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Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-06

"HE clamor for clearing M those
charges OF attempted umpire brib-
ing In that New York-Cub game
last fall refuses to die. Brush and
his confederates in the National
league may yet be forced into an unpleas-
ant and uncomfortable situation as a re-
suit Of the popular demand to know who II
was that offered the bribe to Umpires
KLEIN and Johnston. Mr.. Brush, II win be
remembered, let II be known that he knew
A New York newspaper has a petition
signed by thousands OF fans protesting
against continued silence and refusal to
uncap this scandal. This petition will be
submitted either to Brush or the National
commission. Here is one OF the darkest
spots ever cast on the escutcheon Of base
bail. on the result Of one game the pen.
nant OF a league and the worlds cham
pionship possibly depend. Along comes a
party and offers a large sum Of money to
the urnpires TO throw the game 20 the
home team. The umpires scorn the offer
and Immediately report It to the president
o fthe team 10 be benefited. And did Mr..
Brush as promptly go after the bride Of
ferers and expose them and do what he
could to bring them TO an accounting? He
did not. on the contrary. he rushed out
and got a big It'd. capped It down on the
outrage. called McGraw to his side, and
the two Of them bumped on the lid and
and have been sitting there since. And
where has the Natiopal commission been
sitting? All, there's the worst Of it. Peo-
pie who run may read, and IN these latter
years have read about John T. Brush, and
so were not astonished that he did not see
fit TO exculpate himself and his associates
from these ugly charges, even at the eN-
pense OF encountering the III will Of the
man or men used to make the proffered
bride. Brush has been unable to bluff or
laugh this thing out OF mind It is one
that will not down. But now, why is II
the National commission refuses 10 act
Ban Johnson has been reported as favOrins
a rigorous investigation. Mr.. Hermann,
on the other hand, has not been so re-
ported, and yet Mr.. Hermann is said to
have in his possession a damaging aft.
davit from Umpire KLEIN that would throw
all the light needed to expose the crime
The hope of all decent fans is that these
fellows will not be allowed to get ava
with this outrage.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-06

It is learned from the numerous letters
received that college boys who play base
ball during the summer vacation may be
divided into the following classes:
First: Those who join some of the regu-
lar professional league teams. (a), Some
play openly under their own names and
give no trouble in those colleges where
there is any attempt TO regulate athletics.
as they are either graduates OF men who
do not expect TO play again in college (b),
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-06

Omaha was in last place in the Western
league pennant race May =! and first place
Juno l. Not SO bad for two weeks. But
1t required vital changes in the lineup to
accomplish thlsp progress. OF course II must
be conceded that the team would have
forged ahead somewhat without these
changes, for its position May II and for all
the time prior to that was due In large
measure to the crippled condition II got
into by that early trip to the mountains
when 1t played In snow and cold weather.
That siege used up it's pitchers and put all
the. men off form, so that the team then
was not able to d. its best. The fact which
Interests Omaha most, though, is that
President Rourke has succeeded In getting
a team that will fight 1t out with the next
best for first place with excellent chances
OF winning the ~pennant. Omaha is still
willing 10 concede that Sioux City and Des
Moines, and possibly Wichita, are going to
make things lively for It up to the finish,
especially the two lowe teams, but II the
first clash OF these teams on Iowa terri
tory may be taken as indicating anything,
there is ample room for the assumption
that the Rourke's have It on either Sioux
city or Des Molnes as a whole. The en-
tire league is fast. The race is a good one.
Lincoln. of course, is weaker than the
Others. but there is a chance for improve
ment even there. Last year the majors
aaid the Western was the fastest minor
. in existence; this year what must
they say7
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-06

Guy L. Smith is congratulatlnE himself
upon the clever performance Of the Frank
lin last week in the endurance and relis-
bllity race run in Omaha. The car had
previously run $1,000 miles and when it
rolled into Omaha after clipping off tine
several hundred miles was as chipper as a
cricket and ready for whatever else was
scheduled. There were nine competitors in
the endurance race, only one OF. which is
said to have made a perfect score along
with the Franklin. That car was the
stearns.
Drummond received In his garage last
night a Packard which had made the trip
from Greenwich, Conn, leaving that city
May 10, bound for Los Angeles. The own
ers of the car, A. N. and E. d. Mead, had
some repairs made on the car and left this
morning for the Pacific slope. They will
go to Seattle later and return through
Omaha, arriving in Greenwich sometime in
September. They carry on the car %rations,
cooking utensils, tent, two separate tanks
Of forty gallons Of gasoline and whatever
is necessary for the trip. The car is a 95-
horse power runabout and seems to have
stood the trip well.
In spite OF the craze for automobiles there
Is still demand for pretty vehicles. There
are more who will not give up the stylish
horse and the phaeton. William Drum
mond, who sells the White Steamer, and
has one of the largest buggy repositories
and repair shops in this section of the
country, said that he was as busy with
buRgies as he was with automobiles. Il
never expect to see the day." he said,
when aristocratically inclined people will
give over the horse and buggy"
The w. L. Huffman Automobile company
brought out the Hupmobile a few weeks
ago and the little car has become a favor
lite in Nebraska as IL Is In Detroit where
It is manufactured Only twenty more of
these cars of the 1909 model will be sold
in Nebraska.
w. d. Hosford. manager of the John
Deere company automobile department, an
nounces that the manufacturers Of the
Velie in Moline, ILL.,, will double the size of
it's plant for the output of the spring sea-
son.
The Tate Land company OF LodgepoIe
and Fremont, Neb., have put I'm Interstate
cars to tour tina section of the country
with prospective settlers.
w. l.. Huffman Automobile company re-
ceived information yesterday that the Inter
state had won an endurance race at Bridge
port, Conn, in which many cars competed.
DAright & Co. received the announcement
by wire yesterday that model s of the
Stoddard- Dayton won the 5000 to A,OC
stock event in the New Haven hill climb,
and also that the three Stoddard-Daytons
finished with perfect scores in Hartford
endurance run concluded last week.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-06
Along Auto Row

Guy Smith Wen Pleased with Rec
ora of His Franklin Car IN the
Endurance Contest Of Last week.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-06

Denver is still wedding out 1t has let
Eddie Zfnran go and got a new man Tor
third named Cooney. zinran was one or
the hardest working cAtohers the
league ever had, but he had passed his
prime. THAI colt, Billy Mailman, who has
not been in the harness over twenty-five
years. succeeds Eddie behind the bat. The
old man Is doing very well. The Denver
management Is showing a commendable
effort 70 stop the -yellOwhammers out there,
but It's having its ups and downs.
Fred Lake must be given credit for doing
things In Boston. and that, too, against
the tide Of popular approval. One OF the
first managerial actions was the release
of Lon Criger and Boston flew into a rage
OF fury. Then he let ~ Young go and the
hub said Il was goodbye with this famous
battery gone. But Boston. which finished
next TO last last year IL one OF the con
tenders today.
Omaha should leave home on its next
Journey we'll ahead In first place. 1t did
well on it's visit 20 Sioux City ana Des
AIoines and there is no reason why II should
not continue lie winning streak al home
during these thirteen games. II II starts
away At the end OF this period In first
place with a good margin chances are IL
viii be there on It's return from the west
n would be to connect the
Giants tough luck this year with that at
tempted umpire b%ribing, but you can't help
thinkins OF one when the other comes To
your mind.
The present Siege OF bad luck OF the
Browns recall Chris Won Der Ahes famous
utterance, You can't win when you aind
lucky. aInd itT'
Il 10 well 10 bear In mind. though, that
this time last year the Cubs were much
farther from first than they are now,
The story 0f Mo0raw retiring has been
revamped, and they say this Is his last
year. Pity II ISN'T Brush.
DID the result Of Lineoln's city election
haze anything 10 do with the standing OF
lts ball teamg
Here's a guess Its between omaha and
Sioux City
This ia War Sanders weather.
Tea the flAspOle will do.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-06

DNright & Co. received the announcement
by wire yesterday that model $ OF the
STANDARDIZATION won the 5000 to $4,000
stock event in the New Haven hill climb,
and also that the three Stoddard-Daytons
finished with perfect scores in Hartford
endurance run concluded last week.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-06

w. L. Huffman Automobile company re-
ceived information yesterday that the Inter
state had won an endurance race at Bridge
port, Conn, in which many cars competed.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-06

N Tate Land company Of Lodgepole
and Fremont, Neb., nave put in Interstate
cars to tour that section Of the country
with prospective settlers.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-06

Did the result Of Lineoln's city election
haze anything TO do with the stahdins Of
lts ball teamf
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-06

Il 10 well 10 bear In mind though that
this time last year the Cubs were much
farther from first than they are now
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-06

The story 0f MoGraw retiring has been
revamped, and they say this Is his last
voar PITY 4, ISN'T Brush.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-06

The present siege OF bad luck OF the
Browns recall Chris Won Der Ahes famous
utterance, You can't win when you aind
lucky. alnd itY"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-07

the system in this city refuse to pay
for his phone until a better service IS
had
At this instance Mr.. Hawkins of At
lanta, representing the company, arose
and made talk, explaining the workings
of the system, acknowledging the service
was poor but promising an Improvement
of 1t at an early day He requested Mr.
Dent to modify his resolution and grant
the company until November to i'm
, prove the service To this Mr.. Dent
readily consented, provided the subscrib-
ers should not be required to pay until
that time. This Mr.. Hawkins responded
he had no authority to do and the reso-
luton was put to a vote and unanimous
ly passed.
1t was then ordered that a committee
be appointed to get a list of every sub
scriber with his signature that he would
refuse to further pay for his phone I'M
til the service was improved. f. w. Jen-
nings, w. M. Couric and C. A Locke
were appointed. The committee was at
work today and it Is believed will secure
the signature of every subscriber to the
effect but as to what the outcome will be
cannot be surmised at this hour.
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Attend our big auction sale
of horses, mules and vehicles
Thursday, October 7.
FIES & SONS.
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PEOPLE PROTEST.
AGAINST SERVICE
EUFAuLA SUBSCRIBERS RESOLVE
TO PAY NO MORE TELEPHONE
BILLS UNTIL SERVICE is I'M.
PROVED.

Eufaula, October ESPECIAL -Never in
the history of this city was such an in
dignant assemblage of citizens gathered
as appeared in a mass meeting at the
courthouse here last night. Immediately
following the meeting of the city council,
which was adjourned after brief ses-
sion owing to the illness of Dr. w. f.
Mcdowell, brother of Mayor c. 5. NC
Dowell, Jr, who could not attend on thae
account nearly all the representative
business men of the city gathered to enter
Their. protest against the telephone com
many for the inefficient service it is
claimed they are giving in the city.
Ex-Mayor George H. Dent was chosen
as chairman and in a most vigorous de-
nunciation charged the company with
employing unsxilled operatives at the ex-
change who were poorly paid. Mr.. Dent
further said the meeting was one purely
for business. I'VE are paying for what
we do not get and am in favor of a
cessation of it." He called upon those
present to concur with him by some ex-
preston, when the entire assemblage
arose, signifying their approval. Mr..
Dent declared that he had written Mr..
Thompson, one of the principal managers,
on September l, and up to this time had
no relief.
Citizens arose all during the meeting
giving their personal experience with the
system and all with one accord agreed
that 1t was miserable.
The company was charged with increas-
ing the hours of their skilled operatives
without increased pay and they had all
quit and they were employing children
who could not distinguish the different
numbers upon the board.
Superintendent FL. B. Bowling of the
water works declared that the phones
were useless in case of fire and that he
took screw driver and dislodged both of
his and carried Them to the company 8
office. Several citizens also testified that
in several instances they were compelled
to seek the managers office in order to
have their phones disconnected after a
conversation had been had Mr. Dent
then submitted a resolution and recon-
mended its adoption, which read in SUBJ
stance as follows:
Resolved, That every subscriber of
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PATHFINDERS
LEAVE GADSDEN
RIVER BRIDGE MAY BE CON-
PLETED THIS WINTER-STREE
RAILWAY WILL EXTEND LINES
IN TWO DIRECTIONS AT ONCE.

Gadsden, October 6-(Special.)- Aft
er being entertained by the local auto
mobilists at the rooms of the Business
Mems club last night, the pathfnders
left this morning for Atlanta by way of
Cedartown. The party was escorted as
far as Cave Springs by local people.
where they were met by the Cedartown
people.
Work has been resumed on the Louis
Vile and Nashville railroad bridge over
the Coosa river at this place and as the
material is now available will be
rushed with all possible speed. The
work was abandoned two weeks ago
and the men taken to the flood district
at New Orleans to make repairs that
were imperative. AT the time the crews
were taken away it was said that the
bridge here could not be finished this
fall and part of it would have to go
over until next season. 1t is now
stated that an effort will be made to
complete the job during the winter
and If the rebuilding of the center pier
can be accomplished before the period
of high water the bridge can be finished
at least in the early SPRING
At the meeting of the city council
last night the franchises asked by the
Alabama City, Gadsden and Alfalfa
Railway company We're granted. These
provide for the extension of the street
car service north to the plants of the
Alabama Consolidated Coal and Iron
company and west to the plants of the
Southern Iron and Steel company. The
company announces that work on these
extensions will begin without delay.
The two extensions will call for about
two miles of track and will make a
great addition to the city's car facili-
tics.
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THINGS MIXED IN
NORTH ALABAMA

Decatur, October 6-(SpeciaI. 1.-The
lines of battle for and against the prohi-
bition amendment to the state constitu-
ton are now closely drawn in this end of
the state and in this county. Both the
amenders and the anti-amenders are or
ganizing their forces all over this end
of the state and both sides are flooding
the rural precincts with literature. An
amender will tell you that the amendment
will carry in his precinct or in his coun-
ty and and anti-amender will tell you
with as much certainty that the amend
ment will lose. 1t is extremely difficult
to form anything like an accurate idea
how the vote in this end of the state
will go.
Your correspondent during the past few
days has talked with number of prom
inent men from several counties in north
Alabama and the result has been that
whichever side a is that is the
way his precinct or county Is going, ac-
cording to his idea. The only opinion then
that an unbiased man is able to arrive at
Is that this end of the state at present
is pretty equally divided. In the De-
caturs, for example, there are members Of
the same family who are divided on the
question. In New Decatur there is one
family of a father and four sons, all
voters, and the father and one of the
sons are for the amendment and the
other three sons are opposed to 1t. This is
only one incident here out of many.
This morning A. A. Oden of Hartselle,
ex-treasurer of this county and one of
the most prominent citizens of the coun-
ty said to your correspondent that the
business men of Hartselle were going to
vote for the amendment regardless 'of re-
ports that had been sent out of Hart
sele to the contrary Mr.. Oden was of
the opinion that the vote in the country
precincts was rather mixed. He said the
country people did not understand it,,
that they were of the opinion that If the
amendment carried 1t would mean more
taxes He thought that the amenders
would gain largely in the country pre-
cincts and that this county would go for
the amendment
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WALKER COUNTY
HOGS WIN PRIZES

Carbon Hill, october 6.-(Special)-
The officers of the Great Elk Coal com
pany of this place are being congratu
tated on winning prizes on choice stock
at the Tri-State fair at Memphis.
They were in competition with hogs
from all over the south and south Invest.
The herd of Poland Chinas not only
took the blue ribbon in all classes of
their own breed in which they were
entered, but they won the champion
ship medal and first premium Of SIS
offered by w. A. Gage & Co., Memphis,
Tenn. for the best display of FIVE hogs of
any and all breeds owned in the south,
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JACKSONVILLE IS
NOW INDEPENDENT
Industries and Normal School
Are City's Pride
WORKING FOR EDUCATION
Daugette Has Accomplished Results
Felt All Over state-Ide as Elk
ample of the Public
Spirited Citizen.
WORKING FOR EDUCATION
BY WALTER HARPER.

Jacksonville, October 6.-(Speeial.)-
When the county seat of Calhoun county
was moved from Jacksonville to Admission
the few people who were left in the little
town felt for time that all hope had
fed. The politicians. the officeholders, the
professional jurymen, the grafters and
the lawyers had folded their tents and
emigrated to Admission.
There was no longer any hope for
Jacksonville becoming a town of prom
inence and influence in the community.
Or so 1t seemed for a time. But what
appeared as calamity then has proven
a blessing. This Temporary shock was the
real making of the town.
At the time Jacksonville was the coun-
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NEW BANK BUILDING,
Tennessee Valley Institution to Have
New Home.

Decatur, October Especial. 1.-The
Tennessee Valley bank. with S. S
Broadus as president. has just pur-
chased an excellent lot in the very heart
of the business section of the city. on
within few days on the erection of
a handsome home for the bank, to cost
about $4,000. The Tennessee Valley
chain of banks is one of the largest
and most influential in Alabama. There
are IA banks in this chain.
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Light and Power plant, the Jacksonville
Fertilizer plant and the Ide and Journey
Planning mills are all important industries
in which he is the leading spirit He is
also cashier of the Tredegar National
bank, one of the strongest institutions of
the kind in this part of the state.
The jacksonville oil mill is said to be
grading second to none in the country.
State Normal School.
But the institution that is making Jack
sonvile famous in Alabama is the State
. Normal school, which has been built up
to very high standard of efficiency by
President C. w. Daugette.
This institution has been developed by
degrees from a very small and unpreten-
tious village school until now it Is con-
sidered as one of the finest and strongest
schools of its kind in the country. Tho
school occupies a magnificent new struc-
ture on a prominent elevation in the town
surrounded by beautiful grounds. The
building cost in the neighborhood of s42,-
900, and is equipped with every modern
appliance IOT the convenience duu utdlll
of the teachers and students.
The mechanical heating and ventilating
system which extends to every room in
the building changes the atmosphere in
every room every eight minutes, insuring
purity and wholeSomeness. Sanitary drink
ing fountains are provided for the safety
of pupils and teachers. Indeed there is
b,,{I1 in, ,ta hot ;c
more perfectly equipped for convenience
and health.
Unusual Success.
President Daugette deserves great credit
for the unusual success he has attained
in the management In this school. From
a very small beginning he has steadily in
creased the attendance and efficiency
and has never gone to the legislature
with a call for financial assistance and
been turned down. He has always shown
satisfactory results for the money and
work expended. The school receives $15,-
600 per year from the state The attend
ance at the last term went over 500 and
the present session opened with the larg-
est initial attendance in the history of the
'-school. Practically every county in the
state Is represented
President Daugette is peculiarly fitted
for the building up OF school of this
kind He combines to an unusual degree
the qualities OF business man and an
educator This combination is rare. He
is man of firmness and decision. He
rules the school with the autocracy of a
car and yet in all kindness. He COM
mands the respect of teachers and pupils.
Disciplinary Methods.
Through strict disciplinary methods
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and also several blue ribbons in open
competition over Chester Whites. Berlx-
shires and other breeds of swine.
A young boar, Great Elk Perfec-
tion," won the championship medal over
all boars. any age or any breed and a
gilt, Great Elk Promise" won the
championship medal for sows, any age
or breed, also.
At the horse show held at Memphis
the same time their horses were equal
ly successful. getting their full share
of ribbons In competition with horses
from AL over the south and west
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Jones-McPeters.

Florence, October 6.-(Special. AL
fred Parker McPeters, connected with
the Southern Railway company's office
here, and Miss Annie Lee Jones, daugh-
ter of prominent merchant. C. H.
Jones, we're married at home at $3.50
today and left for Denver and other
western points via. Memphis. 1850