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The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-09-28

bets that he can beat a pair of aces In
one throw or that he a beat the deal
er's throw. He can also bet that his
throw will be lower than the dealers.
But the house wins not only when its
throw beats. either higher or lower. but
when the throw ties. Most gambling
houses run a chuckaluck game regular
ly. This, as well as klondike. looks
fair. but as a matter of fact the player
has no chance OF winning. as practical
ly every game of chance is controlled
by some device TO trap the boob"
In 1903 1t was said hat 800 gambling
houses in New York earned S14.000.0O0
u year and that $4,000 ~patronized them
every day.
Among the famous gambling head
quarters of the past in New York were
the following: 33 West Thirty-third
street. where Gottfried Gottlieb Wal
baum. Frank Farrell and Davy John
son spent half Il million dollars in
equipping the graldest bijou gambling
place in the world; two houses which
John Daily conducted. n In Twenty
ninth street and the other in Fifty
seventh street: Lou Belts places ut 121
West Thirty-fourth street and III 1Oe
West Forty-fourth street: Joe Ullman's
at PIG West Forty-sixth street: the
Washington game. in Thirty-frst
street. which Briggs Perry ~frequented
and where Al Smith and Pat Sheedy
held their great session with Riley
Grammar. Riley dealing the bank al
faro and Smith and Sheedy trimming
him for $4,000: John Days old time
place. at 8 Barclay street and SIS
broadway, the latter having been on
Of the greatest gambling houses il
America. John Morrissey founded it
and a syndicate ran the place for many
years. 1t was closed In the nineties.
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PROPERTY RIGHTS INVOLVED.
Discovery Of Gold at the South Pole
Would start Trouble.


Would start Trouble.
At the north pole the question OF
territorial ownership. so far rs II Is
raised at ~. is purely academic. Tor al
that end Of the earth u motive for the
continuous occupation which must fol
low discovery to establish possession
is hardly conceivable. much less
known. Nobody will ever van TO
stay where. rs reary made certain
IL had long been held more than high
IL probable-tiIere Is nothing that any
body wants. but merely sea covered
by storm swept ice. At the south pole.
we've conditions are entirely diff
ferent. SAYS the New York Times.
The antarctic continent is indeed a
dreary land. with u climate somewhat
worse than any In which men have
ever attempted TO set up permanent
habitations; but. bad as it is. living
there would be easily possible. anG 1t
would take nothing more than the
finding of gold among those desolate
mountains to hurry IL rush OF eager
treasure seekers TO them. That the
gold is there is far from improbable.
"he antarctic mountain range is m
evident continuation of the Andes. ana
scattered along every known part OF
that great chain of volcanoes are de
posits of the precious metals. The
presence of gold in TERRA del Fue=o
warrants the expectation that 1t exists
on the other side of what is. after all,
rather a strait than an ocean.
Life would be hard in the interior of
the antarctic continent. but 1t Is the
most notable of mans superiorities
that he can conquer any climate. and
what d few men have endured for
short periods for little more than glory
OF having gone where none had been
before other men would gladly risk
for months or years If inspired by the
hope of getting rich in what is per
haps the most attractive of all ways,
Amundsen's story OF his journey. SO
far as il has been told. reveals only
by Implication that hardships were
suffered. lHel were uoubtieHS sun
as only travellers with something Of
the remarkable strength and endur
ance Of him and his companions coulf
face with any approach to safety. bu'
the facilities Of supply and the meant
OF shelter could be improved until the,
were not much inferior TO those %
the Yukon country.
That not long ago was considered
no less worthless than the antarcti'
continent is now. but with the discoy
cry Of gold there came the knowledge
derived from hard experience that low
temperatures and nights six months
long are not insuperable obstacles L
the founding of cities or to the equip
ping OF them with most of the com
forts and many of the luXuries char
acteristic of urban life in lower latl
tudes. And where value is there vii
ownership be surely.
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Mysterious Signals.

A typical gambling house was suard-
ed on the outside by n lookout" who.
while apparently strolling casually
along the street. kept n sharp watch
for raiders and carefully scrutinized
all who approached the entrance. II
anything appeared TO be wrong he
might press an electric button ron
ceaIed under tome adiacent stoop. give
a loud and peculiar whistle. knock in
a prearranged way on the door. ring
the bell hard or. as IN one partlcu-
lar instance. push the lid Of the letter
Stat In the door violently back and
forth. In this case the metal slot
when pushed back struck two nails
driven into the door just above II oil
the inside. These nails were connected
with electric wires. and. the circuit he
ing completed. a warning bell was rung
in the room where the game was go-
ing on.
If all was well the regular client
knocked at the door or ms the hell.
and at once a small wicket In the door
was opened and a face looked out. II
II WAS nighttime a light behind the
guard shone full in the visitors face.
II the doorkeeper recognized the caller
he onened the door and carefully lock-
ed IL behind him. He then called to a
second d~oorkeeper. who unlocked II sec
ond door. and the caller then was with
-
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tent beyond the widest conjectures. as
shown by the enormous tribute ex-
torted from proprietors OF the game
sters' haunts.
When protection" money was not
forthcoming there would come the In
evitable raid. Policemen armed with
axes would descend upon the unlucKy
proprietor and smash the doors or his
place. arrest all whom they found there
and cart away the telltale parapherna-
LA. New York has had many sucn
spectacular raids.
Dishonesty and the success OF dis-
honesty In American politics have been
the main contributing causes to the
growth of gangs in crime" said Dis
trict Attorney Whitman recently. III
a policeman sees a superior retire with
riches gained by crooked methods
where is there an incentive for him To
refuse graft when offered in a small
wayT
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Weekly illustrated Humor
Imported Humor.

A Chicago politician imported his
cousin from the Old country and had
him appointed Il smoke inspector. This
was in the old days. lie was turned
loose to inspect without any instruc-
tons whatever. and this is the report
he rendered at the end Of the first
month:
Il certify that | have inspected the
smoke of this city for the thirty days
past. find plenty of smoke and APP
parently of good quality. Respectfully
Observation-Disclosures City Journal.
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CARBON CROWS IN LONDON.

The last of the London rookeries
still survive in the gardens of Gray's
inn. and 1t would he interesting to
know II there are any crows also nest
ing there. \ pair Of carrion crows
have their habitatiou somewhere in
the neighborhood. and they are often
ia be seen and heard in the early
morning a ST. Pancras church. the
tower of which has been ut times used
by the old birds rs a sort of aerodrome
for the instruction Of the young ones
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Professional Pride.

Clothes don't make the man" said
the careless customer.
NO. replied the tailor ruefully. hut
some men have u queer look about EN-
that makes EN- the rulndtlon OF u suit
of clothes. - Washington Star.
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Eiased Enthusiasm.

What makes you so sure that our
candidate will be electedf'
The fact" replied the candid cam
paigner, that | will lose the prospect
of II good situation II he t. Wash
ingtOn Star.
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womsn,s Trade Union league.

A working printer. Mrs. Paterson by
name. founded the Women's Trade
Union league in England in 1874. The
leagues membership is now quoted nj
100000. the textile industries furnish
ing the majority of members.
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"HE gambling expose which fol-
lowed the murder of Herman
Rosenthal and which has kept
the police department Of New
Yorl- city in the public limelight since
the tragedy has been productive OF
good results. Developments in the
searching investigation into condi-
tons revealed through the confessions
Of members OF New York's gambling
gangs. besides arousing the govern
ments of other municipalities to a
sense of the ACCESSIBILITY of looking
more closely to the prospective endur-
ance of their own official regulations.
have spread before the susceptible
youth of the country a sermon which
all have read and which many have
needed, for the Rosenthal case af-
fords a grim picture of the fruits or
yielding to the gambling temptations
of a big city.
While In recent years public antag-
onism to gambling as practiced and
countenanced openly, as was the case
at Canield's famous Saratoga place.
has had a salutary effect upon this
evil and stories Of gigantic killings"
have been denied by hat element be-
longing to the class ever ready to take
a gambling chance" at anything,
gambling continued just the same.
bling on a smaller scale everywhere
under cover. OF course there was
gambling in New York. No matter
how well the police might perform
their duty, it was still going IN, as
everybody admitted. But when Rosen-
thai was hot down In cold blood
that night in front Of a West Forty
third street hotel by a band Of chosen
assassins In an automobile and when
It was alleged that they had been al
lowed to escape at their leisure be-
cause certain influences in the police
department did not desire their arrest
even blase New York was shocked.
II was declared that Rosenthal had
forfeited his life because he was about
to give to District Attorney Charles S.
Whitman information showing that
the police tolerated gambling dens for
a share in the proceeds.
The widow Of Rosenthal. who him
self wal a gambler. pointed IN accus-
ing finger at the police and declared
that even though "they had killed her
husband" they had failed to prevent
the transmission of the damaging evil
dence to official channels. Rosenthal
had made the statement that Charles
Becker. a police lieutenant and head of
the strong arm squad. was his gam
bling partner and bounded him when
he refused to be shaken down" for
large sums OF money. Then came the
arrest of Becker on the charge Of homi-
eide in connection with the killing of
Rosenthal.
Mayor William j. Gaynor declined TO
take any precipitate step and instruct
ed Police Commissioner Rhinelander
Waldo not to dismiss Becker unless he
was proved guilty. While Becker Ian
guished in a cell the district attor-
news force was mt work looking up the
financial condition OF the accused 81
go IL year police lieutenant. and he
WAS found 10 have deposited consider
In various banks. In
sDite Of these discoveries n he con
OF the smaller fry in the gain-
net. Becker maintained his limo
rence. But nj that time. regardless or
Recker's guilt or Innocence In the death
Of Rosenthal. the slain '~squeaier. the
fact had been made apparent that gam
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Proving His Weight.

They say. my little fellow.
That but seven pounds you weigh.
But your daddy knows much better.
You weigh more than that today,
You weigh. IN VOW this minute.
Just one hundred thirty-two
Folks may laugh. but it is gospel.
Coz I'm all wrapped up in you.
Detroit Free Press.
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Roy Chapman. the infielder Cleve-
land acquired from Toledo In the
American association. after practical
ly every major league club had been
angling for him. has the remarkable
record of transition from the nine of
a country high school to the big
show" In less than three years. He IL
n flyer on the bases. lie used Ia run
100 yards In 10 % seconds and 30
yards In % seconds fiat. and was a
football player. He has a batting av-
erage In the minor league of .341. and
has been n first magnitude star In
every phase of the game there.
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a Note Of Pathos.

so You don't want TO take a hand in
active politics."
NO" replied the discouraged look
ing woman What's the use of giving
my husband still further chance TO say
it's my fault when anything goes
Observation-Disclosures Star.
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in the art OF aviation \ pair of these
birds used to nest In the garden OF a
house ut the corner OF Tavistock
square, occupied until lately by Sir E
r. Cook. They have left there for a
year or two. and 1t is very probable
that they have made their new hons
in Gray's inn gardens. Westminster
Gazette.
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The so called 'inside' baseball play
ing is all right and results in many
successful plays on the
Strong and consistent playing. how
ever. is the mainstay of any club
When n playe- approaches the plate
the uppermost thought In the minds OF
SPECTATORS is. ''Will he hit the ballT
If the ball Is struck and hit safely the
spectators are happy. Hitting the ball
safely is the most interesting feature
OF the game.
II IS noticeable this season that the
players are hitting the ball well. They
seem to have made up their minds
that free and easy hitting is prefera-
bile to bunting. This free hitting
makes the games more exciting. To
lie sure. 1t may mean a larger score.
but that Is not to be deplored. When
there is free hitting there are more
chances for brilliant catching. skillful
fielding and fast running. The Gene
is more animated and fascinating.
The more batting there is the better
pleased patrons will be all during the
season.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
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Grist From the Sport Mill
BY STADIUM

ahead and make arrangements for the
Ohio championship contests. Then the
fans can shut their eyes and think thar
they are seeing a world series.
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The Day of the suffraae..s.

Are you IN instructed de.eglte"
Il should say sol
How Were you instructed"
by my wife before ! left home.
Washington Star.
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Candid Axcwal.

"You haven't your usual remarkable
stories 10 tell about your fishing trip"
NO: the truth is that ! got so inter
esfed in trying to catch some fish. !
forgot to think up any."-Washington
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Farmer Greene-Josiah. l got bunko-
ed IN that town widow. After ! mar
ried her | found out she was u regular
nag
Farmer Browne-A nag. Well. I
swan. That's "a horse on you.
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Bob Groom. backed by the wonder
fully improved Senators. has establish
ed himself rs n terror To fence busters.
Hard hitters have been Groom's spe-
cialty all summer. Sam Crawford. Ed
die Collins and Ping Bodie. trouble
makers for most pitchers. have been
comparatively easy for Groom.
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The Harvard undergraduates de-
clared last fall that the accident TO
Tudor Gardiner cost them the gridiron
championship. Gardiner played left
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-09-28

In the early ages of Greece and
Rome piracy vas considered an honor
able profession.
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Pitcher Deinaree of Mobile. who will
report to the Giants when the south
ern league season closes. has been
pitching great ball. and If he lives up
to his reputation may prove to be n
Of the finds Of the year.
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Great Moral Lesson Taught by
RosenthaI- Becker Case-Traps
Set For the Unwary Who Play
For Stakes = Jerome Said
Square Gambling" Was a
Myth-Many Raids by Police.
but Cases Where Those Who
Paid FLUSH Money Were Let
Alone.
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tackle and was one OF the seasons
sensations until his arm was broken
In the Princeton game.
This year. however. he is In spleen
did shape and Coach Haughton ex.
poets to use him as the nucleus upon
which to build a record breaking line.
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Cincinnati and Cleveland can go
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-04-01
THE ALLEN
BANDITS
may ESCAPE
UNITED PRESS LEASED wIRE.1

San Francisco, April THAT the
detectives who are trailing the Allen
bandits through Virginia fear that the
two remaining fugitives, Sidna Allen
and Wesley Edwards, will escape to
the Pacific coast and thence from the
United States, was indicated today in
the receipt by the San Francisco po-
lice of circulars and Photographic de-
scriptions of them. The officers are
requested to watch all trains, espec-
tally west and south bound and all
outgoing vessels.
Sidna Allen is 46 years old, and
Edwards, his nephew, is 20. Re-
wards of $500 for Edwards and
81 900 for Allen, dead or alive, are
offered. Sidna Allen is said to be
the leader Of the gang which mur-
dered Judge Thornton L. Massie, at
torney W. NJ. Foster and Sheriff L.
f. Webb, and wounded a juryman
during the progress of the trial of
other members of the Allen clan in
the Hillsville, Va, courthouse.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-04-01
TO
HAVE FINE
BALL TEAM

1t will be good news to a large
number Of people to learn that Salem
is to have a baseball team. Yesterday
In response to a request from R. C.
Baker, of the firm of Foster & Baker,
about 30 candidates for admission to
ball team met at the base ball park
near the penitentiary, where some
good talent was disclosed. Some dam
age was done to the grounds by the
high water Of the past winter and the
fences are out of repair. Governor
West has given manager Baker as
surance that all damages done by the
water will be made good by the con-
yicts, and Mr.. Baker will start at
once to have everything put in order
at the grounds. He asks for all who
desire to get into the team to be at
the ball park Tuesday and Thursday
evenings as soon after 4 o'clock as
possible as there will be tryouts on
those evenings. There was a great
deal Of enthusiasm manifest yester-
day, and Mr.. Baker says that he is 60
ing 10 have the best team in the val
ley A game will be arranged for
April 13 between our team and the
Portland team of the Northwest
league on the Salem grounds.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-04-01
If armed, were deprived of their
weapons.
Many Arrests Made.

Aberdeen, Wash, April 1.-Nearly
so lumber strikers we're arrested here
today by the police on charges Of dis
orderly conduct. When the Slade
mill reopened today the property and
the strike-breakers were protected by
a heavy force Of police thrown around
the mill.
William A. Thorn, member Of the L.
W. W., was arrested. In making ar
rests the police used clubs freely
The Greek strikers claim their
rights are being violated, and tele-
phoned to Tacoma for their consul.
The Red Finnish hall, the |. W. w.
hall and Creation hall, which were
used by the strikers, were closed by
the police today.
DR.. Ell. Titus, well-known Seattle
l. w. W. leader, is under arrest by the
federal authorities on charge of
conspiracy against the government
He is held without bail. 1t is alleged
he made speech against the flag.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-04-01
HOQUIAM'S
TROUBLES
INCREASE
UNITED PRESS LEASED wIRE.l

HoQuiam, Wash, April 1.-Armed
with rifles, revolvers and shotguns,
100 citizens today corraled $50 strlk-
ers in a barn at the HoQuiam Lumber
a. Single company mill. The citi-
Sens threaten to ship the men round
ed up away from HoQuiam in boxcars.
As fast as the men approached the
mill, they were stopped and given the
option of going to work in the plant
or being taken to the barn. Those
taken to the barn were searched, and,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-04-01
CASCARETS INSURE
INSIDE CLEANLINESS
Tho Millions of CasCaret Users Never
Have Headaches, Constipation,
BiliOusness or Sick Stom.
Ach.

! 1t Is more necessary that you keep
your bowels, liver ard stomahch
clean, pure and fresh than II is to
keep the sewers and drainage OF a
large city free from distractions.
Are you keeping clean inslde-or
merely forcing a passage every few
days with salts, cathartic pills or
castor oil? This Is important.
Cascarets Immediately cleanse and
regulate the stomach, remove the
sour, undigested and fermenting
food and foul gases; take the excess
bile from the liver and carryout of
the system the decomposed waste
matter and poison In the intestlnes
and bowels.
No odds how badly and upset you
feel, a Cascaret tonight will straight
en- you out by morning. A 1O-cent
box from your druggist will keep
your entire family feeling good for
months, Don't forget the children
their little lnsides need a good, gen
tie cleansing, too.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-04-01
BOYS GOT
A $4,000
JUDGEMENT
UNITED PRESS LEASED wrRE.l

San Francisco, April Judgments
aggregating 100000 against the Great
Northern railway in favor of Way
land and Lewis Sloan, minor sons of
John Sloan, injured in collision of
freight trains at Calena, Wash, were
affirmed by the United States cir
cult court Of appeals here today. The
boys were injured while attending to
livestock and household goods which
the family was moving from Everett,
Wash, to Montana. Wayland was
given $4,000 and Lewis $4,000.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-04-01
For Women Who Care

0course you use an antiseptic in your
family and in the care ofyour own per-
son, and you want the best.
Instead of what you have been using
such as liquid or tablet antiseptics or
peroxide, won't you please try Paxtine,
a concentrated antiseptic powder to be
dissolved in water as needed.
Paxtine is more economical, more
cleansing, more germicidal and more
healing than anything you ever used.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-04-01
HOUNDS ON
TRAIL OF
BANDITS

Mt Aircy, N. G., April 1.--Blood-
hounds are tracking a trail through
the mountain thickets Of this section,
where the pursuing posse has discov-
cred traces Of sidna Allen and Wesley
Edwards, the two remaining fugitives
Of the Allen band.
All escape 10 guarded, and a capture
Is expected tomorrow. The food sup
ply OF the bandits is known to be ex-
hausted. A battle is expected when
they are located.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-04-01
CLOVER
SEED

1t will soon be time to SOW clover
seed and you will want the best
seed that you can obtain. We are To-
Gated where they grow the best clov-
er seed that is grown anywhere. We
buy direct from the grower and get
the pick of the best lots. In buying
from us, you are sure Of getting the
very best seed obtainable Write for
samples and prices. Samples free
for your name
Also, have a complete stock of
Farm. Field. Garden and Flower
Seeds You win Gud our prices are
as low as frstclass seeds can be sold
for and you certainly do not want
any other kind.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-04-01

WELCH.-At the home, No. 5S5 South
Liberty street, Salem, Sunday
March 81, 1912, at $40 p. M, Miss
Olive Branch Welch, of pneumonia,
aged 54 years.
The funeral will be held from the
house Tuesday Afternoon at 2 o'clock
conducted by Rev. H. T. Babcock.