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The San Francisco call., 1910-01-16
LARGE ENTRY LIST
FOR INDOOR MEET
Olympic Club Arranges Great
Program in Which Many
Stars VIII Start
By HERBERT HAUSER

That indoor track and field meets
are becoming popular is shown by the
entries of the Olympic clubs meet
which will take place at the Auditorium
on Friday, January %, When the list
closes on the 25th fully $50 athletes
will be slated to participate.
Forrest Smithson will come from
Portland to participate in the hurdle
events. Donahue, the St. Vincent
college hurdler, who won the Pacific
athletic association championship last
year at Los Angeles, will also be a
contender.
Smithson holds the American indoor
record for the so yard high hurdles
made in last years indoor meet of the
club. He also holds the so yard low
hurdle event, but this time the dis
tance has been changed to 10 yards
and a record will surely be established
at that distance. Donald of the Uni
versity of California and Sam Bellah
are also entered in these events.
The sprints will bring together Ollie
Snedigar, Pete Gerhardt, Cecil Caldwell
and Roy Hollis. all wearing the winged
o. Smithson will also compete in the
rs yard fiat race, while> several Cali
fornia and Stanford men have signified
their Intention of entering.
The rs yard dash for the veterans of
the club will bring together Steve Cas-
sidy Charlie O'Kane, Phil Wand and a
number of others. Big Ralph Rose will
be very much in evidence and will en-
deavor to better his present indoor
records. Babe" Crawford, the STAN
ford weightman, and possibly Harry
Horton, from the same college, Ollie
Snedigar and Otto Wallfsch will be
Roses principal opponents.
John O. Miller will be the shining
Hght In the 600 yard race with e. f.
Smith of the University of California
and a number of other colleges and
high school runners. Tommy smith,
the California miller, will wear the
All the bids for the construction
work of the new Olympic club build
ing must be in the directors hands
on the last day of this month. fGigh-
teen sets of plans have been going the,
rounds of the various construction
companies The director&expect active
building operations will surely be COM
menced by March / and the new bath
ing tank and pavilion will be com
pleted in six months.
The officials of the Pacific athletic
association are being flooded by the
numerous applicants for amateur box
ing permits. Ever since the present
board of supervisors was elected
mushroom clubs have been springing
up all over the city and the next
meeting of the association, which will
be held on January 19, is anxiously
awaited
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-16
CAMP AND AUXILIARY
INSTALL THEIR OFFICERS
Richter and EImira Organiza=
tions Hold Joint Function

A joint public installation of officers
was held by the members of Reinhold
Richter camp 10. and Elmira Towns
end auxiliary in Veterans hall. Junior
Vice Deputy Commander Duncan in
stalled the following members of the
camp:
Commander, Edw. o. Rubin; senior vice com
mander, A. II. Ringholm; Junior vice commander.
w. +. Bollinger; chaplain, G.. A. Thompson; /;
adjutant. Frank Meany; quartermaster j. NJ
Crowley; surgeon, II. Levy; trustees, A A.
Eelinsky, o. +. Huber and f.. A. Paril; officer
Df day. J. p. Harkins;. officer of guard z. de
Bleeker; organist, Max Horn.
Department President Ida F. F'itzger-
aid, assisted by Deputy Treasurer Flor
ence Levy and National Aide Mary B.
Hamilton, installed the following mem
bers of the auxiliary:
President. Mary Rubin; senior vice president.
Helen Grisbach; Junior vice president, Esther
Zelinsky; chaplain. Louise Richter; secretary
Lulu Richter; treasurer, Emma Finnegan; con
ductor, Winifred Moran: assistant conductor
Carrie Horn guard Tilie Huber; assistant
guard, Mrs. Crowley.
Retiring Commander John Harkins
was presented with a solid gold badge
and the members of Elmira Townsend
auxiliary presented their retiring pres
ident, Mrs. Caroline Goldman, a gold
locket emblematic of the order. The
ceremony was followed by an interest
ing program of vaudeville Numbers.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-16
Reliance and Hitchcock
Soccer Teams Play Tie

OAKLAND. Jan. 15-The Reliance
and Hitchcock academy soccer teams
failed to settle the. question of su-
periority today when they met on the
Grove street grounds, the game re-
sulting in two goal draw. The field
was muddy and the game was slow.
However, the boys put up a good eX-
hibition for novices, this being their
second soccer game.
After 15 minutes playing the Hitch
cock lads got through for goal, He'll
man banging the ball between the
posts from 20 yards range. A few
minutes later Young equalized after
an individual effort. Latin of Hitch
cock was playing a great game at
this stage and outwitted the opposing
defense on several occasions The boys
on the other wing, however, could not
quite grasp the combination idea, and
his best efforts We're spent in vain.
Five minutes from half time the Hitch
cock should have been awarded a
penalty kick for one of the Reliance
backs handling the ball close to goal,
but on account of several players COM
ing between Referee Jimmy Askham
and the incident it was unnoticed by
the official.
The second half was slightly in fa-
vor of the Hitchcock team, although
the Reliance boys scored first. The
teams lined up as follows:
Reliance--A. McElrath, Dryeberg.
Nelson, c. McElrath, Fairbanks, Rich
ards, Van MaHdersheid, Bishop, Young.
Dalton and Pomeroy.
Hitchcock-Lotge, Aldrich, Min
near, Gum, Cruz, Evans, Latin, He'll
man, Gerber, Boyes and d. Hitchcock.
Referee-James Askham.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-16
BIG SOCCER GAME
CARDED FOR TODAY
ThisfIes and Albion ROyerS
FIGURE to Put Up the Best
Contest of Season
Bv BOB sHAND
SrANnINc, nF THE TEAMS

two points deducted for playing lheAsi0ie
man.
What gives promise OF being one ol
the best soccer games ever played on
the coast is scheduled to take place
AT Freeman's park. oakland. TINS ar
ternoon. The contesting teams VIII pc
the Thistles and Albion Rovers, and on
the result hinges the championship %
the California football league Ihe
Tbistles are at the top of the heap
with ~ noints for 10 matches. but the
Vampires are right back of the scots
with the same number OF points TOT
one less game played
If the Thist1es lose today and the
Vampires defeat the Independents, the
teams will be tied for first place Ihe
Vampires appear to be too strGhs Iol
the Indies, so it is up to the TnlstleS
to defeat the Rovers if they desire 10
remain at the top of the heap.
Maria has been induced to turn out
again. and she will defend the goal
Anderson and Selkirk. the old reliables,
will play fullback and Hurst, Mizen
and McKiernOn compose a hafback
line that is without a superior on the
coast Walters and James Will do
stunts on the right wing. "Daddler'
Aitken will dispOrt at center and Pike
will be partnered by either Milne or
Balmain on the left wing
The Independents apd Vampires will
d1SpOrt at tTu1INdle ana the nOHOtS
should go to the Vamps. The Alameda
team has been weakened by the en-
forced absence of the Mckenzie
brothers and the withdrawal of Frank
Bernard. However. the Vamps have a
number of capable reserves who are
always on the job looking for a chance
to get into the game.
What the Burns will do to the United
Caledonians this afternoon will be
shame. The Scots, if they try, can
score a score of goals against the
Caleys. but in all probability Lowe
will order his men TO go easy on the
brother Scots. The CaIeys have lost
II straight games and have scored but
one goal while 20 have been registered
against them.
The San Franciscos and Barbarians
are scheduled to clash at the Preside
grounds, and this should be an even
affair. The Barbs have shown great
improvement of late. Both teams will
be at full strength.
The cup games will take place at the
conclusion of the league series. The
draw is as follows:
Preliminary rOund-Iubilee ROvers vs. Sacra-
mentO-
First round-Barbarians vs. San Francisco:
Albion Rovers vs.. Burns; Vampires ThistleS
Independents vs.. winner of Sacramento game
Second rOund--Bsrbarians or san Francisco
vs.. Albion ROvers Burns; Independents or
Jubilee Rovers or Sacramento Vampires or
ThistleS.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-16
TENNIS DEFENDERS
ON THE WAY HOME
McL0ughIin and Mel
vile Long on Board Ala
media, Due Here Tuesday
BY GRANT SMITH

Maurice Mclaughlin and Melville
L6ng, the two young San Franciscans
who represented this country in the in
ternational tennis matches at Sydney,
Australia, will return on the Alameda
Mclaughlin says that both are enjoying
good health, although Long suffered
considerably from seasickness-
The boys will no doubt have lot to
tell, as we have heard nothing of the
Australian matches outside of a few
meager cablegrams. Their return, to-
gether with little good weather, will
act as a stimulus that the game is in
need of at the present time.
With these two cracks away there
has been a decided lack of class and
the fans will have a chance to see some
real tennis when they return.
The tournament which was all but
completed at the California club last
Sunday was a decided success and will
give the new tournament committee
courage to hold more events. One
match remains to be played in the sec
-ond class. Sam Lilienthal and n. Bur
roughs will meet in the finals of this
class this morning and the three class
winners will meet under handicap con-
ditions for one time cup Immediately
after. A. Rose won the first class and
Ekberg carried off the honors in the
third class.
The tournament committee at the
Bush street club is arranging a sched-
ule that will call for at least one tour
nament month and the club bids fair
to reach the same prestige it occupied
before the fire Many of the old play
ers are coming out regularly and most
of them seem to favor tournament play.
Douglas Grant has offered the Club a
three time cup The tournament com
mittee has not decided what DISPOSE
tion it will make of the trophy, but it
is more than likely that a series of
handicap singles events will be ar
ranged.
The tournament committee of the
Golden Gate tennis club announced last
week that a class singles event would
be started on the public courts at the
park today. Owing to the fact that the
handicap singles tournament was not
completed last Sunday the class event
l4As been postponed until next Sunday.
II the weather permits the two re-
naming matches of the handicap sin
giles tournament will be played today.
In any event the fourth class players
viii meet next Sunday. The second
and third classes will be played -on the
following Sunday and the first class
one week later.
There is strong movement on foot
to hold an annual clay court champion
ship event, and 1t is quite likely the
first national championship event will
be held ON a clay court this year The
players throughout the country, with
the exception of those in the New Eng
land states. where turf courts are used
almost entirely. are in favor of clay
court championship event
The eastern players are at last be-
ginning to recognize the west no doubt
due to the fact that Miss May Sutton,
Miss Hazel Hotchkiss and the men
players who went east last fall proved
to- them that we are worthy of consid-
Grafton.
"A clay court championship would give
the western players a grand chance for
the title. as most of the cracks out this
way have played considerably on the
dirt courts.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-16
NAPA IS OUT FOR
LEAGUE BASEBALL

NAPA, Jan. 15.-Napa is out stronog
for league baseball this season and
already pans are under way for the
formation of a strong 10 club circuit to
take in Napa, Vallejo, Point Richmond,
Alameda. Hayward. San Rafael, Peta-
luna, Santa Rosa and two road teams"
to be selected later on.
One of the principal men behind the
new league is Nathan f. Coombs, the
prominent local attorney. Several
prominent Napa capitalists are behind
Coombs and will go to the bat for him
financially. Coombs has had a lot
of baseball experience. being one of
the owners of the Napa team for the
last three seasons. Napa played inde-
pendent ball and always cut an i'm
portant figure in diamond socsety4
1t is the intention of Coombs and the
men behind him to apply to the ma
tional commission for a class d rating
just as soon >as their plans are COM
pleted Coombs has been in communi-
cation with leading baseballmen of
the other seven towns, and most Of
them seem to favor his ideas He pro
posed to call a meeting within the next
few days, at which time the matter
will be thoroughly discussed by ali the
interested parties.
1t is the intention of the men be-
hind the proposed organization to play
Saturday, Sunday and holiday games.
The season probably will start about
April 1 or possibly a week later and
continue for seven months. The dfrec-
tors have no intention of invading
either San Francisco or San Jose. but
will confine their field to the smaller
towns of the bay counties.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-16
PURSE sNATcHER ARRANGEMENT

PURSE SNATCHER ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Jan. 15.--Frank Johnson. the purse snatcher
who was captured yesterday afternoon at
Fourteenth street after seizing handbag
from Mrs Harry Baker. was arraigned in the
police court this morning and his preliminary
examination was set for January 90
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-16
Columbia Varsity Shooters
To Meet Western Teams

NEW YORK, Jan. 15.-The Columbia
university rife team win hold meets
this year with at least three teams from
western colleges.
On March 10 it win meet the Bniver-
sity of Nevada, on. January 27 the Uni
versity OF Idaho and on January %
the University Of Louisiana.
All three meets will be under the
National rife association rules, which
provide that each college shall do IT'S
shooting on its own range and forward
the results by telegraph to the asso-
citation in Washington, where the re-
suits viii be tabulated and the winners
announced.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-16
HandbaIl Games Scheduled
On McHugh's Court

Four matches in doubles and one
singles contest are scheduled for this
afternoon on McHugh's handball court.
Twenty-Five and Bryant streets.
Play will commence at 1 o'clock The
entries are as follows:
Doubles--A. OehIman and f. Brady
VS.. j. raymond and H. Harvey; E.. An
from and II. McHugh VS.. B. Clemmens
and -. O'Leary; G.. Gaffeny and +. Eng
elfield VS.. g. Engelfeld and b. Reilly
e Mcdonald and K. Dougherty vs.. e.
Emmons and J. Stewart
Singles. Raymond VS.. il. Harvey.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-16
Santa Clara Girls Are Beaten
By Modesto; ISL

MODESTO, Jan. 15.-The girls bas-
ket ball team of the Modesto high
school defeated the team from the Santa
Clara high school here today by a
score of Is to Il. The game was hard
fought at every stage and the result
was in doubt until near the end of the
last half.
The superior team work of the Mo-
desto girls won them the game.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-16

BOULEVARD EXTENSION -oat.
land. Jan. 15.-Assistant City Engineer p II
Brown. Councilmen Vose and Cobbledick
Robert Jackson and others advocated before
mass meeting Of East Oakland pronerf =
owners last night that opposition 10 the ex-
tension soufhward Of the lake boulevard be
Withdrawn. Another meeting will be held
Friday evening.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-16
TREY l.. FORD ELECTED
PRISON BOARD PRESIDENT

Tirey l.. Ford was elected to replace
Robert Devlin as president of the state
board of prison directors at a meeting
held at San Quentin yesterday after
noon.
OF the eight appeals for parole be-
fore the board three were granted.
Miss Olga Nethersole visited the
prison and filed a petition for the pa
role of Percy Pembroke, ono time
''supev at the Macdonough theater in
Oakland.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-16
Two Games CaFded In the
Peninsula League

There will be two local games in the
new Peninsula league this afternoon
on the Presidio grounds The first.
between the General Lawtons and the
North Fair Oaks. will be PLAYED AT
1889. At 8 o'clock the Presidio post
nine will line up against the United
Railroads aggregation. These teams
are tied for first place, and one of the
best games of the winter season is
looked for.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-16

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The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-07-21
MINES SLAUGHTER
REF IMMIGRANTS

Employment of inexperienced immi-
grants in the Goa mines of this country
is suggested as the probable cause of
many serious accidents, in q report of
the immigration commission which was
presented to Congress by Senator Dill
hngham, chairman. The report deals
with the economic condition of about
$4,000 soft coal miners, one-fourth of
all employed in that industry in this
country.
More than two thousand households
were visited in tabulating the informa-
ton for the inquiry. 1t was found that
10 per cent of the families lived in
homes of two rooms while the great ma
jority of miners families have four.
More than 20 per cent of all the miners
included in the report earn more THAI
So a day, but during the year covered
by the Investigations only about z per
cent of the men worked full time and
more than 30 per cent of them lost
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-07-21

even the state legislature, to fix the min
imum wage scale for labor performed
for the state or municipality has been
sustained by the courts.
The Supreme Court of New York state
in 1891 held valid a law enacted by the
legislature, which provides that common
iaborers employed on state work should
be paid 50 a day. Judge Alton b.
Parker was on the Supreme bench at that
time and coneurred in the opinion of the
court.
The State Labo Department expects
TO secure the enactment of similar ordi-
nanees in other cities within the state of
Oklahoma believing that legislation of
this sort Will minimize strikes.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-07-21
MONEY
INVESTED
San Francisco Workers Purchase
Bonds of Geary Street Line Be-
longing to Municipality.

San Francisco, Cal, July Ito back
municipal ownership with many thousands
of dollars, now stored IN. private banks
paying but 3 per cent interest, the trades
unions OF this city Will reinvest their
funds in bonds OF the city-owned Geury
Street Railroad, which are paying ~
per cent interest.
This decision OF the unions has been
arrived at Immediately following the
California Supreme Court IS action de-
claring that the course of the city s Of
ficials in the matter has been regular
and that no question is left as to the
city S right to construct, complete or
purchase a municipal street railway sys-
TEN.
That light is slowly breaking upon the
Judicial vision of these courts near to u
political stronghold OF labor is made
plain in the following remarkable excerpt
from the decision written by Judge An
gellotti:
I'VE do not understand that it is Sc.
riously claimed that the State may not
invest it's municipalities with power to
acquire and operate any such necessary
public utility as is generally opened and
operated i'll a city by what is ordinarily
known as a public service corporation.
The existence and proper conduct OF such
utilities in cities clearly constitute pub.
lie affairs, one relating very closely to
the well being, safety, health, advantage
and convenience of all the inhabitants
thereof, and are within the legitimate
junction of the government
The manipulating of the Geary Street
San Francisco $ street ear strike. The
trades unions possessing political power,
and being determined to prepare for war
in time of peace, now hold this most
potent big stick of a municipally-owned
street car system over the head of the
p~rivately-Owned street railway companies
that not long ago filed the city with i'm
ported scabs, thugs and gun men. These
before commencing civil war in San
Francisco, for the Geary Street line is
to be extended in active competition
throughout the entire city.
when capitalists threaten to with.
draw their money from public enterprises
controlled by workingmen,' pointcdly
commented a member of the San Fran.
cisco Labor Council, cit will be found
that can organize capital on its
own account for public welfare
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-07-21
Ladie Remember
the Shirt Waist Girl

Ladiesl When you 60 out shopping
remember the shirt waist girl
As the consumer for whom all things
are made you can encourage the unfair
employers who make their profit through
overworking and undergoing their work
ers and refusing them the right to Join
the union, or you can support these EN-
ployers who deal fairly with their work
ing people,; whose employees have the
hope, strength and discipline that comes
through organization. Which girls do
you prefer TO support, the girl who re-
manned at work during the strike, re-
1using TO join the union, and afraid to
sacrifice their own interests for those
less fortunate; or the girls who faced
brutality, starvation and homelessness
rather than stand aloof from their
~sistersf
Ask for the label in your shirt waists.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-07-21
WORTH OF THE B
PRESS G A PROVEN

As the struggle becomes more acute,
workers begin to realize the necessity
for a labor press of their own.
1t was only a few years ago that
Hearst started his Los Angeles Ex-
aminer on the solicitation of trade union
lists, who We're then-as now-combat-
ing the rat Times of that city. Hearst
was publicly thanked, and great things
were expected. But they didn't happen
when the test came, and now the San
Francisco Labor Clarion editorialIy
charges the Examiner with ignoring the
k side of the Los Angeles strike.
The Clarion says that a recent open mass
meeting of those concerned in the big
strike and lockout in that city was
passed over without n word by the Ex-
aminer, while a gathering of those of the
opposite side received due publicity.
This condition will continue until the
workers wake up and support their own
Press-nOt in a half-hearted way, but
whole heartedly and with all the force
they possess. The pennies of toilers sup
port papers maintained for profit. These
papers should not be blamed when they
look out for ''No. IL but the simplicity
of unionists is worthy o fattention when
they can t, distinguish between half radi-
cal utterances in times of peace and
silence in times Of war.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-07-21
WORKERS
SHOW THEIR POWER
Secure Enactment of Law Providing
That Union Wage Scale Be Model
For Municipality.

Krebs, Okla, July 2O.-The city coun.
ell has adopted an ordinance that plain.
ly emphasizes the political power of or.
ganized labor in this part of the United
States.
The new law fixes a minimum wage
OF not less than 50 n day, which shall
be paid laborers employed by the city
and provides that S hours shall consti-
tute a day s work. The ordinance fur
Their states that all mechanics, or other
skilled w~orkmen, shall be paid the usual
wages in that vicinity, and the wage
scales of the unions shall constitute
prima facie evidence of what is the
prevailing wage in each of the crafts
so organized. All contractors and sub
contractors. doing work for the city,
shall be governed by the terms of this
ordinance.
The Krebs city ordinance is modelled
after the one already in force in Okla
homa City.
State Labor Commissioner, Charles
Daugherty, asserts that these ordinances
fan within the police powers of the cities
and that the power of the cities and
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-07-21
STRIKE AT SUGAR TRUST PLANT,

Brooklyn, N. Y.-Because the officers
of the Havemyer and Elder Sugar Re-
finery, or as they are commonly known,
the sugar trust, unjustly discharged three
r%efiners and the shop delegate, who asked
the night superintendent to reinstate the
three men, all the sugar mixers and re-
fners have gone out on strike. The plant
is completely tied up, 1000 men having
struck in sympathy.