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Milford chronicle., 1909-12-03
RabbIts Lure Dos 10 peath.

Many valuable hunting hounds have
met their death by electrocution on
the third rail in New Jersey since
the cunning season opened, and the
rabbits seem to have learned that they
can end the chase and save their little
lives by Turing the hounds across the
railroad tracks. Very few rabbits are
killed on the rails.
With one leap they can clear both
third rails. while the pursuing dog
generally meets its fate or is shocked
so badly that It gives up the chase.
Milford chronicle., 1909-12-03
FEAR TRADE WAR
WITH CANADA
An Effort May be Made TO
Again Revise Tariff.
STAND-PATTERS PROVOKED

Congressman Mann viii INTRODUCES
Number Of Bills In the House
That Is Expected to Open Up the
Tariff Argument-Payne Pooh-Poohs
Revision Talk.
Stand-pat Republicans in Washing
lOn do not like the clamor coming from
various quarters for another revision
of the tariff by the present congress.
They are very much provoked over
the situation and are particularly in
censed with Representatives James R.
Mann, of Illinois, who has announced
q purpose to introduce a series Of bills
in the house that is expected to open
up the tariff for serious discussion at
the coming session. Mr.. Mann's promi-
nence and his ahiliation with the Can
non organization make his course
something to be reckOned with.
Representative Serene E. Payne. of
New York. chairman of the committee
on ways and means. who has just
come to town, pooh-poohs the idea
that the house may be induced this
winter to revise the tariff in whole as
demanded by Republican insurgents
IN the west or in part as proposed by
Representative Mann.
1t Is a pretty prevalent belief in
Washington that the Mann bills, re-
lating in the main to the trade rela
tons of the United States with Can |
ada, will offer an excuse for agitation |
by Republicans such as Senator Cum |
minis. of Iowa, who insists that the .
party failed to conform to its platform /
pledges of 1908 when it placed the
Payne tariff act before the p. asident
for approval One of Mr.. Manns bills
provides for a change In the wood
pulp print paper schedule OF the new
tariff law; another exempts Canadian
products from the application OF the
maximum tariff, and a third provides
for postponing the date upon which
the maximum tariff shall become ef
fective.
Representative Mann announced
that he was prompted to introduce the
bills because of a fear that if the
tariff law was enforced in its present
form a disastrous trade war with Can
ada would result. This fear is said to
be shared with some administration
leaders. Whether the Mann bills will
have the support of the administration
has not been disclosed. Nor is il
known what attitude Speaker Cannon
will assume toward the measures. In
to the significance attached to
the purpose of Mr. Mann's move to
revise the tariff by reason OF the fact {
that he is one of the chief lieutenants !
of Speaker Cannon, Mr. Mann has
been a frequent caller at the White +
Hopse lately, and IT is understood that !
be acquainted the president with his :
to introduce bills for a ,
partial revision of the tariff n
The administration, it Is known. Is y
7ery much concerned over the present G
rade relations Of this country with
canada. and is apprehensive that com q
nercial warfare with Canada would be u
more hurtful in its influence upon
american trade than would be the
minimum rates to Canadian products
e well as to the products Of other n
while certain senators and =.
contend that through -
be instrumentalty of the maximum t''
nd minimum tariff they reviewed the vi vi
ates upward instead Of downward. y"
Milford chronicle., 1909-12-03
New Butter swindle.

Through the arrest and the indict-
ment by the federal grand jury of A.
e Graham. of Janesville Wis. the
United States authorities say that they
have disclosed the operations Of an
organized gang Of butter swindlers
who are working the country.
BY means Of machine perfected by
Graham. oleomargarine was refined
and given the appearance, taste and
smell Of creamery butter. it Is do
clared. The alleged fraud was detect
ed only after analysis of some of the
butter"
Milford chronicle., 1909-12-03
Women Die to Save Their Men.

Firing from the doorway Of their
home at williamson. W. Va. on a
sheriffs posse to give husband and
father time to escape, Mrs Charles
Daniels and her sixteen-year-old
daughter we're shot to death near
Devon.
The tragedy grew out OF family
feud between the Christians and Dan
iels on the bord Vs of Kentucky and
West Virginia The Christians live in
Mingo county, West Virginia, and the
Daniels in Pike county, Kentucky.
About three weeks ago George
Christian ventured to the Kentucky
side and was killed by Jim Daniels.
The men were brothers-in-Iaw and had
formerly been allies.
The Christians swore out warrants
for Jim Daniels and his brother
Charles and led a posse Of Pike county
officers to serve them at the Daniels
home.
When the officers had approached |
within a few feet Of the house. Mrs. |
Daniels and her daughter opened fire |
with rifles, one Of the posse receiving
q bullet IN the arm.
Mrs. Daniels was first shot down
and her daughter stood over her and
fred upon the posse until she dropped
dead across her mother, pierced by
three bullets
BY their selfsacriice the mother
and daughter had enabled the men to
escape
Milford chronicle., 1909-12-03
Stabbed Sweetheart 10 Desth.

Miss Eta Burba. the twenty-year-
olddaughter Of a mill owner at Vim
cennes. Ind, was stabbed to death by
her lover, Oscar Savage. Savage had
been drinking and Burba tried to eject
him from the house. when he turned
upon the father with a knife. Miss
Burba rushed between her father and
her enraged lover and. blind with rage,
he drove the knife into her heart She
fell at his feet and died instantly.
Milford chronicle., 1909-12-03

General Booth Faces Blindness.
London. Dec. IA cataract is ra-
pidly forming on the remaining eye Of
General Booth, head Of the Salvation
Army. An operation is Inevitable.
Milford chronicle., 1909-12-03
RECOMMENDATION In the Navy.

A sweeping reorganization Of the
naval establishment Of the United
States was begun on Dec. l. Practi.
cally the whole reorganization scheme
was put into operation without addi-
tional legislation by congress.
The principal features Of the reor-
ganization are as follows.
The creation Of on advisory c0ulcil
Of four officers of rank and expert
ence to act as advisers to tho secre
iary Of The navy.
Tie grouping o. tie bureaus OF the
Milford chronicle., 1909-12-03
Travels Eaat on akla.

Nels Larsen. a Norwegian. gave a
remarkable exhibition Of proficiency
in the use Of skis at Caldwell, N. J.
He ran down the western slope Of
Caldwell mountain to Pinebrook.
distance of nearly four miles. IN four
and three.quarter minutes. Larson
covered the first mile in about half a
minute
Milford chronicle., 1909-12-03
Powdered Babv WItb ar.s,i,, n

Powdered Baby With Arsenic; Dead.
A neighbor woman. who was taking
care OF the twelye-months-old baby Of
Mrs. Frank Davis, Of Salisbury, H..
sprinkled the child with powdered ar
senic which she mistook for taleuna
powder. The baby disd
Milford chronicle., 1909-12-03
INJURED MILDLY IMPROVES
Earl Wilson, Football Victim, Is Able
to Sit Up.

to Sit Up.
Annapolis, Nd, Dec. 1. - For the
first time since the accident on Oct.
16, when a verebrae of his neck was
broken during a football game, Mid
shipman Earl D. Wilson was able to
sit up. His general condition remains
good and his spirits excellent.
A course Of electrical and massage
treatment has been begun and good
results are expected.
Since the operation on Nov. IA there
has been a slight improvement in the
paralysis
Milford chronicle., 1909-12-03
Prices Of Meat.

Secretary Wilson has just finished
a unique investigation relating to the
increase Of wholesale prices of beef
when sold at retail Inquiries were
made in fifty cities-large, medium
and small-in all parts Of the coun-
try. and it was found that for the
fifty cities the total retail cost charged
to customers above the wholesale cost
paid by the retailers is 38 per cent.
A gross profit of 20 per cent was
found in New York city and in Phila-
delphia, SO per cent in Boston, II per
cent in Baltimore, AZ per cent in
| Washington. 46 per cent in Chicago.
rs per cent in Cincinnati. % per cent
in Omaha. 80 per cent in st. Louis,
Mo; Ga per cent in Mobile. Ala, and
81 per cent in Denver, Colo. The
North Atlantic states exacted the
smallest profit and the south central
states the largest.
Another feature Of the investigation
showed that the lower the grade of
beef the greater the percentage of
gross profit In Boston, for instance,
the rate of gross profit is nearly twice
as great for beef costing s cents at
wholesale as for beef costing II and
liz cents. Low priced beef is mark
ed up nearly twice as much relatively
as highpriced beef. In other words.
perhaps it is a safe inference that the
poor people pay nearly twice as much
profits as the well-to-do people pay.
Farmers Share Of Profits.
An inquiry was also made to find If.
in the ascending prices of meat. the |
prices of the farmers beef cattle and !
hogs have increased in proportion to
the retail prices, and the conclusion |
was reached that the farmer has fail
ed to receive a share Of the higher
beef prices with regard to the raw
animal. He however. gets some re Il
turn for the high-priced corn that he l
feeds to mis- steers, but not a return Il
equal to 60 cents a bushel for his
corn, which is the price for the last
two years. AS for the unfed steer. it
ioes not participate in the upward
movement of prices in its farm value.
Milford chronicle., 1909-12-03
HARTMAN LEFT $149,OOO,OOO
Dead Magnate's Estate Appraised at
That Fiuure,

New York, Dec. 1.-The final ap.
praisal of the estate of the late g. H.
Hartman, as completed in Orange
county. puts 1t at S14sOOO,O 600. The es-
tate is made up of railroad stocks and
bonds, principally Union Pacific and
Southern Pacific, and real estate.
Milford chronicle., 1909-12-03

fully worth the price, and you
that should be easy, if you get
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-20
ALVIN KRAENLEIN.

jump of 20 feet ST. inches was
not increased until Prinstein add
ed * of an inch in 1904. Four
firsts and four records in one in
ternatfonal meeti It has never
been equaled.
OF American championships
Kraenzlein won his share in 'S7,
'98. '99 and 1900. His Is LIS for
the 120-yard hurdles was not low
cred until last September, when
A. b. Shaw's flight in Is seconds
was reported. but has not been ac-
|cepted by the A. A. U. Thus the
two hurdle classics remain to the
Penn flyers credit, despite re-
|peated assaults by the worlds best.
/. X. Baxter. the crack Penn
athlete. says that he saw Kraenz-
lein clear the bar at 8 feet repeat
eddy, in the high Jump, vault 10
feet with such ease that the rec
ord seemed at his mercy. throw
the discus close to the then
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|SBAS@NABtGSP0

,6&r ..aRlzE- @0S2

When a pitcher establishes q
reputation for control and seldom
hits anyone, the players feel that
they need not be afraid of getting
hit. Once let them get this idea
and the box artist will find it hard
shedding.
The batters refuse to back away
an inch. This makes the pitch
er's curve ball no good, and he is
handicapped in his work.
The pitcher who Is not afraid to
drive one at the batter's head, and
by SO doing letting him know that
he Is not altogether safe, usually
gets good results.
or course, no pitcher would in
tentfonally hit batter, but as
long as it's case of dog eat dog,
1t is just as fair for the twirler to
take advantage of those things as
it Is for the batter.
There is no team that particu-
larly likes to face a pitcher who is
there with the fast one and who
is just wild enough to make the
man at the bat jump out of the
box on every ball pitched.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-20
ETTELL IS BADLY
THUMPED BY
ORISC0LL

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
NEW YORK, Feb. 20.-Abe
Attell. the American feather
weight champion. met rather more
than his match In Jem Driscoll,
the English champion, last night
- their 10-round match. AL
though no decision was given and
both men were In good shape to
80 on Indefinitely Driscoel had
rather the better of the battle.
He was apparently more clever
than AtteIl but the latter had a
1lftIe more in his blows. Attell
"A general played for the stomach,
heart and body and Driscoll
bumped him all over his face and
had 1t considerably bruised up.
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VANCOU VEH, ID. o, FeD, zU.
Joe Sugden, the veteran catch
er, will again play with the Van
couver champions the coming sea-
son. Manager Dickson received
telegram from the Atlanta club OF
the Southern league, offering to
release Sugden to Vancouver on
payment of $3.50 bonus and the
local magnate lost no time in ac-
cepting the prefer.
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PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 90
When Mike Murphy, greatest of
coaches. declared Alvin Kraenzlein
the greatest of athletes, he jolted
the worshipers who believe the
s men Of muscle today have 1t on
8 the old-timers.
Kraenzlein hailed from Wiscon-
sin. and the Chicago Athletic club
introduced him in 81. when he
won the national 220-yard hurdle
championship In rs seconds. Next
he wore the red and blue of Penn.
and under Murphy became a SEN
satfon.
In '9S, the year so fruitful in
athletics, Berkeley Oval. New York,
on May 2S, held the greatest
fields ever entered I'm tftular
meet Five marks went that day
and two were credited to the
young giant from the west. He
won the 120-yard high hurdles,
lowering Williams Is As seconds
by one-fifth and in the 220-yard
flight over low timber took al
second off the "A SIS Of ]. L. Bre-
Hner. He also took third In the
soad Jump. for which Prinstein
~ = new mark.
Such was the blond wonders
9oa1ern debut and thereafter, to.
fho day he laid away spiked
ohoee. he knew no peer. Big, pow
Z orzu1. good-natured, the soul of
honesty and sportsmanship, he
Was the beau ideal of the amateur
!. GkrcIo-
Kraenxlein never showed his
finest form. He won too easily to
( GIL Tor supreme effort. He is
Z eoupared to the best men of to-
E day. but where. among the Hill
& mans. Shaws, Ellers and Smith
4 sons. IL one who can dispose of
that % 3-5 seconds for the low
I ottc1s7 Retiring at the zenith of
his glory, still coming, who can
6 nay what Kraenzlein MIGHT have
4 done. had he met men worthy Of
hfs steel?
Kraenzlein. in 1900. in Paris,
eet the record of seven seconds
& Tor so meters, during the Olym-
q pic games, and the mark stands
today. He made 110-meter
hurdle mark of Is Is seconds
which was not reduced until last
summer. when Smithson beat II
4 one-fifth: another of Is 2-5 for
200-meter low hurdles Hillmar
broke In 1904, and his broad
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4
Tacoma, Wash, Feb. 20, 1909.
A. J. Copeland.
Business Mgr, Tacoma Times.
Dear Sir:
At $3.50 O'Clock this morning /
find a number of people waiting
to get into the Tacoma Bazaar,
the result of my half-page ad run
in your paper of last evening. l
am more than pleased at the
pulling power" of your paper.
and this mornings crowd Cat
such an hour) certainly proves to
me beyond the least shadow of
Ia doubt that your paper is the
only medium for Immediate re-
suits.
The Tacoma Bazaar has adver-
|tised exclusively with you, and
the results were SO phenomenal
that we certainly know that your
paper is the greatest advertising
medium in Tacoma.
Very truly yours,
ARTHUR SHIRPSER.
The same can be done for you,
Mr.. Merchant. 81.
Try it once and you'll like the
Times; it's the business getter for
the business man. Ill
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-20
BIG WRESTLING
MATCH THIS
EVENING

There will be enough granting
and sweating in two hours at the
Y. M. G. A. tonight to dig a hun
dred yards Of U. P. tunnel when
the Y. M. G. A. and Tacoma high
school wrestlers meet. Sixteen
events are on the card and both
sides are going in to win. They
have been training all winter for
this match and are in fine shape.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-20
ROLLER AND nl0In
70 FIGHT MARCH IT

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
SEATTLE, Feb. 19.-Edward
Hagen, the husky policeman box
-, and DR.. b. F. Roller, who as
pires to become ring celebrity,
will fight at Pleasant Beach ON
st. Patrick's day. March IT.
After several days of argument
Hagen and Roller today affixed
their signatures to a set of arti-
cles which call for a 20-round go.
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"Homephonit''-on confidential
business deals. SO
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-20
ONE POINT TAKES
the GAME FROM
ELLEMSBURe :

After a terrific neck-and-neck
race last night between Tacoma
high school and Ellensburg nor
NAL on the local basketball floor,
Cook finally put the ball in the
basket In the last minute of play
and saved the day for Tacoma,
winning the game 35 tos34.
The team work of the visitors
was marvellous and their big GEN.
tar always put Tacoma ON. the de-
1ensive in the start-off.
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"Homephonit" when in a hur-
y. see
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casion, on the Penn relay team,
did quarter in 4S seconds.
Had not Murphy insisted upon
him specializing, Kraenzlein
would undoubtedly have proven
the greatest all-round athlete the
world ever produced. AS It is, we
must concede that the great
trainer is right when he halls the
Wisconsin wonder as the best he
ever saw.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-20
DISTANCE RACES
WILL BE OFF
MONDAY
I by United Press Leased Wire. i,

Thy United Press Leased Wirc.)
SEATTLE, Feb. 20.-When
Mayor Miller fires the starting
pistol Monday Afternoon, the speed
lest bunch of distance racers ever
gathered on this coast will be off
over the full distance Marathon
course. Some of the best runners
who made records in the Cali
fornia events are entered and be-
sides there are number Of ath-
letes known throuhout the north
west and host of less familiar
aspirants.
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"Homephonit-to save annoy-
ance. e. *&s
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-20

Talking about exhibition ball
players, Jake Beckley, Kansas
City, Is there" on transforming
stunts. When the All-American
and National teams toured the
west in 1902 Jake covered first
for the National league team and
was the life OF the party.
He made a hit with the fans of
San Francisco, and his chatter
and playing were in a measure re-
sponsible for the success Of the
trip.
Beckley pulled off a play at
Oakland that was a beauty.
Monte Cross was on second,
with one out, when the batter hit
a foul fly near first. The players
benches were built near the base
lines and Beckley was forced to
run around one to mack the catch.
As the place where the players
sit had roof, the umpire could
run around one to make the catch.
but the minute the ball rested in
the first baseman's mitt, he Yell
ed: ''Ive got it." and a moment
later We saw Jake stick his head
over the top of the covering on
the bench, holding the ball.
Cross took lead off second and
Jake drew back as though to
throw to the base. This made
Monte start back. Then Jake dis
appeared. When he failed to
come out Cross started for third,
only to get about half way to the
bag, when Jake's head again ap-
peared. In a moment he tossed
the ball to Charley Irwin at third,
In plenty OF time to get Cross, as
he slid into the bag.
Beekley had seen Cross all the
time through a crack In the back
of the bench, and kidded the life
out of him the rest of the trip.
1t has been conceded that one
of the principal assets of the win
ming pitcher is control. The un-
derstanding of this is the twirler's
ability to get the ball over the
plate. But there is something in
control besides being able to split
the plate. &ssM Ma
The twirler who can work the
corners and has the command to
make the batter his at balls that
are not over shows real control.
The man who has enough conf
dence to take shot at some bat
ter's head and then come back and
get two or three strikes over the
plate. when he is forced to, Is also
there.
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kI1AENZLEIN GREATEST OF ATHLETES
WAS never FORCED TO HIS LIMIT

worlds record, and appear at
home with the 16-pound shot and
hammer. He ran 10O yards in 10
seconds when Duffy made his
8 AS in Boston, and upon one &C.
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70 CARS IN GREAT
AUTO RACE.
(By United Press Leased Wire

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
SEATTLE, Feb. 20.-That rs
cars will enter the automobile
race across the continent to the
opening of the Alaska-Yukon-Pa-
cific exposition is the announce
ment made today by Tom Moore,
who has charge of the biggest
races in both America and Eu-
rope.
Moore arrived last night from
the East and at once held a con-
ference with Robert Guggenheim
and other members of the,iAuto-
mobile club of America under
whose auspices the races wtil be
run. N
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-05-20
AMBERG, S. S.. THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1909.
NEW BANK FOR BLACkVILLE.
The Citizens will be Ready for Busi-
ness June Is.

Blackville, May 15.-The latest
commercial venture of this progress
sive town is the Citizens Bank,
which institution will be ready for
business about June Is. The capital
stock of the new bank is $4,000 and
all legal requirements have been
met, in fact, so great was the demand
for stock that the promoters would
have experienced no difficulty in rails
ing twice the amount. Back of the
enterprise are some of the most SUBJ
stantial and successful business men
of Blackville, the officers being as fol-
lows:
H. D. Still, president; l. Rich, vice
president; H. NJ. Mathis, cashier;
Reynolds Martin, assistant cahshier.
More than 80 per cent of the stock
has been taken by home people. The
banking house will be located on
Clarke street, few doors from Main.
The building is now being put in
frst-class shape, and will be fitted up
with modern furniture and fixtures.
When the Citizens Bank throws
open it's doors, Blackville can boast
of two financial institutions second to
none, the other, the Bank of Black
vile, having been in successful oper-
alton for a number of years, due to
the admirable management of it's
capable officers.
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Hains Goes to Sing Sing.

Flushing, N. Y, May 17.-Unless
some unlooked-for legal obstacle is
interposed, Capt. Peter C. Hains, Jr.,
U. S. A., who was convicted of man
slaughter in the first degree for kill
ing VIM. E. Annis, at the Bayside
Yacht Club last August, will be taken
to Sing Sing tomorrow and at once
will begin serving sentence imposed
upon him to-day by Justice Garrett
son in the supreme court. The SEN
tence is an indeterminate one, under
which the minimum period of impris-
onment will be eight years and the
maximum 16 years. His time in pris-
on must be spent at hard labor.
Counsel for Hains late to-day prac-
tically agreed to their clients imme-
diate transfer to Sing Sing, when
they announced after consultation
with Gen. Hams, his father, and Maj.
Jno. P. Hains, a brother, that no ap-
plication would be made for a certifi-
cate Of reasonable doubt to act as a
stay of execution. An appeal, based
on the general court record in the
case, will be taken in regular course,
however.