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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-22
Unveil Chadwick Monument.

New York, April PA monument
to the memory of the late Henry Chad
wick, known as 'the father of base
ball." was unveiled yesterday over his
grave in Greenwood cemetery, Brook
Ign. President Charles Ebbets of the
Brooklyn baseball club was master of
ceremonies. Many prominent baseball
men and friends of Mr.. Chadwick at
tended the unwilling, which was per-
formed by Miss Caylor, a daughter of
o. p. Caylor. for many years news
paper associate of Mr. Chadwick.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-22
Dies MONIES DUE
Western Leaguers Come for
/. Battle With islanders To-
morrow.
AND WE NEED THE MONEY
Iowans Have Been Getting Bumps
Pretty Regularly Since Out on
the Road

The Des Moines baseball club Of
the Western league will be in the city
tomorrow afternoon to play the local
Three-Eye Ieaguers and it is the hope
|of the directors that the weather will
permit a large number to attend the
game. in view of the fact that there
has been no money coming into the
treasury during the past week on &C
count of the rain which has prevented
several games.
The Des Moines club, while one OF
the best in the Western league, has
been getting it handed to it while OF
the road and out of the last five or sis
games not a one has been placed Il
its credit. Quincy, Waterloo, Decatur
and Peoria have each handed it {
bunch.
Work Twice n Day.
Tighe has had his men out to prac
/ tice twice day since returning from
the trip to the south and all of then
are rounding into proper shape. The
grounds have not been in the best o
shape to permit good workout, bu
they are doing the best they can ant
expect to be in the proper shape whS,
| the season opens.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-22

one mile runs; shot, hammer and dis
Gus throws, running high jump and
running broad jumps; pole vault and
+one-half mile relay race.
The grand prize which goes 10 the
team making the highest number of
points in the LeBron cup, handsome
loving cup which is given as the
prize. Mr.. LeBron again
donated cup which is much like the
one he gave last year. Gold. silver
and bronze medals will be awarded the
individual winners of the events. A
high school pennant goes to the relay
race winners, but points made in this
event do not count in the points for
the cup.
A training table dinner will be fur
nished the men and they will be ell
tertained at the homes of the students
and the alumni. No expenses are
guaranteed but after the running ex
penses are deducted the money will be
pooled aid divided pro rata. Keokuk
is easy of access with six railroads
and three boat lines running into the
city. AS windup of the day a bic
party is being planned Keokuk hes
the reputation of being the ideal hosts
and will not fall short on May s.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-22
Object to Strong Medicines.

Many people object to taking the
strong medicines usually prescribed
is no need of internal treatment in
any case of muscular or chronic rheu-
matism. and more than nine out of
every ten cases of the disease are of
one or the other of these varieties.
When there is no fever and little (if
any, swelling, you may know that it
is only necessary to apply Chamber
lain's liniment freely to get quick re-
lief. Try it. For sale by all drug
gists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-22
CLASSES ToCLASH
High School Track Teams Will
Compete for School Honors
Saturday Afternoon.
MUCH RIVALRY EXISTING
Good Men Are Entered i'm All of the
Different Notwithstanding
Contests Anticipated.

The annual class meet will be held
Saturday afternoon at the race track
The aspirants for honors have been
training for the last few weeks and
there is much rivalry between the
classes. Although the recent rains
have made the track heavy, neverthe
less with day or two of good weather
the track should not be in very bad
shape. The entries for the events have
registered.
The Entries.
The entries are as follows:
One Mile-W. Drips, Emig, Stauda
har, Richie, Q. Drips. Budilier, Olson
Hanson Johnson. Lundeen.
Half Mile-Stauduhar Richie. Budi
lier, Olson, Hanson, Johnson. Lundeen
40 Yards = A Drips. w. Drips
Richie, Brennan, Larkin, Stauduhar
Krell. Olson, Hanson.
900 Notwithstanding, Richie, Col
line. Kittilsen, W. Drips, Larkin, An
drews, KEEL, Olson, Hanson.
100 Yards - Steenburg, Brennan
Richie, kittilsen, Larkin, Krell.
so Yards - Steenburg, Brennan
Richie, Collins, Krell. Kittilsen.
300 Yard Notwithstanding Bren
nan, Richie. Collins, Larkin, Johnson.
IL Pound Shot Put-Steenburg Ben
son, Brennan, Lift, Collins, Andrews
StreCkfuS
Hammer Throw - Brennan, Lift
Collins.
Discus Throw-Brennan, Kittilsen
Collins
High Jump Steenburg, Richie
Drips, Holmgrain. Lift, Collins.
Broad Jump-Brennan Steenburg, A
Drips, Richie. Lift. Nv. Drips.
Pole Vault-Liitt, Brennan, Richie
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-22

Manager Moore says he is going to
make his Decatur team the most pro
icient in the league on inside base
BALL He says he has number of fast
new players that he expects TO show
he other pennant chasers on the cir
cult this season
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-22

Continued from Page One)
providing an S-hour day for working
women. and the arguments of the sup
porters of the bill were so effective
that even the manufacturers were on
the point of compromising at night on
a provision for a 10-hour day with a
maximum of 81 hours for a week, max
| ing an average of nine hours day
for six days.
Senator Glackin is working for the
compromise and expects to get it
agreed to. Secretary John M. Glenn
OF the Illinois Manufacturers associa-
ton insists his supporters will not
stand for" the compromise, but the
manufacturers themselves talk differ
emily. They are not anxious for an
other bout with the working women.
Summary of House Session.
Senate bill No. 9, which makes Co.
lumbus day legal holiday. was rein.
stated and advanced to third reading
Cermak's bills. simplifying Chicago
building laws, were advanced to third
reading. Other house bills advanced
to third reading were:
| House bill No. 90 (King), providing
that no contract of employment shall
act as bar to any action for dam
ages for personal injury or death. The
bill is specially aimed at the Burling
ton Railroad Relief association and
ether railroads that compel employees
to waive their rights to damages fol
Injury.
House bill No. 161 (Wilson, provid
ing that the state board of health kceI
a record of its vouchers
House bill No. III (Adkins), prohib
ting unlawful discrimination in the
buying of grain, eggs and other com
modties, was reported back with tn,
Recommendation that, it pass The bill
is aimed at the. large elevator con
Germs.
A resolution by Representative Chi
perfield calling on the United States
TO furnish to the state investigator,
commission all data possessed by tn
federal authorities bearing on mad,
lands was adopted.
Representative Fieldstack introduc
ed bill providing that the chief jus
tice of the municipal court shall b,
lselected by the associate judges of tn,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-22
ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE
TRAILS GAMBLERS

Continued from Page One.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-22
DUBUQUE LOSES
Outfielder Howard Darringer
Declared Free Agent by
| Commission.
OVERRULES SECY. FARRELL
Player Carried His Point Up to the
Court of Last RESPONSIBILITIES
ence Over Rule.

Instead of giving Howard Daring
or to Dubuque the national commits
sion at Cincinnati yesterday declared
him a free agent. This means that
Dubuque loses the outfielder and his
contract with Hartford, Conn, will
stand. 1t had been reported earlier
in the week that the opposite verdict
had been reached.
Darringer's case is one of the few
that the national board of arbitration
which is the final court of the minor
leagues and of which NJ H. Sexton
of this city is head, and the national
commission, the body which settles
disputes in the major leagues and
which takes jurisdiction in all cases
that are carried up, have clashed.
Darringer played last season with
Dubuque without signing a contract
and held that, having failed to sign.
he was free this year to so where
he wished. His case was brought
before the national board and Secre-
tary Farrell decided that Dubuque
had title to him. Darringer then APP
peaIed with the result noted.
Do Not Agree.
The rule governing the signing of
players is one upon which the board
and the commission do not agree.
The minor leagues have decided that
where a player accepts terms he is
bound as though he had signed a
contract. The team Offering the
terms is given Is days in which to
submit contract If none is offered
in that time the player is free but
his refusal to sign one properly sub
mitted does not release him. 1t is
contended that, the club owners in
the minor leagues, being made up OF
men with whom baseball is an Incl
dent, it is unfair to tie them up Will
red tape and to place them where
they might be taken advantage of by
scheming players and managers be
cause of their ignorance of rules OIL
failure to follow up a deal.
The national commission, made
up of men experienced in baseball
making the details of the nationa
game their business, appears to thiuI
his rule unnecessary and the deciS
ion in the Darringer case is one O.
attitude:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-22

No sooner had Johnny Evers indi-
Gated that he intended returning TO
the Chicago Cubs than along comes
Johnny King with the announcement
hat he, too, will report. Today's dis
patches state both have indicated an
intention of joining the team April
30.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-22
MAY have men IN
Rock Island High School Elk
poets to Be Represented
at Tri- State Meet.
TO BE HELD AT KEOKUK
Local Institution Competed Last Sea-
son and Took Several of the
Events.

The annual tri-state track and field
meet at Keokull will be held May
this year, and the local high school
athletes are planning to attend with a
representative team. There will be
teams from the principal cities in this
state, Iowa and Missouri, and it is ex-
pected that there will be in the neigh
borhood of 100 athletes there for the
different events. Rock Island will
probably send half dozen men from
this city. At the meet last year two
places were taken by men from this
city, Collins getting first place in the
discus throw and Lift second i'm the
high jump. The latter seemed assured
of a place in the pole vault also, until
he was unfortunate enough to break
his pole and injure himself so severely
that he had to drop out of the event
There is a possibility at present thai
a meet will be arranged with Moline
| for May 8, in which case the trip &c
Keokuk will not be made.
Under Local school.
The meet is under the auspices
of the keokuk High School Athletic
| association which is making all the
plans. The rules of the meet w
be the Iowa and Illinois high schoo
association rules and the only re.
quirement is that teams and individ
| Uals shall be amateurs of high schoo
standing.
The events will be held in the Y
| NJ. G. A. athletic field. the finest ath.
| letic park in the middle west The
spacious amphitheatcr will accomo
date all spectators and under tho
grand stand are dressing rooms witt
| lockers and shower baths, in fac
every fixture necessary to meet
| this kind will be found in the dress
| ing rooms.
The events will be as follows: 100
! 220, 440 yard dashes; one-half ant
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-22
court and not be separate elective

court and not be a separate elective
office.
Representative Holiday introduced
one providing for the appointment of
county textbook commission in each
county of 100000 population or more,
and Representative Shaw offered a
textbook bill which provides that the
publishers of textbooks shall file with
the department of public instruction a
list showing the lowest net wholesale
price of their publications anywhere
in the United States.
The bill changing the present mi
litia law so that there will be but one
major general instead of two in the
state service was passed.
Senate Session.
A savage attack on the Billings pa
role bills Is. B. go, 26D made by Sen
ator Isley of Newton was the feature
of the senate yesterday.
On motion of Senator Hurburgh the
bill was recalled TO second reading.
The senate advanced Is bills from Sec
ond to third reading in 10 minutes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-22
ManteII Stops Rube Smith,

Sacramento, Cal, April 22.-Frank
Mantell of Rhode Island knocked out
Rube Smith of Denver in the 10th
round of scheduled 20 round fight
before the Buffalo Athletic club Tues
day night. Though Smith did not go
entirely out, he was helpless, and the
referee called halt. Smith was game
but Mantells cleverness in landing a
straight right and right uppercut was
too much for the Denver boy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-22
LINE O. DOPE


Bill Lelivelt won a game for Mobile
Monday.
Rain spoiled all Three-Eye exhibit
ton games yesterday.
Jack Herbert has been made captain
President KinSella admits that his
| team is still weak at short and third.
Bloomington has tied the release tag
into Pitchers Harvey Mortensen and
Walter Cooper
Weaklcy will be with Dubuque, after
| all. He has promised to be good and
Plass thinks he is worth a trial.
The sore arms of Joe Berger and
Gus Eng are about things of the past
and both are rapidly regaining their
form.
|
| Claire. though legally sold by Daven-
port to The Wisconsin team. He says
there is not money enough in sight
yet.
| Peoria is to play at Bloomington
next Sunday This will be the first
game between Three-Eye teams out
lSi1 of ICIn
this season.
Arthur Lehman, who has for some
time been secretary of the Peoria club
has sold his stock to r. II. Johnson.
who will probably succeed to his Off
cial position.
James Mack and Ralph Edwards,
both released infielders, have landed
jobs with the Boise City in the Inter
Mountain league. Both are good men
with good prospects.
Outfielder Jesse Ruby is quoted at
decatur as picking Rock Island
Bloomington and Decatur to fight 1t
out for the flag this season. Here's
a severe slap on the wrist for Kin.
/ sella.
Elmer Koestner, the former Bloom
ington star, is making good this year
In a. game at San Francisco last Thurs
day, he pitched no-hit, no-run game
for Los Angeles, almost broke into the
ICV Youpp- A ddio JoSC oIacc
This bit of baseball philosophy for
which an exchange is responsible will
appeal to every real baseball bug:
Nobody can be perfectly happy whose
happiness depends on some particula!
; baseball club winning every game Il
plays"
No sooner had Johnny Evers indi
, Gated that he intended returning tc
the Chicago Cubs than along comes
Johnny King with the announcement
hat he. too, will report Today's dis
patches state both have indicated az
intention of joining the team Apri
80.
Manager Moore says he is going tt
make his Decatur team the most pro
icient in the league on inside base
; ball. He says he has number of fas
new players that he expects TO show
2 he other pennant chasers on the cir
} cult this season.
| - Il,
| rhree-Eye league, lost out in his race
or reelection as mayor of Blooming
on by a narrow squeak OF about 3
'otes Tuesday. Holland is a democri
md Bloomington is normally hcavit
| "epublican, so he did not do so badly
:, William Kearney, who was releases
~ Manager Tighe last Tuesday, ha
ucceeded in hooking on for a tryou
18th Davenport. Jack hates to Sc
lin go, especially to one of the Three
Eye teams, as Kearney is goot
teady player, though not quite fas
nough to stay here.
"Rube" Powers received letta
rom his parents this morning and it
ontents showed that they are nc
cry familiar with the game their so
playing. They are interested i
'atching what he does, however, eve
1ough they don't know what ii mean
hey noticed in a paper recently thu
Powers was hit safely twice" and
Worried them considerably. They e.
| PRESSED their sympathy at his bein
| lit and hoped that it wouldn't kee
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-22
BOAT CLUB is TO MEET
Various Matters to he Taken up This
Evening"

The Island City Boating association
will hold a meeting at the club house
at the foot of Twelfth street. this even
inA and several matters of consider
able importance TO the club will be dis
cussed 1t is expected that final ar
rangements for opening the harbor
for the year will be made.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-22
ATTELL AND MORAN NEXT
Featherweights Will Box 10 Round.
i'm New York.

New York, April 22.-Abe Attell,
featherweight champion, and Owen
Moran, the Briton who has held him
to two draws, have agreed to box 10
rounds here within the next two
weeks. The Fairmont A. C. will stage
the go. All of the details save the
weight for the bout have been ar
ranged. Moran insists that ne will not
do better than 125 pounds at 6 O'Clock
the figure that Driscoll made for At
tell. The managers of the boxers will
meet Friday and agree on the weight
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-22
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
YESTERDAYS RESULTS.

NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Cincinnati, 5; st. Louis, 9.
All other games postponed.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Boston, 6; Philadelphia, 2.
All other games postponed.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Louisville, /; Toledo, 3.
Kansas City, 10; st. Paul. IL.
Indianapolis, IL; Columbus, 4.
Observation-Disclosures, rain.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-22

Andrews, Holmgrain.
Those to Oniciate.
The officials will be as follows:
Starter-Mr. Sinnet.
Timekeepers-Mr. Brown and Mr.
Harms.
Field Judses-Mr Udden and MI
Hill.
Finish-Mr. Powell and Mr.. Burch
Caller-Hubbard Dooley.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-23
FACED PoE,s REVOLVER.

Richmond, Va, Cor. New York Tribune.
 Colonel John H. Montague, of this city. told today of the unique distinction, if ESQ it may be called, of gazing down the barrel of a. revolver behind which gleamed the eyes of Edgar Allan Poe.
 "The editor of the Whig and Poe kept bachelors hall at the time," said Col onel Montague. "I recall that on ono occasion they had entertained some friends at dinner. Happening to be passing the house about nightfall, and hearing a great noise from within. en- tered. I had not gone many steps be- fore saw Poe standing at the top of the landing, half dressed, with Q gun in his hand, which he was leveing at me. I was almost paralyzed with appre- hension but dared not turn and run back. Being very young and active. dived under the gun, and, embracing the poet, asked him if he could give me 8 drink The question and my expression touched his heart, and. he invited me in"
 Only three other persons are now alive in Richmond who knew Poe. They are Mrs. Susan Archer Weiss. John Fergu- son. who had the distinction of eating a piece of Poe's wedding cake. and pr. Richard G. Crouch.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-23
Mr. Taft and the Referees

The referee is the logical product of the long effort to confine the repub- lican party in the south to a number just sufficient to fill the available fed eral offices. Referees became neces- sary to prevent strife among this linn tied number by apportioning to all what they were entitled to.
 MT. Taft does not like the plan or any of it's machinery from top to bot tom, and it is reported that the whole thing is to be torn up, root and branch, to make room for something saner and more American.
 Great credit should be given to MT. Taft for the desire he has shown to improve federal appointments in the south. The task he has taken in hand is not a light one, covering as it does about 15 broad states, but the Presi- dent-elect is an untiring worker and he may be able to accomplish what no other republican President has even attempted
 The object of the proposed plan is to build up republicanism in the south. No objection should be made to it on that account. If the President can work out a reform in federal appoint ments in the south he is entitled to all the converts he can make. Let the patriotic work go on, for the south will be the gainer in any event.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-23
Rivers and HarbOrS Appropriations

A general rivers and harbors bill would no doubt be wrecked in the few remaining weeks of the session, and Congressman Taylor Is inclined to ac- cept for that reason an emergency bill. In such bill it would be impossible to get a further appropriation for the opening of the Warrior, and the open ing of that river to the Forks will thus be delayed.
 This will bring the opening of the Warrior close to the opening of the Panama canal, but if all concerned will get ready for the two events no great amount of time will be lost. Barges are to be constructed, rail lines con meeting with the river are to be built and preparations for handling coal and coke at Mobile are to be made.
 The next Congress will vote to the Warrior an appropriation large enough to open it to the Forks. Of this there can be no reasonable doubt The ex. penditures already made are a guar. antee of this, and it seems to be the interest of all to go ahead regardless of the fact that no appropriation for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-23
- ZELAYA'S SCHEME.
President of Nicaragua Carries Keys
 of Great Guns In His Trunk.

 San Francisco special to the New York
 World.
 President Zelaya of Nicaragua is not in favor of revolutions, so when he travels he takes his country's armament with him in his trunk
 The big guns guarding Managua, the capital of Nicaragua, would be too handy for the rebels when the Presi- dent leaves the city, so the President takes the big guns with him so far as he is able,
 In the Presidential trunk he carries the keys" to each gun, and without these necessary parts the guns are use- less. When the Kosmos steamer Acella. which has just reached here from Ham, burg by way of Corinto, was at the lat ter port Zelaya was there also, having left for the moment his capital of Managua to take a trip to the coast. And with the President, carefully stored in one of his trunks, were the necessary parts to the big guns that frown over the fortress at Managua
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-23
Federal Salaries,

About 15 years ago I asked distin- guished senator of a southern state north of Alabama why Congress did not in- crease the pay of the President, vice pres ident, the cabinet the judiciary and other high officials, including members of Con gress, and he told me frankly that the lawmakers dare not do it because their constituents would raise Cain, so to speak," said Confederate veteran. That senator was, notwithstanding his attain ments and his prestige, something of a demagogue. If it was right to pay pub lie servants adequate salaries, he would not introduce a bill along that line, lest the people would protest It showed how poorly that senator gauged the pub lie pulse regarding a matter of com mon justice or right.
 Two years ago Congress raised the pay of its members. It also raised the pay of the judiciary and of cabinet officers. The present Congress raised the pay of the army, and now it has further in- creased the pay of the judiciary and has doubled the pay of the President In- stead of the people kicking they applaud For long time the government appeared niggardly regarding salaries of prominent officials, but the American people were never niggardly. Congressman had simply been misjudging their constituents"