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The Illinois issue. (Chicago, Ill. ;) 1906-1912, 1910-09-09
(Reprinted from Last Weeks Issue)


understand the imperative necessity of uniting the
option upon the minimum number of candidates. The
voters privilege Of casting three votes for candidate
dividing his vote among several candidates make it Of
first Importance that the minimum number of candidates
be supported in each district and that the option vote
be centered upon these. In division of the lies the
greatest danger Where there two local option cand
dates in given Senatorial district the League felt
selection should be made and that all of the temperance
voters should be asked to stand by that selection. We
depend upon enemies to do this, and if do
do likewise shall suffer defeat In making these selec
tons have far possible followed the advice of
local committees and friends Therefore, without prejudice
to the other local option candidates. the League strongly
temperance voters to cast their vote for those
mended and those alone To do the should
front of the of those recommended and
front of other candidates for the Office has
been placed in front of the of the present members
the legislature who candidates for reelection and whose
record temperance legislation at Springfield has been
right While believe and try to practice the principle
of standing by those who stood by is nevertheless due
constituents to say that endorsements of these
at this time than simply good past record
These men, every case will be the target of the
enemies of local option, and therefore entitled
full consideration of friends
Prohibition and Socialist Candidates
We make no recommendations as to Prohbitionists for
the that all Prohbonists supposed favor
of all temperance legislation We make
to Socialists for the that in instances the
Socialist candidates have opposition at the primaries
In making up these findings has been found necessary
omit the of number of candidates whose leanngs
favorable but who do not for public endorsement
We therefore respectfully submit the following
mendaons placing the endorsement of each district in
paragraph under the number Of the Senatorial district
Senators be elected in odd numbered districts only
with Good Record Local Option
City Chicago. Senate: solver SolIt, endorsed
endations: House. Wood,
Democratic recommendations:
None.
endations
4TH SENATORIAL DISTRICT
. DISTRICT The 4th Senatorial District includes
Twenty-nnth Thirtieth
the Fourth Fifth of the Thrtyfrs city
% city of Chicago. Chicago.
endations: No recommendations.
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Elections to b
osepinted FROM
The first function of the AntiSaloon League is agitation
The second is legislation Before there be relief from
the evils of the liquor traffic there be remedial law
The liquor traffic. by it's persistent omnpresent and per-
ncous activity in politics. has tyrannzed the people,
their laws and their political and civic affairs The
AntSaoon League the the cry of the people
for practical definite and efficient agency protect pres
ent temperance legislation and to secure additional The
League represents the temperance forces the
capitol frames and the presentation of
those forces desire 1t observes and records the attitude and
conduct of legislators such and it reports to
it's constituency upon legislative candidates who have
served in the general assembly, and it investigates and
ports those candidates who have served that the
voters may know how to cast their votes election day
best protect home family and community against
the saloon.
Nonpartsan Recommendations
campaign is in full blast for the election Of
legislature in Illinois; and the An-Saloon League
filing Of it's appointed functions gives below it's findings
candidates for that body In making up it's
mendatons, the League has not allowed itself to be in
fuenced preudiced by newspapers political parties
Individuals but amidst diverse opinions and war in factions
has stuck faithfully to it's appointed task. With that in
has done its best to deal justly and fairly with the
situation in each district where recommendations made
The result is the work of body of composed Of the
Headquarters Committee and the field force of the League
after weeks of consultation and meetings with local
mttees in the different districts wherever that possible
We shall be criticised by newspapers and by
other reform organizations who do take the temperance
question into consideration for endorsing candidates
whom they will condemn
most unpleasant duty has confronted the League in
making up it's list of recommendations namely duty of
making choice between friends
Imperative Need of United Vote
If the reader is familiar with the primary law he will
CThe (*) Indicates Present Member OF Legi
1ST SENATORIAL DISTRICT and Twelfth wards il
republican recomI
First and Second wards in the CITY of House, David
Chicago dorsed
Ranub1can recommendations.
Herbert G. Metcaf, endorsed. None
w. Epsey, endorsed. 3RD SENATORIAL
3rd
The Illinois issue. (Chicago, Ill. ;) 1906-1912, 1910-09-09
4TH SENATORIAL DISTRICT

The 4th Senatorial District includes the
Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth wards and
part of the Thirty-first ward in the city of
Chicago.
No recommendations.
The Illinois issue. (Chicago, Ill. ;) 1906-1912, 1910-09-09
1sT SENATORIAL DISTRICT

The list Senatorial District includes the
First and Second wards in the City OF
Chicago.
Republican recommendations:
Senate: Herbert G. Metcalf, endorsed.
Democratic recommendations:
House: Charles w. Epsey, endorsed.
2ND SENATORIAL DISTRICT
The End Senatorial District includes the
Twentieth ward and parts of the Eleventh
The Illinois issue. (Chicago, Ill. ;) 1906-1912, 1910-09-09
3RD SENATORIAL DISTRICT

The Bird Senatorial District includes the
Third ward and parts of the Fourth, Fifth
and Sixth wards in the city of Chicago.
Republican recommendations:
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-10-22
MAKES PlEAn FoR BEVERAGE
- lIt'E -TrT11T 7slE aW az q
Roosevelt PIunges Into Indiana Cam
paion and Tells People Why Gen. =
= ator shouid 20 Returned. .R,T

: Indianapolis, .Ind.=Theodore Roose
welt plunged into the Indiana cam
baign Thursday with a trip across the
state. In which, he made a vigorous
plea for VOTES to send United States
Senator Aibeft .. Beverage. back Il
the senate.
;. The last speech of the day from the
balcony of the Hotel English here was
deliyered--before a, crowd Of 80 .ooe
people.
!. From the time the colonel Got on the
back platform Of his private car at
covington, Just across the border line
fromillinofs, until he ieff- Ihdianapolis
he urged the throngs to elect the
whole Republican state ticket SO that
n : fegfsfHtdre wUdid te pot m 'tffat
would support Beveridge.
The e&pre6lhenta~Spt 10 @4Hshost
Hint iniIgdoSiag Beverlbge. He gavy
him credt f9r Aaxidg initiated tbs
fight against the beef trust~5fhat,,Ee-
suited In the passage OF the pure Sood
law. Without the amendments put Id
that Bill by Senator Beveridge, the c6I
onel insisted, there never would have
been any pure food legislation passed
that was worth anything.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-10-22
RReoRp or MOST IMPORTANT.
kvsNTs TOLD IN sRlEFEsR, !.
I'LL MANNER POSSIBLE.
HOME AND ABROAD
Atppsnlnos That Arc Making History
-lnforrnstIon Gathered from Al .
Quarters Of tbs oIslsg snA
4 Given In . Few 1IxSs.
PERSONAL.

David B. Hill lies In wolferts Roost,
Eihiira, N. r., on what his friends
feSf is his death bed. The former gov
erhm-uur-fprmer.t,uttsd.et ates. ssnssr -.
tor-wry-taken' down witir-u"reourfeooe
OF .hfg uff- kidney trouble: fhe-repeft
Is that pneumonia has set In. making
a complication that Is likely To prove
fatal
Michael P. Heney,s the millionaire
railroad contractor Of Seattle, ID dead
at San Francisco. He neglected him.
selfSto care for shipwrecked women
and, children when the Ohio sank on
the coast Of Alaska, In August, ,l999n, J.
Brig. Gen. Arthur Murray, CHIEF OF
coast artillery, urges In his annual re-
port that the government increase Its
detail OF artillery troops for coast
duty.
PRESIDENT, Taft ,Yas warmly com
mended for placing assistant tose'
masters under civil service by F. M.
Fiison, president Of the Southwestern
Postal association, in7an- address At
Kansas City. Mo.
Lewis Johnson. an amateur aviator.
made several successful flights at
Terre Haute. Ind, IN a nnonopiane
built by himself and brothers The
machine is said to be the first Ameri-
cah.built monoplane to navigate the
air successfully.
..sBilr Barlow. editor OF Sage Brush
Philosophy" city editor Of the Lara
mfe Boomerang when that paper was
famous under Bill Nye. Is dead NJ
Douglas, Wyo. OF heart disease.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-10-22
sMAsHas WORLDS RECORDS
The HARVESTER, AlIeen Wilson, and
Joan Trot Sensational Races At -
Lexington Track. iIo5T-r

Lexington, Thses'' Worlds REQ
oraA we're smashed at the KentuckX
Tr41 HhrsRS Bredde|k' &sycahc8
faYn1 ~ Ne Thba2a Al tFhe, Har;
vestsfF, 6rivsnSy ne veteran @feinsI
man Ed. Geers, lowered: thes worid's
two-mjle record, held by Cresceus from
AIT t64!f6N;str1ttfhg thu Hast 1uan
ter in the sensational time Of slA sec
onds. @'' a3l
~ .Affeer W4lson,sss 03tya-b laeks mana
:hs-Arrnx- Wood owned by John w.
Coakley. Boston, set a new record for
pacing mapss toEswason, negotiating
the distance IA 2:04H. In the Walnut
Hall farm cup race. the four-year old
bay mare Joan, W Direction spfer,
'trdtted the FIRST hsstlin 2:0sA, setting
u new fecortf for the race and the
third heat, 81 the sams, event she trotr
tad thesmile sin' 2;0<ar5,u making q
rUerlHs record ,foraas four-yesr.old Of
;eny 1ex. Efil sdg .,s.,,cua,ty ~. =.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-10-22
BIG CUSTOMS fRtbD'
Mz.ssRs eAxsfxs1o AIT
FIRM HELD RON SwiNDEfMd ~
q UNITED STATES.
STORE RAlD ,! GOODS SEIZED
AIibged Government Has Been for
wears syster;xt ISsAg fcheatsd out
? of MIltIcgs BY importing cpnssru
-MIIIIonaires AEmnSeng Customers,

2 New York Charged with systemat-
icsily sswindling the United States, out
|iof millions ef dollars OF customs .du-
ties. Benjamin J. Duveen. one Of the
resident managers of Duveen Broth
'erG No. 302 Fifth avenue. the great
eat art dealers and importers in the
Upited States. was arrested Thurs
day on a bench warrant by federal
officers. Other members Of the firm
b irsnry -Duvean, lhiy dncis. 2 Was ar
lrested upon his arrival in New York
on, the Cunarder Lusitania. y Duyeen
iwss released. on bail Of $50. 900 TOR OK
animation before United States Com
missioner Shields. United States Dis
/ trtct Attorney Wise and Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Wemple asked that the
| prisoners bail be fixed 100000.
declaring that the frauds Of which
the wealth art deeseF- Is accused
had been systematically practised for
a. long period of years and that the
results Or thef opSfAtiUnS- Id echeAC
ing the government were appalling.
,ADuveen Brothars tcf RAny Yyeare
have numbered among their custom
s issiSPs y II S S!3!sasiSs f fSss
firm was established In New York 81
years ago: : The parent houses are IN
London and Paris. Joel ]. Duveen,
who establisheda the house ina New
York. died only stwf Aeafsi ago wni.e.
visiting Paris. Scarcely 4 fiE man.
sion in Fifth avenue ist~kilha,SAsomS
| work of art brought to the United
States by the New York house. Amonf
their largest and best-known custom
ers are ]. Pierpont Morgan. OttosH
Kahn. and Mrs. Coils Huntington
They make a specially of ANTIQUES.
f~Other members Of the firm whose
mines were included In the warrant
OF arrest ar4I JOEL 'EltJr.,, & J6sephljA
and Louis J.,A,,,,,7-ra4 u, -.,,s4,ctc "a,
The arrest Of BENJAMIN Duvees
was made aftsf.a sensational raidyoi
the famous store by six United States
! offcers. Hundreds Of thousands Noi
dollars worth OF a art works were
seized and carted of to the custom
house, where they will belkepti until
the case is finally disposed Of.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-10-22
DISTEMPER

= In all its forms amJhg I'm ages of horses,
ssTwell as dogs, cured and others in same
stable prevented from having the diselse
With y SPQHN,S. DISTEMPER CURE.
Every bottle DguaranteedD Over 100000
bottles sold last year $50 and 81 co. Any
good druggist, or send to manufacturers.
Agents wanted. Spohn Medical Co., Spec.
Conta gious Diseases. Goshen, Ind.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-10-22

iifsa Not Responsible.
Nprse417 What'a that dirty mark~on
your leg. Master Frank? y
'n- Frank Harold kickenime.
Nurse--Well, 60 at once and Wish
It on. i'''iA 2''"- ~
* Frankr1Why7 III wasn't me what
did it!--Punch.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-10-22
She Has Changed Her Opinion.

She Has Changed Her Opinion.
4 Il hear your maiden aunt Is visiting
you" e.Ate
yes Came yestkrdayte
How long does shesSxpect to stay!"
"Oh. l don't knQw-probably for
some time" ~
- II feel sUrfy for your wife. I-be-
Aere= l. hoard her say not long lgo
That She despised the old lady
..She used, to. but she has changed
her opinion-iriS fact. tchas great re
spect for her now. Aunt Hetty brought
three trunks. two Of them allied With
things she struggled Id from Europe"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-10-22
6nca,Fed=Fof

."l-hear the rola bridge outside-of
Rhnkvills has collapsed"
"Yes. and me town council can't
understand 1t. We had just given that
bridge coat or paint Why, II looked
like new."-Louisyille Courier-Jour1al.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-10-22
@'-'- - q :. y Fstspas eWte-1aspiy.~~~---%e
The elderly stranger. by invitation
s Of. ts 800 fas1 Yas fdaessins
q How many canftell ~" he asked
=: which. is tile -lohxest EhaptArsn the

Many hands went up.
ti'TThis little boy may answer" be
said, pointing bis, finger at an urchin
in one Of the seats near the trout.
(which u the ilonges2 chapter in the
,Bible?" .f ~, 49,,
psalm double one hfne!"' shouted
Tommy Tucker Jug
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-10-22

ssventeen yeS<s 1ne -sisndstds
Prescribed and recommended for
womeuts AilmentsA scientifically PIE
parSe sremesf IL rovsAsvofh. The
result from sAeit uSe is tulck hnd per
mahehE ForAsaSe 1t an Dn{6 Stores.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-10-22

instant Relief for An Eyes, \
that are irritated from dust. heat, sun or =
wind, PETITTS EYE SALvE, Csc. An !
druggists or Howard Bros. Buffalo. N, W
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-10-22

K. II it%had, not been for his lantern
and the tub he lived In. probably
DiogeneS would never have been heard
Of.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-10-22

Cement concrete Is an ideal mate
rial for use In the construction OF a
granary, except for one feature. In
very damp climate where there are
heavy and protracted 9rains. there is
some danger of moisture q drawing
Through the walls by capillary action.
rendering them damp In rainy wealth
her, which would have a. tendency to
cause molding II the grain came d.
rectly against the wall. asr,t N
II you oulf have raised good crop Of
oats this year. feed sonesof them to-
the hens. It is the best kind Of food
for laying hens. They won't get. too
fat on oatsg !, You don't need to have
the oats threshed for the hens, they.
will do the threading themselves and
It will be good exercise for them. Us
Many a farmer feeds his cows as
nearly right as he knows during the
time the milk Is flowing freely, In
the early part of the summer, and
then. allows her TO shift for herself
during the slateE hot summer months
when the flow Is often reduced.
sTaJ;pyM Tf5at.ol rtAl
The dairyman who has good per-
manent pasture from which his cows
can gathen9mosts OF their ration dur
ing spring and summer, and lay up .
fresh store OF vigor and health from
the moderate exercise. from the sun
and the shade. is indeed fortunate.
More mowers are knocked out in
cutting weeds than In cutting grass
in the meadows 1t isia good plan to
get new mower before the old one
is entirely out of commission then
the: old one. can be used for a weed
cutter exclusively, CO. l1il af+fT
"A close study Of the distinctive quail
files and requirements Of ones OWL
variety OF fowls is not only interest
ing. but Instructive and profitable
Get acquainted with your fowls and
let them get acquainted with you.
II the grower can "a get Ave cents
pound for his rhubarb in the spring
he is making profit; but by forcing in
doors he can get stalks to sell In tht
winter when the price Of rhubarb II
ten TO fifteen cents. liz a4,..,ts. ~
Upon the fruit farm fowls are o
advantage. They keep down the In
sect pests, and they may have a fre'
range, the greater part Of the season
without the possibility Of doing. an.
damage.
II Is comparatively easy matter I,
get eggs I'm large quantities In tn
warmer months of the year, but In tn
winter time when eggs. are high i
price. the problem is a very difteren
one.
The brood SOW should be kept I
/ good condition. but without fattenint
and should never be enclosed SO this
she will not have a chance to exercis
every day. s.js a H4 la&N mo,
ia,a go O a,,.N "a rt-,,
About the best remedy for the, III
|, slightly disease known as "scaly legs
which is the work OF miniature par,
: sites. is an application Of sulphur an
melted lard once a week until cured,
Undertaking to produce 60 bushe
. of corn on ground which has only a 8
! bushel capacity. is mighty discou
! aging JOB. but that is Just the thin
I which many try to do. .s,y-
. BY the old way Of farming. the Ian
1 could be easily overstocked. with IL
silo and hitrogen-gathering crop
> more and better stock can. and shoul
{ ee-leept- n-eech-acres--
The trouble OF weaving pigs |
| greatly loaaoudd II fhcvso. Ia nlonfv
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-10-22

VI eslf slnSis kEsi %sn s %sas
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-10-22

1t is shame for people who have, Z
Fin ,thaiy- lives a. consciousness 81 love !
and cha {At Shd cGaragsa t6s fall In :
to the wasteful folly Of unhappiness
Sabdht theAunimDottaat Margaret Do.
land.
100, ~. -. ! ~. = EYsYeesAs, -
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-10-22

A'iw6nran - judged By the society
she's unable to get into
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-10-22

the Farmers and. ohautss--banhr
Los Angeles, Cal, has not returned
RON rs vacation md cfic6rs OK sthS
bank estimate he Is short $50. 600 s~~--.,
The American Board Of Cfmmis-
sioners ~ Foreign Missions \ AeeIe-
brated It's centenary By the dedication
Of T-b6urder monument ~ BrEuford.
Mass. where the society was founded
AbpliShIbK wzr Hide BY the 0Fahd'
TrunF Pacific railway to the British
Columbia government for permissioa
60 -employ 'Chinesa On I, tber-raiiroad,
The request wax not -krahted.* y -
Theodore Roosevelt advocated the
utmost rplfkicg9 :tdlersn61 In q speech
SesOte the kns NJ Of Columbus Of Pc
ora, III. He told of . letter he wrote
during his bfeSSdency n which Ne W
presssd The belief that there wohN be
some NY a4ckSbdliA pxstident2ck the
country.
George WHO Ifc0uukfin, mayor 1t
Rdek island M wtfis rttsnding Z PSI
fofmk3ce ~ 1tk<6t6r Aeoxd Miss Ma,
4oDloos11unnnlbG1nU911nedARp unn CO.
Kiss Tor Ms?- He Jumped from biz
1sox. sxeiaimfng ~eursi~ and tissod
ne nri ttrss tinss tsfors tho hp1t
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-10-22
GENERAL NEWS

President Tan assisted BDstuuyfn
the observation of the first formal
recognition, of Columbus day. by re
viewing with -Govefnof Dtaosf 'th4 BIG
military and civic procession In that
city. For an hour md 4 hit the pres
tiAnt -stood.-0u. uhia- --lanzA -~A1A.
watched the $4,000 enthusiastic para
-ders march post TEN shsSaa com
spelled to gfye NJ -
So Paul and EnneaNlA luntness
men have d.rtdef - ask Governor
.Eberhart to a9Hea1 asr sIagAss r.
lief fund for the nsr.sr IRE sufferers
1t will be several fa7s before the &C
,'tuaI loss OF life d NJ fr.z y fDOvu.
The known dead number Is The
!. higher, figures siysn ,oss 81 various
I, points IN the Ere moe unfocbcetfy re-
(. suited from many IMPLICATIONS Of re
: ports of bodies found rs....
|, Fire rangers through the Nhnnesota
. fire-swept zone report that they have
!. recovered 1857 bodies of thoze who
: Lost their lives In the forest Names.
/. Sixty OF the bodies have been derti-
; ned. Most Of them we're homestead
efs near sp55KeT -fnd Eaddstts- TN
essImsted ton or assrn ~ now ptzrvd
znsGSssx7sANunRo9ouzrmzEzExxzGsz
Paris is practically cut on from rail.
road and steamship connection with
England. America md the cpstlnssi
by a gesffai strike On the 6ortberh
and western railroads. which threat
ems to spread until every line in
France Is tied up.
A suspicious Appearing Portususse
who came direct from Lisbon. II under
arrest at Gibraltar. Since the man
has been In, custody special precau
lions have been taken to guard Kins
Manuel, as 1t Is feared an attempt q
assassinate the exiled monarch maj
be made. The suspect was armed
with a. revolver.
the firsts ease a. Asiatfc. cholera Shal
appeared in England. A man who
lived In one of the Rowtoulhouses, II
LONDON. q sHries of poor mans no
tells" died In public hospital.
nDxNxyxnnxxS -
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-10-22

Filth Il moro dangerous in hot
weather than cold.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-10-22

The smaiI yteid COW eats up the
psodts.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-10-22

All breeds OF hogs look good when
t6inh tAbGs OF Ahdtaif Of namhN viii
ned god nesey Il rightly handled.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-10-22

;I;fhe ihcreas u valve ufip,s Htst crop
oktaives wii7iso Sloik Val towards
paying the cost Of pure bred bulls.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-10-22

Many a farmer feeds his cows as
nearly right as he knows during the
time the milk Is flowing freely, in
the early part of The summer, and
then. allows hery.to shift for herself
during the slateE hot summer months
when the flow is often reduced.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-10-22

The trouble OF weaning pigs is
gre greatly ,esssRaa , tssF + plenty Of
easy ~ levoid hny Dat Iet a such q
tim. E.5
" ssss I'll. .. -
. snsn III; e nnAc Z! Ga only
W Hfs A Crow pitry
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-10-22

ssrne, light lshltIll6ab e1 IsSib are more ikely.
to lose plant food than fthe, hsdviesr
clays OF soils that are fun Of humusv
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-29
shake-Up COMING.

Philadelphia. Aug. 29.-There are ru-
mors of shakeup in the ranks OF the
Philadelphia Nationals. The Phillies
have fast-fielding, hard hitting team.
and yet they are fihgting 10 keep out
of the second division.
President Fogel and Manager Doom
determined TO make their club con-
tendaut for pennant honors next year
and are already laying their wires.
The team is TO be strengthened in
every possible manner. Players who
have not made good will be sent to the
minors ond other new men tried out
and developed.
President Fogel has notified Secre-
tary Bruce Of the National commits
sion that the Phillies would exercise
their options on Pitcher Chalmers.
purchased frtm the Scranton club for
$500; Pitcher Ericsson of the Tulsa,
Okla. club; Pitchers HUMPHREYS ana
Mcbride of the New York State league.
Outfielder Welchonce, Infielder Lehr,
recently purchased from the Michigan
league; Catcher McDonough and sew
eral other men who, II is believed, will
be stars for the fhillies next season.
The Phillies have also eighteen play
ers on their draft list and hope to se-
cure most of them.