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New-York tribune., 1909-10-31
SERWON SYNDICATES.
Candidates for Pulpit Preach
Identically in Milz0aukee.
INV Telerrapin 20 The Tribune. !


Pittsburg, Oct. 3O.-The fact that two
candidates for the pulpit of Milwaukee
church preached the same sermon. word
for word, on successive Sundays. has led
to the belief here that both men we're
subscribers to sermon selling syndi-
cate. of which local preachers have cog
niZance.
The Rev. DR.. Daniel Dorchester, of the
Christ Methodist Episcopal Church. said
to-day: There is no question as to the
existence of such a syndicate / have
heard of several instances similar to
the Milwaukee report. Years ago / re-
member receiving the letter of such
concern by mail, and I have seen the
advertisement frequently of a concern
that will furnish anything from an essay
to a sermon"
New-York tribune., 1909-10-31

pace better than sixty-three miles an
hour, leaped into sudden fame yesterday
by winning the fifth race for the Van
derbilt Cup from f. II. Parker. in a Fiat.
thus repeating the American victory OF
1908
dTant victory came after a decision
o. the referee. William X Vanderbilt ir
giVer of the cup. had restored to him a
lap lost through a mistake of the official
scorers, who marked him as completing
MS eleventh circuit of the 22-lap course
or 2f6.OS miles,. when. as a matter of
fact, he was ending his twelfth round
Grants advantage was more than five
minutes. These two were the only cars
allowed to finish
William Knipper, in a ChaImars-Da-,
trolt' was on his twentieth lap, and still
going. when the race was stopped: Snen-
Ger Wishart, the amateur, in his fathers.
Mercedes, was on his seventeenth round
and Elmer Knox, in Il big yellow Atlas
was making his sixteenth circuit
Nothing more spectacular. in Il wav
than the sudden shift that gave Grant
the race has been seen in such contests
Parker had safe lead, as II seap,ad
tl.
but the frantic Alco people. convinced
that their man had earlier lost a lap in
the official Score sheet through the CON
fusion when three sets of cars were -,
the course, succeeded in convincing Mr.
vanderbilt. the referee, that Grant vou,1
really complete the twenty-second Ian
when be flashed by again. instead ~ m.
twenty first. Grant was almost due -,
the grandstand when the decision u..
made. and Fred Wagner raced over 20
get the black and white checkered aa,
that. waved at Il car. means il has con,
pleted the distance He was ready Who,
Grant stormed over the line. ana ,ba
crowd receiving thus its first intination
that Grant was the winner. sat IA,
stunned silence, giving him scarcely :,
cheer.
e. II. Parker and the Fiat representa-
tives considered for several hours the
adVisability of filing a protest against
the decision giving Grant the race. After
Hotel and a rigid examination of the
scoring sheetsI however, the matter was
dropped. although Parker said he had let
up in his efforts when he thought he had
and the fact that Knipper had a clear
Il ad until just before the race ended.
made IL doubtful In the extreme whether
this protest could be sustained, and the
New-York tribune., 1909-10-31
HER BOY BRANDED
Mother Says Greek Letters Dire
Scared an His Flesh.
LRy Telegraph to The Tribune. ]

. Denver, oct. 30.-"My boy. branded as
they would a steer on a Western range
in the initiation ceremony Of fraternity
at the School of Mines impels me TO cry
out TO mothers and demand that such
barbarous practices in civilized coun-
try come to an abrupt end
This statement was made to-day by
MRS. j, A. Snedaker. wife of million
are mining man and consulting engineer
for the Rockefeller interests in Colorado
From the reluctant admissions / have
secured from my SON. she said, Il
understand that he and six other fresh
men went through an initiation process.
All were branded either by hot irons or
by acid. / have seen the atrocious evil
dence, and the Greek letters two inches
high, were scared upon his stomach"
The SHOREHAM, WASHINGTON, D. c.
ffotel OF metropolitan standard of excel
lence. European plan. Cuisine and service
The pest. John I. Deyine. Prop-Advt
New-York tribune., 1909-10-31

Byrne. one of the biggest men on the
Army team, had been conspicuous in
nearly every play his daring tackles and
brilliant attacks being especially note
worthy. 1t excited little wonder, then,
in the middle of the second half, when
Harvard had the ball in midneld, that
Byrne threw himself with all his power
at Minot, the giant fullback of the Har-
ward team.
Minot had the ball and was plough
ing into the Army line directly at the
point which Byrne was guarding. The
cadet hurled himself against the Har-
ward man and made perfect TACKLE, but
he fell under N1inot, and the other play
ers buried the two men under a strug-
Cling mass.
Dr Sharpe, of Yale, signalled that the
ball was "downed," and the players be-
gan to get ready for another formation.
Then it was seen that Byrne was lying
motionless on the ground where he had
fallen. The usual simple restorative
measures were resorted to, but the cadet
Law still Then one OF Byrne's fellow
nIayers who had been trying to bring
him to discovered that his mate was not
breathing.
Colonel Candy, one of the army sur
eeons at the post, was summoned from
the side lines. He saw at once that the
situation was serious. and before at
tempting TO find out the nature of
Bvrne's injury he endeavored to induce
artificial respiration. Then the ten thou
sand persons in the stands began to
show nervousness, and just as the sun
sank behind the hill on hich the new
chapel is taking form and the shadows
deepened the spirits of the spectators
fell
New-York tribune., 1909-10-31
GRANT WINS THE
VANDERBILT CUP
DRIVES LIKE Il FIEND
IN AUTO CLASSIC.
EleUenth Hour Correction
Giues Trophy to Right
fuI Ouner.
FEATURES OF THE FIFTH VAN
DERBILT CUP RACE.

Winner-Harry Grant. In an Amer
lean Aico 6o-horsepowsr car.
Time hours 25 minutes 81 seeondP,
at an average Of 63 miles an hour.
Course-12.64 miles, on Long Island
Motor Parkway and Nassau County
roads, near Hampstead.
Fastest Lap-The fourth by Louis
Chevrolet. In Buick, 1857, at an average
opeed Of 1920 miles an hour
Crowd-Estinlated at one hundred
thousand, travelling on railroad and In
ten thousand automobiles.
Trophy-The Vanderbilt Cup, given
by William x. Vanderbilt, jr., in 1904,
for an American road race.
Previous winners-Heath, Panhard,
1908; Hemery, Darracq, 1905; Wagner,
Darraeq, 1906; Robertson, Locomobie,
1908.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-31

Bannards personal campaign manager.
gave out the following estimate:
Barnard .55,colHearst ..........- I.s.otJ
Gaynor. .-....... 2O6,CuD
Bannard's plurality. ........-...-.-.. 4s,oOo
The figures of President Parsons of the
+ Republican County Committee are:
Gsnnard 239.sSl o,.s Hearst l-ooD
Bannard's plurality .................... $4,000
Mr.. Bennett said his estimates had been
worked out as the result of information
from various sources Roughly speak
ing. these sources have been:
|. reports received from the various
county Chairmen.
. Polls of individual districts. which
have been extended.
-. Personal investigation of men who
have been going through the city for two
weeks sounding the sentiment and gauSinS
the drift.
= Private polls taken in various manu-
featuring establishments and among vari-
GUS classes of workmen and business men.
BIG MEETINGS EVERYWHERE.
Mr. Bennett said that everything that
had come to him in the last ten days
showed a steady drift to Barnard. He
was more than enthusiastic over the big
Durland Riding Academy meeting on
Friday night. II has been the custom
in former years for campaign managers
to shut off all other campaign meetings
on the West Side on the night of Dur
land meeting on Friday night, how
ever all the district meetings were run
ming full blast, and the meeting III EN-
Uire Hall, in the 10th Assembly District
at which Mr.. Barnard also spoke, was
the largest ever held there.
President Parsons of the county com
mittee. will have some detailed figures To
give out to-day
Raymond V Ing rsoll, chairman of thS
executive committee Of the Commute
of one Hundred. after careful study oi
the situation. said he did not care 10 :"
into detailed figures He believed now
ever. that PrCndergast ana' Mitchell WOULD
Ice elected by 100000. and that Ban
nard's plurality would he In the vicinity
OF 50.0nO.
I'm Manhattan and The Bronx Barnard
will ne first. Hearst second, and Gaynor
third" said air InGersoll In Brooklyn
Dannard will he first, GaynOr second. and
Hearst third The fusion county tickets
will be elected IN both Kings and
Queens | am not familiar enough wiki
conditions in Queens or Richmond u
venture a prediction.
From what have observed. tho Tam
st Coatnued second page
WHERE TO TAKE LUNCH
New-York tribune., 1909-10-31
FATHER SEES ALL.

Dr Candy called Captain Hanna, the
head of the surgical department, and
with the latter came Captains Loving
and Smith and DIR. Nichols, of the Har-
ward team The five men worked over
the unconscious player. whose face had
taken oIs CHASTITY palior. but their cx-
ert,ons seemed 10 accomplish nothing,
for there was no sign of returning con-
sciousness. After five minutes OF hard
work Or Candy noticed that Byrne was
breathing family. and the doctors re-
doubled their efforts.
Far ND in the east grandstand an old,
whitehaired man was sitting watching
the doctors. He never moved in his
seat. and looked stoically TO the front
II was not until Lieutenant Nelly, the
coach of the Army team. came over to
the stand and beckoned to the straight.
military figure that it became known
that he was Colonel John a Byrne, the
father of the injured cadet
With never a tremor the old man
walked down the stairs and was helped
over the fence and on to the field. His
hands stiff at his sides and hs head
erect. he walked out TO where the doc
tors were at work He did not try to
force his way TO his sons side. but stood
off as If acknowledging that the physl-
Continued ON second page.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-31
FOOTBALL TRAGEDY
CADETS NECK BROKEN
IN HARVARD GAME.
Father of 4rmy Man Sees
Accident, but Restrains
HIS Emotions.
LBy Telegraph to The Tribune. ]

West Point, n. Y, Oct 30.-Eugene A.
Byrne. a member OF the first class and
left tackle of the West Point football
team, suffered what may result in a
fatal injury In the game with Harvard
here this afternoon.
According to physicians on the field,
Byrne had his neck broken and is not
expected to live. The accident occurred
in the second half of the contest, and
after the seriousness of Byrne's injury
was discovered the game was called.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-31
BARNARD SW EEP
CAMPAIGN M1NAGERS
GIVE FIGURES.
Fusion Leader by $4,000 and
Remainder of the Ticket
by 100000.

1--WE WlN!"-Statement of Otto T.
Barnard last night, practically at the
end of the campaign.
Managers of the fusion campaign
agreed last night that Mr. Barnard
would be elected Mayor by a plurality
of not less than $4,000, For more than
a week they have been confident of the
election of the rest of the fusion ticket
and estimates as to the pluralities of
these candidates run up to 100000 and
beyond.
Representative William Nj. Bennett, Mr.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-31
MENELEK STRICKEN.
Abussinian. Rulers Condition
Dangerous.

Adds Abeba. Abyssinia, Oct. 30.-King
Menelek was stricken with apopiexy on
Thursday night. His condition is con-
sidered dangerous.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-31
FIFTH AVENUE CHASE
WOman Leads CrO1gd after
Handbag Thief.

Following a lively chase in Fifth ave-
nue., past the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel and
New-York tribune., 1909-10-31

Harry. F. Grant. an American driver.
driving an Alco. an American car. at O
New-York tribune., 1909-10-31
toatinued on second pagc

WHERE TO TAKE LUNCH
And drink the highest types at American
Wines. IT,. II. Dewey Il SONS Co., iSS Fui-
ton ST.. New York.-Advt.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-31

s3O.1o ATLANTA AND RETURN.
Nov. 40. Seaboard Air Line, 1888 B'way.
n. Y.-AdyI
Rock Island Argus., 1909-03-05
SCENE IN ISIS PERKINS" AT THE ILLINOIS SUNDAY.

in chain of theaters and in several
productions with the estate of the late
Jacob Lift. Both of these gentlemen
have been in Chicago recently making
the arrangements necessary for their
first venture. Under an agreement
with McVicker's theater, Messrss
Brooks and Dingwall have taken the
spring and summer seasons for long
term of years, and each year will make
"a melodramatic production there, the
first of these enterprises being the
Drury Lane success, THE Sins Of
Society,"" which will have its first
American hearing here April IA. I'VE
have the utmost confidence in Chi
Icago.' Mr.. Brooks SAID in speaking of
I the matter, land we are venturing a
lot of money to back this confidence.
Next year we may do an American
piece, or something from the French
or German stages, but we will give
Chicago something equally big as the
lpresent production. Our agreement
with the management of McVicker' )
affords us the spring and summer sea-
! son there for a long term, and we
propose to use this time to advantage
Rock Island Argus., 1909-03-05
Give PLAY MAR. 10
Senior Class Members OF High School
Are to be Seen in Amateur
Theatricals.
WORKING HARD ON PARTS
Cast Has Been Well Drilled in Roles
Are to Present "An American
Gentleman"

Preparations for the annual class
play which is given each year by the
senior class of the high school are
nearing perfection. The cast this year
is an unusually strong one. The play,
IAN American Citizen is a comedy
dealing with the life of the people of
today. The senior class has secured
scenery and will make the stage eff
fects excel any that any class has had
heretofore. The, members of the class
are being trained under the direction
of Miss Jackson and Miss Barclay,
who drilled the cast for the play last
year and in 1907. This year they ex-
pect to eclipse all of the other at
tempts and present play which
would be taken by any but a close
critic as the work of a professional
company The play will be given in
Rock Island Argus., 1909-03-05
AT THE THEATER

often, are tobooed. There is dancing
and there are songs, plenty of them,
but they are new aad up-to-date and
they are rendered in an artistic man.
ner. ISIS Perkins will come to the
Illinois tomorrow, matinee and evening.
Three Twins."-If fye months in
Chicago and 10 months in New York
Is a criterion, Three TWINS" the
musical comedy which comes to ths
Illinois theater Sunday in special re.
turn engagement must be worth see
ing. New York papers say that Broad
way is justly proud of Three Twins
as they Ae drawing capacity aud
fences nightly at the Herald Square
theater and have been doing so for
many months. When Joseph NJ. Gates
took his company from Chicago to
New York, he did not dream of stay
ing longer than the sumner months
so he booked road tour, but when
the time came New York would not
permit the Twins" to leave, so an
Rock Island Argus., 1909-03-05

Too great care can scarcely be used in keep
Ing the refrigerator perfectly clean. All
crumbs should be removed and IL LIQUIDS are
spilled they should be wiped up at once. In
summer especially frequent and thorough
cleanings are required. Empty the water pan
and remove all food. covering it from the
dust. Remove shelves: scrub them with
brush in hot suds made by dissolving table,
spoonful OF Gold Dust washing powder In
warm water. Dry with cloth or in the sun
shine. IL possible. Scrub all parts Of the food
chamber. even the inside of the door with the
hot suds; rinse in clear water, wipe dry and
oughly: scald wastepipe with boiling suds
made from Gold Dust washing powder. Scrub
water pan and replace the parts. 1t Is neces-
than Ice compartment $50 s-..ss s.-S7
Rock Island Argus., 1909-03-05


for ourselves and the public. After /
the run of The Sins of Society here
that is, when the heat of the sum-
mer forces the thea-ers to close-the L
melodrama will be taken to New York /
with the same cast and production
and will be put on at the New Am
sterdam theater for a fall and winter
run. The piece we are to do is a |
melodrama of the highest type; notl
one of the penny thriller sort Cecil |
Raleigh and Henry. Hamilton, it's
authors, have written number of the |
biggest Of the McVicker successes. |
They are responsible for The Great
Ruby, Sporting Life The Price uf
Peace Hearts Are Trumps' and other
melodramas produced there. In The
Sins of Society they have gone even
further, We think, in giving the public
new sensations. They have arranged
their play in IA scenes, and each of
and dramatic purpose. The play had
Its origin in the sermons preached by
the Rev. Father Bernard Vaughan, a
Jesuit priest, rector OF one of the
fashionable churches in London We
are bringing over some of the actors
who were in the original company to
play here the parts they created at
Drury Lane, and we are engaging the
greatest company ever organized for
an enterprise of this sort We have
already put under contract Dorothy
Donnelly, Louise Closer Hale. Louise
Rutter. Grace Thorne, Florence Edney.
| Lillian Collins. Elsa Payne. Vincent
! Seranno, William Abingdon, Leslie
Kenyon, William Eville. Charles Elem.
ming. Frank Dekum. William Devere.
! Edward Lester and Oscar Adye and
Lucy Sibley of the Drury Lane cas-" ;"
| At the Family.-The bill at the Fam
| lily theater the latter part of this week
affords an unlimited variety of enter
tainment. The show is featured by
the Rialto quartet, probably the best
aggregation of singers booked by the
western vaudeville circuit. The quar-
tet consists of three fellows and one
very pretty little lady, all of whom
are blessed with beautiful voices
They received encores on every num-
Der at both appearances last evening.
Another feature act is that being pre-
scented by Captain Stanley Lewis, For
lOld Glory" The lines of the little
sketch relate the story of an uprising
in the Apache Indian camps a num-
Der of years ago. The cap
tain is assisted by Mrs. Lewis. Ths
comedy end of the bill is well taken
care of by Charles Williams. comedy
musician, and Terry and Elmer, pre-
senting a comedy dancing sketch en-
Titled THE Doctor and the Show Girl"
Rock Island Argus., 1909-03-05
Indian Actress a FEATURE

Indian Actress a Feature.-A drama
tic event will be the appearance here
of Princess Wah-ta-Waso, a full blood
ed Iroquois Indian, who enacts the
part of Pamnena in w. F. Mann's
western drama "As Told in the Hills =
which is at the Illinois Sunday next,
matinee and night. Mr. Mann. has
been negotiating with this charming
little Indian girl for the past two years
and only recently was he able to get
Rock Island Argus., 1909-03-05
Eczema rs Now curab,e.

Zemo. scientific preparation for
external use. Stops itching instantly
and destroys the germs that cause
skin diseases. Eczema quickly yields
and is permanently cured by this re-
markable medicine. All druggists.
Write for sample. e. W. Rose Medi-
cal company, st. Louis, Mo- For sale
by Harper House pharmacy.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-03-05
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES

Instead of the usual singing period
yesterday afternoon, short program
was given in the assembly room in
honor of the Inauguration of President
Taft. Professor Philbrook sang pa
triotic song in which the school Joined
in the chorus. This song was follow
ed by short discussion of the sub.
ject, What Inauguration Day Means
to U.s." AS a close of the program,
the school sang America"
Rock Island Argus., 1909-03-05
Klaus Knocks out Flynn.

Pittsburg, Pa, March 5.---Cy Flynn
of Buffalo was knocked out cold last
night by Frank Klaus in the. third
round of what was to have been
six round fight. There was not min
ute of the time up to the knockout
that Flynn had a chance
Rock Island Argus., 1909-03-05
SAYS HUSBAND WAS CRUEL
Mrs. Gertrude Hampton johnson Files
Bill in Circuit Court.

Mrs. Gertrude Hampton Johnson has
filed a bill in. the circuit court for
separate maintenance and Injunction
against her husband, Oscar William
Johnson. They were married IAN. 10,
because of cruelty on the pa'. of her
husband she was forced to leave him
March 1, this year. She asks for an
injunction to tie up his business af-
fairs. w. A. Meese and 3. S. Bell
represent the complainant.
All the news all the time-The Argus
Rock Island Argus., 1909-03-05
POOL PLAYERS ARE MATCHED
Four Games of Schedule of Atlas
Tournament Are PLAYED.

McGinty (SO defeated thinner (7J)
i'll their game of pool in the Atlas
pool tournament last evening by 4
defeated Wilson ESQ., by score of
80 to 60 and then lost to thinner (75)
Rock Island Argus., 1909-03-05
The Illinois.


(Sixteenth Street and Second Avenue)
COMING ATTRACTIONS.
March 6-"SIs Perkins,, matinee.
March 7-.As Told In the Hills, mat
inee.
March 1O-11-Manhattan Musical Com
edy company.
4 March 12-''The Cowboy and the
Thief.o
March 14-"Three Twins,' return en-
Eagement, matinee.
March u and tyeek-Hickman-B -Bessey
company,
March 22-"A Broken Idol.
March 2z-"Prince of Sweden, mat
fnee.
March 2S-"IsIe of Spice, matinee.
March c9-"COmin' ThrO' th' Rye,
The Elite.
eighteenth Street, North of Second
Avenue)
Elite Stock company, appearing each
Rock Island Argus., 1909-03-05

the high school assembly room Friday
evening, March 10. Arrangements are
being made to have the high school
orchestra give a program between the
acts.
The CAST.
&c
Rock Island Argus., 1909-03-05

by score. of rs to 72.
There were only two games played
in the tournament at Mason's pool
hall last evening" the results being as
follows: Johnson 100, Cook (75) "a;
Eddy 100, Nelson t7O) As.
BAKER AND ENGLISH IN DRAW
Fight Fierce 20-Round Battle at San
Bernardino.
San Bernardino, CAL, March g.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-03-05

Howard Baker of Boulder, Colo, and
Clarence English of Omaha fought 20
fierce rounds to a draw last night
Rock Island Argus., 1909-03-05

Both men took fearful punishment but
finished strong.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-03-05

The Biggest Production Ever Staged
in America.-Another theatrical firm
has declared its belief in Chicago as
a producing CENTER and is backing its
belief with a large expenditure Of
money and time. The new firm is
composed of Joseph Brooks, under
whose direction Ben Hur," The
Roung Up Lillian Russell and half
a dozen other big productions are
touring, and A. W. Dingwall, partner
Rock Island Argus., 1909-03-05

evening at S:1J, with matInees Tues
days, Fridays md Sundays.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-03-05

isis Perkins."-A feature in which
the management of isis Perkins"
takes great pride is the number of
high class specialties to be seen in
the production. The stereotyped song
and dance and the "coon" song with
a chestnut flavor. with which long
suffering public has been inflicted so
Rock Island Argus., 1909-03-05
The Family.

(Second Avenue. East of Nineteenth
Street.)
Vaudeville mt 3, 8, and 9;15 p. m. One
matinee Sundays and holidays.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-03-05

other company had to be organized
from the Chicago and New York play
ers and headed by Victor Morley, who
originated the role of Tom Stanhope
The company that will present Three
Twins numbers over 20 people, and
the production is the original from the
Herald Square theater.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-03-05

HATS
New shapes and color
ings in Soft and Derby
Hats. Exquisite shades
of green, tan and pearl
to halmonize with the
new suitings. Greatest
assortment of Stetson's
in city at $3.50 and S..
S. & L. Special So
Rock Island Argus., 1909-03-05

SHIRTS
Novelty effects in plain
and soft plated shirts.
Stripes are very popu-
lar. Green, pink, laven-
der, blue and coEnb:na-
tons OF these shades
form some striking con-
trasts. Especially goos.
values at 81 and $50