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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-08-16
B0RAH AND HAWLEY
ACCEPT INVITATION

constructing the building. The grand
stand will be 40 by 100 feet, and will
seat 1900 people comfortably. 1t will
be used not only by the fair, but also
by the university for athletic events
which will be held on Idaho field.
The big gate at the fair grounds is
now erected, and will present an i'm
posing appearance when painted. The
heavy arch is surmounted by two
towers from which flags will be dis
played during the exhibitions.
The lumber is already on the ground
for the horse barn to be used by track
stock, and which will contain "a stalls.
This will be rapidly completed. Also
the directors will begin Immediately
the construction of the stock pavilion.
to provide double stall accOmmoda-
tions for 200 animals, and second ex-
hibition pavilion, 40x80 feet, to be in
character duplicate of that con-
structed last year.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-08-16

Governor Hawley's acceptance OF
the invitation recently extended by
the directors of the Latah County Fair
to speak on the opening day of the
fair, September 25, and a positive as
surance that Senator Borah will also
be with the people of Latah county on
that date, make certain that the great
exhibition of Latah county products,
and race meet will be most auspicious-
ly opened The directors have re-
ceived Governor Hawley's promise,
and assurances from Senator BOrah
that leave no question but that he
VIII be here.
Meantime the directors are rushing
work on the construction of buildings
to properly house the exhibits, and
shelter the visitors to the exhibition.
Lumber for the grand stand at the
Latah county fair grounds was re-
ceived this morning, and a force of
men will be at once put to work in
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-08-16

| the Palouse this year. The crops are
excellent also throughout Montana
and North Dakota, in fact through the
whole northwest
Mr.. Elliott and his party were met
at the station by a delegation of about
20 representative business men and
farmers. There followed a rapid-fire
interview in which the executive head
of the big railroad system discussed
half a dozen questions in which Mos
COW and Latah county are interested.
rs there any way" one farmer ask
ed, "by which we could cooperate
with the Northern Pacific to secure a
grain rate that would enable us to
ship to eastern markets?'
THE grain rate east" Mr.. Elliott
responded was under discussion Just
before l left the general offices, and
the traffic department has it under
inv estigation. The trouble is that most
Of our freight is moving east at pres
ent, and the result is that it must
bear the heavier charge. It's hard
matter to reduce a rate, because it
can't be done experimentally. That is,
if the rate should prove too low to
profitably handle the business, it is
practically an impossibility to raise it
to profitable point. | don't say the
present grain rate is not too high.
But there are many things which en-
ter into the matter of rate making and
force us to move slowly The traffic
department, as l said, is Investigating,
and if we can give you relief we will
do So"
Are the railroads opposed to ham
ding wheat in bulk?" was his ques-
tiCner's next venture.
mo indeed" answered Mr.. Elliott.
81 have advocated the establishment
of tank elevators for the handling of
the wheat of the northwest. 1t is
much better, though, that the farmers
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-08-16

LOS ANGELES, Aug 16.-District
Attorney Fredericks resumed today
the closing argument for the state in
the trial of Clarence Darrow. Judge
Huttons instruction are ready and 1t
is expected the case will go to the
jury tonight.
Fredericks expected to use all his al
lotted time, which extends to o'clock.
Fredericks declared that it was fool
ish to suppose that anyone but the
attorney who was handling the money
for the defense had committed brib-
cry in the Mcnamara trial.
He said he didn't believe Frank
Wolfe or former Fire Commissioners
Hawley spoke the truth IN testifying
for the defense.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-08-16
FREDRICKS CLOSES THE
CASE AGAINST DARROW

Il don't believe all these witnesses
newspaper man and others, who said
that Franklin told them Darrow was
innocent were perjurers. That was
just F'ranklin's attitude of protecting
Darrow, the man who gave him the
money. I don't say Franklin told ])ar-
row everything he had done. Oar
row furnished the money, Franklin
furnished the brains and the ingenu-
ity." said Fredericks.
Referring to Darrow's statement
that if he was guilty, SO was l.. F..
Compile Davis, whom no attempt was
made to prosecute. Fredericks said
that he was not protecting Davis, but
that If local man was guilty of4any-
thing he would prosecute him, even If
it was his own brother.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-08-16
MISS DAHL BACK FROM
MADAGASCAR MISSIONS

During her work in Madagascar Miss
Dahl was stationed at the Lutheran
missions at st. Luce and Fort du
Frsnce where she has accomplished
much good among the natives. The
climate of the country makes the work
particularly arduous, and twice dur
ing her absence Miss Dahl has been
seized with what it was feared would
be fatal illness. 1t is on account of
her health that she has been granted a
furlough.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-08-16

Returning from Madagascar, where
she has been for the last seven years
as missionary for the United Lutheran
churches, Miss Nellie Dahl, will reach
her home in Moscow, tomorrow morn
Ing from Chicago, where she was met
by her sister, Miss Dorothy Dahl, who
accompanies her.
Miss Dahl has been granted two
years furlough from her arduous
duties in Madagascar, and will spend
it in this city. She is a sister of Mrs,
E. E. OstroOt.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-08-16
Schepps on the Road.

INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 16.-Guarded
by Assistant District Attorney Robert
Rubin and County Detective Stewart
Sam Schepps, wanted in New York for
alleged completely in the murder there
of Gambler Herman Rosenthall, ar
rived here early today and remained
over for two hours while changing
cars for New York. Rubin said he ex-
pected to arrive in New York next
week He is keeping the exact time a
secret.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-08-16
NEGRESS ELECTROCUTED
FOR BRUTAL MURDER

RICHMOND, Va, Aug. 16.-Smiling
and unafraid, Virginia Christian, a
negress, aged II, the first woman to be
electrocuted in Virginia, was sent to
death here in the electric chair at 1928
this, morning for the murder Of Mrs.
Ida Belote, aged 72, white woman, at
Hampton, Virginia.
Just before the cap was placed over
her head the woman turned to her
spiritual advisor and said:
81 am glad to go, l killed Mrs. Be-
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-08-16

lote and deserve to die, I feel no fear.
Kill me quick"
The negress was employed as a
washer woman, by Mrs. Belote. Anger
ed by a reprimand, the girl felled her
employer beat her to unconsciOusness,
choaked her, partially scalped her, and
cause of the brutality of the crime
Governor Mann ignored the requests
to commute the woman's sentence to
life Imprisonment.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-08-16
SEEK TO DISSOLVE THE
TRUST IN "MOVIES"

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 16.-A suit in
equity for the dissolution Of the
moving picture trust was filed in the
United States district court here today
by representatives of the department
of justice.
The defendants named include the
Motion Picture Patents company, the
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-08-16

NEW YORK, Aug. 16-At the re-
quest of District Attorney Whitman
Governor Dix today named Justic Golf
to hold a special term of the state su-
preme court in connection with the po-
lice graft cases. This means that
speedy action will follow the returning
by the grand jury of indictments.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-08-16

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.-The SEN
ate today defeated the motion to pass
the steel bill over Taft's veto.
BY a vote of 48 for to 18 against, the
senate this afternoon adopted the con-
ference report on the Panama canal
bill. 1t is generally believed similar
action will be taken by the house.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-08-16
CAN'T PASS STEEL
BILL OVER THE VETO

Then the bill, which provides that
American ships engaged in foreign
trade must pay full tolls and bars
railroadowned ships from the canal,
will go to President Taft for his sig
nature. The conference report also
provided that American vessels en-
gagged in coast-wise trade should be
allowed fire, passage.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-08-16
ITALIANS PRAY FOR
SOUL BY BEHEADED BODY

sumption in the upper Bronx knelt in
the street and prayed for the soul of
the dead man.
Rimoli had paid his last cent into
the plate at the feast and jumped on
the wrong side of the car to avoid pay
ing, his fare and a pillar knocked him
under the wheels.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-08-16

General Film company, the Biograph
Inc. The Lubin company. Pathe
Freres, the Vitagraph company, and
13 individuals The suit asks the
court to restrain the defendants from
exercising an undue monopoly in the
moving picture business.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-08-16
SPECIAL SESSION TO TRY GRAFT MURDERERS
Governor Appoints Supreme Court Jurist
to Secure Justice in New York
Police Case.

and fearless inquisition under the aus
pices of the grand jury is imperatively
demanded in New York city"
Justice Goff's court will convene in
New York, September 8.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-08-16

MEXICO CITY, Aug 16.-Definite
proposals for peace were received by
General Pasqual Orozco, commander
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-08-16
Will go the Limit.

ALBANY, N. Y, Aug. 16.-Comment-
ing on his appointment of Justice Golf
to hold a special term of the supreme
court for the trial of the men ABOUT
to be indicted in the New York graft
scandal growing out of the murder of
Gambler Rosenthall, Governor Dix
said today: "An immediate, determined
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-08-16

OYSTER BAY, N. Y, Aug. 16.-Colo-
mel Roosevelt left here today for Prov
idence, R. L., where tonight he will
fire the opening gun in his campaign
for president on the bull moose ticket.
Roosevelt will discuss the tariff, par
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-08-16

NEW YORK, Aug. 16.-As the decap-
itated form of Frank RimOli, one or
their leaders lay sprawling on the car
tracks after being beheaded by a
Jerome avenue car here today, 1900
Itaians, returning from their open
air celebration of the Feast of the AS
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-08-16
ROOSEVELT OPENS HIS
CAMPAIGN TONIGHT

ticularly the wool schedule of the
Payne act The former president will
speak at Revere Beach, Mass, tomor-
row and probably will attack Wilson,
the democratic nominee in his ad-
dress there.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-08-16
MEXICAN REBELS SUE
MADERO FOR PEACE

in chief of the revolutionary forces,
and it is expected truce will be de-
clared Immediately and negotiations
will be opened which will result in
the rebels laying down their arms.
Arizona republican., 1912-09-22

BILLY MURRAY. the free lance scout. says its in the wood" in speaking of the quality of bats. There is a new kind of wood and new proc ess in turning up bats that are said by Pittsburgh players to work wonderful improvement in hitting. The wood is known as Cuban wood. the timber be- ing a slate color. It is hard to detect tie grain in bat of this kind.
 Billy Murray says that Bill Knight one of the great sluggers of years ago, attributed his success in long drives to the kind of bat he used.
 Bill never paid much money for his special bats" said Murray. He would make the rounds of sporting goods sup ply houses and ask to see the old bats in the cellars. Bills treasures were in the high piles of castoff bats, filled with cobwebs and probably coated with the dust of years and peculiarly treated by being In the dampness so long. From these piles Knight would select the sticks he liked. paying maybe 10 or 12 cents apiece for what had been regarded as so much junk. Sixteen cents was a high price for him to pay. He claimed that this crude method was the best means in the world of season. ing bats Like wine. he said, they inn proved with age.
 He obtained one long bat in this manner one time. and it was much on the order of the thin fungo sticks now
Arizona republican., 1912-09-22

used. Bill would swear that the bat would yield so much under fast ball that it would bend. The bats he pick ed never were split or broken under proper use"
 Hans Wagner uses one kind of bat all the time until he begins to slump a little in hitting. Then he begins to use another until it, too, seems to need a rest. The two sticks are mates, both of them big, ugly warclubs, having a dark slate color and an awful weight at the heavy end. These bats. contrary to general belief, are not turned up to order but merely were picked up in some store, probably in another cellar pile of old ones.
 Tommy Leach, when a member of the Pirates, used a bat much on the same order as Honus. Tommy is small in stature, but his wonderfully devel- oped arms and shoulders make him pick the heaviest bats made. Tommy, too, uses one bat constantly until he feels that a change will do him good. Bobby Byrne uses a Cuban wood stick that also looks rather cumbersome in the hands of the clever little third sacker, but he handles it easily and to excellent advantage.
 Some players on the Pittsburgh team often credit the winning of the 1909 worlds championship to two bats that found their way into the bat bag to- ward the close of the pennant season.
Arizona republican., 1912-09-22
Ased Baseball Bats Are the Best

After one of the closing games of the season a man appeared under the grand stand with a long package bound with tWine. Within were two bats. One, he said, was for Honus Wagner, the other for Tommy Leach.
 Wagner and Leach began using them, and they seemed to connect more solid ly with the ball than ever. The ball seemed to travel high and far every time either hit. Finally Bobby Byrne began using them.
 Honus and Tommy each stuck to his own bat, and gradually the new ar rivals in the Pirate bat bag began to win away the affections of the players froriaothe nspets they had carried and treasured for a year or more.
 The worlds series with Detroit be- gan, and six players were using one of the new bats. Tommy Leach and Honus both stuck to their pet clubs, and the result contributed to victory. Tommys speciality in that series was two baggers. Every clout was made with the bat that came as an unex- pected gift from the man of mystery who greeted him one day under the grand stand while Tommy and Hans were rushing for their shower bath after a game with Cincinnati. The club probably carried fifty bats to and from Detroit. About two were used and one of these was the pet of six ot tho Pirates.
Arizona republican., 1912-09-22
Required Years For Fans to
 Appreciate George MCBride

TT is strange, but true, that it often
 requires several years for ball player to be appreciated by the home fans. George Mcbride, the Washing ton shortstop and captain, is one or those who for years were the object of displeasure by many capital patrons of the game though there was never time when he was not doing capable work for his team.
 But change has taken place, and Mcbride has become one of the most popular men on the team.
 This is McBride's fifth season as a member of the Nationals. Though he plays a position which subjects him to certain amount of danger because he covers the bag on all attempted steals. Mcbride has missed but three games during his connection with the team, a most remarkable record and one which indicates the players ear nestness. Not unlike other players, Me- Bride frequently gets in the way of opposing players spikes and has his feet and shins scraped, yet these in juries are too trivial to cause him to take a lay-off, one reason why Mc- Bride has always been popular with the various managers he has played 's=.-,ar
Arizona republican., 1912-09-22
Tibet Boasts of Highest Golf Course

hazards are collections of stones, pits. withered trees. wild irises and sand. Out of the two last named not even a Braid could play, and it is here that the advantage of the local rules Is seen. Some of these may be of inter- est:
 No ball can be lost in Gyantse. If not found within a reasonable time another Is put down where the first one is thought to have been lost with out penalty.
 2.-The He of a ball in sand can be improved by scraping round 1t with hand or club. (Even then the difficulty of the shot has to be experienced to be appreciated.)
 3-All thorns may be removed from the ball.
 Besides the usual caddies Gone of whom by the way, is 8 Tibetan girD a forecaddie is an essential here. The most important of his duties Is to re- move all the fiagstaffs from the vari- ous holes and carry them to place of safety after the round is completed. The reason of this is that firewood is very scarce in Gyantse, and even such a slender piece of wood as a flagstaff would be too tempting a bait for a Tibetan.
Arizona republican., 1912-09-22

GYANTSE, in Tibet, boasts the high
 est golf course in the world. The next highest is the course at Gulmerg. in the Himalayas, which is $500 feet above the sea level, but Gyantse. standing at height of 13.100 feet. easily bears off the palm for golf at high altitude.
 Gyantse does not to the casual ob- server suggest golf, nor does it even appear to be able to furnish room for golf courses, but where Scotchmen congregate, though their total number be only three, a course had to be made. and it has been.
 Provided the caddies are willing. golf is possible all the year round, the most unsuitable months being January, February and March. these being the months of the famous, or. rather, in famous. dust storms. The course is one of nine holes, situated on the right bank of the Niang Gnu river. The average length of the holes Is 2S0 yards, the longest being more than 500 yards and the shortest 120 yards.
 There is no grass on the course the whole surface being hard baked clay, over which, especially in winter, film of sand is blown. Where this sand drifts "bunker'' is formed. The chief
Arizona republican., 1912-09-22
CONTROL IS MOST
 IMPORTANT TO PITCHERS
By TOM MY CLARK.

RAISES on balls are the surest way
 to lose ball games, and the only wonder is that more young pitchers show so little sense and ambition about improving their control. Observation of the leading pitchers of the country will show conclusively that control is perhaps the most essential feature of real success in the pitching line, and yet scores of young pitchers break in, With everything in their favor, if they are willing to work hard who lose their chance for big success by failing to realize the tremendous importance of sure control of the ball.
 Frank Bancroft of Cincinnati tells with pride Of the way Charley Rad bourne, as great a pitcher as ever liv ed, used to go out by himself in the morning and practice throwing at a bottle set up on post about the height of a mans belt. He would not rest un- til he had gained the ability to knock the bottle off the post whenever he wished to. This was the basic secret of his great success. He could always put the ball wherever he wanted to. MatheWson has always had perfect control of every kind of ball he uses. So has Johnson. So has every first class pitcher. Rube MarQuard, when he first joined the Giants, was as wild l as hawk and was perfectly worthless to the club until long practice gave him the control which he needed. Today he is winner because he can put the ball anywhere he wants to at any time and for any batter.
 The pitcher who cannot do this will not be real success. Big curves and great speed amount to little or nothing | if the enemy is going to be favored with a walk every inning or so at a critical time. But. though control is | mainly matter of steady and faithful | practice, there are very few young pitchers who will take the trouble to do any extra work in the effort to se- cure it. so when their trial comes they
Arizona republican., 1912-09-22
Baseball Term Assist" Explains Itself

put-out Quite frequently ball is hit sharply through the box, and the pitch CT just touches 1t with the tips of his fingers, while the shortstop or second baseman gets 1t and throws the batter out at first. The pitcher gets an assist just the same as if he had handled the ball cleanly.
 Even if the ball hits him on the foot or any other part of his anatomy with out touching his hands at all he gets an assist, provided the play ends in a put-out. The total number of assists made by players, especially infielders. is far better test of their ability than their fielding average. When a player has large number of assists it shows that he is covering a great deal of ground and is a better man than player who may have fewer errors, but is not getting to the ball so frequently. In looking over records of shortstops and second basemen especially the number of assists in an equal number of games played is an excellent cri- terion of the value of the player to his tam
Arizona republican., 1912-09-22

RACING a hydroplane is as close to
 the ultimate in dangerous excite ment as anything that ever has been devised If you don't believe this ask anybody that has tried it, or, better, observe. The mere sight of chugging monsters, crammed so full of horse power that every jar threatens to tear apart their frail bodies, is enough to send the hot and cold thrills down your backbone. while those who have rid den in them at top speed declare the sensation has anything else on earth or in the sea beaten mile from rac- ing automobiles to aeroplaning.
 In Chicago recently three of the worlds best known opponents of the hy- droplane racing game raced their frail water craft They are Noel Sampson of London, owner of the British cham pion. Debutante: J. J. Ryan of Ago mac, Mich, owner and driver of the famous Baby Reliance family. and James A. Pugh of Chicago thorough going sportsman and owner of Dis turber ILL, which has shown a speed of flfty-f1ve miles an hour in prelimi nary trials.
 All are enthusiastically devoted to the racing game, and all are old hands at 1t. Sampson owned four hydro planes previous to Debutante, and all of them made good. Ryan has a repu- tation on every race course in the United States, and Pugh has been an expert yachtsman for years. So when it comes to sport they know what they are talking about, and whatever point CTS they offer on the subject of their | favorite diversion are worth listen- l ing to.
 "I took to hydroplaning for love of the sport" said Ryan when asked his | reason for getting into the game. T l love speed and plenty of it and always have. The faster I go the happier 1 am and when you remember that forty or fifty miles an hour on the water especially when you're right down next | to it, seems like a hundred miles an hour on land you can see that hydro blaming has furnished me more sat isfactory thrills than anything else going.
 Am I ever afraid? Why, man, you don't have time to be afraid. There's | too many things to do and think of at once. If you're steering the boat you've got to remember that the slightest swerve of the tiller to the right or the left will cause swift jerk that may crack your hull and at least put you away off the course. Life certainly is full clear up to the limit in hydroplane when it's going full speed. and I guess that's one of the charms the sport has for me.
 "Of course fellow has an accident once in awhile, but unless the engine blows up in your face or something like that there really isn't much dan- ger. When I was racing against Kitty Hawk in Detroit couple of months ago my boat capsized and went to the | bottom like shot It was over too quickly Tor me to realize what had