8
GIANTS' PITCHING HOP
While disrusedng the prospecta »f the
Giants In the coming National Lrtjw
race John McGraw. the team's sturdy
manager. asserted that. 1B spite of the
poor condition of the players. due to
the unseasonable weather in Texas, he
expects the Hub to make a (rood show
ing. He would not s*t whether he
entertained any pennant hope*, twt he
did say that he believed he had a
stroager foundation lMs year thaa be
had last. "In Matbewson. Tesrean.
Marquard and Perritt I liare four sea
soned pitchers. AH of tbeot are in
need of sou>« work before being in the
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Brooklyn. 5; New York. 3
New York, April 17. —Brooklyn turn-'
«d the tables on toe New Y'ork Na
tionals. taking the last game of the I
series. 5 to 3. Appleton, a recruit
member of the Brooklyns. pitched his
first major league game and held New
York to six hits.
R. fl. E.
!Rrooklvn ... 00200000 3 5 S 2
New York . 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 I—3 6 2
Appleton aad McCarty; Perritt and
(Meyers.
Good's Home Run Wins for Cabs
Chicago. April 17.—Good's home run.
following McLarry's single in the
fourth inning, gave Chicago a 4-to-2
victorv over St. Louis resterdav.
' R. H. E.
Bt. Louis ... 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 o—2 $ 1
Chicago .... 90 3 3 00 0 0 x—4 7 I
Griner and Glenn; Lavender and i
Archer.
Cincinnati. 4; Pittsburgh. 2
Cincinnati. 0., April 17.—The Pi
rates used three pitchers yesterday in
aa effort to stop the Reds, but were un-1
able to put a crimp into the batting i
streak, the locals winning. 4 to 2. Pitts
burgh secured only three hits off Dou
glass. who was given splendid support.
R H E
Pittsburgh .0 00 1 00 1 0 o—3 3 1
Cincinnati ..003 0 0100 x—4 7 0
Yatsoev Conzelman, Kantlehner and
G?bson. Stanage; Douglass. Dale and
Clark.
LEMOYNE ELECTS
Keener A. C., of Harrisburg to Open
Season on May 1
The Lemoyne team was started on
its way last evening when the members
met and elected officers. decided to
open the season May 1 with the Keen- [
er A. C.. of Harrisburg. and selected,
next Friday as a booster day for the i
team. The following officers were,
elected:
J. Boyd Trestle, president: Cloyd'
Crowl, vice president; Harry Zimmer
man. treasurer: Professor W*. C. Bow
man. secretary; A. C. Fickes. manager,
and Paul D. Fettrow. official scorer and
press agent.
Academy Relay Team Picked
Coaeh Smith, of the Harrisburg
Academy track team, yesterday picked
Albert Stackpole. Jesse Krall. Raymond
Holmes and Walter White, to represent
the Academy in the Penn relay games
next Saturday. The time was" faster
than any previous Academy team has'
made, but the figures were not given j
out.
Boost for Camp Hill Team
Seventy-five boosters for the Camp
Hill baseball team met last evening
following a candy sell, the proceeds of
which will go toward grading the base
ball field. The Camp Hill team met
the Harris A. C., of Harrisburg. in the
second game of the season to-day.
FOR N
I Lancaster's Favorite Brew
[RIEKER'S BEER
j JNO. G. WALL, Agt.
Pa. Frank J. Rieker, Mgr.
HAJRRTSBTTRQ' STAR-INDEPENDENT, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 17, 1915.
ptnk." bat they hare shown me enougn I
stuff thus far to convince me that we a
will face the barrier with as good a s
pitching staff as any club in tbe Na- v
tional Le*g»e. They are all big and Is
BASEBALL SUMMARY
STANDING Or CLUBS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
W. L P.O.
Chicago 2 1 .(>67
Washington 2 1 .667
Cleveland 2 1 .667
Athletics .... 1 1 .500
Boston 1 1 .500
IVtroit 1 2 .333
New Vork 1 2 .333
St. Louis 1 2 .333 '
Yesterday's Results
Athletics. 6; Boston, 6. 9 innings. ■
darkness.
Washington, 3: New York, 2.
Cleveland. 9: IVtroit. 6.
St. Louis, 4; Chicago. 2.
Schedule for To-day
New York at Philadelphia.
Boston at Washington.
Cleveland at Detroit.
Chicago at St. Loais.
Schedule for To-morrow
Cleveland at St. Louis.
Chicago at Detroit.
(Other games not scheduled.)
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W. L P.O. i 1
Philadelphia 2 0 1.000 i
New York 2 1 .667
Chicago 2 1. 667 i
Cincinnati 2 1 .667 ,
Pi::- rj!h 1 2 .333 j
St. 1. lis 1 2 .333 <
Brooklyn 1 2 .333
Boston 0 2 .000
Yesterday 's Results
Boston-Philadelphia, rain.
Brooklyn. 5: New York. 3.
Cincinnati. 4; Pittsburgh. 2.
Chicjgo, 4; St. Louis. C. .
Schedule for To-day
Philadelphia at New York.
Brooklyn at Boston.
Pittsburgh at Cincinnati.
St. Louis at Chicago.
Schedule for To-morfow
St. Louis at Cincinnati.
Pittsburgh at Chicago.
(Other games not scheduled.)
FEDERAL LEAGUE
W. L. P.C. j
Brooklyn -1 1 .800
Chicago 3 1 .750
Kansas City 4 2 .667
Newark ... 3 3 .500
Buffalo 2 3 .400
Pittsburgh 2 4 .333
Baltimore 2 4 .333 !
St. Louis 1 3 .250 ;
Yesterday's Results
Baltimore, 6: Newark. 2.
Chicago, 4: Pittsburgh. 3.
Buffalo-Brooklyn, rain.
St. Louis-Kansas City, not sched
uled.
Schedule for To-day
Baltimore at Newark.
Brooklyn at Buffalo.
Kansas City at Pittsburgh.
Chicago at St. Louis.
Schedule for To-morrow
Chicago at St. Louis.
Baltimore at Newark.
strong aad able to shoulder a lot of
work. 1 expect them to come through
with some great pitching, and tf we
get that I think wo will be able to
more than hold oar own. I-obert os
third braces the infield considerably."
It has been one of the worst training
trips the club has ever experienced
In many of their practice games the
players have been listless. However,
it Is expected that some work under a
hot sun. if the weather man will tura
a kindly smile on efforts, will
stir the "pep"' that is lying dormant
within them and bring the old fighting
spirit to the surface once more.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Athletics and Boston Tie
Philadelphia, April 17. —•' Rube
Oldring's home run drive into the left
field seats for a home run iu the sev
enth inning yesterday saved the Ath
letics from defeat in the final game of
the series with the Boston Red Sox.
The homer tied the score, and after
the teams had battled through two
more innings I'nrpire Connolly called it
off with the score standing 6 to 6. just
iu time to escape a shower of rain.
R.iH.tE.
Athletics ...00014010 o—6 8 1
Boston 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 o—6 5 0
Bress.er. Shawkev and McAvoy,
Lapp; Ruth. Comstock, Mays and Car
rigan, Thomas.
Washington. 3: New York. 2
Washington, April 17.—Washington
won the final game of the series from
New York yesterday, 3 to 2, making
the :nost of Brown's wildness in the
box for the visitors.
R. H. E.
New Y'ork .. 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 o—2 6 1
Washington .1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 x—3 7 1
Brown and Sweeney; Gallia and
Ainsmith.
Cleveland. 9: Detroit. 8
Detroit. Mi.'li., April 17. —In a tem
perature little above the freezing point,
Cleveland defeated Detroit, 9 to 6, .yes
terday, in a game that dragged through
nearly two and a half hours of almost
every known kind of baseball.
R. H. E.
Cleveland .0 0 0 1 1 0 6 1 o—9 12 0
Detroit ... 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 I—6 S 4
Hagernian. Jones and Egan; Cavet.
Boland, Leabetter and MeKee.
St. Louis. 4: White Sox, 2
St. lajuls. April 17.—'Loudermilk
pitched a masterly game yesterday aft
ernoon and should have scored a shut
out over' Chicago. St. Louis won. 4 to
2. Errors accounted for the visitors'
runs.
R. H. E.
Chicago . . 1010 00 0 0 o—20 —2 5 1
St. Louis .00010030 x—4 11 4
Russell, Cicotte and Schalk; Lauder
milk and Agnew. t
DIAMOND INJURIES
Two Players Are Seriously Injured
While Playing Baseball
Selinsgrove, April 17.—Dean S.
Schaeffer, of Sunburv, and one of the
Susquehanna University baseball squad
was struck by a pitched ball last night
and rendered unconscious. Schaeffer
will be permanently disfigured by the
accident.
Bethlehem, April 17.—The first
(baseball accident of the season here
abouts occurred at Rittersville when
i Edwin Mentzel in running after a fly
! ball during practice, was suddenly
1 blinded by the sun and the ball hit
him squarely on the nose, fracturing it.
Dickinson Loses Tennis Matches
College Park, Md., April 17.
Maryland Agriculture College decisive
ly defeated Dickinson College in ten
nis here yesterday, winning a total of
| four out of five matches. Dickinson
1 lost three out of the four singles and
1 both doubles. Woodward, of Dickinson,
won from Ford, of M. A. C., by 6-4,
j 7-5.
FEDERAL LEAGUE
•; Mtwirit, a
Newark. April 17.—The Federal
League team lost its Ant at-home game
to Baltimore, S to S, yesterday.
R. H. E.
Baltimore ... 00101001 S—« 13 2
Newark .... 0 0002000 o—3 5 3
Bailey and Oweaa; Falkonberg and
Rariden.
Whales Noee Out Pittsburgh
Chicago. April IT.—A single in the
ninth by Hanford gave Chicago the de
ciding "tally and a 4-3 .victory over
Pittsburgh yesterday after the visitors
on Kouetchv's single and Yerkes'
triple had tied the score in their half
of the inniug.
K H K
Pittsburgh .0 0 1 0 1 00 0 I—31 —3 f 2
Chicago .... 000 30 0 0 0 I—4 8 0
Rogge and Berry; Prendergast and
Fischer.
TODAY'S AII ATE IR (JAMES
Enola County Club vs. the W»t
End Club at Fourth aud Seneca
streets.
Baker A. A. at Duncannon.
The East End A. C. vs. the P. R. R.
Elects.
Oberlin A v C. at Highspirc.
The Susquchauna Fire Company has
organised a baseball team and Man
ager G. R. Longtield is anxious to
schedule game* with other tire com
pany teams in Harriabung.
The Camp Curtin Scrubs defeated
the Division Street A. C. yesterday
afternoon by the score of 28 to 6.
H. C. Conner, 1195 Bailey street,
manager of the Summie A. C.. is ar
ranging a schedule with teams whose
players average from 12 to 15 years.
The Palmyra team is without games
for the coming season. David Early,
Palmyra, is manager.
GAME AT CASINO
Lead Off Men Win From Anchor
Men
The Lead Off Men won from the An
chor Men in the deciding match in the
Casino League last evening on the Ca
sino alleys. Montgomery was high
man. The score-
LEAD OFF MEN
ißoss 210 19T 161 — 568
Baech .... 236 224 184—644
Bentz ITO 201 188— 559
Jacoby ... 172 168 208— 548
Montgomerv 246 201 180— 627
Totals .. 1034 991 921 —2946
ANCHOR MEN
Luck 202 178 180— 560
Wilson ... 170 212 235 617
! Trace .... 226 210 156 592
Ibach .... IS3 204 164 551
Atticks ... 174 225 188— 557
Totals .. 955 1029 923—290T
DBEW AND KELLY ENTEB
Champions From West In Big U. of P.
Track Events
Los Angeles, Cal., April IT.—Fred
Kelly, world's champion broad jumper,
expects to start Suhdav with hie team
; mate. Howard Drew, to compete in the
Pennsylvania relay games at Philadel
| phia, despite the fact that Kelly was
1 spiked badly in the left foot in prac
, tice several days ago.
Drew is the holder of several inter
national short distance records.
Drew and Kelly will represent the
University of Southern California at
the Philadelphia meet.
Clabby-Gibbons Fight
New York. April IT.—A finish fight
between Jimmy Clabbv, the Ham
mond, Ind., demon aud Mike Gibbons,
the St. Paul, "wraith,'' is the match
making endeavor yesterday of Jack
Curley, promoter of the Johneon-Wil
lard fisticuffs. Curley would like to
stage the fight at Havana, believing
the Cubans are now real fight fans.
Bucknell Wins In Tenth
Lewisburg, April IT.—ln a ten
| inning game here yesterday afternoon |
| Bucknell defeated Dickinson, 8 to T, I
1 Thus making their record a continuous |
• string of victories for the 6ea«on.
| Bucknell ..130003000 I—B 13 4
; Dickinson .200002003 O—T 8 5
| Leiberer and Murray; Moiver and
| Goldstein.
Conway Hall Wins
Carlisle, April IT.—Conway Hall
i opened its local baseball season here
; yesterday with a 6-1 victory over the
strong New Bloomfield academy nine
in a one-sided game.
R. H. E.
Conway Hall 6 10 0
New Bloomfield 1 3 0 j
King and Armstrong; Dundorn and
Reeder.
BOWLING TOtJBNEY
National Association Games to Close
In New York City To-day
By Associated Pre St.
New York. April 17.—This was the
concluding day of the tournament of
the National Bowling Association.
Games were to be rolled in all three
divisions ending with the singles and
doubles late to-night.
George Newman, of New Y'ork,
topped the list in the singles with a
total of 675 when bowling was resum
ed. Walter and Smith, of Rutherford,
N. J., were still leaders in the doubles
with a total of 1.232 and the Aurians.
of New York, led the five-man contest
with 2,993.
COAL BULGE SAVES HIM
First It Buries Miner Under 1,000
Tons, Then Lifts Him on Cone
Shamokin, Pa., April 17.—'William
Snyder was far up a 300-foot 'breast at
Bear Valley colliery yesterday, mining
pillars of coal, when they broke. More
than 1,000 tons "ran away," and Sny
der was in the midst, and was covered
by coal as he was swept downward.
Then the fuel, covering him, formed
itself in a cone shape, forcing the mvper
to the top, and he was found alive and
not fatally injured.
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C V. NEWS
"WIFE WILL GET WE NOW.''
WORRIED TIIS HUSBAND
1
Oaorgs Simpson Now la Mora Concern- '
ad About Wife's Suit for Mainte
nance Than He Is About Peniten
tiary Offense
Waynesboro,April IT.—When George
Simpson, who was arrested here and
later lodged in jail at Chatuberstburg
was advised that he is wanted by the
Adams county authorities on n horse
stealing charge, he let it be known that
he is not so much concerned about
that criminal charge as he is about the
one in which his wife is the prosecuting
witness.
Simpson repeatedly remarked "now
mj- wife will get me." Last fall his
wife appeared against him iu the York
county courts in a maintenance suit and
on his promise to make regular weekly
payments he was released on his own
bond. Now it is charged he "skipped"
out and attempted to elude the Court's
non-support order.
Sheriff Thompson, of Adams county,
is patiently awaiting release of Simp
son from the Franklin county prison so
that he can take the defendant to Get
tysburg to answer to the horse-stealing
charge on which Simpson and one
Claude Groft have been jointly indicted.
WILL NOT HftVE CLASS DAY
Town of Newville Is Without Hall That
Is Sufficiently Large to Hold
the Exercises
Newville, April IT.—Because of the
fact that there is not a room sufficient
ly large enough the annual class day
exercises of the Newville High school
will have to be omitted this year, ac
cording to the school authorities. This
is most unfortunate for the graduates
for class day exercises are always
among the most importaut and enjoy
able features of graduation.
The commcuocmeut proper will be
held Thursday, May 13. There are
twelve graduates, Miriam Elder, Lu
cretia Ott, Eleanor Sharpc, Sarah Dyler,
Lucy Sollenberger, Caroline Clouse,
Charlotte Dougherty, Mark Derick,
Oliver Tritt, Donald Piper. Stewart
Eckels and Kav Duncan. The sermon
to the graduates will be preached on
Sunday evening. May 9. in Zion Lu
theran church by the new pastor, the
Rev. C. C. Rascussan.
Lloyd for District Attorney
Carlisle, April 17.—With politics
brisking up, there is mention of George
E. Lloyd, of Mechanicsburg. as Demo
cratic candidate for district attorney.
>Mr. Lloyd has been active in party poli
tics during his twelve years at the bar.
His father, William Peun Lloyd, was
well known in county affairs. The sou
is a graduate of Dickinson College and
law, connected with a number of banks
and is secretary of the Allen and East
Pennsboro Insurance Company.
Carlisle to Have Jitney Line
Carlisle, April 17.—C. S. Smith, of
Harrisburg, was in town yesterday com
pleting arrangements to* run a jitnev
automobile line between Carlisle aud
Mount Holly Springs. The service, ac
cording to present plans, will begin
'Monday. He contemplates making many
trips between the two towns dunug the
day. The car to be used will accommo
date seven persons. A charge of ten
cents each way will be made.
Matron and Assistant Quit
Chaarbers'ourg, April IT. —The resig
nations of Miss Hetty B. Shrvock. ma
tron of the Childreu's Home, and Miss
Martha Shrvock, assistant matron, were
presented to the "board of directors at
the meeting held Thursday evening. The
directors referred the matter to the
j household committee for further action,
i Miss Hetty Shryock has been eonnect-
I od with the institution since VSBT, first
|as assistant matron and later as ma
tron.
Fair Promoters Banquet
Carlisle. April IT.—Marked by a
spirit of hearty interest, co operation
and good fellowship, the booster ban
quet of the Cumberland County Agricul
tural Society, last evening at the New
Wellington hotel, was one of the most
successful of the kind ever held here.
In all about forty persons, directors,
stockholders and guests of the asso
ciation were present.
Want "Camp Letterman'' Preserved
Gettysburg, Pa., April IT.—Public
sentiment is at a high pitch here over
the proposed destruction of the woods
° n _ the war-time general hospital,
"Camp Letterman," along the York
turn-ike, a mile east of town. Urged
'by citizens Congressman Beales has tel
egraphed to Secretary of War Garrison
asking that steps be taken immediately
to have the government acquire the
tract.
The "hospital woods," although a
landmark on the battlefield, was never
purchased toy the government and add
ed to the National Park. The tract con
tains eleven acres and is one of the
favorite spots for tourists. The present
owner, H. A. IMyers, began to remove
the timber, more than a century old,
this week.
V. M. C. A. PRAISE SERVICE
Will Be Held To-morrow Afternoon at
Second and Locust Streets
There will be an interesting praise,
prayer and testimony service neld un
der the auspices of the Young Men's
Christian Association, Second and Lo
cust streets, to-morrow afternoon at
3.30 o'clock. W. H. Kautz, the asso
ciation chorister, will have charge ft
the music. Familiar hymns will oe
sung, the kind that the men know and
enjoy. Ample opportunity will be giv
en for all present to take part in one
way or another. Another interesting
feature will be a brief Bible talk.
Strangers in the city are cordially in
vited to be present, commercial travel
ers in particular. A social se.-vice al
ways the gospel mei.ting in
the association lobby. All men are in
vited.
Dress Well
It is not enough that people ishall be
clad, they must be dressed. "Costly
thy ha%it as thy purse can 'buy," was
the advice of Polonius to his son, "rich,
but not gaudy, for the apparel oft pro
claims fhe man," and the advice is just
1 as good to-day as it was 300 years
ago.
Hot Water Every
Time You Go After It
Draw hot water in the middle of the night,
the tirst thing in the morning, any time von
want it t
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than any other heater.
All you have to do is turn on the water.
The heater works automatically and heats
the water as you use it. The burners are
lighted only while you draw water.
See a demonstration at our store, or
'phone or write for a representative.
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AMUSEMENTS
>
MAJESTIC
This eveniug, " Little Mary Mack." j
Saturday, April 24, matinee aud '
evening. Mclntyre and Heath in I
"The llam Tree."
COLONIAL
livery afternoon and ovuuiiig, vnuda
villo and pictures.
VICTORIA
Motion Pictures.
PHOTOPLAY
Motion Pictures.
REGENT
Motion Pictures.
PALACE
Moving Pictures.
'
"Little Mary Mack"
"Little Mary Mack," a new musical
comedy of American lit'e, will make its
first appearance iu.this city this after
noon and evening at the Majestic the
atre. The entire action of the piece
centers about Americans and there is a 1
noticeable lack of all things that savor i
of foreigu lands. An American musical
comedy for American pectple. '"Little
Marv Mack" is a splendid combina
tion of clinrniing romance and rare hu
mor dealing with the adventures of a ;
slip of a girl whose curiosity, her chief
trait, foils the plan of a millionaire to
marry otf his daughter to a French
prince.—■ Adv.*
"The Ham Tree"
Mclntyre and Heath, the popular
comedians and clever delineators of
negro types in John Cort's massive pro
duction of their most successful musical
comedy, "The Ham Tree," will he the
attraction at the Majestic Saturday aft
eruoon and evening, April 24.—Adv.*
Colvin's Last Day at Colonial
The Colonial theatre will, to-day,
wind up one of the biggest weeks in
the history of the Busy Corner play
house. Attracted by the exceptionally
good bills that Wilmer & Vincent have
put into the Colonial since the closing
of the Orpheunt, thousands of new pa
trons have been won over for the Colou
ial. The good bill that has been pre
sented dkring the past two days, in
cluding Colvin, the sensational hyp
notist, will come to a close to-night. On
Monday another very strong bill will
be presented, headed by Catherine v'hal
ner and company in a comedy playlet
entitled "Kate's Press Agent." This
act and A 1 and Fanny Stedman, Who
will also come to the Colonial on Mon
day, were originally booked for the
Orpheum.—Adv.*
The Regent
"Valley of the Missing" today's
attraction at the Regent Theatre, is
a thrilling story by Orace Miller White.
In the opening of the production a
pretty little baby is thrown from a
barge and larnls on a nearby yacht on
the Hudson river. The children of a
candidate for Governor are kidnapped
and the sear.-h for them furnishes in
teresting material for the picture. The
children are adopted by an old river
man and are brought up much outsiile
of their natural environments but the
instinct still remains in them and they
eventually, after many years, find their
way back to their former home. Mon
day and Tuesday Manager Magaro will
show "Cinderella" with Mary Pick
ford in the title role.—Adv. *
The Photoplay
Starting to-dav, the new Lubin ser
ies, "The Road O'Strife," in one-act
dramas. Every Lubin star will be
featured in these new Road O 'Strife
Si Stations, points o( Interest.
§ Re-modeled He-decorated —Re- X
furnished. European plan. Every
K convenience.
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M Uh«. Ffaifcal-llaaxw -
j series. Episode No. 1 features Crane
Wilbur :tud Mary Oharleson, both fa
i mous motion picture actor ami actress•
of the present time. "The Second Com
mandment," a three-reel K&lem drama
i with Tom Moore in the leading role
land "The (lentlonian Burglar," a two
: iu't Selig drama completes the pro
gram. Coming Monday, a three-act Ks- ,
j sanay drama, "The of the
tfnowe," featuring Richard T ravers and
i Edna Mayo.—Adv. *
BARNUM & BAILEY
Greatest Show on Earth to Visit This
Olty on Thursday, May <1
Final arrangements have just been
completed for the visit to llarrtsburg
of the Barnum <£ Bniley Greatest Show
lon earth. The date is Thursday, May
I ti. Two performances will be given.
They will be the same in every partic
ular as those presented iu Madison
| Square Gardeu, New York City, where
: this circus opened its season last April.
Added glory attaches to this show
| because of its new equipment, which
j cost the management $3,500,000. Its
| new parade is described as a marvel of
j pageantry. Its enlarged menagerie is
the center of interest, and the company
of 480 world-famous artists presenting
the program have brought 100 sur
j prises from Europe. Tnis circus is over
tifty venrs old. It was founded by .
P. T. Barnum, the father of modem
advertising and l.ig circus ideas. Bar
nume was born 100 years ago. Be was
a century ahead of his time. "Were he
alive to-day he would still bo looked
up to as the greatest amusement man- '
j ager in the world. It was his brilliant
| mind that made the modern circus pos
sible. He found the circus a disorgan
ized institution, operated without sys
tem, intelligence and not a great deal
of integrity. He lifted it up into the
fine arts. He established it on the
I sums systematic standards that make
railroads a success. When he died his
only successors were James A. Bailey
and his immediate staff of associates,
then young men, who were able to
perpetuate his wonderful policy because
of long schooling under him.
Bniley has been described as the
I greatest showman of his day. He grew
to be another Barnum. Under his man
agement the world's greatest circus be
came even greater. No other circus in
the world ever dared to attempt the
gigantic projects that this genius car
ried through tc success. He took the
great show to Europe and Asia. Ho
visited every city of prominence in the '
old world. "Like a rolling ball of snow,
it gathered and grew. On its return
to America it was n world's fair of ten
thousand wonders. To-day it has
reached a point of size that taxes the
railroads to their utmost. It covers
fourteen acres of ground.
The organization of this year num
bers 1,280 people, 700 horses, 40 ele
phants and 1,200 wild and semi-do
mestic animals. It travels on a train
exactly 6,123 feet in length. This is
over one mile. The train has to he
handled in five sections. The circus
performance is introdubed by the new
and costly spectacular pageant entitled,
"Lalla Rookh." The 110 acts that
follow begin a new era in circus ideas.
All is novelty. It would take columns
to enumerate the many wonders that
are set forth in this year's excellent
circus program, but it is sufficient to
say that it is a circus of all nations
and that 480 arenic stars from all cot- .
ners of the globe take part. Adv.
Wide Awake at Times
"Senator Flubdub looks stupid to
me. Doesn't appear to know whether
he is going or coming."
"He is not so sleepy as he looks.
Ask him about his mileage, and you'll
find he can tell you exactly what he
is entitled to, going or coming."—
Kansas City Journal.
Artistic Printing at Star-Independent.
Coal Is 50c a
; Ton Cheaper
It used to be that people
bought coal only when cold
weather made it necessary
to build the fires for Winter.
This brought an avalanche
Of business all at one time.
To relieve this rush the op
erators have a season of
cheaper prices and many
bins are tilled early now. A
Will you give this matter
your early attention?
Kelley has the coal —freshly
mined and of best quality.
H. M. KELLEY O CO.
1 N. Third Street
Tenth and State Streets -