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The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-08
BY G. A. FAIZER,
Evening Star Staff Correspondent.

Evening Star stan Correspondent.
POLO GROUNDS, New York, Oct.
S.-Cheering, shrieking, struggling, more
than 10000 fans jammed their way into
the ball grounds today, filing all of the
seats as soon as the gates were opened.
The crowd screeched in mad en-
thusiasm as the Giants of New York
and the Cubs of Chicago met in the SUI
preme baseball battle of the season for
the National League championship hero
this afternoon.
The scene defied description 1t may
sound unreasonable to say that thou
sands of fans wer assembled in front
of the gates at the Polo Grounds as
early as o'clock this morning, seven
hous before the game. Yet such was
a fact The mob stormed the gates,
breaking down hinges, and was repelled
only by the efforts of the police. The
main entrance was finally opened for
business at IL o'clock. At noon the
stands and bleachers were black with
humanity. At 1850 the crowd had
swarmed over the outskirts of the OPEN
ing field. At one there WAS scarcely
room to blink your eyelid.
Filled at O'Clock.
Still thousands upon thousands were
clamoring for admission outside the
gates. Men offered any amount for adj
mission. No use Not rat could
have squeezed it's way into the grounds
after O'clock. One would have TO
have an aeroplane to see the game
after that. inside the grounds hours
before tie game the crowd amused itself
good -naturedly. Here a little fat man
suddenly found himself under the feet
of others. There was a gay young
society lady, unable to find room else
where, hurried along tie railing into the
press box and sat on poor telegraph
operators instrument, while every now
and then a fist fight would enliven
matters, and all on account of ball
game.
They went modestly about their prac-
tise to all appearances as uneoncerned
as though the hopes and ambitions OF
Chicago and the Middle West did not
hinge on the outcome of the great
game.
Giants Appear ON Field.
Shortly after o'clock mighty shout
went up from the right field stand.
The Giants in twos and threes were
elbowing their way through the crowd.
For ten minutes the fans roared with
applause Gongs changed and whistles
shrieked. There goes Devlin,' and
Here comes Donlin' went up the cry.
"And there's that fellow MerlSle II
he hadn't fallen asleep at the switen
we would have the pennant without
playing this game
The appearance of McGraw was the
signal for another great shout. Were
all with you, Mac," was the cheer OF
the Giants. Could the Giants lose with
such demonstration?
And then came the Cubs, the mighty
Cubs. They are the greatest baseoaN
machinery on this place called earth,
but the Kisses and boots drowned the
faint cheering that greeted their ap-
pearnce. But the unjust yells. 'Rop-
bers!" "Guttersl" and the like never
reazed those Porktown players.
The last great cheer before the game
was reserved for Mathewson. Matfy'
the hope, the pride of all New York.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-08
Marks of Woman'S Shoe
Found by Police on
Slain Politician.
PROOF HE WAS STAMPED
ON AFTER BEING SHOT
Sister-in-Law Held as Slayer
and Wife as Her
Accomplice.
GosNHAM SWEARS TO
RUN DOWN MURDERERS
Bullets Which Caused Death
Were Carefully Aimed by
Expert Shot.
tsnscial to the Evening star

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. S.-The print
of the heel of shoe in the face of j.
Clayton Erb, the political leader who
was killed Tuesday night at his home.
justifies the belief declare the police,
that Erb was murdered in cold blood
and not shot in self-defense. From
the marks upon the head of the dead
maa the sleuths have learned that he
was terribly beaten after he had been
shot. and that he was pounded. kicked
and trampled upon in his dying mo-
ments.
The marks upon the face show more
clearly now than they have before
Every blow suffered by the prostrate
man stand. out in bold relief upon the
flesh. With marvellous shading the In
tensity of the blows, it Is declared, can
even be gagged by an experienced eye.
And there is a well-defined impression
among the sleuths and physicians that
many of the mass of bruises were
caused by The dainty heel of woman S
shoe.
Israel Durham, the Republican politi-
cal boss of Philadelphia, agrees with
the detectives and is pushing the in
vcstisation of the death of his former
secretary. All the detective talent and
skill at the command of the political
machinery has been brought to bear
upon the case to clear up the mystery.
Dunham has sworn to run down the
murderers of his friend and have their
crime avenged
Mrs. KatherineN Beisel. sister-in- law
Of the dead man. has been charged with
the murder by the coroner's jury, and
bail has been refused her. Her sister,
Mrs. Florence Rothermel Erb, was ar
rested as an accessory and bail was
also denied her.
1t is the belief of the police that the
family strife in the Erb household had
reached so strained stage and the
enmity had become so bitter that the
women after provoking an attack, shot
Erb dead. The story that after a
struggle his own weapon was wrenched
, from his grasp and turned against him
is no believed, because the captains s
weapon was found with none of the
shells exploded, in his own apartment.
the four shots which took effect had
been we'll aimed, and the pistol was in
the hands of, one who knew how tc'
use weapons. Mrs. Beisel is good
shot
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-08
LEFT HER HOME
FOR STAGE, SAYS
ANNA'S HUSBAND
Louis Mayer Willing to Forgive
and Forget if She Will
Return.
HOWEVER, HE ADVERTISES
NO LIABILITY FOR DEBTS
Declares Wife Has No Talent to
Make Success as an
Actress.

The lure of the footlights has beck
oned to Anna Mayec, four years we'd
and Anna has responded. according to
the fears of her husband. The tidy
home over which she presided at 68
Christie street is today minus her pres
ence. Because Anna is stout, though
fair and because she speaks broken
awaiting with fear the day of her dis
illusionment, hoping at he may find
her before she discovers that the glory
of the footlights will never be hers.
Now Louis, however sentimental, is a
practical man, and to the end that he
might not be hampered in his search
by sundry bills of expense for items
purchased by the recreant wife, has In-
serted the following Personal ad-
vertisement:
"My wife, Anna Mayer, having left
my bed and board, will not be respon-
sibIe for any debts she may contract.
Louis Mayer
Il want her to come back" he said
today. "Home is not home without
he-. I am trying to find her now and
when / do we will settle matters be-
tween us in a way that will be satis-
factory to both. Perhaps 1 have been
lacking myself. Anyway, 1 want her
to come back"
Anna had a friend, the husband said,
q young woman who was stage-struck.
This young woman had, through dint
of much labor, obtained an engagement
to go on the stage, and Anna had be-
come hypnotized by the glamor of the
life, so Louis averred. Anna neglected
her well-kept rooms to spend her time
with her newly acquired friend, says
the husband. Louis demonstrated, and
Anna, he says, in a heated discussion
told him that If she had to give up
husband or friend, she would let the
husband slide.
The choice. according to Anna s
notion, was forced upon her September
23, when she left home without bidding
her husband gocd-by. To neighbor,
it is said, she confided her intention
to go on the stage.
"My wife has no talents that would
shine on the stage" declared Louis to-
day. II went to the theatre since she
left, and I see that the girls there are
young and pretty. Anna is pretty to
me, but she is not like the show girls.
Ach! l nope to find her before she
learns that"
eaving his business. he Is searching
fo- her here, in New York and in other
cities nearby. His time he spends large
ly in going from theatre to theatre,
looking for the lost Anna. So far his
quest has been in vain.
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FRENZIED MILLIONS in
NERVOUS SUSPENSE, AS
CUBS AND GIANTS PLAY
Fifty Thousand Wild-eyed Fans Pour Into Polo
CroundS--POliCe Reserves Called Out
to Handle Crowd.

history of the greatest baseball gam
that was ever played.
Will the Cubs win?
win the Giants win?
1t matters not. The games the Thing
The countrys fans are ball crazy-nol
partisan mad. Let the best team win
cries the fan in San Diego, and the en-
thusiast in Montpelier echoes the sen.
timent.
Never before in the history of the
national game has the excitement beer
50 intense. Never before has the race
in the National League been sustained
even a week before the end,
This ear three teams, New York
Pittsburg and Chicago, fought for tbt
pennant with almost superhuman
energy and prowess. The Pirates are
now mere onlookers.
New York but for a technicality
would now be the champion. However
past history of September % has nc
place today
The tie decision OF the Nationa
League committee has made possible
the greatest and hardest fought bal
game that the world has ever heard
of. Both teams will fight to exhaustion
Chicago has a reputation to maintain;
the Giants an injustice to stir them
up afrcsll.
The Chicago American team lost the
pennant by a narrow margin, and the
Windy City fans wept, Should the
Cubs come back, with dropping jaw,
Chicago will be stricken to the heart.
Thousands were at the gates when
they were thrown open at II o'clock.
First come first served" was the
(COntinued on Second PaQel
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Anheuser-Busch Restaurant.
Ladies' restaurant opens October TO- noon
Special attention to theatre parties.--Adv.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-08
NURSE GIVES LIFE
To DUTY IN THE
CITY HOSPITAL

Scarlet fever, contracted while at
tending to her duties as a nurse in the
City Hospital, caused the death of Miss
Elsie Miller. % years old, today. She
contracted the disease while nursing a
patient in the contagious ward to
which she had been assigned.
Miss Miller was taken sick Saturday,
and her condition grew worse every
day. Last March she entered the
training schol of the hospital. Her
parents died when she was 10 years
old, and since she had lived with an
aunt, Mrs. John Cherry. of 445 Wash
ington avenue Mrs. Cherry and her
brother, William o. Miller are the only
immediate relatives who survive Miss
Miller.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-08
.PFEIS
OPPOSES
mat TY"
Chance to Use His Star
TWirler Against the
Grim Giants.
MORE THAN 100000
JAM INTO POLO GROUNDS
New York Players Given Great
Reception-Chicago' Men
R0undly Kissed.
MATHEWS0N is THE
HERO OF THE HOUR
Both Mines Show Good Form in
Practise-Police Fight
Crowds Back.
LINEUP OF TEAMS
THAT PLAY FOR FLAG,
GIANTS.

GIANTS. CUBS.
Tenney. first base sheckard left field.
Herzog second base. Esers. second base.
Bresnahan catcher Schultz, right field.
Donlin right field Chance. first base.
SEYMOUR centre field. Howard. centre field
Devlin, third base. Steinfeldt, third base.
Mccormick left field. Tinker shortstop.
Rridweil. shortstop. king. catcher,
Mathewson, pitcher. Pfeister, pitcher.
Umpires-Johnstone and KLEIN.
The club which wins will play De-
troit for the championship of the
vortJ.
cIiristy Mathewson will pitch for
the Giants.
Pfeister CT Brown probably Will
pitch for Chicago.
The game begins at = o'clock.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-08
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Today is dedicated to baseball.

Today IL dedicated to baseball.
Everything clse--thc markets of the
country, the political campaign, The
bulgarian situation, the movement OF
the crops--is reiegated 10 the hack
ground.
To-day the Chicago Cubs and the New
York Giants battle for the champion-
ship of the National League.
Fifty thousand fans will the
game. millions more would like to see
IL. hut, :,iasi the cupacity of the Polo
Grounds is limited.
The two greatest teams in the world
with tho greatest pitchers, Mathewson
and Pfeister. or Brown, will face each
other this afternoon at o'clock.
The baseball historian holds his pen
suspended. Tonight he viii write the
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-08
GAS KILLS FOUR AND
NEARLY KILLS TEN MORE.

WATERBURY, Conn.,, Oct. S.-Illu-
minating gas, leaking into and perme-
ating sleeping rooms in an Italian
boarding house on Bank street. kept by
Guiseppi Sanford. claimed four young
Italian men for it's victims early to-
eday. Besides the dead eight men and
: two women were found unconscious.
Four quickly recovered, but six others
only slowly responded to the doctors
efforts.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-08
Iniuns" plan Reception.

Second ward Republicans win give a
reception tonight in the rooms of the
Republican Indian League to the ward
candidates for office. The meeting will
be presided over by Tax Receiver
Robert L.. Ross. Short talks will be
made by him, by William Pennington
candidate for alderman, and by Chris
L. yolz, candidate for freeholder
Others of the ward candidates will also
talk.
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: THE BETTING ON THE
GlANTS-CUBS GAME.
5 to 4-That Giants win.

to 4-That Giants win.
to THAT Giants get hits.
EVen-That Cubs get s hits.
Even-That Mathewson will
strike out more men than Brown.
to 5-That Donlin gets hits.
to 5-That Donlin gets more
hits than any one else in game.
/ to 6--That the Giants are shut
out.
TO 5-That the Cubs are shut
out.
2 to THAT Giants will not
score in the first inning.
5 TO THAT the Cubs will not
score in the first inning.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-08

See Our HustIers and Ash Cans.
Macknet g. Doremus Co.. 79e-7ss Broad st--Adv.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-22
A Scene From Mrs. Temples Telegram

Mrs. Temples Telegram which
ran for three hundred nights at the
Madison Square Theatre. New York,
three months at Powers Theatre,
ChicaIgo and two months at the
Waldorf Theatre, London, Eng,
will be the attraction at the Grand
Wednesday, Feb. 26h 1t is a farce
comedy that is excruciatingly fun
ny, and yet one that is clean and
wholesome. devoid of even the SEM
blance of an Objectionable feature.
Vt is a class of plays that is sell
dom seen nowadays, one which
was in vogue decade ago, when
"Charley's Aunt" What Happened
to Jones' and other side-splitters
held the boards. Why theatre mana
gers have discontinued this sort OF
entertainment and insist upon in.
nicting the public with so-called
musical comedies, would be hard to
fathom, for certainly those who
nave witnessed such performance
as Mrs. Temples Telegram" have
received 1t in much the same man.
ner that a tired traveller would
welcome the sight of a green oasis
in desert waste. 1t is refreshing
to see once again clean, funny
farce, free from the inevitable
chorus and the stereotyped dozen
or so musical numbers. In 'Mrs.
Temples Telegram there is not
dull line or a dry situation in the
whole of three acts of the play.
and every character is remarkably
we'll drawn and is an unusually in
despensable part of the story Not
one of the parts could be called
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-22
PROVING THAT cY JONES WAS
RIGHT WAS VERY EXPENSIVE

tors. When all these had had their
fling at the matter the verdict was
"Cy Jones was right.
10y" had charged about twelve
dollars for his service in the mat
ter but the expenses entailed in
finding that he was right, run about
as follows: Trip to California, $500;
Trip to Colorado by states attorney,
500; Special counsel fees, $500; Trip
to see Warren Holton, 500; Post
Mortem Examination, $3.50: DR.. Ev-
ans attending trial one day, $50;
Grand Jury three days. $13s; Second
trial in Macon county, $1,000.
Approximately, three thousand dol
lars has been spent by Dewitt
county Vim awakening to the fact
that the venerable coroner knew his
business.
II some one had proposed immed-
lately after the holding Of the in
quest that ICY" Jones be allowed
$500 for his services to Dewitt coun-
|ty, he would have been hounded out
OF town and yet II that had been
done and the matter dropped there
the people of that county would now
be $2500 ahead.
Mr.. Jones has not been the same
man since the tri3l. Time out OF
mindIhe has been the coroner of De-
witt county always winning victory
for his party at the polls but with
the expiration Of his present term
Mr.. Jones, It is believed, will re-
tire, having loyalty served the people
of his county. who were so liberal
in assisting in finding that he was
right.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-22

The following story OF how Dewitt
county, Illinois. spent $4,000 in learn
ing that Coroner Cyrus Jones was
right in his decision in the famous
Pet Magill case, Will be OF interest
to the many friends OF the venerable
gentleman In and about this city.
Mr.. Jones is an uncle OF Mr.. A. NJ.
Tonguett, of North Main street, and
having made frequent visits to this
city, he has made wide circle OF
friends and Mr.. Tonguett delights
to narrate the following narrative to
his patrons, who inquire of the
worthy coroner The story may also
be not without value to those per-
sons who are lacking in appreciation
of the merits of a number of local
able officials. .
The story runs tha. Coroner Jones
or ''Uncle Cy' as he Is commonly
called. had given his decision last
May over the dead body of Pet Ma
gill, that she had committed suicide
and this decision he returned. Some
thought "Cy" knew nothing about his
business and then started an agitation
to have his findings revised. The
outcome was that approximately
$4,000 had been spent, when w. G..
Cochran. the trial Judge, gave the
instruction that tsCy" Jones was
right in his decision.
And thus 1t was demonstrated that
Coroner Jones knew more about his
business than did twent-three grand
juries, fourtee nsupervisors, two de-
tectives, two special lawyers, the
states attorneys and a bunch of doc
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-22

minor one, all OF them being prom
inently connected with the action
of the play. In this respect the
play is really extraordinary, and
its authors showed themselves mas
ter of stage craft in constructing
it. The humor flows throughout the
entire play; 1t does not lag for an
instant; there is none of the pad
ding which is becoming so COM
mon in our later day plays. In
stead of the play being interspersed
with laughter, it is one long ripple.
At times the laughs grow into a
veritable scream, but 1t never
ceases as long as the curtain is up.
From the very beginning of the first
act the fun begins to flow. and it IS
not checked until the fall of the
final curtain. The theme is not
new one, but it is handled in
most original manner. The plot
hinges on the failing OF wives to
suspect everything that their hus-
bands tell them, and the husband
In the play, after telling the true
cause of his being kept out all
night which was that he was
suspended in midair in Ferris
wheel, and finding that his wife
does not believe him. invests an
excuse which gradually grows into
such proportions as a falsehood
that for time it threatens to cause
serious trouble by breaking up
three families. Finally, however.
everything is adjusted. and the wife
VOWS always to believe her hus-
band in the future.
The same elaborate production as
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-22

strongly illustrates the pinch in
the timber supply In all parts of
the world. In the news OF the con.
cession. told in an American lum-
Der journal, is the suggestion of
the difficulty that all countries may
have to encounter in getting the
wood which they need in the future.
Every year timber cruisers are
going further and further afield
and cutting trees which, in former
times of abundance, they passed be-
cause of the inaccessibility of
the forest.
In taking out the Siberian tim
ber the Melbourne lumbermen will
have to ship the entire years cut
in July, August, September and
October, for during the remainder
of the year there is no open water
at the point OF shipment. What
makes this unusual feature of trans.
porting bulky logs 5000 miles quite
feasible is that such unmanufactur-
~ Sso,n 40 duiuittcu Tree, WHlie
there is a heavy duty on all manu-
factured wood brought into Aus
tralia, hte duty in lumber, for in
stance, being nearly $500 thousand
board feet. At Melbourne, new
mill is being erected to manufacture
these logs into dressed stock. such
as flooring, ceilings and other prod
ucts, as well as into lumber.
These Siberian operations differ
from the numbering methods in the
United States, in that In this conn
try 1t Is possible and customary
to have new mills conveniently
near the place of production, though
with the continually decreasing sup
ply, the larger mills often find II
profitable to haul their timber by
trans and railroads many miles
away from their saws. Forest ex-
perts in this country say that the
hope OF the United States for a
steady supply of timber lies in
the application of forestry to all
timberlands, private and public
and the careful study of the econo
mical and better utilization of pro-
duct. Even SO. severe shortage
in twenty to twenty-five years must
be expected.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-22

, Th lead pencil is one of the most
common articles in everyday e,and
nearly 320, 600, 900 pencils are manu-
featured in this country every year
| TO manufacture these millions OF
pencils there are required 10000
tons, or 1000, 900 cubic feet of wood.
so that each day in the year 300 tons
or 10000 cubic feet of wood are used
for pencils, says the Chicago Record
Herald.
Since practically all of the wood Is
red cedar, and since the pencil in
,,dustry is steadily growing, the supply
of red cedar Is greatly depleted; yet
no substitute has been found for It..
Leaving out of consideration the i'm
ported pencils the average educat-
ed American over 10 years of age
uses six pencils OF home manufacture
each year.
Red cedar has a soft, straight grain
and when grown under the best con-
Editions is very free from defects
Because of its peculiar qualities no
equally good substitute for it has
ever been found. and 1t is doubtful
liz any other woodusing industry Is
so dependent upon a single species
as the pencil industry Is dependent
upon red cedar. In fact, red cedar
suitable for pencil manufacture is
the only wood the price Of which is
always quoted by the pound.
Strange as 1t may seem, no steps
have heretofore been taken to pro-
vide for future supply of red cedar
This has been largely due to a lack
,of informationon the rate of growth
and the habits of the tree and of
the wide spread belief tina second
growth red cedar never reaches mer-
|chantable size.
In accordance with its policy to-
ward the conservation and economic
use OF commercial woods. the gov
ernment forest service has made a
careful study of red cedar and has
come to the conclusion that It can be
grown profitable in regions of its
development. Several changes are re-
commended in present forest manage
ment in order to secure the desired
growth. III
In the Southern forests the cedar