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Evening journal., 1911-07-07
GUNNERs IN SATURDAYS SHOOT,

The Wilmington Gun Club will hold
a shoot on their grounds in South Will
mingtOn, tomorrow afternoon. The
recent merchandise shoot held by the
club was much more successful than
was expected by any of the members
and more than repaid those who had
it in charge. The club will hold an
other big shoot in October and have
decided to offer a silver loving cup
for an interclub shoot
Evening journal., 1911-07-07
MINGTON
LEAGUERS DOING WELL

vandever VS.. Highland, at High
land.
Rockford VS.. Ashley, at Ashley.
Parkside VS.. Orioles, at Parkside.
Hillside VS. Merwick, at Merwick.
Umpire assignments are:
Hillside VS. Merwick, Dougherty.
Parkside vs. Orioles, Daney
Vandever vs.. Highland, Taggart.
Rockford VS.. Ashley, Jamison.
With Ashley. Parkside and High
land running close for the pennant
honors, the All-Wilmington League
will mix up tomorrow in another
series of games. Although the sched-
ule seems soft to the teams that are
leading, some surprises may be await
ing the over-confident ones, several OF
the teams having signed up several
fast players since last Saturday. The
league has had a big season until this
time. Two of it's pitchers, Lewis and
Maloney. have jumped into the no
hit, no-run class, placing the league
in a class of it's own here. Many other
fast players are in the lineups.
Evening journal., 1911-07-07
SERMON In
CHICK SLUMP
heer Up: Let's Hope for
Better Things Instead
Of FrettinG
,UCK AGAINST THEM
THAT'S LOSING GAMES

It's the very dickens to stop a team
from losing-after it once gets a good
tart. If the pitchers work perfectly,
he batters fall down, or else the field
Ing is poor, or maybe luck cuts in.
If the present Wilmington team
'eould get in a winning stride just for
! few days-and any team, no matter
how weak, is likely to do that-there
would be a marvellous transformation
the players A lot of men who are
lust plugging along now and doing the
pest they can under adverse circum-
stances would play as though they
we're inspired. Wouldn't you like to see
Fritz, Marhefka, Riley and Bastian as
he infiled of a winning team? My, myl
How they would playl
And then luck always seems to be
with a team that is wilmington is il
that the team begins winning wher
luck changes? Any way, the two usual.
ly come together.
We still believe that the 1911 Chicks
will finish in the first division.
Yes, admittedly that may be a rast
think, but it goes as it stands.
The team owners stand ready to buy
any players needed. That is the as
surance from headquarters.
Cassidy knows the weaknesses Of hil
team-better than any other MAI
knows them, you may well believe. HI
is wise to the situation as no othei
man can hope to be. If there is AM
earthly way that he can strengthen, a
this most unpromising part of thu
season, you can count on him.
Therefore, cease repining.
Cheer up.
1t might be worse.
Look at Harrisburg We may be get
ting the worst baseball in the leagu
(Which we don't believe, though tn
records do show it,, but any way W
are getting baseball. Look at York.
Also please note that, no matter tn
attendance and things like that, ther
will never be any shrieks for help fror
the team owners. 1t will continue I
consume its own smoke, as it has al
ways done.
Compared with other worse situa
tions, the present one here is highl
tolerable.
Cheer up. Think Of the parks. What
the odds? Who cares anyhow?
Evening journal., 1911-07-07

Newport and Marshallton. those
towns Of old acquaintance and between
whom great rivalry exists, viii meet
at Newport Crouch'B Bravos have
been going some Of late. and wltx Nc
Call on the mound. expect to continue.
Newport has undergone a reorganiza-
ton, and more enthusiasm and ginger
is now being shown. Both Hall and
Stewart are in fine shape. and the
game should be a thriller
Madison and Rose Hill will fight It
out on st. Elizabeth's grounds. Al
though both these teams are going
strong, they are losing continually by
one run One Of them hopes to with
draw from the one run defeat clasa,
and trim the other by a real score.
No doubt this game will be for blood.
President Abrahams has approved
the following new contracts: Rose
Hiil-John Bannar and f. NJ. Sakers'
Marshallton--A E. Downey.
Evening journal., 1911-07-07
WARM UP SHOOT
ON DUPONT TRAPS

The warm weather Of yesterday did
not prevent about twenty trap shoot
ers from attending the Thursday
shoot of the DUPONT Gun Club at New
bridge, among those present being
Lester German, H. L. Worthington,
and Luther J. Squires. German was
practicing with the doubles for his
match with Fred Gilbert on Tuesday
next, the opening day of the Eastern
Handicap. He was high man with 46
of so brakes.
Evening journal., 1911-07-07
RRITTsEN GNEN RELEAsE.

York has dropped its veteran twirl-
er, Pop Brittsen. Brittsen did not mea-
sure up with the other twirlers on
York's staff The new second baseman
OF the team, Bowman, OF the Western
Association. has reported. Catchers
Haines, of Red Lion. and Glatfelter. Of
Seven Valleys. have been signed to as
sist Catcher Carter.
Evening journal., 1911-07-07
MAGUIRE WITH MADISON.

Madison has signed Ed Mcguire, Of
the Merwick Club, who is considered
to be the heaviest hitter in the ALL
Wilmington League. Mcguire also is
a fast outfielder. He will be a big
addition to Madison.
Evening journal., 1911-07-07

York .......O 6 0 1 01 0 0 Ks
Wilmington ....1 0 0 0 0 0-5
Runs scored, Culp. 2; Bowman.
Kaufman, Stump, Strait, Weigand,
Riley, Bastian, Abbott, Fritz, 2; Mar
hefka; stolen bases, Abbott, Weigand,
Strait, 2; Brent, sacrifice hit, Abbot;
two-base hits, Fritz. Culp; three-base
hit, Bastian; double play. Wagner
and Kaufman; bases on balls, OF
Culp, 3; Muth. 2: Buscher, 1; struck
out, by Culp, 3; Muth, 1 Buscher. 4;
pitcher losing game, Muth; passed
balls, Harkins, Carter; left on bases,
York, 6; Wilmington, 7; hit by pitch
er, Stump, Brent, Culp; innings pitch
ed, Muth, 2; Buscher, 6; hits, off
Muth, 4; Buscher, 4; first base on
errors. York, 3; Wilmington, /; time,
las; umpires, Connolly and Glatts.
Evening journal., 1911-07-07
Yesterdays BASEBALL
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Yesterdays Scores.

st. Louis. 13; Philadelphia, 9.
Chicago. g.. New York, 2.
Cincinnati, 12; Boston, IL.
Pittsburg, 10; Brooklyn, /.
Evening journal., 1911-07-07
standInr of the CIuhs.
Schedule for Today.

St. Louis at Philadelphia.
Cincinnati at Boston.
Pittsburg at Brooklyn.
Chicago at New York.
Evening journal., 1911-07-07

Schedule for To-day.
Athletics at Cleveland.
New York at Chicago.
Washington at Detroit.
Boston at st. Louis.
Evening journal., 1911-07-07
TRI-STATE LEAGUE.
Yesterdays Scores.

York, s; Wilmington, ).
Altoona, 2; Reading, 1.
Johnstown, 8; Lancaster, 8.
Trenton, Is; Harrisburg, 4.
Evening journal., 1911-07-07
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Yesterdays Scores.
Standing OF the CIubs.

Cleveland 4 Athletics. 0.
st. Louis, 8; Chicago, 0.
Evening journal., 1911-07-07
Standing of the CIuhs.

Schedule for Today.
Trenton at Harrisburg.
Wilmington at York.
Lancaster at Johnstown.
Reading at Altoona.
Evening journal., 1911-07-07

According to rumors in \Brooklyn.
Charley Ebbets is going to part with
his crack right hand pitcher, Cy Bar
ger, and his star outfelder, Zach
Wheat, for Mike Donlin, Leon Ames
and an infelder of the New York
Giants. Although 1t has been officially
denied. it is the general belief here
that the deal will go through. For some
time Il has been known that the New
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-02-02
ARE FoR TAFT.

A most encouraging gign Of the
change which Is taking place In the
attitude towards President Taft 10 re-
ported from Indiana, where the Re-
publican editorial association has
completely reversed It's action Of a
year ago, when It refused to pass q
resolution endorsing the president.
This year the same association mot
only pledges him the support Of the
Republican press Of the state, but
urges the voters Of the state to rally
to his support. It pays the admins
tration, this strong and deserved
tribute. mo administration has been
characterized by a larger achieve
ment for the common good In the
consideration and settlement Of ques-
lions vitality affecting the welfare Of
the American people" This change
Of sentiment in a state where Senator
Beveridge has 30 persistently at
tempted to discredit the present ad-
ministration. is profoundly signifi-
cant, and carries a convincing indi-
cation that the state repudiates the
senator's alignment with the new
progressive league, which has for its
main purpose, the defeat Of Presi-
dent Taft for a denomination.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-02-02
THE COMIC OPERA REVOLUTION,

Kansas City Journal: The insur,
gents are evidently fighting in the
last ditch. They have banded to-
called Progressive Republican Lea
gethef in the formation Of the sov
que. The name is truthfully desig-
netye in only one respect--the or
gsnlxation 10 q league. It Is neither
progressive nor Republican. The
platform runs the gamut Of most IT
the rabid vagaries of Populism, Soc
ialisln. Greenbaoklsm and new ma
tirnalism," 1t upholds most Of the
wild doctrines fathered by those who
imagine that the calamity bowler is
tho only statesman, the vilifier the
only patriot and the curbstone poll
tiician the custodian Of the political
wisdom of all history and all ex-
perience. Interpreted with these
plauks taken from the chimerical
platform Of Organism masquerading
its progressive Republication there
arc a few principles which are en-
titled to respect from the fact that
they are really Republican policies.
They are the deeoys to lead Repub-
llcan voters to support an organize
tion whose purpose is to defeat the
party and the inevitable result Of
whose success would be to do so.
There is no reason for any real
Republican getting alarmed over the
epronunciamento" issued by the
comic opera revolution inaugurated
by these familiar figures in the prop
uganda Of destructive legislation.
One blazing name is lacking. and
only one, to complete the list. That
affixed, the real Republicans Of the
country could hettle down to the
light anticipated and preeipitated
long AGA fight which will be led
By william Howard Taft and all the
great leaders Of the party Of con-
structlve statesmanship. Of admins
tratlve and economic wisdom, the
party to which the country owes the
prosperity Il enjoys today the party
that has elected eight Of the last nine
presidents ana has stood for more
than hali q century n the forefront
Of that conservative wisdom which
& tie foundsfion o. an patriolie
progress.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-02-02
CITY OFFICIALS MUST LOOK OUT
Law Requires Municipal Bonds to be
Offered to State First.

City officials, having charge Of the
sale of municipal bonds, must mind
their P's and Q's. A Topeka dispatch
states that Attorney General John
s. Dawson will prosecute the next
municipal officers who violate the
state law requiring that all munich
pal bonds be offered for sale to the
state before attempt Is made to
market them elsewhere. Attorney
General Dawson has been instructed
IN the matter by a resolution adopted
BY the State School Fund Commits
sion. The law was passed In 1907
and provides = penalty Of fine
Of $500 for its violation. The com
mission, which consists Of Secretary
Of State Chss. H. Sessions, superin-
tendent OF schools =. 7. Fairchild
and Attorney General John s. DaW-
son, e persuaded that many officers
have been dlsresardlns the Law, and
that the state has therefore lost OF
portunity to secure several Issues
q desirable bonds for ~ permanent
school fund.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-02-02
THE WIDOWS INVENTORY.

The other day, when q Tennessee
county clerk asked for an inventory
Of the estate Of the late Rev. Lundy
H. Harris, the widow, authoress Of
1.-THE Circuit Riders Wife," report
ed:
ut is not with the intention Of
showing an egregious sentimentality
that I say find 1t impossible to
give you complete and satisfactory
inventory OF the estate Of Lundy
H. Harris. The part that I give Il
30 small that 1t is insignificant and
misleading. At the time Of hid
death he had 1895 in his purse
SIG In the Union Bank and Trust
company Of Nashville, about 400
books, and the coffin in which he
was buried, which cost about $Sb'
The major part Of his estate was in
vested in heavenly securities, the val
ues OF which have been variously DE-
clared in this world and highly taxed
by the various churches, but never
realized. He invested every year moi
less-usually more-than $1,000 IN
charity, so secretly, 50 inoffensively
and so honestly that he was nevel
suspected of being a philanthropist
and never praised for his generosity
"He pensioned an old outcast wo
man in Barron county and an ole
soldier in Nashville. He sent two
little negro boys to schools and sup
ported for three years family o.
five who could not support themsel
YES. He contributed anonymously
to every charity in Nashville; every
old maid interested in a benevolent
object received his aid; every child
he knew exacted and received penny
tolls from his tenderness. He sup
ported the heart Of every man who
confided in him with announcement
He literally did forgive his enemies
and suffered martyrdom on Sept. IS
1910, after enduring three years oil
persecution without complaint. He
ever recognized as one Of the largest
bondholders in heaven. (Signed) Cora
Harria.'
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-02-02

That the high schools Of Kansas
are becoming more efficient 10 clear
Iy indicated BY the quality Of scholar
ship shown by the freshmen in the
University OF Kansas. According to
reports made to Chancellor Strong.
this years freshman class is max
ing an unusually excellent record and
there are fewer than usual who find
themselves unprepared to go ahead
with the advanced work. The fresh
man class, too, is the largest in the
history of the University, including
as many members as the entire stu
dent body Of few years ago.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-02-02

The house committee on taxation
and assessment has returned a COM
mittee inheritance tax bill to the
house. having rejected the half dozen
which were introduced. The measure
provides that legacies are exempted
from taxation from husband to wife
below $4,000; to father, mother,
child or adopted child, each $751;
900; and to any brother, sister,
nephew or niece up to $1,000 each.
After these sums the regular tax UNI
der the present law is applied, and
all collateral relatives are subject to
the present legacy taxation.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-02-02
THE NOISY KICKERs.

The kickers always make more
noise than the other fellows. Fol-
years the kickers have been denounc'
ing the post office department fol
It's extravaganza and its habit Of al
ways having q deficit. Resolutions
for economy and retrenchment were
the regular order, the country seem
ed to demand reduction Of ex'
penses in that particular department.
Postmaster General Hitchcock re-
sponded to this popular demand and
cut out q number Of useless and I'M
necessary employees. He went at the
work Of reforming the postal depart
ment like q business man would q
similar job in his own affairs. He got
results and nearly II not quite wiped
out the deficit In the postal service.
Then the kickers began again and
they said the reduction was wrong
aud foolish, that the postal depart
ment was being "pinchy" and that
the postal service was being injured.
All the employees who had been fired
and all their folks and their wives
folks Joined in the boiler. A lot
of people who never get any mail
except circulars from Kansas City
liquor houses chimed in and you
would think the country is in arms
against the retrenchment policy Of
Gen. Hitchcock.
The great mass Of the people are
not foolish and they appreciate the
efforts Of Hitchcock to lower the ex-
penses Of the post office department.
But they cannot make near as much
noise as the kickers and congress is
being called on to save the employees
and maintain the usual postal de-
ficit.-Hutchinson News.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-02-02

Mr.. Roosevelt has settled the Penn
sylvania railroad dharges that he
used the road free to the extent Of
100000 while president. He says
he used the railroads free trains
exactly as Lincoln, Grant and Nc
Kinley did and that 1t was a con-
slant scrap on the railroads part
as to which should haul the presi-
dent around. He says he did not
receive dollar from the govern
ment for his African or European
trips but paid his own expenses, be-
sides giving the nation the fruits OF
his African expedition. In view OF
these things Congress may as well
quit kicking. 81
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-02-02
sAnINA DOCTORS FoHnd TRUST.
And County Attorney Is Arranging
to Prosecute Them.

As q result Of a meeting Of doctors
held recently in salina at which. 1t is
said, a bill Of fees was drawn up,
there is a probability that suit I'M
der the antitrust law will be brought
the county attorney.
At County Attorney KnittIe's office
today this statement was made:
"The county attorneys office Is
investigating the alleged action Of sa-
Ina doctors in combining to draw up
a bill Of fees recently"
Further than this County Attorney
Knittle had no statement to make.
It is reported. however, that a
statute Of the antitrust law distinctly
forbidn members Of any profession
combining 70 draw up q bin Of uni
form fees and It Is probably under
this section Of the law that the in
vestigstion Il now being carried On.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-02-02

Whatever the provocasion. Senator
Hodges, when be arose n the senate
and called another man liar, proved
himself a. lacking the dignity o. ths
office Of governor, 70 which he re-
Gently hspIrsd- chronicle. Didn't
he have good precedsutsf Roosevelt
called somebody ) liar about every
day Of his term as president and
Gov. Stubs whom he thinks q man
is q liar spits It right out in meeting
and says 90. It Is about the best
way-only one should BE- prepared
to fight afterward II the other man
is the larger.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-02-02

y Lawrence Journal: The Journal
Is not inclined to take seriously the
corporation organized witAin the lie
publican party. although It Is called
progressive. The idea is not noT-
Il savors Of the old machine spirit.
me time has come when men ought
to be Just plain Republicans. These
special coEs and inside frills are not
eood. The Republicans WIN renom-
inats TAFT and Il the great mass Of
voters understand the work he has
done. Their YIN reeisct him.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-02-02

In the steady process towards the
development Of ali the natural re-
sources Of Kansas, the period Of
shale and clay seems to be close at
hand. The experimental stage Il
now being passed and the time for
commercial expansion seems not far
distant. A class at the University
,of Kansas has been working for
year on the making Of pottery. and
the proper method Of treatment has
AZ last been found. Kansas men
and women at the University have
thus developed smother Kansas com
modify from Kansas raw material.
Machinery to work the clay has been
Installed II grindI, washes and
mirss the clay taken from the side
Of Mount Dread.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-02-02
THE NEW "LEAGUE."

A number II Statesmen have organ
ired what thsy cell q Progrcssi'e
League to el1saw to control the
Republican 1.r.y This 40 apparent
u 4 proper method Of organization
ana Is not entirely new 70 politics.
says the Hutchinson News. The gen
tlemen who thus associate themsel-
YES together for the common object
have q perfect right to DO so.
They should avoid the danger OF
thinking that they are the only pro-
gressiyes, that the entire sum OF
American intelligence and patriotism
Il eentered in themselves. Some OF
them. whom we could mention, are
generally believed to be only am
bilious for their own advancement
ana 4 great many people who Will
mot be members will be Just as hon
est, Just as patriotic and Just as pro-
gressive as the leaguers.
The main object Of the League Is
10 gain control Of the Republican
party. II this is done by denouncins
all Republicans who do not bend the
knee to any old hat the League hangs
ND TOR worship, It will fall or It will
split the party. There are some DEM
ocrats who are progressive and patri-
otic, and there is a large majority
Of the people who will not submit to
claims Of infallibility. II the Lea
que gets an idea that It Is bigger
than the party and goes In to rule
or ruin there will be some lively
times but the people will finally plant
the League with other minor parties
that have believed they possess the
aggregate Of the virtue Of citizenship.
The League can now go ahead, put
up It's candidates and II they are good
men 81 Republican priciple they will
be entitled to respect. II they are
bad men or Of doubtful principle,
they will be entitled to Just as much
respect az the same class OF men
who do not belong to the League.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-02-02

Lawrence Journal The New York
Journal is making ado because some
one tried to influence 1t unduIy. The
papers that do the most hollering are
seldom troubled with much to boiler
about. There is mighty little to this
talk Of buying up newspapers. 1t Is
bumbcome and nothing else.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-02-02

Enterprise Push: Herington was
all excited last week over q special
Rock Island train carrying $1,5OO,-
600 worth Of silk, which stopped
there three minutes on its way from
San Francisco to New York. 1t IL
reported that it was a favorite occu-
patton Of the ladies' for several days
to walk down to the depot and look
at the track where the train stood.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-02-02

The efforts Of Norman Hapgood
Of Golfers Weekly to launch a boom
for Hughes for president against
Taft is not taken seriously In the
state. Hapgood is certainly a great
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-02-02

The Kansas suffragettes are being
made the laughing stock by the leg
stature. Too bad the energetic wo-
men who are wasting their time at
Topeka havn't something better to
engage their efforts.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-02-02
NTusT sroP suRsoRIPTIoNs.

A new postal regulation. made By
the department at Washington, which
has Just gone into effect, is aimed at
publishers Of periodicals who do not
discontinue sending copies upon
expiration Of subscriptions. When a
magazine IL refused the publisher
viii be notified at once. At the end
Of five weeks II he Is still sending
It the accumulated copies win be
bundled up and returned to him. and
he will be compelled 70 pay for them
ct the rate Of one cent an ounce
Topeka Capital.