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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-26
PART ii.

early in the fall. In it he expressed sympathy over
u the fact that my father had lost his fortune and
that would be unable to continue my college career
He added that he had always regretted ms lnabity 10
finish his education at college He suggested however
that might be able to help out the family through the
medium Of baseball. =.
I,,,inecJ in the letter was a contract calling for
salary Of fifteen hundred dollars and with it instructions
for me to report to him in February Tor the annual spring
training trip. r1.1
bcrn under the impression that big league players got
more money than that At any rate, signed the CON
tract and later on found that nearly all new pai'IS
were signed for fifteen hundred dollars ana lhaI Ihcic
,os q definite business reason for IT. In drafting
,cr from q minor league club the big league manager
has 10 nav fifteen hundred dollars or more tor the c-
change If these drafted players DO not MAKE gooi'
they are sent back to the minors. Nhch uic i'CIu
,Lcn back TO the minors, the contract with the nlH
lo, team has to be carried out that year Very lew
minor league clubs afford to pay more tll mice"
hundred dollars a year salary for player, and C"nSe-
u,n-l,. they will not assume contract that calls Tor
more than that amount Therefore, the bg league cup
docs not usually sign an untrcd man Tor more man III
teen hundred dollars, because II would he dicut /" get
nd Of him without big loss in case ne imIcd vi cous'
the ,laycr could be released uncondltlouy pu' III
that event the original purchase price would he lost en-
,;rIv and the manager would have way OF keeping
an eve on the Young fellow for the future
When understood all this, was SATISFIED. II mace
mo All the more ambitious 10 make good the is' year.
-, that should get a larger salary the second
When | was packing up my things To start on the
most cycntful trip Of my HE, httc Kcd DuH'ul' thG
.,n,r assistant rubber at college, called on me ana
rrocccdcd to give final instructions as To- my method
- conduct in the big league. This tough little fellow,
who had given me such excellent advice about no" 10
take care. 81 my arm, took II upon himself /" N'''I
, rih AS he expressed it, His suggestions all proved
If them PLAYERS start to kid you he advised take
j., and grin. When YOU get wise I" yourself Nd iHH'
back II them. Never let ball PLAYER nave anything
On vo,I Them professional players Ike a ici"W WI"
J. 1 .1irl ut...E II
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-26

spring By unwrittcn law the recruit must supply ms
wants in the way of dress from suitcase BESIDES ue
valet who looks after the handling Of railroad uCKcIS
and baggage could be rcConclled to the dc cl
bushcr travelling in style. remember that one OF us
bushcrs carried a tuxedo dress suit; and, Whle the
veterans somewhat approved Of the display OF Glass;
they looked upon his wearing the dinner coat as iil
chrontcrv and he had to discontinue 1t.
spent nv first night in New York at the college cuD'
and i was there that found the only enthusiasm over
nv having been picked for big league bail team my
appeared to look upon 1t as quite an holor' ~ was o
the next winter
THE next afternoon | arrived at the railway station
an hour ahead of time and 1t 50 happcncd IFit
had 70 wait at the iron gate where lad seen Ic
big league team 90 through one night during the pre-
viouS season ,
had been there for sometime, when ! saw several
Young men come To the gate ana stand AROUND ~ Il On
pccting someone They did not speak to one ano'her
and appeared undecided as to what course TO take.
fct the same way The whole thing was strange to all
nf rs Presently negro arrived, and recognized HIM
w the trainer had seen with the club six months before
when rode on the train with them to Chicago lie also
recognized me. or knew that | was a recruit.
"Iavc YOU got any extra baggage ne asked III pC-
lite tone. 1--we got TO get everything chccNep Oh 'S
one ticket .,i
asked the other Young fellows the same thing by some
instinct he knew that they recruit bail players lie
had been doing this for years.
"Whcrc is the manager; ! inquired
ooh he'll be along in Il few minutes the trainer re-
Ri.c% I'VE are !" ar D. ''" '' A'' Oil ''''
None Of us hurried about getting on however as we
wanted to the other arrivals MI TINS uin' we mao
not spoken to another We all hung PACK aS
awaiting an introduction or little fearful mat our
questions might not be properly received presently
several newspaper men who were gong on inc 'fip az
r;ycd at the gate and without waiting tor an nitro
-,,I,, and lutrgu
Arizona republican., 1912-07-10
LATE BLAZE
 BURNS BARN
Fire in Rear of R. H.
 Greene's Residence Con
 sumes Stable in Quick Time; Few Moments of Lively Work for Fighters

Fire of unknown origin destroyed a barn back of the residence of R. H. Greene at 330 North First avenue, last night at l1:10, furnished a little work for the department and vast enterta in ment for big crowd of autoists and others.
 The building valued at $l50 was total loss, though there is about $10O worth of insurance. Luckily there was nothing :n the barn nor very near it at the time, for so speedy was the spread of the flames, efforts to save anything would have been fruitless. The firemen spent their time and water protecting the house and adjoining stables, which were in no little peril when the sparks and burning splinters began to fly.
 The call was rung at II: 10 and by the time the wagons had arrived things were pretty warm in the neighborhood of the barn. The heat added to dust, darkness and confusion made it diff cult foc the firemen to get near the building. Lighted fragments of shingle were thick in the air making necessary streams on all the nearby houses. The pressure was working well, however, and no great amount of danger result ed from the heat or flying brands.
 After the excitement was over Fire Chief Sullivan conducted an informal inquiry to find if possible the cause of the fire. As far as he could tell the blaze might have started in a number of ways, but nothing definite could be learned. The owner thinks the morn ing ligh+ may serve to explain the mys- tery, though there is little chance that any real clues remain in the wreck
 As sort of preliminary to the big ger confla gra tion.a motorcycle caught fire at the corner of First and Wash ington streets just before the alarm was turEed in. The machine was stacked i.1 the street and the rider try ing to start it by pedaling. A spark from the ignition set fire to some leak ing gasoline and the result was a beau tiful display of flames. Fear of an eX- ploSion of the gas tank caused a gener- al stampede of passersby, but for some reason the expected failed to happen. Higgins. the owner of the machine will consider himself lucky if the damage amounts only to burnt enamel. for though the fire lasted but a moment, it may have harmed some of the metal parts.
Arizona republican., 1912-07-10
POET OF THE SIERRAS SICK
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH

OAKLAND, July 9.--Joaquin Miller, the poet, is very i'll due to over ex- ertion, when he spoke at q Fourth of July celebration.
Arizona republican., 1912-07-10
TELEPHONE TALK
 IS ADMISSIBLE
Unprecedented Ruling by The Califor-
 na Supreme Court.
ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsPATCHl

SAN FRANCISCO, July 9.-For the first time in the history of the courts of California a telephone conversation was admitted as legal evidence in de- cision handed down today by the state supreme court. The case is one in which the Union Construction company was suing the Western Union for dam ages incurred by reason of failure to deliver telegram, thus allowing a valuable option to expire. The plain- tiffs showed that they had called up the telegraph office, to inquire Wheth- CT there were any messag ge for them and had been informed that there were none, but the lower court held that, even if they proved their contention, there was no way of identifying the person at the other end and threfore the evidence as to the conversation was inadmissible.
 In reversing the decision the supreme court ruled that there was sufficient circumstantial evidence to make out a prima facie case to identify-to prove that the office of the Western Union was reached by telephone and that it's agent answered.
Arizona republican., 1912-07-10
II FLASHED
 IN THE PAN
Progressives' Scheme for a Nation Wide Move ment" to Demand Taft's Withdrawal From Presi- dential Race
ASSOCIATED PRESS D1sPArcHl

WASHINGTON, July 9.-The scheme of the republican prOgressves in the house of representatives to launch a fresh campaign against President Taft by means of a pc titiOn asking him to withdraw as the republican nominee proved a flash in the pan today. When pinned down, the members who had participated in the conferences which developed the idea hastily joined the don't mention my name" club. Only one of the participants in the informal conferences, Representative Rolin R. Reese of Kansas admitted that he had the petition aimed at Taft and he made it public coupled with state ment which said in part: My scheme was to appeal to Taft's patriotism and his well known love for party SoliditY"
 The petition had not been signed by the insurgents They have con cluded to hold another conference when there are more insurgent lead CTS in Washington.
Arizona republican., 1912-07-10

necessitate an expenditure approach ing $15,000,000 for drainage and ap- proximately a like amount for irri- gation The work as planned will re- quire over four years and will be brought to completion about the end O. 1915 The principal object Is to redeem a tract of unproductive land and bring a fertile but now worthless re zion of the delta under cultivation
 When this is done it is roughly estimated that the increase in value Of the reclaimed and improved land will approximate $10O, GOO, ,000 The land to be reclaimed is 90 per cent government owned. The two projects known as the West Behera and the Gharbia drainage systems, while en- tirely separate and distinct and many miles apart. will, nevertheless, be pro Ceeded with cOincidentally. A feature or the western, or Behera plan, is the drainage of Lake Mariout, which GOV CTS an area of over B, 900 acres. This lake. an ancient historical site. will thus disappear forever and be re- placed by fertile cotton producing fields equal to those found anywhere in the world and Trade ReportS
Arizona republican., 1912-07-10
MYSTERIOUS WOMAN
 IN OtL LAND CASE
Statement of s. p. Attorney Regarding
 Telephone Conversation.
ASSOCIATED PRESS p1sPArcHI


 SAN FRANCISCO, July 9-A mys- teriOus woman in black, seeking black mail was brought into the testimony taken today in the suit of the United States to recover from he Southern Pacific oil lands valued at $150. 100000 Chas. Levers, attorney for the com pany made a direct charge that Thos J. Griffin. of Los Angeles an engineer and oil expert and the most valuable witness produced thus far by the gov ernment had called him up by tele- phone under the name of Franklin" shortly before giving his testimony to say that Mrs. Brown would call on him today regarding the case" That the man who called me up by telephone was that man" pointing to Griffin, and that he recognized his voice the mo- ment he took the stand" Griffin de- nied knowing any Mrs Brown and aVerred that he had not talked with any woman about the case.
Arizona republican., 1912-07-10
POLITICS
 BY PROH|B|T|oN|sTs
Proposal to Quit Rowling for the
 Church Vote
ASSOCIATED PRESS DIspArcH1


 ATLANTIC CITY, July 9.-A presi- dential nomination boom on the basis of new issue that would suD- stitute practical politics for church politics" in the prohibition movement was started here tonight on the eve of the prohibition national conven tion.
 Finley G. Hendrickson, of Cumber-
 land, Mir, was launched as a candii- date for the presidential nomination by the Maryland delegation, which will appeal for his selection on a broad platform especially urging that there be a more earnest appeal for votes outside the churches and that energy of the party be not expended in "howling for the church vote Hendrickson who is q member of the prohibition partys executive com mittee is a strong avocate for more practical politis in the prohibition movement.
 Charles Arrison, a politician, and Miss Helen Prenderville, who were married n Philadelphia, are so popular that four thousand persons attempted to enter the house and extend congrat- ilations.
 l The bride became frantic and her | father finally sent in a riot call, and patrolmen and mounted men dispersed l the crowd. so the couple would reach | the mor"r car that took them to the station-From the New York Evening ] World
Arizona republican., 1912-07-10

the other was mistaken as to his re- collection of the incident The feeling between them did not seem to be bit ter and each disclaimed having any hostile sentiment toward the other
 MT. Box before the beginning of the trial had asked MT Payne if he would go out and get a drink. Mir. Payne being from the moral city of Los An geles is perhaps a teetotaller: anyway he was not thirsty. Justice Johnstone could not find in the evidence that a serious assault had been committed.
Arizona republican., 1912-07-10

him for governor than for Hunt-if Hunt were not q candidate.
 And then the meeting adjourned
 There was another meeting last night. This was by the committee in charge of the ratification exercises The session was held at democratic headquarters and only routine busi- ness was transacted
Arizona republican., 1912-07-10
RECLAMATION IN EGYPT

One of the most costly and com prehensive drainage projects for the reclamation of lands undertaken by any government in the world, and certainly the greatest enterprise of it's kind in Mediterranean countries, has just been begun by the Egyptian gov ernment to make cultivable 1,000,0 ,000 acres of fertile land in the delta of lower Egypt.
 The retaining of these lands will
Arizona republican., 1912-07-10
IN FOR IT.
summer

"A,wavs cat the skin of the fruit. ordered the doctor. fhe sklh con tains essentials that you need
 That may he. doc But know I'm going to get my throat scratcheo up the first time I try to eat piiie apple with its skin on.'
Arizona republican., 1912-07-10
ASKS FOR BIDs-The Arizona fai

ASKS FOR BTDS-The AriZona falr commission, by c. B. Wood the secre- tary, has asked for bids for the con- struction of a south extension to the present grandstand at the fair grounds Blue prints and all necessary data are on file at the office of the secretary who will receive bids until Ju1y P.
Arizona republican., 1912-07-10

Frederic $. ISham studied at first hand a few of the thrills experienced by his hero in "A Man and His Mon ey.' Mr. Isham. who was once a newspaper reporter. covered an as signment which was extremely dan gerOus, and after getting in some close pinches, concluded that he knew what hair raising meant
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1912-03-21
'',,..:NS FnOlA scAADIHAYlA
Principal Events That Have Trans
pired In tho Old Countries
Within Week or So.
DEN MARK.

Financiers interested, in the plan to
make great port OF st. Thomas in
the Danish West Indies are much
elated over the submission Of the
scheme to the rigsdag by the minister
of finance. The syndicate, which will
be given the rights to the port for
ninety-nine years, plans the expendi-
ture Of many millions in an effort to
make st. Thomas universal port by
the time of the opening of the Panama
canal. The prime mover of the plan
is H. N. Anderson, general manager OF
the East Asiatic company.
1t is proposed to raise money for a
monument in memory of the last two
Danish wars. The monument may be
huge pile of rocks representing
scenes from the history of the country
and bearing the names of distinguished
men and women.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1912-03-21
SWEDEN.

Col. r. Wijkander was to retire Z
few days ago as director Of the Stock
holm breweries stock company, and
the other officials of the company had
an artistic and expensive memorial
album prepared, which was to be Civ
en- to him on the day Of his retire
ment. But he never received the gift,
for he died two days before the ex-
piration of his term of Office.
Prof. G.. 0. Dalin, DID,, has given
up a few hours of every nights rest
for three decades past" in studying the
religious views of modern thinkers.
He selected 500 persons as worthy OF
consideration, and out of these no less
than $50 stood firmly on the .funda-
mental doctrines Of Christianity, only
q small part of the rest were atheists
In the ordinary sense of that term.
Sweden took occasion upon the fl.
tieth anniversary of the battle be.
tween the Merrimac and the Monitor.
to express its good wishes for the well
fare of the United States. These fe-
licitations reached. the state depart
ment in cablegram from the SWed.
lsh minister Of foreign affairs and was
declared by officials to be somewhat
unusual in the way of congratulatory
messages. The message was inspired
by the fact that the designer of the IA
nous little cheese box on raft
was a Swede whom all his country
men delight to honor. The message
read: ION the 5Oth anniversary Of the
memorable fight in Hampton Roads, 1
send on behalf of the Swedish govern
ment, our best wishes for the welfare
Of the great American nation. The
lmperishable memory Of John Erics-
son is an everlasting link in the chain
Of mutual sympathy between the two
peoples"
Prof. Gustaf SundDarg shows in q
report on emigration that the annual
surplus Of births over deaths has drop
lped to II per 1000 inhabitants. put
ting Sweden at the foot Of the list of
the Germanic nations. The low rate
Is due exclusively to the infreuuency
Of marriages on account of the heavy
emigration of grown single persons.
The Socialists have cooperative
bakery in Halmstad. The employees
struck for higher pay But the bust.
pess could not afford it, nor could
rscabs" he hired A complete dead
lock. The business Of the other bak.
Dries in town has grown manifold.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1912-03-21
NORWAY.

A tuberculosis committee for South
Irondhjem amt has proposed that
small tuberculosis homes be built in
Hevne, Melhus, Opdal, and Selbu.
Each home is to accommodate only
ten or twelve persons.
1t is agreed that dangerous rock
called the West Storesund Skerry in
the harbor of Haugesund will have to
be removed. To blast the rock away
to depth of 30 feet will cost about
$4,000. But the shipowners claim
that nothing else will do.
The commune of MEDIUM, Buskerud,
is prosperous. When all public debts
are deducted there remains 100000
as public assets. The value of all
property in the commune is put at
almost $5.00e,00o, and the income for
the year 1911 was 100000
An Anglo-American club has been
organized in Trondhjem. The aim of
the members of the club Is to study
the English language and whatever
pertains to the history Of England. u.
S. Minister, L. s. Swenson is going to
speak at a festival to be given by the
club.
The storting has passed laws to the
effect that every Norwegian owner of
an automobile shall deposit 1910 as a
guarantee fund In case of damage
done by his machine, and that the
maximum speed shkll be about 20
English miles an hour in the day, and
about miles in the dark and in foggy
weather.
The new minister of the church de-
serves special mention. His name is
Edward Liljedal. He is 81 years old,
and holds the record of being the first
man to use the Norwegian dialect Ian
guage in the storting. It was feared
that the language reformers would
cause fresh troubles for the govern
ment, and so this man was given to
them as a possible means of keeping
them quiet.
It is announced that Capt. ROAD
Amundsen's debts on account of his
South Polar expedition amount to $751;
900. A special committee which has
been appointed has sent out an appeal
to Norwegians to subscribe this
amount so as to enable the committee
to cable Amundsen at Hobart, that his
debts have been paid Later nation
al subscription for the benefit of the
explorer will be opened.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1912-03-21
Miners In France Quit.

Paris.-About two-thirds Of tho
coal miners of France have re-
sponded to the appeal of the General
Miners federation to strike for ~
hours. This action Of the miners is
not directed against the mine owners,
but is designed to show the govern
ment the solidarity" Of the miners
and as a warning to parliament that
the miners are not satisfied with tho
workingmen's old age pension law.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1912-03-21
20 DAYS WITHOUT FOOD
Dubuque, la, Man Breaks Long Fast
In Good Health.

Dubuque, March 12.-Twenty days
without bite to eat and nothing to
drink except water is the record Of
y. S. Obsonreiter, local business
man. He celebrated the finish of his
fast with square meal in downtown
hotel. When Obso lreiter began his
fast he weighed 24S pounds, and now
he weighs 226 pounds, though not a
whit the worse off in point of health.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1912-03-21

Mrs. Goodwin is New Works. police
matrons and smartest woman sleuth.
To her goes the biggest part Of the
credit for rounding up tho robbers
who biackjacked two bank messsa.
gers and stole $4,000 IN tho heart o.
0otham's financial district. Mrs. Good
win worked as dlshwasher In 4 re-
taurant frequented by criminals In
order to gather evidence against the
taxieab bandits.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1912-03-21

The Picture Shows that of Person
Who Was Found Through the
Missing Friends Column of The
Farmers Weekly Dispatch,
Published at St. Paul.
Minnesota.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1912-03-21
Miners Favor Arbitration.

London.-The National Miners fed.
grafton unanimously decided to accept
the prime minister's invitation to meet
the coal owners and Representatives
Of the government at a roundtable
conference at which Premier Asquith
will preside. The acceptance was
coupled with the reservation that the
principle of a minimum wage will be
excluded from discussion. It Is un-
derstood that this means that grant
ing of minimum wage will be as
sumed to have been conceded, but it
does not imply that the schedule Of
minimum wage rates drawn up by the
miners federation will not be dis.
cussed.
At present almost the entire nation
Is under notice to quit work. Inolud-
Ing the miners there are probably
nearly 100000 persons already idle.
and should the strike be prolonged
throughout next week, perhaps half
Of Great Britain's workers will be un-
employed. The distress is widespread.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1912-03-21

Auction bills printed at the Sheaf
Office are the best.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1912-03-21
WORLDWIDE MINERS'STRIKES
EASTERN OPERATORS TO RI.
FUSE TO GRANT DEMAND.
One Day Strike in France.-Two MIL
lion Men Idle In Great
Britain.

New York, March 1.-THE commit
tee of ten anthracite coal operators
appointed to draft reply to the
miners, refusing their demands for
increased, wages, recognition Of the
union. a shorter working day, ono
year agreement and other changes,
was In session here for three hours
without completing it's labors.
Pennsylvania Galleries Tied Up.
Tamaqua, Penn. Efforts to
strengthen the union in anticipation
of a possible strike caused a tie.up
in the Lehigh Coal and Navigation
company No. 9, and NesQuehoning COL
leries here, more than 1000 men
and boys being idle.
The trouble was caused by tho re-
fusal Of about dozen workers to
join the union and wear union but
tons.
Unless the trouble is speedily ad-
justed it is feared that the strike may
spread to other colleries in the vicin-
ity.