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Bisbee daily review., 1911-05-21

ters that James Flynn, in the coTrse or his prosecution of the gamblers who have been raided by him in this city recently, has ready to add to the mere oltine evidence that his prisoners are guilty of plain or1' nary. or common gambling. He will introduce the roulette wheels. t1e faro boxes. the packs of cards and the dice which have been fixed in evidence and with an exrerienoe7 skin gambler" operating them show that they are not only gamDnne devices, but that they are unfair whenever it is to the interest of the proprietor that they should Dc crooked"
 Now, as to Faro
 Of the SIX cheat faro boxes wnr~r Mir. Flynn and his men are be lieved to have in their possession ar are of the tyre which have invisib'c springs, worked by a careless press ure of a finger oR one corner, which allow two cards to be slipre' throughs a slot that should allow only one to pass. If yon susDect tha' the box is crooked, ask to see it and handle it. The dealer vii touch a spring which "locks" it The box immediately becomes 2 square" box. You could not dea two cards at once through it's s'O if you tried But a hairsrrin~ pressure on the right screw head and it is ready to turn out twC So wills. Square" boxes cost SS crooked kind cost S350.
 In the card presses of everv gambling house have been found weird assortment of cards in vary ing packs. For instance. there arc five out of seven packs cortainine 54 cards each instead of the prore- 52 The faro dealer observes that one of his more adventurous payer is especially apt to bet on the acc or the king. At once 8 deck is 1n troduced which contains an extra ace and king. The dealer knowe where these two extra cards lie He can kill" one of them, b,th of them, by using his double carr spring, slipping them into the dis card. Whichever way the man bets that an ace or king will win or lose the dealer can throw the card against him.
 Some Facts on Roulette
 There are various persons who will get oat their little Jevons text book on logic and tell you that roulette wheel cannot he made to work otherwise than fairly, b'It none the less every little while the Tan- of gamblers apparatus get an order for a mules ear" It Is a wheel in which the ircline' track-for all the world like the track on which the six-day cyclists go tAei- endless round-has Tn it a depressibIe segment shaped like a mules ear.
 The touch of a button. the mule
Bisbee daily review., 1911-05-21
NEW YORK IS WORSE OFF
 THAN THE WILD WEST

c1.s Faro Boxes Tricks O'0 and Other Things are Grand Jury.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-05-21
Had No Weaknesses

Some of the best Of our pitchers, 10th past and present. have made q specialty of figuring the weakness es of the opposing latter. O1tguess- ing the hitters is often the leading
 b9racteristfc of a great pitcher. Christy Matthewson is one oi the pitchers possessing this acumen-
 We'll. anyway, the late Ed. Dele ebantv was one of the terroFs tc pitchers. They tried in vain 10 solVe his weakness at bat. They always failed for the simple reason that the big fellow had no weakness.
 One time a young pitcher was facing the late Delehanty. The slta- ation was q trying one. The youhs finger motioned for the catcher, ana when the receiver walked ous to the mound, whispered that he hao Delehanty's weakness.
 rpon the catcher asking what II was the pitcher replied that It was a base on balls.
 Only recently a young pitcher has been reported as asklhg Jl,,'ils McAleer what was the best bah to serve Nap IaJole-
 Toss him anything you nave then duck your head and mutter a prayer." was the answer Of the as ute James.
 Pitchers have about given up the idea of trying to find any weakness that Hans Wagner may possess Most of the team plays signais os inc other batters and the oItileio shifts according to the tall that is to he pitched. With Wagner at the hat the fieIsers, roth in and out field. play deep and pray that tne D,,+rbman will hit some pace where a player is stationed
 Ty Cobb hasn't any parucuilaI iaI weakness at the hat He can hlt most anything and the pitchers trust ,. to luck with the young man iio-' Georgia at the plate.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-05-21
GULF HAS
 AFFECTED ENGLAND
Influence Seen in Establish ment of Links on the
 Island

LONDON. May colt Is a whole some sign Of the times that the toi lowing has just appeared in print. written by an Englishman:
 Notody would be very much sur prised if one of these days there appeared a board in the clubhouse ol the Royal and Ancient est. An drews) bearing the words: "Suuc- tuTal alterations by the Midland Coli assoclaLon, the United states Coli association and company lnciudcd ill the company must now De the Western Golf association. an Amcrl- can union that up till the otncr day we had suspected of revolutionary tactics. but which has turned oJt Cat least as far as togey play is concerned) to have more respect ioi tte traditions If the game than the rules committee itself. Among trose who think at all of the government Of the gsme-and, providenl' ally, they are few in numbcr-the general tdea is that St. Andrews has been making a sad muddle of things oi late. We are so fond of the tradition al lead of our game that we hope St. Andrews will stOop to conquer.
 Already the leaven provided by the annual visits of hundreds of Amerl- can golfers is working it's change One of the happiest changes in the golf world here is the movement 10 provide public courses all over the' country. Strange as it may seem, the city of London with it's six or seven million inhabitants, is today without a public course. Eventually, if the movement is sincere, it will have three or four because it would be utterly impossible 70 h- on one site that would be accessible from all parts of the big city. The south or England, esrecialy, is in sad want of a few public courses. In that part of the country golf is still a rich mans game-a pastime for the classes, not for the masses All the public courses now in existence are enjoying splendid popularity and Prosperity.
 Braid Is ooped to Win.
 As the date of the open champion ship draws near-it is to begin on June 26-It becomes more and more certain, if we are to judge by con sistent form. that Praid will again annex the premier honor of the eoif world. Since he won the event last year there has appeared TO one who could touch his playing. But there are many slirs betwixt the lip and the open golf championship cup. as experience has roved times out of
Bisbee daily review., 1911-05-21

Al Kaufman has returned to Cal ifornia and will not do any more boxing until next fall.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-05-21

number. and we may be in for a sur rise this year.
 Similarly there doesn't seem to be any reason in the world why John Bull shouldn't win again the ana teur chamionship. No reason in the world unless the United States SUI plies one in the shane of another Travis with a Schenectady butter. And speaking of putters. HenTs Leach, the well known English play er has just drawn attention to the commanding rosition in the game of golf occupied by the butter He re fers to the many famo1s putters O.. past masters Uf the game.
 Park Had Famous Putter.
 Probably the most famous was the crude stick with which willie Park father of the present Willie Park won the first open championship. II Is said that the butter was half q hundred years old when "auld Vii lie" acquired it in 1851. It did fam ous deeds in tine hands of Park He was the greatest rival of the re- nowned Tom Morris and his put ting was the envy Of his opponents. He never missed a six or seven foo' putt and coTld hole the ten foot butts as often as he liked. When he retired from championship play Park sol this butter to a friend with the understanding that he was to have the use Of 1t whenever he needed it. When the friend died the old butter came into the possession of his brother. who in turn presented it to Willie Park the younger on his we'd ding day.
 John Low, the English amateur. has much beloved rutter which en- toys the name of Fanny" He is SO careful of it that he seldom lets it art of bIs possession and will not rlsy with 1t when the weather is vet. John Laidley has the same put fer that he acaUiHed when a boy Several charprionshins have been ron with t. The shat has been re rewef a number o- .'-~r ~-5 tho iron has been worn thin and light.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-05-21

Congressman Robert E. nietender' ser Of the Eighfh Pennsylvania dis- trict has had a somewhat renarkable career. Quitting the farm in early voyfh he fecame a house painter ann then A dentist. Later he went to China. took Tart in the PoNer re beIIjon. and incidentally built ana operated the first woolen mill Tn the celestial empire. Returning to Amer ica with comfortable fortune ne .ntere3 the wholesale lumber busi- ness. in which he was also success ful.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-05-21
WITH THE BOXERS

Al Kaufman has returned to Cal ifornia and will D"t do any more boxing until next fall.
 Jim Flynn says that he woud rath- CT trim the so-called white hope" than be a hope" himself.
 Jack CTwin1 Sullivan is anxious to fight Jim Flynn. Jack is confident that he can whip the Pueblo fireman.
 Harry Forbes has teen matched tD meet Eddie O'Keefe, the eastern bantanweight, at Kansas City on May 26. The fighters will box ten rounds and the weight will be 11s bounds at 3 o'clock. This battle should be one of Forbes hardest mills since he reertered the roued arena. The former champion realizes that he will have a tough customer to handle and will hegin hard training today at Gilmore's,
 Eddie C'Biickey') Sheridan, the lightweight. who fought 'Young Jiul- my" Savior of Tndiananolis a fifteen rornd draw at St. Joe. Mo. on Friday night. is back in town The fighting Irishman looks nore the worse asl q result of the grue'ins sattle and efforts are being made to rematch the pair over the ten round routs at Indianapolis on July 4.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-05-21

Jim Flynn says that he woud rath- CT trim the so-called white hopes than be a hope" himself.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-05-21

ear" drops down. A curved edge of wood is presented to tse rolling ball. which defects it suddenly into the waiting numbered pocket.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-05-21

Did you in roulette ever hear of 8 mules eaT?" Did you ever hear ot a platinum ball?' Did you ever hear of a finger flip or fiiek?" Did you ever hear of q switched nun ter?" Did you in faro ever hear of a spring box" or a "fay1rife deck" or a killed cardZ" Did you in dice ever hear of rounded" or shaved" dice?
 Of course. In poker you have heard of marked cards" But what do yau know about brush work !" line work" and other varieties of cards that sell at wholesale for sl2 dozen, or at retail for S35 a dozen? TheS are on sale in indi- vidual patterhs, guaranteed exclu- sive, in a score of gamblers supply stores in this and other cities.
 It is information on these mat
Bisbee daily review., 1911-05-21

ear' drops down. 4 curved edge of wood is presented to the rolling ball. which defects it suddenly into the waiting numbered pocket.
 The Platinum Ball
 The platinum ball is a new inyen- tion The two machines of this description which Mir Flynn means to show to the grand jury have snindles in their centers or alter hating zinc and copper
 A strong current of electricity nay be thrown by means of fine wire brushes to either the zinc or copper sections. The roulette bal (oTdinarily of ivory composition) is in this machine made of platinum. The positive or negative electro cu4- rent attracts or rejects platinum with great violence. The heavy betsr are on the red. The crOdpier throws the switch so that all the red z-pockets reject the ball as thaugh it bore residence. The bets are most heavily upon the back Another button is pressed and the ball bounds out of the back pockets as tn ugh there were a fiend kick ing out of every black hcle.
 About the Finger Flick
 Then there is the finger flick. The cr1upier gives the revolvine center Of the wheel bearing the boxes a shove which sets it whirl ing. He srins the wheel in the other direction. He rests his hand on the edee of the wheel frame. 4 confederate-every gambling ho- -se has is full quota of cone tederates- tips over a pile Of checks on thc 1 rlayout," every player jumps to protect his, bet" The crCuDieI's finger Hicks out and back and the l ball is safely prevented (Jlst wher it is rolling slow) from going to 1 the side of the wheel where the ] heaviest betting lies.
 There are men and women blsied i night and day in marking cards bv the dozen for poker players. Ger tain dealers with regular clients have card enyelore systems con taining alphabetically the marSiue of cards desired by particular clients, not to te duplicated within a radius of 1000 miles Innocent young girls are employed day and night shading out and marking in curleycues on the patterned ia ks of cards by which the players fol which they are made are to know the ace from the king and the deuce from the trey. Only the man who deals with real suckers eve marks an ace-it is the one card over which the greenhorn looks with microscopic care for traces of unfair play.
 eutti2g the Cards
 What do you know about putting the cards? It is just as true in faro as in poker. The man who shoTes the cards together in shuifling so that they fall into absolutely alter native layers is a cheat; he kn )ws exactly where every card of the 52-or 54-rl.es all the time.
 If a dice is six square 10 all the winds that bow. the chances are are they .not?-that one face will fall on top with just as much ire ouency as another. But suppose die is shaped like a railroad tie i IL will fall not upon its ends, bA' ] Iengthwise. Now, suppose tne ] iengthening is cut down until 1t IS ] It will still tend | to fall on it's Ioneest side.
 Who said the good old days" of 1 crooked gambling are over2 Ger taiuly, these disroveries by MT Hymn show that they are not
Bisbee daily review., 1911-05-21

According to statement just is- sBea from the headquarters Of the National Socialist party in Chicago there are now more than six hun dred thousand voters of the Social ist ticket in the United States
Bisbee daily review., 1911-05-21

Governor Plaisted of Maine has called a special election to be held in Sentember to determine whether the Davies direct primary and cor r1pt practices act shall become law.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-12-08
NEW NEWS of YESTERDAY

was referring to his first visit to the
States. He told me that he was shut
In his stateroom for the better part
OF four days and suffered excruciat-
ingly. He did not know why ! asked
him that question. | did II because !
was at that time thinking seriously Of
visiting the United States and stay.
ing there perhaps two or three years.
But shall never go. know | would
be received most cordially. And I
should like to visit your far western
country; l think could get material
there for story. But / shall never
CO."
why not. Mr.. Reader" he was
asked.
I'll tell you the reason; don't be-
lieve l would live to cross the Allan
TIC" was the reply. Il am not a timid
man about most things. but I am an
abject coward about the sea-not that
fear storms. but I suffer horribly
from seasickness even In the hour IL
takes to cross the English channel.
Yes. the only reason why / do not Wis
1t the United States Is because I am
morally certain that l should never
live to cross the sea-that | should
die of seasickness"
(Copyrght. 1911, by E. J. Edvards An
Rights Reserved)
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-12-08
Fear Kept Novelist Away

talk turned on the United States.
i should greatly like to visit the
United States" said Mr.. Reade. 81
think II | went there might stay a
long time. ! am as proud of the Unit.
ed States as It is possible for any one
to be- feel especially tender to
wards 1t because the people of the
United States accepted my play
Masks and Faces with great cor.
diality. am told that your comedian.
William Warren of Boston. plays the
part OF Triplet' in Masks and Faces
with exquisite art Then, too, the
United States received my novel, Tt is
Never Too Late to Mend as enthusi.
astically as IT was received in Eng
land"
One member of the crew said TO
MI. Reade: why don't you come to
the United States? We can promise
you a reception as enthusiastic as that
which Dickens or Thackeray receiy-
ed"
Il once asked Dickens. II, when he
crossed the Atlantic. he suffered much
from the weather." said Reade. 81
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-12-08
Or. PotteIs Daughter Thought She
Had Discovered What He Did
When He Was Away From
Home Over Sunday.


The late. Joel B. Erhardt, who was
collector of the Port of New York un-
der President Harrison and at one
time an unsuccessful Republican can
didate for mayor of New York. was
for years an intimate personal friend
Of the late Bishop Henry C. Potter of
New York. In his day the most widely
known OF the bishops Of the Protestant
Episcopal church.
One Sunday evening Mr.. Erhardt
took a train at Tarrytown. N. Y. for
the metropolis and found a vacant
seat in the smoking car by the side
of Bishop Potter.
What have you been doing. Bish-
OPT" Colonel Erhardt asked you
seem to be almost tired out"
Il am very tired" replied the bish-
op. land that is one OF the reasons
why am glad to have a friend make
the journey to New Yark with me:
for you and can talk about many
things that are Of common interest,
and that viii rest me-"
But what should have tired you
so?" Colonel Erhardt asked.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-12-08
LABOR GIVES ITS APPROVAL
Powerful American Federation cordI-
ally Joins In Fight Against
Spread Of tuberculosis.

Direct approval of the campaign for
the sale Of Red Cross seals has been
given by the American Federation Of
Labor. according to an announcement
by the National Association for the
Study and Prevention Of Tuberculo-
sis. At the last annual convention of
the American Federation of Labor
resolution was adopted calling for all
the members of the Federation to
further the sale as much as possible.
The resolution reads as follows:
Whereas. The American Fedora
ton Of Labor has In every possible
way aided the movement for the
study and prevention of tuberculosis
throughout the United States and
Canada; and,
Whereas, The American National
Red Cross has been in the past and is
now making an especial effort.
through the sale of Red Cross Christ
mas seals to secure funds to carry
on the war against tuberculosis, and
by means Of the funds raised in this
manner has been able to do much ef-
fective work in this direction. there
fore be 1t
Resolved. That the American Fed
GRAFTON Of Labor give its endorse
ment to the movement of the Amer
lean National Red Cross and encour-
age its members to further in every
reasonable way the sale of these seals
In their respective communities"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-12-08

NO. me DEAR" said Mrs. Maloney
to the charity worker when the topic
had turned upon the question Of mar
ried women taking upon themselves
the support of the family when the
husband is out OF work. Don't yeez
ever begin anything of thot koind If
so hap yeez should one day have a
husband av your own In the evint
av that happening an he should come
home an fall to cryin' because he was
out av a job. do yeez sit down an cry
until he foinds 1t again. Moind thot.
now."-Woman's World.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-12-08
Probably Others In His Position Have
Also Done So, But Has the
Question Been Answered7

What do the girls marry US for, any
how? No doubt it is because there is
nothing better In sight for them to
marry. eW are Indispensable; that's
our best claim. And they are indispen-
sable; and possibly that's theirs. Very
sound claims, both OF them. and ar
ranged for US some years back-s0O.-
100000 years. read in last weeks pa
per. but that's not important
| wonder what :. is like to be good
match. am conscious that | never
was regarded as good match for Cor
della. II | could have set my affec
tons more completely on Matilda
Finn. that buIwark of our household
against hunger and dirt. | might pos
sibly have been regarded as a good
match for her Though II wouldn't
have been true). but my affections
somehow never would cling TO anyone
was good match for. And so | am
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-12-08
His Strong Sense of Duty

that is to say. the ocean route on the
south side Of Long Island. II was
almost impossible to cross either the
Hudson or the East river by ferry on
account Of the ice. At last an excep-
tionally cold night-even for that BIT.
ter season-caused the floating ice to
freeze and navigation between Man
haitian and Brooklyn was practically
closed.
On the following morning Mr.. .Ev-
arts was brought by his coachman to
Fulton ferry. on the Manhattan side
OF the East river. The great LAWYER
looked forth from the ferry house and
saw that the river was covered with
Ice and that navigation had ceased
the ferry boats were lying idle in
their slips. He was told that perhaps
by noon navigation would be resumed
TO Brooklyn; by that time, II was
thought. the heavy tide and the swift
currents Of the river would have weak
ened the ice sufficiently to allow the
boats to pillow their way through II.
But by noon the trial would have
been under way two hours: that would
never do Without hesitation. Mr..
Evarts stepped from the pier to a YES.
sci that bad been frozen in alongside
II and from the little vessel to the
ice. Then. with careful steps. and
feeling his way with an umbrella. but
without displaying the slightest evi.
dence Of timidity. he journeyed Brook
UPWARD across the first ice bridge
that had formed in New York harbor
In many years, and, to the surprise of
every one in The courtroom, Appeared
In his seat there as the clock struck
ten.
How did you get over. Mr.. Evarts?
he was asked
by a natural bridge" he answered
Il crossed on the ice."'
But why did you dare risk your
life by doing that?"
1T was my duty to my client" was
The reply.
Copyright. 1911. by z. J. Edwards. All
Rights ReservedJ'
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-12-08
How William N. Evsrts Crossed New
York harbor on the Ice to Be
Present at eeeeher Trial
In Brooklyn.

Many Of the professional associates
q William N. Evarts were always Of
Ias opinion that his greatest triumph
= lawyer from all points Of view
ne TIA; which came to him through
~ management of the defendants
~ q the civil suit brought by Theo-
7e Hilton against Henry Ward
nescher for damages Of one hundred
thousand dollars for alleged aliena
lpz q Mis- Tilton's affections.
Ihese professional friends knew fun
q NJ Evarts' marvellous management
z ne United States against Great
F''ain before the so-caIled Geneva ar.
<''si'on tribunal They we're not I'm
1'ho'ul OF Mr.. Evarts' defense of
RESIDENT Andrew Johnson in the i'm
s'nnent proceedings brought be-
~ tie United States senate sitting
= 4 ugh court Of impeachment But
~ tvarts' association as leading
e'nsel for Henry Ward Beecher in
e Hilton suit involved the most pro-
"'zeo and exhaustive work he ever
.''s''ook The trial lasted six
n'''1s OF all the lawyers upon Ell
.t lide-and there were nearly a
~''' y all-Mr. Evarts was the only
~ Fno vas at bis place in the court
- every morning at the opening
oor He was also the only lawyer
70 d'd not leave the court room on
p'e'ext or another. except at the
.'1 hour, until the session for each
y >sd ended
ne early months OF the trial.
zee began in the winter Of 1874, the
80 '.''st and most prolonged spell OF
Feaiher New York had known
many years set in. Night after !
" ne thermometer fell below the |
a Y mark Ice formed rapidly Long
sound was closed near He'll
y ano the Steamboats, plying be-
81, New York and Fall River were
zsa . take the outside passage !