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Amador ledger., 1908-08-07
THE CONFESSION BUSINESS.

There urgent need of rigid and definite laws in
regard the method of procuring socaed confessions from
persons accused crime and the of such confessions
evidence before trial jury merely against himself but
also against codndants Instances constantly cropping
up the tending show the necessity of reform
this respect AS the law stands confession to be adj
med in evidence be freely and voluntarily made with
promise of reward lnducemen of any kind This
all right in theory and the law adhered in its
spirit we'll the letter there would be little for
plain But there is often wide gulf between theory and
practice Prosecuting officers in their zeal to the
of those accused of crime oversep the
bounds In this county last week the major part of the
time consumed in criminal trial taken up in
haustive inquiry into the manner in which alleged
fesson obtained enable the determine
whether the confession should be used evidence
against the defendant conesso The solution of this side
issue involved nearly much expense the trial proper
The Ruef affair San Francisco graft prosecution another
in point The of the officials extortng
essons from the gang of boodles and dealing immunity
contracts and afterwards repudang of Them has done
much towards dscredng the prosecution in the minds of
the people. There question had the officials pursued
straight and honorable path they would have accomplished
the actual punishment of offenders and the
time have retained the confidence and support of the public
But they fell into devious ways which regarded
pugnan conceptions of law and morality, and sub
versive of good the schemes of the boodng
gang. Officials are but the instruments of the people tt
part of their duty compromise their constituents by
veering in the slightest degree from highest ideals of
morality. Crime must be ferretted and offenders pun
shed We believe the way that end by such
duct toward the accused will awaken in the public mind
the faith in the prosecution Duplicity tckiness
or misrepresentation of any kind may we'll be dispensed with
in dealing with parties accused of wrong. Better from the
prosecutions standpoint that defendant be accorded every
right which he entitled under the law freely and voun
tay every stage of the proceedings from his his
final conviction discharge If some simple rule that end
adopted and made indispensable in every would
be step in the right direction and furthermore would prove
aid rather than stumblingbock in the punishment of
evildoers.
Amador ledger., 1908-08-07

MISCELLANY
Reported weekly for the Ledger.

Workshop Northern Lights. Fore
casting Earthquakes and Explos-
ions. The Power Station Engine.
Voice Writing. - Gas Engines for
Canals. Sharp Electrotypes. Our
White Coal. l.-Blood Tells.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-10
DON'T FORGET HOME INDUSTRY
Chamber Of Commerce Hasn't For
got Its Aim.

'Patronize home industry the motto
of the Chamber of Commerce, was
strengthened at the monthly meeting of
the board of directors yesterday. Chaplin
Brown offered a resolution in which
every member of the chamber is urged
to deal with local business houses as far
as possible.
This resolution may appear somewhat
trite, but it Is none the less important,
explained Mr. Brown ut is necessary
that we as a chamber of commerce i'm
press upon our members and others that
we intend to do all in our power to ad-
vance the commercial interests of the city
and wish to bring outside manufacturers
to Washington. We must patronize home
industries.
President Harper requested the commit
tee appointed several days ago to repre-
sent the Chamber of Commerce at the
fisheries convention to get in touch with
Maj Sylvester. who is chairman of a
committee appointed to collect funds for
the entertainment of the delegates.
The booklets recently printed py the
chamber will be distributed according To
plans to be formulated by a committee
appointed for the purpose. About 1000
of the books will be handed 10 delegates
to the tuberculosis congress.
An eminent delegate 10 the congress,
DIR. r. w. Phillip of Edinboro, Scotland.
will deliver a lecture TO the chamber
October on The Anti-Tuberculosls
Progress Co-ordinating Preventing Meas
ures.
New members received are George {.
Altemus Reid s. Baker. William L. Bowie,
Harry b. HALEY, George p. Hoover. L.
II. Koss. Matthew q. Lepley, Robert
Mop. Milans. G. f.. Schult, Harvey L.
Winfield, Zellers az Co. and j. S. Tyres.
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HAL CHASE BOUND
TO JOIN STOCKTON

SAN JOSE. Cal, September 1o-Hal
Chase, the Yankee deserter arrived in
San Jose from New York Tuesday. He
went at once to his fathers home. where
he remained until afternoon. Chase
played with the locals at Luna Park in
the afternoon in game with the Chicago
ladies' team. Chase declared he is going
to Stockton.
Stockton paid the fares for myself and
wife from New York and 1 feel under
obligations to that team. Besides that.
they offered me more money than San
Jose seems willing to give. l shall leave
at once for Sacramento to play with
Stockton in the Admission day series
4 few fans tried in vain to start a dem
onstration when Chase appeared on the
field. There was a general impression
that he was going to Stockton, and that
he was not entitled to an ovation in San
Jose The local management is very non
committal beyond admitting that Chase
is determined to join Stockton. 1t is not
considered likely that any further effort
will be made to hold him here.
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ANACOSTIA AND VICINITY.

The Anacostia Citizens Association re-
sumed its meetings last evening. following
the summer adjournment. DR.. James A.
Watson, the president, was in the chair.
The association adopted the following
improvements which it desires the Com
missioners to recommend to Congress in
their forthcoming budget: An appropria-
ton sufficient to begin the reclamation of
the Anacostia flats, an appropriation for
the removal of the old Anacostia bridge
and the piling adjacent, the erection of
arc lights on Nichols avenue, Good Hope
road and the new Anacostia bridge, the
assignment of al least four additional
policemen to the Anacostia district.
money for paving L, and w streets
from Nichols avenue TO 14th street with
asphalt replacing wooden stairWays with
fireproof construction in the Anacostia
schoo, buildings. replacing brick floors in
the Easements with concrete, removal Of
the wooden fence around the public
school reservation and the substitution OF
an iron fence, replacing OF Old board
walks with concrete ones.
1t was voted to ask the city postmas-
ter to assign an additional letter carrier
for duty in the town.
A letter from Col. Bromwell was read
announcing that the request TO have
reservation 314, on 18th street between
L and V streets, named after Gen.
Logan has been approved and that the
spot will be known as Logan Park in the
future.
DR.. Watson expressed himself as favor
able to the admission of ladies as MEM
bers of the association. and made mo-
ton to this effect, but no action was
taken on it.
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the Bryan-k ern Demo-

came members of the Bryan-kern Demo-
cratic Club of the Hyattsville election DIS
trict organized here last evening. The
meeting was held in the hall over wells
drug store, and old democrats say it was
the most enthusiastic and harmonious
gathering held In this section since 1883.
Jackson II. Ralston called the meeting To
order Robert w. Wells was elected
president of the club. Mr.. Ralston
name was presented. but he said he want
ed to see Mr.. Wells elected and with
drew. George p. Hickey was elected
secretary, and William P. Magruder
treasurer. The following vice presidents
were elected: William P. Casey. Milton r.
Smith, Jackson II. Ralston. Thomas Fl.
Garrison. w. Brooke Hunter, Charles
Baltimore Calvert and Ernest II. Brink
ley. John o. Johnson was chosen SER
geant-
Mr.. Ralston was named as the chair
man of a committee TO invite the vice
presidential candidate. John w. Kern. To
speak in Masonic Hall during his visit to
Maryland, and he was also named as the
chairman of a committee to ask Senator
Rayner to make an address here during
the campaign. Mr.. Ralston declared ne
had talked with Judge A. B. Parker rela-
tive to the political situation. and that the
Judge had informed him that the en-
thusiasm for Bryan on the Pacific coast
was revelation to him.
President Wells said it was significant
fact that many of the prosperous business
men who had helped to make Hyattsville
what it was were represented at the
meeting. Those present contributed $40.
which was sent to Robert s. Hudspeth,
in charge of the campaign In New York.
as contribution from the HyattsvlIe
Democratic Club. William P. Magrudcr
was appointed chairman of committee
to have strung across Maryland avenue
banner bearing the portraits OF the
candidates for President and Vice Presi-
dent
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MOTORCYCLE RECORDS
BROKEN IN PUNCHES

LOS ANGELES, Cal, September 10
At the race meet OF the Los Angeles
Motor Cycle Club yesterday something
unparalleled in the history Of racing oc-
curred-the breaking of thirty-one world s
records and the establishment of eight
new records. In the last event. a one
hour race, two local amateurs between
them accomplished the feat. Raymond
Seymour broke the ten. twenty. twenty
one and twenty-five mile records in the
same race. ]. Howard Shaferer passed
him at this point and broke every world s
record from twenty-three miles to forty
eight miles, established new records from
forty-n1ne miles TO fifty-siX miles and
broke the worlds one-hour record by
nearly eight miles. In addition to this
Paul j. G. Derkum rode a quarter of d
mile in thirteen seconds, feat never
accomplished but once which has no
place i'm the record books.
While Derkum was riding this race his
brother. who was thrown from his ma
chine earlier in the day, lay dying in a
hospital.
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NO MORE RACING AT
BRIGHTON BEACH

NEW YORK. September 10.-The most
decisive blow received by horsemen since
the anti-racing laws went into effect came
yesterday when it was officially announced
that the fall meeting of the Brighton
Beach Racing Association had been de-
clared Off William Engerman. treasurer
of the association. and president of the
Brighton track, declared that the meet
scheduled to be held from September y
to October would not be held. The fall
ing off of the attendance since betting was
prohibited at the tracks was the cause OF
the cancellations of the dates.
While horsemen anticipated q curtail-
ment of racing days at the Brighton
track. the announcement that the assocta-
ton had abandoned its entire meet came
like thunderbolt to them. and last night
the owners Of the track were vehemently
condemned. Horsemen cited the fact that
the association had made a great deal of
money year in and year out for many
years. and that they saw no reason why 1t
should close its gates fearing loss this
year.
The association suffered a loss during
its summer meeting and failed to pay
promptly some of its obligations. So long
did it withhold money from some turfmen
that many owners announced that they
would not race their horses this fall I'M
less prompt payment was guaranteed
them.
The abandonment of Brighton's meeting
was not the first indication that racing
was doomed in this state. Immediately
after Gov. Hughes won his fight against
the gambling interests the defeat of rae
ing was apparent First the admission
fee was reduced to s.. but the public did
not attend as 1t did during the days of
open betting. Then the Coney Island
Jockey Club announced that there would
be no racing at it's Sheepshead Bay track
on Fridays and the Westminster Associa-
ton followed with the statement that 1t
would hold only four days racing week
at Belmont Park.
Immediately after the anti-racing laws
went into effect Acting District Attorney
Elder of Kings began his crusade at the
Brighton track. After many bookmakers
had been arrested he procured indict-
ments against William Engeman. chief
stakeholder; Christopher Fitzgerald. the
president: John Boden. the secretary, and
John Cavanaugh. who was formerly in
charge Of the betting ring.
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Vanderbilt CUP
RACE is ASSURED

NEW YORK, September 10.-That the
Vanderbilt cup race for automobiles will
positively be run over the Long Island
motor parkway course on October "a, as
previously announced. was announced yes
terday after a meeting Of the William X.
Vanderbilt cup commission, in charge OF
the trophy and the competitions for it,
The meeting was presided over by JEFF
ferson DeMont Thompson. w. K. Van
derbilt. jr., donor of the cup. was present
with the other members of the commits
sion Several more entries for the race
were pledged. and Chairman Thompson of
the cup commission said that the entrance
fee Of 81. 600 would hold good for the entry
of one, two or three cars. The entrance
fee originally was 81, 900 for each car. but
under the new arrangement each manu-
facturer will have the privilege of putting
in not more than three cars for $1,000.
The entries will close on October l with
out forfeit.
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WHITNEY'S HORSES
WIN AT SHEEPSHEAD

SHEEPSHEAD BAY, N. T., September
10.-The features Of the racing at
Sheepshead Bay yesterday were the
victories of the horses belonging to H.
P. Whitney. Out of four starters from
the stable they won three races and ran
last in the other. Petticoat won the
Belle stakes in a drive by a length.
Trance was the pacemaker, leading by
two lengths to the final furlong. when
Dugan brought Petticoat up and won.
Fashion Plate easily won the Waldorf
stakes, six furlongS, Futurity course. in
the slow time of 1.13 %. He had a
clear lead of five lengths at the finish.
The Brooklyn Jockey Club announced
that the price OF admission will be re-
duced to 81. The field stand will be
closed. Summary:
First race. the Rey Del Carreres, for all ages;
$500 added: six and half furlongs-Brookdale
Nymph. 1o7 &c. Duganl. won: Fort Johnson.
second race for I'll three yearo s1 A and upward;
non winners in 1908. selling; $3.50 added; one
mile and a slxteenthnFaney, "a tUptcnl. won;
De- sarso. countsrslsn IVES Tipping Dixie
olds: guaranteed cash value. 81 500; i've and
o az WON TraSee i
second speciatress. 100 tMcCarthyJ. third. Time.
los As. Miss kearney and SententiOus also
ran.
Fourth race. the Waldorf: for colts and geld
ings, twoyear-olds $500 added; six furlongs,
Futurity course-Fashion Plate. 118 (Butler).
won; Sir John. 1ls (Notter,. second: Marcellus.
11S (SchilingJ. third. Time, 1l3 rs. Strike
Out and Yardstick also ran
Fifth race. the Banquet Handicap, for three
yearolds and upward: $500 added; one mile and
an eighth. turf course-Tourenne. LOG CMcCar-
thy). won: Miss Crawford, 1O4 tUpton), second;
Brother Jonathan. ITO tNotter). third. Time.
LA 2-5. Royal Tourist. Danoscara, Lady Wini-
fred and Tony Bonero also ran.
winners at this meeting; selling: $3.50 added: one
mile-Whip Top l04 Mccarthy. won; Lord
Stanhope, 113 (SOtter), second; Castewood, 107
lang. third. Time. 1.39 3-5. Gramsar. ESQ
teric. Juggler, Orphan Lad. Dark Night: Col,
conda Gliding Belle, WestmOre, Aster DOE aud
| lI la of RridRpWafeH also
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MARYLAND TENNIS TOURNEY
Surprises in First Days Play for tn,
State Championship.

BALTIMORE, September 1O.-The an
nual tennis tournament for the champion
ship of Maryland began at the Baltimore
Country Club yesterday. The preliminary
round was finished and the first round
begun.
The best match and the surprise of the
day was that in which Walter Carl of
Boston was defeated, 3-6. Sc. 81. by r.
G. Fisher, a sixteen-year-old Baltimore
boy Robert Leroy of New York. who is
expected to play Dr. E. B. Dewhurst of
Philadelphia, the present champion of
Maryland. easily disposed OF his oppo-
nent, j. P. Baer.
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Twinings' Easy Victory.

The lexington and Twining Athletic
boys of section of the local amateur
post series were the contenders at Union
Park yesterday afternoon. and after an
interesting struggle the latter came off
first best by the score of to 4. Ecking-
ton played good ball all season and it was
thought had look-in for a good position
in the post series, but continued defeats
have practically put the team out of the
running.
Yesterday the Twining boys got the
jump on their opponents in the second in
ming by scoring seven runs. and this good
lead could not be overcome. Both teams
put up fairly good fielding games. the bat
and defeat.
Greene, who serves them up for the In
dependence champions. was in great form
and let the Eckingtons down with only
four scattered hits. He famed eight bats
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BAT NELSON KNOCKS
VETERAN JOE CANS
Five Thousand Persons See
Old Master Fall Limp in
TWenty-First Round.
FACTS ABOUT THE FIGHT
WON BY "BAT" NELSON

Winner-Battling Nelson.
Loser-Joe Cans.
Referee-Ed Smith of Oakland,
Cal.
Winning Punch-Right hook to pit
of stomach.
Knockdown-One.b by Nelson.
Number of Rounds-Twenty-
Place-Jim Coffroth's arena at
Colma, Cal.
Winner received 60 per cent and
loser 40 per cent of 20 per cent of
the gross receipts.
Attendance-About 5000.
Approximate Value to Winner
S10.5OO; to loser; $1,000.
The fight was scheduled to go
forty-five rounds, and the men
fought under straight Marquis of
Queensberry rules.
During the fight Cans landed
forty-eight hard swings flush on
Nelson's jaw, any one of which
might have dropped an ordinary
lightweight. Nelson landed only
eighteen blows to Cans jaw, and
confined his attack to the stomach.
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lie official score:

"Batted Tor Wood IN thetnlnth.
Washington ... . q o q O , *
Boston: .............. o . D - Il
Runs scored-Pickering t2l. Ganlcy o.. Tn
glaub Mcconnell Niles, Donohue t2'. Two-base
hits-Thoney. Speaker. Delehsntr ,2,. Ganley.
Donohue. Three-base hits-Unglaut. Pickering,
Gessler Hits-On Steele. in and one
third innings: Wood. l In twothirds inning. Sac
rifce hits-Ganley. Unglanb. Deehanty ~.
Stahl. Street. Stolen base-Ganey. Double plays
Mcbride. Deehanty and Freeman; Clymer and
Street Left on bases-W ashington, 8; Boston,
T. First base on balls-On Tannehill 2: of
Steele. 1. First base errors-W ashington, /:
Boston. I. Hit by pitched ball-By Steele, 1.
Struck out-By Tannehil, 2: by Steele. 3; by
Wood 1. Umpire-Mr. Connolly. Time of
game-1 hour and As minutes.
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brought to an end yesterday afternoon
with two races, both of which furnished
close and exciting finishes In the 200
pace William c., driven by Durfee in place
of Murphy, who was sick. had hot fight
with Charley Hal at every finish. and in
moss Of them Milton s., jr., was on almost
even terms with the leaders. Five heats
were necessary to decide the winner.
While Geers. with Teasel. was pressing
close upon the leader at each finish in the
21O trot Del Coronado would have won in
straight heats but for break In the sec
ond, when he ran under the wire. The
judges set him back to last place in the
heat and Milagro got second money by
being slightly in advance of Teasel at the
finish and thus getting credit for winning
a heat. There were about 10000 persons
at the park. The summaries:
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feated Chicago in ragged game. Willett
and Summers were wild in the first. and
Chicago scored five runs. The cham
pions started hitting Altrock in the sew
enth and batted him out. scoring four
runs. materially assisted by Smiths wild
throws. The winning run was the result
Of Cobb's triple and Downs single. Score:
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NATIONALS TRIM BOSTONS THROUGH TIMELY HITTING
TANNEIILL PITCHES SPLENDDLY, BUT IS UNLUCKY
JOHNNY BEALl JOINS
THE White SOx
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHICAGO, September lO.-Mr.
John Beall, formerly Of Washing
ton and newphew of Charles Beall
of the clerks Office of the United
States Supreme Court, has just
signed a contract to play with the
White Sox. the Chicago American
League base ball team
Mr.. Beall is graduate of the
Washington public schools. and
three years ago was instructor in
the manual training department.
He left Washington for Pittsburg
as superintendent for the Crawford
Paving Company at their Pitts
burg Office.
His duties called him to Chicago,
and for the past season he has
been playing center field with Cal
lahan's Logan Squares. His bat
ting average has been 600 for the
season. His work pleased CAL
lahan so we'll that he recommend
ed him to Comiskey of the White
Sox.
1t is not yet decided whether
Beall will begin work with the
team at once. Beall prefers to wait
until next season.
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Amateurs Change Park.

Owing to the fact that the attendance at
the Union League Park in the post-season
series has not been all that was expected.
the amateur commission last night de-
cided to abolish the series, so far as the
Union League Park was concerned. and
to play the remaining games at Capital
City League Park, 1st and M streets
northeast.
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Yankees Trim Athletics.

PHILADELPHIA, September 10-New
York knocked three of the home teams
pitchers of the rubber yesterday and won
by 9 to 6. Laporte and Hemphill hit the
ball hard, the former having four hits
and sacrifice in five trips to the plate.
Score:
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Petworth Blanks Woodburn.

In the best played game of the season
in the Suburban League. the Petworth
team won from WOODBURY. by to o.
A double play by the Petworth team
was easily the fielding feature, as it pre-
vented WOODBURY. from getting one or
two scores. The game was not decided
until the last round. when a single by
Dempsey and a two-bagger by Clayton
put the only run Of the game across the
plate. Both Mcdonald and Clayton
pitched gilt-edge ball, the former allow
ing but four hits and the latter but two
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First base by errors-EcktnRton. s: Tw1n1ng
A. O.. 3. Left on bases-Eckington. 3; Twining
of Handiboe. 4: OF Greene. /. Innings pitched
By limbaugh. ~ By, Handiboe: S7.: By Greene.
Greene. s. Sacrifice hitsLCunningham, McMahon.
Stolen bases-Divver. Greene. ONeille Handiboe.
Mace. Double play-Wynkoop to Mace. Hit BY
pitcher-By Handiboe. I. Passed balls-Woods,
/: Mace, 2. Umpire-Mr. Collifower. Time Of
gameI hour and 80 minutes.
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Maps Shut Out Browns.

CLEVELAND, September 10.-Three
hits. one an attempted sacrifice, grouped
in the tenth inning yesterday. won for
Cleveland over st. Louis to O.
Only one other hit had been made off
Waddell, though four men had reached
first before the tenth. two on passes and
one on fielder's choice.
Liebhardt held the Browns to four hits
also. Hinchman saved the game In the
fourth, and his hit started the winning
score, Bemis driving him in. Score:
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zone out when winning run was sco,ed.

zone out when winning run was scored.
Cleveland. ......... o o o o o o o ii
St Louis. ......... o o o o o o o 90 90
play-Perrins. Lajoie and Stovall First base on
balls-On Liebhardt. I: OF waddell. q Left on
basesCleveland. 4; St Louis, 8. Struck out
Liebhardt, 8: Waddel1. 8. Umpires-Messrs
Sheridan and Egan. Time Of game-1 hour and
40 minutes.
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Bounding ned Hit Responsible Red Soxs RayBo Teams
Fe1ded acknowledgements Throw and Gesser's Triple the
Features-Bat Nelson Knocks Out Joe Cans
Races At Sheepshead

clean single into left and Donohue dashed
over the plate and once more the crowd
became uneasy. But it was only for
moment. as Lord spanked roller to Del
and Mcconnell was forced out at second,
closing the game.
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