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March opened 1919, closed 1909;
hfal opened. I529. closed I5.zI.
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No Change in New York

Albany, n. Y. Jan. 25.-The leg
islature remains deadlocked today
There is no change in the senatorial
vote
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NEw YORK FUTURES.

March opened iasb, closed iA7s
MAY opened la.0S closed itsA.
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THREE STATES ELECT SENATORS
tiaik Iietdsucd by Wyoming aud Du
I'ont Minis la belaware-Mar-
tine Elected.


Cheyenne Wyo.. Jan. 25.-United
States Senator Clark was reelected
by the legislature today
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RETAIL MARKET .

Waxahachie dealers are retailing
the following articles at prices quot
ed below:
McAlester lump coal, per ton $3.50
Colorado Coal per ton ..,... ss.oo
Cotton Seed Meal, per 100 ...s 80
Cation seed HuIls, per ton SO 90
The evening world., 1911-04-18
De Orc Defends
His Pool Title
Against Keogh

Alfred De ORC Will begin the defense
OF his pool ti.lo at poyle's Academy
tonight agains. Jerome Keogh OF
Rochester. They Will play three nights
for 200 points each night. Both men
have been training hard for the match
upon the result OF which hangs the
worlds championship.
De ORC won tho championship from
Keogh last winter after the upstate
player had won tho title from Tom
Hueston. Since then tho Cuban mas
held the championship emblem. and hts
friends say he will have little trouble
In defeating the challenger again. De
orc himself says the match - as good
as won.
But Keogh is equally confident and
says that when the three matches are
over he will have a lead over tue cham
pion big enough 20 give him tho titlc.
lie has been showing up vel in his
practice matches. ana his feuds say
he Is In better form than Ger before.
|, In addition to the title thee Is a side
bet, a purse and the trophy fmblcmatlc
! OF the championship, hingag on the
| result OF the match. The contest pro'-
ably will mark the last OF he cham
p!onshlp battles between tn knlShts
OF the green blize until next saN. '
The evening world., 1911-04-18
COLUMBIA NINE
IN GAME AGAINST
DARTMOUTH BOYS
First Important College Con-
test of Season Here at
South Field o-Day.

The Columbia bail team. back from
their Southern rip. meets Dartmouth
this afternoon ~ South Field In the
first important gtne OF the season.
Tho Dartmouthnlne is on an extended
Eastern and southern trip. and while
not especially successful has lemon
strated itself 10 70 a fast, crappy az
~gregation. The warm Weather down
South has put item In especially fine
shape.
THIS "a tho FIST time N many years
that the Dark Grpn ana the Blue and
White have hooked up in baseball.
The local team his Just returned from
a rather satisfactory Southern trip. In
their games IN Baltimore and Washing
ton they have gtratly improved their
batting ana base running. the thing
thai was thelr n,tlceable weak poln,
In the early ppctlce games. The
pitchers, too. are rounding into shape
and prospects now look good for n very
successful season for the M~orn.ngsids
nine,
The evening world., 1911-04-18
HiNtops Can't Depend
On Pitcher AbLeS TuSf Yet

him In the box. Walter JOHNSON, Wash.
inKton's seven thousand dollar bsaGty.
Is expected to tackle the Highlander s
tomorrow, aId II he and Ford hooh up
together there should be right off tho
reel one of the prettiest contes;S OF the
season.
johnson pitched his FIRST game last
Saturday and was a way off color. Bos-
ton making eleven hits, but hs was
merely having a had day. Ford and
his fellows need not bank on any pros-
poets that the big finger from Coffsy-
Vile, Kan. Is not IN shape n capable
OF showing the tremendous speed he
had last year.
Jack Knight. while always more or
less liable TO land on the ball with
vigor. was usually considered by the
rans around the circuit somewhat OF
a weak sister with the bat. HIS att
tude Of the plate used 10 cause that
impression, but this season Jack has
the attitude. according TO the fans
away from New York, OF a dangerous
character In a pinch. He certainly dis
plays none OF the earmarks OF being
afraid OF the ball. and his hitting
against both the Washington pitchers
Yesterday was all that could be de-
sired.
Washington. fans have heard n lot
| about Johnson being a fence breaker,
and he was the man who aroused most
interest at the plate. He had a woholy
record. He hrst walked. then doubled
IN a pinch, walked again. died on m
easy grounder and famed foollshly IN
the tenth when there we're men on sec
ond and third with two out.
Vaughn looks like the pitching sslec'
ton for to-day for New York, and
! Gray or Groom for Washington.
The evening world., 1911-04-18
BROOKLYN DISCOVERS
A NEW CHAMPION.

brooklyn has a rev Chamnlon-or at
least a conner. Nt since tho days OF
Terry McGoyern'g fame. or back still
further TO tho tim % Jack McAul'Ne.
AVE tho R%rooolelyn fans been stirred
up 80 over a fighter. Although the new
man Is an Englishman by birth he has
been raised lu BROOKLYN. and Brooklyn
takes the credit for mis- brilliant career.
For "a wear Young Ahearn has been
forging 20 the front IN the nst!c game.
From a feather-weIrht re graduated
into the lightweight ranks. but kept win
ming Just tho same. Ne has earned tho
title ~ the Dancing Muster" because
OF his skin and lightning speed, but hs
carries a punch and his friends declare
that when he meets Jack Goodman at
the Whlriwlnd club Thursday night he
will demonstrate tllt Ne Is entitled to a
mAt.h WIN Tho TOP nOtchers.
The evening world., 1911-04-18
Does the Unexpected
When He PLIERS Second on
Catcher Bergen.
BY BULGER.

TOR a slow rnnne Big Chief
Meyers pulled one OF tho neaiest
base stealing plays against Brook
Ign yesterday that has made the
mishty-armed Bergen dof his cap for
many years The play was sprung sew
eral times In the West this spring, but
no one thought for a minute that the big
Indian, knowing his heaviness OF foot,
would attempt TO get away VIII II In
tho Big League.
Meyers beat n a slow jumper 10
short. and as there was no one out he
gave Bugs Raymond the ofice 20 hunt
Raymond tried hard, hut he couldn't
make his bat meet the ball and with a
~resoundiug cNish he fanned the breeze.
Meyers had been playing far on irst
so "a 20 get a good start for second.
When Raymond struck out tho chief,
instead of goins back Co first, purposely
got a little further away from the bag.
BERGEN though, he had a chance 20
catch him. Meyers figured him for Just
that way - thinking AMI started on a
Jump FOR second Just as tho Brooklyn
catcher drew back MS arm.
Bergen sho the bah 20 nrst only "a
get a fash OF the big Indian sliding int
second. u was a new version OF mo
DELAYED steal and the whole crowd
broke into "A roar % laughter when they
The evening world., 1911-04-18
New England Middleweigllt
Title Contender Already
Signed for Two Bouts.
ny John POLLOCK.

Jimmy GARDNER. the New Englahu
middieweight who has recently
came to the front as a logical con-
fender for the middleweight cham-
pionship titie. "a now being sought
after by clubs all over the country.
He has two matches on his hands at
present n besides has received oners
from tho newly organized Twentieth
Century A. c. OF this city and the
Armory A. A. of Boston TO light good
men In his class, Jimmy will tackle
Jack Dillon of Indianapolis for six
rounds at the D%uquesne Garden In
Pittsburg on Friday night and Bob
Moha OF Milwaukee for ten rounds at
the New star A. C. or Milwaukee on
April rs,
TisNtns Dick NeAon. the Brooklyn weller
weight. and Dave Deshl1, the hard hituns
fighter AZ Boston. were matched to-day by Eddie
NicNiAhon TO meet ia a ton round bout At the
next stag II the Olympic A. q. OF Harlem on
Monday night. Deshle- has done some good
fighting at the local clubs. among ms victim
WHOM he knocked out in three rounds at the Ma
uonsl sporting Uup'
Jeff SMITH, the Bsyonne, \, J., fighter who
nss' as he never di before IN order to beat
iiaddy Lawn, the Buffalo crack, whom he meets
10 a ten rolind bout at the Brown Hymns suir
,n,il r.nss fellows, who hits fast with both
hand. ana beside, "a very clever ana shitty,
10. B.y.rdo Brco.. the English fighter who
The evening world., 1911-04-18
M TALKING ABOUT
BASE JUST
CONSIDER BIG CHIEF"

realized how the Chief had hood winked
a wonderful catcher Ike Bergen. and
BIN laughed with them.
GOT to take my hat. on TO that"
Bergen yelled 20 the chief. IT think
you are pulling some OF that stage
stuff on us"
The funny part OF Il 10 the players
was that Meyers couldn't steal q base
on Bergen In a year II tho Brooklyn
catcher had any idea OF when ne was
going 10 start. The Chief stole that one
with his head.
Giants Have Stolen Ten Bases.
There IL no doubt but that McGraw
intends 10 make a base running cam
paign this season. and II IL easy to UNI
derstaud now why he put such emphasis
upon quick starts and Sliding during the
long hot weeks AT Marlin. In the four
games 50 far played twenty runners
have been started on a dash for second
base. and when We realize that ten OF
that number have succeeded the force
OF McGraw's easoning begins 10 ap-
peal. That extra base wins many a ball
game, O. - the hits had not been
plentiful on Yesterday the base running
alone would aye Won for the Giants.
During the game eight men reached
hrSt base, or that number six were
made 20 steal and i've of them SIC
$50 an you IMAGINE I'VE men OUT
VI sN 'e"""K p"ses on bergen' the
,""n WIN NC HHoN' accurate Whlp IN the
n'hu' ne A''''l Is 'hat McGraW has
'au6nl ms men 10 get the jump and
SIla ''rihSrIves Wy mo tall-a-way slide
lihin'neIl had the bah iu plenty time 20
get Larry Doyle when he stole In the
tu"rth inning. nat Larry slid away from
MN as nm eel mar Slips from tho fisher
man $ hhnd ANA 10 was done 50 cleanly
mat there wasn't q chance for protest,
As AN evidence That the Giants are not
depending upon speed SO much as their
hnpNlrdHr oi when 20 start and the fall
away Slide at the finish Josh peyore,
the iasiest slan in the National League,
was On" only one thrown ont ~ the six
mat attempted 70 steal lie started q
1tue sloN ana even his great slide could
not heat Bergen'a rife like throw,
The evening world., 1911-04-18
Fairmont Club Members Will
See a Clever, Aggressive Bout
When Murphy and McF arland
Clash Tonight.
ocrrrrs., 1911. by m. IRE. rpnp.A,rs ~.

"
'''"' MI %, me re" '"''-H's
-ur -. r.,
NV, n,r )" -.
L n,vbt uh.n p,cGe, Ncrsr,.na
and Tommy Nurnhv come ,oge,her
Ibls 1. tho o,os, ca, 80, 49,. S.,
Yorker. In uary ,or. ,,y =, a.,
nei,hcr . u,,,.- =, 80. 80 .rrrr,rv
nor . ,anrv ,.n.rovra .,,,h,,,nn -,
,,ght san,as,lo .oo,uo,L ard ,.n,a,,vtrg
,a,,,,r - s,'r. $50
"r w '"u ""'p"'
.'""oine 10 'ne hlghest uegfee me
Nho"iedge OF ths boxing game n
good. aggressive fighting spirit.
OF the two Mcfarland is the more
clever. We, he ha. M ovsrvhs,ut,y "a.
vantage IN ina, lin. n. 4. ,h. .w,,,..,
"a -, $3.50 u.r,-.an. =. 49,
", .s","e,s"t =" ~
So..a lo-usy. iet Mutphy hcieVer ana
"-' -rness Tommy has n hard pupoA.
~hd unlike Paehsy he Is always snShsN
. put II over.
Wnen Mcfarland began boxing 10
tr6 to bin every fight with . osaos
knockout lie became remarkably tAst
and skiinIi. 40 that he found IL Asy
fn y" po"' ~V
hs HANGS Tor the olg occaGon 'sfSA
Ne Sill heed hsm TO win . ahsssps0n-
s1!p. He made Il a rule to VITA ~ far
a possible without trying 20 slug his
man down and out In a hurry. Still he
never fell into the Alb Attell habit OF
Sighting n minute and resting two.
lie nghts every second Of the dine.
lie piles in on top of his man CON-
stsntly. wearing him down and dauver-
ing light, snappy blows with bewnder~
ing 'apiul.y; He sn,rts ana mango
nop one styie 10 ahother IN n hash' yet
~ AIMays nsnuns' lie N known a. .
20 ono r,ov. ,ow u,r,..
Is. because n. has never hee, nut ,o
the test. When hurt he has always
heen able 10 night his way out OF A
corner and rely upon his marvellous
SIKH until he RECEIVERS.
uhfhf IS as aggressive AZ Nc
lVl farIahn himself lie Is fast or
FOOT and a fast hitter. lie never
SLOWS down. When hurt he doesn't
stan. but lights twice as hard. IL he
10 Knocked down he takes the count
calmly and then Jumps up and goes
right into a furious mix. lIc Is one Of
the gamest OF the game. lie doesn't
know what Il means 10 ouI, or even :,
think % quitting ttt. AL, - r..
Nccora~, ,,.u. AZ, IN
-, e'ni a'""ost u NOVICE
"'"'" '"e STUN mat was IN him
Iommy had Terry In bad shape. Then
MeGovern put over one terrific right.
and Murphy went down Tx. n log ia
barely managed 10 &c, nm nm, =, ,..
pure,v hy ,ns,,r., 80 ""'
~. ' i' uIuh' ever
'"".o nat re was Gown taking the
count -Four times Tommy was foored
by crushing blows, and zach time n.
struggled to his feet with hi, face
toward the Terrible NcG6v.rn uo
didn't .v.r ,.L. Sc, r.a,.o' ~
- a'VP oa'N"ard' me
The evening world., 1911-04-18
NeWS and Gossip
Picked
Sporting Circuit

THERE n DvunNY INDICATION
now that arrangements Vtll be oocN
plstsd In . few dayS for the sreetion
OF new steel n concrete SoAmds ~
che Polo Grounds 70 eAks ia plAoe at
tie wooden ones whico tSDs burned
down last Thursday night. President
John r. Brush had . tAik With . rep
resentativs OF the Dig engineering arm
OF Cleveland which built the new steel
stands At the Cl>vsAand grounds. de-
sdmsd the new steel stands In Toledo.
And afDo 10 building che new stands at
the Washington Cub. Mr.. Brush sent
for Ihs representative. INC It Is almost
assured that work on the new steel
and oousurUts standa will be startod
within . wsSh or ten days. " Is Mid
that uhs club 10 going Ahead with It's
arrangement with tho s~sssrance from
the Coogan estate that the present lease
on the grounds will be extended when
II expires in 1890.
THE BIGGEST TROTsrTNo MpEr-
ing OF tho year, the Chicago Irorseman
F'uturity. $4,000 guaranteed, will be
raced at the Detroit Blue Ribbon meet.
which takes place at Detroit on July
81. There are three divisions, one for
thr~ee-year-old Il ,tters. one for PAGERS
OF the same age n the other for two
year-old trotters.
THERE Is GLOOM AMONG THE,
followers OF racing and boxing IN Den
Yer. After getting both bills passed
Gov. Shafroth vetoed them. giving the
T! same reasons for doing so that Gov,
Folk Of Missouri did when no vetoed
the racing bill In that state.
THE STEVENS TEAM OF HOBO.
ken were no match for the Wiiliami
College team In a game Of baseball yes,
terday. being shut out by a score OF
TO 0. Davis. who pitched for William,
College, only allowed the ~Jerseymen &c
mako two hits OFF his delivery. He alsC
made sixteen OF them fan tho air.
A BIO BUNCH OF MONEY WAS
lost on Babbler when no failed 20 wiz
the second race at tho jamestown
track. Babblcr was backed down fron
4 to 5 10 2 20 8. and the best ne coult
do was to finish third. Apologize an,
arnirk beat out Babbler and his follow
ers were sad at heart all the day.
At THE ORANGE FIELD GROUNDS
the Dartmouth College team defeated
the South orange Field Club by a scor,
OF . to 7. IT took ten innings to decid
the game. the Dartmouth players win
ming when Daley drove Va a triple
scoring Morey ana Conroy with tn
winning runs.
AFTDR A HARD FOUGHT THrR
teen inning game h Princeton an.
Georgetown teams finished up with en-
score a tie, . TO ? Darkness hrough
the game TO an end. Woodle OF Prince
ton broke the strike out record Of IN
year by retiring twenty batters o
strikes.
THE COLUMBIA FRESHMEN LIN
up against the fast Clinton High Schot
team this afternoon on South Fiel,
The high school boys ave a cracker
tack team this year, and the collegtau
win have to go some 10 trim them. Shit
ley, a brother OF tho Shibley who
catching on the Colu nhis varsity. wi
probably figure in the high school
lineup,
FOLLOWERS OF CYCLE RACES ~ NEW
ark will have A chance of seeing the pcial pms
es Ia action again tn~morrow az the Nailshu
5 track. where the season for this sy"rt viii op
, q ne wheel win take part,, Frank Krame
Uehir. Alfred Goullet md the Rebel broths
will start IN the five mile open professional race
The evening world., 1911-04-18
SAVE TIME
EARN h1ORE MONEY

BY using an |. &. s. handbook
These little books Of three 10 four
hundred pages Of data. formulas. dla-
grams and Illustrations have helped
thousands Of men At their daily task. A
book Tor each OF the following occupa.
The evening world., 1911-04-18
Gardner;S Services
in Great Demand Just NOW

has Won one fight and lost one since no has
night to show his ability in another contest.
lie will meet Young Fitzsmmons. the west side
fighter, for ten rounds a. q show of the Lotus
CUB Il Perrin AmDoy. y, j. H~zsimmons will
surely give BROOKS q hand fight
wills Lewt, Of .his city AMI Young LDuyarey
Of Philsdelphls, who are at present over in Paris.
have been matched 10 meet Tor twenty POUNDS
before the Cirque lie Paris On April -. Tough
roy is a strong, fu,hIng fighter. but Lewis's ms
geneTalship and clsvuness ought TO win olt TOT
him,
The evening world., 1911-04-18

In..s'fE:aH'..l dili.t .% % b,L; ;.' l;~ r q soo. y:
The evening world., 1911-04-18

MILWAUKEE. wis. April ls,-Tommy
Kllbane Of Cleveland mas etsll; beaten
on points by Ray Temple OF MtwalNee
in a ten-round battle here. Tie local
boy had things all his own WY nut
cotild NOT get I'm "A hnish punch.
The evening world., 1911-04-18

Both the New York teams won, a dd both the Philadelphia and Obi
cNEo teams Roth 81 Louis and both Boston teams we're defeated.
Harry McIntre, tho former Brooklyn twtrler. broke Chlchgos losng
streak for he had tho Pirates eating out OF his hand-andf Pirates don't
like this way o. receiving their food. either. lie famed ter mon. incl
dentRny
Tho brooklyn pitching stan ha, been augmented by Doc" scauion
signing u contract
Tho AtAicu,s have ''ru'~i tt s""o al last II i"" Eho ii""N tho
mighty southpaw, to turn the trick for them against the Red soA
OlmSeud as tn stngest Of the major league box artists allowing
only four hits In the game no tNiled for the White sK against the
Browns
Tho Cardinals have lost their nrt gam in twelve, It taking the Reds to
perform tho feat
The phmies turned tho tables o Fred Tenncys postons, ana II wal
by a big margin, too
Tho Athletics have taken their now alleged star. Hogan, ut o left
nld and placed the old timer. Lord. there,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-13
AMERICAN METHODISTS
IN ROME HOLD MEETING
Protest Against the Pastoral Letter Re-
Gently Issued by Archbishop
Farley Of New York

ROME. March l2.-Amercan Meth
odists In Rome held meeting today in
protest against the action OF Archbishop
Farley OF New York In issuing a pas
toral letter, which was read recently in
all the churches OF his archdiocese in
denunclatIon of the proposed celebration
In Rome in commemoration OF the
fortieth anniversary OF the taking of
Rome from the control OF the pope
In this letter Archbishop Farley said
the celebration was an insult to the pom
TIFF and every member OF the Catholic
church and urged the clergy and faithful
people TO enter their protest against the
vile character OF this celebration wher-
ever and whenever an occasion offers"
Bishop William Burt Methodist Episco-
pal bishop of Europe; the Rev. Dr. Wall
ing Clark. head OF the Methodist organ
ization in Italy, and the Rev. 3. H. Tip
pie. pastor OF the Methodist church in
Rome all spoke strongly against the pas
toral letter, They stigmatized as un-
worthy Archbishop Farley's words and
the attitude of the Vatican towards
united Italy and urged that Americans
take part In the celebration.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-13
PROVO CITY FACING
FINANCIAL DILEMMA
Funds Being Collected Not Suf-
ficient to Meet Running
Expenses.
Special TO The Tribune.

PROVO. March 12.-Whether extrava
gance on the part of the city fathers.
or something else, is accountable for the
conditions. The city is not collecting
enough money to pay the yearly expenses
Of properly running the government.
When Provo licensed the sale of liquor
to nearly. $4,000 per annum. and the sud
den cutting off OF this revenue. without
making provision for such reduction.
and at the same time a failure TO re-
trench in expenditures. has brought the
city face to face with a deficit
The tax rate. which has been II mills
ia mills, and this. 1t seems. is not yet
enough TO meet the demands for inter-
est on bonds. running expenses and pro-
vide. for the sinking fund - pay off
essary TO economize In every depart
ment OF the city government
recommendation. Mayor Ray said that the
which were being piled up and lie did
not propose TO allow. the council TO use
current expenses.
The reason. Mayor Ray Will not sub
NIT to the discharge OF the two police
elected as an independent on an anti
prohibition, or strict regulation platform.
and and the majority, Of the councimen were
elected as Drohbitionists
The mayor is a sticller for his rights
In the matter Of appointments, and the
coulcll refuses TO confirm, neceSsitat-
ing the holding over of all the appointive
officers. and the chief OF police and his
aides are the stumbling blocks. The
mayor is ready and anxious TO discharge
the entire police force II the council VIII
agree to confirm another set Of men for
these positions. This the council refuses
to do, unless the mayors appointees are
prohibiuonists. and there the matter
stands and has stood for a year and
three months. So. II retrenchmcnt In
the administration OF the citys affairs
comes. IL must come in some other way
than by cutting down the police force.
While the mayor and council are at log
the taxpayers are squeezed the
cOmplain
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-13
CONGRESS Of. FARM
WOMEN ORGANIZED
Effort to Put Into Effect Find
ings of the Country Life
Commission.

COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo. March
1.-THE International Congress OF Farm
women. the frst organization OF It's sort.
has has, Just con been formed at, at Colorado
International Dry Farming congress. AS
applied 10 the home and the safeguard
Ing OF the strength and happiness of the
women. and children of the farm, this is
the only voluntary movement TO put Into
actual effect the findings OF the Amer-
can country life commission. II is com
posed almost entirely OF farm women.
leaders in feminine thought and advo-
Gates of the general upIift OF country life.
II stands for the active announcement
OF higher standards OF social and spirit
ual life, intellectual advancement and the
oetterment OF material conditions in rural
communities.
Preliminary arrangements In charge
Of women's board. OF which Mrs. WI
nam =. Slocum. wife Of the president
Of Colorado college, is chairman; Mrs.
FIanklin F. Brooks. wife Of United
man, and Mrs. John T. Burns. wife OF
the secretary of the Dry Farming con-
eress, secretary. have been made to hold
a great convention. in Colorado Springs
during the week OF October l6. in con-
nection with the meeting OF the Inter
national Dry Farming congress. AT that
time every phase Of rural life Will he
augurated to bring about conditions and
influences that Will make the home at
tracttve and farm life more profitable
to the family The presidents of at least
twenty state agricultural colleges. gov
ernors of many states. ministers of ag-
riculture OF several foreign countries
and a number Of officials high in the
fed a desire to lend their aid and innu-
ence. Although the organization has
been perfected bur a short while, letters
have been received from many parts Of
the world, and from the interest mani
tested the first congress OF farm women
VIII be a notable and brilliant affair.