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Forty-tMrd Year-No. 112-Pr.ce F.ve Cent.. QGDEN CITY, UTAH, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 14, 1913 Entered Second-C tter at the Peat.ff.ce. Ogden. Utah I
! OPPOSITION
'I TO HEARINGS
I '
Democratic Leaders in
Senate Declare That
a Open Meeting Resolu
tion Will Be Voted
Down- Manufacturers
Making Protests
Washington May 14 Senate Re
J publicans wore again ready today to
prolong consideration of the public
hearings Issue fhey have raised as the
openlDg wedge In their fight on
Underwood bill
Senator Penrose a amendment tn
Senator Simmons" reference motion
has now become the Penrose-La Fol
left amendment, the I'ennsy Ivanian
having accepted a proposal that man
ufacturers he required to answer six
teen questions relating to production
and transportation coats here and
abroad and the percentages of duty
that repreaent coat differences and
profits.
IVmocratlc lender deny that they
have any fear of lettine the publii
hearing amendment come to a vote
It was In the midst of the debate yes
terday that Senator Bacon moved for
l an executive session and that gave
rise to rumors that the rnijorlty want
ed more time to rally opposition to
the Republican attach The Demo
crats point out, however, to the vote
of 48 to .14 on the motion for an ex
ecutlve session as an Indication f
strength against open beeringe
ProtcBt from Manufacturers
When the discussion WBM resumed
at noon todnv it earned unlikely that
a Tot would be reached as the Kern
resolution directing an Inqulr) in'o
West Virginia coal fields was the un
finished business to be taken up at
12 o'clock.
A snmii :irmy of manufacturers ap
pealed for private audiences tods
1 with chairmen of the finance sub-1
committees In chnrpe ol the various
schedules More than si ore of
chemical manufa turers waited in the
hall adjoining the room where the
sub-commit tee considering the chem
ical schedule was in session. They
were told to return tomorrow.
Another group, wool manufacturers,
p besieged Senator Stone's sub-commit-I
tee armed with protests against the
SK n.ts In manufactures of wool Boms
will be heard before the Bub-COmmtt-Bt
if..- tlTiis'n ii t" work
When the f'mbt was removed In the
senate II be n with a 'lash between
Jm Senator Ransdell. who opposes the
sugar schedule and Chairman Sim-
inons Senator Hansdell naked to
H have the clerk read u letter from I
I Iewls C. Rowley of Lansing, Mich.,
who described himself Rfl an original .
Wilton man '' 0er spirited objec
tlon the clerk read the letter which
desi riled the leading Democratic ex
all poncnt of free sugar - - u cursed.,
H unpardonable apostate of i mocrath
pit faith, lickinp the footsteps of the pre-
daton rich, hell bent on lowering the:
I cost of Using, even if the American
Ii standard of living and the standard
J ( . of Demorr.iilc principles are lowered
with It
Before the reading was half con
si (iiidrii Senator Ree objected and
forced vote which was lost. Re
HK publicans voting lth some Demo
IB rrats apainst it The clerk continued
to read the letter, predicting death
Cj for the American sugar Industry when
the I'nderwood schedule becomes ef-
,ts f. c t i
FOUR German
SAILORS KILLED
2
Helgoland. Germany. Mas 14 Four
aW Genu Ml I' in .i.h ! ! r- ,11. ,i, ,
three others seriously Injured iodic.
b the exipUi-n.il ol ' hiffh prei
cylinder In ihe engine room of 'or
I pedo boat S-llS' while the m-ri
g t.is participating In maneuvers i,;ir
K here The two torpedo boat flotillas
I returned to Helgoland With their
I'lajK flap? M ine a' hall mast and hnded 1
the Injured for treatment at the naxal
iTf.'f hospital
I WANAMAKER
f CASE PROBE
Attorney General Mc
Reynolds Investigat
ing Payment of $100,
000 to Government for
0 Irregularities in As
sessing Duties on Im-
Washington. May 14 -Attorney Gen-
eral McReynolds nearly ha: finished '
I investigating the John Wana maker
I I cuitorra case and will derid.- ::i
few days if L-ny evidence has been
y dibcloaed to r resent to a federal grand
U Jury.
In the clo9'ng days of the Taft ad
E3 ministration. Mr. Wanamaker paid
H 1 100.000 to the trezaury to settle civil
I liability for Irregularities In assessing
duties on imports over a period of
fl nlout 15 years. A minor employ in
a the Philadelphia customs' house wne
1 permitted to resign with the explana
I I tlon that he had been carleBS
I j Some treasury official said Wana
I maker had paid to the government
III rart 'ban it could have re. mrrcd y
. civil action. Secretary IfcAdoo, whan
BB e he look office, asked the attorney gen
eral to find if there was any evi
dence of Intent to defraud the gov
( rnment
PRAIRIE FIRE
THREATENS LIVES
Saskatoon. Sask . May 14. Man
lives were threatened last night
when a pralrlo fire surrounded the
fire of ndrews. west of here, de
stroying everal buildings and cuttlnR
off the escape of inhabitants Men.
w omen and children Joined In f i p; h 1 1 n
the flames, which were gotten under
control after the postofflce, a general
Store anil smaller buildings had hrcn
burned to the ground
Firemen rescued a family living
over a store shortly before the build
ing collapsed
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WHITE SLAVE
PROSECUTION
Conviction of Jack
Johnson Is Only Fore
runner of Laws For
bidding Miscegenation
Must Suffer as Vio
lator of the Law
Chicago. May i I Thru the convic
tion of Jack Johnson negro prize
fighter, for violation of the .Mann act
against trafficking in women, is the
forerunner of laws forbidding mls
! ceenHtlon. was the assertion today
of Assistant United States District
Attorney Harry Parkin, who conduct
ed the caae for the government
This erdlct will go around the
world," he said It the forerunner
of laws to be passed in the 1 nlted
States which we may live to see
laws forbidding miscegenation This
QCgTO, In the ees of many. Ii36 been
persecuted Perhaps as an individual
I lie was nut his misfortune is to he
the foremost example of the evil in
permitting the Intermarriage of
white and blacks He has violated the
law. Now it is his function to teach
others the law must bo respected "
In his instructions to the Jury last
night .In. Ice Carpented emphasized
the fact that the character of the
prosecuting witness must not lie con
sidered. The. fact that the prosecuting n i'
ness a discarded mistress, an
abandoned woman, does not affect
the Isstic in this case.'' the court de
clared ' e have had many unfortu
nate people In this case trainers,
fighting camp hangers-on and women
of the underv.orld but because of
I tliclr status in life their evidence
, must not be disregarded.
It is as much of an offense under
I the Mann act lo transport a hardened
woman as an innocent girl. It Is not
necessarv that a person accused of
violation of the act shill receive a
I profit through transportation of a
t oman '
LONG SIEGE
OF STRIKE
Cincinnati Trac tion
Company Sends Out
Three Cars Under
Heavy Police Guard
Strikers Keeping
Their Plans a Secret
Cincinnati. O. May 14 With only
three cars operating and these es
eorted by a heavy police guard oer
their entire route, the strike of the
street car employes of the C'incinnuM
Trnctlon company today gave every
evidence of settling into a long siege
Ml efforts were made by the slriker-i
or their sympathizer! this morning
n interfere with the operation of the
three ondale line cars that left th-lr
barn at ft o'clock hummed in on all
Idee by mounted policemen and prp
eeded end followed bv police auto
mobiles filled with offirerr. The cars
operated slowly and carried no pas
lengeri other than the men placed
Upon them by the company.
Mayor Hunt said that during the
dnv other esrs would probably he
ut out on the different lines and
that they would be afforded full po
lli e protection.
No word enme Irom the striker '
headQuartera today and with the fu
ure plans thry may have, have been
kept secret.
PLAGLER VERY LOW.
West Palm Bea h Fla May 14 -'
Veporta from he bedrid- o' Henry M
Flacler said the capitalist was unable
to tain nourishment today.
CRIME OF
A FARMER
Kills Wife With Stove
Poker, Shoots Daugh
ter, Seriously Wounds
His Son-in-Law, and
Commits Suicide By
Cutting Throat
Sparta. Wis. May 14 Because of
I famlh trouble which grew out of dis
putes over propom William Hogue
aged 7i a retired farmer, today killed
his wift with a stove oker, three
times shot his daughter. Mrs (iu W il
f son. with a revolver seriously wound
ed his son-ln luw with two shots from
!the same weapon and then committed
suicide by cutting hl6 throat with a
razor Mr6 Wilson Is dying Her
husband mav reoer.
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HIGH RATE
I ON FREIGHT
Interstate Commerce
Commission Takes
Under Advisement
Petition of 52 Eastern
Railroads For an In
crease of Five Per
Cent
Washington May '4 Eastern rail
roads look the first step toward an
i attempt to increase their freight ratei
! when representatives of fifty-two lines
' ea6t of the Mississippi and north ol
the Ohio and Potomac conferred to
, day with the interstate commerce
commission on a formal application
to reoieii the "eaatcrn advance cast
which was decided against the rail
roads tv.o years ago.
The application in effect is to re
hear the request for inrrenp.es which
the commission denied about t to
cars aco rhc obi application asked
for n uniform 5 per cent advance OR)
all through freight on the basis of
I the Nev.- York Chicago rate. The
ca8C was a noted one commonly
known as "number three, four bun
dred '
Today George Brownell, vice pres
ident of Ihe lrie railroad; George S
Patterson, general ounsel of the
I Pennsylvania: Clyde Brown general
Solicitor of the New York Central
lines and Hugh Bond, general con.
se) of the Baltimore & Ohio, ropre-
aenting the fiflv-two eaHtern railroads
concerned in the old case, appeared
before the entire membership of the
interstate commerce, commission to
! ask rehearing. whi b. If granted.
would substantial lj be an application
for a 5 per cent Increase
At the conclusion of Hip conference
It was announced that the coninns
! slon had received the petition and
I would take it under advisement
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WILLIAM IRWIN
IS A POTENTATE
Dallas. Texas. May 14 With the
election of offk-ors and naming of the
1914 convention city, the Shrlners
brought the'.r annua: meeting to a
close today William W . Irvin of
Wheeling. W Ya. becomes imperial
potcm iate
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GUATEMALA
TO DIG UP
President Carera Ac
cedes to the Demands
of England to Make
an Immediate Settle
ment of the Long
Standing Claims
Washington. May 14 Private advi
ces received here early todav aa)
("resident Cabrera of Guatetnada his
acceded to the demands of the Brit
ish government for a settlement of
the lone standlne Hrltlsh claims The
London foreign office recently ls3uod
-vn ultimatum ,n Cabrera guing him
until tomorrow to settle, and a Brit
'i irarship aaa on the way to Puerto
R.irrios to emphasize the demand
Prretary Bryan In an effort to help
I Guatemala out of hr embarraaameni
, i,,,, expressed to the British govern
i men! the hope that Hhe would extend
the time named in her ultimatum. No
replj si had I n received today, hut
i,e . -dement announced In the pri
ote advices probably ends the met
dent, which threatened to force devel
opment of the Wilson administration 's
attitude toward foreign dfbts of thel
i entral American republics.
BRYAN LAUNCHES
THE 'FELLOWSHIP'
Washington. May 14 Symbolic ot
the hope for universal peace. Secre
tary Bryan today launched the
eru er ' Fellow ship" as a sister to the,
battleship "Priendahlp which he
laum lied yesterday at the banquet to
the Ghent peace delegates.
Mr. Bryan was an early caller at
the "A hue House and as be left the
executive offices, he told a group of
n xrspaper men how the Idea of the
two "ships" came to his mind
- lt nras Vndrew Carnegie, " he r
plalned, who suggested It to me by
his speech In which he referred to
the tiny 'dreadnoughts' of lfiu tous
each, which had for a hundred years
kept peace on the Great Lakes. Those
two 'little gunboats' made mc think
of boa happy it would be if through
f riendship and Fellowship those re
lations were maintained.
TEBBETT IS
A POOR FAN
Grandfather Petitions
Probate Court to
Place Children in His
Care Because Father
Allowed Them to At
tend Sunday Baseball
Games
St Ixiuis, Mo. May 14 Charging
that Lloyd Rlckart, secretary of the
St. Louis Americans, permitted two
nlldren In his care to attend Sunday
baseball games. their grandfather.
I ewls B, Tebbetts, filed a petition
In i ho supreme court at Jefferson City
today asking that the children he
restored to him
Mrs Rii kart Is Tebbetts daughter.
Tebbetts was removed as guardian of
i hr enildren by the probate court.
The petition for the restoration of
the children to Tebbett's says the
conduct of spectators at the Sunday
baseball games I 'loud and bolster- i
ous and at limes such as to necessi
tate police interference to prevent po
lice trom rioting with the ball phr rs
and umpires
it is ;iisn contended that 'be atmo
sphere of Sunday ball games Is unfit
for young girls
BOYS ADMIT
THE MURDER
Declare They Killed
Their Father in De
fense of Themselves
and Their Mother
Tell of Parent's Cruel
Treatment at All
Times
Douglas. Ariz . May 14. Otto and
Fred Watson. 10 and Jl years old. re
spectlvely Arrested seeral days ago
Charged With 'be murder of their la
It her. William Watson, a rancher, cou
feaaad to the district attorney today
that they had committed the crime.
Thev told a 6tory of excessively cru
el treatment at the hands of their
father. In which their mother was
also a victim On the day of the mur
rj. r. they said, he had taken a revol
ver to Douglas and threatened to kill
Ihe family upon his return The boys
laid in waiting and shot him just as
he was about to shoot them, accord
ing to their story.
Watson was nearlv decapitated b
a charge of buckshot
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IMMORALITY AT CARLISLE
Washington. May 14. General
Charges of immorality among student
at the Carlisle Indian school were
made today by Iaura C. Kellogg, a
student of Indian affairs, before the
senate Indian committee. Miss Kel
logg declared the superintendent
there did not maintain the standard
of discipline aBCeaaarj- In such an In
stitution When Questioned by Sen
atori. Miss Kellogg said she could
give no .specific instances of Immor
alltj at Carlisle-
CURRENCY !
CONFERENCE
President Wilson and
Leaders of the House
and Senate Will Meet
Next Week and Dis
cuss Proposed Legisla
tion Washington, May 14 Conferences
between President Wilson, leaders of
the house and senate and other ad
visers on currency legislation will be
beld at the White House, probably
i early next week, after Majority Lead
er Underwood has decided upon the
personnel of the house banking and
, currency committee. It is understood
the draft of the bill does not provide
for a guarantee of bank deposit
winch William I Bryan has favored,
and may contain some other provi
sions not in accord with Mr Bryan B
clews as expressed in some of his
public speeches Mouse leaders are
awaiting, with n great deal of Inter
Jest, his attitude. n asael currency
to be issued through the banks Is one
1 of the provisions contemplated.
Representative Carter Class, chalr
! man Owen of the senate banking and
' currency committee, and Secretarv
McAdoo are expected to join In the
White Mouse conferences.
PEACE DOVE !
IS A DREAM
Dr. Lyman Abbott
Says War Will Contin
ue Until a Power
Greater Than Armed
Man Is Found to Pro
tect Innocence From
Injustice
Mohonk lake. V Y., May 14. Three
hundred delegates to the lunrteeni'i
annual Mohonk conference, on arm
tration. heard Dr Lyman Abbott of
New York, presiding as chairman of
I the opening session today, assert that
disarmament was as yet an Utopian
dream "that the blow of the fist the
gleam of the sword, the bark of :he
cannon will continue until some other
power greater than that of armed man
Is found to protect innocence from In
Justice.
IT Abbotts address was uiti-rpr.
; ted as a repl) to the American Peace
I society his fellowship In which was
recently severed
REFERENDUM
RESOLUTION
Illinois Legislature
Postpones Action on
Resolution Until Next
Week-Introduces Tax
Amendment Which Is
Regarded as Defeat of
Initiative
Springfield III. May 14. Homo
cratic leaders today decided not io
call up the Initiative !'nd referendum
resolution for further consideration
until next week The resolution will
be placed back on the house cnlen
dar on the order of third reading and
win be called up by Representative
Charles Karch Demo. rat. of Hell,
ville. probably next Tuesday or Wed
nesday V tax amendment to the state con
stltution desired by numerous clrlc
and tax organizations of the stat.-
introduced today in the lower house
This amendment Is regarded as a de
feat In the house of the Initiative fnd
referendum As nniv onp constitu
tional amendment resolution caan be
made at one time, the friends of the
tax amendment desired that it be
given precedence over the Initiative
and referendum
1 DESERTED TOWN'S
LAST DWELLER
Rawlins. Wyo.. May 14 Mrs Marv
West, for the last vear the only
dweller in the deserted town of Car
bon, once a prosperous coal camp I
boasting 1,500 population was brought
lo the county hospital here tod v.
She waa found yesterday In a crlti
condition from starvation having been
helpless from Illness, since May 3.
Reside the woman, when she wa-
found, was an agel collie dog, which
he . ,1,1 nad nnt Pft tDO r0om since
his mistress fell 111.
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LIGHTEN WAY
OE PROSPECTORS
Washington, May 1 .". To lighten
the weary way of the prospector
r-( ross the arid lands of the west and I
rob the deserts of their terrors Is th
object of a bill by Senator Works
reported favorably today by the sen-1
ate public lands committee It would
appropriate 1100,000, with which the
geological survey would locate
, sprlnps. water holes and post sign -,
land monuments along the lines of j
trivel to guide travelers to water. I
CHARGES OF !
IMMORALITY,
Important Witnesses
Will Take the Stand
Against Lieutenant
Governor O'Hara
Davis Will Tell Rea
son For Securing the
Affidavit
I
Springfield, 111., Mav 14 -Thomas
n denburgh and Samuel Davis of
Springfield will be summoned to ap
I pear and testify tonight before the
senate investigators who are Inquiring
into the charges of Immorality made
agninst Lieutenant Governor O'Hars
This was decided at an executive ses
slon of the committee todnv
Yredenburgh will be asked to tell
the committee his version of the trip
to Chicago and Ihe extent to which
Lieutenant Covernor O'Hara partici
pated in the events of that occasion
Davis Is the liquor dealer who se
cured from Maud Robinson of Spring
field the affidavit Involving Lieuten
ant Covernor O'Hara in the affair He
will be examined relative to the mo
tive for obtaining the affidavit
URUGUAY IMPORTS
AMERIC AN HENS
Washington. May 14, The great
American hen has made her way in
to the Platte country of South Amer
ica according to Information re
ceded today by the state department,
which declares the government of
Crugua;. has just imported 600
American hens for the Improvement
of the oatlve itoci "he fowls ire to
be distributed to experimental poul
try stations. Alfonso Burke, an
American, has been appointed rblef
poulterer of the Uruguayan republic.
U. S. COLLECTIONS
IN DOMINICA
Waahingion. May 14. CnstomS col
I lections of the Dominican republic for
month ol March laat were $.::. 1 19.
a gain of about $?..'t0ti oer those of
March 1912, according to reports pust
received at the insular bureau from
American Receiver General Pulllam
The reports for the first quarter of
1913 disclose an increase over last
i year of 1; per cent, the total in 1912
I being $881,917, w hile in the corres
I pondinc three months of 'he presenl
I year the collections were $1.1 1.2'3.
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CURRENCY IS
FREE FROM GERMS
Washington. May 14 Those who
have hesitated to amass wealth be
cause of the warning to "Beware the
billions of billions of bacteria thai
lurk in every bill." need hesitate no
loncer. according to Dr W C, Huck
er. assistant surgeon general of the
public health service
He declared today that tests and
examination of currency, both wash
ed and unwashed bills, showed them
to be singularly free from germs He
attributed this to the Ink used In
printing the bills, which he said hnd
proed to be an almost perfect germ
icide. The public health service was
called upon to examine the soiled
money returned to the trensury."
said Dr Rucker. "after It had trav
eled around the country and had
passed through the hands of thou
sands or persons. To our surprise it
wai found o be singularly free from
bacteria and the Ink UBcd in the bills
' is given the credit."
I The Inpredlcnts used In the gov
ernment's InV SMI not made public,
the recipe for the ink manufactured
by the bureau of engraving and
' printing being jealously guarded.
League Baseball Every Day This Week
HELENA vs. OGDEN al GLENWOOD PARK
GAME CALLED AT 3:15 P. M. LADIES FREE EVERY FRIDAY j
JOHNSON TO I
SIGN BILL I
California Governor I
Announces That the j
Alien Land Act as
Passed By Both f
Houses of Legislature j
Meets With His Ap-
proval !
Sacramento, Cal . Ma 14 -After
Working all morning on hlH reply o
Secretary Bryan regarding the alien
land art. Covernor Hiram Y John
son announced shortly after noon to
daj that he would sign the bill whl h
as sent to him twelve days ago with
I the almost unanimous approval of j
j both houses of the legislature
The governor paused long enoush j
I In writing his message to Washington
to Indicate whnt It would be
"I am sending a statement of Call- j
fornla's position." he said, 'and It Ifl j
my expectation to sign the bill
When asked If he would slcn It I -dn.
the Roernor replied that he did
Dot care to 6et a definite tome
"It may be twenty-four, possibly for
tnight or seventy-two hours, before
I sign it." he said. j
Telegram to Bryan.
The tel. cram to Secretary Bryan
wai sent at 1:30 o'clock. It sketches
the history of the agitation against
ineligible aliens In this state, dls- j
cusses the laws of other states that
are similar in purport to the Webb I
bill, and ends with the statement that
the governor regards It his duty to
sign the ;ic t f
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DISBANDMENT OF
U. S. BALL LEAGUE j
Reading. Pa., May 1 4 After an ev
latenee of only thr Lays, ihe Uni-
ted Slates Haschal! league has (lis '
banded. The first break came on
Sunday when Nev. York would nra
play In Newark because the club bad
not been paid the guarantee for the I
Saturday game Washington and Ne
York were dropped anrl It was decldoil
to go along with six clubs, but yester
day only a few peopl were on hand
for the games and this discouraged
all connected with the league and thv j
quit todnv Nineteen players are
stranded here
PENALTY FOR AVIATORS
Berlin. May 14. German military
aviators in the future will be punlsh
(! In m minimum penalty of two
I weeks close arrest should they cross
I a foreign frontier in their aeroplanes
or airships
The war office Issued an order to
this effect today, declaring It was
necessitated by repeated instances in
I which the frontiers had been crossed
and the resultant International mis
understandings. The army authorl
ties will accept no excuse for a vlo
latlon of this order, whatever clr
cumstances may cause it.
MINIMUM WAGE BOARD
Denver, May 14 Governor Am
mom today signed a bill enacted at
(the recent session of the legislature.
'providing commission of three to
I fix minimum wages for women and
I minors
URGES FEDERAL INQUIRY
Washington. May 14. Senator H
Kern presented to the senate todty
B series of resolutions and petition!
from labor unions In Weal Virginia,
and Indiana, complaining of condl
Hons In the Paint Creek and Cabin
Creek coal region and urging the
federal inquiry the senator has pro-
posed.
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TODAY'S GAMES I
Quakers Lose to Pirates.
Philadelphia. May 14 (National i
R H. E.
Pittsburgh 7 11 I
Philadelphia 2 6
Batteries Hendrix and Kail I
Mayer, Nelson, Rrennan and Dootn
Game Postponed.
Chicago, Mav 14 (American 1 MMJ
Chlcngn Philadelphia game postponed
ei grounds
Reds Beat Dodgera.
Brooklyn. Ma 14 i National
P. H B
Cincinnati 6 11 "
Brooklyn 2 7 4 MHJ
Batteries - Henton and Clarke; A!
Ian, Ylngllng. Stack and Miller
Doveo Shut Out Card.
Boston. May 14. -1 National i
St Louis 0 .4 I JM
! Boston 7 8 1 MM.
Batteries Harmon. Willis and MM
Wingo. McLean. Hildebrand; Tyler MM
and Whaling. H
Tigers Defeat Red Sox.
Detroit, Mav 14. (American
R. H. K-
I Boston 1 : " H
I Detroit 4 10
Batteries Bedlcnt. Foster and H
ICady; Willett and Kondcau. MM
STANDING OF CLUBS
UNION ASSOCIATION
Won. Lost Pet MB
! 'rwt Falls s J
Helena G ,
Salt Lake MMJ
Butte . . -
(Kden n . MMJ
Missoula n ' I
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