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Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-05-27

Six major league clubs have mes
catohcrs .n tho role of lut trims
maskmcn this season On The National
lyy Niugo replaces Hra-ughau at -
Louis. Tom Clark ha Larry Mclean. g
job az Cincinnati Ua-.dou is .H Killings
Hoston shoes and Kelly and Simon
are doing most OF q bsous bJrgh
work over IN tho Amer can Ray
Sohalck IL The soK regular and Agnew
has stephens place win S'oysll Then.
with otto Miller a. Brooklyn Henry
and hinsworih N Washington. "ady
at Boston and O'Noll o. Cleveland Tho
day of the young catcher has apparent
ly arrived
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-05-27
BIG SALARIES IN BASEBALL
Average Player Receives SS Times
a. Much Money as Average Min
ister-Chance 20 Think.

10 must take an ordinary. or even
extraordinary. lawyer doctor or min
lister very. very much ta,igUed 20 read.
dag after day. OF the iauciful salary
figures that are being printed Of aud
concerning diverse and sundry dark
necks who are capable Of hitting
above 500 and stealing a few, nov
and then SAYS the Milwaukee Senti.
mel Indeed. II these worthy profos
siural gentlemen vino have probably
denied themselves years Of un and
amusement have scgirl .l and pinched
Boz ivory way 30 get 1U education and
have made 'hemfsy,s aud families
economic until thff could got cstah.
'liahod. stop 10 think on an about tho
matter, DO must make them sick at
heart and poevci OF tle confounded
order Of things iAst makes such a
condition possible
The average ballplayer gets six
times az much salary as the average
minister probably three or four
times a. much as tho average lawyer
ard 'r0m tuo to flroe times as much
o. 900 average .actCr ana m because
be- Hogircici brains Toy Drawn When
one uCs to blink hov many good
Oa-5rrs h-saau,n AID harienders
'hrra arc getting moro han doctors.
lawyers and preachers Fl" Knocks the
rrcns OH. fr1u -rGlr ts .dal Cf the
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-05-27
Fine for srgas

George SugEs. the former Tiger
,Nirlcr. nov the Reds star. had to pay
$40 Tor ton minutes sleep SUES was
ten minutes late To- appearing az the
park Time Is valuable said Joe
Tinker. az he slapped the hne on
SugEs
Wichita OF Sioux CITY
Denver ue. Moiuof H.
Topeka 9 Omaha
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-05-27
sure Of FIaa

Manager GrIrth Of tlr Washington
baseball team. Who made such "a great
showing lasf year. .s quoted as saying
Earring accidents. wc Viii surely N.n
the American league Tag tins year We
hnished second last year and certainly
ough, 10 improve this season and If $50
better our position We are bound 20
win the pounaut
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-05-27
Chicago Twlrler Holds Record fol
Banking Foes. Not Jack Cheebro,
Says Statistioian.

George L. Moreland, the Pittsburgh
baseball statistician. has found figures
tending 10 prove that Doe Harry
White Of the Chicago White Sox pc,ab
lishcd the worlds record for consccu
tive runlcss innings for a. innings ana
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-05-27

n the 81 Louis browns fail to hit
they can't lay O. 10 the bats. Manager
stoyan had models Of each players
fnyoriio bat turned out by a Louisville
firm last fall and the sticks we're
seasoned 40 winter by Groundkeeper
Fahain
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-05-27

ues Noines o. Wichita Z
ST. Joseph g. Topeka .
Omaha A. Denver
Sioux City o.. Lincoln b.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-05-27

or. addrcs "a 10 them al their places
ol residence as stated
DATED this 1ith day of May, 1918.
BEN n STONE
Referee In bankruptcy
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-05-27
sunday Gnnes

Fort Worth s. Dallas 2
Beaumont 4. Galveston 3.
San Antonio 2. Houston l.
Austin 3, Waco .
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-05-27

not Chcsbro for the lirh.auders witt
80 as recently coutcndcd White shut
out Cleveland So Louis. Detroit Nca
York aud the Athletics iu min" iuu.uf
games Boz 1904
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-05-27

NORTHERN DISTRICT or TENt..
ISIS ON this hc ith daf o' May
a. b 1913. on readiug the torc-o.
|IrE petition. Dr. is
ORDERED HY TIE COURT 'haf
hearing bc Dad Hnor tho H' %
thc 1sth day of fuae. s. n. 1918 n..
fore said Court 90 my office iu 400.
|rfllo. Texas. iu said District. at O.
20 clock "a. CO... and that notice there
OF be published iu the Amarillo
Daily News. newspaper printed bon
said District. and that nii known
lcrcdltors and other persons in inter
cst may appear a. tle came time ANA
place and show cause. if auy they
7 have Why the prayer of said petition
o. should not be granted
AND IT Is FURTHER ORDERED
NY THE COTRT. that tht ClCk shall
end by mali To- tit known creditors
copies of said petition aud ,his clu-
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-05-27

sundays Result
Chicago =. Cleteland 3.
81 Louis i-t. lIetroit IS.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-05-27

rs THE UNITED STATES DIS
TRICT COURT FOR TIE NORTH
ERN DISTRICT or TENAs AVA
RlLLO DIVISION
IS THE MATTER or EEYNuLp
GATHER WAY. bankrupt $50 Ioi
Boo Bankruptcy
TO THE HONORABLE EDWARD r..
MEEK. JUDGE OF SAID COURT
REYNOLp GATHER HAt, OF
Lubbock. in the County o' lubbock
and state OF TcNa iu said District.
ro pcrtiully represents tbat ou the
18Th day of April. N b. 1'I. 0' "a.
duI, adiudgod ha krupt under fHn
acts of Congress relating fu Hut.
rrit.y that he has duly -urrsni'.
.,d all his uropnr and r.ch oI
property. and ha fully complied
with au the requirements OF I
acts aud OF the 0rer ol the court
touching his bankruptcy
WHEREFORE. bee pray that h.
mas ho docrood Ur ue court to have
Ia mll discharge from an debts prov
able against Ns estate under
said bankrupt ar'.. except such debts
u.s. are excepted by .aN from such a.s-
charge
U,tnd tlfs sr.f H.y..f N.r H
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-05-27

Try a Daily News waa, "A
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Batteries Groom. Boehliug ana
Henry. william iouck and Iapp.
Second game
Washington .... %
Philadelphia ...... 8
Batteries Doh On. lochiiug aud
Ainsmith Williams, TAFT. rcunock.
Bush and LApp Schang
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Others pos,pon
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TEXAS LEAGUE
STANDING or TEAMS.

lluenke. Mullin and
Marshall. Sorrell and Kitchen. TIM
pire-Vitter and Mckee.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-05-27

Others Postponed.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-05-27

Batterics Boo ut, aud VafIIHln
Mcconnell and ~teeney
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-05-27

Batteries Botteroff and Bobo
Jost and Reilly. Umpire Matthews
9nd game
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-05-27

Batteries - Hardin aud Powers.
Swain and Reynolds. Umpire Ho-
well.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-09-11
Washington Cits Only Democratic Newspaper

az news. these publishers address
themselves almost exclusively to the
interests of men.
Mr.. Dwyer. the editor, dreamed Of
the Bulletin 20 years ago when he saw
his copy blue penclled by the press
associations He yearned for an un-
trammelled medium for the expression
OF his views without the Intervention
Of copy readers or editors. The re-
suit was the Bulletin. single sheet
newspaper. 22x25 inches in size. print.
ed three times a day-at noon, at
three o'clock In the afternoon. and at
seven o'clock In the evening. b.
cycle messengers distribute It to the
subscribers.
You can see II in almost any public
place, The page Is filled with about
800 words Of news This Ia "fringed''
with a prosperous array of advertise
ments. mostly of amusements. liquors,
cigars. mems wear and resorts. The
evening edition carries story OF the
local baseball game and the major
league results. Tho noon and after.
noon editions carry no baseball news
except the standing Of the American
league clubs.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-09-11
Washington Furnishes Prize Summer Fish Story
FISH stories may go and fish stories

ElSH stories may go and fish stories
l may come. but the pisCd rial yarn
related by Capt. Charles Al. Thomp-
son. a sea beaten mariner OF Miami.
Fla. makes all others appear like a
bush league alongside OF Ty Cobb.
Said fish was right in the midst OF
Washington for more than Ave months
while Washingtonian. J. s. Warm
beth. mounted II.
As Captain Thompson. In company
with w. |. Brooks and Norwegian
sailor. were cruising OF the coast OF
Miami. Fla. on June /. 1912. there
hove into sight a huge monster. the
like OF which man never before had
laid eyes upon. A mighty struggle
for supremacy ensued and man was
declared the victor.
Five harpoons and 151 bullets we're
required to subdue the monster. and II
took five days to kill II. Before It
was under control II smashed a boat
into thousands of pieces and knocked
the rudder and propeller on 3l-ton
yacht. The crew was towed around
the ocean for SO hours by the monster
at a speed OF about As miles an hour
When 1t was finally brought into shore
more than 5000 people we're on the
steamship ways at Miami. City Of
ficials. judges. ministers, the chief of
police. bankers, and the greater part
OF the population Of Miami will vouch
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-09-11

N WASHINGTON.--Here is something
w that will surprise you.
in spite OF the tremendous growth
Of mechanically propelled vehicles. the
"horseless age" which has SO often
been heralded as just about to arrive
10 not In the offing. apparently 1t 10
not even zen route" today there are
more horses In the United States than
there have been since the time when
the mind OF the census man runneth
not to the contrary.
And not only this. but horses today
have a far greater value than they had
dozen or more years ago. when the
first workable "horseless carriage"
poked Its crude nose over, the horizon
and threatened to sweep all horsedom
into the discard.
Furthermore. those poor relations Of
the horse-the mules. the asses. and
the burros-have alsc increased In
number and In value.
In short. all our old.fashioned four
footed means Of traction can kick their
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-09-11
e ECRETARl

e ECRETARY OF STATE BRYA.,
y is an early riser. Moreover. he not
only rises early. but he goes out early.
He mounts his saddle horse many
mornings at six o'clock. and even ear
lier. and HES himself out to the cool
lanes and shady bypaths of Rock
Creek. Soldiers home and environs
for . brisk canter In the delicious
coolness Of the day before the sun
dries Oh tho dew and gets In its
scorching work. Punctuality being
one Of hts virtues. the secretary 10 q.
ways back for breakfast
On his way home, whether alone
or In company with some boon com.
panion. the secretary's fancy often
turns lightly to radish-white rad
ishes. not the little red variety. but the
long. crisp white ones. Sometimes be
stops at one Of the nsarby marksts
70 get . supply Of those favositse of
his. More oftsn he pujls his hesss ~
bselde . paseths huchstes vaooa; u.
80. ~ ssldsa passss sas e thess
IvoOotAble eosts wtthDut hAiuag ~
tfuehrvsa1se vilh ~ Uuoeys sAsv
vtlts sa1isAas ~ nssnlnor
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-09-11

WITH the Democratic party in full
w control the only Democratic news.
paper in Washington consists OF a
single sheet pasted three times a day
on the walls and windows OF cigar
stores. cafes. hotel lobbies and other
places where men congregate.
Although the Bulletin is little known
outside of Washington except among
newspaper men, It is unique and
successful newspaper. Established In
1894. It has grown In news gathering
efficiency and prosperity until its pub
fishers now assert that its 600 copies
are read by not fewer than $4,000 per-
sons. While most newspaper publish
ers seek to interest women. because
women read advertisements AZ well
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-09-11
for the story. according to the cap

for the story. according to the cap
tain.
Attempts to classify II have been
made In the Smithsonian institution.
but so far all have proved futile. II
weighs 10000 pounds. is 45 feet long.
% feet 9 inches In circumference. .
feet inches in diameter: has a mouth
80 inches wide and AZ inches deep. and
q tongue 10 inches long II has sew
eral thousand teeth. An animal weigh
ing 1900 pounds was taken from its
stomach. Its liver tipped the beam at
l,7O0 pounds.
The monster had all the charactoris-
tics Of both fish and animal. contrary
to all laws OF natural history. Its
tail measures 10 feet from tip to tip.
A PICTORIAL fin Is 8 feet long and 3
feet wide. and dorsal fin feet long
and 2 feet 0 inches wide. It's hide IL
3 inches thick and has no scales, re-
sembling that Of an elephants coat
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-09-11
Statistics Show Passing Of Horse Motor Myth

heels for 10Y and neigh or bray. each
after his own fashion. Though horse
less carriages. horseless wagons
horseless plows. horseless reapers.
horseless whatnots are In our indus
trial midst in surprising numbers. still
our old. timehonored frtends-tho
horse, the mule. the ass. and the burro
loom larger than they 'er have %
fore In our national life.
Let US consider these facts which
have been extracted from q recent
number OF the Crop Reporter. that
publication OF much esoteric interest.
issued by authority Of the secretary
OF agriculture: On January l. lSlS.
the total number Of horseS on farms
and ranges In the United States was
20. .567. 900. valued at SHORT per head.
with an aggregate value Of S2.278.222.-
900. Compared with January l. 1919.
ho ,s had increased $4,000; mules
Increased "a 900: milch cows decreased
2O2. 900: other cattle decreased 1.230.-
900; sheep decreased $4,000: swine
decreased 4.232.0O0.
without pausing here to discuss
what bearing this decrease during the
year 1912. in the numbers Of cattle.
sheep. and swine. may have on the
future Of these useful quadrupeds. we
will Just say that 40 far as is indicated
by those impartial records-the Unit
ed States census reports-neither the
horse. the mule. the ass. nor the burro
has ever suffered any such setback.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-09-11

II there happen to be radishes on
that particular wagon. the premier
Of the nation loses no time In a.
gument but speedily effects = par
chase.
Recsntiy one Of the political cages
Of the capital city happened along
while Mr. Bryan was investing In this
little appstissr. and he hes since bssn
busy evolving . theoey q 70 The part
he humble li.us vegstatls hes played
h tAs career q ths Gseat eomnoaee.
Whllo ~ b ~ roAAy - gjve hls @.
lutioa b ~ Dublie. 10 says that Z
tuo1naDo ~ so1lehes ~ uot b a
lnlleae1sa = Del111sal sseesss ~
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-03
Helped Defeat Congressman

washington. September John
Kirby, Jr, once president of the Ma
tional Association of Manufacturers,
bluntly told the Senate lobby commit
tee today that he had worked to de-
feat congressman whose views he dis
approved; worked to elect others and
expected to continue to take the same
sort of active interest in the future.
Il think it my duty as citizen, y
Kirby said.
The Senate committee came within
sight of the end of the Mulhall case
before adjournment tonight. In addition
to John Kirby. Jr., d. NJ Parry of
Indianapolis. another ex-president of
the National Association of Nranufac-
turers, and j. P. Bird, its general man
ager, testified during the day.
Parry. who has been in Washington
for eight weeks, told the committee all
it required of him in four minutes.
Bird was still under examination when
adjournment was taken. Bird gave the
committee one new fact He said the
National Council for Industrial Defense,
an Organization in which prominent
members of the National Association of
Manufacturers took an active interest,
put up $500 to aid in a campaign in
the Sixth New Jersey congressional
district several years ago.
He will be questioned further on this
point tomorrow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-03
MURPHY ARRESTED
ON LARCENY CHARGE
Confesses to Robbery of Telegraph
Operator-Charged With Taking
S120 and Railroad Tickets

Patrick Murphy. 2607 Avenue d, was ar
rested last night about $3.50 clock on the
charge of grand larceny by Officers Ell
lard and Mack Later to Chief of Police
George H. Bodeker, Murphy broke down
and confessed his crime.
Monday he made the acquaintance of j.
7. Hughes telegraph operator of Lyn-
wood, who had stopped in Birmingham
for the day while on his way to New
Mexico. In, house on First avenue be-
tween Twenty-second and Twenty-third
Murphy is alleged to have robbed Hughes
of sl2o and his railroad ticket to Dallas,
Tex
At police headquarters under the ques-
tions of Detective viii Murphy and Chief
Bodeker, Murphy admitted that he had
taken charge of Hughes pocketbook, but
that there was only $40 in it at the time.
He also informed the detectives that he
had left the railroad tickets of Hughes
in saloon on the Southside. Following
this statement Chief Bodeker had Muir
ply placed in a cell in the city Jail and
ordered that his bond be placed at $500.
A warrant will be sworn out for Murphy
by Hughes this morning. 1t is expected
that Murphy's preliminary trial will be
held this afternoon as Hughes desires to
leave the city.
a striking incident was when the ac-
ccsed and accuser faced each other in
Chief Bodeker's private office. 81 am
surprised at you Pat s said Hughes,
more than | can say" and there were
tears in Hughes eyes.
Here I trusted you and took you out
all over the city in an automobile to show
you good time. l spent my money on
you and you had to turn on me that way
ard take money and railroad passes away.
What made 70 udo it? What made you
do it?' And Murphy listening intently
sazed at the many copred squares on the
carpet and could not answer.
Murphy is married and is employed as
a switchman by the Birmingham Railway,
Light and Power company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-03
ARGUE OVER BIBLE;
TWO BECOME INSANE
Baptist Preachers, Brothers, Have
Savage Battle After Exhausting
Words, Then Take to Woods

Knoxville, September MATTHEW and
Luke Duncan. brothers, of Frost Bottom
In Anderson county, Tenn, preachers of
the Baptist persuasion. fought and went
insane over an argument about the
Bible. This occurred last Saturday and
after they had fought. both took to the
woods. Matthew was captured yester-
day and taken to Oliver Springs lie
fought savagey when taken, knocking
several men down before being over
powered During the night at Oliver
Springs he was lashed to a post for safe
keeping. Today he was committed to
the state hospital for the insane at
Lyons View. His brother Luke is still
at large in the woods
They fought following an argument as
to who has the supreme power. the Lord
or the devil. Matthew maintained that
God has no power over the devil, and
Luke took the other side. They argued
until both went insane. They are be-
tween So and 40 years of age.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-03
ROOT APPEALS FOR
NEW YORK STATE
Asks Justice in Levying Income Tax.
Senator Lewis Says the Wealthy
Should Pay

Washington, September Am appeal by
Senator Root for justice to the people
of New York in the levying of the in
come tax and reply by Senator Lewis
of illinois, who declared that the chosen
few of wealth should be made to pay
for the benefits of government, marked
today's tariff debate in the Senate.
Senator Root declared that his state
which paid so large proportion of the
civil war income tax, had voluntarily sur
rendered its constitutional protection
against unfair taxation on the conviction
that the wisdom of self-control and mod
Grafton would stay the other states from
combining to heap upon it the burden of
taxation. He said that the men upon
whom the income tax would fall were
those upon whom New York depended as
the source for meeting its great yearly
expenses. He attacked the $1,000 exemp-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-03


interstate commerce commissions phys
lcal valuation of railroads feature the
general deficiency appropriation bill re-
ported to the House today by the ap-
preparations committee.
The bill carried a total of Sc, 3,7S4,S9 The
various executive departments asked $9,-
1923, 407.
Debate on the bill will occupy most of
this week in the House
The commerce court would go out of
existence within 60 days after passing
of the bill, its work would be- trans
ferred to the district courts in another
30 days and it's judges automatically
would resume their places on circuits
The bill includes 10 items: construc-
tion and equipment of light vessel for
the Southwest Pass entrance to the Mis-
sissip river in Louisiana, $l25000 for a
light station on Navassa Island, West
indies S125,000; public buildings, Corinth,
Miss, $500; Dublin, Ga, $4,000; Elberton,
Ca, $12,500; Gadsden Ala, SS000 the fore
going for continuing contracts on build
ing; Holly Springs. Miss. $2500; for ad-
dit1onal land, Shreveport La, rent $500
To pay interest on principal sum on
judgment of United States circuit court
for eastern district of Tennessee against
the national home for disabled volunteer
soldiers in favor of j. E. Parrish, being
interest on $21, ,139, from January Is, 1914
to September 2l 1872 when principal sum
OF Judgment was paid to the court of
$l0,O97 in 1904. Action of the President
In directing. expenditure and issuing sup
plies for sufferers from floods. tornadoes
and conflagrations in the Mississippi and
Ohio valleys, including relief at Peach
tree, Ala. approved and ratified.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-03
HOME ROAD
TO Be OPENED SOON

Greenville, September 2.-especial)
The Greenville- Forest Home road will be
opened all the way within a few days.
AT several places on the road bridges
Oh reinforced concrete had to be con
structed and fills made and eonse-
quently at present traffic has to be
made around these places AT present
the county has crews of workmen on
three different roads
Butler county court closed yesterday
after very busy session. A number
or cases were brought before Judge
H. D. Lampley. The cases that caused
more general interest We're number
OF cases of prohibition violations Judge
Lampley in each case sentenced the de-
fendant to 80 days hard labor and
fined them $50
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-03
Made Contribution as a Friend

Washington, September Before con-
tinuing cross-examination of Martin NJ
Mulhall today, the House lobby commit
tee questioned John A. McDermott, man.
ager of the United States Brewers asso-
citation. about a $500 campaign contribu-
ton to Representative J. L. McDermott
in 1912.
lie insisted it was made as a friend
and not for the brewers. The committee
cross-examined Mulhall about his rela-
tions with Representative George w.
Fairchld of New York
The committee began a detailed cross
examination of Mulhall concerning his
activities, particular attention being
given to the use of certain representa-
tives' names in the lobbyists cores
pondence. Mulhall swore that he had
never attempted to influence Representa-
tives Sherley of Kentucky. Webb of
North Carolina or Covington of Mary
land. whose names he had mentioned
in his charges.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-03
MANY WRECKED AUTOS
REPORTED TO POLICE

The speeders We're again hard at it last
night, according to the police, but escaped
the clutches of the law, although their
motor cars suffered from the reckless
driving of the occupants. To the police
were reported that an automobile lay in
a ditch at Eighth avenue and Owenton
station i Is said that the occupants
of this automobile were seriously injured.
but at the infirmaries no one knew of
the accident.
On the road near the West End Drug
the police also reported a wreck