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The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-09-03
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JAPAN FLOODS
Steamer Antilochus Brings
News Of Death and Dis
aster From Floods.

Victoria, B. c., Sept. 3.-The loss
Of life in the japanese floods exceed
ed I, 900, according to advices brought
by the steamship Antilochus, which
arrived this morning, the official list
for Is procedures shws the drowned
or missing to total Lib, while more
than 10000 houses were flooded
and wrecked. 1888 swept away. Over
$4,000 acres were flooded and 200,-
900 people are homeless and receiv-
ing relief. Among the victims was
the family of Mr.. Kondo, president of
the Nippon Yusen Kaisha, who were
drowned when his villa was demol-
ished.
The great floods were followed by
heavy storms at sea in which several
Japanese steamships were wrecked.
The steamship Hokuriku Maru was
lost in Tsuruga strait with all hands
on August IS. On the same day the
Shingu Maru went ashore near At
suta. Her complement of 100 was
saved by revenue steamships.
The Kwannon Maru, which was
driven in Toba for shelter, had some
of her boats rushed by panic stricken
passengers, who thought at first she
was about to founder. Two boats
crews left the vessel and their fate
was uncertain when the Antilochus
left. The vessel ultimately reached
Yokkaichi in safety.
The big volunteer steamship Ume-
gaki Mara had a severe struggle with
the gale with sos passengers on
board and reached Yokkaichi in dis
tress with her coal exhausted.
Several other steamships suffered
and several sailing vessels were
wrecked. The Eiriki Maru, laden
with coal, foundered off Nikijima,
Miye prefecture, her captain and sew
eral others drawned Two schooners
also foundered, the majority of those
on board swimming ashore.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-09-03
NEW WENATCHEE KOIE[
NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS
Handsome Structure on Corner of Wenachee and Orion
do Formally Dedicated to Travelling Public Under
Management of Mrs. w. j. Taylor and Son-Has 81
Rooms, 80 of Which Have Private Baths.

wide and light hallway extends all the
way around, giving convenient access
to every room. Both the Railways
and the rooms are carpeted with a
very fine ten-wire Brussels of the
same pattern throughout.
There are 67 guest rooms, of which
80 are provided with private baths.
Every room is an outside room, giving
excellent light, ventilation and view.
They are so arranged that suites of
one, two or three rooms can be
thrown together with one bath in
common. The arrangement is iden-
teal on both the second and third
floors.
Furniture for the guest chambers
has evidently been purchased without
thought of expense or anything else
but the comfort of patrons. Dressers,
rockers and other chairs, also writing
stands, are of heavy build, which look
like mahogany. Heavy brass beds
weighing 200 pounds each are accom-
panied with the best springs made.
Mattresses are soft as fleece but war
ranted never to pack or become
lumpy Running hot and cold water
is in every room.
A distinctive feature of The Hotel
;c ha I'd ON tho
second floor, to which q number of
the rooms face. 1t is too late in the
season to fit this up as intended ulti-
mately. Next spring the planting will
be done in elaborate fashion and the
garden will be a mass of blooming
flowers and trailing vines.
The furniture was all purchased
through the Wenatchee Furniture
company, while the carpets and cur
tains were secured through the Ellis
Forde company. Joe Edwards in
stalled the plumbing work and the
Pioneer Electric company did the wir-
ing. William Window was the con-
tractor who built the structure.
The state electrical inspector came
here to examine the work done in the
hotel and pronounced it the most per-
feet he had ever seen. In the base
ment one whole room is given up ex-
clusively to the huge switchboard,
from which juice may be distributed
to all parts of the building as desired.
Continued on Page Four)
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FILED WET PETITION
Carried 325 Names and Calls for Re
submission of Local Option
Question.

Charles Becker, representing the
"wets," yesterday filed with the city
clerk petition, carrying 325 names,
of voters for a resubmission of the
local option question at the coming
general election. The law prescribes
that the city clerk shall advertise this
election Is days prior to the election.
II does not require that the city coun-
Gil should take any action on the
matter, other than provide for the
election, which is to be held Novem-
Der 8.
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"EAT NO FIGS" RIOT
Fig Ordinance Promulgated on Ac.
count of Cholera Displeases
Peasants.

Barletta, Italy, Sept. 3.-Follow-
ing the PRONUNCIATION of an ordinance
prohibiting the eating of figs be-
cause the cholera scare at Barri, 33
miles west of here, a mob of 1000
attacked and wrecked the local sani-
tary office and beat the employees.
The carbineers interfered. The des-
perate rioters wounded % persons.
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COLLEGE MEN. WILL
BANQUET
University Club to Be Or.
ganized in Elman Cafe
Tonight.

Between 80 and 40 college men of
this city and valley have signified
their intention to be present this
evening at the banquet to be held at
the Elman cafe. The men will be
seated at 1880 and the management
of the cafe has prepared an elaborate
banquet. There are some 60 men,
bers already of the organization, Sam
Sumner will act as POSTMASTER, and
the plan is to perfect the organization.
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ASSAILS ROOSEVELT
Westminster Gazette Does Not Like
Idea of Fortifying Panama
Canal.

London, Sept. 3.-Roosevelt's de-
mand that the United States fortify
the Panama canal, as set forth in his
speech at Omaha, is characterized
by the Westminster Gazette as "di-
rect rejection of the terms of the
American and British agreement of
1901 under which naturalization is
guaranteed.
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Laying Sidewalks on Mission.

The contractors have been engaged
for the past several days in laying
the sidewalk on South Mission street.
This is progressing very rapidly and
several blocks have already been side
walked. IL is the expectation that the
contractors will start in in short
time on the paving OF the four blocks
on Mission street.
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Wilbur M. Little. of Walla Walla
avenue, is one OF the latst automobile
owners in the valley. He purchased
this week a sch. p. Buick from H. C.
Harris, and is already learning the
intricacies of his new machine,
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-09-03

Prominent ranchers in We
Bought Buick Auto.

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The Columbia garage has just un-
loaded two r. NJ. f. 80 h. p. auto
mobiles. This places the E. NJ. F. as
one Of the most popular cars in the
valley. One Of these cars is to be de-
livered to r. P. Webb and one to DR..
Zener.
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shape for the season.
This season promises to be ban
ner year for baseball among the COL
leges of the Northwest on account OF
the plans which were made at the
meeting of the baseball managers at
Portland last December. Each COL
lege is to play every other college land
all are to have about the same num-
Der Of games. The championship will
be decided upon a percentage basis. A
beautiful silver cup has been offered
by Reach & Co. to the team winning
the championship.
Manager Davenny Is now at work on
plans which will help to make the sea-
son for the local college a success. He
proposes to issue season tickets for
the eight intercollegiate home games,
at a price which will enable every
man, woman and child of the institu-
ton to be present at every game. and
help cheer the team on in it's fight for
the championship.
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Bat Says He Never Dictated
But 0utgeneraled Wolgast

II takes more than one decisive de-
feat to put Battling Nelson on the
pugilistic shelf. During the time he has
to spare from his theatrical work he
is busy writing letters and preparing
to fight Wolgast again. He only wants
another chance at the German and he
is going to get it. Battling is just as
aggressive on the streets as he is in the
ring. The following letter from Nelson
explains his plans:
CHICAGO, March ITO Roscoe
Fawcett, Sporting. Editor The Inland
Herald: Although i don't expect to
get a return match with Wolgast until
next fall, l expect to have him tied
up inside of the next 80 days, and then
it will be me to the woods for a long
rest. He's champion now, and l expect
he will make me Jump through" Some
say that l have exacted too much, but
such is not the case.
1t is always. a champions right to
do a certain amount of debating. How
ever, since becoming champion 1 have
done very little debating to my OPP
ponents. I have confined my labors to
getting the most I could for myself
from the promoters. If at any time the
size of the purse paid me made the
other fellows end smaller than mine,
the difference was the champions per-
centage or bonus. / have preferred to
get as much for myself as possible,
and let the other fellow do the same.
When the match with Wolgast was
first talked over he tried to do the
debating. You remember what 1 told
you in Los Angeles; you know what
told you later in Minneapolis. He
tried to say where the battle would be
fought, and worked every string 90
take it to Los Angeles instead of San
Francisco. I could get more money in
the latter town, and he could get what
his manager deemed better terms for
the challenger in Los Angeles. Then I
fell back on the champions rights and
told him that we would fight in San
Francisco or not at ALL This swung
the match to Sid Hester, and history
shows that no big fight was ever pro-
lmoted in a more satisfactory style than
the one handled by Hester, Tom O'Day
and Billy Mccartney
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ten to several pitchers before Pieper
went to New York. Word has already
been received from two of them.
wild Bill'' Donovan of Detroit has
sent his terms to Harvard, and these
are now under consideration.
Donovan stated what he would ex-
pect to be paid to coach the Harvard
batteries for a term of three weeks,
and also for a month, asking practical
ly the same amount as the Harvard
paid Mathewson a year
ago. Donovan would be allowed to
come east by Manager Jennings, who
for so many seasons was the baseball
coach at Cornell.
Eddie Vincotte of the Boston Red
Six was another pitcher to whom the
Harvard management wrote. The
'Knuckle BALI man has not yet sent
a reply to Campridge, but wrote to
the Boston club headquarters. He
said he would like to go to Cambridge
for a few weeks and wanted permis-
sion to do so.
The Harvard management did not
write to Mordecai Brown of Chicago,
but did write to "Jack' Chesbro, who
coached the Harvard pitchers in 1904.
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GOLDEN JUBILEE IS HELD

CHICAGO, March 1.-THE golden
jubilee yesterday at Christ Reformed
Episcopal church, oath street and
Michigan avenue, was a two-fold af-
fair, marking the completion of the
so years work of the minister, Bish-
op Charles Edward Cheney, and the
completion of so years of life for the
church as a separate organization.
Bishop Cheney related how, as a
young man without experience in his
chosen calling he had delivered his
first sermon as rector of the church,
on March IL, 1860. Since his ordi-
nation as a minister he has known no
other pastorate, and since it's estab-
lishment the church has known no
other pastor.
Miss Wilcox, who heard Bishop
Cheney preach his first sermon, was
present yesterday. Bishop and Mrs.
Cheney will celebrate their 50th we'd
ding anniversary next Sunday.
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KANSAS CITY, Mar. 15.-'Fighting
Dick" Hyland of San Francisco and
Matty Baldwin, the Bunker Hill bear
cat" of Boston, fought ten rounds. to
a draw at the Hippodrome here last
night
The ngnt was a tame and uninter-
esting affair, neither fighter being in
danger at any time. 1t was the cd
story of a -Hyland-matched
against a shifty boxer, Baldwin. Hy-
land came out of the battle without a
mark Baldwin has a bad cut over his
left eye.
The best round was the fourth, when
Hyland opened the wound over Bald
wins eye. The San Francisco boy had
Baldwin tired at the close.
Round 1.
They rushed to close quarters, ex-
changed rights and lefts to jaw and
straight right to body. Baldwin sent
two rights to body. Hyland landed
two body blows. Hyland backed
Baldwin to the ropes and sent two
lefts to the mouth. Honors even.
Round 2.
Baldwin drove two hard straight
rights to the jaw, Hyland clinched
Baldwin sent two stiff lefts to the jaw
Hyland closed in and put left to jaw
ollowing it with left to ribs and
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! I did no debating in the moving
35 per cent of he rights, and that !
got them for the paltry sum of $3.50, is
due alone to the fact that my manager,
Jack Robinson, and myself, outgener-
aled Jones in the deal. Eddie Smith
was not mentioned as referee until all
tother eligibles had been mentioned and
rejected. Wolgast insisted so strongly
upon Jack Welsh that 1 felt that he
must have an ace in the hole, so we re-
Elected Welsh. Smith was a sort of a
compromise candidate. He was my one
best bet as first choice, but again the
fact that he was selected was due to
the outwitting of Jones by Robinson
and myself There was no debating
in the matter-it was simply case Of
generalship.
In the event of fighting Wolgast
again there can be no room for die
tating aside from the date. AS cham
pion he has that right to a certain ex-
tent. The weight is well understood by
both of US. He can get what he is able
to get from the promoter. VIII do the
same. The public demands that I be
given a return match, and while the
ldemand is strong at present it will be
a thousand times stronger four months
from now. The public will not stand
for anything one-sided, and will rally
/ to the man that shows the sportsman
| like spirit. 1 have always been that
man and will be again.
| Under the circumstances suppose I
must concede to WOlgast the location
and date of the return match The
weight is understood. The same refe-
rec satisfies me, and undoubtedly will
i'm. The picture business can be re-
versed. Last time the club and myself
bought out Wolgast This time 1 will
sell to them. I will be ready to fight this
fall, and I guess he will be, too. So I
can see no possible hitch or chance of
a hitch in the matter, and am conf
dent that by Christmas day 1 will be
able to send presents to my friends
with that same old title under the
name-"Lightweigh Champion of the
World
| "RATTIING NFT SON
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of them had made bid for the Nelson
Thompson go. This implies that the af-
fair was left open to bids which is not
the case
Here is the story as it was told to
me: Before Nelson fought Wolgast he
signed up to box Thompson at later
date and this match was to be left open
to the highest bidder The event as an
attraction depended, of course, on Nell
sons success with Wolgast. In other
words, if Nelson lost with Wolgast
there was nothing further, so far as
Nelson was concerned, to bid on, and
the local matchmakers insist that Nell
son understood it that way.
Nelson's action just after his de-
feat bears out this view Of it but now
that the first shock Of the reverse is
over it looks as though the Dane thinks
that his money-making powers should
not be impaired by what happened on
Washington's birthday.
While the majority of good sports
men know that Nelson is one Of the
finest fellows who ever had to do with
the prize ring and would be glad to
see him get a chance to regain the
prestige he has lost, the Battler's pres
ent notions of pugilistic value pro-
vokes many a smile.
He signed to accept $4,000 for his
share of the Nelson Thompson fight In
the event of winning from Wolgast. He
thinks now he should receive that
much in any case. This money mad
ness may interfere with his chances of
working his way back to the champion
ship.
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Hyland and Baldwin
Go 10 Rounds to Draw

right to the jaw. Hyland sent right
and left to jaw. They were mixing
when the gong rang.
Round 8.
They rushed into close quarters,
Baldwin landing left to face. Hyland
retaliated with right and left to stom-
ach. Baldwin put right to head. Bald
win wrestled his man to the floor but
Hyland came back with right to the
jaw. They clinched at the bell.
Round q.
Hyland led off with right to the ribs
and a moment later shot good right
to the jaw Baldwin closed in. Hy-
land landed three head punches, open
ing a cut over Baldwin's right eye.
Hyland forced the fighting, putting
right to face and left to stomach.
Baldwin tired badly.
Round 5.
Baldwin skipped about and tapped
Hyland with rights and lefts to face.
He followed with hard right to ribs.
Hyland rushed his opponent to ropes
and landed a right on the jaw, follow
ed by left to the body. Hyland sent
his right to the kidneys and drove
four straight punches to the head.
Hyland ended the stronger.
Round 8.
They exchanged head taps. Hyland
drove a straight left to the Jaw. They
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MatheWSOn Will not
Be HarVard'S Coach
nd Billy Mccartney.

BOSTON, March 15.-It is now GER
tain that Mathewson of the Giants
will not coach the Harvard players
in their cage again this year. "Matty"
said that McGraw would not let him
off from the southern trip again, but
Pieper decided to see the New York
manager himself. Pieper has just re-
turned from New York, where he was
unable to persuade McGraw to allow
MatheWson to come to Cambridge.
McGraw told the Harvard coach
that he did not thing Mathewson was
at his best in the National league race
of 1909, and that he intended to take
"Christy', south with the Giants this
spring. McGraw also said that he
considered Mathewson gained nothing
by working in the Harvard cage last
winter, and that he believed college
coaching does not help professional
pitcher at all.
So Pieper returned to Cambridge
without having secured Mathewson.
and realizing that a choice of some
man to coach his pitchers must be
made at once.
The Harvard management had writ
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TENNIS
WRESTLING
RACING
BOXING
They were sparring at the close.
Rnn.A q

They were sparring at the close.
Round 9.
Baldwin came UP fast and tried to
draw Hyland into long range fighting
but Hyland closed in with severe right
to the wind. They spared. Baldwin
drove a hard right to the wind. Bald
win jabbed three lefts the face and
followed with left to the jaw. Hy-
land landed left to the jaw and right
to the body. Hyland sent left and
right to head.
Round 10.
Baldwin tapped Hyland with left to
the jaw and followed with right to the
head. Hyland drove two lefts to the
face Baldwin sent left to jaw. Hy-
land drove right and left to wind.
Baldwin swung wildly, while Hyland
forced the fighting.
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LIVE NEWS OF THE SPORTING WORLD N

spared, Baldwin trying a keen away
Baldwin put left to the jaw and they
clnched. Hyland sent a hard right
to the jaw.
Round 7.
BALDWIN landed quick right to the
ieao as tney met in the center of the
ring Hyiand drove stiff left to the
race ana a right to the wind. Baldwin
swung wildly. Hyland put a right to
the Jaw and Baldwin returned a SINH
lar dow. Baldwin landed left to body
and right to face, doing little damage.
Round 8.
Baldwin landed light body blows with
ms ieft while Hyland walloped two
lefts to the jaw. Hyland drove right
ana left to the jaw They clinched.
Baldwin put stiff right to the BODY
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KunZ
Missionaries
Going South

The Whitman college baseball team
will leave on their first "trip on the
oath of this month. The trip will be
into the Willamette valley, where the
boys will meet Oregon Agricultural
college and the University of Oregon
in two games each. On March 26 and
rs Whitman is to meet 0. A. c.. The
team will rest over one day and the
following two evenings will contest
with the University of Oregon. 1t is
probable that before returning Mama
ger Davenny may arrange for a game
with Willamette university, Salem.
The schedule of games follows:
March 25 and 26, o. A. c., at Cor
Wallis.
March % and 20, U. of O., at Eu-
gene.
April H. Idaho, at Walla Walla.
April IS and 10, U. of O., at Walla
Walla.
April 25 and 26, o. A. c., at Walla
Walla.
May and S, W. S. c., at Pullman.
May 6 and 7, Idaho, at Moscow
May 16 and II, u. of W., at Walla
Walla.
May 21, w S. c., at Walla Walla.
| Some time next week before leaving
on the trip the Whitman nine will
meet the city team in a practice game.
The batting cage which the manage
lment has erected on Ankeny field is
great help in practice, for while one
set of players is working out in the
diamond, another can be at work in the
cage Whitman is the second college
in the Northwest to adopt the cage, the
University of Washington having used
one for the last two years, during
which time it has met with great favor
The diamond is now being narrowed
and sprinkled and will soon be in fine
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Hanger=Thompson
Loses to Chicago

Hanger and Thompson bowlers
again bit the dust last night This
time at the hands of the Chicago store
employees who triumphed in all three
games. The match was Won by the
safe margin of 116 points. Wicker
sham of the Chicago store had high
score with 1S9, while 1853 2-3 was the
average OF Kunz, which was high.
Hooper's and Gardner company will
play Thursday night. Last nights
score is as follows:
Hanger and Thompson.
KunZ A70
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EmeryviIle Track Sloppy.

OAKLAND, Cal, March 1.-THE
track at Emeryville was sloppy to-
day and there were numerous scratch
es. In the feature event Selden, rider
of Phil Mohr, backed into favoritism,
was knocked off in a falsA break and
dragged so yards. He escaped in
Jury. Phil Mohr ran around the track
and jumped the fence. He was re-
mounted and finished second to Rich
ard Reed. Oceanview lasted long
enough to beat Col. Jack a head in
the fifth race.