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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-04-02
(By w. w. Naughton.)

SAN FRANCISCO. April 2.-Jinl
Jeffries frequently said that once de-
cs:on had been reached in regard TO
the location of his fight with Jack
Johnson, it would not take him long
to select training quarters. Jim has
been as good as his word, and for that
matter the announcement that he
would go into camp at Rowardennan,
in the Santa Cruz mountains was made
simultaneously with the giving out of
the news that the Emeryville race
track would be the scene OF the
championship ring event.
The promoters and Jeff alike are to
be congratulated The match handlers
have secured an ideal ring site, while
Jeffries has located at retreat in the
mountains that will suit him to dot.
Emeryvile, where the race track is
situated, is a small municipality like
Richmond, where 0Wolgast and Nelson
fought. AS was the case in Richmond,
the residents of Emeryville to a man
are swelled with the notion of housing
couple of world beating ring men
and every one from the mayor down to
booster in Gleason and Richards inter
est.
THIS that fhprn will no
friction and no holding up by the poll
ticians of the little town when the
date grows nearer and the Jeffries
Johnson plot begins to thicken. 1t is
| a great load off Richards mind, nc
doubt to feel that he can uncork his
worlds famous prize fight without any
danger of being approached for unex-
pected corkage fees later in the game
This is no intimation that the Nevada
promoter would have had to pay
through the nose if he had tried to pu
his champions in the ring somewhere
else, but rather an assurance that h
will not be asked to divide his profit:
with anyone in power in the burg o
Emeryville.
Emeryville race track is such a con
venient and suitable location for thu
thing in prospect that everyone won
ders why the spot was not thought o
sooner The answer, I suppose, is tina
the promoters were not aware tina
Tom Williams race park, together
with the corporate powers that sur
round it, could be had. know that TIE,
Richard and Gleason had almost de-
cided to take their pugilistic dollars tt
Richmond when the Emeryville matter
cropped up.
Outside of some such place as the
baseball grounds within the limits OF
San Francisco proper, Emeryville track
is the best spot that could have beer
chosen for the big mill. 1t means wei
appointed ferry boats and railroad
carriages instead of uncertain trolley
cars. 1t means a short ride of known
duration against one the length Of
which can never be gagged.
/ For that matter, the fight crowt
may be bigger from the fact that the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-04-02
(By w. w. NaughtOn.)

SAN FRANCISCO, April All the
world gasped when Tex Richard Of
fered $101, 900 for Jeffries and Johnson.
some of the people said it was a shame
that the balance wheels and controlling
levers and everything connected with
the machinery of prize fight promotion
had been ruthlessly kicked from their
fasten,ngs and that chaos was ap-
preaching at double quick gait.
Ideas on this subject have undergone
a radical change.
without mentioning names 1 know
a couple of world famous fight handlers
who wish they had tried a little more
determinedly to bag the attraction. One
of these who knows all about pugilistic
Nalues-who mOy be said to have facts
on his fingers and figures on his toes
told me the other day he believed the
big ring event would draw 100000. At
bidding time the gentlemen in question
thought 100000 the capacity of the
thing as the box office proposition.
In the belief that the heavyweight
battle will prove a gold mind the
matchmakers in and around San Fran
cisco are busily stalking out claims on
both sides Of Championship creek. To
be more explicit. they want to be in on
the overflow spending money with
which this city will abound in the first
part of July and they are reaching
out for promising glove contests with
the purpose of putting them before
the public on dates contiguous to that
Of the big battle.
So feversh is the struggle for pre-
cedence among the fight grabbers that
the wires are getting crossed. If some
NJ the fistic impresarios do not cool
off and back down we are threatened
with rival shows on the same date.
on July . for instance Coffroth has
booked the Abe Attell and British jim
Driscoll for his Colma arena, while
Jim Griffin, one OF the new crop of pro-
moters. insists that he was the first 10
discover July and that he will show
In this city on that date whether or no.
Abe Attell and Jim Driscoll have been
signed for a twenty-five round bout.
Like all other bouts it will probably
take a grip on public interest when the
date set July ., draws nearer But at
this distance candor compels the OBJ
''erration the fight fans generally are
not historical over the outlook.
Attell doesn't wear we'll with fight
crowds and San Francisco long ago
made up its mind that longer SEN
tence, or rather a longer fight. was
ABOUT the only thing that would REFORM
Abe. He seems to be able to trip 20 OF
% rounds without ruffling hair AS
ofother critic pithily put it, he leans
across his opponents shoulder ana
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-04-02
MI 1HAOR

NEW YORK. April Judging by
the reports that have been received
here. America will have a number of
foreign golfers to entertain this sea-
SON. Recent Y John Haskins, the
champion one armed golfer of Eu-
rope, announced that he intended to
visit America for the sole purpose of
playing those in his class for the
worlds championship. Later came the
report that James Braid and j. c.
Taylor, two of the greatest profession
al golfers England ever produced, are
to come to this country to tackle the
best we have on this side of the At
lantic. The men are due to arrive
shortly. In the early part of June, ac-
cording to reports received from Aus
tralia, six of the best golfers in the
antipodes are coming here in quest of
fame. It is more than likely that
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-04-02

amounting to $4,000 was paid by
Clifford w. Hartridge to seected
portion of the feminine acquaintance
of Harry X. Thaw, according to Mr..
Hartridge's own testimony today in
his suit to recover $4,000 for his SER
vices in the first Thaw trial.
Hartridge said he met 200 girls in
Mrs Susan Merrill's apartments. Mrs.
Merrill was a witness against Thaw in
his latest fight to prove his sanity.
The largest payment legged was
$4,000 to a Mrs. Rex, with whom
Thaw is said to have lived and who
appeared in the testimony today as,
Mrs ThaW"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-04-02

these foreign stars of the royal and
ancient Scottish game will have their
hands full in defeating the best we
have here. In the last few years many
crack professionals have been develop
ed, to say nothing of the great number
of amateurs. Golfing today is more
popular on this side of the Atlantic
than ever before.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-04-02
COAST LEAGUE
Oakland 8; Sacramento o.

Z SACRAMENTO, Cal, April 1.-The
Oaklands played errorless ball behind
Harkins. who pitched a superb game
this afternoon and won from the Sem
ators to 0. Doubles by Hogan and
Harkins in the sixth inning, aided by
Darringer's error. gave the Oaklands
three runs and the game. Score:
r. II. T..
Oakland .3 s. o
Sacramento - 100 4 3
BatterieS-HarkinS and SpieSman;
Whalen, Fitzgerald and LaLonge.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-04-02
Say Aviator Is "Broke."

BUFFALO, N. Y, April IAN invol-
untary petition in bankruptcy was
filed here today against the Herring
Curtiss company of Hammondsport, N.
Y, manufacturers of flying machines.
Three creditors allege insolvency.
Glenn H. Curtiss, the aviator, is vice
president and general manager of the
company
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-04-02
Portland 8; San Francisco 0.

SAN FRANCISCO. April Port
land defeated San Francisco in a fast
game this. afternoon by a score OF
to 0, neither side scoring until the
seventh. when the northeners chalked
up three runs. The clever twirling
of Eugene Knapp, who was in the box
for the northern aggregation, was
largely responsible for the latter win
ming, San Francisco securing only one
hit-a double by Tenant in the fourth
while the visitors scored six against
Willis. Score: r. III. T..
San Francisco .............0
Portland ...... ...........3 o
Batteries-Krapps and Fisher; Will
lis and Berry.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-04-02
CHICAGO No. 2, g; Pueblo q.

PUEBLO, Colo, April 2.-The Chi
cago White Sox No. defeated pick
ed team yesterday to 4. White was
hit hard in the eighth inning. Score:
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-04-02
ATTELL BESTS MORAN

Ten Round Bout in New York Sees
Some Fast Fighting.
NEW YORK, April 1.-Abe Attell
mad the better of Owen Moran of
England tonight in a ten round bout
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-05
PLEASANT PLAINS, HUGuEN0I
PRINCE BAY
UPPER ISLAND CHURCH
GETS MEMORIAL GLASS

There was q service OF unusual
interest Sunday morning In the
Brighton Heights Reformed church,
at New Brighton, Staten Island.
when a window, erected in memory
of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Van Tassel,
residents and members OF the
church who passed away a few
years ago was dedicated. Mrs. Van
Tassel was q teacher in the Sunday
school of the church for nearly
s~eventy-seven years. She had lived
In the community about ninety years.
Gray haired people who had been
members OF her class were in the
edifce Sunday, and, members of
the board of managers Of the Staten
Island Diet Association and of the
women's Auxiliary OF the s, R.
Smith Inirmary, to which Mrs. Van
Tassel belonged, were also in attend
ance. Mr.. Van Tassel was for a
long time an elder of the Brighton
Heights chuRh. The service Sun
day was conducted by the pastor,
Rev. George C. Lexington, who paid
a beautiful tribute to the lives of
Mr.. and Mrs. Van Tassel. The me-
window, a fine work of art,
was donated by the congregation,
with the assistance of people inter-
in the Diet Kitchen and the s.
r. Smith Infrmary.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-05
PLEASANT PLAINS

Miss Harriet Ravens, a nurse at
the s.. r. Smith Infrmary, visited her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Hay-
ems, here. yesterday.
Mrs. Margaret LaForge, of Brook
lyn, is visiting relatives In Amboy
avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. A. Brown were in
Perth Amboy Monday night
Terrence Mckee, of Foster road,
Prince Bay, who had two fingers am
putated as the result of injuries at
the dental works last week, is i'm
proving slowly.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles LaForge are
moving to the house formerly occu-
pied by John Dean in Amboy avenue.
!. Captain Philip DeWaters was a
T~ottenville visitor yesterday.
Mrs. Mynard Sharrott Is recovering
at the Smith Inflrmary.
A meeting Of u. S. Grant Council,
Jr. o. UyA. M, was held In Amicitia
hall Monday night.
Molly Stark Council, d. of A,
meets tonight.
A tree In front of the Schneider
store, in Amboy avenue, has
been taken down. "a
Richard Harris has returned home
after several days with friends in
City.
George Androvette visited in Perth
Amboy this week.
Chauncey LaForge and Fred jarrett
were at the Vanderbilt cup ace on
Long Island Saturday.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-05
The SnrInnhnk.

A popularity Of that most beautiful
of South African anteIopes the spring
box Is that 1t always leaps over human
tracks. 1t is at once exceedingly shy
and marvelously active, and the rea-
0 for this strange antic is its in
tense suspicion of any possible enc
mics, among whom it has come to rec
ognize man as the most dangerous. Ii
Is not only with human tracks that the
springbok goes through this perform
anee, for it does the same with the
tracks Of lions. or even when 1t gets
wind IT a lion. The leap is exceeding.
~ graceful, and the animal covers from
twelve to fifteen feet at each bound.
1t drops OF all four feet at once and
Immediately rises again, making a clear
spring without any run. Its usual gait
when not pursued Is a light spFingy
trot. The springbok usually travels
with its nose to the ground, as IL con.
stantly on the lookout for the scent OF
enemies. .
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-05
LECTURES
ARE RESUMED
First Courses of the Season
in Many Centsrs Have
Started.
TO OPEN HERE FRIDAY

The free public school lectures UNI
der the Department of Education OF
the city of New York began Its sched-.
ule on Staten Island this week. Be-
tween Monday, October 8, and De-
cember is there will be 122. lectures
given. The series was formally OPEN
ed on this end of the island Monday
night, when a geographical lecture,
entitled Alaska and Her Wonderful
Resources" was given in the Nora
Wan church at Great Kills. In the
Concord school last night the beauty
of the Maine woods, the Mississippi
Valley and It's wealth of resource
was given. The first lecture in pub
lie school No. 8. Pleasant Plains, for
the season will be delivered tomorrow
night. when Isaac F.. Smith will tell
something of the CITY ofAMexico in
the first OF the series on}Central and
South America.
AT public school No. /, Tottenville,
on Friday night, Edward Justus Par
ker will begin a series of six lectures
on United States, East. The subject
of the first lecture will be Niagara
and Nearby Places" Each lecture
will be illustrated by stereopticon
views and experiment. This year the
course that has been laid out at the
various centres are said to%surpasa
anything that has heretofore been
arranged by the department Of educa-
ton.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-05
H COTTON GIN.
Whitney Got the Idea From the Work
of an Old NEGRO.

Whitney Got the Idea From the Work
of an Old Negro.
Eli whitney, the inventor of the cot
ton gin, got the germ Of his great idea
from seeing through the interstices of
a hut an old negro work a band saw
among the freshly picked cotton stored
within.
The teeth of the saw tore the iints
from the seed easily and quickly, and
young Whitney Che vas barely thir-
teen at the time) realized at nee that
a machine working a number of SINH
lar saw simultaneously would revolu-
tionize the cotton growing industry. :
He said nothing to anybody, but set
to work building models and expert
menting. His difficulties were enor-
nous, for he not only had to make his
own wheels, cogs, etc, but he had also
first to forge his own tools and even
to manufacture the paint wherewith
to color his many plans and drawings.
But he succeeded In the end, and,
though the outbreak of war and other
hindrances prevented the invention
from being actually placed upon the
market until many years afterward,
the first complete cotton gin eyer con-
structed was built from those very
models and plans and with scarcely a
single alteration.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-05
GRAND JURY
TO HEAR CASE
Albert ]. Kane Charged With
Burglary Will Be Up
Tomorrow.
is AN OLD OFFENDER

The case of Albert j. Kane, forty
nine years old, who is locked up In
the county jail at Richmond on a
charge of burglary, is scheduled to
come up before the grand jury to-
morrow at Richmond, when that
body convenes again after an adjourn
ment from Monday.
Kane, who formerly worked for
Carlos De Alvandroes at Clermont
avenue and Manhattan street, Rari-
tan Bay Park, Is charged with enter
ing the second-story window of the
De Alvandroes residense and making
off with about $25 in money and
some clothing on the night of Sep
TENDER 2. Kane still continued in
the employ of Mr.. De Alvandroes af-
ter the robbery and vas arrested by
Detectives Conboy and Burke upon
his return from the Highlands two
days afterward on his employers
boat.
1t has been learned since that
Kane is an old offender, having
served one or two terms in prison
before for burglary. He is we'll
known in the east, where he resided
before coming to New York Detec-
tice Conboy has his record for the
past several years for some good Jobs
that were committed in the east and
for which Kane has done time.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-05
CR0SsWALK COMPLETED,
%FOOTBRIDGE DESTROYED

The work of laying a temporary
crosswalk from the trolley tracks on
the north side of Jay street, st.
George, to the new steel viaduct
leading from the ferry landing to a
point in front OF the Borough Hall,
was completed yesterday, and soon
this new improvement and convent
ence for the thousands OF pedestri-
ans who go to the ferry will be
opened up and the old, rickety foot
bridge now In use, and which has
been condemned several times, Is
torn down. The great ferry APP
proach, costing more than $4,000
600, and including a great retaining
wall which alone cost $4,000 90, is
assuming shape. to lead one to ex-
pect that it will be completed with
in a few months. 1t now remains to
complete the third section Of the re-
tanning wall in Stuyvesant place, st.
George.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-05
SERGEANTS
APPOINTED
Two Promoted by Baker
Are Sent to SO Precinct
Station Here.
LOCAL MEN ON LIST


Police Commissioner Baker, OF the
police department of the city of New
York, yesterday promoted ten patrol
men from the ranks to the position
of sergeant. OF this number two
were sent to the 99th. precinct sta
ton at T~ottenville. They r Ser
geant William M. Dobbins, formerly
attached to the Health Department
squad in Manhattan, and Sergeant
Harry Vreudenberg, of the 23rd. pre-
ctnct station, Manhattan. Both new
sergeants sent down here are young
men and yer taken from the civil
service list. AlF were promoted to
I'LL vacancies In the department.
For the past year two %sergeants
have been detailed to the Goth, pre-
cinct. When the next batch of SER
geants are made Patrolman Dennis
]. Glavin, OF the 99th. precinct, and
George Conboy, of the
Borough Detective Bu-
reau, will be promoted from the list
which they now head.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-05
T0TTENvlLLE

William Wood, of Broadway, left
this morning for a vacation at
Georgetown, Del. He is employed at
the Perth Amboy Trust Company.
Mrs. Robert Ritchey, of Brooklyn,
visited her parents here this week.
Powell Ainsworth has returned
from Long Island, where he attended
the cup races
Harold Early has taken a position
at the dental works.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen L. Cutting,
of Kreischeryille, were the guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. George Fisher, Of Cen
trail avenue, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Michael Morrissey,
Miss Pearl Becker and Anton Becker,
Sr., enjoyed an auto ride up River
side Drive, Manhattan, Sunday In
Mr.. Morrissey's new touring car.
Spencer Springfield has moved
from Tyrrell to Church street.
The buildings at the Atlantic Terra
Gotta are being painted.
Washington Council, Daughters o.
Liberty, met last night.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-05
BOYS SKULL FRACTURED
WITH PAIR OF ICE T0NGS

Angered because small boys per-
sisted in riding on the tail step OF
his ice wagon In spite of danger,
Fritz Meddler, fifty-f1ve years old, of
Stapleton, S. I.,-threw a pair of Ice
tongs at one of them yesterday after
noon. John letter, eight years old,
of No. 220 Targee street, Stapleton,
was hit on the back of the head by
the tongs and fell unconscious with
a fractured skull. He was taken to
st. Vincsnt's Hospital, West New
Brighton, where 1t was said he had
no chance for life.
Meddler was locked up on a charge
of felonious assault. He broke down
when told that the boy would die.
He said he had been SO pestered by
boys hooking rides" on the tail step
that he fared up and let fly the tongs
when the letter boy Knocked him
when ordered of.
Several boy 8 of Stapleton have
been injured by ice cakes slipping
down on them, and all the drivers for
the company have been ordered to
keep them off wagons.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-05
STATEN ISLAND NEWS
PASTOR HAS BEGUN A
SERIES OF FINE SERMONS

Rev. Alfred Evans, pastor of st.
Marks Methodist Episcopal church,
Pleasant Plains, is preaching a Sc
ries of sever sermons, which COM
menced last Sunday evening and
will be continued until November.
The subjects of the m are:
October Q, Paradise; the Interme-
diate State; October 10, "The Gem
eral Resurrection, October 23,
'The General Judgment; October
80, Future Punishment" Each
sermon Will be preceded by a praise
service of fifteen minutes. During
this week q praise service is being
held every night In the lecture
ROOM. Rev. Mr.. Evans is in charge,
Tonight the Salvation Army, Of
Perth Amboy, will be In charge OF
the service.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-05
He Didn't Tell,

The lawyer for the defense found It
necessary to weaken the testimony Of
the main witness for the prosecution.
"Mr. Skybo," he said, proceeding to
cross examine him, "did you w live
on the s~eacoast?"
Eyes, SIR" responded the witness; II
have lived half my life in a ~seacoast
town"
"You are familiar. then, with salt
water fish, I"
Eyes, sir"
"Well, just as a matter of informa-
ton, will you please tell me how a
founder swims-whether horizontally
OF verticallyf"
weller
'"That is all, Mr.. skybo; you may
stand aside."-Chicago Tribune.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-05
Nanoieon,s ourridar.

Wernet, Napoleon's outrider, once
saved his emperor's life. 1t was after
the %abdication of Fontainebleau and
when Wernet drove Napoleon away
from the palace that he received from
a peasant information of q plot to fire
on the coach as 1t passed through the
forest. The outrider, representing that
there was an obstruction on the road,
persuaded the emperor to leave the
coach and ride around In another d.
r~ection, while he brought the carriage
az best he could to meet him. This
was done, and Wernet encountered a
furious fusillade, which. however. left
him ~unscathed, as 1t was directed not
at the box, but at the interior Of the
empty vehicle. Wernet lived to be out
rider to Louis Philippe.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-05
LIQUOR DEALERS r.

William O'Brien, Rudolph Hoehn,
William M. Carpenter and aPtrick
Harding, local hotel proprietors in
Tottenville, were at the meeting of
the Richmond County Wine and
Liquor Dealers Association, held at
Felten's hall, Stapleton, Monday af-
ternoon. At this time State Excise
Commissioner Minton and State
President Farley, of the State
Liquor Dealers Association, were
present and made an address. Pres
ident Peter McHugh, Of the local or
ga~niZation, presided and entertained
the high officials at a dinner after
the meeting. Many members of the
association were present.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-05
nEMouRATIC CLuR.

At a recent meeting Of the Eli
ingville Democratic Club. held at
Bamberger's hall, in Amboy avenue,
that place, Alderman Charles P.
Pole, Of Prince Bay, representative
from the seventy-third aldermanic
district, was Endorsed for a renomi-
nation at the coming convention. At
this time new officers were chosen.
The following were lected: Presi-
dent, ]. Fitzpatrick; treasurer, John
Sassenberg, and secretary, P. c
Ramberger. Another meeting will
be held shortly before election.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-05
%FOREsTERs NO INSTALL.

The semi-annual installation of
officers of Court Rossville No. 434,
Foresters of America, of Rossyille,,
will take place tomorrow night in
Forester hall. District Deputy Grand
Ranger John Newman and stan, of
Court Lfnoleum. of Linoleumville,
will come to RossvilIe at this time to
install the new officers. Michael
O'Neil will again be installed as chief
ranger. A reception will be given
the deputy and his staff after the
meeting. "A collation. will be served.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-05
STOMACH

II used Cascarets and feel like q new
man. I have been a sufferer from dys-
pepsia and sour stomach for the last two
years. have been taking medicine and
other drugs, but could find no relief only
for a short time. I will recommend
Cascarets to my friends as the onlythin8
for indigestion and sour stomach and TO
keep the bowels In good condition.
They are very nice to eat
Harry Stuekley, Mauch Chunk, Pa.
Pleasant. paIatahle. Potent, Taste Good,
Do Good. Never Sickca. Weaken or Grips.
i0c, Csc, Soc. Never sold In bulk. The ger-
uine tablet stamped CCC. Guaranteed to
cure or YONG money back. aS