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New-York tribune., 1909-06-29
NEBRASKA GUARANTEE SUIT BEGINS
Fifty Banks Named as Compliments in Action
to Declare Law Void

Lincoln Neb June 2s-Before Federal Judges
Willis vandevanter and T. C Munger. J. L Web
sters suit 10 prove that the Nebraska bank guar
antee act passed by the last Legislature is uncon-
sttutionnl. began to-day.
Webster alleges that the law drives out private
banks and forces their owners II they wish TO
continue, to incorporate He further urges that
the act takes property through the Legislature for
the payment of private debts The right of the
Legislature 10 declare any business quasi public
was also questioned. Fifty state banks are named
in the bill in equity compainants against the
act
New-York tribune., 1909-06-29
AN INVENTOR BREAKS DOWN
j. w. CAROLS Plan 10 Fire Aerial Torpedo
Refused at Washington.
IBv Teiegranh 70 The T,rih,-nn l

Boston. june 2S-John w Carroll recently : arst
class naster-at-arrns the cruiser New York a
veteran Of the Spanish War. who served IN the
marine corps and the san Francisco Volunteer Fire
bIagaoe after the earthquake is at the Chelsea
-NaNal hospital under treatment for nervous break
DOWN foiio~lng his work the invention Of a
device Tor firing aerial torpedo. This invention
le says VIII enable the Of an airship n fra a
pedO from a Rafship - a Si4o' vi Tor
e5rt9n onered hs invention free of charge TO
lave refused H. He has also invente5 a detor1
for an aerial torpedo ~ q" ue'oiidtor
New-York tribune., 1909-06-29
NEW YORK CENTRAL MUST PAY.

Albany, June 28.-Attorney General OMalley to-
day advised State Engineer Williams that the ex-
pense OF raising the New York Central Railroad
Company's bridge the Oneida River at Three
River Point. where the channel of the river is to
be utilized for the barge canal must be paid by the
company. The canal construction requires that the
be raised to allow the passage of boats
through the river.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-29
CHINESE LOAN NEGOTIATIONS.
]. S. Morgan g. Co. Preparing to Confer with
Foreign Bankers.

London, June 2S-The firm of J. 5. Morgan Co,
which represents the American syndicate in the de-
mand for a share in the $27,5o0,o00 Hankow & SEE
Chuen Railway loan. has opened negotiations with
the bankers in London Paris and Berlin concerned
in the negotiations The firm is fully posted re-
eardIng the attitude of the State Department.
fortnight probably will elapse before anything
definite comes from the negotiations. The Paris
and Berlin bankers have been asked when and
where IT will be convenient to meet the Americans
J. T. Morgan, who is at present in England, is
taking a personal interest in the question.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-29
s5oOoo.ooo NEW ORLEANS BOND ISSUE

New Orleans. June 2S-A bond issue OF $0,000Ut0
bv the New Orleans Railway and Light Company
was authorized by a vote Of the stockholders to-
day II said that $4,000 O00 of the issue will be
used retire outstanding obligations and S20O0OOOo.
al the rate of 81 10000 a year will be expended
developing the property Of the company The loan
has been placed In New York
New-York tribune., 1909-06-29
ATTEMPTED TO SAVE LABoRER S LIFE
David Tibbs, Barge Canal Foreman Failed and
Was Himself Drowned

Amsterdam. y. Y. June 2S--Davtd Tioos, or Bur
faIo. employed as general foreman on the barge
canal works in this city. was drowned IN the No
hawk River this noon while attempting 70 save The
life OF an Italian labOrer-
The two were crossing the river in a boat carry
ing n cable when the craft overturned Tiobs. who
could swim endeavored to aid the Italian out ootn
went down Mr. Tihbs was thirty-second degree
New-York tribune., 1909-06-29
READING ANNOUNCED 2l-ceNT RATE.

Philadelphia. June 2S--Foowing decisions by the
Supreme and Common Pleas courts that the 2-cent-
a-mile rate law passed by the Pennsylvania Legis-
lature is unoon uitutional the Philadelphia Read
ing Railway Company announced to-day in
crease in passenger rates from TO pa cents mile
on all one-way tickets. TO take effect July 3.
The company also announced that round trip tick
cts would he sold at the present rates No change
in suburban rates 1t was stated. had been consid-
cred.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-29
EIGHT DROWNED IN ONTARIO

Toronto, June 8-The twenty-year-old bride OF J
Loughlin, and her brother William Ward were
drowned yesterday while canoeing on the Kamin-
stiqua River. and w McCaughey ami J. Thomp-
son. two young clerks. drowned on the Red
River. while engaged in the same sport Four
other orownings have been reported from other
sections OF the PROVINCE.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-29
GAS COMPANY SALE ANNOUNCED.
Pcs Commission Has Approved Disposal of
Mutual Company, at Wellsville and Andover

Albany June 2S.-The Public Service Commits
sion % District, has announced the sale of the
properties and rights Of the Mutual Gas Company.
Limited. Wellsve and Andover. to the Empire
Gas and Fuel Company Limited. for S222.363 50.
The commission has authorized the Malone Light
and Power Company to mortgage its property and
franchise to secure an issue of $4,000 bonds which
the commission has authorized.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-29
MOOSE ON A LAWN TENNIS COURT
Pair Swim to Bar Harbor and Cross the
Henry L. Emo Place

Bar Har5or. Ne. June &--A pair Of moose,
which apparently had come at least ten miles
across Frenchman's Bay. were discovered SWIM
ming of Mount Desert by fishermen to-day. and
they finally clambered upon land near Eden street,
in this city
They crossed the lawn OF the Henry l. Emo place.
which of them got mixed in a lawn tennis
net but he cleared himself and. with bis mate, en-
tered the nearby woods
New-York tribune., 1909-06-29
TENNESSEE RAILROAD HEAD RESIGNS

Nashville, Tenn, June 2s-George W. Ristine
president OF the Tennessee Central Railroad has
resigned. to take effect on July l. Colonel s. NJ
FELTON, chairman of the board of directors of the
road, will active charge until Mr. Ristine's
successor is elected.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-29
NEW 500 GENERAL MANAGER NAMED

Minneapolis, June 2S.-George r. Huntington was
appointed general manager of the Minneapolis St
Paul & Sault Ste Marie Railroad to-day 10 succeed
Edmund Pennington. elected president after the
death of Thomas Lowry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-24

There We're eleven one-h.t games
pitched by National League pitchers
against five pitched by twirlers in the
American League.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-24

Hughey Jennings is not losing any
sleep over his job in Detroit. Many
clubs would be only too pleased to pay
the great manager q salary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-24
SEASON OF 1909 A
RECORD BREAKER
Close Race in American
League Enabled It to Out
draw the National.

Base ball has been shelved for the
year, with the prosperity gauge register
ing higher mark than ever before L,
is estimated that in the two major leagues
alone nearly eight million persons at
tended the games. The sensational fin
ishes of last year in both leagues drew
enormous crowds right up to the final
week and at that time experts doubted
whether that record would be equaled
They rather inclined to the idea that 1909
would be a sort of reactionary year.
But while interest died in New York
early in September. such was by no
means the case in many other cities es-
pecially in the American League which
maintained its reputation for even races
The fact that the crowds began to OWN
die in New York six weeks before the
end of the season and in Chicago by the
middle of September fostered the idea
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-24
BABE ADAMS BOUNDS
INTO THE SPOTLIGHT
Comparatively Unknown a
Month Ago, He Is Now the
Most Discussed Pitcher.

AS a rule the annual contest for the
worlds base ball championship brings to
the front some one pitcher who dominates
all other individual stars Mathewson
was the sensation of 1908, and in the
games of 1907 and 1908 Mordecai Brown
was the headliner. We now have a new
tWirling marvel who has builded q great
reputation in the last ten days. Charles
Adams is the most discussed person In
base ball today. and six weeks ago he
was comparatively unknown.
Adams is a great hero in Pittsburg
He alone saved the Smoky CITY fans thou
sands Of dollars in bets which they made
frantic efforts to lay off, before the
final game. Pittsburg thought the Tigers
would be easy because the Cubs had twice
downed them with ease, and the Pirates
had beaten the Cubs. But that sort of
dope" doesn't amount to anything in
base ball. The Tigers made grand fight
and lost only because Adams was better
than any pitcher Detroit could present in
the deciding game.
Before the series started Adams was
practically unknown to the fans in the
American League cities. Even in his own
league he was not considered a regular,
although he seldom pitched d bad game.
For more than half the season he was
pitchers started Fred Clarke, however.
knew the worth of this lad and an
nOunced that he would use him in the
worlds series. Adams was PittsburS' s
savior, for, with Camnitz. the star of the
staff. out of it, the Pirates were up
against hard proposition.
Average of Six Hits Game.
Up to the last game George Mullin held
the honors as the star pitcher of the big
series. His work cannot be discounted;
but, nevertheless, Adams deserves the
crown. Mullin is We .eran who has been
through two worlds championships, while
Adams is kid But the youngster Is
evidently made of stern stuff, for his
ability and nerve carried him to a glori-
Gus finish. He richly deserves his honor.
TOO, as he held the Tigers to eighteen hits
III three games and shut them out in the
deciding contest.
IL is seldom that a manager will take
chance on Juvenile pitcher in sucb an
important game, but Fred Clarke is a
nervy leader and one who Is accustomed
to risks. He regarded Adams as his he's
man. and after watching the lad under
fire In the other two games concluded that
he would acquit himself we'll in the su
preme test. The youngster went in. and
the game he pitched made difference OF
several thousand dollars in the prize
money his team mates and himself di-
vided.
Manager Jennings, of course, is being
severely criticised for not starting MulIin
instead of Donovan in the final game 1t
was the general opinion that Mulln should
have been worked But Jennings was on
the ground: he had more at stake than
the fans had, and he certainly must have
exercised his very best judgment. When
Mullin did relieve Donovan he was hit
hard, which may prove that Jennings
played his best card first However. II
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-24

Mullin had warmed up well and started
the game there might have been another
story.
Mullin Went Stale.
After all, Mullin or Donovan would have
been compelled to pitch shut-out ball to
even tie the game, and that would nave
been next to impossible. Adams GER
tainly made grand finish. His last
game was the best of the series-better
even than Mullins best effort. Mulln
was evidently overworked. as he appeared
stale and lacked control when he re-
l!eved Donovan. 1t is always al even
bet that in such q game where two hard
worked pitchers meet that one will fan
to live up to his reputation. Adams GER
tainly had the Detroit artillery effectively
spiked.
Although they lost. the Tigers doomed
the stock of the American League. Be-
cause Of Chicago's easy victories in 1907
and 1908 many fans, especially in cities
supporting only National League teams.
were led TO believe that the American
was much inferior league The result
Of the interleague battles this fall proves
no superiority either way. Out of fifteen
games played, the National League had
to capture the final game at Detroit to
get the odd.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-24

Arthur Irwin, who studies base ball
closely, says the Detroits lost the worlds
championship because the Pitt sburss
made dead set for Cobb and Crawford
The Pirates were foxy enough to realize
that Cobb and Crawford were dangerous
with men on bases. Fred Clarke there
fore instructed the Pittsburg pitchers
to take care of these men by either walk
ing them or refraining from handing 10
balls they could hit. This policy was adj
hered to at all times. so that Crawford
and Cobb were of little assistance when
hits meant runs. 1t was clever business
ard showed excellent headwork Adams
followed these instructions TO the letter
and is a hero. but the real credit belongs
to the Pittsburg manager. who laid his
plans before the series and stuck to them
clear to the end.
Hugh Duffy will have absolute charge
of the Chicago White Sox Sullivan.
manager to the close OF the present sea
son, VIII, no doubt, continue with tire
nine. as the best of feeling is said to
exist between Billy and Comiskey. 1t
was only at Comiskeys earnest solicita-
ton that Sullivan stuck TO his manager
job until the close of the season He
resigned once during the summer but
Comiskey refused to listen to him. and
Sullivan went back, but with the distinct
understanding that he should be relieved
at the close of the season. 1t is possible,
however. that Sullivan may DE ready To
quit the game altogether, he has quite
a good deal of money invested with
Fielder Jones in timber land in the west.
In base ball every PLAYER has different
ways OF passing the time away Bill
Keller reads a great deal. Chase also
reads and plays casino or That's Good
Jack Warhop does Il lot of walking, and
goes it alone. Joe Doyle is the cham
pion letter writer of the league.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-24

EX-Capt. Dutch Schaefer OF the De-
troit team has been awarded 5000 OF the
worlds championship money.
Hughey Jennings is not losing any
sleep over his job in Detroit Many
clubs would be only too pleased to pay
the great manager salary.
There were eleven one-h.t games
pitched by National League pitchers
against five pitched by twirlers in the
American League.
Just now the talk in the Eastern League
is what will become of the Providence
team. The players will miss Duffy's di-
recting hand.
Babe Adams, the Pittsburg pitcher,
says his slow drop ball is what turned
the trick in the Detroit series
Ball players move in circles. Here is
Hughey Duffy who acquired his first
fame as a player in Chicago. going out
there to be a manager next season.
Arlie Latham is cashiering in McGraw's
billiard room.
In the seventeen post-seasOn games
between the NdILOndl ana american
league clubs the Nationals won the odd
game in seventeen. Which eXplodes the
claim that the National League out
classes the American.
The rUmor will not down that William
Murray will manage either the ST. Louis
Americans the Boston Nationals next
year. 1t is also said that Robert Davis,
owner OF tile Jersey City Eastern League
club. has asked Murray to return to his
former position at the head of that team.
The umpires want to share in the
worlds series spells the same as the
players, and it is said that they will ask
the national commission to amend the
rules so that they will get at least as
much as each member of the losing
team.
The real and only midget pitcher in
professional base ball is Gordon Hick-
man. the star twirler of the Mobile
Southern League team. Hickman weighs
only 1l5 pounds and is built like rake
His legs are pipestems. and his arms are
just as shapcly as his legs. How he
ever pitches a full game physicians can
not understand. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-24
GAMBLING ALMOST
FATAL TO PIRATES
Betting Men Got Abstein's
Nerve and He Nearly Lost
the Worlds Series.

glaring evil OF the worlds series
was the gambling on the games. Betting
reached proportions many times greater
than ever before. and when the title is
played for next year the chances are
that the national commission will ask the
aid Of the police In the cities represented
by the contesting teams to drive the
gamblers out OF town.
Thousands Of dollars were bet openly
in both Pittsburg and Detroit without the
slightest effort Oh the part Of the authori-
ties to call halt Many cheap sports
followed the Pirates to Detroit. Encour-
aged by the failure of the police to even
make bluff to step betting. the gamblers
opened handbooks in the Hobbies of the
principal hotels al Detroit and made bets
without the slightest interference
Had Pit;sburg lost the series the club
would have had no one to blame but the
gamblers. The club has lost several val
liable players in recen. years through the
gamblers. who have gotten after men like
Bransfield Beaumont and Ritchey and
made 1t impossible for them to play their
best game in that city. The officials OF
the Pirates have worked hard to down
the evil, but it has not been suppressed
entirely.
Some OF these bettors have made life
miserable for First BaSeman Abstein dur
ing the closing weeks of the race, aud
they had the initial sacker ION the rum
before the worlds series started
Abstein Loses His Nerve.
1t is admitted by the Pirates that T.
was Abstein's work that played a big
part in making them National League
champions. Abstein appeared to be par
ticulary fortunate in hitting the curves
OF the Chicago pitchers, and he won sew
eral games from the Cubs by his long
drives. All this was forgotten when Alb
stein made a few errors. and the young
man nerves We're shaken before the
worlds series started
During the games with Detroit Abstein
appeared TO forget all that he knew about
Dase ball. He ran the bases foolishly
maze number of costly errors. failed
to hit we'll and disobeyed orders In fact,
MS playing was worse than that of any
other man on either team. The other Pi-
rates seeing that Abstein was the goat
for the combination. kept up the cry
against him. thus shifting some of the
blame for their own bad playing
Before the series was ended many OF
the Pirates stunned Abs.ein. and it was
reported that he would be traded to some
other team as speedily as possible.
Inc Plttsburg CLUB has never been able
to MI the job at first base since Brans-
held played there. and Kitty" ii has
been claimed, was driven off the team
by the gamblers. If President Dreyf,Is
and Manager Clarke want to get that hoe
at first base plugged up. and they most
certainly do, they will have to wage a
more vigorous crusade than eve. against
the gamblers. But the chap who gets the
job of playing first base on the team viii
have the sympathy of all those conversant
with the facts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-24

The fact that seven games for the
worlds championship just ended drew
more than S1sS,O0O in receipts is further
evidence that no other outdoor sport has
such hold on the public. When racing
was booming in New York state. how
ever, there were days when the receipts
for a single afternoon reached the fifty
thousand-dollar mark. but with the turf
embarrassed base ball now has the call,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-24

Bettors who like to play bunch were
given a very bad tip at the Windsor track
on the day before the final game Of the
series. 1t being a day of rest for play
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-24
Glints From the Diamond.

EX-Capt. Dutch Sciaefer OF the De-
troit team has been awarded 500 OF the
worlds championship money
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-24
CHARLES B. c'BABE'o ADAMS.
Mullin Went Stale.

Mullin had warmed up well and started
the game there might have been another
story.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-01
Telephones in the south.

These figures tell the story Of the actlv-
ity Of the Southern farmer Wherever
the telephone has gone it has brought
better living. an increase In the product
iveness Of the farm. and money making
opportunities for the agriculturist that
were not dreamed of before. In 1902 the
used IN all lines OF business in the cities
and on the more prosperous farms and
ranches Of the country.
But when one considers that in this
five-year period the number Of rural tele-
phones Jumped from "a 70 SOB in Mary
land; from $3.50 to 1876 in Virginia: from
ZIo 70 24,S34 IN Oklahoma. and from 159
to l2.4O3 IN Arkansas. the manner in which
telephones have been raised from the
station Of rich mans luxury to that
OF an everyday necessity Of ali the people
can be readily understood
Inc census though its results have only
recently been published. does not bring
the actual conditions quite up TO date. No
figures are available for the year and a
half since December 81, 1907, but the in
crease IN the number OF rural phone sta
uons has been even more marked than in
the hve-year period 70 which the statis-
tics refer.
The statement is made by the Western
Electric Company, the largest manufac-
turers Of telephones and telephone equip
menIs in this country. furnishing All the
instruments and apparatus used by tho
Bel system. that in the past six months
S0.OoO or their new rural telephones were
The Washington herald., 1909-08-01

upon which 10 base an estimate OF this
tonnage other than an estimate recently
made OF the merchandise tonnage origi-
mating on the Atlantic Seaboard and des-
tined 10 Beaumont. being the goods ham
died by Beaumont dealers, and amount
Ing 70 no less than 5000 tons annually.
People Judge Wisely.
In view OF these prospects. we can but
conclude that the optimism Of the people
here is we'll founded. They are enthusias-
tic in anticipation of the proposed i'm
provement. which promises so much to
this section Of the country. 1t is con-
fidently believed that Beaumont can be
made an important inland port, not only
because of the advantageous geographical
location, but because OF the fact that It
VIII be the only fresh water port on the
Texas coast, and with the completion
Of the Panama Canal viii be nearer TO
the Pacific than any mainland port on
the Atlantic side save Tampa, Fla, and
Will be the natural geographical outlet
for the products OF the great trans
Mississippi basin. This movement has
attracted attention throughout the coun-
try. as is evidenced by the numerous let
ters Of inquiry coming from all sections,
and indicating that progressive people
everywhere realize the benefits TO be de-
rived and the great era Of development
that will follow such an enterprising ef-
fort
In short time Beaumont viii be able
20 ship her products 10 the ports Of the
world, and the location is especially adj
vantageous for trade with the West In
dies. Mexico. and South America. Such
shipping is now done through Galveston,
eighty miles southwest OF Beaumont, and
through Port Arthur. twenty miles south.
There are regular lines Of steamers to
Mexican ports, Havana, and Porto Rico.
The Beaumont Chamber Of Commerce
has already perfected arrangements for
the establishment OF a ship service be-
tween Beaumont and Mexican and Gen.
tral American ports. They are also ne
gotatng for the establishment OF coast
wise service between Beaumont and Cal
weston and Beaumont and New Orleans.
and indications are favorable for the es-
tablishment OF such service.
T. W. LARRIN.
Secretary, Chamber q Commerce