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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-15
CLOSING DATE
IS JANUARY z
Futurity Books Will Close on
Day After New Years.
Added Money.

New York December 1.-THE Coney
Island Jockey Club announces that en-
tries for the 1915 futurity will close
on Thursday. January ., OF next yea--
The distance of the race is six fur
longs There will be $1,000 added
money. of which sI,750 goes to the
trustees The last futurity was run
in 1910 at Saratoga. II was won py
sam Hildreth's Novelty. Bashtu was
second and Love Knot third The time
was one minute twelve and one-hfth
seconds. The value was $4,000. THIS
was the smallest purse in the his
tory of the classic Agitation against
horse racing in this State at the time
was responsible for the decrease in
value.
There is the usual clause. however.
providing that the club may cancel
the event and return the entrance
money without further liability. Ons
of the drawbacks to racing is the per
sonaI liability" clause in the racing
laws. and as that has been ruled. out
by the courts. there is a possibility
that the club may see its way 10
meetings next year. although there arc
hopes of legislation on the subject 81
the next session OF the legislature
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-15
FOGEL STEPS OUT
AS PILLS OWNER
Incidentally He Steps Out OF Or
gained DISQUALIFICATION
Probable Purchaser.

Philadelphia. December If-Horace
Fogci STEPPED out OF organized base
ball forever at 3 o'clock this after
noon. although no Official annOrnce-
mcnt has been made that the option
which he held on the stock OF the
Phu!ies has expired.
Robert A. Balfour. OF this city.
seems 10 be in the lead for the pur-
chase Of the club. but he and Charles
n. Taft--who controls the grounds %
the club. which are held IN the name
cf Mrs. Taft. and the club through
the fact that he loaned large amount
o. money TO Fogei. taking the stock
as collateral for the loan-are S4o."vo
apart on the purchase price.
Raifcsr has offered $500. 600 Tor the
club grounds and $4,000 for the Clue
franchise. Tafts figures arc said 20
be $500. 900 for the grounds ana stss.-
GOO for the ciUb's franchise IL LOOKS
- ~ there would be compromise ana
the grounds and franchise would DC
come the property OF Balfour-
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SO. r.. NJ. Lawrence. &c liz. one hum
drcd yards dash-F. J. Fowler. 1. j.
Reddin, and L. 3. Dunford. II 20
seconds: J. NJ. Elmore. IL a.; 3. w
Brockenbrough. Jr., L. A. Sullivan
and l.. A. Seal, 13 seconds Running
broad jump-T. J. Reddln. 15 feet Il
inches: Z. ]. Fowler, 1s feet l.
inches. E. 3. pun.ord. Is feet inches;
E. 4. Seal. 10 feet IL inches: Z n
Sullivan, Is feet IL inches
The Tenpin Bowling League games
will be rolled on Tuesday night or
this week. instead of Monday On
Thursday night two teams OF duekPin
rollers viii hold forth in a three
game series.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-15
HALF A STEP" IS
DECIDING LEAP
McGraw Strong for Men Who
Manage to Just Beat
All Throws.

New York, December 1i.-At the
recent league meeting in this CITY,
John ]. McGraw got started on the
subject of base running. "A man tnas
is continually losing the decision by
half a STEP" he said. will never win
close game for you As far as results
are concerned. the ball might just a
well beat him TO first by thirty feet
as by three. Zeal speed on team
consists of Just that extra half step
1t is probable that other managers
realize this fact as well as McGraw.
II seems strange. therefore. that sprins;
training does not include expert coach
ing in the art Of sprinting. There are
very few ball players. who, in the
hands Of Mike Murphy would not
learn TO run much faster than they
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-15

r,-pse Mail Closes With Tommy >fonch TOT
Two Fxhsi,lston Games In ~prine-

ksrrviue. y. g.. December "a Hanae.
Ttrs.aac steuch. - the local paschall T ~.
has closed p CONTRACT with Manager ,"hstt
va~L ~ NJ phnadelc;iis fcam. o. tne
A--s-i~a- r.errue u-lcreuy the latter a@rees
70 bring TIE White Eiephanis her sor "
rarnoz on the afternoons % Arrli ano 2.
The announcement that the N.,cues
a. nav hsre win Be learned with great
deal of interest IN this city. ana u ~ ~
pcctef that the two games VIII Dc ~itno*s-
90 % e1oTTnous crouce
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-15
WILLIAM AND MARY WINS.
College Defeated NJ
BasketbnI. by Score of - 90 L..
rsneciaI 20 The Tlmes-Dispatch.I

Especial 20 The Times-Dispatch.J
Williamsburg, Va. December IL
William and Mary basketball team
defeated Fredericksburg College here
tonight by the score Of 20 to 10 1t
was a hard. well-played game. VIII
li-n aad Mary showing better conof
ton than Fredericksburg. For WIZ
liam and Mary Captain Metcaf ana
Jones played the best game; Ter rreo-
ericksburg Carter starred
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-15
Petersburg Bowling
BY WHIT WHITMAN

The bowle-s of the Petersburg Bo" =
ling Association seemed TO have an
of week with the pins. and none Oh
them was able 10 make his usuai
game The scores proved to be the
lowest made so far this season.
however. the game proved very in
teresting.
Following are the scores made by
the teams. with the standing Of the
players.
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Ba.ketbnII League.

The schedule for THURSDAY nisns
GAMES herfnninr at S.45. will find
Carlisle lined Up with Cornell in the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-15
Fam Standing in the Noiieyb1ii


Monday-Ballou VS.. Hasker; Baschon
VS.. Lawton.
Wednesday-Berry VS.. winters; Bal
lou VS. Bascho1-
Friday-Lawton VS.. Berry; Basker
VS. Winters.
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Y. Nj. c. A. Athletics

An indoor test in three events Vas
run on last night, with the i've n,sn-
est records as follows: Bar snap. y J.
Fowisr. feet 2 inches: T. A Sullivan.
Is:fI: Z. 5. Bolton. So; T. @. Currsn'
The Springfield herald., 1912-06-07
DAISY FLYKILLER Z!
"I'M ONLY A LITTLE GIRL"
Falling Eyesieht ResponsibIe for an
Old Mans Mlstake-Rebuke
Hardly Effective. >

A certain group of youngsters In an
exclusive West Side residential Sec
tion had been very noisy throughout
the forenoon.
The children were still doing their
utmost to initiate a bedlam, when
very angry old man appeared at the
door OF nearby apartment house. He
was quite old. and 1t was evident that
his eyesight was not the best. but he
finally succeeded in picking out
youngster who was aiding very siren
uously In the noise making.
The aged man walked over to the
back to the apartment. When he
reached the doorway he turned to the
child and said:
Don't you know it's against the
law to make SO much noise?"
"Yes, sir" was the meek reply.
well, don't you know that you'll
be arrested and put in Jail and then
you can never be president of the
United States?"
please. sir?" replied the child, II
don't care: I'm only little GIRL
New York Mail.
The Springfield herald., 1912-06-07

of no brief visit or exploration tour of
a few months, but of long period
spent among strange people, study
ing their life and character and speak
ing to them in their own tongue. In
adding some supplementary notes to
his book Mr. Crawford said to his pub
Usher:
The streams of blood that flow at
a kings death in the far interior OF
Africa are in sad. sinister sense real
red sunsets. 1t is quite certain that
apart from specialties in the article of
The Springfield herald., 1912-06-07

companying her own consort into the
tomb of suffocation She brushed
aside the younger folk and ordered
the catching and cooking of the best
barnyard fowl for her own last sup
per. She assisted at her own last
death toilet; her own cleansing and
amounting unto her own burial
"'Who should go with my lord out
me?' she said in response to the wall
ing of the mourning women. And
then, when the first sough of the
night wind passed over the great zen
bog, this old living sacrifice hobbled
The Springfield herald., 1912-06-07

his legal rights to drag down with him
to the neither world at least one or
two splendid specimens of the human
kind.
"They always say that these go to
their own death with alacrity, and
when l protested they reminded me of
a case known to me by a personal
link. That was the Bogo senior Incl
dent down in the Sera Plain. AT the
Mpaki ceremony. and against all en-
treaty to the contrary, the infirm old
wife of his youth insisted upon ac-
The Springfield herald., 1912-06-07
FOLLOW THEIR KING IN DEATH
Wives of African Chiefs Go Without
Protest and Even With Most
Apparent Willingness.

Donald Crawford. who has spent the
last twenty-three years as a Scottish
missionary among the Laban people of
Central Africa, has Teturned to Eng
laEa for the purpose Of seeing a book
he has written on his African sojourn
through the press. 1t is different from
many books hitherto published on the
The Springfield herald., 1912-06-07
Wireless for the Desert.

DR.. II. l.. Coffman is securing esti-
mates on the cost of installing Sc
ries of wireless telegraph stations
that are to cover the upper reaches
of the Conchilla desert. The plan is
to establish at least five stations and
1t is probable that before the sum-
mer season is on the circuit Will be
The Springfield herald., 1912-06-07

in operation. Experiments made in
wireless telegraphy over the desert
sands are said to have been highly
successful and it is believed no trou-
Bile will be experienced in joining the
several stations by means of light
batteries.-Palm Springs correspond
ence Los Angeles Times.
The Springfield herald., 1912-06-07
One Mans Way.

OHe Man8 way.
rs Crimson a man who makes the
best of what befalls?"
mo. When things go wrong Brim-
son starts to swearing and soon be-
comes so interested in thinking up
new forms of profanity that he for
gets all about his troubles"
The Springfield herald., 1912-06-07
SeIf-Evident,

What is the use of bits on yes
SELF"
II suppose to use in the teeth Q. :.
driving wind"
The Springfield herald., 1912-06-07

along. with her gourd tobacco pipe in
its little basket, to attend her own
funeral. There was not even wall
from her."
The Springfield herald., 1912-06-07

softly-Won't you give me another
dance?
Miss Charming-Really. Mr.. Softly.
you've had nearly all SO far and
Softly-Yes; you know, it's Just
to spite Miss Lovely. We've had a
quarrel.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-04
READY FOR ELECTION
TO BE HELD TOMORROW

Everything is in readiness for the
election tomorrow. The official bal
lots and all election material has
been received by the police and will
be distributed to the various polling
places at 5 O'Clock tomorrow norm
ing. When the voter arrives at the
polls he will be given three ballots,
one with the forty-fve electors of
each party on, the other with the
names of the candidates for state
and county officers, from governor
10 member of assembly, and the
other is for the proposition for issu-
ing bonds for the construction of a
state highway. The following places
in the fifth ward where the voters
will be required to cast their ballots
are as follows: Fortieth dlstr ct,
Huguenot engine house, Huguenot;
.forty-first, Amicitia hall, Pleasant
Plains; forty-second, Orlando hail,
Rossville; forty-third, barber shop,
Richmond Valley; torty-fourth, Tot
tenville A, c. clubhouse, Sprague
avenue, Tottenville, and forty-ifth,
H. E. Sprague's store, 249 Main
street, Tottenville.
The polls will open at 6 o'clock
and close at 5 in the afternoon.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-04
WAR VETERAN
PASSES AWAY
Andrew Abrams Old Resi-
dent of TottenviIIe Succumbs

Andrew Abrams, a veteran of The
Civil war and a highly respected
citizen Of T~ottenville died Saturday
night at II o'clock at his home 1888
Amboy avenue, that place after an
illness of seven weeks duration. Mr..
Abrams, who was seventy years old,
had been a resident of Tottenville
for more than forty years. He had
been troubled with an infection OF
the throat for a number of years, but
not until recently did 1t become
alarming. Mr.. Abrams had been
confined to his bed off and on dur
ing his Illness, but acute bright dis
ease set in which is given as the
cause Of death. Besides his widow,
he is survived by a daughter, Mrs.
Moody B. Gates of Brooklyn, and a
grandson, Roland Wood of Prince
Bay. Mr.. Abrams was a carpenter
and builder and at his death owned
considerable property in Tottenville.
He served in the navy during the
civil war, from 1861 to 1865 in the
North Atlantic fleet, from which he
received an honorable discharge.
He was a member of Lenhart Post
No. 1853, G. A. R. of T~ottenville and
the quartermaster of the post for
many years. He was also a member
of the Aquhonga Athletic club and
the Tottenville Athletic club, both Of
which he took an interest in.
Funeral services will be held at
8 o'clock tomorrow night from his
late residence. Rev. Enoch Mea-
cham, a former pastor of Bethel M
E. church, Rev. Arthur Lucas, pas.
tor Of Bethel church and Rev. Ar
thur Locke of the South Baptist
church Will officiate. Interment will
follow Wednesday morning in Beth
Ell cemetery, Tottenville at the con-
v%enience of the family. Members OF
funeral service in a body in the ave
ming and bury their comrade on
Wednesday with all honors due ali
old soldier.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-04
CANDIDATES FINISH IN
RECORD CAMPAlGN HERE

Candidates on the Progressive,
Republican and Democratic tickets
on Staten Island to be voted for to-
morrow at the polls closed the cam
paign Saturday with meetings in
various parts of the borough of
Richmond. Polls will open tomor-
row morning at 6 O'Clock and close
at 5 and all those registered should
come out and vote. All the local
candidates have made a lively can
vass and all are confident of victory.
Albert H. Mcclellan, of Prince Bay,
Progressive candidate for state sem
ator, has made a vigorous campaign
both in Richmond and Rockland
counties. George A. Wood, OF
Prince Bay, candidate for sheriff on
the Republican ticket, has also made
a ava of the island. William
Writ Mills, for congress; Garland N.
Whistler, for assembly, and William
O'Neil, for sheriff on the Progressive
ticket; Joseph F.. O'Grady, for
sheriff; Daniel j. Riordan. for con
gress; George A. Blauvelt, for state
senator, and Ralph Mckee, for as
sembly on the Democratic ticket,
and George A. Wood, for sheriff;
William G. Rose, for congress; Wal
ter w. Price, for senator, and Will
liam W. Bryan, for assembly on the
Republican ticket, the voters have
some good men to decide upon who
they should vote for that are to man
age the affairs of the people for their
next term of office.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-04
l01TtNVILLt


Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley White, of
Manhattan, were the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. A. F. Barnes over the week
end.
DR.. and Mrs. David Coleman, Miss
Grace Bradon and David Coleman
were automobiling in New Jersey
yesterday.
Mrs. Robert Brown and two chill
dren visited her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. William Palmer, yesterday.
Fl. A. Bachman returned Satur-
day from a trip through the west
and is at present stopping with his
brother-in-law, George S. Smith.
Mr.. Bachman reports a strong SEN
timent for Wilson throughout the
west.
Milton Merserean, OF Newark, Wis
tied his parents here yesterday.
Oscar S. Straus, on his visit here
Saturday, called on Captain James
La Forge, one of the Progressive
cleo ors, who is i'll at his home.
Mrs. Reuben Simonson entertained
at luncheon in honor of her niece,
Mrs. H. A. Bachman, last week.
MIR. and Mrs. Samuel Feinstein
with Miss Anna Collins are going to
attend a wedding In the Grand Cen
trail Palace tonight.
The police donned their. winter
overcoats last night.
John Robedee reports picking up
a boat adrift on Saturday. 1t is a
dory with number 500 on bow and
Bake on stern.
The Taylor Milk Company have
opened a branch in the Jones build
ing in Amboy venue Herbert
Movers is the manager.
Bentley Lodge, Odd Fellows, met
tonight.
A meeting of Richmond Pythian
Sisters will be held tonight.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-04
OSCAR STRAUS
ON THE ISLAND
Makes Two Speeches in the
Fifth Ward Saturday.

Oscar S. Straus, Progressive candi-
date for governor Of the state of New
York. made good his promise of last
Tuesday night, when he had to DIS
appoint several hundred voters in
the fifth ward of the borough of
Richmond, by coming to Staten Is
land on Saturday afternoon and
making two addresses, one IN Pleas
ant Plains and the other at Totem
vile. The first meeting was at Ami
citia hall, Pleasant Plains, where
Mr.. Straus talked to a good audi
ence that turned out to greet hlm.
Mr.. Straus anne to Staten Island in
his large limosine touring car and
from Pleasant Plains to Tottenville
was accompanied by Albert H. Nc
Geehan, candidate for state senator,
and William Eadie, secretary of the
Progressive county committee. The
party arrived in Tottenville at 2:45
o'clock and when Mr.. Straus stepped
to the front of the stage in knights
Of Pythias hall, after being intro
duced by j. H. Tate, following the
prayer of Rev. H. Eugene Curtis, he
was %applauded fully five minutes be-
fore he could speak. Mr.. Straus, in
opening his speech, began with
ladies and gentlemen" He said he
was glad to see so many of the for
mer in the audience and hoped that
all meetings would open with the
greetings of fellow citizens because
Of the right that the Progressives
give to women to vote. He told Of
his fight In Turkey against the boss
90 or1 thot moe nhnt hn prnnncnH RI
keep on doing. He remarked that
he was going to Albany. Mr.. Straus
said that Hedges expected to go
there too, but he, Mr.. Straus, said it
would be to visit him. He said he
would give an honest, economic
business administration and would
take no orders from bosses like
Barnes or Murphy, because he said,
My bosses are the people of the
Empire state who | will look after
during my term of office" He men
toned the fact of SO many teachers
and ministers in the Progressive
movement and said that the minis
ters were in it for a crusade for
righteousness. Mr.. Straus, in con
clusion, said if elected he would ap-
point men to office who will carry
out the laws Of the state in that
direction.
AS Mr.. Stratus was leaving the hall
after his half hour talk, William
Writ Mills, candidate for congress,
proposed three cheers for Oscar
Straus, the next governor Of the
state of New York. knhart Fife
and Drum Corps furnished the music.
On the platform were Coroner Will
liam H. Jackson, county chairman;
Albert Fl. Mcclellan, candidate for
state senator; Garland N. Whistler,
candidate for the assembly; William
Writ Mills. candidate for congress;
Rev. H. Eugene Curtis, DR.. David
! Coleman, DR.. r. w. Renwick,
Charles II. Higbee, Joseph A.. Fores-
ter. C. NJ. Winant, George P. Allen,
Charles A. Thrall, Frederick Hill.
lard, Henry Woodruff. George Will
liam Wood, Newton Stewart, Walter
Wood and several others.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-04
LOVE AND LURE A new
BOOK BY CORNELIUS SHEA

"Love and Lure" a romance of
Arizona, is the title OF the new book
by Cornelius Shea, of Fisher avenue.
T~ottenville, that has just made its
appearance. Mr.. Shea, who has been
a writer OF dime novels for a num-
Der Of years, under the name of
"Old Scout" recently wrote this
book, which is the first of it's kind
that he has placed on sale. The book
is published by the Broadway Pub
fishing Company and treats entirely
of western life. 1t contains 800
pages, has six engravings and has
twenty-four chapters. A dozen of
the books were delivered in Totem
vile last night. Mr.. Shea intended
to give that number to the r. A. c.
fair, but they not being ready for
that time, it is probable that the
books will be sold by the fair COM
mittee in some other manner. Mr..
Shea is a member of the T. A. c. and
has been the manager of the base
ball team during the past season.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-04

First Ward. at Rowland 8 store, Green
street
In the Second Ward. at the fire house
let Fords
In the Third Ward Al y. S Hall.
Irvine street. Port Pleading.
Notice is also givet thai a primary
making nominations viii be he'd by
the saI] BoIrd of Registry aud T. ecfion
In each election district Of SAID town.
ship. on Tuesday the gath dry of sep
Itember. 1912 tive the hours OF
seven O'Clock a IN and nine o'clock D.
M, at the places aforesaid in each DIS
ltrict
Notice is also given that an election.
viii be held in the said Township OF
Woodbridge on Tuesday the fifth ay
OF November 1912. between the hours
of six O'Clock in the forenoon end sew
en- O'cl2ck IN the evening. for the pur-
pose OF electing electors of PresiGenu
and Vice-Presidcnt of the United
States. a Member of tho House of ne
representatives. a State Senator n Cor
loner three members of the General
Assembly, two members of Town
ship Committee from each ward. one
member-at-larEe of the Township Com
imittee an Assessor OF faxes a RogJ
Supervisor two Justices of tSe Peacc,
two ConstahleS. two Surveyors of High
ways, also for making Township Ap-
preparations, and expressing the pre-
ference of the voters for United States
Senator.
Said election VIII be ted If each
49, a. He tldtes 49,
re 15igu d WRiCh the sac meetings or
me p"sru u 'NesistrS a'"4 ERECTION are
The first election district Of the First
Ward is described az follows:
Beginning al the Intersection of the
'centie line Of Amboy avenue with the
line Of the city OF Perth AmhnY thence
following the line otthc Second EIec-
ton District Hf the first Ward TO the
Icehtfe lihe or 3ndbrld$t 'feek.'
lnehce SouihrriS ana H.hWesteriy
aIphg w "oaor'dEe Cr'Fk 10 the me OF
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-04
W TEAM IN WILD
DASH IN TOTTENViLLE

A team Of horses belonging to the
Rubsam & Hermann Brewing Com
pany of Stapleton, became frighten-
ed while standing in Main street,
Tottenville, in front of the Hotel
Brunswick Saturday morning at. II
O'Clock and ran away. A boy about
twelve years old, whose name could
not be learned, vas standing on the
pole of the big brewery truck be-
tween the two horses trying to take
off the blanket from one of them
when they started. He jumped and
probably saved his life. The horses
in their mad dash went across the
railroad tracks at Main street and
when Frank Schult, of Fisher i've
nue., tried to stop them the team
made a run for the Office of Seguine.
Stiles, Runyon Company and stove
a hole in the side of the building
with the pole OF the wagon. The
hole was made about six inches from
a window in front Of which John
Anderson, bookkeeper for the COM
pany, was sitting. No one was hurt
and the team was turned over to the
driver. The team vas prevented
from running off the dock by the
quick action of Schult in grabbing
the horses and turning them toward
the coal office.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-04
ADMITS KILLING MISS SINGER
Conway Tells Police He Struck Woman
in Seit Defense.

Chicago, Nov. 2.-Charies Conway
confessed 10 Captain NeetUaar that he
had Killed Sophie Singer of Baltimore.
de pleaded self defense.
According % Captain Neetbaar. Con
way tod him tnat last Monday night
sophie Singer entered their bedroom
aud suggested that they enter upon
an improper life.
Conway said his wife would never
consider such a thing and Mrs. Con
way added her protest.
"Sophle then reached for q razor.
continued Conway. Il reached her
arm and She dropped the razor aud
caught up "A doc" knob, which was
tied to Il handkerchief. ! pulled 1t
away from her and when she reached
for the razor again | struck her She
fell Then we left. That Is the Whole
truth"