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The San Francisco call., 1909-04-10
MARIONCRAWfORD.
NOVELIST, IS DEAD
Writer Passed Away in His
Italian Villa After Encour-
aging Weeping Family
Fishermen and Peasants Ex=
press Sorrow in Silence
and Shops Are Closed

SORRENTO. Italy, April s.-F Ma
rion Crawford, the novelist, died here
at 1880 tonight. He knew the end
was near and clamly encourag ged his
family to bear up and cease weeping.
Il enter serenely into eternity" he
said.
Crawford collapsed Last night, but
the night was without fever. Sadly he
expressed the presentiment that he was
soon to die. But almost Immediately
afterward, when referring to the ap-
preaching Good Friday, he said:
II die with Christ"
Crawford's daughter, at his request,
then read to him Plato's Dialogues .
the novelist declaring that they taught
him serenity in DEATH
Everywhere tonight in the village of
SAINT Agnello, where the Villa Craw-
ford stands next the old Capuchin
mona stery and amid orange groves, 200
feet above the sea, there was profound
mourning over Crawford's death.
The fishermen and peasants, among
whom the author was most popular,
went to the villa to express in silence
their sorrow. All the shops in the viii
lage were closed
The municipality Gesires to give
Crawford public funeral, but it is be-
lieved that it was his wish to have no
pomp, and the matter will be held in
allegiance until tomorrow, when the au-
thor,s will will be opened.
The news of Crawfords death has
90 n
welt at Port Said. Roosevelt and Craw-
ford were intimate friends, and when
the former was in Naples he made an
inquiry as to the condition of the au-
thor
Crawford was 81 years of age.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-10
BACHELORS ARE TO
JUDGE THE BABIES
But How They Have Worried
the Los Gatos May Day
Fete Committee

LOS GATOS, April 9.-The Los Gatos
fbaby carriage parade is to be made free
for all. The bars have been let down
and the original plan to restrict the
contest to infants from Santa Clara
county only has been abandoned. Fond
parents from all over California have
poured in pleas for a chance to enter
their respective offspring in the show
and the committee has finally yielded,
making the contest state wide
Under the new rules all white babies,
2 years OLD and less, will be eligible for
entry. Fourteen silver cups will be
given to tthe winners and the rivalry
will be keen
One of the most important features
of the event has been the selection of
the judges. 1t was decided that all of
the judges must be bachelors. Several
were selected, but they unexpectedly
disrupted all the plans and complicated
the situation by getting married. Men
thought to be safe from the dangers of
matrimony have since been appointed
and it is hoped that all will now be
plain sailing with the judges.
Boy babies and girl babies will be di-
vided into separate classes in the con-
test. In preparing the carriages par
ents must designate the boy babies
with pink ribbon, while the girls
must be tagged with blue ribbons. The
babies must be shown in a vehicle dec
Grated with natural flowers
The judges were selected by the Ma
tive Sons parlors of San Jose They
are: Judge Dougherty, Roy Walter and
E. B. Devine.
The silver cup donated for the contest
by President Taft will be given to the
plumpest baby boy.
No formal application for entry need
be made by parents who wish to enter
babies in the contest. All that is re-
quired is to have the baby ready for
the contest in a decorated vehicle with
the proper color of ribbon. At o'clock
in the afternoon the numbered tags will
be given out by the clerks and the pa
rade will start promptly at o'clock.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-10
SWEETHEARTS WOO DEATH
WITH ARMS ENTWINED
Bodies Found on Banks of River
With Bullet Wounds

ALEXANDRIA, Mo-. April 9-Their
arms entwined, the bodies of Herman
Bartlett and Belva Pugh, sweethearts,
were found lying on the bank of the
Mississippi three miles below here last
night after a search of many hours
following the finding of a note telling
of their intended suicide togelner.
Through the forehead of each was a
powder burned wound. A revolver lay
beneath them
The young couple left their homes at
o'clock Monday morning. They
wrote note saying they would drown
themselves together at a stated place
in the river.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-10

Mccullough 2023 Market street. has
the third floor joists on the Mccartney
apartments, Second avenue and Lake
street.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-10
NEWSPAPER EDITOR SUES
TRUSTEES OF PAL0 ALTO
Action Brought to Collect Pay
for Municipal Advertising

SAN JOSE. April 9--The city of Palo
Alto was made defendant in suit for
s2.s44l7 fled here yesterday by j. H.
Henry. former editor OF the Palo Alto
Daily Tribune. Henry alleges the
money is due him for official advertis-
ing authorized by the trustees of the
municipality.
The suit may be said TO have been
caused by IT. W Simpkins, editor of
the Daily Palo Alto Times. Simpkins'
election to the board OF town trustees
made il impossible for his paper TO bid
for the city printing, and. with J. +.
Parkinson. proprietor of the Palo Alto
citizen. also member Of the board
the Tribune was the only paper left in
which the municipal advertising could
be placed.
The Tribune was given contract for
the city advertising July !. 1908, and
the contract was to run until June so.
1909. At that time the Tribune was a
weekly paper But Editor Henry
changed the Tribune to a, daily.
The trustees discovered q law which
stated that = daily paper to contain
the municipal advertising should have
been established year The Tribune
as a daily had been established only a
few months, though as a weekly II had
run for three years. Simpkins adver-
fl5rd the charter in his paper, the
2 Mes Henry advertised il in his paper,
the Tribune. and now comes the suit,
for the trustees refused 10 pay Henry
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-10
FAMOUS TROWEL WILL
BE TAKEN TO MEXICO
I'Prominent Members of Masonic
Order to Accompany 1t

LOS ANGELES, April 9.-The Masonic
order will convey the famous travelling
trowel from Les Angeles to the city
of Mexico and back bS special train,
leaving here May 5. Thirteen days
will be occupied with the trip. Many
prominent members OF the order, in
cluding Grand Master Oscar Lawler of
California, Past Grand Master NJ FL.
Flint and others will accompany II.
Stops will be made at Tucson and EI
Paso on the trip to the city of Mexico,
which will be reached May 10. The
return trip will be begun two days
later and stops will be made at Qua da-
lajara, FL Paso, Albuquerque and the
grand canyon, reaching Los Angeles
May 1S. The trowel was started on its
trip to all of the Masonic lodges of the
world by Justine lodge Of New York
city.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-10
YOUNG GATES HAS THE
SPECIAL TRAIN MANIA
Son of BET You a Million
Travels de Luxe

SAN DIEGO, April with two Los
Angeles reporters to keep him COM
pany, Charlie Gates. son of Bet You
a Million Gates. the stock plunger,
arrived here this morning at 1906
o'clock, completing a round trip to Los
Angeles in a special which cost him an
even $1,000.
Young Gates left here last night at
9:25 o'clock and arrived in Los Ange-
les al 12:45 a. m. Then he chartered
the special over again and left Los
Angeles at a. m, arriving here four
hours later.
This is the third special Gates has
chartered for trips between this city
and Los Angeles in the last few days
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-10

Hrmsb Rosenfhsl grocer. S507 Mission
street was srraigned yesterday on 2 charge OF
striking Mrs Anna HeBdin, 3i2 Prospect ave
nue. with q scale weight breaking her spec
tables 4 piece n the broken glass piercing her
eTe. TIE case was coptiDued till Monday.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-10

WILL NOT TOUR UNITED sTATEs-City of
Mexico. April 9.-Opposition on the part of the
musicians unions in the United States has com
PEELED the abandonment Of the proposed tour of
the famous Banda Mexicana OF this city. Df-
rector Roche made efforts TO book the band in
New York city and elsewhere. but found the
strength Of the unions arrayed against him.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-10

CALIFORNIAN APPOINTED - Washington
April 19.-Aniong the nominations sent to the
senate today was the following from civil life
to be second lieutenant in the coast artillery
corps: Arthur Haidane Doig Of California
Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-30

A shutout score, to o, was hung up
against the Norwich G. A. c. team in
the Rhode Island Connecticut league
when they invaded White Rock Satur-
day afternoon and stacked up against
Manager McCarthy's team. The dam
age to the c. A. C.'s resulted largely
from a'leaky outfield that fooled on
the flies that came their way, as
Pitcher Phillips kept the seven hits
made by White Rock scattered except
in one inning. Phillips led his opposing
pitcher in number of strikeouts, get
ting the best batters Of the White Rock
team on the tanning game, but Shee-
han, the Greeneville twirler, had the
c. A. C.'s stopped when it came to
hits. Catcher Fitzgerald played a
strong game for the G. A. C.'s and
made up the other end of very cred
liable afternoon by the visiting bat
terry.
White Rock started the run making
in the fourth inning. Brennan got
first on an error by the center fielder
and came home on an error and two
wild throws to second and third base.
They scored again in the fifth. Parker
hit safe and Sheehan beat out a bunt
which advanced aPrker to second.
Parker stole third and came home af-
ter Staplins' long fly to center field
was caught
The scoring stopped in the next in
ming, when Brennan hit safe and went
to second 0 an error. Bliven hit and
scored Brennan, taking second on the
throw to the home plate. eBliven
reached third on another wild throw
and came home on a pretty single by
Greenwood.
In the ninth It looked much like a
mixup between the umpire and Riley,
when c. A. c. batter was not al
lowed to take first when he was hit on
the elbow by a pitched ball Umpire
Rogers would not allow the Norwich
man to take his base, claiming he hal
Intentionally got in the way. Some
White Rock supporters came out to
head off what looked like hostile in
tentlons on the part Of Riley and the
game proceeded.
The score:
Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-30
kETCHEL AND lANoFORD
JUST ABOUT A MATCH.
Measurements of the Two Big Fellows
Run Close Together.

Perhaps few people realize how near
ly equal Stanle etchel and Sam
Langford, who are to meet soon, are in
their physical makeups. Though the
figures vary greatly at some points,
careful going over with the tape dis
closes the fact that the men are splen-
didly built and in many cases are very
nearly alike. Both have II inch necks;
Ketchel has the better of the reach by
a scant inch and half: three-quar
ters of an inche makes up the differ
ence in their thighs, with Ketchel on
the small end; there is an inch differ
ence in their calves, with Stanley the
more shapely; a quarter of an inch is
the difference in the measurement of
the ankles; they are just about of a
weight, and Ketchel has the best of the
forearm fis,afes and the worst of the
wrist by an inch and half in each
instance.
The greatest difference in the tape
measurement is in the chest and height.
ketchel stands five foot eleven. peek
ing down on Sam from an eminence
of four and a half inches. But Sam
evens it up when the tape is whipped
around that giant chest of his. The
great darkey has a A inches chest nor
mally and when he throws it out with
pride he adds two inches and a half to
the table of figures that stamps him
as a remarkable athlete. Ketchel has
a great, powerful, broad chest him
self. and one can readily see what a
star Sam is when with four and a half
inches less height to his credit he has
it on Ketchel by seven inches in chest
measurement.
Both have small waists when COM
pared to the breadth of their Shout
ders. Langford is thicker through than
Ketchel by two inches. What Lang
- 4. l. -. r..
in the depth of his chest. 1t is little
wonder that he drops them with one
punch His chest is as big as Jim
Jeffries', yet the top of his head barely
reaches the alfalfa kings shoulders.
Their wrists and forearms compare
favorably. Ketch makes up for his
failing in the chest figures by his I'M
usually long and we'll knit arms. He
has a remarkably big fist for a man
of his size, and it has often been COM
mented upon in the training camps as
well as in the ring, where there is sure
to be tussle to get the gloves over
his big money earners. Both men are
growing. evidently, and there is no
telling just what great changes may
occur in their table of figures in a few
years.
Ketchel will eventually be the bigger
man by whole lot. His weight jumps
20 or 30 pounds every time he takes a
rest. He intends to batter his way from
the middleweight division to the heavy
weight title by moving Jack Johnson
down. After that he will simply grow
up with the crown. Langford with
his naturally stubby build. can hardly
hope to ever be a. large He resembles
heavyweight only in the heft of his
punch He is like Joe Walcott in that
respect.
The two battlers size up as follows:
KETCHEL. LANGFORD
Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-30
AthI,tlc, BAL MadaeII Hard and Win.


IT, Louis. Aug 29.-Phadelphia defeated St.
lis today. 5 to ?. by batting Waddell hard. The
Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-30
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
SATURDAYS MARKETS.
Less Activity and observation-disclosures
uaI Hardening of Prices.

New York, Aug. 2S.-10.10 a. NJ
While the stock market opened under
pressure, there was not so much activ
ity or excitement as had been appar-
ent in recent days. The Hartman
stocks were the center Of attack at the
opening, with a break of 2 points in
short order in Union Pacific, and half
as much in Southern and Northern Pa
tihc. ColGrad, Fael American Car and
Northern Pacific also dipped II IL, and
New York Central and Reading l.
United States Steel on the contrary
rose / 1-2
IL a. m.-The market had a brief
resting spell from the stream of liqui-
dalton, ard there were some rallies
market for while. Later on the
fioodgates were opened again, and un-
der an avalanche Of stock, Union
Patio broke precipitously to 1914 1-2,
an over night loss OF IA. Severe
losses were also registered in other
representative stocks. Shorts bought
heavily at the low figures, and there
was a rally Of almost points in I'm
ion Pacific which resulted in a some
what stadier tone at IL o'clock.
Closing. The market closed active
and strong. Speculation settled down
to a somewhat normal basis and there
was a gradual hardening of prices.
Sentiment became more hopeful when
the rally failed to bring out any con-
siderable amount of stock and brisk
inquiry developed for both accounts.
Union Pacific rallied 3, Reading wiped
out a loss of a similar amount, and
United States Steel was pushed above
Yesterdays closing. These stocks fig
ured most conspicuously in the recov-
cry, but many others also moved up
very notably.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-30
Eastern Connecticut League staudius.
kioters Win Series from Independents.

The Kfckers were again victorious in
a close and well contested game, play
ed on the Cranberry Saturday after
noon before a crowd of over 800 root
ers.
At the close of the ninth inning the
score stood to z in favor of the
Kickers, much to the dismay of the In
dependents rooters. As this was the
second of the series of the best two
out of three games, the Kickers have
won the series.
1t was a snappy game, the h1ckers
showing too much class in the field
for the Independents, when it came to
pulling off double plays, the Kickers
getting three. Cummings, Oney and
Connors shone for the Kickers while
"Bumpa" Harrington was the shining
star for the Independents getting three
hits out of four time up
The following were the lineups as
presented by Scorer Joe Sullivan:
/ Kfckers-Fuller If, Super CT. Thi-
bauIt C, Cummings 2b. Oney SIS, Con-
nors Id, Sweeney Sb, Dilworth IF, Min
err p.
dependents-Boyd SIS, Young Id,
Farrell 2b, Maloney II, Downey p, Har-
rington C, Grady 3b, Kendall CT, Ryan
r.
Score by innings: r. HE.
Kickers 1 1 0 8 1 1 0 l 0-S 8 3
independents 0 L o 1 OF 8 2
Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-30
The two battlers size up as follows:
KETCHEL. LANGFORD
FIRST CLASH ON soNpERs.
Races Begin Today Between German
and American Yachts-No Profess
SIGNALS in Crews.

Marblehead, Mass, Aug. 29.-The
most important international contest
this season in the yachting world will
begin tomorrow with the opening of
the race of the third Germ lM-Ameri-
can racing series for the Sender type
of boat under the joint auspices of the
Kaiserlicher Yacht club of Kiel and
the Eastern Yacht club of Boston.
Each has won a series, the Americans
taking the first for the Roosevelt cup
off Marblehead in 1906, while the next
year the Teutonic yachtsmen captured
the Emperor's cup in the races off Kiel
The incentives for the races this year
are the President Taft and Governor
Draper cups, named in honor of the
chief executives of the nation AMI
Massachusetts,.
Each of the two countries is repre-
sented by three yachts, the German
trio being the Hevella, Marguerite
and Seehund H.. while the American
boats are the Ellen, Joyette and Wolf
Under the conditions governing these
contests the boats of each nationa are
designed and built at home and their
construction also Is entirely of home
products Carrying the idea still far
Their, the yachts are sailed by Corinth-
ian crews. no professionals being al
lowed on board.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-30
MAN. Britain Wins 1.-TWO.

Waterbury, Aug. 29.-New Britain
took both games from Waterbury here
today, the first by the score of 6 to
and the second to 2. The second
game was limited to seven innings by
agreement Doherty's fielding and
McCabe's hitting features the game.
Scores:
First game R. H E.
N. Britain $4,000 o-6 - /
Waterbury 90 90 0 90 s 1
Batteries: Hardy and Rufiange; Nc
PartIin and Mcdonald. Time 1.35. UNI
pires, Fallon and Cullen.
Second game, R. H. E.
Waterbury 0 0 o. l 0 0 Il 2
New Britain 2 2 3 0 0 00-710 0
Batteries Bronkie, Sillery and Nc
Donald; Case and Hirst. Time 1.25.
Umpires. Cullen and Fallon.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-30

Chicago.

Chicago, Aug 2s-Chicago defeated Washington
today, ! to 0. in close game Score:
Chcauo Washingt0n.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-30
FUTURITY DAY.
keene's Entries FaVorites for the Rich
Stake-Sixteen 2Year OIds to Face
Starter.

New York, Aug. 29.-The rich futuri-
ty-the classic contest of two years
olds nominated for the event before
they are foaled-will be run tomorrow
at Sheepshead Bay race ira k. A ptz-
zling uncertainty envelopes the out
come Of this struggle of sixteen young
bloods of the American turf for the
richest purse that has been hung UP
this season. about $4,000
James r. eKene, whose stable has
always made it's best effort to win the
Futurity stake, has two representa-
tives entered today, Sweep, a brown
colt by Ben Brush-Pink Domino and
Graeme, a chestnut colt by Meddler-
Rotha II.
favorite for the futurity.
Weather conditions for the race to-
morrow are very favorable, and the
course is in fast shape.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-30
TAME FINISH IN
TWENTY-FOUR HOUR RACE.
RensuIt Car Wins - Goes III Miles
Less Than Record.

The Renault car driven by Charles
Basic won the 24-hour automobile race
at Brighton Beach track Saturday in
go as you please fashion The car
trav 1880 miles, lit miles less than the
record made by Robertson and Les
cault last year but 112 miles more than
its nearest rival in this races er
The final scores Of the other COM
petitors were as follows: Rainier, Dis
brow and Lund. 93s miles; Acme No.
8, Patcheke and Maynard. SS3 miles z
Palmer Singer Lescault and Howard
$40 miles: Allen Kingston, Hughes and
Egieli, s66 miles; Acme No. 4, Van
tine and Kayiuh. $50 miles.
Four of the racers which started at
10 o'clock Friday, evening failed to fn-
ish-the Stearns. wrecked in the fatal
collision at night which resulted in the
death Of ts rnechanician. Leonard Cola
Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-30
New Haven Trims the Giants.

New Haven, Aug. 29.-Carrick pitch
ed winning ball today at Lighthouse
Point for the New Haven team, defeat
ing the New York Nationals, to 1.
Coleman, one of McGraw's recruits,
was knocked out of the box in the
sixth and Raymond finished the game.
The locals found Raymond for three
hits. Errors by Fletcher and Merkle
in the eighth allowed New Haven
three runs. Score by innings:
r. H. e.
New Haven / 0 1 % o 2 0 81 10 4
New. York o 1 o 0 o 0 o o OIL 4 4
Batteries: sGarrick and Waters;
Coleman, Raymond and Wilson. Time
400 Umpire, Malone.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-30
CAROLINA UPsETs LEADERS.
Westerly and stoninston Now Tied for
Lead in r. l.-Conn. League.

Carolina, tailenders in the Rhode ISL
and-Connecticut ltagune, upset the
calculations of Westerly on Saturday
by defeating them in a close game
thereby pulling the Westerly nine
down to a tie with Stonington which
won from Wakefield. There was no
shift in the position of the three teams
on the lower rungs of the pennant lad
der, although a defeat to the Norwich
C. A. C's by White Rock and Caro-
lina's win from Westerly pulled Caro-
lima and Norwich a little closer to-
gether. It was not enough, however,
to liz Carolina out of last place as
will be seen by the standing given
below:
Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-30
JEWETT CITY STICKS.
Borough Team Holds Lead in E. C..
League-AIl First Division Teams
Win Saturday.

Jewett City could not be dislodged
Saturday from it's position at the head
of the Eastern Connecticut league,
Dayville finding McBroome's team too
stiff a proposition to defeat. The tther
two first division teams, Putnam and
North G resvenordale also returned
winning scores so that there was no
change in the relative position of the
six teams. Danielson, Dayville and
Weuregan, in the order named, con-
tinue to make up the second division.
The standing:
Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-30
MONEY.

New York. Aug. 2S.-Prime mercan-
tile paper 4 IA to ga per cent. Ster-
ling exchange steady at 4S5.25@ 1886 80
for 60 days bills and at 4S6.S5 for de-
mand. Commercial bills 4S4 3-4@ 4S5.
Bar silver 81 1-2. Mexican dollars a.
Money ON call nominal: no loans Time
loans firmer; so days 3-4@3 per cent,
80 days S1-4 per cent, six months A
Der cent
Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-30

and the fatal injury to its driver.
Laurent Crosse: the Fiat, wrecked >in
collision with the Allen Kingston; the
Lozier, which turned turtle on turn
early in the race; and the Houpt, with
drawn Saturday.
The last half Of the race was almost
devoid of interest.
Nearly twenty thousand spectators,
however. watched the finish.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-30
BASEBALL BRIEFS.

Any player put out of an Eastern
league game by an umpire receives a
three days suspension.
Manager Duffy will divide $500
among his Providence players If they
wins the Eastern league pennant.
Bender of the Athletics is i'll. This
means that Morgan is the prop OF the
right handed division of the pitching
staff. Coombs is going we'll now, and
so are Dygert and Rube vickers. The
last two have not been asked to do
much
Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-30
Jersey CITY Shuts Out pittsburu.

Jersey City Aug. 29.-Jersey City
defeated Pittsburg of the National
league in an exhibition game today 6
to O. Sitton who started the season
with the Pittsburg team, held his old
teammates to three hits. Harry Smith
manager of the Boston Nationals. came
here to try to make a deal with the
Pittsburg club for Pitcher Frock, but
Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-30
COTTON.

New York. Aug. 2s.-Cotton futures
closed steady. Closing bids: August
12.39, September 1892, October 1912,
November 12.43, Deceiaber 1874. Janu-
airy 12.41, February 1912, March 12.47.
April 12.47, May 12.49.
Spot closed quiet 8 points higher:
middling uplands 1890. --ddlins gulf
la.it. Sales, 27S balea-
Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-30
Qualified alta Duckpins.

The following five teams qualified
last week in the handicap duckpin
tournament at the Rose alley: Stur-
tevant- Harris 40, Murphy McClafffer-
ty T04, Cturtevant- Murphy 703. Briggs
Hill SO. Murphy Hill 647.; They will
roll off this week for the prizes.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-30
Local Boxers Have Ring Dates.

For some boxing bouts to form
Labor day attraction at Central Viii
lage several boxers well known locally
have been signed. Bill Brennan is to
go six rounds against Del. Jarvis, and
Kid Carter is also to appear in
bout with an opponent to be named
later.