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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-23
NEWS OF RECORD.

Notices of incorporation were filed yesterday with the Secretary of State as follows:
 Transportation and Lighterage Com pany of Blakely, Baldwin County: cap- itaI stock $50,000, ol which $15.000 has been paid in: incorporators, H. A. Auer, z. D. Patterson and H. E. Chapman.
 HaIeyville Amusement Company. of HaleyvilIe, Winston County; capital stock $4,000, of which $1,000 has been paid in: incorporators, N. H. Freeman and others.
 The Ladies of the Maccabees of the World, with head offices In Port Hu- ron, Mich, filed copy of its charter with the Secretary of State yesterday. Louise Drury of Tuscumbia, was desig- mated as the Alabama agent.
 According to recent census of Woodlawn, taken a few days ago, and reported yesterday to Secretary of State Julian by Mayor W. E. Perryman, there are 5,747 white inhabitants in the city and 2,223 negroes. The Brigh- ton census shows total population of 1887, of whom 995 are white and the remainder negroes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-23

When Dry, Drink Pep-TO-Lae.
 A delicious, refreshing. thirst luenching z. beverage-contains no dope" or heart stimulant' , cents at III fountains. Weo-SA@
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-23

dits entered the night oflces of the United States Express Company here at 2 o'clock this morning and at the point of 2 revolver compelled the mans in charge to open the safe. They se- cured SE
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-23
THE yILI.AGr nYEsMIrH.

Under the shadow of Court Street
 Church
 The leading dyehouse stands Operated by competent men With skillful, we'll trained hands. Who spread the fame of Holt's Dye
 Works
 Through this and foreign lands.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-23
SENTENCED TO HANG.

White Man VIII Swing at Atlanta.
 July 22.
 Atlanta, Ga, June 22-George Burge, the carpenter who was yesterday found guilty of the murder of his wife on May IF was sentenced to hang on July 22 by Judge Gilbert here this morning. Counsel for Burge gave notice of an appeal.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-23
FlOodl Gage ICh'ngl Rain. staEelReadsl 24 fall I7 a-m.I hrs.
'-RisinE. x-FaIlias .
RTYER FORECAsra.

The Coosa and the Alabama will continue to rise reaching a stage of about 16 feet at Montgomery Wednesday, and II feet at Selma by Thursday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-23
CITY MEMBERS BEGIN WORK.
Sit With Board of Equalization All Oi
 KaafRrdaY.

Within few hours of their appoint ment, the three members of the Board of Equalization appointed by the City Council Monday night started to work yesterday morning early The three, Messrs. Cowan. Oliver and Slough, sat with the County Commissioners, as members of the county Board of Equalization throughout the morning. with a short session during the after noon.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-23

Rob Express Ofice. Green Bay, Wis, June 22.-Two ban
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-23
THE wEATHER.

Untt0d States Department of Agriculture, Weather Bureau. Local Observation
 Central Tina.
 Montgomery. June 22. 1909.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-23

Twindl Rainl State of Weather 1'~' Temp IPF hF In ieoshsl a7S %.Sa direction Of ! pm. 4 { III l ciOudy-Esst, ~ Maximum temperature for day, ss deg. Minimum temperature for day, 70 deg. Average temperature for day, 79 deg. Normal temperature for day. 80 deg. Accumul. excess since Jan. ITO deg. Av. relative humid. for day, s3 per ct. Total rainfall since Jan. l. AZ. .0S inches.
 RIVER BULLETIN.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-29
WILL BUILD And BUILD
DIR. Hnriman's Rail7cay Plans
Some of His 1chieTements.

F. H. Hartman, on his return from abroad
last Tuesday. announced that far from consider
ing extra dividends speculation on his rail
way properties he was contemplating only de-
veIopment of the lines in hand. We shall
build he said. new lines in Idaho. Oregon and
other states. our money surplus. secured by
Increasing national prosperity is going into
construction work We will build up the terri
tory tributary to our lines The new lines may
not pay in our slime. but We will do what is
Thought 10 be for the best interests OF all
These remarks of the noted railway builder
naturally calls attention TO his extraordinary
engineering achievements, generally too stu
pendous 20 be more than summarized. Many
persons now living nine days travelling
from New York to San Francisco. a trip now
made in less than four days because OF Mr..
Harriman's activities II the truth could be
known. il is probable that his reconstruction
work would be shown 10 have done more TO
break down his health than his financial trans
actions
When Mr. Hartman took over the Union.
rcntral and Southern Pacific railroads he fore
Jaw that the entire lines would have be
built He put his whole energy into the task
Of expanding many millions OF dollars for that
purpose: some say S2O0O0.0o0 He straight
sned out crooks and curves: tunnelled noun
tains At their bases. whore the roads formerly
went over them; put steel viaducts and bridges
Across ravines and streams; reduced grades.
built excellent roadbeds and placed them the
heaviest steel rails.
Starting at the east end OF the system. the new
ouble structural steel bridge across the Mis-
souri, River between Council Bluffs and Omaha
Is considered one OF the finest railway structures
Of its kind extaat.
Greatest. perhaps. Of all the achievements TO
which Mr. Hartman devoted his personal at
tention and effort is tine Lucin cutoff. crossing
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-29
MILDRED BURTON.
FORW1RD MARCH. B1BIESi
Hundreds of Rosy Infants to Parade
at Asbury Park on Thursdag.

Once more the rolling year brings around the
multitudinous gO-carts and Ieranbulators in
the greatest event of Asbury Parks stirring cal
endar. IL is a bacchanal OF babes and a satur-
MALTA OF cherubs which Will be let loose on the
carpeted sands of Ocean avenue on Thursday OF
this week TO feast the eyes OF one hundred
thousand spectators. more or less Other places
display their prize pumpkins and pigs az the
aIissnnal fair but Asbury Park exhibits a crop
Of Osy checked infants. She does not indeed
insist that all are her own; but many Of them
are hers. and the rest constitute a national ex-
hibit of domestic prosperity.
1t was feared at first that there would be a
shortage in the crop this year, owing 70 the re-
cent hard times and an alleged increase N the
rates for the stork's services. together with a
growing disposition on the part OF young couples
to spend their money on theatre tickets rather
than in caring for offspring. but later news
dispeued this apprehension. II 1899 cannot re-
port bumper yield the figures viii stl ex
coed the average. There ought 70 be no less
than five hundred-eount 'em-babies m the
parade on Thursday September = and 10 a
bachelor they will look and sound Ike five hun
dred thousand
As to quality il is a well known fact that
every years product is the best and that each
baby is the "bestest OF all" To one adorInc ma
and one egotistic pa This fact seemed to b. an
insurmountable obstacle to a baby parade win
prizes for the best when the idea was nrst
preached. in 1890 The judges il was pointed
out, would be infinitely worse used than base
Dali umpires. and there would be such nets 81
enraged. jealous mothers as 70 shatter tho Sab
oatical peace and harmony for which Asburv
Fark Is celebrated The difficulty was got
around IN two ways-first. by q proclamation
that prizes were not awarded for bestneSs but
merely for accessories Of costume and d.cors-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-29

Great Salt Lake This structure crosses the
inland sea. with an average depth OF so feet.
for lo3 miles. cutting out a miles OF the for
mer line around the lake and ISIS feet OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-29

elevation. or grade. There were three thousand
men engaged day and night in building il. II
Continued third page
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-11

not compelled to live up to the con-
ference eligibility rules in regard to.
intercollegiate athletics. In this way
they are permitted to play many men
who would otherwise be unable to
play. They will appear in this city
tomorrow with their strongest aggre-
cation and the members are confident
that they will be able to carry away
the biggest end of the score
Whitman's men are working under
disadvantage this week in that they
are not having scrimmage practice. It
is usual for the varsity and second
teams to meet in practice but the MEM
bers of the second team have been lax
about showing on the field, and con-
sequently the varsity is given nothing
but offensive practice. Coach Blan-
chard is making the most of the dis
advantages however. and is drilling
the line men in getting the charge on
their opponents and is driving the
back field with all kinds of speed. With
such light men Whitman is compelled
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-11
Why Sir Upton Has So Much
Trouble Challenging For Cup

nave so much liberty of action in the
treatment of length, saiG area and
displacement that boats of that class
rating close to the maximum, too
turned out by different designers, might
length Therefore Sir Thomas evaded
the one thing stipulated in the deed Of
the gift, which the club has always. and
very properly. insisted on securing in
a challenge Incidentally the club ex-
pressed a preference fer race with
boats of the maximum 1ength-ninety
feet at the water lne-but that was not
binding, inasmuch as the deed of gift
specifically allows q challenge with a
sloop of IS feet L. w L..
The Universal Rule.
Now. as to the universal rule. and
the manner in which it differs from any
other. And, by the way. the term is
misnomer The So-called universal
rule of rating is simply rule framed
by conference of delegates represent
ing all the important yacht clubs anu
Yacht racing organizations on the At
lantic coast between Marblehead and
Philadelphia. called together by the
L L
recommended to the clubs and yacht
racing associations, and was adopted
by most of them, and especially by
those in and around Massachusetts
waters. Long Island Sound, GraVesend
bay. and Delaware river. In some part
TOO. if not all. the rule is in force on al
least a part of the Great Lakes, Out
! not all But one has 70 go no further
| away from New York than Yonkers or
the south shore of Long Island 10 mo
Yacht clubs which know not the UNI
! yersal rule" and which race unuer the
! old "SeaWanhaka' rule or some SilShl
| modification of it. And it is the same
! Seawanhaka rule-so called because /
was originated for the SeaWanhakd
Corinthian Yacht club. under when al
cup challengers and defenders In re-
cent wears have been measured for the
purpose of calculating time allowance
Under this rule the racing length OF
Yacht was ascertained by adding the
square root. in fact. of her sail area Il
her load water line length and dividing
the sum by two. For example, th'
racing length of a yacht 80 feet on tn
water line, carrying 10000 square fee
of sale would be 1865 (apprcXimatel.
the square root of 10000 plus 80. hel
water-line length. making 1855: divid
ed by two, resulting in 1925. An'
time allowance would be figured from
table made up on the principle tina
other things being equal, the oppor
tunities for speed of two boats vary
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-11

to play an open game, and the open
game can only be played with success
when the members show speed. That
is the thing which Coach Blanchard
is trying to drive into his men because
he realizes how wholly necessary it is
for Whitman to show her best class
in the remaining college games which
are to be played this season.
The game tomorrow is the last col
lege game which will DE seen in Walla
Walla this season whit the exception
of the great game with Washington
State college on Thanksgiving day
WhitWorth will also meet the heavy
Washington State team and for that
reason the Missionaries are anxious to
make the very best possible showing,
as a comparison of what they will be
able to do with Pullman later.
Manager Hawley has gone to great
expense in getting the game with Whit
worth scheduled for Walla Waila ana
for that reason he hopes to see mon
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-11

to the square roots Of their Water-line
length, the principle being modified to
such extent as to assume that racing
length" as above explained was q
more nearly accurate factor than wa
ter-line length.
The "Freak" Boat.
That freaks were ultimately devel-
oped under this rule any boy that has
sailed boat will tell you. In cynical
way. a freak" may be described as thu
other fellows boat that goes faster than
YOUR own Also. it may be said that the
freak" of three or four years ago Is
considered an old tub today. Neverthe-
less. the naval architects went to great
excess. under the rule, in building boats
of light displacement-Inean by that
boats of lean body. with little room De-
low decks, and with scoW bows, SC
fashioned that when a boat was heeleo'
o,,er in sailing she had a longer side
to call on than could be had in boat
of ordinary form. with the sides at the
wafer line forward coming together
gradually. The designers went to eX-
treme limits in the way of draught as
uau Now YOU can build strong boat
of that kind. but it's expensive con-
struction. Moreover such boat Is not
of tho hest for off-shore sailing, and is
CONTINUED on Page Six)
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-11

Judging by the plans of the pro-
motors. it looks as if professional Mar
athoners are to have big inning dur
ing the coming winter, especially In
the east Many races have been
scheduled. and more are to come. The
first big event on the calendar is to
he held Nov IA, at Wakefield park
New Jersey. Among the cracks en-
tered are Matt Maloney, Patrick d.
neen. Patrick White. Jimmie Lee and
william Davis Qndian). Hamilton
Canada. Dineen, although he has
nassed his thirty-fifth year, is just as
good as the youngest, as his defeat Oh
Johnny Hayes last summer In TWO
races proves. Pat White is the man
who ran such a remarkable race
against the great Frenchman Siret IN
the professional Marathon race over
the Olympic course in England last
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-11

OUI OF 1T

Stanley Borleske. who has been
playing star game of football for the
University of Michigan this season. is
probably out of the game for the re-
mainder of the season. In the game
against Notre Dame last Saturday.
Borleske broke his collar bone and was
forced to retire from the contest.
just how long this will keep him out
Of the game is not known, but with
the season on it's last lap it is not ex-
pected that he will be able to get III
before Thanksgiving at any rate.
'Borleske started the game at left
end for Yost, and was doing good work
up to the time OF his injury. In the
last half the weakness of Michigan's
end was responsible in a great measure
for the consistent gains made by the
Notre Dame bunch.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-11

(By Charles P. Tower. secretary of
the Yacht Racing association of Long
Island Sound)
Why doesn't the New York Yacht
club allow Sir Thomas Upton to race
for Americas cup if he wants to-
Why should the club have two aete
of rules, one for its ordinary racing ana
one for the Americas cUp?"
What is the difference between the
two sets of rules
What is the universal rule?"
why does Sir Thomas have to build
a heavy boat, while we can build a
light racing freak?'
What is a freak boat. anyway"
why doesn't the club give this Irish
man a fair SHOVE"
These are a feW-Only a very few
of the questions asked by peop,e who
don't know bobstay from boom
crotch; who don't care straw about
yachting from one cup race to an
other, but who are fired up to the main
touch with enthusiasm at the first sug-
gestiOn of the possibility of a challenge
for the Americas cup. and who ge'
erroneous ideas from reading inter
L
written by conscientious reporters who
are doing the best they know, but who
do not happen to be expert on the sub
ject of the Americas cup.
No Challenge Declined.
1t may as we'll be said right here
that the New York Yacht club has
never yet declined a challenge that has
been made in proper form. The deed
of gift stipulated that the challenger
I shall give the dimensions of his boat
The reason for this should be obvious
| to any one who enga oes in a contest of
| any sort. The club holding the cup is
| entitled to know what it is up against
| The dimensions required are load wa
| ter line, length, beam at the water
/ line, extreme beam and draught But
| the New York Yacht club has time and
! again waived all these, excepting load
water line, because of the plea of in
| tending challengers that to give all
| these dimensions would give away
their boats in too great degree So
the New York Yacht club has said
Give us your load water line length
| only. and let it go at that" In his
| chaiienge of two years ago-because
or the rejection of which the New
| York Yacht club has incurred more OF
| less criticism-Lipton did not give the
load water line length of his boat He
challenged for a race with a boat OF
| the 6S-foot class, as described in the
so-called universal rule. Now the fact
is that under that rule naval architects
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ster crowd on the bleachers for the
game. The Whitman students are en-
thusiastic over the contest and they
will be out in force doing all they can
from the sidelines to help the home
team win.
The officials whom Manager Haw'ey
has secured with the consent of the
Whitworth management are: Referee
George Varnell of Spokane. umpire, P.
D. Bentley of the University Of Idaho.
With these men in charge of the game
the spectators and players can look
for the very best officiating. The game
will be called promptly at 2:30. The
lineup of the men whom Coach Blan-
chard will play will probably be as
follows:
Center. Fred Clemens; left guard,
Morrow; left tackle, Wilson; left end,
Lewis: right guard, Mathews: right
tackle. Neil; right end, Howard or
Oldright: quarter, Belt; left half,
johnson or Cox; fullback, Cox or
Dresser; right half. BOrleske (caDtain.>
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-11
&c. / LIVE NEWS OF THE SPORTING WORLD =$~
MISSIONARIES READY FOR
CLASH WITH OUTLA w TEAM

In what is looked upon, by many as
49,. hardest game which she will have
toco this season, the Whitman var
-, football team, under the tutelage
coach J. Merrel Blanchard, will
..,o+ the fast and heavy team from
,r,,itworth college, Tacoma. on An
,'.n,, field tomorrow afternoon. Since
.sair return from Seattle where Whit
ON met the team from the University
g washington, the Missionaries have
,,or uniting in some hard practice and
.so foam is expected to show at its
l,.+ in tomOrrow's game.
U-bjtworth this year, with such
layers as Payne, last year of the Car
,;s1a Indians, Tanner, the negro and
.v.Tacoma high school end, who is
.1,ssed as a whirlWind, and Paul, Mas
~, and Dennis, the Tacoma team
grup of stars around which they
,,gbt 70 be able to build a wonderful
team
yVbitworth is not a member OF the
.s,ig six" conference and therefore is
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-11
ROLLER TO TOUR THE
COUNTRY WITH JEFF

Gotch of Humboldt Iowa, the BIS st
there is in the business, right handy to
give him a workout.
Curley is to go ahead Of the show
and make all the necessary arrange
ments He writes that he will make q
strong effort to get Jeff to extend his
tour out to Seattle and Vancouver at
last, for he thinks the show will draw
we'll throughout the northwest and he
also thinks the sports of this section
will be glad to see the three big fell
lows in action.
Jeffries undoubtedly figures on pick
ing up lot of money while on the
road and in the meantime he will try
to fight himself into condition to meet
Johnson. But that one-niGht stand
business is terribly hard on the di-
gestion and the tour may do Jeff more
harm than good.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-11

NEW YORK, Nov. 11.-Pretty soon
If ,ciu be neca ssary to make trip to
p,ris if we want to see a fight. Gay
parea is surely coping out the best
# the ring men and one by one they
,re leaving our shores. 1t is strange
IA note the greater percentage OF
american fighters who are going
abroad now than in the old days. OF
course inducements are offered now
that weren't offered fifteen years ago,
hr, eliminating this feature, the exc
dus is enough to scare one.
charley Harvey, the American rep
resaDtative of the big fight club IN
Paris where all the Americans fight,
has been moving heaven and earth Tor
fighters in the past few weeks. He
signed up Al Kubiak, the Michigander,
who appeared in a mill with Joe jean
cite on the evening of October 26. 1t
is said Kubiak was guaranteed $looo
expenses and jumped at the chance.
Jeanette has been in Paris a long
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-11

According to advices received
at his old home in Chicago. Dr. 3. f.
Roller of Seattle is to hook up with
an all-star combination composed of
Jim JeffrieS, Frank Gotch and DR..
Roller, to tour the country before the
eX-bOilermaker meets Jack Johnson in
the ring to settle that little dispute
as to which man is entitled to the
title Of champion heavyweight fighter
Of the world
Curley writes the sporting editor of
The Seattle Times that the tour is al
ready arranged for 20 one-night stands
reaching from Maine to Florida and
extending as far west as Denver talk
ing in all the big cities. The plan is
for Jeffries to meet all corners where
ever permitted and when he cannot
find an opponent he will box with
Sam Berger Gotch will forfeit $500
of his own money to any wrestler who
can stay with him IS minutes and
Roller will put in his time taking on
the smaller fry and handicap matches.
Jeffries will start on his tour No
vember Is at New York city. Gotch and
Roller are to Wrestle once more for
the championship of the world at Kan
sas City the night of the 18th, and i'm
mediately after that match they will
hurry east and join Jeffries.
This experience will prove a Won
derful thing for Roller. He has long
wanted to hook up with a real top
-lOtcher in the boxing line, and he
ought to get his fill of it if he puts on
the gloves with hairy Jim Jeffres
every day. And any time the doctor
feels the need of a little exercise in
the wrestling line there is Frank A
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summer doing the course in faster
time than the winner of the Olympic
amateur Marathon. He also ran sec
ond to ST. Yves in the Scottish Mar
athon in Edinburgh. Matt Maloney
says he is in the form shown in his
remarkable race from Rye to New
York. in which he broke all records
Jimmy Lee has run some wonderful Is
mile races and has never really trained
for the full Marathon race In all
of his races as an amateur he has led
up to % and % miles. He has been
doing a lot of long work for this race
and feels certain of winning. Bill Da-
Wis. the Indian. has number of vic
tories to his credit, having won the
Hamilton Herald road race, and has
also a victory over Dineen in the big
Boston race.