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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-12-22

Baseball fans all over the country
want to see the magnates settle their
differences and get down to business
of strengthening their teams for 1910.
The average fan doesn't care wheth-
or John Heydler or John Ward Is pres
ident of the National league. What
the enthusiast wants is for his favor
tie team to have the best players 1t
can get and when the good old sum-
mer time comes, for those players to
put up the fastest article Of baseball
they can.
However, the recent muddle which
was threshed out in New York was
interesting to the fans in way, for 1t
threatened the greatest baseball war
in the history Of the national game.
That such thing may yet result is
not impossible.
The magnates of the big leagues
know the patrons Of the game don't
want to see a fight. The enthusiasts
who support the great pastime with
their money want clean sport and
they will not stand for any throat
cutting tricks. From the magnate's
standpoint the game Of baseball Is a
business proposition. 1t is impossible
for any person to point out one man
who is at the head Of a club that is
there simply for his love of baseball.
There is lots Of money in baseball,
even tail-end teams making fortunes
for their owners, and the magnates
know it is not policy for them to kill
the goose that lays the golden egg.
The recent battle in New York de-
veloped one thing and that is that
Ban Johnson, president of the Amer
lean league, is about the biggest man
in baseball Johnson was not only
the power behind the throne in his
own organization, but he was busy
with the affairs Of the National league.
He and Charles w. Murphy, president
Of the Chicago Cubs. have been enc
mics for some time. When Murphy
started out to get the scalp Of Heyd-
Ter because the National league pres
ident backed up Umpire Klein who
fired Evers, Chance and Steinfeldt
from the Labor day game In Pitts
burg, Johnson at once went to the
rescue of Heydler. This added fuel
to the fire between the Cub boss and
the American league mogul, and the
battle waxed warm. Murphy dared
Johnson to make known the name of
the man higher up" who was con-
nected with the umpire-bribing scan
dial in New York and Johnson laughed
at him.
When it was announced that the
Philadelphia National league team
had been sold and the report was cir
culated that Murphy was in the deal,
Johnson likewise took a chance to
hurl a shot at his foe.
The American league adopted a
schedule of 154 games, the same as
played last season. Murphy Of the
Chicago Cubs wanted both leagues to
agree to 1913 game schedule, and In
this was blocked by Johnson. The
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-12-22

German hotel keeper who had the SER
want trouble in it's most aggravat1ng
form. To maintain good help In all
the departments of the hostelry SEEM
ed impossible. Then he dreamed whats
a sweet place the earth would be III
there were no servants-or rather If
there were servants who would stay
on the job.
In his dreaming the scheme came
to drill girls into every sort Of work
about the hotel and change their oc-
equations before they had time to grow
tired. Thus the cook Of one week
might be the floor maid OF the next
and so on The scheme went great.
So much that his totel gained fame
as ''the hotel of the happy family"
He became the envy Of the less for
tunate men who began drawing away
his help by offering increased wages.
This put the innkeeper TO thinking
again. The result was the regularly
launched messenger service, where,
for a reasonable price, one may get
a maid of all work and messenger
combined
A school was established that the
girls might learn to keep their balances
and temper on bicycle. Thus mes
senger service was added to the many
advantages. :
To-day these uniformed girls goi
whirling about the streets ON bicyles
with a speed the mere sight Of which,
would strike terror to the A. D. T. boy
Of America
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-12-22
FANS DON'T WANT
A BASEBALL WAR
ROW OF THE ,MAGNATES NOT APP
PROVED BY PATRONS OF
THE GAME.
CLEAN SPORT, THEIR DEMAND

Ban johnson Looms Up as About tho
Biggest Man Connected with Ma
tIonaI PastIme-That New York
sIanakTipplng Case.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-12-22
ORAL BETTING DOESN'T PAY
Racing at EmeryvllIe Track in Cali
fornia Losing Game Without
the Bookies.

Racing at the Emeryville track,
under the management of the new
California Jockey club, and with oral
betting the only form OF wagering that
is allowed by law, is far from the sue
cess that was expected, even by the
most conservative In the game.
With the season third over, condi-
lions are far from satisfactory, and it
is estimated that by the end of the
season the management will have lost
from $4,000 to 100000 on it's venture
There was some talk, when the racing
card was announced, of extending the
sport, but unless matters improve
wonderfully there is little prospect of
any change in the plans as first an
nounced.
The New California Jockey club,
while willing to lose reasonable sum
in order to test the new scheme, is
not DESTROYS Of going further into debt
than is necessary. Whether there will
be racing next winter is something
that is hard to forecast, but horsemen
do not believe that the future of the
thoroughbred Is bright in California
unless the legislature reverses itself.
With the attendance less than 20
per cent. Of what it was In the old
days, with practically no eastern
horsemen or horses at the track, and
with the public wary Of betting under
the oral system and complaining Of
the odds that have been established,
there is little that can be said in favor
of the meeting.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-12-22

CapLa1QS LOT u6Ak year Gk0TSuS. n
list OF more than LOO selections made
from squads throughout the country,
including colleges, high schools and
academies, show 36 half backs chosen.
including the leaders at Yale, Prince
ton and Chicago. Captains thus far
named follow:
HALF BACKS.
CoiIega. Captain Residence
Chicago .......Wm- CrawBey Pasadena.
Northwest'n John Manley. Chicago.
Princeton ED. J. Hart. Exeter.
Yale Fred DAILY. Cambridge.
Exeter .......T. H. Cornell. Freep'rt, Pa.
Memphis ......H. Manu-. Brnsvle, Tenn
Oberlin ........Cnnton Bird. Cleveland.
Cincinnati ....Walt Hench. Cincinnati
Baylor ........T.P P. Robinsn Memphis.
Ohio State....W. P. Wells. Troy.
Amherst &C. c. Camp'1l. Hack, N. J.
Sewanee ......A. LanieF. Nashville.
Bucknen ......Clarke Kane. .Pennsylv'a.
Brown ........J. r. Mckay. Youngstown.
Mississippi ~. w. Mccall. Sum d, Mass.
Case ...........L. Twitchel1. Cleveland
Bowdotn ......E. A. Smith. Calais.
Iowa Wesfn..G Tallman.. Mt. Pleasant
Grinnen .Shinstrom Iowa City.
Rugby
Stanford Xxx I. Dole. Riverside.
California ....J. Virgins. San Fran.
Minnesota ....L. Johnston. >. Minneapolis.
Indiana Art. Berndt. Y.fndianaphs
ENDS.
Wisconsin ....Jas. Dean. Madison.
Iowa .....M Mike Hyland.DeS Motnes.
Holy Cross. -. LAWYER. Bets Falls.
Ripon ........E. Hassett. .. Merville, VIA
Rochester I'D. r. Mellen. Rochester
8. Carolina. u. .Desport's Winnsboro.
Clemson Nv. E. Hanckl Charleston
Lehigh ........C. B. Lawson. Pottsv1lle.
Shattuck ......F. p. Mickey. .Faribault.
Virginia ......H. NJ. Bowen. BranweH.
Wash. g. Lee. .R.R. Waddin .Danvflle.
Carnegie Tee B. Hittner ....P1ttsburS.
FULL BACKS.
Notre Dame. .R.L-Vaugh'n .Crawfordsvl
Dartmouth John Marks. Minneapolis
Williams .....J.D.Peterson .Lockport.
Bates ..........E. v. Lovely. Gardner.
Hamilton I'D. r. Side. Pauldlng.
Georgia Tech Dean Hill. .Glov'sT'lle.
Carlisle .......Pete Houser. Oklahoma.
Gallaudat 1T L. Anderson Den1son.
Pittsburg 1T. Richards. .Pittsburg.
Mich. Aggiee .Exe1oy ......Brttton.
Butler NC. Thomas. Indianapolis
TACKLES.
Missouri ......J. R. Buick. Nevada, no.
Georgia ....O.A. F rankin .Barnsvl, Ga
Simpson, Ia. Hamilton
Andover ......C.W. Fletcher Brookhne.
Drake .........J Jim wilson,.
Hobart .......L. M. Maggie. .Elmfra.
Colgate &C. W.Keegan Evansville.
Hendrte ....... Cunningham .ConW'y, Ark.
Tex. A. & M. r.. Hooker....
Dickinson ....J. L. FELTON, Everett, Pa.
Syracuse .Hartm'n
CENTERS
Fordham .....E. J. Barrett. Buffalo.
Wesleyan &C. III. Mitch1l. Portland, Me
Lafayette ....E. c. Foreman Ford Cy. Pa.
Ames Scott ..........Des MoineS.
Tufts .......... E. w. ireland .Medford
esEs. So sGUARDg.
Illinois ....Q. D. ButEr .Hiilsdale.
Villanova I'D. Neis. Doylest wn.
Colby .........R. r. RogeES- Belfast.
Kenyon .......C. Cable...... Cleveland.
QUARTER BACKS,
Michigan .....Joy Miller. Detroit
Arkansas .....S. Creekmore. Van B. Ark.
Vanderbilt ...Wm. Nedly. Smyrna, Ten
Teas .........L4 kirkpatrick
HaverfoFd ED. Levin. -. .Phir delph'a
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-12-22
SERVANT PROBLEM SOLVED
Berlin Messenger Girls Can Tend the
Baby, Cook, Sew or Act as
Secretary.

Berlin.-The servant problem has
been solved in Berlin.
Call up the messenger service ana
disappointing up to the house comesI
a pretty, uniformed girl on a bicycleeI
She is qualified to cook, mend, sew
take care of the baby, scrub. write LETT
tiers, read the latest books to the re-I
clining mistress, run errands, feed
the furnace. drive the neighbours chick
ems out Of the back yard and serve
as caddy on the golf links.
It may all sound too good to be true
but the dream, the ideal has material
lied. The scheme was evolved by 81
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-12-22
HALF BACKS POPULAR
AS FOOTBALL CAPTAINS
MORE THAN ONET1IRD OF LEAD
Frs CHOSEN PLAY THE POSI-
TION-END6 ARE NEXT.

Football players occupying half
back positions are In the majority as
captains for next years elevens. A
list Of more than LOO selections made
from squads throughout the country,
including colleges, high schools and
academies, show 36 half backs chosen.
including the leaders at Yale, Prince
ton and Chicago. Captains thus far
named follow:
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-12-22
WILL TACKLE WIRE MERGER.
OrIa E. Harrison Is Selected by the
Government to Fight the Tele-
graph Trust.

Washington.-The federal tnvestiga-
ton of the billion dollar merger OF.
the American Telephone and TeIe-.
graph Company and the Western
Union Telegraph Company is the most
important trust inquiry undertaken IN
der the administration of Attorney
General Wickersham. One Of the prin-
cipal agents of the government in this
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-12-22

work will be Orla E. Harrison, assis1
tant attorney general Mr. Harrison
is only 81 years old. His home is In
Greenville, o. He has been a member
of the Ohio senate and for several
years was special counsel IN the Office
of the attorney general of the Buck
eve state.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-12-22
oil Production In America.

During the last two years the oil!
production has doubled IN America,
The production is $1600O.O0O greater
In value than the output of gold and
silver in the United States.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-12-22

Fred Clarke has signed contract
to manage the Pittsburg National
league team two moro seasons. Now
all Dreyfuss has TO do to keep his
team in the championship class Is to
get "Hans" Wagners signature.
Clarke says he's going back to the
farm when the two years are up.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-17
J. j. HILL Il WHEAT BULL.
Thinks Price VII Meier BE Sub
stantiaIIy LOsccr.

Washington. April 16-James ]. Hill in dis
cussinE the wheat situation with a prominent
Representative to-day said that the price OF
wheat will never be substantially lower. and
that in the near future the United States VIII
be forced to import large quantities of grain to
supply its own needs. He pointed out that the
population increases at the rate of 50 per cent,
while the yield of wheat and other staple prod
ucts increases only % per cent From these
figures he drew the deduction that sooner or
later the demand for wheat would far exceed
the supply and that the price of its products
would constantly rise. He gave as an example
the large importatons of barley every year from
the Argentine Republic, although a few years
ago the United States raised all the barley 1t
consumed. This same condition would. he said.
apply to wheat in the not distant future.
He said that Patten and his associates had
merely taken advantage of natural situation
which was made apparent to them by their
business foresight. He declared that Patton
knew there was a decrease in the production Of
wheat and a corresponding increase in the de-
manG for it. and that in his bull" movement
he was merely taking advantage of the situa-
ton.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-17
ROB NEU YORK WOM4N.
Mrs. BmteLs Gagged and Beaten IN
Paris apartment.

Paris. April 16.-Mrs. Bartels. of New York,
robbed and nearly murdered in her apart
ment to-day bv burglars. who escaped with a
number of jewels and a quantity of money
Mrs. Bartels occupies apartment in the Ave-
nue. de EylaU. Recently she decided TO return
TO the United States. and advertised her furni-
ture for sale This afternoon three we'll dressed
men gained entrance to the house on the pre-
text of desiring TO inspect the goods After as
certaining that no man was about the premises.
they attacked the maid servant and Mrs. Bar
tells, who is sixty years old and paralyzed. beat
them into state of Inconsistencies, gagged
them and stole jewels and money to the value
Of $4,000. The victims lay several hours in a
serious condition before they were found Both
we're nearly suffocated from the gags
The husband Of Mrs. Bartels sailed for the
United States on board the steamer La Savoie
Saturday.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-17
RUMOR OF 1.ODO DEAD.
RonndabOut Report Of Massacre in
the Turkish Camtci.

Berlin April 16.-The Belgrade correspondent
of the ''Lokal Anzeiger' says that the Turkish
Minister there is reported to have received
dispatch saying that the Pera and Galata quar-
ters of Constantnople had been bombarded and
that two thousand persons have been killed
dispatch to the same paper from Ristowatz
says that after monster meeting there the
Young Turks telegraphed the Sultan: we are
marching Constantinople in order to save
the constitution you are trying to abolish
dispatch from Uskub in the viayet Of Mon
astir, and not far from Saonik, says the AL
banians the vicinity showing signs of
unrest. Already there have been several
clashes with the authorities. band of Al
banians at Petch defeated the troops sent there
TO restore order, and at one of the Turkish mill
tary stations in the Albanian country military
mutineers seized their barracks and drove their
officers away.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-17
CIR SC1LPS BOY.
Trolley Kills Him Uhi!c He Is
PIamng IN Dci0Hcey Street.

Max Ruder. nine years old. Of No. 73 Suffolk
street was scalped by a Brooklyn bound car
while playing last night at the entrance to the
underground terminal for Brooklyn cars. in
Delaney street
Captain Coleman, Of the Williamsburg Bridge
squad pressed passing automobile into ser
vice and hastened with the boy to the Gou-
yerneur Hospital. where he died DR.. Aber-
nathv said that in his opinion death was due
to one of the bones OF the hoy's nose penetrating
his brain Thomas Carmody, motorman OF the
car was arrested.
Where the accident occurred the cars PASS
through small structures set between the east
and west bound tracks and continuing for
about three blocks The children of the neigh
borhood have been in the habit of chasing one
another around these entrances, and many mar
row escapes have been reported. Max. who was
pIaving with some companions, darted from
one to another just in time TO be down by
CarmOdyS
New-York tribune., 1909-04-17
FATE OF AMERICANS
STILL In DOUBT
u4SS4CRE At 4D1N4 NOT
YET QUELLED.
Half Of City Reported Burned
British Vice-COnsut Wounded -
Conditions IN Capital.

ronstantinople. April 1e.-At midnight neither
.hs British Embassy had received any further
news concerning the massacre or confirmation
n the reported murder of two American mis-
.,;onaries al Adana. The Bible House is also
without direct information. The missionaries
If The district are at present at Adana for the
regular district meeting. They are Mr.. and
Mrs William Chambers the Misses Webb, Miss
wallis and Miss BoreL Mr.. Chrsty is at
Tarsus.
Consular telegrams received here report that
half Of the town Of Adana has been burned, and
that the attacks upon the Armenians are
tending into the vilayet. They say that the
British Vice-Consul at Mersina. Major Daughty-
Brlje who was ordered to Adana when the
first advices ~ the massacre were received. has
besn wounded. Communication with the dis
tprbed district is interrupted, however. and all
reports received from there must be taken with
caution. The Porte says that the disturbances
are subsding, Two additional battalions have
been sent to Adana.
Ambassador Leishman has instructed the
American Vice-Consu at Mersina John Debbas,
10 q Immediately to Adana and report the
situation. Railroad communication between
Mersina and Adana appears to be interrupted.
The government has given assurances that it
is doing its best to restore order and to protect
foreigners.
The Moslem attacks were renewed at Adana
Yesterday afternoon and continued through the
night Large numbers Of Christians said to
have been killed. One report says that sixty
Armenians have lost their lives.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-17
MAYORS GRIP CURE
DR.. Mcclellan Says Dime N0UcIs
Make One FORGET 4Hment.

When the ailment commonly known A the
grip is in its most advanced stage the patient
will find an appreciable measure of relief By
reading good blood and thunder story OF the
Old Sleuth or Nick Carter varietE.-GeOrge B.
Mcclellan Ii D.
DR.. George b. Mcclellan. Mayor of this town.
has been suffering from grip. and he has found
as positive cure. but the Mayor says he is
sure that it alIeviates the suffering.
Moreover. the Mayors remedy is being tried
by Lewis Cass Ledyard and other well known
sufferers on the Mayors desk yesterday was
a stack Of the "thrillers" dear TO the hearts Of
messengers and Office boys. They included
The Great Midnight Train Robbery The
Demons of the Night" and The Seven Buckets
of Blood
They are right good thing for the grip"
said the Mayor. Il have tried about every
thing and these shilling shockers' about
the most soothing and effective potions that l
have tried. The cult is spreading I
mended them to my friend Lewis Cass Led
ward and he has obtained stack of them. He
saws the best thing about them is that YOU can't
remember them more than five hours"
II Is possible that John G. Mburn. the well
known lawyer. will join the cult. When
he met the Mayor the dag before yesterday he
said:
MIR. Mayor 1 just called on my friend Led
ward. who is down with the grip. quite
astonfshed to find him reading from stack of
most extraordinary novels written by Car
ter 1t seems most deplorable that he
should be reading such books"
Yes" said the Mayor Il sent him those
New-York tribune., 1909-04-17
CHILD And NURSE KILLED
Mother S7cOOnS as Boy Is RIM OUer
bY Car an Elizabeth.

Eliza beth. n. J., April ia servant girl
named Annie Daskeski. employed by Bernard
sherman of No Ga Ist street. and the one-y year
old son of Sherman were struck and killed by a
ST street trolley car tonight.
The child's mother witnessed the tragedy from
her door The motOrman and conductor We're
arrested ard later released in the custody of
the local superintendent of the North jersey
street Railway
The mother swooned when she saw her child
nured beneath the wheels. An immense crowd
gathered and threatened the of the car
who were rescued by the police
William Farren, well known downtown char
acter crawled under the trucks of the car and
lifted the victims from beneath The girls
body was cut in two, while the boys was also
badly mangled
New-York tribune., 1909-04-17
SETBACK FOR DIR. WILEY.
Pure Food Referee Board Legal,
attorney General Holds.


WASHINGTON April I6.-The Attorney General
has rendered an opinion with regard to the
referee board popularity known as the Remsen
board" which will seriously discomit the Op-
ponents of that commission and which has the
effect of reducing DR.. Harvey W. Wiley from the
position of court of last resort that of a
subordinate court, all his decisions being sub
iect 10 review by the referee board The At
torney General finds that the Secretary of Ag
ricuIture mas ample authority under the pure
food and drug act to employ such experts as he
NAV deem advisable. to organize them
board or commission and to pay them out OF
the funds appropriated for the administration OF
the law despite the provision inserted in the
sundry civil bill of last year which prohibits the
pavment of commissions not authorized by law.
He finds that the pure food law does authorize
the Secretary of Agriculture to employ experts.
and holds therefore. that the referee board is
clearly authorized by legislative enactment.
The Secretary of Agriculture. pursuant to this
decision announces that the referee board will
continue it's Investigations to determine the
vholesOmeness of sulphur. saccharine and cop
per salts This means. of course, that the de-
cfsion of the referee board with regard to bi
carbonate OF soda Will stand
The decision of the Attorney General will be
a severe blow to the Wiley partisans, who
nreparing il is understood. with DR.. Wileys
approvaL to ask the courts for injunction to
prevent the PRONUNCIATION OF the decision of the
referee board in the case of bicarbonate of soda
wben Secretary Wilson referred the subject to
the Attorney General Presumably the plan for
testing the case in the courts will now be
dropped.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-17
CASH, WORK OR JAIL.
Ohio To7cn, Facing Shortage, Tdres
Property O1Cnfrs 50 Each.
ley Telegraph to The Tribune. ]

East Liverpool, Ohio April 16--Because the
city Is short Of funds. It has been decreed that
every property owner within the city limits shall
pay into the city treasury So road tax or go To
Jail While the tax law has been enforced IN
the rural districts, 1t has never before been ap-
piled to cities.
Property owners between the ages Of twenty
five and ffty-fve are affected. Even fremen
are not exempt. The money will have to be
paid. or else the property owners must give two
DAYS labor on the public streets. When Street
Commissioner Weston was appealed to by the
fremen he replied, You'll work or I'll send you
to iafI
New-York tribune., 1909-04-17
MANIAC FELLS 4LIENIST.
DR.. Lamb Struck Dozen Patient
Tries .Suicide.

Mattewan. y. Y. April 16.-While tour
of inspection yesterday afternoon, Dr. Robert B.
Lamb. superintendent of the Mattewan Asylum
for the Criminal Insane, murderously
saulted by a "trusty,' who. thinking he had
killed Or. Lamb. attempted to commit suicide
by cutting his own throat. Dr. Lamb was not
seriously injured but his assailant will prob
ably die The man. whose name is John Tohl-
man. was committed to the institution several
years ago from New York after a trial for kill
ing man in a barroom brawI He has been
regarded as a model prisoner.
Dr. Lamb started to make inspection. ac
companled by Tohman. The two had reached
the machine room in the north wing OF the
a asylum when TohIman without warning. seized
a coal shovel and brought it down DR.. Lambs
head. The physician fell unconscious. Tohlman
then turned his attention to suicide. He seized
a surveyors instrument and tried - sever his
jugular vein. The weapon not sharp
enough. he drew buttonhOok. which had
been sharpened until it was like a razor. and
drew it across his throat. Then he attempted
to stab himself in the heart. but made only
courtyard and fell unconscious from loss Of
blood.
A keeper discovered DR.. Lamb lying the
floor and gave the alarm. Tohman was found
a few minutes later After being attended by
physicians Dr. Lamb was able to be around
but Drs. Keib and Baker. of the asylum. held
out little hope for the recovery of Tohlman.
Tohlman who professor of languages
in New York when he committed. has al
WAYS been regarded harmless, but he probably
had been planning his attack for some time, as
he had made formidable weapon out of the
He is about sixty years old.