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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-03-10
Athletic Stars
In Big Meet at
I'D Regiment

A Joint athletic meet Of Bronx
Church House and Company F Of
the Twenty-second Regiment will be
held at the regiments armory. One
Hundred and Sixty eighth street and
Broadway. tonight. The card from
start to finish 10 well stocked with
feature events. and II IL very prob
able that several new records will be
established before the athletes get
through with their evenings attack
on the old marks.
Harry J. Smith. the national two
mile champion. and Nick Gianakopu-
lous. tho Greek. will attempt to lower
the record In the ten mile team race
which was made last year by Smith
and Hannes Kohiemainen.
A special board floor has been
erected for the three standing Jumps.
In which Ed Zines. the all-American
selection. and Leo Goehring will start
from scratch. This floor has been
erected at the request Of both men,
who are In best form to break the
existing record Of 81 feet 0 inches.
The prixes are of the most valu-
able and useful order presented at an
indoor meet this winter. the hrst be.
ing twenty-six-piece chest Of
Rogers 1847 silver: second. q large
silver pitcher. and third. q silver jar.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-03-10

Levinsky and Johnny Howard OF
Sayonne. N. j.. to meet Harry Trues-
dale Of ''Philly."
Johnny Solsbsrg. the clever Brook
iyn featherweight. now under the
management OF Paddy Roche. has
been signed to meet Dutch" Brandt
at the Broadway Sporting Club Of
Brooklyn on March "a and Young
binnott, the crack Western bantam
weight, at st. Louis two weeks later.
Sam Wallach. manager Of Leach
Cross. has practically matched Leach
to meet Charley White Of Chicago for
ten rounds on April 3. The West Side
a. {. OF Milwaukee and the kenosha
(WiO A. Z. are both after the bout,
the latter having offered Leach $?.26O.
bob Mona, the middleweight OF Mil
waukee. who was suspended by the
state Athletic Commission OF Wiscu n =
sin for three months for failing to
appear at IA boxing show In Milwau-
kee. has been signed up to meet bat
Ting Levinsky In that city March 20.
Levinsky Is guaranteed 81 900 with the
privilege of one-third OF the receipts.
The National Sporting Club will
stage three ten round bouts next
Monday night. In the first bout Joe
Appel OF the east side meets Joe Hall
OF tho west side; in tta second ten
round bout Packey Hommey meets
Harry Thomas OF England, and in
the final ten Jack Read. the Auxtral-
ian lightweight. meets Billy Bennett
OF Ireland.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-03-10
Walter Ward Makes Official
Announcement of Appoint
ment To-Day.

TILL BRADLEY. former infielder
d for the Cleveland Maps. was to-
day appointed manager Of the
Brooklyn Federal League team. In
making this announcement President
Ward slipped one over on the wise
ones who believed Danny Murphy.
captain Of the Philadelphia Athletics
last year, would draw the mana gerial
assignment.
. Murphy announced that he had
signed a Brooklyn Fed contract last
night and II was generally believed
he would certainly lead the team.
Ward has been thoroughly satisfied
with Bradley from the start. however.
despite the efforts OF President GIL
more to sign another man.
Murphy mas worked with Connie
Mack. one of the greatest baseball
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Sport Queries Answered
In some places the man who picks
dossn't have 70 show.

In some plaoss the man who picks
decent have 70 sheW.
To the Sposins Editor;
I. In poker which beats. hush or a
full house? 2. In pinochle dc two jacks
Of diamonds and two queens Of spades
count 800 or so? 3. In auction pi.
nochle, three surds In the blind, three
playing. can you pick the three cards
up and NELL and then discard from
cards you hold after you meld or do
you have Tn discard before you pick
caris up? RAYMOND MOORE.
I. Full house beats Hush. z. The
modern style 10 to count double min.
eehls % eighty. :. Discard while mold
10 sxpessd on table.
20 the apppolns Editor: " .
In auction pinochle. three playing, a
player melds $50 spades, king and
queen Of hearts, king and queen OF
diamonds and king and queen OF
clubs. How much has he?
No hes 40 for the round trio and
80 fer the ssqvsnes 81 trumps-to
70 the sporting Editor;
IN auction pinochle A gets the
bid for $50: he melds 300. but does
not get a trick. Does he win: j. n.
A. Loses. No must tsks Q trick Il
qualify, his mold.
To the Spostins Editor;
In auction pinochle can ] meld tn,
ace. king. two queens. Jack and ten
Of trumps and count It 1870?
c. II. NJ.
Mvst have ether king Of trumps to
msid 10.
To the 1postins Kdits; ,.,.,..., 81,
In Jackpot poker II the dealer gives
q man four or six cards IL his hand
dad Or 10 II . misdsalf r. q.
Five esrds aeRotltuto Q pehsr hand,
- more, No lesa Asethss Rvmbsr L
fsul "H't ~ ~ .7-'7
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Baseball Salaries of Present Day Stars
COMPARED to What Old Timers Received
Bradley, Not Murphy, Will
Lead Bro kIyn. FederaLsI

leaders In the business. lie wasn't
one OF the regulars last year, but
Mack always talked over important
details with his ex-star.
Murphy Is thirty-six years old. and
nrst attracted attention as q player
with the Norwich (Conn.) club In
1900. He was purchased by the
Giants and played here part Of the
season OF 1900 and 1901. He went
pack to Norwich for part Of Q season
ana was then bought by the Athletics
a. second baseman.
After doing great work In the
worlds series against the Giants In
1911. Murphy injured his knee ana
was out Of the game during most Of
the season Of 1912. Last year Muir.
ply played a few games, but he
never recovered his old playing. term
after the injury.
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IT, tn sportips Editor:
What 10 the nationality OF Jim
Cohey." the Dublin Giant?
H, BALLARD.

What 10 the nationality Of Jim
Cohey." the Dublin Giant?
H. BALLARD.
hs 10 an irishman.
To the sporting Editor;
In three handed auction pinochle.
with three cards In the hole 4 takes
the bid for $40; he melds the king
and queen of clubs, twice king and
queen of spades. king and queen Of
hearts, king and queen Of diamonds,
which gives him ESQ: with clubs
trump he lays three tens away. which
gives him $40. but he does not get any
tricks. az he only had the four trumps
and no aces. Kindly let me know
does he win or has he got to get .
trick to cover his meld7 c. N.
Ne loses. Ne mvst take . trick 10
qualify HE mold.
To the Sporting Editor:
In pinochle do aces count 1000.
jacks 100. 8 kings 500. or double
oUTDooR cHUMs' ASSN.
Old fashioned players stili KEEP w
that style Of valuation. reu will find
Il IN very few plaess Uewadsys.
To the sporting Editor;
IL II necessary to have one or more
trumps to order up either Of opposing
partners In order to play same alone
F. J. rRoEBER.
veu may order IN adversary VI
whether Or net yev hold trump.
To the Ssorins Editor;
In auction pin0chle. three cards In
blind. dealer not bidding, A says deal.
or has privilege OF looking ct the
hind. = says nobody 70 supposed to
sss those cards except the man who
gets the bid. FRANK AMIDO.
Nobody ehali lock ~ the klimd until
~ MA whe osts ~ bld eieles lovn.
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mATTY'S TEAM BEATEN,
$40 2, IN FIVE INNINGS.

MARLIN. Tex. March 1o.-The
Texas Rangers" the team selected
by Acting Manager kinsella a. his
representative Giants until the rsgu-
lar team Ia formed. are still en- unds.
feated aggregation. They wallopsd
the "Mattys" again Yesterday. max
Ing It four victories over the odds
and ends. and with their two wins IN
Dallas made It their sixth straight
victory. The count was . to 3.
McGraw's near approach. a. - a
expected to arrive ON Wednesday. has
tended to put life and ginge. -ats the
players training. and yesterday ;Aors
than the usual hard work was gons
through With.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-03-10
Young Mike Donovan and
Young Brown Among New
Workers Who viii Sail
Soon for the Antipodes.
Bv John Pollock.

JIMMY JOHNSTON, who has been
appointed by SNOWY" Baker. the
= Australian night promoter. a his
American representative. has signed UP
fivs more pugilists TO battle IN AS
tralia. The scrappers who will mako
the Journey are Freddie Hicks. middle.
weight. Of Detroit; Howard Morrow,
light heavyweight. Of Syracuse. N. Y:
Jackie Clarke. welterweight. Of Boston:
Young Mike Donovan. middleweight,
and Young Brown. lightweight, both Of
this city. Hicks. Clarke and Morrow
will leave for Sydney. Australia, on
March IL. while Donovan and Brown
will depart in Juno with Johnston.
Each Of the lighters II guaranteed
not less than three nights. shugrue
and his manager. Tommy Lee. will
leave for the antipodes March -. Shu-
grus 10 booked up for Ave aghta
The gross receipts OF tho Garden
A. G. show last night amounted 10
$500. After the State received its s
par cent Of the receipts. here II what
| the fighters received: Battling Levin
sky u6 per cent?. ebss.b0: Jim Coffey
us per cent?, 35sS.S0; Young brown
40 per cent?. e3ss; Phil Bloom no
per cent?. $3.50.
Leach Cross II down with an attack
of tonalitis. and he will not he able to
meet Joe Young Hhugrue at the EN-
pire A. c. show on Friday night. The
bout has been postponed until Marh
l hA In H~A h.
to secure Young Brown to meet Shu-
grus on Friday evening.
Although Billy Gibson has quit the
Garden 4. G. ~ manager and match.
maker, be has decided to remain nj
manager OF the Fairmont A. G.. Bill,
expects to stage bouts there mex
month between Battling Levinsky ant
Jim Corey and Jack Britton an,
Paoksy Mcfarland.
Tom Andrews. who 10 conducting
the Willie Rttchie-Ad Wolsaat ten
4 Milwaukee ON Thursday night. In ,
1seAsr 70 the writer says that tn
i ADVANCE sale OF ttoksts 70 alread
L e1o.eoo and that he expects the gros
reoeipto to ngure Close to $4,000. Al
the high priced seats have alread,
bsea snapped up.
Three boxing shows win be held TO
night. At Broadway Sporting club
Brooklyn, Jack Britton w. Ki,
Graves. Charlie YOUNG VI. Gene Gan
Ridge ". Johnny Martin. At Brown
Gymnasium a. A.. Frankie Aaddel
W. Young Reilly.
Jack No0uiGan. the nSht pgcmots
Iol Philadelphia, came hero last nigh
IaaA asranGol tvo bouts eeP the uea
Ghev g ~ eluh. The Natieeal 4. G
0n1ur1Ay night He matohol Tia
'09p61n g ch1eags y ~ 1attiinI
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-03-10
Speakers Record Salary of $780, -.
indication of BusebaU's Hiqh Cost
Three Years Ago Bost0ns Star Jumped Into Fast
Company BY Accident From, Little Rock, and
Now Is Best Paid Player in Came

sidered a fair years profit for a club
during the old days Of the Brother
hood war.
hans Wagner In q fne living ex-
ample OF the increase Of salaries paid
70 diamond performers during the
last ten years.
When Honus first came TO Pitts.
pursh he was supposed to have re.
ceived $1,000 for his services, and
snat was fancy price in those days
now the Pirate slugger gets SO 1000
a season. and he Is reported to nave
oeen made present OF some club
SOCK: Wagner's faith In barney
!'reyfus In 30 strong that Il Ia said
he hasn't collected a penny OF salary
for two years. II has been invested
Tor him by the club officials. When
wagner was breaking into the ma.
ti"nal pastime money paid to players
then would be scoffed at by a
speaker. Cobb or a Matty to-day.
$3.50 A sio SALARY IN THE OLD
DAYS.
A player getting from 81, 100 to 81, 800
In the old days was considered lucky.
However. gradually wages began
working upward. The last several
years the jump has been rapid, hut
when the Federal League money b.
gan talking this year salaries simply
shot up to the clouds. The end II not
In sight even at Speakers record
contract.
From the FIRST the OUTLAWS" made
extravagant Offers to get players.
Cobb was offered a three year con-
tract calling for $4,000 to leave Or
Ranizcd ball. Soon after this Joe
'CinkQr nsf np hi~ nesS<,k1ur, nm
tract and went over to the Feds for
$4,000 a year. He also was presented
with a big bonus for signing. The
invaders continued their tactics Of en-
ticinR players with tremendous Offers
and the fans finally read that Matty.
a Giant standby for thirteen years.
had been approached by the Feds
with an offer Of $4,000 for three
years to manage their team In
Brooklyn.
To retain the services Of their stars
members Of organized baseball we're
compelled to match the Federals bid
ding. During the skirmish between
the two forces the players clamly sat
back and watched the bidding for
their services. their value meanwhile
going up by leaps and bounds.
The last great contract signing was
the arrival Of the Lusitania last week
with the homecoming Giants and
White SOx on board. This rush cui-
minated when iris Speaker RECEIVED
his remarkable stipend Of $4,000 and
a bonus said to be $1,000 for putting
his name to a Boston contract.
Magnates. while straining their
bank rolls to meet contract demands.
sorrowfully declare that the. great
salaries now paid players will ruin
their business this year. but the stars.
those who were not signed this year.
with their pockets bullying. are taking
an II should worry" attitude.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-03-10
CHENEY WHIPS CONWAY;
yELLE 0uTPOINTS KELLY,

PHILADELPHIA, March i0.-Ftankie
Conway. the little local feathsrweight,
gave great exhibition Of gameness las
night IN his bout with the hard hitting
0eorss Cheney OF Baltimore at the
Olympia A. A. but tho little Orio,,
lighter won after six rounds OF hard
milling
Freddie yslls Of Boston outpointsd
Freddie Kelly. the local Italian light
weight v sls hAx1.fsusAt rsuaAA
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-03-10
BROWN VACATED CLUB
SHORTLY BEFORE BIG FIRE.
Especial To Tie E,suins World. 1,

ST. LOUIS. Mo-. March 1o.--Mordecai
Brown. manager Of the st. Louis Fed
erals. had . narrow escape from the big
fire at the Missouri Athletic Club. Brown
has been living at the club for two
months. and the meetings Of the outla W
league were held there. On account OF
an unpisassn the I az the club the meet,
was changed. About midnight Brown
moved his luggage from the club to q
hotel. The disastrous fire broke out two
that now on war
would be In earnest. and that they would
attempt to sign organized baseball play.
ers, whether under contract or not. The
very popular with the public here.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-03-10
STENCIL OF DODGERS
HITS FOR the CIRCUIT.

AUGUSTA, Ga. March 10.-The
fret and second teams Of ths Dodgers
played q nine inning game. the tir~t
this year, yesterday. The regulars
won by score OF to 0. The lone
by "Dutcb" BtenEel IN the sscond
inning, The outhelder liftsd The ball
ever The osatrsAsld toseA ".
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-03-10
Al CUTLER 70 Referee
De 0R0.EAMES MATCH.

Fred Eames and Alfredo De Orc. who
ere to begin q three nights match for
the -cushion championship Of the
world a. Doyie's Forty second street
Academy tonight, met yesterday after
noon and selected Albert q. Cutler OF
Boston as referee.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-03-10
'-BEARCAT" M'MAH0N GETS
VERDICT OVER P0RKY FLYNN.

TROY. N. r.. March l0.-Tom Nc
Mahon, the Pittsburgh 'Besrcat." won
from Dan (Porky) Flynn Of Boston In
q round heavyweight elimination
bout at the Collar City Athletic Club
last night McMahon will be mstched
10 nght Battling Levinsky here In two
weeks. Flynn had ten pounds advantage
In weight. but was on the verge Of .
Knockout In the ANAL In all except
three rounds Mcmahon had the best
nj IL
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-03-10
Chanpiomship Mocke; Matche.

An excel ionaliy brilliant series Of
hockey gan IS between three Of tho
leading professional teams In Canada
will begin next Saturday night at the
st. Nicholas Rink when the Vancouver
team. champions OF the Pacific Coast
ers Of Montreal meet In post season
series for the Dominion championship
and q purse Of $500.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-03-10
FEoERALs RESPONSIBLE FOR
DIG RAl4G IN aAlARlEA.

The advent Of the Federal League
In the field has been the cause for
the remarkable jump In salaries.
The so-cslled OUTLAWS have given
their money plenty Of exercise TO in
duce players to jump. and major
leaGuers have been compelled to pay
record salaries to hold on to their
stars. The money now paid to the
topnotchers would have been con-
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-03-10
Nm cetey, Greatly Improved,
WINS From Lsvinsky In Ten
Rounds-erown Beats Bloom.


kkoo wv x0s8 kvUu1uB W01dD,
nhLr GIBSON ran az last boz
ID Ing show ct the Garden last
night. In the future Billy Ia
Ut business man. and his associa-
~ with the sport will b only that
q . spectator occupying . boz scat
aa1 paying for II. Gibson 10 gated
tAat way.
0iboon's last show vas M to the
seandard-thrss tsn.round bouts with
plenty Of action. In tie nrst Jimmy
Fitzpatrick Of England fought the
''1uiu KID" Little jimmy weighed
ss1.3 pounds. and against him was
- Ia. In spite Of tn handicap In
weight. he jabbsd bis way along on
salrly even terms to the end OF the
tooth round. He 10 . clever little
Sss1ow. II might surprise some who
thought him only . youngstsr to
know that he - twenty eight years
Of 49,. and years ago was matched
With Georges Carpenter at 100
pounde. rtngside. Carpenter to-day
10 Gur0po's heavyweight champion.
He has held feather. light. wsltsr
and middlswsisht titles - we'll.
IN Ne secoud bout Phil Bloom
u fought Young Brown. A. the pro.
feesional waS at the ring side NJ
married.. Il was somsthing Of Q
''Djoomsr." Bloom wasn't . bit more
than half - aggressive - he would
have boea had he bseu twice -
aOgrsssivs. which u . roundabout
way Of intimating that no wasn't ct
~ too aggressive. He backstsppsd
and sidsstspped. and when the going
vas too hot for comfort bobbsd down
bower and lower until he nearly eat
a ~ hauncheo. whatever knoVl.
49, Of boring was displayed In the
beut. Bloom had. He did some fairly
coevee work at times. and u he'd had
. llttIe Terry Nc0ovssn In his make.
- might have won easily. Young
0town. who 70 the most awkward
I'D most earnest young man In the
sans to-day. aoundsred around. Al:
Wayo In the general direction of
On the Door In missing Q punch,
swung his arms aimlsssly. and purely
- accident landed often enourh 10
have the reluctant Bloom worried and
distressed and much inclined 10 clinch
and clln9. Hie a9eressiyenoas and
he Accidental punched mentioned Won
for him.
-
TINE Cofey. Iavinskv fsht va a
heautv Coe.v ov.r .,v -.
= 1870 o.e % 'oo'
"' mASn'ncenuy SNAPPED
traloed TO perfection and vastly Inn
proved boxer. won by virtue Of weigh
". oSae ~ Ne.'"'Hys Hs'
~ TvinSkv 70 overcome sishn"sS
~ showed lot Of clevsrnsss and real
uenttng ability.
SouSy nso every round up to the
~ nc We constanuy aSgree.
~. wc'so 1ev,nsky' turnine wei! 70
S KY e'os Sac n1loins n!s shoulder
% .n'uea ABOUT swiriy anc man
~ 70 NJ 0ut OF serious Danger.
:. SeGsy 'IVsnane loriouesy'
vSs onv Ieit tnst c'outed II.
~ ~ ."e NIe o. Tue neck ana
~ kn4c.so. na't threw nim 70 ne
~.'" 'esped 70 ms Toe,
G s.o lx IL re rsst OF the round
.s.s - ~. ~ nS snou'oo encour.
sssmene 70 the nentero.
AseI tnst ro1nd LcvMsky TOOK the
-: eaachins Cc6sy coming IN and
s1sns noto 1ans That Jared MIN.
Soasy cIoc.ee yeE weM. almost al
S'n.sys 1ppeNus
ne neM nAnoero. AZ the nnnh the
olg IT, BOY ahnoush Jaobed hard.
Sa sv.So.y tnIoosn Two ROUNDS
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Chance Wants
Better Hitfin0'

HOUSTON. Tex. March i0--After the
game with the Houston ClIo on Sunday.
In which the New Workers. were vs'";
weak with the bat. Manager ChaEce
came to the conclusion that lie would
devote most of the time yesterday to
batting practice For more then one
hour the hitters went To the hat with
some good pitching to hit at and then
were ordered to run the bases. Every
member OF the club was all in when hs
arrived back at the hotel. It was the
hottest day yet. The thermometer reg
lstcred about SO.
Jack WARRIOR has patched up his dlf-
ferences with the New York Club, hav-
Ing signed a contract. IBli Holden. tho
outhelder. In nursing u black eye NJ the
result OF being hit IN the left optic with
a pitched ball at beaumont.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-03-10

THE sky's the limit In baseball
salaries now. With iris
Speaker getting $4,000 .
year to play with Boston or $4,000
Tor two years. the fans are now won
derins how deep owners must dig
into their gold bags to protect their
stars from Federal League raids.
The skyrocket rise in players sal.
aries has made the high cost Of living
seem cheap in comparison. The aver.
age player now receives two. three
and In some cases four times a. much
- the diamond performer ten years
ago. The present.day star writes his
own ticket and pulls down Q big
bonus Just for signing.
Horace Greeley used to say go
West. young man." to youths seeking
success. II Horace could now hand
out advice his tip would probably ne.
go into baseball. there's big money
in It." ts
Speakers riss in three Year,
from the minors to the highest
paid star In the game 10 without
. parallel In any sport. Three
Year, aQo the Boston Americans
drafted Speaker from the bushes
and turned him over 20 the Little
Rock (Ark.) Club % payment for
the use Of the lattsr's grounds.
just previous 20 this the future
star Just missed goinp to the
Dodgers. A 0odgsr scout reported
TO Prudent Ebbsts to 40 40 hiah
- $500 for the promising look.
ING yeungstsr. John I. Taylor,
then President Of the Boston
Club. stopped negotiations along
this line when no declared that n
Speaker was worth $500 70 eb.
bets no was worth that much 70
him and the Boston team. Com.
ing 70 the Red Cox, Speaker made
good from the first. hs has al
ways battsd over 800. and two
years in the world series no les.
ssnsd the Giants chances with
HE wonderful batting and field
iru. Crst wear aoeetsr Enishsd
fourth In che iist o. American
League batters. ne took part In
~ games, made ts1 hits, stole -
bases for batting average Of 3e6
per cent.
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Herman Defeats EGgePs.
NEW ORLEANS. La, March iO-Kic
Herman bested X. o. Esgcrs Of New
York In their round Hyht here last
night. There was a large crowd. Her
man had a shade In every round. There
were no knockdowns.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-03-10
FiUe More Boxers Signed
For Bouts in Australia

L!evinsky and Johnny Howard Of
Sayonne. N. j.. to meet Harry Trues-
dale Of 'Philly."
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-03-10

jack neouisan. the asht promoter
q philaAslphiA, came here last night
aal ssrsnCol tvo bouts eer The usat
eDev g ~ eluA The Natieeal a. G..
0a19r1ay n1ghl He natshsl TIN
09p6lD g ckAoass y 80 1a&tliaG
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-03-12
DENIS DENOUNCE
GOV. LISTER AS
PARTY TRAITOR

Gov. Listers protest to Presi-
dent Wilson against repeating of
the free tolls for American ships
through the Panama canal. has pre-
cipitsted trouble In local democrat
&c ranks. Leaders are consider.
ably worried.
The governor was denounced by
Jesse F. Murphy. former receiver
of the land office. and II. II. Bel.
lows at a meeting OF the State
Democratic league last night. He
was charged with being con-
trolled by the lumber kings.
Murphy declared Lister cant be-
long 10 the democratic party II the
protest message to the president
contained his views.
A resolution endorsing the pres
ident's attitude was, through plead.
ings OF Hugh c. Todd. state chair
man. Col. J. NJ. Hawthorne, candi-
date for congress. and George A
Custer. tabled.