Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 37, Number 78, 5 February 1912 — Page 6

C33X THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM ATO SUN-TELEGRAM, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1912.

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::o;id mm Shelby ville in ; a Fast and Rough Game. . Defeating Shelbyvllle In a startlingly rough and faat game by the score ot 2S to 19 Saturday evening at the Y. . If. C. A." gymnasium . before the largest crowd of the season, the Richmond high school basketball team moved into a tie for first position in the congressional district league. The contest was featured by good team play of the local boys, who worked together In sptte of the extremely rough tactics of their rivals. Both squads opened' the game with a rush, and within a few seconds of the start of play, Nloodemus, of Richmond dropped In a goal on a long throw from the side of the field. Richmond continued Its brilliant playing, and threatened to run away from the Shelby county players, scoring several points before their opponents ' had found the basket. Shelbyvllle recovered soon, however, so that the half ended with the count tied at ten points each. Scott, who has been out of the game with an Injured ankle, supplanted Hoover at center In the second period, and Richmond reopened the close struggle aggressively. The second half was marred by much roughness, for though the referee called but few fouls, both teams embraced every chance to hurt their opponents. Time was taken out on many occasions because of injuries. Richmond's team work was much strengthened by Scott, but neither aggregation could get into the lead. Through spectacular guarding by Captain Schepman and two accurate field goals by Ed leaning. Richmond forged ahead at the last moment and cinched the victory. The contest Saturday evening was the crucial point In the championship series, for defeat would have eliminated the locals from the race, while . victory makes them tied for premier honors. Auman, center for Shelbyvllle, was the star of the losers, but he unnecessarily delayed the game many times on imagined hurts. Richmond's victory was due to fast team work and good guarding rather than to any individual's work. The following is the lineup andstnnmary of the game: Richmond Shelbyvllle Forwards Caster, Laning......Welmer, Markley Center Hoover, 8cott Auman Ouards Schepman, Nloodemus . . Deltzer. Shelton Field Goals Lanlng, 4; Caster, 3;. Scott, 2; Nloodemus; Auman, 4; Markley Z; Deitier. Shelton. . Foul Goals Auman, 3; Nlcodemus, Z. , Referee Fox, of New Castle. LIFE IN ICELAND. Are Sail ef Turf V" Often Have Earthen Fleers. The guest room in the Iceland farm- .' bouse contained a narrow bed. a big round table a&d an organ made in ' Brattleboro, Vt. Our host produced the, usual box of snuff and with It a box of good cigars. . ' - The host and hostess then showed us all over the house. It is a turf structure and is typical of the older farmhouses, with narrow, dark, windowless corridors winding in labyrinthlan mam from room to room. One passageway leads to a large open . . mound where a fire is made to smoke meat and fish and incidentally the whole bouse and everything in It. Another passage leads to another kitchen with a 'modern stove. The walls are all of turf, as is the roof, with just enough driftwood in the roof to make a framework to hold it in place. Very eteep stairs lead up to the badstofa. or sleeping apartment The badstofa frequently forms the sitting and com- , toon workroom of the family, especially In winter, as well as the sleeping room of the entire household. Bunks built into the wall extend round the room and are often filled iwlth seaweed or feathers, over which Is thrown a fold or two of wadmal and a thick coverlet of eiderdown. The floors are sometimes covered with boards, bat more often consist of damp earth. Prom the celling are suspended numerous articles of domestic economy, while large -chests containing clothing and valuables are scattered throughout the house. Springfield Republican. STPRY OF A LOAN. A Case Where the Statute ef Limita tions Wee Net Considered.

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The Job of nandllng the Cincinnati team baa fallen to Hank O Day. for many years a well-known , National league umpire. . A number of the best known players' in the country were mentioaed for the position of maanger, but the selection of ODay was In the nature of a big surprise. O'Day was a pitcher Wore he joined the ranks of umpires IS years' ago. He twirled for the -New York Giants and other of the big league teams and was accounted one of the best box artists on the diamond. He has never been tried in a managerial position and there will be much Interest manifested in the manner In which he will succeed in Cincinnati, where so many good baseball pilots have made failures in building vp a strong team. ODay is a man of excellent Judgment and tact and has the necessary amount of nerve to back up his opinions. When brought up against a ticklish proposition he has never been

found wanting. The best evidence of the fairness and courage which are notable portions of his character was furnished 4n that September game in New York in 1908, when he made a decision against Merkel whieh cost the Giants the pennant, and which he could have sidestepped, if he had been that kind of a man. The decision cost the Giants the pennant, and O'Day waa roundly, criticised by the partisan fans of the Giants, but he cared nothing for that. By baseball men familiar with the rules he was warmly applauded for his action, which was simply in line with the spirit which has prompted his work as an umpire all through his career. With these qualities at his disposal he should succeed as a manager and he will, command ihe respect of the players and the fans alike.

STUBBS IS CERTAIN Republican Voters Are Favor of Roosevelt. in (National Ktwn Association) CHICAGO, Feb. 5. Following the rebuff-given the Roosevelt boomers at the 'Republican county organization convention Saturday It is planned today by Roosevelt leaders to call a convention of the Republican precinct committeemen to consider indorsing Roosevelt for the presidency. It is asserted that a poll has shown that the committeemen favor Roosevelt j ana iuai a convention, bihjuiu it ue I I i A.t 1 1 J U Icalled, would show the real sentiment of the men regarding the presidency. Governor Stubbs, of Kansas, who today is on his way to Topeka, stopped at the Roosevelt headquarters here and declared that the Colonel would make the race provided he was convinced the people wanted him. Stubbs who has been through the. East says that the tenor of the Eastern delegation to the .Chicago convention will be in favor of Roosevelt. Pennsylvania, he asserted, would split its delegation between Taft and Roosevelt. Other East ern states, he said, would follow this example. He asserted that he had every reason to believe that Roosevelt would consent to make the race, ANCIENT EMBALMERS. Motives Which Impelled the Egyptians to Preserve the Dead. ,. To appreciate the motives which impelled the -ancient Egyptians to invent the art of embalming It Is necessary to throw our mind back nearly sixty centuries. Then Egyptians , were in the habit of buryiug their dead in shallow holes scraped in the soil immediately beyond the limits of the narrow strip of eultlvated land. As the result of placing the body in hot dry sand it frequently' happened that, Instead of undergoing a process of decoy, it became desiccated and preserved in an Incorruptible form for an Indefinite time. The burial of atuable and useful objects with the dead naturally led to grave robbing, which was already common in the earliest known prehistoric times in Egy: t. This plundering of graves must have taught the people at large that the forces of nature were often sufficient to preserve a dead body. In this way it became a part of the religion of the Egyptians to regard the preservation of the body as the condition of the attainment of Immortality. The early Egyptians learned that the body when placed in a coffin or burled In a rock tomb usually underwent decomposition. It was a widespread belief that the stone "ate .the flesh" hence the word "sarcophagus." Artificial mummification, therefore, had its origin in an attempt to deprive the grave of its victory. British Medical Journal. PARIS STOCKBROKERS. When They Fail They Are Always Treated as Criminals. An agent de change (Paris stockbroker) can under the rule of the code of comnaerce never be adjudged bankrupt pure and simple, his insolvency always involving more or less criminal responsibility, Iu the absence of fraud the penalty is bard labor for a term, but in case of fraud the punishment Is no less than hard labor for life. The public, however, never suffers from the insolvency of an agent de change, because his liabilities, no matter what they amount to, are always taken rare of and liquidated la full by the other members of the corI .oration, who contribute obligatoril; each year to a sort of insurance fund or reserve for this purpose. Besides, each of them must before being aipo'.nted make a deposit of 250,000 or 300,0110 francs at the treasury, which allows them an Interest of 2Vs per cent. An agent de change, according to section 85 of the code of commerce, must not transact any commercial or banking business for his own account. Ilemnst have no financial Interest in aa? .commercial enterprise, whether In own name or under an assumed name. He cannot even receive payment or settle any account on behalf of his clients. The penalty for the violation of this rule may be a fine of 3,000 francs snd eventually the dismissal ef the offender. Moody's Msgssine. ' To reduce gaa bills ie the Idee, of a Frenchman's Invention of a metal plate, so formed that as It Is placed over a gas stove burner it win concentrate the flame In the center without waste. ., ,

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A SUCCESSFUL TERM In Public Schools Was One Just Closed. the "A remarkably good attendance record has been the biggest feature of the past term," said Superintendent T. A. Mott, today in commenting on the first semester of the school year, which closes this week. According to the superintendent, the . unusually good attendance has been made possible by the scarcity of sickness among .. IT 7 .,.77 V, . ,7 i monins. out mue lime uas oeen lost on account of illness, and the amount of unnecessary absence and tardiness has been much reduced. The semester has been quite successful from a scholastic viewpoint, for the pupils have attained good grades and worked hard. A public night school, which fills one of the big needs of the community, was the most important new project launched during the past term. Examinations are the center of in-, terest at the schools through the early part of this week. All day Thursday and Friday morning, however, will be vacations for the students to give the teachers an opportunity for complet ing their term records. Promotion exercises and organization for the new semester will occur Friday afternoon. CALENDAR OFSPORTS Monday. Opening of annual show of the St. Louis Automobile Dealers' association. Opening of the Lake Worth golf championship tournament at Palm Beach, Fla. Finish wrestling match at Boston between Mahmout and Cyclone Burns. "Spike" Kelly vs. Jack Palmer, 10 rounds, at Toronto. Phil Cross vs. Cy Smith, 10 rounds, at New York City. Eddie Smith vs. Mark Conley, 10 rounds, at Syracuse, N. Y. Leo Kelly vs. Harry Donahue, 12 rounds, at Peoria, 111. Tuesday. Opening of annual St. ValenUne's golf tournament at Pinehurst, N. C. Annual bench show of Fanciers' association of Indiana opens at Indianapalis. Jack Dillon vs. Walter Coffey, 10 rounds, at New York City. Wednesday. Billiard match at New York between Willie Hoppe and George Sutton for 18.2 title. Packey McFarland vs. Young Erne, 6 rounds, at Philadelphia. Leach Cross vs. Johnny Dohan, 10 rounds, at Brooklyn. Thursday. Annual bonspiel of the Manitoba Curling association opens at Winnipeg. Intercollegiate basketball Dartmouth vs. Columbia, at New York. John Wille vs. "Kid" Cotton, 6 rounds, at Pittsburg. Friday. Annual meeting of United States Lawn Tennis association at New York. Schedule meeting of the Cedar Valley Trotting Circuit, at Mason, Iowa. Intercollegiate fencing Harvard vs. Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia. Intercollegiate swimming Columbia vs. Yale, at- New York. Saturday. Annual indoor track and field games of Boston Athletic association at Boston. Annual indoor track and field games of George Washington university. Annual indoor open tournement for the lawn tennis championship of the United States opens in New York City. Opening of annual show of the At lanta (Ga.) Automobile and Accessory association. , Intercollegiate wrestling Navy vs. Princeton, at Annapolis. Intercollegiate fencing Harvard vs. Navy, at Annapolis. Intercollegiate - swimming Pennsylvania vs. Princeton, at Philadelphia. Five Paula. This la a good example of what Is a common phenomenon in the polyglot Balkans: A man named. Pavel that Is. PauL had five sons. One settled in Athens and called himself Pavkpouk. the Greek form of Paulson; the second went to Belgrade and called himself Pavlovlch; the third la 8ofia caned himself' Parloff: the fourth made his home m Bucharest under the namePavleocu. while the youngest net- Up la bualaeas in Constantinople, assuming the Turkish form of Pavloglu. London Globe.

HALF MILUOII FIRE Chicago Malting Company Plant Burned Today.

(National News Association) CHICAGO. Feb. fc. The plant of the Northern Malting company was deJ stroyed by one of the most spectacular fires that ever visited the Northwest side early today. Three six-story buildings were destroyed with a loss of about $500,000. Twenty engines and a fire tug were engaged in the fight. Thousands of spectators gathered and watched the firemen risking their lives before the biasing shafts. Shortly after the arrival of the first companies thousands of bushels of I grain stored in the elevator exploded with e roar that was heard for a mile. The Firemen fled amid the shower of flying timbers. Marshal Seyferlich, who arrived on the scene at the second alarm, ordered nis men away irom me ouwamg jusi t as one of the high towers on the elevator fell to the ground with a crash. A score of firemen narrowly escaped death. ATHLETIC DEVOTIONS. Gymnastic Exercises That. Impressed the Kurdish Villagers. Everything is liable to be misunderstood, even gymnastic exercises. This truth was brought home to George H. Hepworth, and he tells his experience in "Through Armenia on Horseback." The aMhor was stopping In a Kurdish village, and the inn possessed but one general living room. In the morning I began my regular gymnastics, stooping until my fingers touched the floor, throwing my arms about like the spokes of a wheel, striking out from the shoulder and going through all the exercises, none of whicb I ever omitted. . I would gladly have taken a sponge bath, but it would bare been impossible to get enough water. A pint is enough to suffice a Turk. Well, I got under way with my exercises when I saw that my audience was excited; conversation dropped into a whisper, then ceased; word passed from one to another, and one by one the occupants of the room quietly left. I feared that they were offended and wanted to call them back and apologize. Just then my dragoman entered, laughing. "What has happened?" I asked. He laughed the harder as he replied : "The Kurds think you are practicing devotional religious exercises, and they retired under the impression that you would regard their presence as an intrusion." Invisible Indians. All Indians seem to have learned a wonderful way of walking unseen, making themselves invisible like certain spiders, which, in case of alarm, caused, for example, by a bird alighting on the bush their webs are spread upon. Immediately bounce themselves up and down on their elastic threads f so rapidly that only a blur is visible. The wild Indian power of escaping observation, even where there is little or no cover to hide in, was probably slowly acquired in hard hunting and fighting lessons while trying to approach game, take enemies by surprise or get safely away when compelled to retreat. And this experience transmitted through many generations seems at length to have become what is vaguely called instinct. John Muir in Atlantic. CZD

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Republican Leaders at Washington Hold a Caucus. (National News Association) WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 5 Today's joint caucus of Republican senators ana representatives to ratify the selection of the members of the Re-' publican Congressional Campaign committee marks the first active step iu the Republican national campaignof 1912. From this time on the politi-' cal machinery will move with an ever , increasing velocity until the climax is reached with the casting of the ballots in November. The Republicans plan to begin the practical work of the canvass a little j earlier this year than in 1904 or 190 io attempt is made to conceal the fact that they expect a much more dif- i ficult campaign than in either of those years. The party is less har-i monioua than it was in the contests of ! four and eight years ago, while the! Democrats have more encouragement ! to make a hard fight now than they have had at any previous time since 1S96. SHE DID IT HERSELF. It Was a Good Job, Toe, but Hor Husband Didn't Appreciate It. A Philadelphia man who may be designated as Mr. Blank was asked by his wife the other day to aid in removing inside shutters from windows throughout the house so that they could be washed. Being in a hurry, he asked bis better half to defer the matter until his return from the office. "I'll do it myself," was her retort. "Don't," was Mr. B.'s counsel as be departed; "women don't understand such work." This of course only more firmly decided Mrs. Blank to go ahead, and when Blank returned that night he found the shutters down. His wife was nursing several lacerated fingers, but she wore a triumphant air. "The screwdriver slipped once or twice," she explained in response to his inquiring glance at her bandaged digits. "Screwdriver slipped!" repeated Mr. B. in a dazed tone. "Great snakes, woman! You don't mean to say you unscrewed all the shutter hinges?" "Of course," said his wife complacently. "What other way could I get th shutters down?" For answer Blank lifed a shutter and pulled the pin out of one of the hinges, showing that the Pairing down of each shutter only involved Ihe removal of two pins. When he figured that there were ten pairs of shutters and each pair required the driving of sixteen screws to put them up he swore while his wife wept. Soon Learned. A Scottish gillie met the proffer of a nip from his master's flask with the protest that he "cudna drink oot o' a bottle." Pressed, however, to try, he put the flask to his lips, and the sound of the steady gurgling never ceased until he handed back the empty flask. "Hoots, Dugald," sadly observed the laird, as he held the flask upside down to confirm his astonished vision, "mebbe ye canna drink oot o' a bottlebut, hech, man, ye'd soon learn!" A Norwegian scientist has advanced the theory that . Saturn's rings are electrical phenomena, produced by the radiation of luminous particles from the planet, which constantly renews them. ID C

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RUT I EYBfcSSrVI . AS TOLD TO Mb S Jfllerton By NORRIS O'NEILL. Patrsn Tip" One of the Greatest of the Old-Time Player and Now President of the Western League. The greatest play ever made fat baseball was when Comlskey put the American league in Chicago but if you are- talking about plays made on the field there Is one that I never have seen written. They keep telling us old-timers that they pull off more nowadays than the players of our times did, but I have watched a lot of baseball generations nass and never have ann the aaual of the play that Curt Welsh made. It f was so long ago that I've forgotten ! the season, bnt anyone who saw that game at St. Louis and I suppose there are a lot oftSem still alive will remember it, because It was unforgettable. Welsh was playing in center field. There' were runners on second and third and one out, and the game, as I remember it, was extremely close. I don't recall what the score was, but anyhow it was so close that if the play had failed the game would have been lost. Duggan waa catching and he had a habit of stepping in under the bat, which was responsible for the play that followed. Also the wind was blowing hard directly in from center field to the plate and the lnfielders had been In trouble all day handling high fouls and flies. The ball was hit high Into the air and seemed to be dropping about thirty feet back of second base. Welsh was playing close In on aecount of the wind. When the ban went into the NORMS ("TIP") O'NEILL. air the second baseman and shortstop both went after it as hard as they could run, and they saw just at the same instant' that the wind would carry the ball back into the infield. They both changed their courses at the same instant and the result waa they banged together and knocked each other flat., Welsh had come between tbjem.as hard as he c&yld run.

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City Statistics Deaths and Funerals. WINKLER Elizabeth Winkler, aged SS years, died yesterday afternoon at Reid Memorial hospital. She is survived by a brother and a sister. ! rt'W ... 1 ...til 1 . i. . x uc luueiu mil ira iiwu ins uomv ui her sister, Mrs. Anna Haberkern, &D4 South Eleventh street, 2:00 p. m. Wednesday, with Rev. Huber officiating. Burial will be in Earlham cemetery. Friends may call at the sister's home from 2 to 5 or from 7 to 9, Tuesday. FINCH Mrs. Nannie Finch, aged 49 years, died early this morning at her home. 29 North Eleventh Street. Mrs. Finch is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Arthur Hodgin. Friends may call any time. The funeral arrangements will be announced later. MACKE Mrs. Elizabeth Macke. aged 63 year!, died yesterday morning at her residence, 814 North Eighth street. Mrs. Macke is survived by -her son, Harry, and three daughters. Miss Rose Macke. Mrs. John McAvoy, and Miss Phama Macke. The funeral services will be In St. Andrew's church at 9 : 00 a. m. Wednesday, and , interment will be in St. Andrew's ceme tery. Friends may call at the home any time. ' . ROBERTS Mrs. Mary A. Roberts, aged 61 years, died Saturday evening at her house, 49 South Thirteenth street. She is survived by her bus t band, Eli Roberts, a daughter, Mrs. Charles Strader. The funeral will be from the home, Tuesday morning at ten oc)pck, and will be private. Bur ial will ; be in Orange . cemetery. Friends are asked to call at the residence from 7 to 9 this evening. MINCK Harry Minck died this morning at his residence. 101 8. W. . Second street, aged 37 years. . He is ,- survived by his wife, and one. child. The funeral will take place from the house Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock, and will be private. Interment will be in Earlham cemetery. Frienda . may call at the home Tuesday afternoon and evening, but .are asked , to omit flowers. , Folger P..WIIon Henry J. Pohlmeyerj Harry C. Downing Harvey T. Wilson FUNERAL DIRECTORS Phone 1335. 15 N. 10th St. Automobiles, Coaches, and , Ambu . lance 8ervtew . awl m i 1 1 fw i Mm

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