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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-01
band; again in the ranks OF good
MANY kinds Of radicalism. including

band; again in the ranks OF a good
socialism, and finally Theosophy.
According to her reckoning this
high priestess Of Theosophy is 10000
years old. AS is well known, reincar-
nation is the basis Of her theology.
She says one lives again and again,
the spirit passing from one physical
body to another until perfection is at
tanned
She is even able to remember sew
eral Of her own pre-existences. Mrs.
Besant says the first birth OF which
she has any knowledge was in Peru,
10000 years ago. Her spirit then
wandered about until 1T settled in
China, 10000 years ago. That was
before Confucius.
Alexandria in Egypt, site of the
famous library destroyed by fire cen
turtles before Christ, can also lay
claim to her. She remembers the IL
brary distinctly. She was born in In
dia several times, the first time being
A. d. 500. Italy and England drew
her once each; she lived in the latter
country about the time of Elizabeth,
and had speaking acquaintance with
the Virgin Queen and Sir Walter Ra.
leigh. but not with Shakespeare. How
she missed Shakespeare Mrs. Besant
does not pretend to say.
Mrs. Besant always dresses In a
loose-flowing dress of white and wears
lotus buds.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-01
The State Bank
Hamilton

was org arsfzed twenty years
spo--dur:ug all this fine il has
increased a HtfIc each day In
usefulness and strength.
here exists a reciprocal con-
fiaence between the bank and
tie public.
The business is Onducfed
ai0ny The line of Eruper re-
IafiOn between service and
compensa ion, and on this
basis invites ffss patronage TO
which ii feels II has proven
Itself entitled.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-18
GOING SOME

From Williams lake to the Hang
man creek brige, IN the west edge
of the city, in one hour and eight
minutes-how is that for time?
With Bert La Rue at the wheel,
Superintendent w. E. Stauffer of
the Merchants police travelled at
this rate the other day, and the
nervy sleuth figures that is record
time.
The distance is 35 miles, over
billy roads, made the more difficult
because of countless ruts and boul-
ders. The run was made in Stauf-
fer's new Cadillac $50" car, and
some of the time on the level
roads, the two autoists declare,
they rambled along at the rate of
60 miles an hour. Stauffer is shiv-
ering yet and wouldn't do 1t again
for the proceeds of a months bust
ness in advance.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-18

Few are the youngsters who
break into the big leagues and
achieve prominence as ball players
of national repute. The difference
between the fastest of the minor
leagues and the major organiza-
tons is so great that the men who
do break through must have
class" sticking out all over them
like bankrupt sale signs on some
stores. So when youngsters not
only stick on their first trial, but
make the fans talk until they are
looked upon as the greatest ever"
or wonders" the players in the
leagues they spring from come to
the conclusion that, all unsupported
they were associating with unsung
heroes.
OF all the men drafted or pur-
chased by the 16 major league
clubs last fall, but few have at
tracted attention to themselves the
country wide. Many have, upon
occasion, seen their name in big
type, but they aren't making the
noise that is heard from coast to
coast. The new men who have Gre
ated a national sensation in base
ball this year number but six, when
the last word is said.
Jack Myers, the aboriginal back
stop of the New York National
league team, is one of the big re-
verberations. Stepping into the
| limelight from the American asso-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-18

Stolen bases-Kippert 2, Annis
Altman. Ostdiek. Double play
Coleman to Broadbent to Kellac-
key. Two-base hits-Hurley, KEEL
lackey, Burnett, Altman. Three.
base hit-Brinker. Left on bases
Tacoma 8, Spokane s. Pitchers
records-Two hits and one run off
Killilay before any one was out;
five hits and six runs off Claflin in
five and two-thirds innings; one
hit and no runs off Holm in three
and one-third innings; six hits and
three runs off Annis in four and
one-third innings; six hits and
seven runs off Baker in four and
two thirds innings. Struck out
By Annis 3, by Baker 2, by Claflin
4, by Holm 3. Bases on balls-Off
Annis 3, off Killilay 2, off Claflin
5, off Holm 1. Hit by pitched ball
Altman by Annis, Kippert by
Claflin. Wild pitch-Baker. Passed
ball-Conrad. Time of game-2: 10
Umpire-Drennan.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-18

citation, he was dubbed "Big Chief"
and he has lived up to the name.
His batting and backstopping have
won him a place in the hearts of
the metropolitan multitude, and of
the three Observation-Disclosures,
Durham and himself-he proved to
be the only live wire, capable of
continuous high class work.
Eddie Collins of the Athletics,
who has been clouting the leather
hard enough to reach first place in
the list Of American league batters,
is another youngster who has en-
deared himself to the home fans.
Collins won his JOB as regular Sec
ond baseman by sheer ability, and
If Connie Mack's outfit does win
the pennant this year, much Of the
credit will fall upon the shoulders
of the hard hitting infielder.
Ted Easterly, the Pacific coast
boy-and he's only boy at that
has made big talk around the ring.
Going into the game without bit
of big league experience, not know
ing the batters and the thEqsend
and one tricks deemed necessary to
a high class backstop, he 1htped
into the breach caused by dfrry
Bemis' illness and made go92 Flor
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-18

Br-r-r-r, but that was close
shave, The street faker with the
electric shoe soles for sale could
have made fortune among some
punches of the fans yesterday,
maybe, for there were cold feet in
the crowd.
Just think, after everyone
thought we were hopelessly beaten
when the score board in the first
inning registered so in favor of
the Tigers, and later when it regis
tered seven for Tacoma against
three for the Indians, the home
team massacred them. 1t was SIM
ply Killilay and Claflin. They were
both weak and their weakness cool
ed the feet of many fan, and
Claflin nearly threw Tacomaites
Into nervous prostration when he
ueMed the bases in the sixth inning
with the score already z to
against us, but right there is where
they had an awakening.
Vic Holm, the old standby, who
has saved the day perhaps ofteneI
than any other pitcher in the team
when defeat looked sure, stalked
to the box, and, well-from ther
on there was simply nothing doing
He got the third man out before
the population of third base had g
chance to sneak home with the
eighth score.
Annis began the fireworks fol
Tacoma with a well controlled ball
but he soon got lame and languid
and the Indians fell all over him
till Baker shagged into the box tc
take his share of the bumps. He
got them, too. The Indians were
wound up for nine innings at good
fast time, and they wouldn't STOP
for him. They slugged him for six
safeties that developed the last
seven scores.
Burnett was a demon at bat, get
ting three hits, one of which was q
two Dagger. Brinker was there
also with a batting mania, and Alt
man. Clynes and Ostdiek earned
their money with the club. Con
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-18
MULTNOMAHSENDS
SMITHSON

Arrangement have been COM
pleted by the Multnomah Amateur
Athletic club at Portland to send
Forrest Smithson to the athletic
meet at Athens this year to repre-
sent the club. SmithsOn set the
world record for the 10 meter
hurdles in the Olympic games in
London last season, as a repre-
sentative of the Multnomah club.
Edgar Frank, considered one of
the greatest 125 pound wrestlers in
the country, is also to be sent to
Athens to represent the Multno-
nah club, and Dan Kelly, the broad
jumper, and Gilbert. the pole
vaulter. will likely be sent.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-18
%Nn4M&
BY TIP WRIGHT

don't like a bit of news heard
the other day. 1t was the announce
ment that Lew Moren, the Phila-
delphia National league pitcher,
who owns a block of the Boston
club stock, will get $500 from his
millionaire dad every time he beats
the Chicago club.
Moren pere has been donating
500 to Lewis stipend every time
the youngster wins game. This
Is all right. but when the father
increases the offer to $500 for beat
ing the Cubs the practice assumes
dangerous proportions.
Naturally. living In Pittsburg,
Noren the elder wants to see the
Cubs beaten just as often as possi-
bile, but when he starts to putting
up big bonus for his boy to win
from the champions he is carrying
things too far to meet with general
appreciation.
Let the Pirates win the pennant,
but let them win It on merit. It
will be . splendid thing for base
Hnll for Fred Clarke and his braves
20 c0o the flag. Chicago has had
y sftsn enough and interest viii
49, stimulated IL the Pirates or
- <onln crowds thsn ost
ysAr.
- - Moron pull
= ~ raid iaKge -
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-18
AGE II, HEIGHT ~,
WEIGHS 223 POUNDS

Age n years, weight 223 pounds
and height seven feet, seven inches
such is the description that
would startle the sleuths, but new
ertheless it is one that actually fits
H. G. Thurston, a southern vet
eran of the civil war. He is now a
resident of Mount Vernon, Tex.
He attended the reunion of vet
Grams of the confederacy in Mem
phis recently and needless to say
was the tallest among the thou
sands who gathered there to live
the days from 81 to '65 over again.
He is undoubtedly the tallest sol
der living.
Mr.. Thurston was born in South
Carolina, reared in Missouri, where
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-18

When the young collegian Joined
the Boston National league club,
Frank Selee loaned him to Tom
Burns, manager of the Springfield
club in the New England league,
where Tenney began to break up
the organization by losing perfectly
good $1.25 balls.
On Decoration day morning, 1896,
Tenney played with Springfield and
made home run and two singles
About noon Burns received a tele-
gram from Selee, ordering him to
send Tenney to- Boston immediate
ly. Fred reached Boston in time
to play for the Beaneaters that aft
ernOon.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-18

taken care of spendidly during the
season and live lives that compare
with men worth hundreds of thou
sands of dollars.
l fail to see why it is necessary
to offer these men extra hundreds
or thousands to urge them to great
er efforts. AS a matter of fact,
base ball players are extended to
their limit all the time-if they are
honest-and the game has no use
for dishonest men-so the offering
of added money seems to me a
foolishness.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-18

he enlisted in Company l, Prices
command of Burbridge's regiment
of Marmadukes brigade Of Mis-
souri, cavalry, serving as private.
He was wounded in one engage
ment in the right side and now
wears the cross of honor.
The lengthy Veteran is wild
over, and despite his age is still In
the matrimonial market. His only
son is six feet five and half
inches tall and from present indi-
cations his grandson will be as tall
as the grandfather.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-18
MIKES STILL WINNING

Mike Lynch's treacherous band
of Turks found Paddock, Vancouv-
er's pitcher, at his very easiest yes
terday, taking a total of 10 hits
from him and winning the game
from the Champions by an to
score. Miller was by no means in
vincible, for he loosened for five
hits, four of which came in the last
two innings, but snappy fielding at
those times saved the game for
Seattle.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-18
THE PLAY THAT COST A GAME

Sometimes a play is made on the
ball field that sets all the fans in
town to talking. One happened at
Neil park, Columbus O., a few
days ago, and the bugs are dis
cussing it yet.
st. Paul and Columbus were
playing the tenth inning, st. Paul
being at bat. Murray was on third,
Boucher on first, Wrigley at bat
and one man was out. when Wrig-
ley sent a looping fly to Kruger.
For some reason, Boucher took a
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-18
COEUR D'ALENES |
SEPTEMBER Sc

September 5 and are dates set
for the annual cruise and races by
the Occur d'Alene Motor club. The
regatta will be held about four
miles up the lake from Occur
d'Alene city, near Twin beaches,
where the club purchased grounds
last year.
A "a mile cruise, beginning at
the club docks at Occur d'Alene,
going to East Point and back to
the club grounds, will starts1the
regatta. III
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-18
BAIL 5000; CHARGE,
STEALING 2 CENTS

= NEW YORK, Aug. 1S.-On =
. the charge that he stole two .
. cents from slot machine be- =
= longing to the Gum & Sweet .
. meat company, Charles Wat .
. son, of Rockaway Beach, has .
. been in Jail since July 30 and .
. must remain there until =
. August 20 before he can be .
q tried. .
= Watson was taken before a .
. magistrate. who held him to .
= the higher court and fixed .
. bond at 5000, which he was .
= unable to give. His bail is =
. 10000 times the amount of .
= the alleged theft. =
1~~ . . = . . . . 100 80 .
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-18

land took the game by score Of
8 to 5. "
Samuels pitched for Portland
and was frequently and effectively
batted by the Black Cats, but a
couple of double plays made blythe
Portland bunch materially reduced
Aberdeens chances to win ont
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-18

long lead off first; in fact, was
close to second when Kruger hurl
ed the ball to first and Boucher
was out. But in the meanwhile
Murray. who was on third
sprinted for the plate the instant
Kruger caught the ball and slipped
over the counting station before
Kruger returned the ball to first
base, scoring the run that won the
game, despite the protests of the
Columbus players, who declared
Odwell had the ball on first before
Murray scored
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-18
STEVENS WAITING

Billy Stevens, playing right field
for the Indians till three weeks
ago, will likely finish the rest of
the base ball season In Spokane.
Several of the City league team
managers are figuring on him and
he is waiting for a position. He
played with the Brownies at Nat
atorium park Sunday, taking GEN.
ter field.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-18
SWATFEST OFF OVITZ

Ovitz was weak in his attempts
to fool the Colts yesterday. He is
usually as classy as they make 'em,
but in one fateful inning that Port
land bunch landed on him for four
hits that developed five runs. Port
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-18

down to defeat, was unheralded.
He declares he was fortunate in
not being defeated earlier. Maybe
SO, but the star batters of Ban
Johnson's organization who bowed
before his cunning declare 1t was
luck and heap more on the side
that helped him through.
iris Speaker of Boston Is an
other wonder. Manager Fred Lake
gathered score of young players,
the flower of the minor leagues.
iris was one of them. Speaker hit
like the proverbial ''house afire"
the first two months. Although not
getting them safe as often as he
did. he still ranks with the big
ones.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-18

RS Weekly and the New York Tribune have started
slang more and especially the brand in detail
.mes)
Nix this sang-chop out the stuff,
That amt way to pass the dope out;
Crawl easy this line of CUFF
And push it for gentle slope out;
Don't make the English spiel joke
BY grabbing up the conversation;
Give it a chance correctly spoke
Without wise NUTS explanation. III
II there thing puts the punk 3I3
Kbosh upon me, it's the geezer ~
Who's always spelling out junk
And running in funny wheeZer jrlf
Who jams in with bunch of talk
That listens like 1t had a cancer,
Until somebody calls bak.
And grabs a chart to pick the
Why amt the old spiel good enough
That's lined out in the dictionary,
That must draw this cross fire CUFF
To which gazabe is jerry?
I'll take mine in the simple buzz
When Noah Webster led the batting
He had these slangsters on the fuzz
When it came down to big league chatting.
Nix this slang-its the blink,
And my remarks here emphatic
The geek who sings II through the ink
Has beetles In his hush league attic;
Let's alp in on the big reveive
For scholarly and classic diction- ~
Come you NUTS. now, with the dive -
And do Brode at this fiction.
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he, another story might be told.
In Pittsburg they hail Joe Miller,
the sensational second baseman, as
the big thunder. Working beside
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-18
HERE'S PAGE OF SPRIGHTLY SPORTS FOR PRESS READERS
RNMN0R LEAGUE GRADUATES WHO ARE MAKING A BIG NOISE NOISE HIGHER Up
WON AGAIN, hoo RAY! HOO RAY!

sidering the whole thing, 1t really
was a circus that made Spokane
fans with cold feet feel like mon
keys when the messenger kids
marked up the final score.
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Hans Wagner, most players look
like two spots, but this kid shines
like 1000 candlepower searchlight
on a dark night. A wonderful
fielder and hitter, he forced recog.
/ milton by sheer ability, and despite
his youth, shows the steadiness OF
a veteran under the heaviest fire.
Harry Krause, the left handler in
troduced to the American league
by Connie Mack this year, who won
10 straight games before he went
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-18

Cleveland from the jump. 1t is not
this youngsters fault the Maps are
not nearer first place, for if the
rest had played as consistently as
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-18
KNOCKING THE SLANG GAME

Golfers Weekly
against slang and especially the brand detail
ing ball games)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-12
FOR ECONOMIC SERVICE.
Method Suggested in the Care OF
Electric Autos.

That the electric automobile has been
unconsciously abused and that such
abuses can be corrected to the benefit
Of the owners of such vehicles is the
firm belief of the officers of the Potomac
Electric Power Company. And 1t IS
also the belief of central station man
ayers throughout the United States.
At the convention of the National Elec.
tric Light Association. held in Atlantic
CITY during the past summer, represent
atiyes of electric power companies ana
agents of electric automobile manufac-
turers and storage battery manufacturers
discussed the question Of the healthy pro-
motion of the use Of electric Eenlcles:
During that discussion many phases of
the subject were touched upon. but tn
one point upon which all were agreed was
that the vehicle had been very much
abused and that education of the owners
and caretakers of the machines was
very much needed.
While harmony of operation OF the
various parts of a vehicle is essential
to efficiency. most owners are not suffi-
ciently informed regarding their cars to
secure such operation. Proper care
of the motor and OF other operating
parts, the use of proper tires. and. most
Of all, proper care of the storage bat
terry, are things which should receive
attention and which the man who owns
an electric vehicle should know.
1t is not necessary to be chemist
or an, electrical engineer in order to
keep an electric automobile in such shape
and, best of all, more economical serv-
ice than any other kind Of automobile
or even a horse-draWn vehicle.
E. s. NARROW, manager of the COM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-12
SANITATION IN INDIANA.
Efforts to Raise the Standard in the
Hoosier State.
n the Municipal Journal aud Engineer.

From the Municipal Journal aud Engineer.
Letters which accompanied the October
reports of the county health officers
throughout the state of Indiana have
given DIR. j. n. Hurry, secretary of the
state board of health, a great deal OF
encouragement in the continued fight
against insanitary and inhygienic school
houses and insanitary conditions in small
towns. While scarlet fever. diphtheria
and typhoid fever were. reported from
every county in the state for the month,
the letters indicate that the steps taken
in every outbreak to prevent spreading
were decisive. Under the new health
law the local health officers have greatly
increased power and the letters indicate
that the officials have not hesitated to
make use of it. Some of the reports
which were particularly pleasing to DIR.
Hurry were the following: DR.. NJ. d.
Gwn of Jasper county caused all the sur
face wells in and near McCoysburg to be
abandoned, with the result that where an
average of from two to five cases of
typhoid have been reported regularly the
disease has now been stamped out. DIR.
C. T. Wolfe of Harrison county has taken
steps to compel delinquent school teachers
to keep their school buildings and prem
Uses clean. DR.. G. c. Markle OF Randolph
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-12

county induced the county health board to
print 5000 copies OF the new rules adopted
by the state board of health for general
distribution throughout the county. The
copies will be distributed through the
schools to every home in the county.
DR.. ]. NJ. Bing OF Putnam county report
ed his compelling butcher to abandon
a dangerous slaughter house and to erect
a new one according to the rules Of the
state board. DR.. w. q. Wegner Of ST.
Joseph county personally compelled a
farmer to bury the carsasses of six horses
and stood by until the workmen had car
ried out his orders to the letter. DR..
w. ]. Hoadley Of Hendricks county COM
PEELED the removal OF a school teacher
found dangerously Ill OF tuberculosis. DR..
H. w. Sigmond of Montgomery county
has been calling meetings Of the town
ship trustees and has given them lectures
and talks on the duties Of trustees con-
corning school sanitation and hygiene
DR.. r. NJ. Campbell of Tippecanoe coun-
ty called a meeting OF all the trustees
and teachers of the county. with the
county superintendent Of schools, and
ave them a series OF talks on the same
subjects. He reported an almost unbeliev-
able condition at one Of the township
high schools of the county where the
school children, from lack of proper
drinking water facilities. were drinking
from a tank from which horses were
permitted to drink. DR.. Simon J. Young
OF Porter county has prepared circular
letters covering the ordinary points in
sanitation and hygiene for circulation
wherever he thinks 1t best to place Them
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-12
Other Times, Other Manners.

From the omaha Bee
Reviving tie customs OF century
ago. one OF the social leaders in a la-ge
American city recently celebrated
fashionable oebut with all the pomp
and ceremony OF the olden times. Every
little while some such reYersion is at
tempted from the forms and manners Of
the modern day, in the expectation hat
a special thrill OF novelty Will be ex-
perienced or an additional height r
happiness attained yet, on the whole,
every revival of the sort proves to he
"a appointment.
lila truth is. the glamour that has been
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-12

cast over the identity OF the good old
times Is very largely a false one. The
fact that we have progressed beyond
those customs is in itself sufficient evil
dence that the allurement of the ancient
days is largely polite fiction. The old
ways served their turn and were un ,
their day adequate, but with the evolu-
ton of other affairs people come 10 q
better understanding of the eternal fit
ness of things. and in social functions,
as in all the amenities of life, they have
entered upon an era of good new times
which suit the modern temperament so
completely that the good old days have
vanished beyond more than an occa-
sional lukeWarm recall.