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MORNING ENTERPRISE. SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 1912.
WHY CLARKE WILL
QUTTPLAYiNG
Pilot of Pirates Gives Reasons
For Becoming Bench Manager.
BLOW DECIDES HIS FUTURE.
When Pitcher Sallee Sent One of His
Fast Ones Crashing Into Fred's
Temple It Marked the Beginning of
the End of His Active Days.
When lanky Harry Sallee shot that
fast one crashing flush against Fred
Clarke's right temple in St. Louis July
2 last It marked the beginning of the
end for Clarke as one of the greatest
player managers of all time.
It didn't mark the veteran pilot's fin
ish so far as he personally was con
cerned. Persons nearer and dearer to
him than any fan long bad begged him
to quit Fear that some day his daring
and aggressiveness would meet with
serious injury had caused his family
to plead with him that he give up play
ingthat he take his place among oth
er old masters as a bench manager and
that, like Jennings, Griffith, McGraw,
Chance and Dahlen, he wear his uni
form for bench privileges only.
It is said by many that when Sallee
"beaned" Clarke in that memorable
Sunday clash with the Cardinals it was
the coin that flipped the future, destiny
of the Pirate boss. It was just such a
trick of the baseball fates that Mrs.
Fred Clarke and her two young daugh
ters often had feared. For years the
great leader of pennant contenders and
winners smiled and laughed away
these occasional fears and bore in
Jury after injury with apparent good
grace.
Figures It Time to Quit.
But the inevitable came. It wasn't
Bailee's fault. It was the misfortune of
both that Clarke, crowding the plate as
usual, was caught by the fast "insider"
and dropped senseless in the loam. It
troubled the Pirate manager for two
weeks, but there was no lasting ill ef
fect. Probably then, if never before,
Fred Clarke figured that in seventeen
years as a major league ball player he
had had enough. The close of Ins sev
enteenth year showed him to have a
grand batting average with Louisville
and Pittsburgh of .32G. lie w:is keep
ing up that gait late lust si'ns:;n. lim
ing .324 for the year that marked his
last.
Wins Big Championship.
True, he had accomplished great
things, but not until 1900 did he suc
ceed in fulfilling his most cherished
ambition a world's championship.
They looked for him to take off the
spiked shoes in the following year, but
Fred thought he could repeat.
Mrs. Clarke during the' past year de
clared that one of the happiest days
or her life would be the day that her
husband declared he would give up
the game for all time. He met with
frequent injuries early in the last
playing season; then came the distress
ing rap from Sallee.
Recently Fred was quoted as hav
ing bet nineteen suits of clothes that
he will never participate in another
game of hull. Pittsburgh hopes he
loses every bet he made, and the Pi
rate fans simply can't imagine such a
thing as Clarke sitting on the bencb
when a ninth inning pinch wallop is
needed. He probably never again
will play the outfield or any other field,
but the knack of slapping out a hit
it's in the wood and in the blood
it will be mighty hard for him to re
sist. 4-
GOTCH GIVES ADVICE.
"Be Underdog With Good Grace,"
Says Wrestler.
Here is something new and
Interesting in its line. Frank
Gotch made a curtain address
after a wrestling match in Cleve-
1 a n d not
long ago
and gave
some good
fla advice to
'$L the young
C U (, tXL LCI
this fash-'
ion:
"Learn to
bear the
burdens of t
the under
dog with
good grace
and fight
FRANK GOTCH.
your way to the top of the heap.
I happen to be one of those
champions that have been de
feated. Back ip my younger
days I lost a number of matches,
but they were only incidents
which went to pave the way to
a championship.
"I was the underdog with the
determination, and I set out to
win my battles, trying to be a
gentleman every inch of the
way, and I extended myself to
give my friends and backers a
good 9 In every bout Every
man should learn to fight By
that I do not mean that he
should be a pugilist or a wres-.
tier, but I do mean that he
should be able to fight out hi!)
own life's problems."
,H--l..H-H-M"I"l"r't''I"I"I-H-H"H"H"
Saw No Difference.
"People who seek books from the Ac
tion section make some funny breaks,"
says a' librarian of the Library of Con
gress. "I have made note of a num
ber of these, but none of them amused
me more than the request of a sour
looking spinster. She sternly demand
ed of me a copy of 'The Recollections
of a Liar.' I told her that I didn't
know it, but that I could give her The
Recollections of a Married Man.' "
" That will do, said she acidly. It's
practically the same thing.' " Lippin-cott'a.
Epigrammatic Dinner Bell.
"What's an epigram?" asked Mr.
Cumrox.
"An epigram is something that sounds
good, but doesn't convey any reliable
meaning." -
"I get your idea. It's something like
the dinner bell they used to ring at a
place where I worked as a boy."
Washington Star.
The Resemblance,
Knicker Which side of the house
3oes the bahy resemble? Bocker The
mortgage; he costs so much. Judge.
President Lincoln
and the Quaker
Soldier Boy
A LINCOLN DAY STORY
$ By Captain F. A. Miichel
The following story is a true one.
The words in it attributed to Mr. Lin
coln were actually spoken by him.
Singular it is that Abraham Lincoln,
the central figure in American history
during the nineteenth century, should
have contained so many contradictions.
On one occasion he said to Senator
Voorhees at the White House, "Doesn't
It seem strange that I should be here
I, a man who couldn't cut a chicken's
head off, with blood running all around
me?" Full of humor, he was usually
Bad. An obstinate opponent, he never
bated one he opposed. Brave himself,
he had the utmost sympathy with the
timid. This was one of his most pe
culiar traits. Yet was it peculiar?
Was it not that with that farseeing
Intellect of his he looked into human
ity and saw it as it is rather than as
It has always been considered? In his
'HI, YOU, THKRK LOWER THAT MT7SKBT!"
sympathy with the noncombatant the
developments of the half century since
his death have borne him out.
During the latter part of the eight
eenth century a Quaker family came
from the-south and settled on Lake
Champlain. Any one who looks upon
its placid waters will at once recognize
it as a place of peace, one fitted for
those who shrink on account of con
science or preference from contention.
This family occupied the largest of the
Islands in the lake and for three-quarters
of a century pursued their peace
ful avocation there. Then came to
their native land a gigantic struggle,
such as up to that time the world had
never seen and for length and breadth
and intensity may never see again.-
When the war drums beat in 18C1
thousands of young men on both sides
flocked voluntarily to the standards.
Two years passed, the end was not in
sight, the enthusiasm among the
youth had cooled, or, rather, many of
those who had sprung to arms had
been killed, died of disease or sent
home disabled. Then came the draft
Among the descendants of this Quak
er family who years before had settled
on Lake Champlain was Faithful Law
rence, a widow with one son. Pardon
Lawrence had been brought up by bis
mother in the Quaker faith that it was
sinful to fight. He was a boy of strong
chaiacter, and that character had been
molded by his mother under the influ
ence of her peaceful religion and in a
peaceful location. ,
Pardon was but little more than
eighteen when the draft came, and his
was one of the names drawn. He con
sulted with his mother, who counseled
him that their principle of nonresist
ance directed him to obey the govern
ment. So he submitted and waa re
ceived into one of the regiments then
forming in the region in which he
lived.
"Though I am forced to bear arms
against my fellow beings," said the
boy, "I shall never injure any of
them."
"What do you mean byjhat?" asked
the recruiting officer.
"My mother has taught me it is a sin
to fight. It is her religion and my fa
ther's, and his father's to the third
generation. I shall never raise my
hand to kill any Mte."
"How do you propose to help it?"
isked the officer, amazed.
"Thee may place a gun in my hand,
but thee cannot compel me to fire it or
I may fire up in the air where there is
no one to be injured."
The recruiting officer langhed and
made no reply. -
For the ordinary duties of a soldier
Pardon Lawrence was found to be an
excellent man. He was quick to learn
those duties and submitted readily to
discipline. While the other boys, used
to the far different life of the farm,
were slow to. acquire that respect due
an officer by a private. Pardon fell into
It easily. Where they would now and
again prove refractory the Quaker boy
was always subservient to military
discipline. .
Then came the day of battle when
Jib natural makeup of the man stands
forth. There are some who flinch,
some who girt their teeth and march
up to death supported by a strong will
and a few who seem rather to enjoy
the fray. Pardon, had It not been for
the principles that had been instilled
Into him from babyhood, would have
been, one of those who take naturally
to fighting. On his face was the res
olute look of the man who was forc
ing himself to endure the test to which
be was subjected, but it was there
from a different cause. He was brac
ing himself against -not only the ef
fort on the part of his officers to make
him fight, but against that hot blood
which sooner or later comes to most
men on the field of battle. Pardon
feared to break away from the religion
of his forefathers that had been "taught
him by his gentle mother, but he did
not fear the enemy.
The regiment was kneeling behind a
stone wall waiting a charge of the en
emy. On came a line of brown, like
dead leaves and dust rolled forward
by a gust of wind. The captain of
Pardon Lawrence's company stood, his
eyes darting first at this death whirl
then along the line of his men, whose
guns were pointed horizontally, all ex
cept one that was Inclined upward. It
Was Pardon's.'
"Hi, you, there lower that musket!"
Pardon's musket sank to a level, but
when the order came to fire it bobbed
up as if worked by machinery. The
captain saw and remembered. Thrice
the brown line was driven back before
It failed to come again, and every time
Private Lawrence's gun, just as the
word "Fire" was' given, went up, the
charge going toward the sky. Not only
the captain saw, but Pardon's com
rades, and there sprung up against him
a fierce antagonism.
"Traitor !"
"A Confederate sympathizer!"
"A Quaker!"
"Quaker be hanged! That don't
count when we're fighting."
"The next time I'm behind him in a
fight I'm going to shoot him."
Pardon heard these comments, but
they did not ruffle him indeed, a
faint flush of satisfaction came upon
his cheek, for he was thinking of the
placid bosom of his native Lake Cham
plain and of his little mother in her
prim dress when she had said to him
at his departure:
"Thee will find it hard, Pardon, to
do the will of the Lord, but he will
give thee strength."
When the fighting was over the cap
tain called Private Lawrence to him
and asked him why he had fired in
the air Instead of at the enemy. Par
don told him."
"Why did you enlist?" asked the
captain.
"I didn't; I was drafted."
"Corporal of the guard!" cried the
captain.
The corporal came, and the captain
ordered him to take the refractory
private to the guard tent and keep
him there till he was called for. Then
the captain went to the colonel and
reported the singular case. An order
ly was sent to direct the corporal of
the guard to bring Pardon to the colo
nel's headquarters.
"I have called for 'you," said the
colonel with all the sternness he could
command, "to tell you that unless you
will promise me that there shall be
no more of this failure to fight, this
flinching, this cow"
"Does thee think I don't shoot be
cause I am afraid?" cried Pardon,
flushing.
"No, not that, but" The colonel
was puzzled. "Take him away," he
said.
Not long after this scene Mr. Lincoln
was sitting in his office, when it was
announced to him that the colonel of a
regiment had visited Washington to
consult with the president concerning
a matter of life and death to a private
soldier. Mr. Lincoln was busy, but
gave orders that the officer should be
admitted at once. When he came in
Mr. Lincoln began to rise from his
chair, and the colonel thought he would
never stop rising.
"Another leg case, colonel, I sup
pose?" said the president wearily.
Many cases of cowardice and conse
quent death sentences came before Mr.
Lincoln, and he always called them
leg eases. "You can't get me to shoot
a man for running away in battle. I
wouldn't do it A man can't help be
ing a coward any more than he could
help a hump back if he were born
with one. I have been scared myself
and know what it is. In any contest
or controversy arising between., the
head and the heels I never knew the
heels to get anything but the best of
it" '
"This is not that kind of case at
all, Mr. President," replied the colonel,
and he explained that he had a Quaker
in his regiment who wouldn't fight
and wouldn't run.
Mr. Lincoln was much relieved.
"Why, that's plain enough, colonel,"
he said. "There is only one thing to
do. Trump up some excuse and send
him home. Yoa can't kill a boy like
that, you know. The country needs all
her brave men wherever they are.
f end him home." .f '
The colonel returned to camp, and
the next day Pardon was ordered to
the surgeon's headquarters. There he
was subjected to a rigid physical ex
amination, at the end of which the offi
cer certified on a discharge blank that
'Private Pardon Lawrence was' physi
cally incapacitated to do the duties of a
soldier. When the papers reached the
surgeon general he was about to send
them back disapproved, since there was
no disability specified, when he remem
bered that he had received an order
from the president -to pass them when
they came in.
So Pardon Lawrence went home cov
ered with the glory not of a military
but of a moral hero.
Rattling Windows.
In seme houses the windows have an
unpleasant habit of rattling at all
times of the day and night when there
Is the least wind. In such a case an
ordinary clothespin is most effective.
It must be split in half and one half
inserted on each side between the
framework and the window or between
the sashes. A good plan is to paint
the clothespeg the same color as the
window frame and secure the pieces
by a cord and screw to the frame so
that they will be in readiness when
needed.
For the Children
A Little Girl's Fine
Valentine For Papa.
(Si. -A
Photo by American Press Association.
See what this little lady fair has
drawn upon her slate a heart for pa
pa's valentine. He'll surely appreciate
It very much when he sees the picture.
It was pretty hard work to get the
lines just right, but you can see how
well she succeeded. And little brother
helped some too. He didn't bother a
bit while the artist was at work. He
just looked on and wondered at his tal
ented sister's skill. He would have
made a valentine, too, but somehow
the pencil wouldn't go right and kept
sprawling all over the slate. Perhaps
by next year he'll be able to draw a
beautiful valentine.
Lincoln's Kind Heart
One cold winter day Abraham Lin
coln came, upon a poor man who had
been hired to chop up an old hut into
firewood. The poor fellow was bare
foot, thinly clothed and shivering from
the cold, and he was so , weak that he
could hardly raise the ax.
Lincoln stopped the man in his work
and said, "How much are you getting
for this job?"
"A dollar," said the woodchopper,
"and with it I must buy myself a pair
of shoes."
"You go inside and warm yourself
for a few minutes," said Lincoln as he
took the ax from the woodchopper.
Then he swung the ax mightily and
soon had the old hut split up into kin
dlings. He had done it so quickly that
the man could hardly believe his eyes.
The poor woodchopper received his
money and bought his shoes and never
forgot the kindness of Abraham Lin
coln. " About St. Valentine. -.
How our simple valentine customs
ever came to be connected with so so
ber and revered a person as St. Valen
tine has ever been a mystery. . There
are many theories as to how this came
about, but the most probable one , is
that the custom descends from the an
cient Romans and can be traced to
their festivals of the Lupercalia,
which came on the 14th of February.
At this celebration names of young
women were put into a box, from
which they were drawn by young men.
The fathers of the church put their
veto on these personal drawings and
in place of the young women's names
substituted the .names of the saints,
each person thus choosing a patron
saint for the coming year. This change
(by chance was marie one St. Valen
tine's day, the anniversary of the mar
tyrdom of Valentine, an' old time saint
A Lincoln Story.
A young sergeant distinguished him
self by his gallantry at Donelson and
was recommended for promotion. He
was summoned to appear before a mil
itary board at Washington and closely
questioned by West Point graduates.
None of his answers was satisfactory.
When the report reached President
Lincoln be fidgeted for a moment, laid
the paper on his desk, then, taking one
gaunt knee. in his hands, said: "I don't
know what to do with this case. Here's
a young fellow who knows nothing of
the science of losing battles. He doesn't
even know the technical name of the
fortification on which he ran up the
stars and stripes In the face of the
enemy." He thought a moment, then
indorsed the report. "Give this man a
captain's certificate."
Conundrums.
When may a man be said to break
fast before he gets up? When he
takes a roll in bed.
What is the difference between a tun
nel and a speaking tube? One is hol
lowed in; the other is hallowed out.
When is a sick man a contradiction?
When he is an impatient patient.
What Is taken from you before yon
get it? Your portrait.
When is a horse a victim of the in
quisition? When it is fastened to the
rack.
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. A Happy Valentine.
If I could be a valentine -
I know what I would do
I'd get Into an envelope
And travel straight to you.
And if the postman didn't know
Your name Is Baby Dear
- And where you live I'd shake his bag;
As soon as he was near.
And then with all my might I'd jump
And run across the street.
I'm sure that he'd Jump too to find
A valentine had feet.
I'd ring the bell and ring the bell -
A minute and a half.
And when you came and saw 'twas X.
Oh. my, how we would laugh!
Not Much.
Jess What did papa say when you
asked him? . . . , .... -
Jack Not much. "
Jess But what was it?
Jack-Just that. "Nat-much!" Lon
don Mail.
no nesomomnco.
Marks That Mrs. Gabbleigh is a per
fect amazon of a woman. Parks She
hardly suggests the amazons of old to
me. Marks Oh. I mean the river
Sie has a l:rge mouth, and she runs
on incessantly. Huston Transcript
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WILLAMETTE CLUB
TO GIVE BIG DANCE
One of the social events of the sea
son -will be the dancing party at
Busch's hall next Wednesday evening
by the Willamette Dancing Club. The
committee in charge of the affair is
composed of H. E. Draper, Clyde
Mount and M. D. Latourette. The
parties given by this club have al
ways been most enjoyable 'affairs, and
there is no doubt that there will be
a large attendance at the coming
party. .
SECRETARY GIVES PRIMARY RULES
(Continued from page one.)
for posting in public places in the
respective precincts.
March 20. Latest date on which
statements and portrait cuts (endors
ing ana opposing candidates) shall be
handed to the State Printer by the
Secretary of State, properly compiled.
edited, prepared and indexed for print
ing.
March 29. Latest date on which
petitions for nomination for offices to
be filled by the State at large or by
any district consisting of more than
one county, and for Judges of Circuit
Courts and for District Attorneys in
districts consisting of a single county
shall be filed in the office of the Sec
retary of State.
March 20-April 1. Dates during
which Secretary of State must arrange
names and information and certify
same to the county clerks for primary
nominating election, filing one, post
ing one, and registering one copy
thereof to each county clerk.
March 30-April - 4. Time within
which State Printer shall commence
and complete delivery of pamphlets to
the Secretary of State.
April 2. Latest date on which coun
ty clerks shall mail lists of registered
voters of the respective counties to
the Secretary of State.
April 3. Latest date on which pe
titions for nominations for offices to
be voted for in only one county or
district shall be filed with the county
clerk.
April 4-6. Dates during which the
county clerks of the counties shall
arrange the names and other informa
tion concerning all the candidates
and parties named in the valid peti
tions for nomination which have been
filed with them and those which have
been certified to them by the Secre
tary of State, forthwith certify same,
under the seal of the county court,
file same in office and also post a dup
licate thereof therein and proceed
forthwith to have official ballots print
ed as provided by law.
April 9. Date on which county
clerks close registration books before
primary election.
April- 9. County clerk shall im
mediately send to the Secretary of
State a certified copy of the numbers
and totals of the electors for each
party registered in the county.
April 9. Immediately on the close
of registration for the primary nomi
nating election the county clerk shall
deliver to the Secretary of State the
postoffice address and party regis
tration of every voter who has regis
tered. April 10. Latest date on which Sec
retary of State shall forward by mail
to every registered voter of the sev
eral political parties required to nomi
nate their candidates at the primary
election a copy of the pamphlet of his
political party containing the names
and the statements provided for.
April 18. Last day on which any
a
P
person who has filed a nominating
petition by the electors of a political
party, and who has removed from his
electoral district before the day of the
direct primary nominating election
may cause his name to be withdrawn
by a writing, duly acknowledged, by
filing same with the Secretary of State
or the county clerk or clerks with
whom the certificate nominating him
was filed.
April 18. Last day on which any
nomination by petition of the electors
of a political party, vacated by death
or removal from an electoral district
may be filled by' the committee which
has been given jurisdiction so to do
by the political party or the law sub
stantially a3 provided in Sections 3345
and 3346, liord's Oregon Laws.
April 19. Date of primary nomi
nating election. Polls open at 8 a. m.
and continue open until 7 p. m. Judg
es at their discretion may adjourn at
1 p. m. for one hour.
April 22. Date on which county
clerks shall proceed with the canvass
of vote; Sec. 3377. Make copies of
each abstract of vote and transmit
same by mall to the Secretary of
State.
Behind the Scenes,
"What's the trouble?" asked the im
presario's friend.
"I can't keep my people down to
their own lines of work. The prima
donnas will kick and the ballet won't"
Exchange.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Edward Hinderlie to C. A. Han
son, 25 acres of sections 4 and 9,
township 5 south, range 1 east;
$1,900.
H. A. and Rosa A. Kruse to Mar
ion and Minnie R. Sumner, land in
sections 7 and 18, township 3 south,
range 1 east; $10. -
Isabel and Julia Rosenfeld to Louis
Jermulowske, 41.84 acres of D. L. C.
of William H. Fordyce, township 3
south, range 3 east; $10.
A. Bv and Lola Craft to George M.
and Ella A. Laughlin, 80 acres of
Caleb and Alice "Richey D. L. C, sec
tions 19, 20, 29, 30, township 1 south,
range 3 east; $18,300.
D. N. and Phebe Bridenstine to C.
L. Gray, 40 acres of section 28, town
ship 3 south, range 4 east; $4,000.
William Pierce Johnson, Ira Pierce,
S. B. McKee, F, G. Wight and Wil-
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usual grill prices. Baths range from 50 cents to $1.00.
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to E. and Laura Baker 10' acres of
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