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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-25

and he'll come pretty near making an
offer for him that will siagger the re-
porters. Too bad the reporters maven I
got the RIGHT TO sell Even at per cent
commission they could Cream up a nice
little pot for themselves. Sounds ike the
old vaudeville gag.
IF | had some ham, says the pun
comedian. I'D have some ham ana eggs
If 7 had some eggs
Have care. Jack Dalton. Fsuthless
Ebbets is on your trail He has plan
by which he can land Brooklyn as the
leader of the league III l9lo All ne VIII
do is to buy all the pitchers and all the
first baseluen in the world. Then all the
other teams will have to put outhelders
OF the prime sack and send ticket Sellers
In to- toss. And the Dodgers VIII romp-
no. not romp; dead march-home with the
rag.
'Rah, 'rah. 'rah,
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NEW YORK PRODUCE.

NEW YORK. July 2.-F1our-Receipts
7,JO2 barrels; exports. 90 barrels. Dull
and lower to sell. Minnesota patents
615a6.J0; Minnesota bakers, J.:'oa',.6o;
winter patents. 6.O0a6.JO: winter straights
g. 7Ja6.OO: winter extras. 4.1oao.40: winter
low grades. 4.6Ja5.30; Kansas straights.
5.3.5aJ.90.
Rye fiour-Steady; fair to good. 4.Joa
49, choice to fancy, 4.1oa49o.
Cornmeal-Firm; fine white and yellow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-25
NEW YORK CATTLE.

NEW YORK, July 24.-Beeves-Re-
ceipts, 1909; nothing doing: feeling
steady Exports, 1855 cattle and 1920
quarters of beef.
Calves-Receipts. 21o. No trading
Dressed calves lower; city dressed veals
o. to IS; choice. 1872: country dressed. s
to liz: dressed grassers and buttermilks,
q to sis.
Sheep and lambs-Receipts. 5.03S: sheep
steady; lambs anevenly lower. Sheep.
800 to 800: lambs, 40 to 100 One car
choice. 7.35; culls, 400.
Hogs-Receipts, 1,29S; nominally steady
at SO to $40
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Mallet Portrait for University

A portrait of DIR. ]. Mailet. professor
of chemistry. University of Virginia, has
been presented 10 the university by
former students. 1t is the work of Dun
can Smith. a son of DR.. Mallet's col
league and lifelong friend, Prof. Fran
els H Smith.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-25

The remarkable vitality of Ross Rob-
inson. a miner. in a Huntington. W Va.
hospital. puzzles the attending phrSi-
clans. Last Monday Robinson was
caught beneath fall of slate and his
back broken. neck dislocated skull
crushed and one leg broken He has
some chance Of recovery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-25
WEEKS RANGE OF PRICES
Corrected to the Close of Business July "a at
the New York Stock Exchange.



week. andlo
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-25

Benson played a good game for Hamline
Thursday The big boy scored two runs
hit safely three times. for two triples and
single. sacrificed once and stole one
base out of five trips TO the pan. lie
also PLAYED well in the field
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-25

Hamline broke st. Paul's winning streak
Thursday. Previous to this game Mama
ger Bangs team had won its last four
contests, defeating Bethany, Peck, Ham
line and I.angdon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-25

Birch pitched good game for the Ham
line Methodist aggregation last week.
Wednesday Birch tWirled for the St
Stephens squad in the Capital City
League and the following day he held the
st. Paul troupe 10 three scattered hits
two of which were scratchy. He would
have scored a shut-out but for the loose
fielding of his teammates in the eighth
inAing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-25

Sam Wood has no mercy whatever on a
pitcher. They all look alike to him. He
has played in three games with the Ham,
line crew, and has a batting average of
1857. He has made eight hits out of
twelve times at the bat and has scored
five runs. Handy man to have around.
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Following is the schedule for this week
Monday-Hamlfne vs.. Langdon.
Tuesday-Peck W.. st. Paul.
MISUNDERSTANDING VS.. HamIine.
Thursday-Peck vs.. Langdon.
F'riday-Ninth VS.. st. Paul.
SattIr,iay-Opeu date
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-25

King, southpaw. pitched TWO innings
OF Thursdays contest against Hamline.
and during his stay on the mound he
was hit safely seven times. Four or this
number were triples and one was a dou-
BILE. He was taken out in the seventh
after three runs had been scored and
no one out. Better luck next time, old
boy.
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''rll pay S75.OO0 for Frank Chance
No. He hasn't said it. Blu; he might
as we'll say il. There is absolutely no
charge for saying 1t. unless he uses a
taximeter telephone He and Murphy
might get together and buy Mike Donlin
on shares. They could divide his time.
except during the base ball season and
when there is no vaudeville on the boards
And Mike would come cheap under that
arran cement. too \ dollar in real money
ought 10 get whole lot of Donlin that
way. and shen little careless multiple
cation would get some fine, excellent
press matter. Think of 1t.
Mike Donlin signed by the Dodgers.
His salary will be $4,000
Good for Mike in vaudeville and for
other people elsewhere, and so cheap.
No one should get away with the error
That any doubt is fel, 10 the enthusi-
asm and sincerity with which Mr.. Ebbets
- saying these things. He is saying them
with enthusiasm and sincerity. And he s
no piker No doubt IL Murphy had limited
that he wouldn't sell his claim on Killing
TO- $4,000 Ebbets would have raised him
S2O.G0 more. One of the gamest little
old buyers in the business, that's all.
Show him a ball player that he wants
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kerper is on the warpath because his
name was mentioned in this paper several
days ago. We always looked upon Pop
as being well-anchored man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-25

Billy Hands continues to swing his will
low with telling effect. He got three
clean singles in Tuesdays contest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-25

Charlie Fefoe's playing IT the keystone
sack Thursday was brilliant. Charlie
gathered in several hard ones.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-25

Despite the fact that he is credited with
two errors, each of which proved costly,
Geibel caught good game for Hamline
Tuesday. He got under foul flies in the
sixth and seventh innings that were both
hard chances.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-25

The last scheduled game is billed for
Friday. after which the postponed en-
gagements will be settled
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Mcdonald made his debut into this
league with Leaders in the Marine and
Brentwood game. The shortstop had nine
chances, three of which he fumbled. 1t
seemed to be his off day. Let's give him
another chance.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-03-25
ON
MAl0NEY

City contractors filed petition
this afternoon with the board of
public works asking that no con-
tracts be let to Thomas Maloney,
j. A. Clark and Naylor & Norling
on the grounds that these three
firms have been subletting their
work without the written consent
of the board, as required.
This is merely pretext on the
part of the contractors to exclude
three contractors, among them the
Federal union, who have been get
ting in some low bids on big jobs,
and have brought out competition
for city work to a marked degree.
Those who signed the petition this
afternoon were James C. Broad,
Massie Bros. e Long, III. E. Foster,
P. L. Langan and John Fife.
Maloney, for the Federal union,
was low bidder on $4,000 con,
tract on Monroe street, and had
several other bids in.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-03-25
(By United Press)

OAKLAND, Cal, March 25.-But
for the fact that Cyrus S. Foster, a
Springfield, Mass, business man,
arrived at the home of his cousin,
Mrs. George b. Ferguson of this
city, the body of an unknown man,
identified by Mrs. Ferguson as Fos-
ter, might be on it's way across the
continent to New England.
Foster was due to arrive several
days ago and when he did not put
in an appearance at the Ferguson
home, Mrs. Ferguson became
alarmed. Then she read of the
killing of an unknown man by a
train, visited the morgue and iden-
titled the body as that of Foster.
In pursuance of instructions from
the east, she had the body en-
balmed. placed in lead casket and
made ready for shipment. Then
Foster arrived.
A peculiar feature of the affair
is that once before Foster was re-
ported dead, and newspapers Of
this city contained accounts of his
demise and Of his life.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-03-25
POLICE CHIEFS WILL JOIN HANDS LIZ
TO EXTERMINATE THE BLACK HAND
Special Correspondence to The Press

Special Correspondence to The Press
NEW YORK, March 25.-Unless
the plans of Police Commissioner
Bingham fail, there will be meet
ing of the police chiefs in this city
in few days. as the result of
which war will be declared upon
the Sicilian society known as the
Black Hand.
Aroused by the murder of Lieu
tenant Petrosino, the famous New
York "Black Hand detective, Bing-
ham has asked the chiefs of the
large cities to come here to plan a
war of determination against the
society. Italy will be represented
at the meeting, and when the
chiefs adjourn they will do SO as
the leaders of an army, not as the
leaders of small bodies of men.
Every chief will have agreed upon
a line of procedure destined to dis
arm the Black Hand
Bingham has a fund of $4,000
upon which he can draw. This
fund will be added to and, If plans
carry, detectives will work in con-
cert the world over in the work of
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-03-25
FASSETT ON THE
SALOONS

Harry Rhodes, manager of the
Fassett campaign, today issued
the following statement from Mr..
Fassett:
Il recognize the great evils caus-
ed by the use of intoxicants and by
the influence of evil saloons on the
city's life. 1t is not in the power
of the mayor to abolish a single
saloon but it is in his power to see
that the existing laws and ordi-
nances regulating this traffic be en-
forced, and this l promise to do.
"Breweries should not own sa-
looms or hold licenses. Saloons
should be kept from the residence
districts. Dives and disorderly sa-
looms should not be tolerated and
the licenses of all saloons which
harbor dissolute men and women
should be revoked.
81 believe all saloons should be
required to close at midnight and
remain closed until O'Clock a. M,
and / shall recommend to the
council the passage of such an or
dinance.
"The number of saloon licenses
should be limited and l will en-
force the present city ordinance to
that effect"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-03-25
ONCE BRIGHTLA,WYER
NOW A "FLOPPER"

Old time "moochers,"' weary will
lies and foxy old 'crusties" are
put to the blush with their tricks
and receptions for procuring booze
and livelihood without working,
eclipsed by old Russ Hogan, once
a bright lawyer in Lewiston, Idaho.
Hogan was pinched by officer Bum
ker again this morning for "mooch-
Ing" drinks and begging on the
streets. AS his name has appear
ed with some regularity on the po-
lice records for the same offense,
he is to be tried on a state charge
Of yagrancy tomorrow in police
court.
Hogan is Hopper" according
to the encyclopedia of the weary
sons of rest and the cunning of a
man with the professional standing
once enjoyed by this old beggar
shows through his tricks.
''Wa-a-h-u-m-m o-o-oh h-o-o!! I
h-h-urt ma Inland! I hurt my
hand" walled the tricky old
..'moocher' as, with the toe of one
shoe purposely stuck behind the
heel of the other he went to the
pavement in front of the Grand
Hotel bar with a thud this morn
ing. He was seemingly badly hurt
and what looked like real tears
flooded over the withered old hand
that was chucked caressingly up
under the beggar's Redeemed face.
The trick was Immediately effec-
tive to one not wise to the gag, for
the spectacle that a grizzled old
man, tottering under the weight of
years and weeping" like a child
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-03-25
GRAVES AND SULLIVAN
AGAINST POST

Frank Graves and P. c. Sullivan
of Gordon's defense went to Olym-
pia today to appear against Prose
cutting Attorney Pugh in his appear
from Judge Huneke's order forbid
ding the taking of grand jury testi-
mony by the prosecutor in the
grand jury investigation of Gordon.
The hearing comes up tomorrow.
Frank T. Post was unable to go. 1t
is understood that Gordon's attor-
neys will also represent Jude Hun
exc in the supreme court citation,
as the ruling here sustained Cor
don's contention.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-03-25

.
city and see the businesFS bl 4cks
and residences, and the great
street improvements mades and
bridges built by wage eaSaers- land
notice our immense business estab-
lishments, with their thousands of
busy clerks, any observer AUST
note that these people sare not
booze-fghters. If they We're this
work could never be ACCOMPLISHED
or carried on as it is day BY ay
II have been closely connected
all my life with men who work
for wages, and have for the man
who labors with his hands or his
head, and the clerks in stores, the
greatest respect, and they have al
ways had my sympathy and assist
ance.
mo, / do not agree with Mr.. Fas.
sett that even If the saloons were
open on Sunday, it would incapaci-
tate this large class of our citizens
from being able to perform their
usual duties on Monday"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-03-25
CIRL-WIFE AND
BABY KIDNAPPED
(By United Press)

DIES MONIES, March 25.-After
two months of fruitless search,
James Lynn, 81, Stuart, Ia, is in
the city searching for his 19-year-
old wife and their baby.
Their marriage was a secret one,
according TO the young man, and
they lived happily together until
two months ago. when both the
wife and baby suddenly disappear
ed.
He has been searching over all
the surrounding towns and many
of the larger cities where he
thinks it possible the girl might
have gone. A. firm of Stuart law
yers have taken up the case and
are assisting in the search.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-03-25
WELL TO DO MAN
FINED FOR THEFT

After striving for nearly two days
to convince the court that set of
tools found in his possession at the
time of his arrest by Officer Bold
man was his own property, John
Peters, a respected rancher of con-
siderable wealth, was fined $50 and
costs by Judge Mann yesterday
afternoon. The court was not sat
isfied with Peters identification of
the tools in question and decided
that they belonged to Mr. Finger
billie, a contractor, who claimed
them.
Peters was arrested in an alley
near Sprague avenue and Hogan
street Monday night, while carrying
the tools away in a sack.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-03-25
HEROINE OF SLOCUM DISASTER
REWARDED AFTER FIVE YEARS

But she succeeded, and in nine
homes in Greater New York that
night fathers and mothers with
choking voices prayed for the un-
known little sick girl who had
saved their own darling from death.
The next day the whole city was
ringing with the story, and lessons
were told and sung and preached
about the name of Mary Mccain.
For this was the name of the
brave little sick girl who had for
gotten her own troubles and weak
ness in the face of others peril
just plain. unpretending Mary Nc
Cam.
This is five years ago, and Mary
Mccain Is grown up girl now.
She is student at the Florence
Crittenden training school at Wash
ington.
The United States house of rep
resentatives- has just discovered
that Mary Mccain is a heroine. 1t
has voted her fine brave silver
medal. and Speaker Cannon pre-
sented it himself, and his voice
trembled as he did, itgs Thinking of
her bravery, he bent over and
kissed the girl. and uttered u little
blessing on her. =
Hut Mary heroine? Why. New
York has known that for five years.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-03-25

Where had she gone? Why, there
she was, half way down the beach.
running, her blankets and pillows
forgotten, her little white face
flushed now from the exertion.
The doctors orders were that the
child should remain absolutely
quiet. He was sure they would be
obeyed. For she was too weak to
do anything else, he thought.
And here she was, running furi-
ously to the waters edge. Now she
was In the water--wading, running,
padding toward the boat which lay
burningr-helpless and stranded on
the sand.
Ono Of the many children who
had leaped or been pushed from
the deck of the boat drifted by,
close to the little invalid girl. The
next minute she was being dragged
ashore, and the Invalid was back
biaying the waters again. i'escuing
another child.
Nine times the little sick girl
plunged into the water on her res
cue miasion. Each. time she risked
her own life among those twisting.
hurrying currents. and from the
stranEiing grips Of the half
drowned children she was trying to
aave.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-03-25
W0RK|NGMEN
NOT b00zERS

Says Senator Hutchinson of Mr..
Fassett's speech yesterday noon:
Il have read Mr.. Fassett's re-
marks at the noon day meeting
yesterday, as reported in this
mornings Spokesman-Review, and
l agree with Mr.. Fassett that the
saloons should be closed on Sun
day, but l do not agree with Mr.!
Fassett's position that the wage
earners of Spokane are as class,
or any small proportion of them,
drunkards. Spokane is said to
said to stand first in the whole
United States in the percentage of
homes owned by its wage-earners.
When you walk the streets of this
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-03-25

Councilman Lambert, republican,
president of the council from the
Third ward, is the oldest republic
an member of the council.
He says he is for a business-like
administration. Lambert is an ad-
vocate of the plan to give the
mayor more power.
Councilman Schiller of the Third
ward is considered one of the best
business heads in the council and
is conservative in all matters.
Although engaged in the liquor
business there has not been an
apparent effort on his part to ia
vor the saloons.
Robert l.. Dalke, Fourth ward,
republican, to succeed himself,
says: In spite of my first atti-
tude on the charter revision mat
ter, I realize that | am represen-
tative of the people and am bound
to respect their wishes" He re-
allied this under referendum pres
sure.
Councilman Mohr, Fourth ward,
republican, to succeed himself He
is honest and attempts to enter
practically every discussion on the
floor. In this way he has jumped
into matters on which he was not
informed and has had to shift
about some.
Councilman Nelson, republican,
Fifth ward, to succeed himself, is
one of the steadiest men in the
council. He is making his cam
paign on his desire to speedily Sc
cure the Washington and Division
street viaducts.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-03-25

from the pain of terrible fall"
would soften hardened heart.
One sympathetic young fellow has
tened up to the shifting mans
side as he staggered, seemingly
from weakness toward wall for
support.
"Ah, my poor fellow, don't cry
like that. Are you badly hurt?
Come with me around the corner
to the drug store, perhaps it's on
ly a bruise," said the amiable
young gentleman in kind tone to
the old deceiver.
moo not ba-adly h-h-urt, just
kind o sick, sniff! sniff! | need
s-s-omething quick. we got quar-
ter fer little shot O. whisky?" the
old fellow whimpered, as he turned
his sad red face to that of his sym
pathizer Well, the kind young
gentleman was just starting to dig
around in his trouser pocket for a
coin when--whish! spat!--a lemon
seed popped from between the beg
CARS fingers and struck his SYM
pathizer's hat brim. In his excite
ment over the sudden turn of af-
fairs old man Hogan dropped a
slice of lemon, the juice of which
had served as tears.
Fade away you old gazaboo. I'll
give you nothing. You are a fakir,
a bum, hobo, skiddoo or I'll have
you pinched' expostulated the
young fellow, losing his nice SYM
pathetic language as he shook Ho-
gan and walked angrily away. Ho-
gan was arrested soon afterward
while trying the same trick on an
other. ...
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-03-25

FOR COUNCIL

What the various councilmanic
manic candidates stand for and on
what they are making their cam
paign for election is an important
issue not yet given the considera-
ton 1t demands. The council
makes the city's laws. Here is
something in the way of informa-
ton on a number of candidates:
Leonard Funk, First ward, first
term, has been in the council for
several terms and he is distinctly
a ward man. The First ward is
his hobby. He has voted fairly
consistently with the democrats on
party issues In all: his career in
the council he has never been ac-
cused of crooked or shady actions.
Councilmen Gray and Baldwin.
Second ward, are out to succeed
themselves on the democratic tick
ct. Baldwin is the oldest member
of the council and is recognized as
the best informed on the city char
ter. Baldwin would be out of his
element if not in the biennial race
for the council. He has been a
strict party man.
John Gray is another of the old
members of the council and he is
making his campaign on the need
for concrete viaducts and bridges,
big extension of the paving
scheme in the business and close
in residence section, and the curb
ing of the saloons within certain
definite lines. Captain Gray is not
antagonistic to the saloon and on
party lines has been favorable to
them.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-03-25
NOTICE..

Notice is hereby given that I,
the undersigned, Elmer U. Hess,
will not be responsible for any
debts contracted by my wife,
Maude Edna Hess, she having left
my bed and board, also my home
at No. 1909 East Sprague avenue,
Spokane, Wash, against my will
and without my consent and de-
serted me without cause, and is
now living separate and apart
from me.
ELMER u. HESS. :
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-03-25
(BY United Pressl

SEATTLE, March 25.-Seeking
in vain for her only son and her
sole support, an aged mother, with
snowy locks and leaden steps, toll
ed up the stairs to police headquar-
tiers.
1t was only few weeks ago that
Mrs l.. Cool and her son, c. w.
Louisquont, 20 years old, sold their
little ranch near Shelton and came
to Seattle.
Mother and son ministered to
the comfort of each other, and
were having their first glimpse Of
the city.
On the night of March 16, Louis
quont kissed his aged mother, tell
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-03-25
GRAYHARED MOTHER
LEFT ALONE

ing her that he would take a short
stroll about the city.
From that hour no trace of
LOuisquont has been found.
HE is my only son." said Mrs.
Cool, with trembling lips, at the
police station this morning. He
was always good to me. He never
drank. | can't believe that he has
left me alone. I'm sure some acct
dent must have happened. We
took rooms at 1911 Third avenue
when we came to Seattle. We
were getting along so nicely"
And, sitting the sobs that would
not down, the aged mother slowly
left police headquarters to take up
the search for her only son.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-03-25
THIEF REPENTS AND
GIVES BACK MONEY

Some thief, who stole between
$50 and $50 from a trunk in Mrs
Herbert Kruses bed chamber at
her residence, 317 Spofford avenue,
some time yesterday afternoon. ex-
perienced change of hart. and re-
turned the money before the case
was investigated by the police.
Some party close to the family is
suspected of the theft.