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The Washington herald., 1907-05-12
WENT WRONG ON ROSEDEN
Public Followed Heavy Plungers in
the Metropolitan.
Defeat OF the Pronounced FaYorife
Cost the Talent More Than a
Quarter Million Dollars.

New York, May u.-Even the shrewdest
at ali times make mistakes. This was
shown Ia the Metropolitan Handicap, when
the greatest combination Of bettors that
the American turf has ever known played
ROseben 10 win she classic race. II GER
tainly was a mistake, for the big son of
Ben Strome has only once in his career
run q good race in the mud. That per-
Torrance was at Hot Springs. when Rose
ben was a fOur-year-old. On that occasion
Mamie Worth, Roseben, and Toscan
finished noses apart in a driving finish.
Davy johnson. Frank Farrell. and Tim
Sullivan lost heavily to Roseben. They
had their choice OF starting either Rose
ben or DR.. Gardner, but they chose the
former and lost. On the race that DR..
Gardner ran IN the Excelsior Handicap
he certainly held Gloriher safe, but
Trainer Weir sent Roseben to the post,
and the result is well known.
Probably more than a quarter Of a
million dollars were lost on Roseben. The
horse is popular fav0rite with ths pub
lie, which blindiy followed the lead of
the cOteTie Of plungers. The crowd sim
ply threw its money into the ring, and
many a DtpAa4E NdE EEAur-A-S 10 AAg EI2
horse at the end of the speculation.
After the ride little enthusiasm was dis
played. Glorifer was a receding long
shot, and hardly anybcdy on the grounds
played him. The result was simply an
eagle bird for the layers. the money
bet on Rosebeu. Sewel, J. c. Core, and
Tokalon ali remaining in their strong
boxes.
While the victory of Gloriher was rot
popular with the public, it was 10 the
majority Of owners. Jimmy Mccormick Is
one Of the old school Of trainers and is
one Of the best-liked men on the race
courses He won the Carter Handicap
with Glorifier. and il was only a few
years ago that he captured the Suburban
Handicap with AlcedO, then running in
the colors Of L. Y. Bell. No more pOpu-
lar man could have captured the rich
Ma I'll
The Washington herald., 1907-05-12
HART AND sHRECK SIGN.
viii Fight 80 Finish at TonOpah
ON Decoration Day.

Tonopah. New, May 1.-THE officials OF
the Casino A. c., of Tonopah. New, have
at last clinched a tight between Mike
Schreck. of Cincinnati and Marvin Hart,
Of Louisville, for finish at eatch-weights
on the afternoon Of May So
The men viii battle for % per cent Of
the gross receipts Of the house, and the
club has allowed, each fighter $500 for
training and travelling expenses 10 the
battle-ground
Otto Floto. the Western newspaper
man. has been selected by the club to
referee the fight, and both Schreck and
Hart have returned the clubs articles
signed. accepting the terms for the battle.
This viii be the first meeting between
these two heavy-weights since their four
round draw at the Madison Square Car
den IN New York IN 1906.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-12
BRIGHTwOoD MEETING.
Large Fields Are Assured for Race
on May Is, 80, ard so.

UH MA4 80 NHt <ftA w.
According 10 horse papers the coming
meeting at Brlghtwood. May 2s. .. and g.
viii be the greatest harness horse meeting
ever seld IN this city.
These papers have the assurance that
such stables as those Of J. a. CTabtree.
George M. Garth, Montezuma Stock Farm.
aud others Of equal standing in the horse
world viii race their horses at this meet
ing. Besides the harness horses. there
are now stabbed on the Brightwood track
and the immediate vicinity more than
fifty running horses, and this number Of
runners viii be augmented by at least
fifty other horses this week.
The above stables. with the local
horses, many of which are able TO com
pete with the best Of the visiting stables,
will aggregate an entry list Of more than
seventy harness horses and more than one
hundred running horses.
Frank B. Walker. admitted 20 be one
Of the best harness horse starters in
the country, will start the harness
horses. Henry Copperthite, who is back
ing the meeting. is being congratulated
upon the fine outlook, and there IS every
inuies.-ion that the affair will be the
most successful Of the kind ever held
here.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-12

John L. Sullivan was mad clear through
last night. when he expressed himself on
the o'Brien-Burns hasco.
"Dubs. d. dubs: that's what these
fighters of to-day are" he Declared in
tones that sounded ike a roar from an
angry bun. and which fairly tore down
the columns IN the lobby Of the Arlington
Hotel The fight game has gone 70
H." he added.
They have sure killed the goose that
laid the golden egg. They tarnished the
egg with fake. Fight to-day is COM
n1ereial game. Why, any old dub can 20
IN. just telling how strong he is. and be
put to sleep by q jab on the Jaw. and
when he comes TO himself to md six or
seven thousand dollars TO be his just be-
cause he lost. It's nothing but CONNER
cial stunt.
When the sporting public gets wise 10
these takers and this commercial fighting
IS not patronized, why. we win get some
men in the front Of the fight wagon who
can fight These dubs now have the CEN
ter Of the stage. and they are working
the game good and plenty
''O'Brient Whoever said O'Brien was
there with the goods? He licked a few
rusty ones in England, and then has been
fixing fights for what he could get ia Il
with the public as the sucker. Say. there
isn't a real good fighter known to-day,
except Jeffries. He is all 70 the good,
but that three years rust on him would
make him the easy mark, II a husky
young fellow would come along 70 try
conclusions.
Fought on the Level.
This lightweight brigade-Tu not mem
tion CoTbett and Britt-why. they couldn't
earn salt outside Of these terrible nstio
encounters. The oid-rime way was fight
for you. There were no lay-doWns. The
winner took the pot and If he got d
bundle with 5000 in 1t, he was sure
winner Of a fortune. Just think, now IL
you lose, you viii get more than double
that amount. The man who went down
10 defeat. besides the good Ickin'. did not
get a cent. Sometimes the crowd would
pass the hat and a stake was raised for
him By subscription. Say let me tell you
that the hat didn't pass unless the de-
feated pug was licked good and proper.
In the old days, too, let me tell you,
any old dub couldn't break into the hgnt
game and pose as champion material un-
less he showed that he had the stuff in
him. Sports wouldn't back him, and no
mill was arranged until he had a try-ouL
Why, there is a niger landed now IN
Frisco. heralding himself as an Austria
Ian champion. Does any one know VINO
he has fought? Is ne the goods? Nobody
can tell
Never mind, boys" the ex-champiOn
said in concluding. What one can do
somebody else can DO We haven't any
heavy weights now. Wen get them Put
the game on the level. drive out the
takers, and the public can spot them and
refuse their patronage, and good fighters
who viii fght TO win viii be developed
and the game viii then be on the square
The Washington herald., 1907-05-12
Where PInk So Gets His Name.

Pink Star, winner of the thirty-third
Kentucky Derby, gets his name from the
TACT that he closely resembles his illus
trious sire, Pink Coat, winner of the
American Derby. He has the same white
markings on head and limbs, with nose
and face almost white, and white star
marking the center Of forehead. He was
foaled at the farm OF J. Hal Woodford.
near Versailles, Ky. He is a chestnut colt
and stands over fifteen hands in height.
Cincinnatians well remember this young
ster's first start at Latonia last summer.
lie had worked wonders in his morning
trials. and the day he went TO the post
the bOokies were virtually swamped with
all kinds of money. He won in a romp bv
three-Quarters of q length from a big
field. He won one other race at New
Orleans November % He ran in both
the City Park and Fair Grounds Derbies.
but failed to get any part Of the money.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-12

Philadelphia. May 1l.-Joe Thomas has
been matched TO box Tommy Sullivan OF
Fan River. Mass. at the National A. C.
on Saturday, May IS.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-12
CENTRAL Wins MEET
Captures Banner in Jacob
Tome Games.
rHRALL MAKES NEW RECORD

Tech High Athlete VauIts 10 feet 9
Inches, Which Is III Inches BETTER
Than Ola MaFk-DicIE's Clever Run
in HaIf-miIe a Feature - Large
Crowd to See Good Competitions.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-12
Pennsy Freshmen Down Cornell.

Philadelphia. May 1.-THE Univer-
slty OF Pennsylvania freshmen track
team to-day defeated the Cornell fresh
men by the score OF g. to St.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-12
ROASTS The FAKERS
John L. Disguised with Mod
ern Fighters.
SIMPLY a coMMERcIAL CANE

Former Champion says Jim Jenries
Is the Only Real Good Fighter be-
fore Public To-day-There Were
No Lay-aovvBs in the OIden Days.
30 Use for Men OF O'Brfen Type.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-12
RACING CARDS FOR MONDAY.

Belmont Park.
FIRST RACE-Three-y yesT-olds and upsayd; seven
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Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-13
ELECT OFFICERS FOR YEAR
Anti-clearette Club Chooses G. S.
Clark to Head Movement Against
"Coffin Nails"

The Anti-Cigarette club of Los An
geles recently elected it's officers for
the coming year, choosing as president
G. S. Clark. manager of the Home
Extension association and president of
the Chemical Refrigerator Car COM
pany.
Mrs. C. c. Pierce was chosen first
vice president and Mrs. Louise Law
renee vice president at large. DR..
Mary Lightner is the newly elected Sec
retary and M. l.. Vance treasurer. DR..
b. M. Lawrence will edit the anti
cigarette magazine.
The club will meet Sunday night in
the Chamber of Commerce hall. Good
speakers will be provided, among them
j. w. Whitson of Illinois and Y. q.
Phillips, principal of the San Pedro
street school.
& John E. Main will have charge of the
music and has prepared a fine pro-
gram of instrumental and vocal selec-
tions. Mrs. Watson, Miss Hazel
Roach and Mrs. e. Sailor will assist in
the musical part of the services.
Stereopticon pictures, tableaux, car
toons and illustrated songs will add
materially to the evenings service.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-13
EDISON CHECK ORNAMENTAL
Park Commissioners Unable to Appro-
pirate the $1,000 "Gift" for Grf-
fifth Park PRIVILEGES

For a few happy moments the park
commissioners yesterday fondled a
check for $1,000 presented" to the pre-
ceding park commission by the Edison
company, then replaced it in it's old
place.
Since May 25 last this check has re-
manned ensconced in it's envelope. 1t
has not been opened because the city
attorney had decided that it could not
be accepted, since the council had no
right to grant what the Edison COM
pany wanted-the privilege of erecting
steel towers and stringing high voltage
wires there between the Kern river
power houses and Los Angeles.
The new commissioners named a com
mittee to ascertain the law once more
to see whether the check could not be
deposited to the city's account.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-13
Gas INQUIRY IS
NOT SLUMBER|NG
CHAIRMAN LYONS COMMITTEE
READY TO ACT
Instead Of Legislative Group Taking
Up "oH and On" Subject, Gas and
Light Bunch May Decide
on Remedy

The gas and light committee of the
city council has at last decided to get
busy with the lighting and heating
situation.
Some councilmen thought the COM
mittee was merely a nominal body,
since the board of public works was
supposed to look after these matters,
and that its creation was useless.
1t is now planned to put the gas in
quiry which Mayor Harper recommend
ed in his message directly In the keep
ing of this committee, utilize the SER
vices of Gas and Meter Inspector Ca
bell Read and to engage those of c..
Ellis of the Home Telephone company
in addition. Ellis Is an expert in gas
meters, having had twenty years ex-
perlence.
Chairman Lyon favors using both
Read and Ellis on the commission and
getting at the facts at once.
One of the first reforms will be an
order for the company to install larger
mains as fast as possible.
1t had been understood that the new
legislative committee would handle
the gas prods, but this was premature.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-13

Such was the condition of an In
diana business man, as shown in re-
cent letter.
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Thanking you for the sample and the
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body. Yours respectfully, julius Mayer.
dealer in feathers, ginseng and hides,
Bedford. Ind"
The Pyramid Pile Cure can be used at
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There Is enough strength in each little
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at the same time II melts away into the
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starts the circulation of the hemorr-
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ana bring the organs back to their nor
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we want to prove to eVcy y sufferer
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Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-13
BUSINESS WOMEN TO MEET
Dr.. Armstrong Will Address Associa-
ton on First Aid to the
Injured

The California Business Women's
association, whose meeting set for last
Tuesday night was postponed on ac-
count of the rain, will hold the de-
layed meeting at the associations room
in the Merchants Trust building Tues
day night.
DR.. Ventura G. Armstrong will de-
liver an address on First Aid to the
Injured" A feature of the evening
will be the question box. The women
are permitted to ask questions on any
subject they may desire. If someone
in the audience can answer the ques-
ton she does so at once, but if not, a
committee is appointed to answer it
at the next meeting. Sometimes a sub
ject of such magnitude is raised that
it is necessary to devote an evening to
it and secure a special speaker.
All business women are welcome at
the meetings, which are held for the
purpose of bringing the business wo-
men of the city into closer touch with
each other.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-13
+ WALTER c. KELLY
Learned to Play Cards While Absorbing the Clever
Stories He Tells on the Orpheum Stage,
Carries His Complete Outfit in
a Little Candy Box

THE Virginia judge was playing
pinochle in his dressing room at
the Orpheum. Manager Sutton of
the Orpheum road -show was his op-
ponent. The judges dressing room was
the only one in which space could be
found for two chairs and a card table,
for Walter c. Kelly (the judge con-
scientiously lives up to his reputation
as the only artist on the vaudeville cir
cult who carries no baggage. Not a
trunk was in sight, though the last
monologist who occupied dressing room
No. 10 at the Orpheum had three big
ones. On a hook behind the door hung
n Prince Albert and a pair of trousers
His makeup was all contained in a one.
pound candy box, and still there was
plenty of room in the box for the
pinochle deck and counters.
sit down now and take a hand.
like three-handed game-there's al
ways something doin' and some one
done. I'm bidding 800. Diamonds it is
There's 2S0 of my three-twenty."
There was silence while they played
the hand, and Kelly counted $50.
Was a Politician Once
'I learned pinochle and dialects st
the same time" said Mr.. Kelly as the
cards were dealt. 1T was at Newport
News, Va. Six years I was an alder
man, and Judge Brown was my closest
political friend In his office 1 hearu
the stories that 1 use on the stage-and
picked up the fine points of the game.
1T was a three-handed game that
put me out of politics on the sixty
seventh ballot for the Democratic con-
gressional nomination. One hundred
and eighty's my bid"
Three minutes silence. Kelly stacked
up 220 and continued:
How long Is it? Well, to be exact,
it's two years and nine months since
began with my single turn, and the way
1t happened was this: In March of 1894
1 was playing with Marie Dressler in
a burlesque of the bedroom scene from
Sweet Kitty Bellairs.' We were at the
Circle in New York. Miss Dressler was
suddenly taken i'll and could not appear
in the act. A few evenings previous
Mr.. Williams had heard me tell some
stories at a banquet. In the emergency
he remembered that he had laughed at
them. 1t was almost time for the act,
and no substitute was available.
Kelly said he, go on and tell those
court room StorieS.'
''I borrowed a Prince Albert from an
other actor. 1t fitted me about four
inches less than it should. l went on
and-well, I've been telling those stories
and some others ever since"
Walter c. Kelly is retired politician,
and, like our local Walter he is an
Irishman. He speaks with a slight
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-13
CHICAGO CAPITALIST EXPIRES
Thomas C. Teller Passes Away at
the Home of His
Son

Thomas G. Teller, a retired capitalist
of Chicago, died yesterday at the home
of his son, Thomas e. Teller, at 2S06
Halldale avenue, after short illness
caused by old age. Mr.. Teller came
here in October to reside with his son,
having formerly resided at 2155 Gladys
avenue, Chicago. Mr.. Teller was 50
years at the time of his death. He re-
tired from active business about twen-
ty-five years ago, having been employed
in government positions up to that
time.
Mr.. Teller was well known in Chi
cago, where he owned a large amount
OF property. His second son, Alexander
Teller, resides at 1913 Washtenaw ave-
nue., in that city. The body is at the
parlors of Orr & Edwards and will be
taken east for interment.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-13
STEAMSHIP LINE
TO CROSS OCEAN
WILL PLY BETWEEN SAN
PEDRO AND ORIENT
Salt Lake Reaches Agreement with
Steamer Company to Handle Traf.
fic with China, Japan and
Other Countries

Announcement made exclusively in
The Herald yesterday regarding the
plans for a steamship line between
San Pedro and Honolulu was con-
firmed yesterday with the additional
information that the line will extend
of Japan and China, instead Of con-
fining it's operations to San Pedro ana
Honolulu.
j. Ross Clark, vice president of the
Salt Lake road, said yesterday that
his road had made an agreement with
a steamship company to handle traffic
to and from a line to be established
by them to the orient.
Mr.. Clark said that the plans of
the steamship company probably would
be made public within week or two,
but that in the meantime the promot-
ers of the project desired for various
reasons that their names be withheld.
1t developed yesterday, however, that
the men who are planning to estab-
lish a line of steamers between San
Pedro and the orient are the same
promoters who have just completed
the purchase of a steamer operating
in Atlantic waters for use on the Pa
ciflc. This steamer, it now develops,
will be the nucleus of the proposed
line to run between San Pedro and
the orient.
Reach Agreement
In discussing the affair yesterday,
Mr. Clark said:
1--WE have agreed with a steamship
company to handle traffic to and from
line to be established by them to
the orient but as this is their affair
more than ours l do not feel at lib
erty to say what the plans are or
give the identity of the steamship
men. 1 can only say that the project
is assured and will be ready for the
public in a few weeks at the most.
1t has for it's principal object freight
carrying, but will handle passenger
business.
This line has nothing to do with
the one talked of by the Salt Lake
Railroad company some months ago.
The Salt Lake has no money invested
in this-simply has a traffic agreement.
Discussion of plans for line of our
own never reached serious stage
i'm fact, 1t was never discussed at great
length. The need of line of steamers
to the orient has been felt more than
ever in the last year, and there is no
doubt but that 1t will do a big busi-
ness and at the same time improve
business generally in Los Angeles and
Southern California"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-13
MAYOR VETOES
TUNNEL BILLS
RETURNS TO CITY ARE DEEMED
TOO SMALL
Executive Holds Out for $4,000 Com.
pensatIon and Footway for
Pedestrians--New ordl-
nance ls Likely

Last night Mayor Harper announced
definitely that he would veto the addi-
tlonal hill subway ordinances passed
by the last city council in favor of
the Los Angeles Pacific and Interurban
trolley companies.
The reason Is that only $1,000 COM
pensatlon Is offered the city for the
privilege of running under the GEM
etery and high school properties, al
though agents recommended $4,000 as
more reasonable, and besides no pro-
vision Is made for a walk for pedes-
trians through the tunnels.
AS soon as amended or new or
dinances are passed containing these
clauses the mayor will attach his sig
nature.
The veto message will be sent to the
council Monday.
For some days delegations from the
district around First and Temple
streets and Sunset boulevard and be-
yond, contiguous to the proposed two
tunnels, have called on the mayor to
give their views.
The tenor of this advice has been
that the city should ask more for the
underground privilege, while walks
could be safely installed by separately
putting screened fences or partition
between the footway and the rushing
trains to prevent danger.
on the other hand Improvement as
ISOLATION committees have urged that
1t was better to sign the bills, as the
city would lose by the delay thou
sands Of dollars in taxes which would
have been paid by the corporation
wanting the franchise.
Then, too, the increase in the values
of surrounding real estate is such that
with the additional taxes that would
accrue from enhanced values all de-
lays and obtacles could be economical
ly brushed aside in the interest of the
underground trolley line.
Lawrence Holmes and others repre-
senting the property owners made a
final appeal to the mayor yesterday to
sign the measure and let the big Har-
riman Improvements go on without any
more delays, He stated that the troll
ley company would pay part of the
cost of the semi-private tunnel and it
would not be a heavy financial burden
on the city, considering d. the ad-
vantages gained.
1t is likely that new ordinance will
be Immediately put on it's passage in
cooperating the mayors ideas. This
will hardly be opposed by the trolley
interests.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-13
AUDITOR TO SAVE
$4,000 TO CITY
Mushet viii Devise New System of
His Own and Eastern Experts
Need Not Be En-
pIoyed

City Auditor w. c. Mushet has an
nounced that he will reform the muni-
cipal bookkeeping system and it need
not cost the city anything extra ex-
cept about $1,000 for books and sta
tionery.
The last ityNcouncil proposed to have
cost of $4,000 or more.
1t may take six months or more to
get the system perfected. but once de-
Vised 1t will save the city much cost
and labor for many years to come. The
present system is regarded as obsolete
and has been abandoned by most large
cities.
1t is Mr.. Mushet's ambition to see the
new system at work In the last two
years of his term, making the change
the first of next year.
The foundation of the new plan is
that the books should always show the
exact sum at the city's disposal and
how the disbursements have been
made.