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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-03
NATIONAL LEAGUE MAN GIVES
INTERESTING POINTS ON BATTING

the past few years may be ascribed to
a number of causes. First and fore
most of these, Is the great amount
OF study which managers and pitc-
hers put in, endeavoring to find out
the weakness of the batsman, whose
every move is watched Every pitch
er on every team knows just what
kind of ball each man can hit. and
just what kind will fool him. The
other players on the team all know
he is most likely to send the ball
when he does hit it, and consequently
are always ready to block it.
The foul strike rule is another one
of the reasons. This, in my mind, Is
one of the greatest injustices as far
as the batters are concerned, that has
ever been introduced to our national
game. Critics will claim that it tends
to shorten the contest, and hold popu-
lar interest, but say what they will,
there can be no denying that 80 out
Of 100 fans love to see slugging,
and would be willing to sit and watch
a game a half an hour longer, If they
were plenty Of good hits for them to
cheer al.
But I suppose this rule has come to
stay and we will have to make the
best Of it.
To the large gloves worn by all the
players these times, may be attribut-
ed little more blame for the poor
hitting. 1t is almost an impossibilty
these times to hit anything that the
fielder can touch, and to be safe on
it. I believe that players should use
gloves, for some protection is neces-
sary, but I do think that the powers
that be should see to 1t that the size
Of them be limited. Almost any fell
low with any ability at all can develop
himself into a good fielder by going
out and purchasing one Of these pill
lows and wearing a good hole in It.
Then all he has to do is learn how to
judge the ball.
Spit Ball Now Easy
The spit-ball was a drawback for
while, but now that the players are
accustomed to 1t, It does not bother
them much more than any other of
the shoots and slants of the good pit
cher's assortment
Like every other part of the national
game, batting requires the use Of
whole lot of gray matter. If you can
manage to guess what the pitcher is
liable to toss you you can be reason
ably sure, but then it's mighty hard
stunt for fellow to try matching his
brains against one of the crafty twirl-
ers Of today, especially when the odds
favor the pitcher in the ratio of about
10 to /.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-03

The final sentence in the foregoing
dispatch is the only significant item
of information regarding the Hill
Hartman peace pact, which was an
nounced here last Wednesday, says
the Telegram. 1t indicates that the
preliminary arrangements have been
advanced to the point where the three
systems involved in the agreement
will be ready to participate In the
passenger and freight business over
the Joint trackage early in the fall at
the latest. 1t is not clear to local
railroad officials who were advised
of the closing Of the deal today just
how there will be any record-break-
ing grain tonnage hauled over the
road between here and Puget Sound.
The settlement Of the legal prob
lens involved in the deal clears the
way for the Immediate hooking up of
the o. r. & N. tracks with the North
Bank line on the peninsula, as well as
for the connections between the
Northern Pacific at Centralia with
the Milwaukee Union Pacific branch
from Gates to Gray's Harbor, and be-
tween the Milwaukee and Northern
Pacific at Tacoma Details Of these
plans were published in yesterdays
Telegram.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-03

To avoid serious results take Foley's
Kidney Remedy at the first sign of
kidney or bladder disorders such as
gackache, urinary Irregularities, ex-
haustion, and you will soon be we'll
Commence taking Foley's Kidney
Remedy today. Koeppen Bros
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-03
HAMILTON BEFORE
SUPERIOR COURT

Olympia Wash. Former Adult
ant General Ortis Hamilton has form
ally arranged here in the superior
court on the charge Of emblezzlement
of state funds. The information is
charges the embezzlement of $11SS
from the state military funds while
the defendant was serving as adjutant
general. This is only one of the
numerous offenses alleged whereby
Hamilton, by means Of padded ex-
pense account and bogus vouchers
for military stores and ammunition,
pretended to be bought for the ma
tional guard, obtained and converted
to his own use more than $4,000 of
the states money.
Hamilton, who bore himself easily
in the court, despite months i'm
prisonment in the county jail, did not
plead to the charges, his attorney.
Judge John W. Robinson, asking
more time in which to plead The
attorney requested the prisoner be
given until next Monday, June 10. to
plead. He explained that an associate
counsel living in Tacoma, had been
taken into the case, with whom he
had not chance to consult and that
an extension Of time until Monday
would permit consultation and the de-
cision and preparation of action Tor
the defense, whether Of motion to
quash the indictments, the filling or
demurrer or other procedure.
Judge j. r Mitchell, however, set
the time for pleading to the charge as
next Thursday afternoon at 1880
o'clock, saying he considered this
would afford time required for the
defendants counsel. Hamilton was
thereupon taken back to jail by
deputy sheriff.
Former Senator Retained
Former United States senator Doo-
little OF Tacoma Is the new associate
counsel in the case, having been re-
tanned as an old friend Of the family,
it is understood. AS representing
Hamilton's father, w. J. Hamilton of
Colfax, he came to Olympia and visit
ed Hamilton In the jai last week,
showing much enthusiasm in the case.
Judge Robinson, the defendants at
torney, was absent from the city at
the time.
Prosecuting attorney Wilson says
so far as he knows there is no inten-
ton of filing further charges against
Hamilton. He says he Is acting large
ly upon instructions from attorney
General Bell in the matter.
1t is believed that should Hamil-
ton plead guilty to the present charge
no other ones would be filed.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-03
Spit Ball Now Easy

Many Of our citizens are drifting
towards Brlghts disease by neglecting
symptoms Of kidney and bladder
trouble which Foley's Kidney Remedy
viii quickly cure. Koeppen Bros.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-03
HEAVY CROP MOVEMENT
ON HILL-HARRIMAN ROADS

New York.-The agreement be-
tween the railroads controlled by E.
H. Hartman and those controlled by
James j. Hill for joint use of the
tracks leading into Seattle has been
signed, sealed and delivered. Repre-
sentatives of the two parties to the
agreement were in conference in this
city today adjusting the legal details
of the agreement, but counsel said
this was being accomplished without
friction and that for all practical pur-
poses the agreement is now in force.
Counsel said that it was expected the
tonnage in the section affected by the
agreement would exceed all records
when the crops began to move.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-03

For Rent-Unfurnished room in
East oregonian building; large and
cool; electric lights; bath on same
floor. Inquire this office.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-03
It's. Luck to Smoke Puck

The Better than sc Cigar.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-03

The Cigar in the Green Box.
The Washington times., 1909-04-15
RAILROAD TO COMPETE
WITH PANAMA CANAL
Tehuantepec Route Handles $38,0O0,000 Worth of
Freight Within a Year Mostly Bound East-Panama
Railway Does Most of Business From East to West

How vigorous a competitor of Uncle
SANS Panama canal the TehUantepec
railroad is going 10 be is suggested by
the Bureau Of Statistics in a report
which It issued today on the commerce
between the eastern and western coasts
of the United States, via the Panama
railroad and the TehuantepcC railroad.
1t appears that in 1908 the Tehuante-
pee route increased its business to
S3S,0OO.OOO worth Of merchandise. The
previous year it had between $50 600
and S3O,0OO.O00 worth.
The remarkable things about this
route is that practically all its freight is
between The eastern and western coasts
OF the United States The Panama rail-
road handles about One-fourth as much
freight as the Tehuantepec, and a large
part Of IL is either from or 20 some
foreign country. The Tehuantepec road,
however, gets almost every ton of its
business I'm the United States, and de-
ivers il to some point in the United
States. 1t is direct competitor of the
American transcontinental railroads for
its entire business, and that business is
growing at a remarkable rate.
The Panama route is not doing so
The Washington times., 1909-04-15
HOKE SMITH TALKS
ON RACE PROBLEM
Georgia's Governor Addresses
Twelfth Annual Conference for
Education in South.

ATLANTA. Ga, April 15.-'The pres
ence Of a great number Of negroes in
the South creates problem which must
be understood. 1 do not believe that
those who dwell upon the work of negro
institutions. into which few of the race
enter. comprehend the question. The
real negro educational problem is found
in the 6.OO0,OD0 negroes who never enter
these institutions, and who are utterly
unsuited for the opportunities they
offer"
In these words, Gov. Hoke Smith last
night discussed the race problem be-
fore the twelfth annual conference for
education in the South, calling particu-
lar attention to the fact that few of
the colored race are fitted 'or the learn
ing which the institutions in the South
have to offer
The president Of the conference, r.
c. Ogden, of New York, followed the
welcoming address of Governor Smith.
with his annual address. Or. s. @
Mitchell, president Of the University Of
South Carolina, read a paper on ''The
American Spirit in Education"
The Washington times., 1909-04-15

much commercial business as it ought,
because its chief energies are devoted
to the canal building 1t is a curious
fact that the Panama road handles most
Of its freight from east TO west, while
the Tehuantepec does more business
from west to east than from east to
west.
The explanation is that the Tehuante-
pee route handled almost SIS 900 900 worth
Of sugar from Hawaii last year, destin-
ed to New Cork The Panama railroad
crosses the continent with a length of
forty miles, while the TehUantepec
route is 100 miles long. From New York
TO San Francisco via Panama the dis
lance is 5,305 miles, and via Tehuantepec
4.415 miles. The shortest rail line is
3,191 miles, while the Magellan route is
1929 miles. Yet IL is en- interesting fact
that a good deal of tonnage still moves
by Magellan. The transfer from boats
to rail. and rail to boats. on the Tehuan-
tepec road is carried on by ingenious
electrical machinery, and is said to be
the most perfect, speedy, ana cheap
method Of tTaESShipment in the world.
The Tehuantepec road was completed in
1894, but was in such bad shape that it
had to be practically rebuilt through
out. 1t was started even before any
transcontinental railroad was under
taken In the United States, and If built
at once would have been the world S
first transcontinental rail line.
The Washington times., 1909-04-15
Important 10 all Women
Readers of this Paper

Thousands upon thousands OF women
have kidney trouble and never suspect
It.
Women's complaints often prove TO be
nothing else but kidney trouble. or the
result Of kidney or bladder disease.
II the kidneys are not in a healthy
condition they viii cause the other
organs to become diseased.
You may suffer a great deal with pain
in the back, bearing-down feelings.
headache, and loss Of ambition.
Poor health makes you nervous, irri-
table and may be respondent; it makes
any one so.
But thousands Of irritable, nervous,
tired and brOken-dovn women have re-
stored their health and strength by the
USE OF Swamp-Root, the great Kidney,
Liver and Bladder Remedy.
Swamp-Root brings new life and ae-
tivity to the kidneys. the cause of
such troubles.
Many send for a sample bottle to see
what Swamp-Rcot, the great kidney.
Liver and Bladder Remedy will do for
them. Every reader of this paper. who
has not already tried It, may address
DR.. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, y. Y.
apd receive sample bottle free by mail.
You can purchase the regular fifty-cent
and one-dollar size bottles at all drug
stores.
The Washington times., 1909-04-15
NOTED SOLDIER DIES
IN SOUTH CAROLINA
Gen. Matthew G. Butler Succumbs
TO Illness Caused by Old
Wound.

COLUMBIA, s. c., April 15.-Gen.
Matthew GaIbraith Butler. one OF the
last Of the Confederate leaders, and for
mer United States Senator from SoULh
Carolina. died last night at q local
weeks caused by an old wound. General
Butler WAS born in 1886.
He served with distinction through the
civil war, rising from captain TO major
general of cavalry During the Spanish
American war General Butler served as
a major general In the United States
army, and later was appointed a mem
he is survived by his wife and three
children. Capt. NJ. c. Butler, u S. A.
Or. B. W. p. Butler, of this city, and
Mrs. McNeely, wife of a naval officer.
General Butler was nephew of
Commodore Perry of the United States
Navy.
The Washington times., 1909-04-15
SOCIETY PRESENT
AT DUTCH DINNER
Jack" Seibert Host to Smart Com.
pany-Feature of
Program.

A novel Dutch dinner and dance was
given at the Park Hotel by Jack
SeibeTt to a number Of prominent mem
bers Of the srnart set In Washington
last night.
In the party were Mr.. and Mrs.
Murray Cobb, Masanao Hahirara. coun-
selor of the japanese embassy: Mr.. and
Mrs. Randall Hagner, Miss Grace Bell,
Miss Juliette Janin, Miss Sophie Seibert,
Mr. and Mrs Eldridge Jordan, Miss
Goldsborough, Mrs. Harlow. Marshall
Langhorne, Captain Hopkins, Mr. Tiff
fa.ny, Newton Gulick, and others.
During the hmpromptu entertainment
program which followed, Miss Sophie
Selbert gave German recitatiOns. and
MISS Janin sang several French SONGS,
Several OF the young women gave a
Spanish fandango, and there were other
picturesque features on the program
The Washington times., 1909-04-15
PEACE CONFERENCE
TO OPEN MAY :

CHICAGO, April 15.-An elaborate
program has been prepared for the sec
ond national peace conference which is
to open in this city May and continue
three days. President Taft, VINO is
named on the program as honorary
president Of the conference. has dele
gated Secretary Ballinger, of the De-
partmeLt Of the Interior. to represent
the National Government.
1t is expected that 1900 delegates will
attend, and during the course of the
conference addresses will be made by
Count Won BernstOrff. the German am
bassador; Senior Don I. l. de la Barra,
the Mexican ambassador; DR.. WI Ting
fang. the chinese minister, and Mr..
Herman de Lagercrantz, the minister
from Sweden.
The Washington times., 1909-04-15
SPECTATOR KILLED
At MORNING FIRE
Iron Strikes Unidentified
Man in Early Blaze
Today.

PHILADELPHIA, April 15-An un-
identified spectator was killed and sew
eral fremen injured at a spectacular
fire which. early today. destroyed the
warehouse Of the Moro Philips Fertiliz-
er Company, on Delaware avenue.
John Heddrick and Jacob Levin. fire.
men. were removed to hospitals.
IN the destroyed warehouse were stor-
ed bales of cotton, carboys Of ammonia
and barrels of whisky. and the explo-
sion Of the liquors at short intervals
added TO the danger of the frefghters.
Bales of cotton were hurled through
the air, and great carboys shot out of
the burning building like shells from a
mortar.
While the fire was at its height. n
piece OF jagged iron, blown through the
side or the building, struck the uniden-
tihed spectator in the head and killed
him instantly.
The Washington times., 1909-04-15
DRIVEN ACROSS LAKE
IN SMALL OPEN BOAT
Man Takes Nap in Graft and Awakes Out In Storm
Tossed Ontario Arrives on Canadian Shore
Safe Twenty-four Hours Later

ROCHESTER. N. Y. April 15.-Edgar
L. Brown is now in Port Hope, Ontario,
where he turned UP today after a lake
trip without parallel in the memory Of
the oldest inhabitant. Monday after
noon, Edgar, who is a farm hand. be-
came overcome with that tired feel
ing" and went to sleep in the sun in
an old row boat near Charlotte.
The boat went adrift, and when he
awoke he was well out in the lake, d
The Washington times., 1909-04-15
MISS GREEDY ACTIVE
IN SUFFRAGE FIGHT

Miss Helen Hoy Greedy. a young
woman attorney, of New York. who
was recently admitted to practice BE-
fore the Supreme Court OF the United
States. has returned to New York city.
Miss Greedy is a leader in the move
ment headed by the Standardization
Woman Suffrage Association. While
mere she was a caller at the headuuar-
Iers of the association at 1923 II street
northwest She furnished the officers
here with a supply Of the new suffrage
stamps Issued by the Cooperative
Equal Suffrage League OF New York.
The Washington times., 1909-04-15
Remnants al Prices That Mean Busy Selling Tomorrow
Juvenile Wear

Lot OF Children's red. white. and
trimmed with sashes. Reg n ~
t nIar price Zoe. Reduced 19C
gee and M of faacy m EiasIS5 e Ready R4P
ssa5". n Esssaisr, y Y Ssss S1.08
Small lot of ChIldren's fine quality
White Persian Lawn Dresses;
trimmed with lace and insertings.
Sizes up to s years. Val Of 40
ues worth up TO $500. y nv
Lot Of White Persia:. Lawn
Dresses, trimmed with breteIIeS of
lace and embroidery. Odd AG,n
sizes. Regular price 800 1QS
Lot Of Children's Straw Caps. silk
lined; trimmed with flowers, ribbon,
and lace. Colors of pink, Nnn
blue. and white. Regular VNI
Lot OF Chndren's F1anneIette Pet
ticOats, with and without waists;
White Cambria Petticoats; Percale
and White Dresses; Muslin Drawers,
with hemstitched ruhles. 1En
Values worth up 10 zoe each. NC
Reduced to....................... -
Lot Of Children's ROmpers. Cling
ham Dresses, White Dresses, and
Petticoats, Night Gowns. and - 80
Drawers, Regular 39c val ~
ues. Reduced to.................E- -
Lot OF Children's Guimpes, Of white
madras, pique, and India unon
trimmed with embroidery and in
sfg5PEs sole ODD Reg si1Ss price, o1d AQc
sl.00 each. Remnant price,.
The Washington times., 1909-04-15

storm was coming up, and he had no
oars, and not vessel of any descrip-
ton was in sight.
The Sommerville life-Saving crew saw
the boat, and started to its rescue, but
failed to reach it, and Brown was given
up for lost until today, when he wired
to Rochester for money to get back
His boat was carried by the wind di-
Tectly across Lake Ontario, and finally,
twenty-four hours after IL went adrlft,
was swept on the shore near Port Hope.
The Washington times., 1909-04-15
ANOTHER DIPLOMAT
GOING TO NEWPORT
Danish Minister Will Take Villa.
Russian Embassy There

NEWPORT. r. L, April 15.-An-
nouncement was made today that be-
sides the establishment of the Rus
sian embassy here for the summer. the
Danisls minister at Washington. Count
Moltke, will take a villa here for the
Newport season. The Countess Moltke
is a daughter OF Nathaniel Thayer. Of
Boston.
The Washington times., 1909-04-15
MINNESOTA SHUTS
DOOR ON CIGARETTES

ST. PAUL, April 15.-Governor John
son has signed the anti-cigarette bill,
which makes It a misdeneanor to man
ufacture, sell or give away cigarettes
or cigarette papers
The bill exempts jObbers who do an
interstate business. The bill will become
effective on August l.
The Washington times., 1909-04-15
WILL HOLD BALL.

The degree team of the Georgetown
Camp Of the Modern Woodmen OF
America viii give their first grand an
nual ball at the Carroll Institute Hail.
May 4. at 8 O'Clock. Chief Forester Car
roll will have charge Of the affair and
has arranged an elaborate program.
William f. Franklin, secretary, has
charge of the committee on arrange
ments.
The Washington times., 1909-04-15

Lot OF Children's red. white, and
blue Straw Hats, Mexican shape;
5 sIaP price, G5'h 7 5o'h'i Red Bss 3Qc
New-York tribune., 1909-12-30
THE WEATHER REPORT.

Official Record and Observation-Disclosures
Dec. "a high pressure area that was over the
plains states Tuesday night has developed east
ward and southeastward over the great central
valleys and the South accompanied by a cold
wave that covered the plains states. the Missouri
and upper Mississippi and Ohio valleys and
Tennessee Wednesday morning. extending dur
ing the day into the Gulf and south At
lartc states and the lower lake region. Cold
weather continued in the upper lake region, the
middle Atlantic states and New England and
taken as a whole temperatures are tonight
from 10 to 35 degrees below seasonal average
from the plains states eastward.
Cold weather will continue THURSDAY and Fri
day in the Atlantic states, and on Thursday in
the lake region, the Ohio and lower Mississippl
valleys, followed by rising temperature Friday
In the upper Mississippi Valley and the plains
states 1t will be warmer Thursday and FRIDAY.
The Northwestern low area will move southeast
ward. attended by Thursday or Thursda y
night in the Northwest. and by Friday In the
Missouri and upper Mississippi valleys and the
upper lake region. BY Friday night there viii
pI Iobabv be rain snow in the Ohio Valley and
snow in the lower lake region. West OF the
Rocky Mountains the weather will be rartlv
cloudy to cloudy with rain snow over the
northern districts Storm warnings are displaved
on the Atlantic coast from Jacksonville to New
port News. and the north Pacific coast
Warnings OF freezing temperature We're ordered
Wednesday morning for the east Gulf coast and
Northern Florida. and frost warnings for South
ern Florida as far south as Miami.
Steamers departing Thursday for European
winds. with cold and generally fair weather to
the Grand Banks.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-30
VASSAR GIRLS AID STRIKERS.
Wall Street Invaded for the Sales of
Copies of Newspaper.

Young women who have won honors at
college mingled with striking waist girls
yesterday in picturesque plan of aiding
the strikers by going through the streets
and selling copies of a special issue of
The Daily Call" the entire proceeds of
which are TO be devoted to the aid of the
striking waistmakers.
Each volunteer seller wore on the front
of her dress a white plaeard with the
words 900 Ladies' Waist Makers on
Strike for Better Conditions They
trooped into Wall street, invaded the pre-
cincts OF the curb brokers and sold copies
at prices ranging from cents to 81 each
Miss Elsie Lac. Cole and Miss Elizabeth
butcher. both Vassar graduates, went into
the matter with great energy. Miss Cole
sold copies from truck in Wall street
while Miss butcher sold copies in the New
street section. Both of them went to the
uptown sections also, Miss butcher in
taxicab and Miss Cole part of the way on
a truck.
Yetta Goldberg and Sarah Schnirr, seven
teen-year- strikers, ventuTed into the
Office of ]. Pierpont Morgan and asked
if they could see him. When they ex-
planned their business a clerk gave them a
dollar tor a copy.
It was thought last night that the sale OF
pa pers, in which $50 girls joined. including
members of the Women's Trade Union
League will realize $4,000 or so for the
strikers
New-York tribune., 1909-12-30
AN APPEAL FOR CHARITY.

A family. consisting of a man, his wife
and four children, is in need ot help Ihe
man. after being partial invalid for ten
years. has suffered from paralytic stroke
since last December. The children are all
under working age and are not strong His
wife can do little 70 help support the FAM
lily. her work being specially 10 take care
of the children.
The Charity Organization Society does
not wish that this family should be broken
up and appeals for SEQ, which Will provide
a needed monthly pension during the COM
ing, year. Contributions may be sent 70
the Charity Organization Society No 1Oo
East I'D street. and will be gratefully ac-
knowledged.
The Charity Organization Society ac-
knowledges with thanks the following con-
tributions in response to previous appeals
of this kind: Mrs. E. Y. Hull, SO; Mrs.
Nathaniel B. Potter. $40: II. ID. Babcock,
IS; cash. y 80; Friend" s.; boy OF Four
teen" SO; anonymous. $40; Frederick B.
Elliott SIS: Il. y Cert" IS; cash. 81