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as secretary to Senator Teller of
Colorado, MIR. Dawson later became
a member of the Washington staff Of
the Associated Press, which he served
for twenty years at the Capitol. Most
of his attention he devoted to news
developing in the Senate, and 1t was
said OF him by one of the most dis
tinguished senators that ''he knew
more about the United States Senate
than any man in It."
Held Senate Position.
At the beginning OF the first Will
son administration he was made
executive clerk Of the Senate, and
cussions of foreign policy behind the
closed doors of the upper house OF
Congress. Afterward he retired to
his home in Colorado, but was re-
called to Washington about two
years ago to become correspondent Of
the Christian Science Monitor. His
service in that capacity was followed
by his appointment as state historian
of Colorado, a place he held until the
time of his death.
Donald Craig, manager of the
Washington bureau of the New York
Herald, who was injured in the car
in which Mr.. Curtis was killed, be-
came head Of the New York Herald
bureau here in 1919, after serving
with the Washington stafr of that
paper experience was received on The
Evening Star.
Recalls 1919 Accident.
Yesterdays accident recalled
similar one which occurred in Sep
tember, 1919, to a group of news
paper men who were accompanying
President Wilson on his Swing
around the circle" in behalf Of the
league of nations. At that time Ben
T. Allen, Washington correspondent
of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. was
killed when the automobile in which
he was riding on the Columbia high
way. near Portland. Greg. collided
with another machine: James r.
Patterson of Portland. driver Of the
car in which Mr.. Allen rode, also
was killed. while two other occu-
pants, both Washington newspaper
men, were injured.
The automobile was one OF those
trailing a car carrying President and
Mrs. Wilson along the highway, and,
according to witnesses, was attempt
ing to regain its position In the line
1t had lost. when the accident oc-
CURED. n.--.-4J
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ties of rum. bottles of whisky
The stock was under French gov
ernment seal.
Surveyor of the Port whittle an
nounced that the United States gov
ernmcnt would follow its initial step
Saturday in the case of the Baltic
and seize in excess of medicinal re-
Quirements as fast as 1t arrived.
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ency of administrative officers to make
the c1assfffcations as high as possible.
Local Employees Underpaid.
The District employees are notori-
ous1y underpaid. in comparison with
other branches of the government
service. If these District employees
receive increases from seven TO eight
cen per rent above their present pay
plus the $40 bonus, 1t does not nec-
essarily mean that other employees in
federal offices will be advanced in the
same proportion. Mr.. Graves empha-
sizes.
THE personnel classification board
has not issued any instructions to
any department heads to keep down
the ALLEGATION OF employees" said Mr..
Graves.
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|DAWN-DARK TRIP MONDAY
Maughan Announces Plans Com
pleted for Transcontinental Dash.

pleted for TranScontlnental Dash.
MITCHELL FIELD, N. Y, June 25.-
Lieut.. Russell L. Maughan announced
today he expected to hop off next
Monday on his dawn -to-dusk trans
continental flight.
The Army flyer, who returned last
night after q "missionary" trip over
most of his route, expects delivery
of his plane Wednesday. He plans
trial trips Friday and Saturday after
his mechanics pronounce the ma
chine in condition.
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The first union Of servant girls was
organized in Melbourne. Australia, In
lS66<
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BALDWIN SAYS u. S.
HAS RIGHT TO TAKE
LIQUOR UNDER SEAL

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AUTO WRECK FATAL
TO SUMNER Curtis
AND T. F. DAWSON

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from New York. She left immediate
ly, 1t was said, upon being inform ed
Of her husbands injury.
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CLASSIFYING LAW
TO GIVE HIGHER PAY

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HOW DoAK lost OUT
Lands Task Herculean, Says Farrell

that the National league wasn't oour-
ageous enough 10 sctuo itself II
Ruba Benton IL 10 sue anyone. he
must Institute proceedings against
lands Tho National league Is out
OF II.
The Benton case IN the toughest
proposition that has been put up to
the commits sioncr and some OF tho
mREnatos arc reminding him. In ac-
ions. II not In actual words tina,
such are the things for which he was
hired.
N lands reinstates Benton. no will
have Charley Herzog and his lawyers
on him. II he puts the sbids under
Benton. he win have Garry Herr
mann. the st. Paul club and Benton
around his neck.
The National league passed tho
buck 70 lands because Il doesn't
want TO air the Herzog- Benton case
in court. II legal action results from
the present tanglc, tho records may
have TO DO produced, II they haven't
been destroyed
Another nice angle 20 tho problem
IL the slap that will be taken at the
minor leagues n Benton In ruled I'M
NJ for major league baseball. What
ever IL held against Benton in the
National league was held against him
when he left the Giants and went to
81. Paul. Tho minor leagues will
want 10 know then why Lands al
lowed such a player 10 be passed OFT
onto one OF their circuits. lands al
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BY HENRY l.. FARRELL

NEW YORK. March Te--when
IN Commissioner lands took charge
OF major league baseball he must
have known that pleasing tho club
owners was a Job Of the Hins and al
most aA lmposslbie OF fultilimont AZ
drying up the OCEAN with tho we'll
known pan full OF holes
II the commissioner didn't know II
then. he surely knows II now.
Rather fortunately for him. how
ever. no has only is men to deal with
and In that comparatively small
group he can sort the ones for him
and tho ones against him.
The argument over the creation Of
tho position and the appointment OF
n man 10 the pos, should have should
have shown the commissioner con-
eludycly whore he stood.
Since he took up the reius OF base
ball there has been steady current
OF antl-Landis propaganda under tho
surface.
First. IL was suggested that no
could deal with tho white sox be-
trayHrs drastically and nave his hide.
Tho snme thing was Eald about tho
kauff case. Then he was predicted
as sure failure when u came to get
ting the majors and minors together.
Next Il was the rescue OF baseball
after Il got dark that afternoon dur
Ing the worlds series
Now u Ia the Benton casc. Tho
commissioner has In his lap case
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Benton to
Pitch for
PatMoran
Lands Restoration of
Former Giant Makes
Contenders of Cincy

NEW YORK March s.-Restora.
" ton OF Rube Benton 10 good
standing and the decision Of Com.
missioner lands that the former
Giant sou,hpaw Il good enough 10
play In the National league. will put
the Cincinnati Reds up TO their ears
In tho psnnant rRoa.
All the Reds needed was one more
reliable and experienced pitcher 10
give them a most formidable team.
and Il Benton works like he did lRst
season with st. PAU he Is the needed
pitcher
Monn's staff OF huriers consists
OF two great lcfthanders - Rlxcy.
The best m tho league, and Benton.
Pete ponohue. tho young pitching
Phenomenon. and several other
youngsters Of great promise. IN Pat
Moran Il able TO got sheehan from
~. Paul. also. tho Reds ought 90 be
the favorite In tho pennan, race.
Garry Hermann IN the only Ma.
iional league maEnats no Il entitled
10 chuckle over the decision. because
most of the other club owners were
burned by tho hot shot lands took
AZ them for waiting two years 10
press charges against a man who. II
upheld. would have deprived him OF
his only means OF earning good
living.
lands brought up the issue that
has been drawn from the Htnrt--lf
Benton was good enough 90 play IN
the American association. he IL good
enough 10 work In the National
league. because both belong 10 or
gnnixcd baseball.
Among the players. the decision Of
lands no doubt win be received
with pleasure. aitho some Of them
may maintain that Il Ia about time
that the commissioners gave u break
70 a player II lands has not Ia
yorcd the mAEnatea. as his support.
srs may argue. q "a the first tina
that he haa publicly hssallcd them
and the assaillnK was long overdue
on general principles.
While his motives may have been
very commercial Garry Hermann
deserves credit for the fight he put
up TO get Benton and h- Ia entitled
10 the pitcher. a. he was willing to
lay all the cards on the table. while
tho other club owners ran 70 cover
and passed the buck 20 John Heyd,
Ter. the league PRESIDENT.
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BY BILLY EVANS
LWAYB cover flr.t bano

A LwAYB cover first base.
\ That Il set rule In baseball
that pitchers are supposed 10 follow
when tho bathman grounds to tho
first haseman.
Always hack up frs, base on a
throw from an lnfleldsr whom there
is no play 81 tho plate.
Catchers arc supposed 20 DO that
20 as TO DO In position TO handle
any overthrow OF that bare.
Pitchers and catohcfa In tho ma jor
leagues follow out these two theories
religiouHly. Hundreds OF times IL is
a wasted effort, as the play IL per.
tectly executed
Occasionally tbs pitcher and catch.
er alp Mp on tho play, fail 10 20
over. and invariably tho boo, proves
costly.
Bin poak. star pitcher Of the 81.
Louis Cardinals. IL offered as Er.
hlbit A 90 prove tho necessity Of a
pitcher always covering first baAs.
SLIP PROVES COSTLY
Failure 10 cover first bane has
robbed BIN Doak OF three no-hlt
games and prevented him from 90
cupyinE a spot in hasshall's hail OF
fame tina, no other pitcher has ever
reached
Covering first base In a hobby OF
mine. Don't believe have failed to
20 over a half doron times In my
career. Every time have failed to
so over a base hit has bean The re-
suit"
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By Waite HoW
New York American Pitcher aud Weird s~r,s. u.~o

when IL cstms To baseball, we had
no trouble ou;Kusssing the Japs, but
how they ouffoxsd Us on tho dog
question:
leaving Japan our party Was aug
nented by Is dogs. most Of them
high.pricsd elbows. Every fellow on
tho trip bought one or more Of the
famous breed.
II was the intention Of the players
10 give some OF their friends chow
dog "a a souvenir OF the trip. while
we paid aplenty for the dogs. the
price In no way compared with what
they bring In this country.
At the last report only four OF the
dogs were still alive and one Of them
was mighty sick. In fact. 50 sick
that Freddie Hoffman, It's owner.
was forced 10 place the chow In a
dog hospital In San Francisco while
he proceeded homeward.
when II was all too late we were
told a reason why 81 Of the dogs
failed TO survive the ocean trip. The
fate Of most OF the dogs had been
sealed before we even got them out
OF Japan.
The Japs desire TO keep up the
price OF chow dogs By making the
species rare. The chow dog IL re-
garded as very delicate AZ to consti.
tuition, but It's my belief that many
of the deaths are caused By the
feeding.
The Jap breeders Of the chow dogs
never refused sale. and often cut
Tho price considerably 20 put over
the transaction. In practically every
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eighth inning. when Cyrus Williams
drlbbled one Of those slow twiAtera
down the first base line.
This ball was fielded by Jacques
Fourier. but when he looked
around 10 the bag for Doak. 70 his
surprise BIN was stlll on the rubber
and Williams was on first base with
the only M, Of the game.
Time advances TO the 1922 season.
on May II the Cardinals we're play.
ing tho Giants. Doak wis pitching.
Dave Bancroft, first up In the game,
shot roller 10 Foufnier. Again Bin
Dohk saw no.hit game alp out OF
his reach. for he failed TO cover.
while Bancroft aid TO tho bag ahead
OF Fournier And that was tho only
HIT for the Giants. Doak winning.
: 20 o.
The nsIt soens took place on July
Is with Doak pitching against the
Phiilies. Ils wns leading. 10 o.
opening tho seventh and on his why
TO n hltieHs game. Curtis Walker,
opening the inning. sent one Of those
familiar shippers 70 Fournier. once
again Doak failed 10 get over in
time. That waS the only hit for the
Phlliies.
Three rank scratches have DE-
priyed Doak Of remarkable record.
Talk 70 National league baseball az
perts and they win tell you that Bill
Doak Ia one Of the smartsst pitchers
In the circuit Yet Doak, who has
had the highes; ranking twice since
1914. has missed three no.hit games
because he has failed to follow the
ball and cover FIRST base.
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Guiding New York and vicinity.
IT'S been tough" Waterman
ayowed this morning. bud fights
like a champion and goes over big
everywhere we show-except when
we tackle tho Eastern game. It
looks funny. yet It's the truth: BUD
could knock a man kicking In Cali.
fornia or In the Northwest and then
look like a monkey with the same
fighter in Gotham"
II does appear. from the records.
that there IL something to this fink
idea Ridley has always done well
except In the East. He has al
ready made two rather disappointing
attempts to Chamber to the heights
in the New York game. But Water.
man, looking on the bright side OF
things and figuring that the third
effort should break the charm" il
going to take his diminutive miller
for another whlrl at the New York
glove game soon.
we have an offer to box at Madi-
son Square Garden In the near fu.
ture, with a guarantee OF 1890 and
expenses. l would. however. like to
stack Ridley up against some boy
here before we leave, In order to let
Seattle fans see him In action
Waterman said.
Ridley would make i3s pounds
for Foley, Dillon or any other ban.
tam who could be procured: and he
is willing to take on Johnny Mack
who, by the way, looks like good
boy to me--if Mack viii scale 1sS
pounds for the co.
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ready has established an ''out" on
that score by claiming that II all hap
pcned before he took the chair OF
commissioner However, when the
commissioner was federal Judge he
must. early in his career on the
bench. have been forced to pass sen.
tence on persons who had committed
crimes before ne was seated.
Tho minor leagues, especially the
Class "A circuits. which are under
the leadership at present OF the Pa
clio Coast league, arc sore at the
commissioner now and they might go
a long way in demanding some Ell.
plantations.
AZ the present time faction OF the
club owners are trying 20 place all
kinds OF obstacles In the way OF Ian
dis: the ball players ara off him."
claiming that he is playing politics
with the owners, and the minor
leagues arc sore at him for playing
The majors. The commissioner has n
seven-year contract, and II he sticks
1t out. he's demon for punishment
During the recent National league
meeting in New York. club owner
was asked II the commissioner was to
be present and II was replied--"Don't
think no, he wasn't invited and he
wouldn't como unless invited"
Bear this In mlnd--the whoie Ben
ton controversy was started by Ban
Johnson.
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Green Bear
CreWSquad
Limbers Tn

BERKELEY. Cal. March s,--with
q new crew. mostly green. California
nevertheless regards the prospects
for a winning eigh, this year as e1.
ceedlngiy bright Five of last years
crow have bean lost to the university
aud the boat Is loaded with new men
who have more beef than expcrianoe.
Coach Ben Wallis. however. Ia
working hard. realizing his handicap,
and AZ the Same time predicting that
he will have a team that will give
Washington terrible battle.
Captain Williams. Brooks walker.
and Fat Steinert are the three vet.
Grams available. Gardner, a sub last
year. has been showing we'll and is
considered q likely candidate for
stroke. In Linstrum. Wallis has a
new man who may be an even bet.
ter stroke than Gardner.
Both California and Warrington
win have new shells this year. They
were ordered from the same manu-
facturer and viii be identical as to
design.
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case after buying a dog I, was nseen.
sary 10 let II remain In the kennels
until we were rpady TO taks Il aboard
ahip. There was the rub.
After leaving Japan we we're told
that usually tha dog was fed a c~r.
tain connection that AFTER a time
caused great suffering ard usually
death.
IL was alleged that the Japs would
take heavy piece OF bamboo. bend
IL over. cover II with cotton and then
tic II with a strong band. II was
then placed In some rics and fed TO
tho dog. The story goes that as soon
as the thread ls broken. the bamboo
stick springs open and rupturcs the
lntestines o. tho dog.
II IL a fact that every one OF tho
81 dogs that died suffered in exactly
the same way. Every possible atten.
ton was given them. but not single
one rallied.
Yes. siri Those laps didn't max,
much trouble for N in base3ail. but
what a trimming they gave us on
the dog question.
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JACKSON TO
BOX WILLIAMS

Eddie jackson and Pat Williams
will do their stuff in the six.round
semi-windup at Tuesday nights
ring show, Promoter Nate Druxin-
man, OF the National Athletic club.
announced today. The tilt will back
UP the main event. In which VIC
Foley, Northwest bantam king. Is to
defend his crown against George
Lee. California's Chinese representa-
tive.
jackson, after layoff Of about
year, rather surprised the fans q
couple OF weeks ago by trimming the
tough Billy c'Kid'D Johnson. OF
Olympia. ina six-round melee. Jack.
son has apparently taken care OF
himself and Is In shape to do battle.
Williams is bit in the limelight
at present, due to his somewhat un.
expected showing against George
Burns at the last smoker. The 60
looks attractive.
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SOUTHERN TRACKMEN HOPE
TO TRIM CARDS AND BEARS

r oS ANGELES, March s.--Aprll 7
II has been tentatively mentioned
by Stanford university as possible
date for q track meet with either a
combined Occidental. Pomona team,
or an hll.star team picked from all
the colleges Of the Southern califor.
MIA conference.
The stars Of the Southern confer.
cnce are more than anxious 10 take
another crack AZ tho two Northern
universities. Last year. heralded as
a really remarkable aggregation Of
stars. the southerners fell down mis-
erabiy. Paul Stroud. Pomona half.
miller. won both his races. Argue Of
Occidental showed well, but not as
well as he usually does. The South.
erners were outnumbered In every
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STANFORD SURE
OF DIVE TITLE

CRAWFORD UNIVERSITY. Cal,
~ March s,--EFnie Brandsten.
Stanford swimming coach. makes II
his business 10 develop diving cham.
piona He taught Clarence Pinkston
the tricks Of the trade and enabled
him 20 win tho worlds diving cham.
plonship, Pinks,on left Stanford. no
Ernie dug up another youth named
Al White. He taught Al how TO dive
10 well that he defeated Pinkston.
and now wears both indoor and out.
door championships for diving.
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Then Emmett Seoed, regular first baeman hurt
and Magee had to fill in He kick right from the
start He did things up in fashy style and had all the
in the world.
one dAy Lynch charging
from third with plate standing
and Mike looked terrible o. he play
Why didn't hit the bali
see the hit and
did" In
mp Ike recruits would
out two-haso hit the
From then Magee n vii me- his
10 SHOW now popular Magee relate this
We had the eahbiest
named Kelly
cay When things didn't
me gandstand and start whiting the
he cost me plenty Of carpenter bills repaired
On this Euv.,
laugh could be heard turnout
our Lee made
Just that popular. too ~ - 80 49,
sold Lee the ST. Louis Nationals M had bo, hui,
career In the big he
DIAL that shunted him he = " - ~
Mage whoss IeoH orr.rn,,.y.. -.
the printing trade Cincinnati " ' 'N'AS ~
Saturday DugdAe famou. sor, q, T.. u. -,
The mysterious - y ~ "N'n"' anu
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GOLF TOURNEY
ENDING TODAY

sAN DIEGO. Cal. March a.
with Mis- Doreen knvnnaugh. fer.
mar women's state golf champion.
eliminated. Mise Mary Browne OF
Santa Monica. viii meet Miss Mar.
rare, Cameron Of Los Angeles In
the finals Of the san Diego Country
club annual tournament today.
Miss RAvanaugh wns defeated in
a sensational match yesterday Al tho
hands OF Miss Browne. up in 20
holes
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ARTISTS ON
AIR TONIGHT

Tonight will be Seattle night on
the air at Tacoma. A program of
instrumental and vocal music BY Sc.
attic artists from the Cornish school
or music will be broadcasted from
radiophone station KMo. Station
KGB has surrendered an hour OF It's
time and station KFEJ has given up
It's schedule that the Seattle pro.
gram may be given In full.
The artists are Gertrude Nord.
dramatic soprano; Anne o Kelly,
dramatic reader: Elizabeth onsum
and Elizabeth Choate, viollnists;
Frances Williams, pianist. and Eme.
line Ruddock. soprano. The program
will start at $40. The Kilbourne 4
Clarke Manufacturing Co. OF Seattle,
is sponsoring the program.
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event and took two bad beatfngs
from Stanford and California.
This year many Of the same ath-
letss will be back on the sob and are
anxious TO make up for their prev
ious poor showing. Keech Of Caitech
and Handley OF Pomona are probably
az good as any milers in the state.
Charlie Daggs can beat any hurdler
on the coast. Young Chuck Eaton
Of Pomona promises 10 be sensa
ton in the Jayelin. Cliff Argue j.
better this year than ever In high
jump. sprints and broad Jump.
California has not yet said any
thing about a meet. but viii probably
be willing TO arrange one as the
southerners usually give good com
petition and are a good attraction.
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with nine clubs, three or them
new TO the league. signed, prospects
for the loops 1929 season are loom
ing bright. Manager "snooze" Lam
bert reports TIM, no many OF the old
plnyers are ready to show up for
duty that the 2iclub circuit OF 1922
viii likely increase TO well over 30
when The Star Junior league swings
into action, on April 10.
1; Ia expected that Edmonds will
contest for the pennant this year, II
the out.of.town club can make mr..
rnngements for transportation OF
themselves and rival aggregations
over tho 10 miles that separate Ed
monds from Seattle. Tho Edmonds
players have already signed for the
season, but some doubt that they will
be able 10 20 thru with tho schedule
remains. They also are handicapped
by a poor diamond.
A sort OF real estate angle may de.
velop in the league this summer II
Henry Broderiok, Inc. hkes over
tho Washington Park club, runners.
UP to tho ponnantwinning West q
Wheeler tossers In 1929. The race
was close all the way, the West a
Wheeler sluggers winning by nose
In n hnir.raislng finish. The two
firms have been rivals IN business
for years--compotitlon on tho ball
field would add variety
Art Butler Ia expected 20 again ca.
wort around second bnsc--hls old pc.
altlon--for the West & Wheeler
champions Despite the single draw.
bpok OF hlg tendency 10 be n bit un.
stendy on his pins and Rnglc up his
feet while fielding the fast ones. but.
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California may boast her mermaids. but
Portland has fair natntor that Just
made her debut TO the aquatic colony In
the recent city championships by win
nlnk nm event for girls OF IL and under
In the astonishing time OF "a seconds
This nwlnmer IL Miss Irvaleta Smith, OF
the Portland Natatorlum club, who has
seen but ? years on this earth. She wAs
clockcd recently In b0.ynrd de- y AZ
81 as seconds. The century sw IA
been swam by Miss smith In tttie
rs seconds. quite some marks Nnd
there n doubt n there Is a girl her ase
In America that can equal tho time. She
awima q wonderful stroke, beating the
water with tho ease OF n hardened
athlete