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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-11
DISTRICT TEAM FAILS
Will Not Land Dryden Prize at
Sea Girt.
AT BOTTOM OF LIST NOW
May Improve Score on Long Dis
tance Ranges.
EFRREE SHOOTS GRANDLY
Local Man Away Ahead of All Com
petitors in All-Comers' Mill
tary Revolver Match.
EFRREE SHOOTS GRANDLY
Special From a Staff Correspondent.

Special From a Staff Correspondent.
RIFLE RANGE. SEA GIRT. n. J..
September 11-At the close of the first
stage, 200 yards. OF the Dryden trophy
match, in prograss here today. the prin-
cipal event of the tournament with Gov.
Fort of New Jersey and Senator Dryden
among the spectators, it was evident
that the District Of Columbia team could
not land among the prize winners.
For an unaccountable reason. the Dis
trict. which made such a commendable
showing in the national match at Camp
Perry, was at the bottom of the list OF
competitors when the first stage of the
Dryden contest was ended
However. the race is close, only twenty
two points separating the District from
the leading team. Ohio.
The personnel of the District team and
the total score of each member at 200
yards follows:
Lieut.. Burton. 40; Lieut. Johns. A.:
Lieut.. Powers, 80: Private Clouser. A.;
Sergt. Cole. 30: Sergt. Stambaugh. Al;
Sergt. Brown. A.. and Sergt. Schriver. A.
Total, 325.
The competing teams finished the first
stage in the following order: First Ohio,
347: second. New Jersey. 346; third L. S.
Infantry, 34; fourth, L. S. Marine Corps.
343: fifth. L. S. Cavalry. $40: sixth. New
York. 33S: seventh. Maryland. 327; eighth,
District of Columbia, 80.
Maj. Robbins, the captain of the team,
expressed the hope that the District
would materially better its position by
improved scores at the longer ranges.
The only other contest scheduled for to-
day, the press match, was won by Lieut..
Rogers of Baltimore, with score of AZ.
The Washingtonians who had entered
We're not notified of a change in the hour
of shooting the competition. and therefore
had no opportunity to strive for tho
trophy.
Ferree Probable Winner.
Capt. Sheridan Ferree of the District
team is the probable winner in the all
comers' military. revolver match, open to
everybody. Ferree has the best score so
far, 1i3, SURPRISING the high-water mark
attained by Thomas Anderson in 1905 by
three points. The match will not close
until tomorrow evening. but it is not re-
garded as likely that any other compet-
itor will score as much as 143
AT the end of the second stage 800
yards. the standing Of the competitors
was as follows: First, Ohio 723; second
Marine Corps. III: third. United States
Infantry, 10: fourth. New York, 7OJ;
fifth. United States Cavalry, 7O2: sixth.
Maryland, 693: seventh. New Jersey, 693;
eighth, District of Columbia, $50.
Districts Score in McAlpin Match.
The detailed score of the District of Co
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HUGHES ALONE TO BE NAMED.
denomination Assured and All Op-
position Climbs on Band Wagon.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. September 11-All YES.
tige of opposition to the denomination OF
Gov. Hughes vanished today, when it was
semi officially announced at republican
national headquarters that National Com
mitteeman w. L. Ward had climbed
aboard the Hughes band wagon, and tina
no other candidate would be placed in
nomination in the convention at Saratoga
1t was also semi-officially announced
that State Senator Horace White of SYRIA
cuse is to be nominated for lieutenant
governor.
EN-Judge G. d. =. Hasbrouck OF Ulster
county is slated for the nomination for
attorney general. The remainder of the
slate for the state ticket will be made
up at conferences to be held in Saratoga
tomorrow and Sunday.
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LABOR HAS BIG BALANCE.
Secretary Morrison Reports $129 ,29
on Hand for Federation.

At today's meeting of the executive
council Of the American Federation of
Labor Secretary Morrison submitted his
report covering the last eleven months,
showing a balance on hand of $129,2
The receipts for the eleven months
were $1S4 500 or S1,3s6 in excess of the
expenditures.
During this time 216 charters to sub
ordinate organizations were issued,
3 of them being for state and SO for
central city federations.
According to the statement of Mr..
Morrison, an average of 1,416 letters
have gone out each day for eleven
months.
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vowLEs HEADS REcHAB1TEs.
Other Washingtonians Elected t.
Office of Order at Homecoming.


Office of Order at Homecoming.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
LONACONING, Nd, September 11.-At
the fifty-sixth annual session of the High
Tent. Independent Order of Rechabites OF
North America, the following officers
were elected yesterday for the ensuing
year: High chief ruler, n. e. Fowles,
Washington, D. c.: high deputy ruler,
John Schombert. Midland, Nd; high sec
reta~y. James H. Dony. Washington, D.
c.; high corresponding secretary, John c.
Moore; high treasurer. Mrs. NJ. r. Ma
honey. Washington, d. c.: high chaplain.
George W. Barringer. GAINESVILLE, Ohio;
high levite. Mrs. NJ. J. Ellis, Pittsburg
Pa: high guard, j. B. Hughes. Alexan-
dria, Va The next annual session of the
High Tent will be held at Philadelphia.
on the second Tuesday in September, 1909.
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What Accurate Shooting Counts.


Accurate rifle shooting is calculated by
experts of the War Department to count
as eight and one-half points out of ten
in estimating the efficiency of soldier
on the line of battle.
One of the great benefits of the rifle
tournaments. such as the one now going
on here it is explained, is that although
some of the teams and individuals do not
win prizes, they are brought in contact
with the finest rifle shots In the world
and are thus enabled to gather informa
ton and ideas relative to shooting which
it would be impossible to obtain under
anv other circumstances. This informa-
ton is carried back to their homes and
disseminated to other members of the
National Guard, and thus many others
are impelled to take active interest in
rifle practice Thus this tends to directly
promote greater interest in practice
and incidentally In all other matters re-
lating to the National Guard.
Fine Military Rifle Shots.
In speaking along this line today q
prominent member of the national board
for promotion of rifle practice said:
In the Spanish war our army a
class was the finest body of military rifle
shots in the world. When an enemy
showed up at a distance of 800 or 500
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Fine Military Rifle Shots.
FIRST BASE BALL GAME TODAY.


a
from fans
behind Plank White Elephants
dcaed that he would be short lived concerned
Athletics blanked
Cymer
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Clerice, the Composer, Dead.

TOULOUSE, September 11.-Justin Cler-
ice. the composer. died here yesterday.
He was born in Buenos Aires in 1883 and
came TO Paris in 1SS2. He composed sew
eral comic opears.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-11
Districts Score in McAlpin Match.

The detailed score of the District of Co
lumbia team in the McAlpin Trophy
match follows.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-11
LEE sTRoTHER HANGED.
Condemned Man Made a Full Con-
fesion at Richmond Today.

Strother negro, was hanged at Madi-
son courthouse today for attempted GRIM
inal assault on Leola Fry, a young white
woman. He made full confession and
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-01
WRESTLING

Bath, Me, March 31.-Bath followers
of the wrestling game will have an op-
portunity to witness the best match
of the season Thursday evening, when
Bob Someryile will wrestle Farmer"
Burns, Of Cleveland, Ohio, the winner Of
over 100 matches, and who comes East
with the avowed purpose of winning
from Somerville, thereby browning his
long string of victories with the real
achievement of his career.
Burns will weigh under 135 pounds
and SO will Bob, SO that the men will
be evenly matched in that respect. AS
10 science of the game the men will
demonstrate who has the most when
they meet on the mat. Burns has Il
fine record and should prove the best
proposition ScmcTville has lad this
season.
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CONDENSED DISPATCHES,

The gunboat Eagle has been with
drawn from Haytien waters and as
signed to survey duty The Eagle left
Port Au Prince Monday.
The first of the three big battleships
building for Brazil at Newcastle On
Tyne, will be launched April 81. The
new vessel will be called the Minai
Geraes. She will cost approximately
100000.
Members of 60 families were driven
into the street Tuesday by a fire which
destroyed four-story brick apartment
building at Chicago. Nearly score
of women were rescued by the firemen
The property loss is in the neighbour
hood of $4,000
The plant of the Western Papsr
Goods Co, Cincinnati, at 942-946 West
Sixth street, was burned Tuesday. The
loss will reach between $150,O0O and
$4,000, fully covered by insurance. 1t
is believed the fire was caused by
crossed electric wires.
The heater building of the Middle
sex Last Co. in Maiden. Mass, con-
tanning 10000 wooden shoe lasts, was
nearly destroyed by fire Tuesday and
all the lasts ruined. The loss is esti-
mated at $4,000, fully covered by in
surance. 1t is thought the fire original
ed over the boiler.
A resolution calling on the Dominion
government to acquire all the railroad
lines in Nova Scotia and add them to
the Intercolonial system as branches,
has been unanimously passed by the
provincial Legislature at Halifax. N.
S. The resolution makes suggestions
as to the manner of acquiring the lines
and the purchase of the roads will be
on a basis of their original cost and
present earning capacity.
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TWO AMATEUR CHAMPIONS
ARE UNDER SUSPENSION

Boston. March 31.-A dispatch to the
Armory a. A. received late last night
conveyed the information that T. J
Kennedy, the heavyweight who won
the amateur championship from Emory
Payne at the tournament in Mechanics
building last week, and John Denning,
the 135-pound champion. had been sus-
pended by the A. y. u.
This has forced the Armory Club to
rearrangc its program for it's big anna
teur show next Friday evening, and
Joe Miffiin. the New England cham
pion, will face Conley of Everett, the
lad that was beaten at the national
championships by a lucky punch
There will also be Il special bout be-
tween Shea. the New England 1O5-
pound champion. and Patsy King, rival
South Boston bantams. Other special
events will be arranged
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BOXING NOTES.

AL Kaufman and Jim Flynn will
meet in San Francisco April 80.
Kid Goodman and Battling Hurley
will meet in New York Saturday night.
The bout between Arthur Cote and
Young lIloby, which was to nave taken
place at Lawrence this week, has been
postponed until April 9.
The bout between Dave Deshler and
Young LougArey, which was to have
taken place in New York Thursday
night; has been called Off
The Dick Hyland and Freddie Welsh
match, which was to be decided at Mil
waukee Monday night, was called off
on account OF blood poisoning develop
ing in Welshs arm.
Jim Barry, the Chicago heavyweight,
accompanied by his manager, Teddy
Murphy, arrived in Boston Monday
evening. Barry was booked TO meet
Johnson in Milwaukee April 10, but the
bout has bene indefinitely postponed.
Willie Moody, the Philadelphia light.
weight whom the Armory A A. plan
ned to have met Matty Baldwin again
April z, wants more time to train, SO
the club will probably match Young
Loughrey against Baldwin for that
date. BARLEY Connolly and Bill Nc
Kinnon will meet in the semi-final
bout.
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.B0WD0|N TEAM OFF
ON ITS SPRING TRIP,

Brunswick, Me-, March 31.-(SpeciaD.
Coach John Erwin, Manager Ken
meth r. Tefft and Capt. Harold W.
Stanwood and the members of the
Rowdoin College baseball team left on
the afternoon train for Providence,
where they will play their first game
of the season tomorrow afternoon,
when they will meet Brown University.
The lineup for the game will be as fol-
lows:
Claude Bower, catcher; eddie"
Flies, pitcher; William Clifford, first
base: John Manter, second base; Rob-
ert N. Lawlis, shortstop; Capt. Har-
old w. Stanwood, third base; doc"
Caldwell, left field: Danny McDade,
center field and William NJ Harris,
right field. With the exception of the
three Freshmen, Clifford, Lawlis and
Caldwell, all the men are veteran
players and of the Freshmen. Lawlis
is we'll known for his excellent work
in the AroostOok League, Caldwell as
captain OF the victorious Hebron Acad-
envy team of 1907 and Clifford as Lew
iston Highs big first baseman, who
stopped everything that came his way
and was one of the heaviest High
school hitters in the State.
Thursday the team will play Seton
Hall College at South Orange, N J.,
and Scammon, the pitcher of last
years second team, will be in the box,
while Harry Hayes, who is the gener-
al utility man for this season, will be
behind the bat. In the next two games
Bower will again be behind the bat
At New York on Friday. when Bow
dom will play New York University.
Harris will pitch and on Saturday
with Files in the box, BOWdoin will
endeavor to land a victory from Prince
ton.
Coach Erwin is we'll pleased with
the work that the boys have been do
ing on the Delta since Saturday. when
they got out CT doors for the first time
and feels confident that they will make
4 good showing on this trip.
After their return home the first
game that they will play will be the
game with Harvard at Cambridge on
April Is and after that the games will
come on every Wednesday and Satur-
day and sometimes oftene-. The dates
for the home games are as follows:
April 25-Tufts at Brunswick.
May Colby at Brunswick
May 9-Univcrsity OF Maine at
Brunswick.
June 5-Bates at Brunswick.
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GEORGE DECKER AND
BALDWIN FIGHT DRAW,

Philadelphia, March 31.-Georgc
Decker of West Philadelphia fought a
draw with Matty Baldwin of Boston at
the West End A. G. Monday night
Decker started in as though he would
have liked to get it over soon, but
Baldwin came back strong with body
punches, and in clinches had the better
of it.
In the second round Decker opened
Matty's lip with hard swing, which
made Baldwin hold on. The third and
fourth rounds We're even, both men go
ing at q fast pace. In the fourth round
Decker came up strong, and Baldwin
had trouble in covering himself The
NTH and sixth rounds We're even, with
both men fighting hard.
In the preliminaries Terry Fitzgerald
of West Philadelphia fought a fast
draw with Jack O'Connell of San Fran
cisco.
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Boston Stock Market.
New York Produce Market.

New York, March 81.
FLOUR-Receipts 15,2S2: exports 2115;
sales 300. market duh and barely steady
WHEAT-Receipts $4,000; exports S047
sales 10000 futures; spot easy; No. red
997. elevator; No. . red $685. nominal f 0 i
afloat: No. | northern Duluth 1117s h
ahcat; No. hard winter 1873 f b
afioat.
CORN-Receipts 1905; spot firm; No. .
14A elevator and &C nominal h af'oat
No. ? white 701a and No. yellow nominal
o b ahoat
OATS-Receipts $500: exports l74O: spot
barely steady; mixed 2G132 lbs. Sc; natural
white 2602e lbs. 56059; clipped white sea
40 lbs. 5SG62i@.
Ri3EF-strong: family 15.5oa1e.oo; mess
H2G.e13M: beef hams 270i29; city extra
LARn-Easy; western S.45dlS.55.
c, IoR n1ns * family 5"1k oo 1s@17 short
SUGAR-.Eaw, firm; fair refining $50:
centrifugal Sc test 436; molasses sugar
361; refined steady.
BUTTER-Firm: receipts 5000; creamery
specials 2SMh: extras 2Sla
EGGS-Firm; receipts 3.S56: state, Pa.
and nearby brown and mixed extra IL
firsts 16M 1917.
POTATOEs-Steady, unchanged
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SAMMY SMITH FIGHTS
DRAW WITH L. CROSS

New York, March 31.-Sammy Smith
and Leach Cross, East side rivals
fought Il draw in the windup at the
Dry Dock Athletic Club last night. The
house was filled with cheering sup
porters of the fighters. Leach, be-
cause of a previous victory. was fav-
orite over Smith, but Sammy, after
three weeks in hard training, was a
different Smith last night He met all
of Leach's leads with something equal
ly effective and was fighting fast
throughout.
In the semi-windup Manager Joe
Cain presented another evenly matched
pair in Terry Young and Sam belmont,
who went six rounds without winner
being determined. Willie Green and
the old-time slasher, Tim Harms.
fought four-round draw; Young
Goldman stopped Young Britt in two
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BAD ARM SENDS HOEE
FERRIS TO THE BENCH

Shreveport, March 31.-Old Reliable
joe Ycager, one of the war horses of
baseball, has succeeded "Hobe" Ferris
as regular third bascman on the
Browns. Poor old "Ho5e's" arm is SO
badly pctered out that he can't make
the throw from third to first. Unless
Ferris arm shows great Improvement
he will be kept on the bench during the
spring series and the early games Of
the championship race, and Yeager will
cover the far corner.
Ferris arm has been bad" all spring.
Although the correspondents here have
been loading the wires with stuff about
his being in the pink of condition. and
playing the bad bag in grand style, in
siders have known for some time that
Ferris will not do.
AT third Ferris is awkward and out
of place. He Is slow in coming in on
hunts. His arm is so weak he can't
get the ball over to first ahead of the
runner. In his favor it must be said,
however, that he is an expert in touch
ing man out and in inside work
around the bag. His superfluous flesh
makes him very heavy and slow as a
base runner.
Old baseball men shook their heads
when McAleer announced his intention
of making a third baseman out of Fer
ris. They say that such experiments
with a player who has passed his
prime are never successful. A few
years ago, before Ferris became hog
fat and was spry enough to chase
hunts. he might have been star. but
to nov ask him to play the most diff
cult position on the diamond, to say
the least, is asking good deal.
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MARKET REPORTS
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
Features Of the Days Dealings In All
The Leading Stocks.

New York, March a.-Dull depression
hung over the stock market leading up
to something like Il crash at the last day.
There Mere some de sh MiG zen
the drop in prices. The tendency towards
reaction finds more general eNplana-
ton. however, in the fact that the rise
in prices had beer pushed to it's feasible
limits by all the devices available to
skilled speculative leadership under the
natural attraction of the high prices es-
tablished brought out a pressure of sell
ing which was beyond TIE capacity of the
supporters Of prices to absorb. AdVices
coming to hand do not altogether con-
finn the claims of improvement in condi-
advance were fostered This fact agsra-
Yates the tendency toward reaction. The
special depressing factor today was the
obscurity surrounding the intended course
of those controlling the Erie Railroad
property. The adjournment Yesterday of
the directors without promugating any
plan for meeting the impending financial
requirement of the company was disturb
ing to those holding the securities Of the
corn panV
There was suggestive sympathy in the
movement of issues of companies under
the auspices of the same bankers and
which are similarly Straitcned for fnan-
cial means to meet urgent requirements.
That the financial prospects of railroads
are not bright is brought home to con-
viction by this episode. The prevailing
Mood was reflected in the un4asiness pro-
festsed over tho possible reduction Of the.
dividend on AtchiSon at the meeting of
the directors which is scheduled to take
place tomorrow. Action on the Anacon-
di dividend was expected today and when
tho session drew towards a close with
out any announcement on the subject
rumorS were circulated of reduction.
The declaration of the unreduced divi-
dend. however, failed to rally the mar
lowest and with signs Of good deal of
disorder. Declines of one to three points
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GOTCH WILL RETIRE
AFTER MEETING HACK

Lowell, March 31.-In a letter re-
ceived by the Contradiction from
Frank A. Gotch, who meets Hacken-
schmidt for the worlds wrestling
championship title Friday Of this week
in Chicago, Gotch declars that, win or
lose, he will never again appear in 4
public exhibition.
II stll remain by my first Geclara-
ton, regardless of the outcome Of this
bout, that this is my last matcn," says
Gotch. II shall never take part III q
public exhibition again. You may quote
me as saying this and l assure yoI
that it is final" GotcEl is confident of
victory
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BOXING.
UnhoIz and Joe Cans Are
Very Likely to Clash
George Decker and Matty Bald
win Draw al Quaker City.
Two Amateur Champs Suspended
Barry Is After Jeanette.

New York, March 31.-Sailor. waiter,
cook, soldier, pugilist and-champion.
That's the route Rudolph UnholZ, the
Boer, is following. Rudy has got on
the championship path in the pugilistic
world by defeating George Memsic
and Battling Nelson in 1O-round bouts.
Now he aims for Joe Cans title, and
declares that he will gain it if stiff
punch and unlimited grit haven't lost
their power as q fighting combination.
When Joe Cans passed his cham
pionship title to George Memsic all
the ligntweights Scampered for cover
because George had just battled 20
rounds with Cans and vas considered
= conner of the most dangerous kind.
LnhGlZ chased Memsic, with whom he
had served as sparring partner to the
Pacific coast ana there gave Memsic
a terrific beating. The fight with Mel
son wasn't a decisive victory but a
ma iority Of those 1T the ringside de-
clarcd that Rudolph had earned the
award.
When UnholZ met Cans in this city
recently the champion received the
Eoer and promised Rudy a chance
You can lave the title now" said
Joe. ut isn't much, anyway" "No, I.
fight you for it, persisted Unholz.
ANY time there's $4,000 in it for me
to meet you. I'll be there" said Joe.
Jim Jcffrics offers the chance for a
meeting between Unholz and the
champion. Jcff suggests the card for
the opening of his new club near Los
Angeles April %. He offers Cans 60 per
cent. of the gross receipts, win, lose
Or draw. The amount would undoubt-
eddy exceed $4,000, and it is likely that
Cans will accept. UnholZ considers a
chance to fight for the lightweight til
tie to be Of great value. SO he hasn't
been eXorDitant in his demands for
cash.
A 25-round fight will be decided at
the opening of Jeffries' new arena.
Cans consent will make the main at
traction fight for the lightweight
championship.