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Member of the Associated Press VOL, XL NO. 152. ilfl Sm 1 Valley and City Will Reap Vast Publicity Though Se attle Suffers Discredit From Disgraceful Riot — Other Teams of Sound Try to Steal Wenatchee's Glory—Red Apple Eleven Given Credit as Champs. For the lover of excitement the football game on Denny Field. Se at'le, yesterday was more sensation al than any three ring circus which ever showed in the big city on Pu gel Sound. The football contest for the championship of the United States occupied the center of atten tion some of the time. At other times men were more interested in a tag fight at onp end of the grid inn. From this their attention was called to a riot at the other end of the gridiron in which two thousand men and boys surged out over the grounds fighting each other with fists and apples. This began early in the game, and in the second half increased so rapidly that the game was finally called when eight min utes remained to be played, it being impossible for the police available to manage the situation. How the Riot Was Caused. The appearance in Denny Field [yesterday would make an interest ing study for any phsychologist. The causes of the riot hace been var iously given by different parties. The greatest cause seemed to be the distribution of several boxes of We natchee apples. These were to be piven out for advertising purposes. They have advertised Wenatchee all tight and have also advertised Seat tle in a most undesirable manner. Boxes of apples were carried by the ushers in front of the bleachers and grandstand and the fruit, was thrown into the crowd. Sometimes an apple would go into men's hands, sometimes it would go into his eye. Sometimes a man who had caught an apple would eat it and throw the tore to somebody else. Sometimes a boy who wanted those standing in front of him to sit down would pelt him with apples. Dr. McCoy says i c saw cue man get hit in one eye v i.h aa ande, the next instant one hit him Is the other eye, and he turned around and hit the man be hind him who had not been doing : thing; then they both started to ] urntaclmg each other. This sort of thing seemed to be duplicated from p I sides until at one time there ap peared to be five hundred separate and distinct fights going on in the n. :b out in the middle of ihe grid iron. The pelice. who were mostly stu de|:ts sworn lv as deputies, tried to qadl '.be disturbance, but only got oXcrdfully beaten themselves. The >%:: tried to play, but finally gave it j/\ Wenatchee allowing credit to 0 :. Park for the last touchdown Bhd goal although they we.c not nr.de. Other contributory causes to the riot doubtless were the intoxicated c< Klin n of hundred of men and boys. There seemed to be a spirit of jealousy on the part of Seattle high school boys, and many think that they deliberately interfered with the game. Wenatchee Advertised. Tbaro is no Question but. that this fo itbail game was given Wenatchee a remarkable amount of publicity On a street car going out to the game the reporter of the Daily World overheard a conversation between a gentleman and lady on the next seat. She asked, "Where is Wem'.tchee?" Per gentleman friend replied that it was the metropolis of an apple pro ducing valley located about two hundred miles east on tho Great Northern railroad and on the oppo site side of the mountains. He then wkit on to explain what a wonder fivalley it is and what excellent fin is raised there. That question, "Where is Wenatchee?" was prob ably asked a hundred thousand times yesterday in all parts of the United States and the newspapers which refused to mention the apple shows are compelled to tell the peo ple now whereabouts on the map Wenatchee is located. Even the riot, though a disgrace ful affair and reflecting much dis credit on Seattle, will serve to ad vertise Wenatchee and the big red apple. Headlines in all the metro politan newspapers from New York City to San Francisco today will de scribe the mob rule which resulted from the distribution of Wenatchee fruit. Discussing Wenatchee's Merits The leading topic of discussion among football enthusiasts is what might have happened "had Our team played against Oak Park." Each partisan tried to argue that his fa vorite team would have made a bet ter showing than did Wenatchee The unbiased sports, however, are giving Wenatchee full credit and universally say that Coach Sievers' eleven is more than ever entitled to the championship honors of the state. There was an enormous crowd. The bleachers on the long side of the field were entirely filled. They were nearly filled on the end of the gridiron, the grandstands were crowded and there must have been four thousand people present. For some reason or other, the receipts are not as great as would be expect ed. At first it was estimated that i T would run above $3500. It is not known what the exact, figures run, but the Chicago team received noth ing for its share above the guaran tee of $15 on. They were to have received half above the gross re ceipts of $3500. The committee was hard at work late last night check ing up. Fred Crollard remained over today and is settling all bills. Tomorrow he will furnish a com plete report. It is stated that little more than enough to pay all ex penses is expected as a result of the record crowd. So far as could be learned there was comparatively little betting waged regarding the faotball game. The lack of information regarding Oak Park made it impossible even to form an opinion regarding the comparative strength of the teams. The fact that Chicago is a city of two and a half millions and that such a city ought to furnish an ideal (earn made it seem impossible for a city of five thousand to provide an antagonist of greater strength. For this reason, if for no other, few were willing to express their judgment, much less to risk any money one way or the other. The pool rooms in Se attle had plenty of Chicago money, but there were few Wenatchee takers. BIG BANK SUSPENDS Northern Rank of New York With Numerous Branches, In Trouble New York, Dec. 27.—The North ern Bank of New York, which has several branches in Harlem and the Bronx, was taken possession of today by Superintendent of Banks Cheney. The Institution has deposits aggre gating over six millions. The Northern Bank was formerly known as the Hamilton Bank which had difficulties in the panic of 1907. Today's closing caused no surprise to thos* who had known of the bank's condition. The suspension is regarded unimportant. In a state ment regarding the bank's suspen sion, Cheney said that certain irreg ularities were disclosed. The Crowd aiid Receipts. Little Retting Done. WENATCHEE, WASHINGTON. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1910. SECOUD MARRIAGE TELLS SECRET Spokane Society Agog Over Wedding of Miss Mary Lee Moore. Spokane, Dec. 27.—Spokane so ciety is agog over the marriage of Mary Lee Moore, daughter of .Tudge J. Z. Moore, to F. N. Sylvester, a prominent business man, both of this city. The marriage is the first intimation Spokane Society has had of the di vorce of Miss Moore from her hus band, 11. Richard Crane, of Wichita, Kan., to whom she was married two years ago in Spokane. A honey moon trip east was all the time that the Spokane girl spent with her first husband. A sudden and mysterious return to Spokane, where she lias lived practically all the time since her first marriage, came within two weeks after the nuptial knot had been tied. As time passed and she still remained at the home of h«*r father here, friends began to inquire, but no information was vouchsafed. The young matron moved again in the same society circles she had adorned prior to her marriage. It transpires that a year after her marriage she was granted a divorce in Kansas, and was given the right to resume her maiden name, but this she did not do. at least on the society of Spokane. The real story comes with the second mar riage. She and h°r second husband had been sweethearts, a quarrel fol lowed, and in a huff she married the eastern man. Then she discovered that her love was still with the man in the west. The ostentation that had attended the first marriage. was lacking at the second ceremonial; not in her father's palatial residence was this ceremony celebrated, but in the personage of the presiding min ister. Marriage License. Louie Mundt of Peshastin and Rose E. Strehle, of Cashmere, this morning, secured a marriage license at the county auditor's office. Rains for State. Washington.—Fair west; rain east, tonight and Wednesday, fair. + + + * + <"•* + + + + * + + +**+ *♦♦♦*♦*♦♦♦ + + + * OPINIONS OF THE GAME. * * ■ 4> 4» Coach George W. Sievers:— <fr v Chicago won because they had not only the better team but + 4» all the luck. Oak Park's superiority to Wenatchee was in their 4» 4* sprinting ability. There were six Chicago boys, any one of whom 4» 4* could and did outrun any member of the Wenatchee eleven. 4* 4* Several times Foster, Ross, Sterling ami Koehler broke through 4» 4» the line, made ruceessful end runs or caught forward passes and 4» * had clear field before them with every chance of making touch- 4- -4» downs. They could not keep in advance of opponents who 4» 4* caught them from the rear. Oak Park is the speediest team I 4* 4" ever saw. <fr •{• * * * 4* Referee George Varnell:— + 4* Wenatchee lest not because she had a poor team, but because 4» 4* Chicago showed college class of the highest order. Some man 4» * came to me at the close of the game and asked how Aberdeen 4» 4> would have fared in a contest with Oak Park. I told him that 4> 4* Aberdeen would have been beaten much worse than Wenatchee. 4» 4> He then remarked that he was a reporter of the Aberdeen Daily 4> 4* World. I added that I had seen all the leading high school 4» 4* teams of the Northwest play this season; that none of them 4» 4* could have beaten Wenatchee today. You have nothing to be 4> 4> ashamed of. Chicago simply has the best undergraduate team .4} 4» I ever saw. Wenatchee is more than entitled to the Washington 4* 4» state championship. 4« 4> * * * 4. 4» Tom McDonald:— 4» 4* Tom McDonald, the athletic director of the Seattle Athletic 4* 4* Club, who did such fine work in bringing'out the big attendance 4» 4« to the game, expressed great satisfaction with the showing made 4» 4" by Wenatchee. 4» 4* "I am now more certain than ever that Wenatchee has the v 4» best high school football team in the Northwest. None other in 4- -4» this state could have made as good a showing against such clever 4» 4> playing as Oak Park displayed. I predict that the Chicago elev- * 4» en will beat Portland next Monday by at least forty to nothing. * 4* That is about the score Aberdeen, Tacoma or the Seattle teams 4» 4» would have made had they been in Wenatchee's shoes today." 4> 4- * * * * 4> Coach Robert C. Zuppke:— 4> 4» My boys won as I expected them to do. But. Wenatchee put 4" 4» up the strongest fight we have had this year. It is the first. ♦ 4* team that has been able to penetrate our line. Wenatchee did it ♦ 4« lime and again. There were times that I was scared. Tf the ♦ 4» Wenatchee players hang together for another year I predict they 4» 4> will make a sensational record. How such material can be ♦ 4» gathered in such a small town is beyond my guess. ♦ *4-* + + 4- + + * + 4>* + + 4-***4* + * + 4' + **#*4> + # Chelan County Official Paper. BLOWING OUT ROCKS Government Engineers at Work on ( learing Columbia a,t Entiat. A government barge has been lo cated between the mouth of the En tiat river and the C. & O. boat land ing, and work has been started blow ing out numerous rocks which in fest the river at that place. When this has been done the barge will be lowered further down the river and work will he dnnp on the rapids, hoping to make this dangerous chan nel safer for navigation. 90,000 Men Vote to Use Strike and Sabotago to Gain Rights. Rome. Dec. 2 7. —More than nine ty thousand railroad employes of Italy have completed a referendum which attitude assumed the amelior ation of their conditions. By great majority they declared in favor of the instrument of the strike and sabot a go. In France the Sabotago has come to indicate organized acts of vio lence, such as the destruction and crippling of machinery or other property in order to force a suspen sion of work. As adopted in Italy the word is probably used in the sense "to harass" the authorities in the efforts to restore communica tion over the railway line of the em ployes which are an a strike. Chicago Wheat Market. Chicago, Dec. 27. —Wheat —Close: December, 91 5-Sc; May, 95 7-8 c; July, 93c. Mrs. William Mercer is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Hamilton, in Leavenworth. UNUSUAL SURGICAL OPERATION Undergoes Operation for Removal of Strangulated Abdominal Tumor. Mrs. E. A. Farris. who, for over twenty years has been a resident of Orondo, was suddenly taken very ill last week. Dr. Congdon was called and de cided that a large abdomenal tumor, with obstructed blood supply, was the cause of the symptoms. The patient was brought to We natchee by the boat and placed in a private home under the care of a nurse, that she might be closely ob served. Her condition became more serious and it was evident, that an immediate operation war. necessary. Dr. Congdon and Dr. Cnlp per formed the operation December 24. and found a tumor twenty-four in ches in circumference, which was becoming gangrenous. The patient has rallied and is resting comforta bly today. GIVE OVATION TO BOYS Movement Planned to (Jive Football Roys Fitting Reception. It has been suggested today anions the business men of the city that a proper testimony should be given the football players on their return from the Sound. It is not known when the boys will return, but their arrival here is expected with in day or so. It ie, likely that they will be met at the train a few speeches made and appreciation shown of their work for the year. "I believe." said Dr. McCoy, "tha* we have (he foundation for a rattling good team. I know that the stand ing of the team for this year will be an inducement next year for foot ball materia! to enter the high school of his place." "We had Seattle talking about us," said George R. Fisher, "and the effect, win or lose, is hound to be a great advertisement for this val ley. We made Seattle talk of us and we also let Chicago know that we are on the map." A. C. Dallach: "I am satisfied that Oak Park expected to run up the score forty or fifty. I know the team, know that it is a strong one, and I am satisfied that they were surprised at the strength of our team." Carl Christenson: "We gave the boys a hard run for their money and know that we have rattling good ma terial here for a team." W. W. Gray: "I believe that an ovation should be given the hoy?. They are certainly deserving it and I hope a good crowd will greet them at the train anyway." CAST FIRST VOTE 111 1844 S. A. Kyle is the Oldest Voter in the City of Wenatchee. S. A. Kyle, who lives with the family of his daughter, Mrs. J. TI. Fuller on West Palouse street, is the oldest voter in the city of We natchee. He was born May 9, 1824. With his parents he emigrated to Delaware county, Indiana, in the fall of 1836. He cast his first vote in Muncie in 1814 for a Whig candi date. In the fall of 1867 he was one of the few men initiated into the mysteries of the order of I. O. O. F., in Dunkirk, Indiana, and now holds membership with the local lodge. Mr. Kyle came to Wenatchee in 1894 and with his daughter conducted a hotel for a time in the old buiding occupied by the Clark bakery and Nelson's jewelry store. Though *6 years of age, Mr. Kyle is well and hearty and expects to be voting when he is 100 years of age. W 1 LE 1110 SAVE LIFE AND PROPERTY George McGinnis, Local Section Foreman of the Great Northern, Killed Shortly Before Noon Near Monitor by Extra Freight While Trying to Remove Handcar From Track—Both Limbs Severed. CAII ISLAND REVOLT German Possession Has Minature Revolt and Big Vessels Ordered There. Tsingtau. China. Dec. 27.—The German cruiser Embem sailed today for Ponapee. Caroline islands, where it is reported an insurrection oc curred. Berlin. Dec. 27.—The German governor of the Caroline Islands has reached Ponape with 160 soldiers. He states the insurgents do not ex ceed 250. The natives are generally loyal. The cruiser Nuremburg has been ordered from Hong Kong to Pona pee. The cruiser Corman and the surveying ship and plant is already there. Brisbane. Australia, Dec. 27.—Tt is reported that the natives of Pona pee have revolted and murdered four Europeans and five friendly na tives. The Caroline islands were sold by Spain to Germany in 1S«>0. The most important islands are Ponapee and Yap. Cohra is the chief export. The population is 40.000. DEPUTIZE BELLI- hi mm Chief Likens May Ask Clergy to Help Prevent New Year's Orgy. Bclilngham, 'Wash., Dec. 2 7. — Chief of Police John L. Likens may call on local ministers to help the police in the city on New Year's eve, in view of prospective trouble by revelers. The police chief says he thinks it is as much the duty of the pastors as the department to aid in this matter. Last Christmas eve was one of the worst in the history of the city for drunkenness. It is believed next Saturday night will be still worse, for on that night the saloons close and It is feared some violence may accrue out of the feeling created by the wet and dry fight. It will be the last chance for a jag to be had from the saloons for at least two years. So far no definite answer to the proposition of the chief has been made by the pastors. Some of them smiled and appeared nervous when the question was put up to them, but were reticent when it came to ex pressing opinions. Slugged Washington Man. San Francisco, Calif., Dec. 27. — John E. A. Edwards, giving hia home as Rock Harbor. Washington, and claiming to be private secretary of the governor of Washington, was found in the street, here early today in a semi-conscious conditoin. Re covering hit 1 , sensee he stated he was slugged and robbed of money and Jewelry valued at |500. L. B. Garnant attended the foot ball game in Seattle. * Established July 4, 1905 5c PER COPY George McGinnis, section foreman of this city for the Great Northern Railway company, was almost in stantly killed shortly after 1 1 o'clock this morning. The accident occur red about two miles this side of Monitor. McGinnis with three Ita lian section men. took a handcar and went up from here to recover a mail sack which had been acciden tally dropped from one of the trains during the night. It was discovered early this morning and cached. They were instructed to bring it back to Wenatchee. Just having arrived at the spot they saw a freight train approaching ami hurriedly tried to remove the handcar from the track. One man was on each corner. The car was removed from the track and was crossways when two of the men stumbled and it was evident that they could not get the handcar away in time to prevent a smash-up. Mc- Ginnis told the Italians to jump away quick. They did so. He was stand ing on the corner next to the ap proaching engine, and for some rea son or other, he himself kept tug ging at the car, making no effort, to get away from danger. His leg! were dragged underneath the wheels and both limbs were separated from the body. One big gash in his head probably killed him instantly. When the train stopped the men picked him up and he was dead. It was an extra freight on on local 1225. The remains of the dead man were placed in the caboose and brought to this city. They are now in charge of the Wenatchee Under taking company. McGinnis has long been in the em ploy of the railroad company, hut has only been on this section since June. He has no family, being a bachelor fifty years of age. His home is somewhere in Minnesota. Relatives there will be notified at once. II is difficult to understand why McGinnis made no effort to save himself when he realized the dan ger sufficiently to order the ether men to get away. His instinct to prevent loss may be the explanation or he might have thought the hand car n;it;h' cause a wreck which would lose many other lives. DDII-KIfiER WEDDING Pretty Ceremony Celebrat ed Last Evening at Home of J. E. Throw. Miss Leone Hazel Downing last evening was married to Clarence Krieger. the ceremony being per formed at the residence of the bride's sister. Mrs. J. E. Throw. 129 North Chelan, at half past eight o'clock. Dr. H. D. Wiard. pastor of the Con gregational church, officiated. The ring ceremony was used. About 35 friends and relatives were present. Moras Throw acted as ring bearer and the groom's niece. Miss Essman. was flower bearer. At the close of the ceremony, congratulations were extended to the happy yonug peo ple. A lap supper was then served. The couple later repaired to the home which the groom had furnish ed at 415 1-2 Palouse street. The bride has been long-distance operator for the telephone company here for the past year. Mr. Krleget is with the Wenatchee Furniture company.