interesting of the American ’business experiences here are thdse of men who married French girls. Three, of these are farming east of Paris, “Waking more money than ttoy gyer thought.j-/ in th.United States.” their business adviser said. One man married into a dairy shop. Another returned to his trade of tailoring in the Scores of American boys are in business with their French fathers-in-law.

WHOLE WORLD HARD HIT

High *ebsi of Living Is Felt Around Globe. England Has Experienced Increase in Prices as High as 135 Per Cent. Washington.—That the whole world Is struggling with the increased cost of living ii indicated in reports to the state department. The increases, id Europe are particularly high; although in Latin-America the governments are anxious over the situation and are tryto find means of combating the difficulties presented by the high prices of commodities deemed essential. In Portugal the government, in an attempt to ibiver the cost of living, has placed, through the minister of finance a part of its gold reserves in the batiks of Lisbon.

Tn England the cost of living aboveliving;

TRYING TO PRESERVE THE LAST OF THE BISON

Rebuilt typewriters, familiar <to Americans, have been introduced to the French by Lieut. J. L. McCann of Tuscaloosa, Ala., and George K. Howard of Pasadena. Chi. Their difficulty is too much business. Isa dore Court, who was a.paperhanger, boldly set himself up ip the decoratiilg business iff' a fashionable suburb. Lieut. S. L. Tyler of Memphis, Tenn., became a merchand I st’ z broker. Harry’ L. Drucker, photographer,'returned to his trade. ■ I One man who wanted to bring in carloads of automobiles and bicycle tires turned detest into success by opening a tire sale and repair shop. Another one' with tlie same idea is awaiting arrival' of a real steam vulcanizing plant to give Paris a taste of fast work. He said virtually all tube repairs hyre now are made with cej meat'patches, instead of ; ■vulcanizing; and take a week instead of’lin hour.

Bolshevism Hits Snag

Unable to Conv£rts * in Denmark. iZ ' - Tendency Is to Regard Them as Mere Anarchist Rabble —-Merchants , Ndt Helpless. London. —Bolshevism has not obtained so strong a hold in Denmark asit has in Norway, writes a Copenhagen correspondent of the widely-read Brit> ish weekly, Corhmon Sense. In Denmark the syndicalists strive to play much the same role as do the leftsocialists in Norway, who are reported to be supporters of the Russian brand of socialism. -j, “The syndicalists, however,, make no show in the Danish parliament,” says the correspondent. “Since the riots in Copenhagen last November, when Grontory district in the center of the city was wrecked and many .scores of civilians and policemen, werje injured, there has been a tendency’td regard them as anarchist rabble: But, as everywhere in Scandinavia, their power over .the wage earners is greater, than their voting strength, and they have succeeded, usually against 'the Association of Trades Unions, .which lias a large majority behind it, in bringing about prolonged strikes. "The Danish syndicalistp, by violent attacks on the majority socialist party and denunciation of its lenders, Stauning and Borgbjertr, have gained a certain, pull among the wage earners, ‘ “The syndicalists' . connection with tlie Russian bolsheviki has been repeatedly indicated. This gave the cabinet a good excuse for. repression

Goes Armed to Church.

•Kansas City':—Frank Darms, of Kansas City. Kan., a negro, started to church Sunday morning armed with a revolver and a razor' to “meet a friend,” he said. It cost him SSO ,' n . V 1? . ■jP’yZ?.,-- Hi dum _ me wrong.” Darnjs £ola judge A. L. Harrod. "Ah couldn’t fin’ .Jiim all dat. Sattidy, but Ah knew he’d go to church last night. Ah tuck the gun and razor alon' fer protection.” “Fifty dollars will do, parens," said the judge.

pre-war level is figured at 115 per cent for September and 120 per cent for October, as to actual necessities of life and based upon average' Hying conditions of wage-earners. A/more distinct rise has occurred in/the cost of commodities so fat as/the other •elements oit population in England are (Concerned, being unofficially estimated ■by some at approximately 135 per cent with a upwardjrend. In Sweden figures furnished by the Swedish government indicate that the cost of living has increased 157 per cent over the cost in June, 1914. In the cities the increase has been very much greater than the average for the country. / , ' Th Argentine government has suggested to other £outh American countries and discussed with them an international arrangement with a view to doing away 4'ith Import duties on unmanufactured food products as one means of cutting down the high cost of

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Brothers, G. A. R. Vets, Meet After 50 Years

Dayton, O.—Stepping .off a - train to make a change of routes, "J. A. White, seventy, Xenia, <)., and' George White, seventy-six. Seattle, Wash., re- . turning from the G. A. R. encampment at Columbia,, were, introduced by { , a fellow vetbran. They recognized each .other as brothers who,more than half h centyry ago left Towanda, l’a„ one going into the Black HillA of the Dakota Territory and lb* other coming to Ohio.

Newspaper men seem to'have, landed on their feet most quickly. Nearly all of those who stayed are developing some “idea” 1 outside of office hours. Ideas for wealth may result in the .establishment of a chain of hotels and restaurants ' along the battle-front towns. One young man who missed tlie American “shine?’ is negotiating a lease for a shoe-shining parlor.'

so that arrests,' press prosecutions and expulsions take place on a scale inconceivable in Sweden or Norway, where the left-socialists have the rank of recognized parties. “Further,, the Danish employers are not helpless;*, They threaten a great lockout, declaring if the wages demanded they wiljfcease manufacturing,and will inipbrt l and sell cheaper foreign goods."

SEEKS ART TREASURES

Mr. Saverio Rossi, a great lover of fine paintings.and the holder of several of the world's greatest masterpieces, has sailed sos .Italy in search of some works of art which he will exhibit in this comity upon his return here.

MAN’S BOTTLES HIS UNDOING

John Paluso Had So Many It'Seerned to Be Sign He Expected a Lofig, / Hard Winter. V’New Kensington. Pa.—Whisky everywhere and every drop to drink, was the motto of John Paluso of this city until the state troopers swooped down on his cache and despoiled him of his hoard. The troopers were looking for red propaganda. They found “red" liquor. * Every stove in.Paluso’s house, and there were three of them, was filled with bottles of bonded whisky. The stove, pipe had Its quota, the chimney its sharC, more bottles reposed in Paluso’s bed, at least thirty were immersed in tfie rain barrel, the halffilled. barrel of pork in the cellar had not been neglected and the old-fash-ioned clqck had no room for the long ’pfendulum to swing, for a bottle was there, too. ” • I The reason more men don’t succeed is because there are, too many of us who want to win without effort

FRANK CHANCE ONCE DARED JIM CORBETT

Accused Champion of “Framing” With Kid MdCoy. Former Baseball Star Started Out With Intention of Giving ’’Pugilist a Thrashing—Bartender Interfered at the Right Time. - h The best fighters are not in the ring. Many athletes in lines far removed from the wake of the resin, iould battle with more effect than ome of the boys who earn their money meeting the lads in their class in. the glove game. Of all athletes in recent years who might be clepf’oded upon to give a good account of themselves in any sori of engagement, Frank Chance, famed as the pianager of. the Chicago Cubs a fejv years ago, was a real champion. He was always in first-class condition and was as game as a mountain trout. Chance vyas going to whip former Champion Corbett in the latter’s place of business in New York on ope occasion, and only the rare» presence, of mind on the part of a bartender prevented what might have been a nasty encounter. Clfhnce, with some friends, had witnessed the Corbett-McCoy In Madison Square garden in Atigust, 1900. That was the bout In which both fighters were accused ’of having

Frank Chance.

“framed.” Chance paid $25 for a box seat at the show, and .> when it was over the Cub star was in a white rage. . / He told his friends he was going to Corbett’s case at Twenty-third and Broadway the next day to tell the former. champion what he of his -integrity, and, if necessary, he wduld take a smash at the boxer. He called on Corbett as he promised. Corbett met Frank with a smile on his face. Chance unloaded his criticism and decorated it with a few compliments for Corbett that swept the latter off his feet. Chance dared Corbett to raise his hands, but before Corbett could do so the bartender tbld Corbett he was wanted on the phone. Some friends hustled Chance out of the place. Corbett was taken in tow in another room and the trouble blew Over. The matter was. fixed up a few years later, and now Corbett and Chance are good friends, although Chance has never backed down from his stand that the fight was a' rank fake. There are not many men outside of the fight game who would have courted trouble with Corbett at that -time; —* —t-A-- ——

STONEHAM BUYS REAL HORSE

Owner of New York Giants Purchased Bally, Winner of Jerome Handigf Auction. ■■ ' ■ Having bought a race track within the past-few weeks, Charles-A. Stoneham, owner of the New York National 5 League team, bought a real race horse the other day at Empire City. He purchased Bally, a son of Ballot, at the auction) sale of the horses in training from' the stable of James Butler. ' • Stoneham races under the name of the Casco Stable. But thfc horses that have run in his colors have, been selling platers of very poor quality. His purchase of Bally, who won the Jerome Handicap, and for which he paid $4,8&0, would’ seem to indicate! that the fawner of the Giants is going’ to build up a formidable stable. As owner with John J. McGraw of Oriental Park in Havana, Cuba, Stoneham probably thinks that 1 he should have a few real thoroughbreds representing him on the track.

WALTER SALMON IS HONORED

Amateur Athletic Union Official Appointed Member of Olympic Athletic Committee. Walter J. Salmon, the prominent Union official, has been notified by Frederick W. Rubin, president of the Metropolitan association, of his appointment a member of the American Olympic Athletic committee. .» *

CUE SKILL OF CHAMPION WILLIAM HOPPE DUE LARGELY TO INFLUENCE OF FATHER

Willie Hoppe has aghin won a billiard championship over the best exponents of the game in the world. There may be fellows who can play a more brilliant game .than Hoppe in practice. There is ho man, nor anyset of men, who can beat him ip a tournament. What is true of every other game is true of billiards. There are times, when some men can play ''brilliantly when there is nothing' at stake, but 4t is the fellow who can always play ■'brilliantly-who gets mdney and makes the championships. Hoppe is one of these. He always plays in championship form. \ Has Lived Right The reason he does that is that he' has always lived in a way to guarantee constant topnotch play. He has sacrificed more, probably, than any other living billiardist, and it shows in the result. There is no man on earth who, in the long run, can beat Hoppe at the billiard game, and he has. earned the right'to be the supreme billiardist of his tithe; be has worked for it. Whatever success Champion Hoppe has attained at billiards—and hy many he is conceded to be the greatest player of all time —is due largely to the influence of his father, now a billiard instructor. John Henry F/ank Hoppe was born in 1862 at Goshen, N. Y. A His sons are Frank, the pocket billiard player, now liVing 1 at Rockford; Willie, the balkline champion, and Albert, who is in business in St. Louis. Sons Start Game Young. Frank Hoppe was 7% and Willie 5% when they first started playing, Hoppe

AGED SCOT IS HARDY

The photograph shows Alexander Mackintosh, who is sixty-nine years “young” demonstrating his vigor by putting a 16-lb. shot with all the energy and ease of a man one-third his age. she scene is at the gathering in the Princess Royal Park, at Braemar[ Scotland.

TENNIS IS NOT MAJOR SPORT

J4arvard Student Council Votes L Against Awarding “H” to Players —Coach Favored. - Keen disappointment was felt at the recent action of the .student council at Harvard when it voted that it was not in favor of making tennis a major sport and awarding members of the team the “H.” but it did favor the, securing >of a tennis coach for the ’varsity team and the awarding of an “H” to Harvard men who pvin the singles or doubles event of the intercollegiate tennis tournament. At the present time, to gain an “H, a ■Harvard tennis man must win the singles title in the intercollegiate meet.

Supreme Billiardist of His Time.

Sr. had a combination table and the first efforts of the boys was at pocket billiards. Hoppe toured the country with the youngster, Willie then being 8. Willie took up billiards and at 10 .years of age could play 100 or no count. It sometimes has been stated that Willie stood on a box to play some shots, bus his father femes this. The boy climbed on the table when he had a long reach to make. Willie Hoppe won the shortstop championship of the world at Paris in January, 1904,* and then, returned home and toured with, the late Jake Schaefer, winning most of his games. His next goal was the 18-i championship and for six months he practiced under the eye of his father and then, going to France, electrified the billiard world by wresting the title from Maurice Vignaux, the great French master, on Jan. 15, 1906. Hoppe won, 500 to 323, "averaging 20. In fourteen years of. championship play Hoppe has been beaten only twice in matches, once by Sutton and once by Schaefer. Father Student of Game. .. There is no greater student of the game than the elder. For forty years he watched the leading players of the world and from this study evolved a system which is different from that of any other player. It .is this system which has given Willie his supremacy as a balkline player. It is based largely on the method in which the 1 object ball.is hit. “Time or timing,” says Mr. Hoppe, “is the greatest itenj in billiards,” and his ability in this line has "been a big factor in the work of Willie Hoppe.

TWIRLER LOSES A GAME BEFORE PITCHING BALL

It is seldom indeed that a. pitcher goes into the box and loses a game before he has even pitched a ball, as was the case in the Milwaukee-Indianapolis game, which brought the American association championship season of 1919 to a close. Cavet entered the box in the riinth inning with the score tiedjand by making a balk with a rujmer on third base allowed the opposing team to score the winning run.

LITTLE PIK-URS OF SPORT

Detroit has organized an amateur rugby football association. -> « * * Harvard bas“eball and lacrosse teams Will make southern trips in 1920. Coach Spaeth of Princeton has fifteen eight-oared crews practicing on Lake., Carnegie. ■«• * - Legalized boxing netted New Jersey $50,629.09 for the fiscal year ending September 30 last. » * ■< ♦ The Riverside (N. JJ.) Yacht club wants next year’i? men’s and women’s long-distance amateur events. , Polo and golf haw? been added to the sports which are being conducted for the men of the-American army in Germany. . -•* > Ambrose Puttman, yewflap pitcher and star of other daysrls in the oil business' and said to be' making a lot of money? r ■ • • • j Fielder Jones, formerly manager of the White Sox, is thinking, of purchasing stock in the Vancouver dub if it i« admitted to the pacific Cpast League. He is being mentioned as manager.