The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, November 9, 1916, Page 6

FRANCE HAS NEW __ AIR DAREDEVIL RECORD- ON TOBOGGAN Louisville Team Lost Twenty-Six Straight Contests. 695-POUND TUNA CAPTURED Monster Taken in Net Seven Miles Off Block Island--Much Larger i han California's. aw people realize wcent to Rhode New that the SALARY CUT IN FALL Managers Contemplate Reduc- tion in Players’ Stipends. Former Cavalryman Performs Astonishing Feats of Valor With Aeroplane. IS MANY TIMES DECORATED Pronounced Permanently Disabled After Smash-Up, He Steals Ma- chine and Goes Forth to New Deeds of Heroism. Paris, ngesser, the latest air- man to be reveuled to us as a prince among ‘pilots, is a great, big, heavy fellow, fat-fuced and cumbersome of build. i He was a cavalryman in the Second Hussars when he started his career, and the war was not a month old be- fore he distinguished himself, His squadron was cut off and sur- rounded in theretreat from Charleroi. The troop commander was lying help- less, badly wounded, Nungesser bore him to shelter, .Getting a few strag- lers together, he ambushed a German staff motor cur, killed its occupants, put his wounded officer inside, and taking the wheel set off on a wild dash through the enemy's lines. The car was a powerful Mors, and the way Mungesser let her all out and tore through the whole ranks of Germans earned for him the epithet of: “Dash to Death.” Nungesser was subsequently pro- moted quartermaster, awarded the military medal, and permanently ap- pointed army chauffeur. Takes to Flying. Nungesser later handed in his res- ignation and declared that unless he was put into the flying corps he would take his place in the trenches. He al- ready had_a_pilot’s tick nd_ after | Colonels Were of Old Major League American Association—Worst Los- | ing Streak Ever Made in \ Baseball History. There is one baseball record that no | club is anxious to overturn, and which | fet stand until the end of time, That | 4s the record of consecutive defeats, | hung up in 1889 by the Louisville club of the old nyajor league American as- { sociation, The string was finally broken by a 7 to 8 victory over the St. Louis team, which put an end to the worst losing streak the game hus ever known, Up to the time of the victory over St. Louis the Coloncls had lost 26 games {in a row, and the few wavering sup- porters of the club were on the verge of abandoning all hope that the team would ever win a game. The dubious feat of the Louisville club remains, and may always remain, the major league record. Only once has it been equaled in a minor league, and it has never been surpassed in any professional circuit. In 1913 the Meredian (Miss.) club of the Cotton States league was nicked for 26 con- secutive wallops, und had the world’s record in sight when the team fell down and won a gitme. The record losing streak of the Na- tional league was pulled off in 1890, the year of the Brotherhood war, when | the Pittsburgh club dropped 23 games in a row. The whole bunch of Smoky City players went over to the Players’ league and Guy Hecker, the new man- ager, had to build practically a new team, getting his material where he could. After the long losing streak the fans deserted the sinking ship and gave their support to the -Players’ league team, which included most of the old Pittsburgh favorites, Games _were transferred to other | everybody concerned will be glad to, Tehind Dor Hee shai Such is the d Capt. Hugh L; just returned island in his mo- tells a reporter that er tuna fish which 305 pounds, tain Willoughby, it as to the weight, a's Cina fish never exceed 300 ifornia, was caught in a fisher- even miles*southeast d had to be speared for shipment to hile the fisherman to tig out whether the of the monster will pay to repair nets, which were torn to shreds in Mean 3” said Captain believe that there never ties, such as com- and man-eating sharks, The menhacden fishing industry has clenned the waters of the food for the and they are hungry. Any will ent human beings in this THIS CLD WOMAN MAKES HAY Although Eighty-Four Years Old Mrs. Nellic France Can Mow and Has a Fine Garden. Tenn, — Mrs. Nella France, ed eighty-four, who lives near ver Hill, mowed hay last week, “Aunt Nellie’ enjoys remark- ably good health, She has a splendid garden which she has made herself, doing all of the ice While her hay being mowed she went to the hay field and asked per- ih nto drive the mower, which was being putled by two large mules, Her request being granted, she made sev- eral rounds in the large hay fi Cookeville, a Week or two of training was passed as good for military aviation. Between April and August, 1915, he took part in 53 bombarding expedi- tions, three of which, secured him fresh mentions in dispatches, Return- ing from the last, he espied a German Albatross over Nancy, went for it, de- spite the handicap of his heavy, slow machine, insufficiently armed for sin- gle combat, and shot down the invader. T This achievement brought him into prominence and he was promoted to the crack chusing corps. Before the end of the yeur he had been made chevalier of the Legion of Honor. A side slip at Bue, however, when trying 1 new type of machine, almost- cost him his life. He was picked up for dead, with,a fractured skull, a broken jaw, nearly all his ribs broken, the muscles of the legs torn away. Nungesser refused to ‘accept the doc- tor’s decision that he was perinanently disabled; he declined to take three months’ on convalescence, if he ever wanted to be of any use again—and almost stealing a machine, he soared aloft, and never came down until he had accounted for a German aero- plane, Given His Own Way. After this he was allowed to have his own way. He could scarcely talk, owing to the necessity of binding up his Jaw, his head was swathed in bandages, he had to be lifted in and out of his aeroplane, but he was a per- fect demon once aloft, He then be- came a sub-lieutenant. This was at the end of March and the beginning of April last. On April 25 he engaged, single-handed, three Fokkers, brought down one and gave the others a severe mauling. A week later he was swooped down upon by @ flotilla of six Fokkers. He had one down before they could get his range almost, and then sailed at full speed right into the midst of the others, They were unable to fire, for fear of hitting one another, whereas he pound- ed them hard until he had not a shot left, then by masterly airmanship, he showed them a clean pair of heels, They were in such a state that they did not dare follow him, which was lucky, for he had not gone a mile or two before his engine went all to pieces. Seven bulls had gone through it, and only a couple of cylinders still had any go in them. He had dropped to under 8,000 feet, and was limping lamely as he crawled back over the German trenches, The storm of shells missed him all the same and he made home safely. cities and even to neighboring towns in Pennsylvania and Ohio and West Virginia. The club also set up an- other record that year by losing three games in a day. The American league losing streak record of 20 games was set up by Boston in 1906, Jimmy Collins, who managed the Red Sox from the first, and who had_ kept the club in the first division and won two pennants prior to the fatal year, was charged by the Boston fans with neglecting his duties, and the veterans of the outfit seemed to go all to pieces. As a result Bos- ton finished the season in the cellar, losing 105 games and winning only 49. REBEL M’TIGUE IS BOOSTED Buck Freeman, Old-Time Slugger of Boston Americans, Hands Ex-Tiger Large Bouquet. Buck Freeman, one-time slugger with the Boston Americans, and now umpir- ing in the International league, comes to bat with the assertion that Rebel McTigue, former Brave and Tiger hurler, but at present pitching for the Toronto Leafs, has more stuff than any other pitcher he ever worked be- hind, McTigue, who, @espite a good record on the spring training trip, was turned back to Toronto by Manager Jennings and insisted upon driving longer, but the overseer, ng that she would overexert herself, prevailed upon her A following, however, she donned her sunbonnet and went batk to the hay ficld and raked all day. She frequently rides horseback from her home to Monterey, a” dis- tance of eight miles, HERO OF POZIERES after five innings of big-league ball, is making quite a record in the minor or- ganization, With.a sixth-place club, the lengthy southpaw has registered six wins, four defeats, one tie game and twice hurled one-hit shutouts, one against Rochester on May 80 and the other against Provi- dence, league leaders. In each of the above contests the hits were-of the de- eldedly fluke variety, and the slow roller to the infield which spoiled a perfect record in Rochester on Me- morial day came after two men had been retired in the ninth inning. The pitcher. twirled three times in one week, winning all three of the con- tests, two of which were shutouts, be- One shot had gone through his helmet and grazed the top of his head, an- other had carried away the heel of his slipper, 27 had struck the plane and done various kinds .of damage without counting those in the engine. RICH THRICE, DIES POOR Philip Deidesheimer, Once Famous as * Mining Engineer, Passes Away in Poverty. San Francisco.—Philip Deidesheim- er, eighty-four, a mining engineer once famous, died in poverty here. Rebel McTigue. sides playing right field on two other occasions. In addition to heaving a fine brand of ball, the "| which have hitherto resulted from at- Gen. Sir William R. Birdwood, com- mander of the Australian troops who captured Pozieres from the Germans after desperate fighting. MORE AIR IN GERMAN CARS New Rules Permit Open Windows in Coaches Under Certain Conditions. London.—"Anybody who has ever fought for fresh air in a German rail- way carriage,” writes a correspondent in the Daily Mail, “will be interested to hear that, even amid the preoccupa- tions of war, the authorities are mak- ing an effort to solve so weighty a problem. The Berliner Tageblatt learns that henceforth in a compart- ment separated from other compart- ments by a swinging door, windows may be opened only if all the passen- gers in the compartment consent. “In other compartments any one passenger has the right to demand the opening of a window. “These regulations are now printed on the windows themselves, and it {a |. hoped that the violent arguments tempts to let fresh air into stifling compartments will be less frequent.” Gnats Cauee Fire Alarm. ReF¥®-CEASSY-RIGHT-HAND: ceived a tryout with the Winchester club of the Blue.Grass league. made good and the following year was the star of the league, though he didn't advance, sensational record that the Philadel- phia He was shifted to Chicago, where he played the following yenr, and after a couple of seasons figured in anoth- er swap, this time to the Reds, with whom he is now performing in bril- Mant fashion. Won Twenty Consecutive Games in straight games, beating the recent win- ning streak of the Giants by three games. Charley Radbourne pitched in 18 of the 20 contests. The Providence Baseball Magnates Agitated Over Re- sult Likely to Follow When Wages Are Reduced—Most of Trou- ble Be From Mouth. One of the many questions agitating the baseball powers that be is this: Is there going to be‘any serious trou- ble when the salary cutting séason opens tn the fall? Usually the pleasant autumnal months have merely ushered in the salary boosting time, Particularly was this true when the Federal league was in its heyday, picking all the peaches from the O. B. bough that weren't glued fast with higher salary cement. ‘The winds that blew across the or- chard naturally boosted the total in the old pay envelope. But now that the wind of competition is stillea—ah, me! these coming days are likely in- deed to be “the saddest of the year.” But what will happen when the pruning knife is taken in hand and the farmers set in to work? If, as is reported, salaries are really to go on the toboggan, there’s bound to be trou- ble. Of course, most of the trouble will be of the-mouth variety. - The “foot” may be added to the “mouth” disease, in some instances, Where there is any doubt of the actual, real value of a player as a drawing card, he may find himself in the discard if he raises too big a howl. It is said that the players are up to the minute prepared. From time to time the members of the various clubs have been meeting as the sched- ule has brought them to New York, and meeting not only themselves but the managers of their own mutual pro- tection band, Just how many meet- ings there have been behind the mys- teriously locked doors I don’t know, nor do I know how far any assocla- tion has been formed and plans laid. In the White inexpensive. L. R. .Here’s a Vacation Tip™ Southwestern Missouri. and Northern Arkansas, you'll get more of what you want in the way of a real vacation than anywhere you can go—even though you traveled three times the distance and it cost you ten times the price. Only a short ride. away—easy to reach. Hotels, boarding-houses .and camps everywhere—comfortable and MISSOURI ‘PACIFIC “Plocsant Way to Pleasant Places” Kiver Country—ret all particulars—whatever intoimatbnycuiiesa j River Country of Ask for booklet on the White from TWYMAN, Agent Butler, Mo. Fred Toney of Cincinnati Is Ranked With Alexander—Performing in Clever Fashion. In Fred Toney, Manager Mathew- son of Cincinnati, has one of the class- fest right-handed pitchers in baseball, a man who ranks with Alexander in effectiveness, and who will give the Quaker star a run for pitching hon- ors in all likelihood this ‘season. Toney is a Southerner, having been born in Nashville, Tenn., 26 years ago. He first began pitching regularly in 1900 with an amateur,team known as the Free Silver Sluggers, in Nashville, and lost but two games all year. The following season he played semi- professionally in Nashville, winning 26 out of 81 games. In 1908 he played for a time with the Bowling Green Fred Toney. (Ky.) team, and in mid-season re- He In 1909 he made such a Nationals obtained him and took him up at the elose of the year. PROVIDENCE HAD STAR TEAM 1884—Charley Radbourne Pitched in Eighteen Contests. The Providence team of 1884 won 20 - Rural Home Makers Meet. The home makers club their regular meeting Nov. 1 at the pleasant home of Mrs, E. E. | Morilla, with nine members and one visitor present. The members present were: Mesdames Geo. Minnick, lem Sargent, Milburn Tharp, Ben Wix, Everett Morilla, Ed Moore, Misses Cora Wix, Ada and Dolla Rains, Leo and Vivian Morilla, Floyd Sargent. Mrs. Wm. Miles of Carthage, Mo., was a guest at this meeting and gave a short talk that was ap- preciated by all. The program was as follows: Roll Call, Scriptural quotations bearing on thankfulness. Song by Club. Thanksgiving Mrs. Geo. Minnick. Thanksgiving song, Miss Cora Wix and Mrs. E. E. Morilla. Amusements, Select Reading, Mrs. Milburn Tharp. Instrumental, music, Mrs. Lem Sargent. Contest, Mrs. Ben Wix and Miss Cora Wix. Mrs. E. E. Morilla was winner of first prize and Mrs. Geo. Min- nick won the booby prize. It was decided to hold the ap- nual reception Thursday evening, Nov. 9th, at the home of Mrs, Joe Knolls. This is a very enjoyable event and is looked forward to with great anticipation. Adjourned to meet Dec. with Mrs. Ben Wix. Cor. Sec. 6th, Sheriff's Sale in Partition. John Nightwine, Albinus Night- -wine, W. A. Nightwine, Oliver Nightwine, Seth Nightwine, Frank M. Gardner, Allie Tullis, Roberta Shelton, and Jennie Kalkofen, Plaintiffs. vs. Welden D. Yates, Administrator of the Estate of James Cough- lin, deceased, Defendants. In the Circuit Court of Bates County, Missouri. By virtue and authority of a decree and order of sale made by the said Court, in the above en- titled cause, and of a certified copy thereof, dated October 19th, 1916, I will on Monday, the 20th day of November, 1916, between the hours of‘nine o’clock in the forenoon, and five o’clock in the afternoon of that day, at the east front door of the Court House, in the City of Butler in Bates Coun- ty, Missouri, sell at public vendue to the highest bidder, the follow- ing described real estate, viz: The north east quarter of the south east quarter of sec- | tion 13, Township 41, Range 33 in Bates County, Missouri. Terms of'sale‘as follows, viz: Cash in hand. _ 2-td JOHNSON, Shacifl dt Bone County, Mo. (| held |ings on second an Woodmen of The World—Maple Camp meets at the call of the Sov- jerten Commanéer, Marmaduke meets at the Confederate Veterans duke Camp, No. 615, jcall of the commander. G, A. R.—Bates Post, No. 58, meets at the City Hall on the first Satur-° day in each month at 2 p. m. Ameriean Yeoman Meets at the call of the Foreman in the Knights of Pythias Hall. National Amerieans Meets Monday night |. Woodman Hall iL 6 oO. night fi Batiee Enesmpment Meets second and fourth Tuesday in each month at hall in Fraternal Ine. A. F. and A. M-—Meets first and third Saturday night {mn each month at hall in Fratermal Ina. —, Woeedmen—Butler Qamp, meets first and third Thureday nights in eaeh month at hall on south side of square. » Second in each month at F. Meets every Monday hall over Fraternal Inn, Modern No, 2458, each month, —_ Benevolent and Preteetive Order of Wike—Meets secomd Tuesday night of each month at hall, eormer ef Main and Ohio Streets, Kaights and Meet second each month at hi nights in each mo: Knights of Pythims—Blue Viag Lodge, No. 190, meets ench . Friday night at Castle Hall om sowth side of . square. ies ef Seeurity fourth Tuesday eorner of Main Ata Fraternal Association Hope Council, No. 8623, meets first and third Tuesday nights in each month, Order of Owls Butler Nest, No. 1058, meets at call of the president, Daughters of Rebekah Carnation Lodge meets the second and fourth Thursday in each month in hall in Fraternal Inn. Miami R. A. rr died Stated meet- fourth Thursday nights in each month in hall in Fra- ternal Inn. Reyal and Select Masters—Butler Council, No. 3% meets on the second Tuesday in each month in hall in Fraternal Inn, Knights Tem ——. Gouley Com- mandery No. 30 meets secend Satur- day night in each month in hall in Fraternal Inn. - W.C. T. U. Meeting. The Butler W. C. T. U. met Oct. 27, 1916, at the home of the president, Mrs. C. A. Waters on Ohio street with a goodly num- ber present. Officers present: President, Mrs. Waters, vice pres- ident, Mrs. Richards; secretary, Mrs. Tuttle. After the devotional exercises the regular business was transact- ed. Mrs. Julia Culver was elect- ed as corresponding. secretary. Mrs. Kate Tuttle was elected as treasurer. Three new members were gained, Mrs. Hallie Woods, Mrs. Virginia Gloyd, and Mr. El- lis Tuttle, honorary member. One visitor present. Mrs. Fred Williams sang a beautiful song with Miss Ruby Hart accompanying. oon eee Richards was also elected literary superintendent and Mrs, Kate Tuttle superintend-