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Evening star., 1914-07-26
GRAFT CHARGE IS PRoBED.
Western Federation of Miners Probes
Disposal of 81, 900, 600 Strike Fund.

DENVER. July 25-Investigation of
charges that a fund of $1.OO0.OOO raised
to conduct the strike Of the copper
miners in Michigan was not used for
that purpose. but diverted to the ad-
vantage of those in charge of the strike.
was begun this afternoon at the conven.
ton Of the Western Federation OF
Miners. 1t was said the charges We're
circulated throughout the country. par
ucularly in Butte
1t was announced that next Monday
a report favoring amalgamation OF the
United Mine Workers of America would
be presented to the convention 1t was
said two plans would be proposed, one
for complete merger and a second
by which the Western Federat'on would
retain direct supervision OF metal mines
and part OF its identity.
Evening star., 1914-07-26
HALTs MONUMENT PLANS.
Secretary of War Denies Permission
to Erect Memorial at Gettysburg.

The Secretary of War has denied an
appltcation from the Ladies' Auxiliary
of the Ancient Order of Hibernians FOR
authority to erect a monument In the
Gettysburg Battlefield Park in memory
of six sisters of different orders who
served as nurses during the civil war.
The action of the Secretary was based
on the theory that the laws bearing on
The suhiect limited the erection OF
monuments and other memorials in that
park to those designed for the marking
and preservation of lines of battle and
he determination of the positions OF the
various commands that took part in the
battle.
Evening star., 1914-07-26
THREE KILLED BY TRAIN.
searchlight Reveals Tragedy on Rail.
road in New Hampshire.

MANCHESTER. n. H., July pa
triple tragedy was disclosed tonight by
the searchlisht of a northbound train on
the Boston and Maine railroad. when the
bodies of two men and woman were
seen living on the tracks near the Amos
keag station. Apparently they had been
killed by train that had passed some
time before.
The identity of the victims was not
known.
Evening star., 1914-07-26
MRS. NELMS RAISES REWARD.
Will Give $1,000 for information
Regarding Her DAUGHTERS.

ATLANTA. July 25.-Mrs. John w.
Nelms today authorized Chief of Police
Beavers to offer a reward of $1,000 for
which will disclose the
of her daughter, Beatrice
Nelms, whose disappearance with her
sister, Mrs: Leis Nelms Dennis, has puz-
zled police in many cities. Mrs. Nelms
originally offered 5000 each for the
Of her daughters, dead or alive
Evening star., 1914-07-26
WILL REPRESENT DISTRICT.
Three Chosen to Attend z. 2
Meeting at Winnipeg.

T. A. Bynum and Albert Kahlert, su-
preme representatives, and Edward Dunn,
past supreme chancellor. will represent
the domain of the District of Columbia
at the biennial meeting of the Supreme
Lodge. Knights of Pythias, which opens
August at Winnipeg. Manitoba. The
three representatives will leave Wash
ington Saturday afternoon, and will be
gone nearly three weeks.
The meeting at Winnipeg is the legisla-
tive body of the Knights of Pythias. and
it will consider the question of reducing
the limit for admission from twenty-one
years to eighteen years
Evening star., 1914-07-26
HUERTA LIVING QUIETLY.
Expects to Go to Europe Soon and
Watch Events in Mexico.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, July 25.-Gen.
Huerta has passed his time quietly at
Puerto Mexico. He declares that when
the other members of his family arrive
he will proceed Immediately to Europe,
whence he will watch the course of
events in Mexico.
The former dictator has displayed a
strong desire to make the acquaint-
ance of the local military authorities.
Evening star., 1914-07-26
NAMED BANK DIRECTORS.
Three More Men Elected to Federal
Reserve Organization.

Three more directors of district federal
reserve boards under the now crrrency
law were announced yesterday by the
organization committee as having been
duly elected BY representatives of MEM
Der banks.
been elected a class b director in the
sixth district by member banks of
group =.
L. b Hanna of Fargo, y. D., has been
elected by group member banks of the
ninth district Il class y director.
Norman B. Hotter, Helena. Mont, has
been chosen & director by class b, group
j. banks.
Evening star., 1914-07-26
EASTERN, 3; oXoN HILL. L.
Buck" Becker Strikes Out Fourteen
of the MARYLAND Bows.

Eastern took another game from
Oxon Hill yesterday. to /, in a pitch
ing duel between Wood and Buck"
Becker. the former National portsider
striking out fourteen of his opponents
Wood pitched beautiful game of ball
and but for costly misplays, would have
blanked the hard hitting southeast club.
The score:
Evening star., 1914-07-26
PESTS RAvAGING MICHIGAN.
Losses From Army Worm Are Esti-
mated at More Than a Million.

DETROIT, Mich. July 25.-Losses
totalfng more than Sl.OOo.OOo have
been sustained by Michigan farmers as
the result of the army worm pest. ac-
cording to an estimate made today by
Prof. Rufus VI. Pettitt. head of the
department Of entomology of the Mich
igan agricultural college. He explained
that he based his estimate on letters
received from farmers in the affected
districts.
Although preventive methods are
checking the deadly work of the pest,
the crop loss is bound to be much
greater before the worms are all killed
off, said Prof. Pettitt.
Evening star., 1914-07-26
WOULD CURB HOUSE CRITICS.
Representative Madden Favors Re
strictions on Use of Record.

Representatives who wish to attack other
members of the House will have to make
their speeches on the floor of the House.
or else not have them printed in the Con-
gressional Record. if the amendment to
the House rules offered yesterday by
Representative Madden of Illinois is
adopted.
The Madden resolution prohibits men,
bers from criticis!nS one another directly
or indirectly under the leave to print
privilege. The author of the resolution
was criticised recently in an unspoken
address of Representative Bryan of Wash
ington.
Evening star., 1914-07-26
ARKANSAS BANK CLOSES.
Institution at Wynne Is Given Over
to State officials.

WYNNE, Ark. July 25.-The Bank of
Wynne today was placed in the hands of
the state banking department at the in
stance of the board of directors. The
paid-up capital stock of the bank is 1884,,
700. Deposits amounted to $4,000, of
which S21, ,75S were funds of Cross county
in the bank as county depository. Loans
are given as $4,000.
Officers of the bank declare all obliga-
tons will be paid in full.
Evening star., 1914-07-26
ELEVEN HURT ON THE BALTIC.
Sailors Injured During Fire Drill
When Boat Drops Into Water.

NEW YORK, July 25.-Eleven sailors
on the White Star liner Baltic were in
jured today by the fall of a boat during
fire drill. The crew had swung the
boat out on the starboard side of the
steamer, when the davits gave way and
dropped the boat into the water far
below.
The little craft was smashed into
splinters by the impact and the men
were hurled in all directions. Arms and
legs were broken and at least one man
may die
Evening star., 1914-07-26
SUFFRAG|STS ATTEND
FETE IN CHEVY CHASE
Mrs. Minnie E. Brooke Is Hostess
to Workers and Friends
of Cause.

Mrs. Minnie E. Brooke. president of
tanned more than $50 suffrage workers
and their friends at her home. Brooke
Farm. on the Brookeville road, last
evening.
This garden fete was to have closed
the membership campaign which has
been waged here all week to get 500 new
members to celebrate the anniversary of
Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage,
but it was announced that the effort will
be continued for another week. Miss
Dorothy Osborne, who has been general
manager of the campaign. stated that
many of the teams had been handicap pped
by the fact that they ran out of member
ship cards. and had to wait for them to
be printed.
Miss Osborne has been summoned to
her home in New Jersey, where she will
assist In the summer campaign at the
shore resorts of the Presidents home
state.
Lawn Is Decorated.
Mrs. Brookes lawn last night was deco
rated with Japanese lanterns Speeches
We're made by Mrs. Brooke who told of
the effect equal suffrage will have on
child labor: Miss Lucy Burns, who told of
the work being done for a constitutional
amendment; Miss Osborne. who told of
suffrage from the college girls viewpoint
and Judge Stanton j. Peelle, who gave
message OF announcement.
Following the speech-rnaking there was
dancing on the back piazza, with music
by stringed orchestra Ice cream was
served.
Evening star., 1914-07-26

OxOn HILL ......... o o o OIL
Eastern .......O o 3 o o o Q O-3
Runs-Wood Fitzgerald. Smithson. Becker.
First base by errors-oxon Hill. ?; Eastern, :.
Left on bases-Oxon Hill. o: Eastern. Z. First
base balls-0n Wood, ): on Becker. 8.
Struck out-By Wood 2; by Becker. IA. TWO
base hit-Moran. Sacrifice hit-Spaulding
Stolen bnses-Fitzgerald. Pee. \. Fisher. Wood.
Double play-Pee to Hager to Pee to n. Fisher.
Wild pitches-Becker. 2: Wood. 2. Passed ball
Fitzgerald. Umpires-Messrs. Venable and
minutes.
Evening star., 1914-07-26
American Awarded Grand Prize.

PARIS. July 2a.-The department of
fine arts has awarded the grand prix de
Rome for architecture to Albert Serran,
who was born in San Francisco.
Evening star., 1914-07-26
WARBURG TO QUIT,
SENATORS BELIEVE
Withdrawal of His Name Said
to Await Only Picking
of Successor.

Administration senators seemed con-
WINGED last night that Paul NJ. War
burg of New York would soon again
ask the President to withdraw him as
a nominee for membership on the fed
eral reserve board This general feel
ing was apparent despite any an
nouncement from the White House or
any direct word from Mr.. Warburs as
To his intentions.
There We're many rumors current at
the Capitol. however, all to the effect
that AIr. Warburg had determined to
follow the example of Thomas ID. Jones
of Chicago IN view of the controversy
that has arisen concerning his noml-
nation.
Evening star., 1914-07-26
Aggravated by Jones Case.

In view of the widespread publicity
over the matter. aggravated consider
ably by the Jones case, officials here
have been led to believe that Mr.. War
burg has decided to eliminate himself,
but that he is withholding announce
ment of his intentions until the Presl-
dent is ready to name another man.
Nothing definite was learned yester-
day concerning President Wilson 8
choice for the federal board in place OF
Mr.. Jones, although the name of George
f Roberts, director of the mint, was
much discussed in official circles.
Evening star., 1914-07-26
Christian Counsel.

From Harper's Magazine.
Little Sister-Oh, mamma, Georgie
has just upset the tea table an broken
my dolly an all your nice dishes.
Little Brother (badly frightened1-
Yes, mamma, an let's be sorry, but
don't let's be mad!'
Evening star., 1914-07-26
Firm as to Warburg.

Members of the banking and currency
committee professed to know nothing
whatever about Mr.. WarburEs case.
but they still insisted that if his name
ever is to be reported to the Senate for
confirmation he must come before the
committee and tell of his affiliations
with Kuhn. Loeb & Co of New York,
his connection. if there be any, with
the money trust as disclosed in the
report of hte Pujo investigating com
mittee of the House. and also his anil
alton with financial affairs in Europe.
Having once asked the President TO
Withdraw his name. yielding only upon
the Presidents insistence that he per-
mir his name TO stand, Mr.. Warburg is
said to have been led to the belief
that the Senate committee would as
sure him that his appearance would in
no way subject him to embarrassment;
The committee has insisted that 1t had
no intention of heckling the New YORK
banker. hut it has steadfastly refused
10 outline the scope of the inquiry IT
might desire to conduct concerning his
affairs.
Evening star., 1914-07-26
MORGAN BEST GUN Of
ANALOSTAN SHOOTERS
Kills 81 Birds Out of 100, Giving
Him High Average in
Spoon Shoot.

r. D. Morgan won high honors at
the weekly tournament of the Analos-
tan Gun Club yesterday afternoon on
the Eastern branch range near Ben
ming bridge as he killed ninety-four
birds out of possible 100. which gave
him high average in the spoon shoot.
Morgan also took first prize in the
special bird event when he lost but
one target out of twenty-five.
Morgan shot we'll throughout the pro-
gram and in the last event-the special
prize shoot-he captured second prize.
having a score of % down out of % In
the single targets the crack marksman
opened the program with fifteen
straight and in the fourth event made
another perfect score of fifteen shots.
Morgan's scores follow:
Broke ............... 10 IA IS IS I3 1s- ~
Phil Steubener was awarded first prize
in class Of the spoon event. as he
dropped only two targets out OF fifty. A
three-cornered tie resulted in the B
class when James A. Brown. A. B. Slime
pigeons out Of fifty. In the shoot-off at
fifteen birds, Bud" Brown was best with
thirteen down. while Slime and Kirk each
got twelve. W. S. Duvall was first in
ers'' out Of the same number. Each of
the winners received handsome silver
spoons.
E. W. Ford Does Well.
E. w. Ford. one OF the most popular
members Of the club, won first prize in
the special prize event when he broke
twenty-five targets straight. Ford broke
his gun and it was not until the last
event, after trying number of strange
guns. that he finally got one to suit him.
He tied with Phil Steubener and W.
c. Blundon in the singles with a score
of eighty-nine broken saucers out Of a
hundred and also tied with A. B. Slime
in the special event with twenty-five down
out of twenty-five. Ford's scores in the
singles follow:
Shot at .............. Is IL 20 15 10 2O-10l
Broke ................ Il Is II 10 II is SO
Hal Remington and A. v. Parsons were
next in the singles. each getting eighty
eight dead ones to their credit out OF
hundred. while Miles Taylor and A.
B. Stine also did WELL breaking eighty
five and eighty-seven targets, respectively.
The Omcial Scores.
Arizona republican., 1914-06-28
BASEBALL WHAT TT IS
By SCOOP"

Baseball is the physical, mental and verbal expression of the Great Unrest It is athleticism, business management and unlimited capital catering to the ragtime tendencies of modern life.
 Organized like a great commercial venture, exploited on the stock mar ket (sh-h-h), baseball still retains it's semblance to the gladiatorial com bat, the Greek games, but with the added element of high class vaude- ville
 Baseball is like some of these new fangled contraptions that you turn a crank and get Wagnerian music out of, without the expenditure of much money to acquire temperament and musical touch. Everybody can play baseball. There is no flabby office worker. who IS a fan, who does not play on the home team every game he sees. Why, have you not seen flock of wearied white faced bleacherites-putty inuscled youths who could not fling a five ounce Spalding a hundred feet-sway and Writhe in strict unison with a famous , pitcher, who is about to deliver his : $25,O00 fade-away? Is this not ex- ercise?
 1 I wot yes.
 | A well known cynic once said, You Americans are so amusing. You take and hire professionals to , play your games for you. You select certain we'll sinewed men to buck each other with all their brains and brawn, and then sit back in padded seats and watch. Is this athleticism ?" , He has us there. We cannot say that baseball is the great American sport In fact that's not the way it is advertised. "Pastime" is the word.
 But baseball affords an outlet for the eternal grouch. It is a rectifier of spirits. It is a stimulator of un- friendly relations, and an allayer of the thirst for competition-in others. P S.-ThiS is no knock.
Arizona republican., 1914-06-28
WHITE WIFE CHEERS JACK
 ID VICTORY
Big Smoke Shows Few Eff fleets of Dissipation When He Plays with Frank Mo- ran for Twenty Rounds and Wins on Points.
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH

PARIS, June 27.-"Jack" Johnson still holds the heavyweight cham pionship of the world
 In a hard fought battle at the Ve- lodrome d'Hiver. he easily defeated Frank Moran of Pittsburg on points in their twenty-rOund contest
 Moran was game and stubborn, He did most of the leading and there by made many friends.
 Johnson brought his terrific upper cuts into play. During the final rounds Johnson easily had the upper hand and Moran resorted to holding on tactics at times to save himself.
 The tactics of Johnson on several occasions brought d caution from the referee asc well as storms of jeers from the crowd. Johnson's white wife occupied a prominent po- sition near the ringside. She was wearing as many diamonds as did most of the great society women present. She cried out shrilly from time to time: Hit him, Daddy Come along, Pop!" and Now, then Jack, let him have anotheri''
 The great amphitheater presented a wonderful sight, for, although there were some empty seats, tiers were crowded with representatives of every element. The singular spectacle was presented of several hundred women in handsome gowns applauding the two pugilists. Many Paris society women were present. Johnson's su- perior skill and effective uppercuts wore down his opponent and won the fight, which at times seemed rather amateurish. Several times MoraI was sent wobbling by a stiff uppercu to the jaw, but there was not a single knockdown nor anything that looked like a finishing blow.
Arizona republican., 1914-06-28
BY FART RICK"

Why is base ball?
 Base ball is, because Base ball just naturally could not help being.
 The fact is base ball is an inherent trait that comes down to mankind from so far back that the records are lost To begin with base ball started when man started. To be sure there were no baseball magnates when the famous national game began. There were likewise no ball lots and no eagle eyed secretary stood guard and col lected from the fan. No holdout cried for more dough. No Ty Cobb's of that day slugged the butcher on the beak, because his wife thought the fish she had bought was of remote vintage, but notwithstanding, baseball came right off the reel when man began to think.
 My reasons?
 To begin with, man first learned the art of pitching in the stone age when he stored up a mound of round cob 1 ble stones to bounce off his neighbor's $ 1 bean, when said neighbor tried to come over to the cave and grab his help- mate
 Secondly: The cave dwelIer began his proficiency with the club by soak ing any wandering dinosaurus on the
 snout, and while he used the jaw [ bone of one of his animal enemies to bring about the result, he was, with much practice, storing up a trait that crops out in the Honus Wagners | Joe Jacksons and other big league sluggers of today.
 1 You want to know what developed | the catcher, eh? Easy my boy, easy, by six lengths. When the cave
 dWeller began to prowl around the
 tall and uncut timber on the look out for his breakfast, he sometimes
 incurred the wrath of his half brother
 hurtled COCO nuts at his konk. If he don't learn to catch them, he takes the count
 l There you have it. Baseball in all
 it's entirity. Only they learned that
 the modern -simp'' will hook his
 cook stove to see the same brand of
 stuff offered in an inclosed lot, and | then you have "organized'' base ball. i Whoa, We nearly forgot the Um-
 pire.
 1 The Umpire is modern innovation
 put in solely to spoil the game!
Arizona republican., 1914-06-28
As c. Fitch Would Say:

Baseball is the great American in ter city maniaal obses3ion. It is played by teams of nine men on a good sun. Sometimes the men who play baseball aren't yet. Then it is calleI amateur, bush, sticks, wild and things I cannot put in here for fear the national board of press editors and the Society for the Prevention of Strong Lingo might object. On the whole baseball, to be satisfying, athletes, usually highly paid, and ncve: worth less than $20,0O0 on tne orcn market Except where the Ic- serve Cause intervenes, baseball players are little better than ue uarllies Defo' de wah.
 Once in a great while a pase9,ul player is encountered in the publlc prints good llace-who is diffe 'ent from the seu.ral run of slaves Th's s:.rt ot player is non mated Hold Gut the first year, a triumph for th.. Federal league the second and good old wagon that's done broke down the third.
 Baseball games are witnessed by those who pay four bits to get into the grand stand. two bits to the bIeachers and nothing to occupy a press or some other sort of a box. Those who pay to get into a box do not go to witness the game, but to get the name. Still, some of our
Arizona republican., 1914-06-28
By Red McGee's Kid Brother.
Isn't it TERRIBLE?

Baseball is the sport supreme, of all. Hal Miller says, the cream in large and luscious gobs. It furnishes to me and you, ''V'' a week or may be two for these here writing jobs. Sir editor, as Red McGhee would say in scrambled pOetree, that games grizzly bear. It keeps a million fans on edge until they join their last cor tege and climb the golden stair.
 So you have gave me quite a task its really more'n you should ask to put in one bum pome, just what this baseball rightly is, and why, and how about the biz. that puts thoughts in our dome You gotta hand it to the man who vented baseball for the fan and put it on the map. He filled a great and bowling need for jerky, frothy strength and speed. "tosser" has on tap.
 In Phoenix, where they play the game, not much for money put for fame, it is funny stunt. to sit and watch proprietary bleachers cuss with accent airy while players sweat and grunt But if we lack lot of class our diamond, see, aint got no grass we watch the games for hours. It ain't no big time, National. or even like the Federal leagues playin BUT ITS OURS.
Arizona republican., 1914-06-28
, Imitation of the "Only Woman
 Sport Writer"

Dolly says baseball is a game of this modern day and age, and as Dolly is the best sport informed young woman in Phoenix, l must bow to her opinion But my dears. baseball to me is much more than a game. It is a miracle. It is an ex- ercise for which our men pay to see others do.
 or course there are other games , that even the incest people may play, but one cannot picture a leading clubman, or an enthusiastic fusser playing much baseball Basebalrs best claim to our support lies in the fact it is played in colleges. Here, again, Dolly tells me that college baseball is not much. Ask any big 1 leaguer what he thinks of an un- 1 trimmed collegian," were her words. From this, I infer that the stout pro | fessionals are not very strong" for l the slender lads who win their num- erals batting balls and catching them for an alma mater or two
 To me- baseball presents side that few others see. It is a sport to de velop handsome pitchers, and lovely efficient first basemen. In the case of first basemen, it doesn't seem to have much effect as a reducing eX- ercise: There, I KNEW l would have to say something mean
 The people yot see at baseball games interest me, too. Some day II am going to write an article on Baseball Crowds fans" I believe they are called. How can Phoenix people take delight in a play that loses for our home team? My darl
 ings, I have actually witnessed a frantic ovation for a Mesa pitcher when he famed d man out with two on bases.
 Isn't it TERRIBLE?
Arizona republican., 1914-06-28
TEMPE READY FOR FRAY

TEMPE, June 27.-Before Mesa gets a crack at the Phoenix solons, the Tempe Bears will give the north side visitors run on the Lukin ,iia- mona. Felix Oviedo, who has not been on the slab for some time, but who is in excellent condition will lace the Senators. He is the one Tempe regular who seems to have q corral full of Phoenix goats.
 The lineup for the game-Which will be called 10:S0 a. m. is as fol- lows:
 Hanna, If; Moeur, 3b; Trujillo, 2b; Nutt' c; Grlffen, ID; Oviedo, D; Bol hns' ss; Birchell. of; Vinson. If
Arizona republican., 1914-06-28
|OLDF|ELD DRIVES STUFF
 l IN SIOUX CITY CONTEST

Barney Oldfield, the best known
 racing pilot in the world, will be one
 of the princip attractions of the
 3O0- mile race at Sioux City on July
 4th, where he is to drive the same
 white Stutz racing car he drove in the 500mile international sweep stakes at Indianapolis on May 3Oth, and won 5th place, finishing ahead of all other American entries. The wonderful showing Barney made at Indianapoli will undoubtedly make
 the Stutz car one of the favorites at Sioux City. Gil Anderson, winner of the 1913 Elgin National load race, will pilot the second Stutz entry and Gil is liable to repeat his Elgin vic tory on July 4th.