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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-12-16

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THE ANNUAL MEETING. OF THE
stockholders OF the Georgetown and
TeunallytOWn Railway COmF5uy VIII be
held at the Office Of the company. -Four
teenth and East Capit08 streets, wash
lngtOn. D c., on SATURDAY. JANU-
AIRY Is, 1909. at l. O'CLOCK NOON. In
accordance with the by-lcWs, the books
for the transfer of stock OF said COM
pany viii be closed from December IS
1905. TO January rs. 1899. both dates in
elusive. +. ). WHITEHEAD. Secretary.
deI4-3t
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THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
stockholders OF the Anac0sla an. Pc
tomac River Railroad Company VIII be
held at the Office OF the company, Four
teenlh and East CapItoI streets, Wash
ingtOn. D. C.. on SATURDAY. JANJr-
AIRY is, 1873, at y O'CLOCK NOON. In
accordance with the bylaws, the books
FOR the transfer Of stock Of said COM
pany viii be closed from December Is
1905. to January % 1863, both dates in
elusive. F.. J. WHITEHEAD. Secretary.
deI4-3t
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First-clas coal and wOOC dealer: prompt
delivery. prices reasonable. Our motto,
Satisfaction TO our customer " n. Cap.
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SOC Mechanical Trains. consist
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CHARGES Of VEDITz
ARE FLATLY DENIED
Anti-Saloonist Leader Pro
duces Correspondence
to Prove Case.

Continued from First Page)
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Veditz Letter.

1Ir. Anderson also incloseJ the fol
lowing letter from Prof. VedItz, written
in regard 70 the copy Of the interview
sent to him prior 10 its publication and
also a reproduction OF The COPY OF the
interview sent TO the professoE-
The letter follows:
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I. O. O. F.-Ihe Graua Lodge of the Ia
dependent C.,ier OF Odd Fellows or the
District Of Columbia viii meet ia the
West Lodge Room, 9Th Street Hail. FIR l.
DAY. DECEMB 18TH at 5-3p. 70 take
OF Grand Sire John /. NOIep All Past
Grauds are requested 10 be present
II WN. Z CLAPP. Grand Secretary
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THE REGULAR SEN annual DIVE
oend Of A.uD per share. payable JANU-
AIRY /, 1873. has been declared or the
capital stock OF the NATIONAL CITY
DAIRY COMPANY. Books for The
transfer Of stock close December z, 1895.
70 January J, 1853.
SHlPLE4 BRASHEARS, Jr.. Secretary
j.. o. WHITFORD. President IeT5-2t
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Sf-O0 large size UphOl- IT,
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quit his meanness." and we are al
ready busy about something else
Thanking you for your courtesy in the
matter ann
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THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
stockholders Of the Potomac Electric
Power Company Will be held at the
Office OF the company, Fourteenth and
East Capitol streets. Washington. u. c..
on SATURDAY. JANUARY It. 1853. al
i O'CLOCK. NOON. In accordance
with the bylaws. the books for the
transfer Of stock Of said company will
be closed f.Om December is. 1905. to
January 10. 1873. both dates inclusive.
F. J. WHITEHEAD. Secretary. del4-Sl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-12

of all guilty parties, that all names
be withheld for the present.
I'VE desire, however, to state that
none of the persons whose names are
withheld at this time. are in any way
connected with organized baseball.
I'VE desire also at this time to
commend the actions of the umpires,
Messrs. KLEIN and tombstone, in alb
solutely refusing to become parties to
this contemplate act, and thus by
their action again showing to the
American public the honesty and
integrity of our national game.
And with the thought of always
maintaining the same throughout the
entire country, the National league
has appointed committee consisting
of John T. Brush, chairman; Charles
H Ebbets. August Herman and
Harry G. Pulliam to make a most
thorough investigation Of this matter,
and with instructions to report there
on at as early a period as possible,
and with authority to employ special
counsel and to present the matter to
the district attorney of this country
if after such an investigation it is
deemed advisable.
George B. Dewey, Charles H
Ebbets, Charles w Murphy, August
Hermann, John T. Brush, William
]. Shettsline, Barney Dreyfus, N S.
Robinson"
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CARRIED OFF BY A BALLOON.
The Victim Now Is Suing for SIS, 200
Damages.

Kingston. N. Y, Dec. 1.-THE case
of Mrs. Mary S. Roper of Brooklyn,
who through becoming entagled in the
ropes made an involuntary balloon as
cension at the fair of the Ulster coun-
ty agricultural society in 1906 has be-
gun in the supreme. court. The COM
plainant demands $25, 900 damages.
The fair committee had engaged
Maggie Daley to make an ascension
and in the crowd that gathered about
was Mrs. Roper, suddenly the balloon
shot upward and Mrs. Roper suspend
ed by one ankle from a rope ATTACHED
to the basket, went up with it. AS the
bag was released the trailing rope had
taken a half twist about the woman's
ankle. Her complaint says she rose
500 feet in the air and sailed along for
half mile until the aeronaut by
skillful maneuvering brought the bal
loon and its burden safely to the
ground.
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GIVEN A VERDICT OF s5,445.
George Harper Injured by a Blast at
lola Gets Big Judgment.

next Christmas morning, George Har-
per, a colored man of this city, was
handling drill in the quarries of the
"chugging" the drill into rock, he
struck a blast and in the explosion
which followed he was seriously in
jured. One eye was totally destroyed,
a shoulder was thrown out of joint, a
leg was broken in two places and his
body was bruised and filled with little
pieces of rCck.
Claiming that it was through the
fault of the cement company that he
met with the accident, Harper brought
suit to recover $4,000. The action
was tried twice i'll the district court.
In the first trial Harper got a judg
ment for $4,000. In the second the
jury gave Harper a verdict of $5,445.
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KILLED OVER 1000 RABBITS.
Modern WOodmen Have a Big Time
Killing Dummies in Greeley County.

Tribune, Kan, Dec. 1.-THE M. w.
A. OF Tribune had a big hunt one day
this week with 81 members of the
order which resulted in the killing of
$50 rabbits in Greeley county on one
side and 462 on the other, or losing
side, who gave an oyster supper to the
hunters and NJ. w. A. members living
in Greeley county at their hall in
Tribune.
Greeley county is still covered with
a foot of snow and the weather for
almost four weeks has been cold a
little below freezing.
1t is estimated that there are about
$4,000 acres of winter wheat in this
county. the most in the history of the
county About all of the land in Gull
tivation is in winter wheat.
The county officials and real estate
men of Greeley county are receiving
forWatfon as TO the school lands un-
der lease. of which there are about
ten sections or forty quarter sections.
Many entries have already been made.
In some instances the father, sons and
daughters are "gobbling up an entire
out from the county attorneys office
that any child over 5 years of age
may make an entry and can prove up
on the same If they have left or can
make a showing that they have left
the parental roof.
Senator elect w. NJ. Glenn of Trib-
une and Greeley county is busy these
days with his law practice getting 1t in
shape for a three months visit at To-
peka. Mr. Glenn's county has no rep
resentative, as il is attached to Wich-
tia county for representative purposes.
Mr.. Glenn made his fight in the west
end advocating a reapportionment bill
and the people regardless of party poll
tics gave him a complimentary vote
very largely believing in his ability to
get this kind of a bill.
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KLEIN and tombstone Offered
Money But Refused.
Before the Famous New York
Chicago Series.
SENSATIONAL CHARGE
League in Annual Session Takes
Up the Case.
Appoints a Committee to Make
an Investigation.

New York, Dec. 12.-Even more sensa-
tional than the tumultuous close of the
recent National League playing season
were the closing hours of the leagues
annual meeting here when charges of
attempted bribery of the umpires who
officiated at the game that decided the
championship of 1908 between New York
and Chicago at the Polo grounds, Oc-
tOber 8, were sprung and the magnates
even intimating that criminal prosecu-
ton might follow.
So rare are accusations of bribery in
connection with organized baseball and
so we'll authenticated were the charges
presented and officially made public by
the league in a statement signed by rep
resentatives of all of it's clubs, that the
news created a profound stir and re-
vived the heated conditions of turmoil
which had accompanied the settlement
of the championship dispute two
months ago.
Although it is known that the league
has been considering the subject in ex-
ecutive session, the matter first came
into official notice when President Pull
liam formally presented it, and a state
ment was drawn for the public, as fol-
lows:
PulIiam's Statement.
When the National league had ap-
parently transacted all of it's business
at it's meeting Thursday, December 10,
1908, and after the league had received
an official call from the representatives
of the American league, Mr.. Pulliam
called attention to a matter which the
undersigned consider not only of the
utmost Importance to the league, but to
organized baseball as we'll. He stated
that MeSSrs. KLEIN and tombstone, the
umpires who had officiated at the game
played between the New York and Chi
cago clubs at the Polo grounds on Oc
tober 8, 1908, had submitted to him GER
tain signed statements that an effort
had been made to bride them with re-
spect to their duties, pertaining to that
contest. In one of these statements the
name of the person who approached the
umpire was given, as we'll as the name
of persons who he claimed to represent.
I'm other statements the names of
the persons who approached the umpire
were not given, this umpire stating that
they were strangers to him.
1--WE are of the opinion that a most
thorough and searching investigation
of this entire matter should be made
in order to maintain the high stand
ard and honesty of the game through
out the country, and If possible to
punish all persons connected with this
disreputable proceeding.
Will Withhold Names.
'"To make such an investigation as
the undersigned desire, we deem it
rnWise to give out any names of per-
sons claimed to have been connected
with this matter, as we have grave
doubts as to the truths of certain
statements alleged by the person who
approached one of the umpires; and
ing in mind the proper punishment
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CAPITAL SECURED
To Build Electric Line Kansas
City to Independence.
From Lawrence a Branch viii
Be Built to Topeka.
SECURE RIGHT OF WAY
Negotiate for $12,OOO,OOO With
Holland Capitalists.
Road Originally, Promoted as
the Stranger Valley Line.

Kansas City, Kan, Dec. 12.-Work
On the construction of an electric line
from Kansas City, Kan, to Indepen-
dence, Kan, Is to be commenced at
once. The Kansas City & Kansas
Southwestern Railway company is the
name Of the corporation that is pro-
noting the new road and it is to be
financed by Holland capitalists. Judge
l. W. Keplinger, general counsel for
the company, and a member of the
board of directors, of Kansas City,
Kan, stated yesterday that the ne
gotiations for $12,000,000 to build
and equip the new road had been
closed and that actual work of con-
struction would be started probably
before spring.
The new -interurban line is to tap
Kansas City, Kan, at the western ter
minus of Minnesota avenue at Eigh-
teenth street. 1t will run through the
best farming community of Wyandotte
county to TonganOxie in LeaVenworth
county. thence to Lawrence. From
Lawrence a branch will be built to
Topeka, the main line running in
southern direction tapping Olathe,
lola, Chanute and ending at Indepen-
dence, the county seat of Montgomery
county. which is in the oil and gas
belt.
THE company has been financed
for every dollar it needs to build,
equip and put the new road in opera
tion." said Mr.. Keplinger last night.
Representative of the Holland inter
estS have been here and gone over the
proposed right Of way and approved
all of the plans. The money necessary
to complete the enterprise was assur-
ed. The line will be built just as soon
as possible"
The proposed new road was origin
ally promoted as the Stranger Valley
line, bat when the Dutch capitalists
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-12
A FORT Riley WEDDING.
Tho HUFF C1laffee Affair to Be a Bril-
liant Army Event.

Junction City, Kan, Dec. 12.-An
event creating no little interest in both
civil and army circles is the approach
ing marriage of Miss Ethel Warren
Huff, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Archer Dodson of Atlanta, Ga, to
Lieutenant Adna r. Chaffee, jr., of the
Seventh United States cavalry, which
will be solemnized on Tuesday even
ing, December Is, at the post chapel,
Fort Riley, Kan.
The groom is the only son of Lieu
tenant General Adna r. Chaffee, re-
tired, and the nephew of Mrs. w. B.
Clark and Captain Bertrand Rockwell
of Kansas City. The bride is the
guest of her aunt, Mrs. Remington,
wife of Captain A. S. Remington of
Fort Riley
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Moro woe Tor Joe Cams.

we'll known colored pugilist and pro-
prietor of the Goldheld hotel, was
made the defendant in a suit for So, 900
damages instituted in the superior
court by Ida Fields, through Attorney
T. J. Mason. The complainant claims
that Cans and Myers were dashing
past a railroad station in an automo-
bile and that just as she was coming
out of the station the automobile
crashed into a lamp post. She says
the lamp post snapped, and in falling
a piece of it struck her, fnfiicting per-
manent injuries, for which she wishes
Cans held responsible.
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THEATER MANAGER DEPARTS.
Thomas Mack of 1.-THE Pastime'' at
Leavenworth, Is Missing.

Leavenworth, Dec 12-Thomas
Mack, proprietor of the Pastime thea
ter has left the city and his where
abouts are unknown. The perform
ers took charge of the show and
pocketed the receipts of the box office
and applied them to pay in part their
salaries. L. J. Pico, who has been
employed as assistant manager, was
left in charge of the house. Mack
gave out no information as to his in
tentions or his probable destination.
1t was learned that Mack was in
debted to number of business men
in LeaVenworth, among whom were
Fred S. Schwaneke, proprietor of the
Delmonico hotel; Keape & Jenkins,
Wolfe & Winning, Manager Lampson
of the Palm theater, and members of
the company which has been perform
ing at his house this week and a num-
Der of smaller bills around town.
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SHOT BY MIR. ROCKEFELLER.
Kansas City Guest on the Belvidere
Ranch Injured While Hunting.

Belvidere, Kan, Dec. 12.-Joseph T.
Bird, vice president and general man
ager of the Emery, Bird, Thayer Dry
Goods company in Kansas City, accom-
panied Frank Rockefeller, John D.
RockefeIler's brother, quail hunting
on Mr.. Rockefeller's ranch at this
place. A covey of birds rose between
the two and both men fired at them.
Several small shot from Mr.. Rookie
feller's gun entered Mr.. Birds face.
A brace of the birds fell wounded at
the same time. Mr.. Bird went to the
ranch house, where the shot were
picked out of the flesh and the wounds
treated. His wounds were not severe.
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TO FIGHT TAX INCREASE.
Kansas Natural Gas Company Expects
to Test the New Law.

ottawa, Kan, Dec. 12.-Represen-
tatives of the Kansas Natural Gas
company have begun proceedings here
which are understood to mean a fight
throughout the territory covered by
the pipe lines against the tax levies
this year and probably against the
constitutionality of the new tax law.
The pipe line properties have an in
crease of taxes in this county this year
of some $4,000. The valuation is in
creased over last year nearly $780,
600. Tender in gold was made of
proportion of the tax today and when
this was refused by the county treas
urer payment of the full first half of
the taxes was made and notice of in
tent to sue the county for recovery
was filed. The action is being taken
in all the other counties in which the
company has property.
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ATTTELL DID NOT TRY.
General Opinion of Spectators Was
That Abe Let Wolgast Outpoint Him.

Los Angeles, Dec. 12.-Ad Wolgast
OF Milwaukee outfought Abe Attell,
the featherweight champion before
the Pacific A. C. here last night. The
fight went ten rounds with no official
decision permitted under the law
Wolgast rushed the fighting in every
round, backing Atten all around the
ring and landing frequent heavy
swings to the jaw and stomach that
shook the champion severely.
The men weighed in at o'clock at
122 pounds. The general opinion was
that Attell did not half try to do his
best and he was roundly hooted for his
showing on leaving the ring.
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became interested it was changed to
the Kansas City & Kansas Southwest
ern. and material changes were made
in the original plans. The road will
handle both freight and passenger
traffic, special attention to be paid to
the former. Practically all of the
right of way from this city to indie
pendence has already been secured.
surveys made and maps prepared
from one terminus to the other. Judge
Keplinger says that dirt will be flying
on the new road within the next nine
tY DAYS.
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ton elected the following officers for
the coming year: w. NJ, Clement L.
A. N. Rochester; Sec, c. E. Lands;
Treas, G. w. Steinberger; s. D., c.
Majors; j. D.. W. c. Hull; s. S., T.
5. Raines. Officers are to be in
stalled on Friday evening. December
1a, and a banquet will be given at
Vannoy house.
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NIahmout Defeats BeelI.

Chicago, Dec 12.-Yousiff Mahmout,
the heavyweight wrestler, defeated
Fred Beell of Wisconsin by two
straight falls in wrestling match
here. The first fall came after %
minutes and 80 seconds of hard
wrestling, in which Mahmout secured
a scissors hold on his opponents body
with a half Nelson. The second fall
came after SO minutes seconds and
was secured on a full crotch hold.
The superior weight Of his antagonist
appeared too much for Bell.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-12
SOLD FARM FOR $4,000
The Old j. NJ. Vincent Property in
CLAY County Changes Hands.

Clay Center, Dec. 1.-THE biggest
land deal for Clay county for a long
time. if not the biggest ever made in
the county was put through by
Pinkerton & Erickson, when they
sold the George Mccormick farm,
just south of Clay Center to George
Beckner of Monmouth, Ill, for
$4,000. This is the old J. NJ. Vincent
farm and is fine land
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-12
$17,5OO Gift to Aero Club.

Paris, Dec. Thames Gordon
Bennett has presented to the French
Aero club an international aviation
cup, valued at $4,000, as we'll as three
sums of $1,000, to be added as prizes
in the first three annual competitions.
The Aero club announces that the
Santos-Dumont prize of $500 for the
first member of the club to remain in
the air for forty-eight hours has been
won by Victor de Beauclair. who left
Bitterfeld, Saxony, on the balloon
Cogna, and landed at Casa1e-Pisa.
Italy, after being up hfty-six hours.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-12
Dorando Not to Race HAYES

New York, Dec. 12.-At the recep-
ton given to the italian, Dorando, in
the home of G. T. Cont, in Yonkers,
Ulpiano Pietri, brother of the great
runner, made a sensational accusation
against John J. Hayes, relative to the
recent Madison Square garden race,
and said that Dorando would not
meet Hayes again on account of
Hayes unsportsmanlike action. The
statement was made to Michael P.
Driscoll, a prominent athlete of Yon-
kerS
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Kansas Editor to China.

Wichita, Kan, Dec. 12.-W. H.
Woodhouse. for the past three years
editor of the Valley Center Index, has
sold his paper to Frank Wetterhold
and will leave next week for China,
where he goes under the Methodist
mission board. He will have charge
of the different publications OF the
church in China
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AUGUST to Lead Northwestern.

Chicago, Dec. 12.-David August,
fulIback on the Northwestern univer-
sity football eleven last season, has
been reelected to lead the Purple in
the gridiron battles of 1909. August is
studying a course of dentistry, Is Fl
years old and weighs 1873 pounds. His
home is in Superior. Wis.
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Did Not Sell Gagnier.

Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 12.-President
Green of the Lincoln baseball club
has denied that he had sold Eddie
Gagnier to the st. Louis Cardinals
Gagnier will remain with the Lincoln
team next year unless he goes into the
ranks of outlawry. Green refuses to
sell him.
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McAIeer Pleased with Criger.

New York, Dec. 12.-Manager
James McAleer of the st. Louis
Browns, in speaking of his trade by
which he gets Catcher Lou Criger
from the Boston Americans in ex-
900. said: "I have made no mistake
here. Criger is one of the greatest
catchers in the game, and will
strengthen the Browns at least rs per
cent
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Thoroughbreds to England.

Lexington, Ky, Dec. 12.-Louis WI
mans of Brighton, England, who pur-
chased Siliko, the noted trotter, from
John E. Madden two years ago, has
closed a deal with Madden for the pur-
chase of the two famous 2year-old
thoroughbreds, Sir Martin, by Ogden,
Edward, by Plaudit, dam Passem. by
HamhurR
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Abilene Pastor to St. Louis.

Abilene, Kan, Dec. 12.-Rev. S. E.
Belts, pastor of the Methodist church
here for three years, and former su-
perintendent of Bethany hospital, has
resigned to become pastor of Bowman
Methodist church. St. Louis, COM
mencing January /.
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SATURDAY.

topeka. When the charter arrives
the organization will be completed and
the officers elected. At the same time
a representative will be sent to New
ton to attend the meeting to be held
there next week. From reports re-
ceived from other towns II is inferred
that an eight town league will be
formed at the Newton meeting.
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Hungarian Partridges Increase.

Last week it was reported to Roy
Anthony, deputy county clerk, that
ffty-three Hungarian cartridges had
been seen north of town in the vicinity
of the Mood school house. About
year ago IA of these birds were
liberated by the county clerk north of