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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-12-27
BASEBALL'S LIFE At STAKE.
(New York WORLDLY


Big league baseball is on trial for
its life.
1t is true that at the moment the
accuser Is rumor. But 1t is rumor
that Is not without confederation;
rumor that does not utter itself on the
sly, but Is open and loud and has found
its way into the plainest of newspaper
type.
Baseball is, from the very nature of
things, peculiarly susceptible to such
attacks as these. The game has grown
into its present state OF prosperity on
the strength of its reputation as a
clean sport. 1t has survived scandals
Of mercenary management, OF doubt
full deals in players, Of alleged dis
ordinations between cities of greater
and less financial resources. because
tho public has believed religiously In
the squareness of scheduled contests
and the straightness of the men in the
field. Rurnor, hitherto dealing with
managers, now directs its attention to
players as WELL The new charges are
aimed at the playing integrity. hence
at the life OF baseball.
In the Evening World Of yesterday
Hugh s. Fullerton, veteran follower
and reporter Of the game, published
in sorrow and potential shame the
widely current stories of games thrown,
of players bribed or lured out OF con-
dillon. Of worlds series stained by
suspicion, of gamblers boasting that
they had fixed" players and results.
These stories can not be ignored. They
constitute an indictment. They raise
an issue which will not, like q storm,
blow over.
These accusations, yelled though
they may be. should be met promptly.
There is no way out save the direct
way Of honest inquiry and the verdict
Of truth
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-12-27

,P8D annewnsemsnt that Jamss x.
0sGast. ssrnAs United states am
to Germany. 10 . candidate
eor ths Democratic nomination for
ucssl1snt q Tie Unitsd States. has
Eopeated na&ton.wids interest due to
oerard's prominence and because 1T
- time no was = close adviser OF
|RroGlAsnt Wilson. since Gerard pub
1lnhed his book entitled. my Four
Years n Germany" there has been .
W1ds breach with the president APP
vosontly the nations chief executive
ia not approve Of Mr.. Gerard's action
n giving to the public some Of the
eorrsspondsncs that passed between
ths Unatsd States and Germany. At
least no 10 not now numbered among
he CLOSE conhdsnts Of the nations
chief executive.
Gerard has fled . petition ~ an
slnAspsndsnt Democratic" candidate in
0euth Dakota. In the same state
President Wilson received the indorss-
mont Of the Democratic organization
~ ~ Arst choice for president. The
president has not a. yet announced his
intentions with regard TO . third term.
although the general impression pre-
wallis he IL not to be = candidate. BY
selecting South Dakota a. the place
to entsr the race for the nomination.
Gerard invaded . state pledged to
Wilson, all Of which may or may not
b significant. At least It 10 interesting
and the incident again goes to prove
that the coming presidential race is
going to bs one of the most complex
in the history OF the country.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-12-27
i: PEPS i:

Il II interesting TO rad that an A.
beetoe factory vas burned 1t Mead.
vile, Pa These are queer days.
Piano makers have gone on strife.
Now, II the piano players would only
but that II expecting too much.
At any rate Colonel House can never
be blamed for the famine in news
print.
On the first of the year about the
only thing we can swear or 10 the hab-
It Of swearing off.
The German monarchists are plan
ming to seat former Crown Prince
Friedrich on the throne. Well. he does
MT seem to be able to get any other
sort Of job.
II We could only send a committee
down to kiss Uncle Csrranxa perhaps
he would forgive US and let by-gones
be bygones.
"These profiteers," said Representa-
tive Esch of Wisconsin, ACCUSE them
selves with their excuses. They re-
mind me Of little Willie.
Little Willie came home the other
day with a nice new golf ball.
Look at the lost ball l found this
afternoon, father no said.
"iAre you sure, my boy the father
asked, that 1t was lost ballr
"'Oh, yes sir said Willie. 7 saw the
owner and his caddie looking for It.
Look here, neighbor That dog OF
yours comes in here every day and digs
up my flower beds, and I want you to
put stop to IT,"
Suppose I don't! What Them
"Pli plant so many flowers that your
rotten old dog will wear himself to q
skeleton trying to keep them dug up"
In the course of one Of his lecture
trips, Mark Twain arrived at a small
town. Before dinner he went to 4
barber shop to be shaved.
You are stranger" asked the
barber.
This 10 the first time I have been
here"
you choose q good time to come"
the barber continued. mark Twain 10
going to read and lecture tonight.
You'll go. / supposer'
"Oh, guess So"
Have you bought your ticketf"
mot yet"
But everything is sold out. You'll
have to stand"
How very annoyingl" Mark
Twain said with sigh. IT never
saw such luck! always have to
stand when that fellow lectures"
Collection money was to little
Tommy one of the essentials of
church going Every Sunday morn
ing he saw that his penny was ready.
One day just as the ushers began to
take the collection, Tommy noticed
that a guest in the family pew was
not duly provided. Sliding along the
seat. he whispered: where's your
penny" II didn't bring one" re-
piled the lady. Time was short and
the matter was urgent, but Tommy
was a quick -witted kiddy. Thrust
ing his penny into the lady's hand.
he whispered: Here, take mine!
I'll pay for YOU and I'll get under the
seat!"
You say the Blanks are going to
move?"
II think SO; they have begun to
scratch matches on the walls"
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-12-27
Secrets Of Health and Happines.
Here Are Some A. B. C.'s Of
the Art of Getting to Sleep
By DIR. LEONARD KEENE HIRSHBERG
A. B., NJ. A.. M. n. Johns Hopkins University

DERFECT repose belongs to all, yet in the stillest
hours Of night it is denied to many
There many ways to induce sleep, such
as the thought Of purng rills, Of waving woods Of
sheep Jumping fence, Of reckoning numbers, q wet
sheet wrapped around you, moderation and temper
ance. exercise and sports.
With fit muscles, with good digestion and proper
FOOD the average individual, whether midde-aged or
newborn babe, will usually sleep the allotted period
as calmly as sloth
To BE- sure the baby sleeps 20 hours Of the day:
but as age advances the amount Of sleep required for
weight growth. repair and elimination Of waste is less
Erom until ehild nssxh& 4 - - u
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-12-27
LAsoa DEMANDS AND pRlcEs.

LABOR DEMANDS AND PRICES.
1fH sovssnmsnt apparently IL conn
dsat thAa he high prices for food
stunts aal tie necessities q life will
recede-in fact are now receding-and
that By tho revision, downward many
q the pressing labor problems before
H. country win b. solved. At least
Tat Il ~ view taken with. regard to
tie demands VI the railroad employees.
Attorney General Palmer prepared
statement showing that the climax in
htgh pslcss was reached this year ana
~ rsaet1on y now setting In.
pyealdsnt Wilson by recent order
pestpous1 turnins ths railroads over
- ths1r ewnsss until March ! up to
WnieA 49, t,ey WIN remain under
e11ega1 sentrel II was originally In
4n1e1 - tssa ths seaAs hack Jan.
4 1o3o,;a nd with that date IN mind the
1snnA employees. dissatisnsd over the
N1oeo thsy are rscsiving, intended to
- thsar sass before the government.
- aetiea u tho president leaves them
D6Cneorax1ly stranded, a. It were. The
SEt Two months should definitely de-
nnine which direction prices are %
~ e viIl - sneourasins te saal-
6ln1 e1np1syeo = WI - ~ puh,sa =
: 1qlo y tpew gevssnmsnt invssti-
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-12-27

year than in the past and ~ expressed
the conviction that the nsxtl two
nosths would show substantial ~
suits IN reducing the infiatisn q NV
lng prices.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-12-27

The piutocrats having gone to Flor
ida before Christmas. and the arctic
birds having migrated as far south an
Michigan. there need be no more doubt
about hard winter.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-12-27

THINGS WORTH FORGETTING.
1t takes $4,000 elephants every year
to supply the world with enough ivory
to make its piano keys. Statistics
show us that If all these elephants
were hitched together in one team they
would pull a large load.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-12-27

former justice has not been in harmony
with Charles F. Murphy. But he has
not alienated Murphy, and the boss
knows the potential value of a candi-
date with the highest social connec-
lions, an honored name and stake
In the community.
The former ambassador at Berlin
has right to his ambitions. He did
good service, hard service there when
we We're not at war with Germany.
and the interests Of nationals of the
allies as well as our own nationals had
to be looked out for. We are sure that
his attitude was always dignified and
that 1t commonly displayed a high
type Of humanitarianism. Toward the
kaiser's government his firmness was
not without tact. Gerard Is tactful
man. But no one has yet called him a
magnetic man; and time, bringing on
war, has almost swept out Of popular
recollection what work was done be-
fore the declaration of hostilities be-
tween Germany and the United States.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-12-27
oGRARp AND THg eRrs,orncv


(Brooklyn Eagle.)
In the Judgment Of the keenest nh
servers James w. Gerard would have
NO chance Of holding for himseif a an
eepirant TO the Democratic Nomination
Tor the presidency and considerebfs
s!eotion q the delegates from the Ems
ysee stneo unlenD Tammany han were
e efano TOR Mn. In tho ilght e thio
M4gment The Ming os \ nomlnatina -
9no4 tpf QetAFd n South Dn1ko&a skae
Snee y per9onal 1lGnif canco.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-12-27

You say the Blanks are going to
mover"
Il think SO; they have begun to
scratch matches on the walls"
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-12-27

weight growth repair and elimination less
From years until child ought at or o'clock
The sun., 1919-10-07
POPULAR PLAYS ARE
SEEN ON NEW BOARDS
ooh, What a Grip Is Notu at
Central Theatre.

There is still an opportunity to see
Frank Fay as a comedian before he puts
into execution his threat to become a
dramatic actor. In "Oh, What a Girl"
which was transferred to the Central
Theatre last night. Mr.. Fay was just as
funny as ever in his original and al
together amusing way. His style is
unique and affords an excellent contrast
to the dry solemnity Of Harry Kelly.
Lew Cooper. who is an alert black face
comedian, Jumped about in the AL Jol-
son manner and made himself one of the
most popular figures in ooh, What a
Girl" which Is really laughable COM
edy with music which deserves its long
stay here.
Alice Brady, who has been received
everywhere with such favor in Owen
Davls's Forever After" brought thae
play back to New York last night. In
spite OF It's sojourn of year at the
Playhouse there was a large audience
at the Shubert-Riviera to welcome back
the popular actress who is as well liked
on the dramatic stage as on the pre-
vailing screen. Miss Brady will con-
tinue in the play all the year.
The audience last night at the Stand
ard Theatre had the rare opportunity
Of Witnessing king Lear" which Is sell
dom offered to the public nowadays.
Robert Mantell is indeed the only actor
who keeps the play in his repertoire. In
tho tragedy he Is seen at his best. He
will be seen during the week at the
Standard in such plays at ''Richelieu."
"Hamlet,' "Macbeth" and Richard IL"
The sun., 1919-10-07
SOTHERN- MARLOWE
WELCOMED BACK
Large Audience at Shubert
Calls Celebrated Stars to
Curtain Many Times.

r. H Sothern and Miss Julia NAL
lowe were welcomed back to the stage
last night at the Shubert by an audience
which filled the house and which
seemed to have but one object in life
and that was to show Mr.. Sothern and
his costar how genuinely welcome they
were. After each scene and each act
there were from nine to ten curtain calls
that were made TO include every member
of the cast
Miss Marlowe was induced to say
smilingly that she never made a speech.
while Mr.. Sothern was led to say briefly
but solemnly that he was glad to be
back and that Miss Marlowe was more
to blame than he for their return.
Twelfth Night" was chosen for the
first of their four weeks OF Shakespeare.
with Hamlet and THE Tanning of
the Shrew" to follow in the order named
and final week devoted to the three.
Neither Mr.. Sothern's MGlvolio nor
Miss Marlowe's Viola Is new to New
York, but their appearances in these
parts have been less frequent than in
the other two plays which they are to
give. His MalvoIio Is one of Mr.. Soth-
ern's finest pieces of work. The make
up 10 marvellous, His face seemed an
outburst Of exclamation points from hair
through eyebrows to beard. but still re-
tsined a sanctimonious gravity that con-
u asts strilxingly with the yellow and
black stripes of his doublet and breeches.
His pantomime in the garden scene be-
fore he finds the letter was delightful.
His acting in the scene with Ohpid when
he appears yellow stockinged and cross
gartered was equally fine.
Time has not altered the charm OF
Miss Marlowe's voice nor the skill with
which she suggests the roguish girl
touched at times with sadness. The duel
scene with Sir Andrea AOuecheek was
as rollicking a bit of fun as Miss Mar
lowe has ever done.
Scarcely less noisy was the welcome
to Rowland Blackstone, who has been
in Mr.. Sothern's support for so many
years that a Sothern production without
his name would seem unnatural. His
Sir Toby BeIch was a fine piece OF
jovial comedy. II Fulstd1 is the king
of Shakespeare's drunkards Sir Toby is
a crown prince, and every line OF Mr..
face and every note of his
voice breathed sack.
]. Sayre Crawley was a less familiar
but excellent Sir Andreto ADuecheek and
Miss Norah Lannison, a comedy Maria,
completed the trio ct plotters. Frederick
Lewis was n manly Duke whose diction
was a delight to the ear. Henry Stan
ford as Sebastian tried his best to look
like Miss Marlowe and suggested as
we'll as any mere man could.
Charming settings all in gray stone
and green and excellent stage manage
ment made the production a delight to
the eye as well as to the ear.
The sun., 1919-10-07
HAZER IN VIRGINIA
GETS PRISON TERM
Two Others Go to Jail and a
Fourth Is Fined.

CHRIsTANsBERG, Va, oct. 6. - Four
students at Virginia Polytechnic Institute
were found guilty Of assault by Mont
gomery county jury tonight because Of
participation In hazing episode at the
school last spring. John Fox. a fresh
man at the institute at the time, testified
during the trial that injuries he suffered
at the hands of the four sophomores re-
suited in paralysis of his spine. 4
Bernard Siegel Of Newport News, was
sentenced to a year in the penitentiary.
The three other students, Robert e.
Ware, Dunneville,, Va; George w.
Scott. Jr., Richmond. and Albert @.
Copeland. Wyanoke, Va, received rei
specuvely sentences of six months in
jail, thirty days In jail and $50 fine
Fox said that Siegel had pounded him
In the small of the back with bed slat,
and that the other three did the same,
but had not used 30 much force Siegel,
called to the stand in defence, denied
using a bed stat. but said he had em-
ployed a regular paddle" such as was
commonly used by upper classmen at the
school in disciplining freshmen. All four
said they had no idea of the serious in
Jury done to Fox and that they had been
moved to tears on learning of II later.
The sun., 1919-10-07
APPLAUD IN JAZZ
TIME AT PALACE
Songs Of That Variety Share
Honors With Bee Palmer's
Shoulders.

Songs, especially OF the Jazz variety.
flooded the bills in the Palace yester-
day until the audience almost reached
the point Of clapping their hands in
rhythm. Irene Bordoni and Gitz-Rice.
the Canadian composer, sprinkled in
in the order arranged by Gitz-Rice. and
received tho Keith citation for distin-
guished service.
Bee Palmer's shoulders were retained
for a second week. and her six kings
Of tazxapation--otherwi known as the
boy musicians who cut their. teeth on
Jazz instruments-climbed all over the
plano to keep her company. Williams
and Wolfus bodied around In their
musical ciowning act, "Hark! Hank !:
Hank l." and Jimmy Fallon and Russ
Brown, doughboy entertainers of the
Twenty Division. heaped up the
measure SO high with songs that finally
the Palace historian, devotee of jazz
harmony though he Is. stagyere out
with all his feelings reacting and tried
to find a woman with whom he could
discuss the prose style of Walter Pater.
Two sketches were contributed, one
by Valerie Bergere and company, who
presented ''The Moth" an comedy by
Emmett Dewey, and the other by Tony
Hunting and Corinne Francis, who ap-
peared in their comedy. THE Flower
Shop" with which they kept the Army
of Occupation occupied. Klass and Ter
mini. w. Horliok and Sarampa Sisters
and the Maxine Brothers, with Bobby,
the comedy dog, were others who served
as foil to the topics of the day.
In the Riverside Theatre Irving Ber-
lin brought his voice back 10 vaudeville
after several seasons in old and new
songs. with Harry Akst keeping time
at the piano Messrs. Berlin and Akst
were 30 much in demand they nearly
put the piano out of order. Charles
King, Bailey and Cowan and Joe Laurie
were the other bright spots illuminated
by the limelight.
In the Columbia the Jacobs and Her
mon extravaganza. THE Golden Crook"
with cast topped of by Ed johnson
and Juliette Belmont, revived memories
of the golden age of burlesque.
The sun., 1919-10-07
LAUNDRY WORKERS
QUIT TOBACK UNION
Employers Ready to Agree on
Preferential Shop and
% Arbitration.

Laundry employees struck yester-
day. Hand laundry employers have
struck or closed up shop. The Inter
national Laundry Workers Union and
the State Organization of Laundry EN-
ployers cannot agree and the destiny of
the soiled shirt looms alarmingly.
The whole question boiled itself down
to the closed shop and recognition Of
the union
G. II. Van Doren. president of the
State Organization OF Laundry EN-
ployers, said yesterday in the Hotel
Pennsylvania he would agree to a pref
erential shop and an arbltrating COM
mittee to settle disputes.
The employees, as spoken for yester-
day by Vernon B. Smith. labor organ
izer for the Laundry Workers Union,
demands except the closed shop and
recognition of the union. A forty-four
hour week Is demanded. WITH time and
half for overtime. and the abolition of
holiday work. For employees in steam
laundries an increase in wages Of 40 per
cent for male workers and rs per cent.
for female workers is demanded Shirt
ironers want $40 for 800 shirts and
clause limiting work TO 400 shirts a
week.
How many employees went out yes
terday was hard to ascertain. Figures
from strike officials vary from 1000 to
5000. Also strike officials said the
laundry business was tied up as far as
the hand laundry was concerned and
that what hard work was being done
was by Chinese or steam laundgies.
The steam laundrymen said yesterday
they were breaking of buttons just
about the same as usual and that the
strike had not affected them enormously.
Mr.. Smith said yesterday that arbitra-
ton negotiations were being conducted
between the International Laundry
Workers and the laundry employers and
that all indications pointed TO a general
settlement OF the strike to-day. A meet
ing Of the two factions was expected
last night. but Mt late hour no infor-
nation was obtainable as TO what was
being done
The sun., 1919-10-07
HANLEY ADMITS RUM SELLING,
Pays Fine of 800 and Closes His
Bar for Keeps.

John ]. Hanley pleaded guilty yester-
day in the Federal District Court 10
second violation of the war time pro-
hibition law and was fined $500 by
Judge Sheppard.
" Hanley's saloon ut Broadway and
tfSinety-second street has been soreiy
kffed since the arid era developed. Into
Ef1e net spread first by the Department
No Justice the dlspensary tumbled. Han
by paid a $50 fine, Not long after
Several automobile bandits dropped in
and departed with $1,000. 1t was In a.
second Department OF, Justice raid that
he was entrapped for the second offence.
At that he grew discouraged and shut I'D
shop for good.
The sun., 1919-10-07
COURTS JAMMED
WITH RENT CASES
Thousands Of Families, Facing
Dispossess Proceedings,
Fight Actions.

Thousands of families. facing dispos-
sess proceedings. fought II out with land
lords in the Municipal Courts yesterday.
Calendars were clogged with cases as
never before. Court rooms were damned
to the limit. Many dispossess warrants
were issued because the Justices corl''r't
help themselves. but in the maJo" &.
cases settlements were reached aid cases
called Off, or else tenants managed to get
further delay by paying into court TWEEN
ty days rent, as permitted by law, thus
giving them time in which to look for
the hard to find new home.
There were exactly 90 cases on the
calendar in the Second District Mu-
nicipal Court, The Bronx. and Justice
Harry Robitzek had his hands full. The
greatest number Of cases handled in any
previous day In this court was 500.
Ninety per cent. OF yesterdays cases
were "holdovers." Many OF the litigants
simply couldn't get into the court room
when everything was in full swing.
Ten years ago such situation as
this was unheard Of" Justice Robitzek
ssid. Il cannot conceive of all these
defendants being undesirable tenants I
lords and rent prohteering are largely
responsible for the situation"
Justice Friedlander had 500 cases be-
fore him in the Seventh District Munic-
ipal Court at $50 West 125th street
Here many distressed tenants paid
twenty days rent in court 80 they can
remain where they are while looking
for new apartments.
In the Second District Court, 264 Mad
ison street, Justice Elder presiding, 400
cases were taken up, mostly actions
against East Side rent strikers" Many
compromises between landlords and ten
nnts were brought about by the Justice.
, Justice Thomas F. Noonan heard 1875
cases In the Third District Court, ala
West Fiftyfourth street and Justic
Boyle 9S In the Fourth District Court,
a07 East Thirty-second street
Justice Ward. sitting In the Fifth Dis
trict Court, Broadway and Ninety-gixth
street, handled so cases and Justice
Marks heard 90 in the Sixth District
Court, 1855 East Eighty-eighth .treet.
There were so cases (an business places)
In the Ninth. District Court, Madison
ay enue and Flfty-ninth street 43 in the
First, 146 Grand street, and adjourned
cases in the Eighth District Court. 40
East 12lst street.
Most of the courts will have equally
large calendars to-day.
Members of the lawyers committee
Of the Mayors Committee on Rent
Profiteering were stationed at all the.
courts to look after the interests of
tenants who found themselves in trouble.
mass meeting will take place to-
morrow night at the Harlem Board of
Trade for the purpose of organizing a
society to erect barracks in vacant lots
and parks for the temporary housing of
families who will eventually be dis
possessed and who cannot find homes.